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19403677New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1940. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth pictorial duts jacket. 335pp. Very good/good. Jacket edgeworn and with edge chips but overall attractive; ownership signature on front flyleaf. First edition of this picaresque novel that follows traveler Curly Martin across the country in search of his mentor industrialist Mr. Borland. Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover
1998004006New York: Thames & Hudson 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /very good. 4to. 256 pp. Bound in red cloth decoration stamped in silver on cover title in silver on spine in illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in full color and black and white. Includes chronology bibliography and index. Catalog for the exhibition held at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco California Palace of the Legion of Honor October 10 1998- January 3 1999 and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum February 5 - April 26 1999. Very Good hard bump to lower corner of front cover otherwise clean sharp copy in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with crease to lower corner of front cover. <br/><br/> Thames & Hudson hardcover
2016008286NY: Princeton Architectural Press. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Princeton Architectural Press 2016 first printing. 4to. 8 3/4" x 12" 210pp. illustrated with color photographs. The photographs in this revelatory book suggest a deeper truth: that blindness is itself a kind of seeing and that those who can see are often blind to the strangeness and beauty of the world around them. As the blind photographer Evgen Bavcar writes "Photography must belong to the blind who in their daily existence have learned to become the masters of camera obscura." Through the photographs of more than fifty blind or partially sighted people from around the world this exhilarating book-the first to explore this phenomenon in all its vibrancy and diversity-will make you see differently. Minor tenderness at corners else fine. . Near Fine. Hard. 1st. 2016. Princeton Architectural Press unknown
63-4921Stanford CA: Michael T. Ryan 1985. Signed Typed Letter 11" x 8.5" Single Page on Stanford University Libraries letterhead Good with staining. Provenance: Peter Howard Serendipity Books Berkeley Thomas Parkinson archive. Stanford, CA: Michael T. Ryan, 1985. unknown
194911170New York: Boar's Head Books 1949. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey paper over boards pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. vi 496pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket a bit edgeworn and edge chipped. Early reprint edition of this "Story of the Systematic Corruption of Little Girls for the Reaxation of the Sensualists of Mayfair. Boar's Head Books hardcover
19851866Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press. Fine. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0876856458 . Inscribed by the author to Carolyn & James Robertson Yolla Bolly Press. 8vo; decorative light blue paper covered boards blue cloth back with paper spine label; clear acetate jacket. Laid in are a folded 14" x 11" photo-reproduction of "The autobiographical odyssey of a dealer in rare books" by Ralph B. Sipper from the Los Angeles Times - "west view" section1980; three columns with inset illustration "The Rise of a Rare Book Dealer" by Todd Crespi. Also laid in is the publisher's reproduction of the New York Times Book Review piece on The Color of Air by Gorham Davis 1985. First Trade Edition of 300 copies; Signed by Authors . Black Sparrow Press hardcover
19559930New York: W.W. Norton & Company 1955. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth spine and black paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 281pp. Very good/very good. Slight jacket edgewear; small black remainder mark on top and bottom page edges. A tight and attractive first edition. W.W. Norton & Company hardcover
1930000222Simon and Schuster 1930. Schnitzler 1862-1931 was born in Austria but lived in and wrote of comtemporary Vienna. He's also author of the play "Anatol" and the novel "Blue Room". A brilliant still neglected writer who has been adapted by Tom Stoppard and David Hare. His novel "Rhapsody" inspired Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut". This novel tells of a young woman traveling with her Aunt when her father spends the family fortune and she is urged by her Aunt to ask for money from a man who's friend to the family. The young woman is surprised at the price he wants. This is a 1930 tenth printing First Printing appears to have been 1925 no dustjacket FINE BRIGHT COPY no foxing no markings in text. Hardcover. Book. Simon and Schuster Hardcover
2003009188Caracas Venezuela: CVG EDELCA. First edition. Hard cover portfolio of 1 page text and color photos on heavy coated stock. Published Caracas Venezuela: CVG EDELCA 2003. 4to. 9 3/8" x 12 1/4" 19 photos present in pocket 1 missing. Two tone cloth with white titles. Portfolio and photos near fine. Sold as good for missing photo. . Good. Hard. 1st. 2003. CVG EDELCA unknown
197532837Sauk City WI: Arkham House 1975. Hardcover. 12mo. Black cloth pictorial dust jacket. viii 243pp. Fine/near fine. Superb tight flawless first edition. Delightfully cheesy Frank Utpatel jacket art. Limited to 4000 copies. Arkham House hardcover
199600002451New York: Simon & Schuster 1996 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. 12 13-205 1 pp. Quarter brown cloth over yellow paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $23.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Julie Metz. Illustrated with a photograph and several in-text designs. Inscribed by the author on the title page.Silko's essays discuss Pueblo migration stories Pueblo language and literature amongst several other topics in Native American history. Simon & Schuster [1996] hardcover
19940859New York NY U.S.A.: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in Association with Harry N. Abrams Inc. Publishers 1994. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. With 165 illustrations including 140 in full color. As new in royal blue cloth boards in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. 12 1/4" X 9 1/4 <br/> <br/> The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in Association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers hardcover
198315062New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1983. Hardcover. Woodcut by Antonio Frasconi. Small 4to. Tan cloth pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 58pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. Tight attractive first edition. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover
2019004102New York: Pace Gallery 2019. Paperback. Near Fine. 4to. 96 pp. Bound in sewn wrappers in illustrated dust jacket. Full-color illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition at Pace Gallery from March 1-30 2019. Fine in Fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Pace Gallery paperback
42782New York: Leavitt & Allen Brothers n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Brown cloth with ornate gilt lettering and rules and elaborate black decorations with circular color plate on front board. 264pp. All edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece 2 tissue-guarded full-page plate. Good plus. Tight-hinged and overall attractive though mildly edgeworn more so at spine head/tail with preliminary leaves rather foxed. A tight and nice copy of this holiday anthology of miscellaneous sentimental essays and poems by writers now largely forgotten. Undated though a faint ownership signature on front flyleaf is dated 25 December 1874 thus dating this edition. Quite charming and handleable despite wear. Leavitt & Allen Brothers hardcover
1985041297Athens: Olkos 1985 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Editors. 1st Greek Edition. The charting of the Aegean Sea or the Greek Archipelago from the 15th up to the 19th century. English translation by G. Cox & J. Solman. 236p. Map Index; General Index. 166 color and black & white maps. Olkos hardcover
1891biblio308<p>390424500 Seiten. Bibliophile Ausgabe. Buchdeckel minimal berieben kleine Flecken an Rücken und auf Buchdeckel Nahezu keine Gebrauchsspuren. Sehr gut erhalten.</p><p>Friedrich Spielhagen 1829-1911 war einer der erfolgreichsten deutschen Romanciers Dramatiker und Lyriker der 2. Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Seine Kindheit verbrachte er in Stralsund.</p> Staackmann hardcover
1945121Peoria IL: Edward J. Jacob 1945. Paperback. 16mo. Beige wrappers tied with red silk ribbon. 5pp. Fine. First separate edition. Retelling of the folk tale of "Grosse Boule" reprinted from the October 1 1944 "Chicago Sunday Tribune." An uncommon Starrett ephemeral item. Edward J. Jacob paperback
197515688NY: Viking 1975. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Letters from 1923 to his death in 1968. Edited by Elaine Steinbeck & Robert Wallsten. 906 pages. Index. Number 645 of a limited edition of 1000. Bound in navy blue cloth boards with a glassine cover and light blue slipcase. Book is fine except for 1x2" removal of a sticker on front pastedown endpaper. Slipcase has some fading around the edges but still sturdy. <br/><br/> Viking hardcover
009949Zurich: Gallery 'Zur Stockeregg. First edition limited to 2000 numbered copies. Number 446. Published Zurich: Gallery 'Zur Stockeregg 1987. Large 8vo. wrappers 7 5/16" x 10 1/4" 199pp. illustrated with 93 full page plates. Text in grman and English. Fine. . Fine. Soft cover. 1st. Gallery 'Zur Stockeregg paperback
2002cr60Spearhead 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. signed. Inscribed by AuthorsThe boards are a bit marked and worn. Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Spearhead hardcover
1967000316Random House 1967. Styron's bestselling best known book a fictionalized account of Nat Turner and his slave revolt a controversial book. SIGNED by author on bookplate on front endpaper sunning to DJ spine o/w VERY GOOD TO NEAR FINE COPY. Hardcover. Book. Random House Hardcover
1983002862New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1983. Paperback. Very Good . Small 4to. 21 pp. Bound in stapled illustrated wrappers full-color cover illustration. Black and white illustrations throughout. Catalog from the 1983 exhibition organized by the Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou Museé National d'Art Moderne Paris. Includes a list of the 125 works and 5 books and magazines in the exhibit. Very Good minor age-toning and wear to wrappers otherwise clean copy. <br/><br/> The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum paperback
1990004087New York: Nahan Contemporary 1990. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. 24 pp. Bound in light brown wrappers. 12 illustrations some in full color. Essay by Dorothea Tanning and Robert C. Morgan. Catalog for an exhibition held at Nahan Contemporary in New York from March 2-31 1990. Good sunning to wrappers minor wear to extremities internally clean. <br/><br/> Nahan Contemporary paperback
75-6788San Marino CA: The Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens 1980. 8vo. Stapled Wrap. ca. 20 pp. B&W Plates. Very Good with Creasing Age Toning.Provenance: From the Collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner Jr.The Founder of Gale Research Detroit San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, [1980] unknown