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1963104931New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1963. Early printing of this classic work. Quarto original patterned boards illustrated throughout. Lengthily inscribed by both Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle on the half-title page. Small name to the front free endpaper near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Typography binding and jacket design by Warren Chappell. Drawings by Sidonie Coryn. Rare and desirable signed by Beck and Bertholle. Julia Childs Mastering the Art of French Cooking is arguably the most influential work on French food ever published in the United States. A "self-confessed ham she became a darling of audiences almost from the moment she made her debut in 1963 at the age of 50" New York Times. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
140941090New York: Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Two volumes both are first edition stated first printings. Volume I is Signed by Julia Child and her husband Paul on the half-title page and inscribed to a former owner; Volume II is signed by Julia Child on the half-title page and inscribed to a former owner. Near Fine with light soiling former owner's inkless emboss to front free endpaper and light spotting to red topstain. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light general wear and several short tears several small pieces of tape and tape residue to blank verso. Volume II is Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear toning to spine with light wear at spine ends and a small chip near the foot. A lovely pair. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
19671338489New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc 1967. Fifteenth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; G; ivory white red and blue spine with black and white text; fifteenth printing; no jacket; cloth has modest soiling to exterior; strong boards; text block exterior edges slightly toned; interior clean; illustrated; pp 684. 1338489. FP New Rockville Stock. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc hardcover books
19741338550New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc 1974. Reprinted. Hardcover. Octavo; G; blue/red/ivory patterned spine with white and blue text; reprinted; volume one only; no jacket; cloth has slight exterior wear; sun aged spine; strong boards; text block edges have few stains; interior pages unmarked; slight wear to fore edges to last few pages; illustrated; tight binding; pp 684. 1338550. FP New Rockville Stock. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc hardcover books
1964140939483New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1964. Very Good. Signed by Julia Child on the half-title with the inscription "Bon Appetit." Former owners' 1964 gift inscription underneath that. xvi 684 xxxii 2 pp. Original cloth. First edition eighth printing. Very Good with faded spine light stains to fore edge a few reading smudges lacking dust jacket. Contents generally clean and free of markings. A modern classic of cookery signed by its most famous co-author. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
199745659NY: New Press 1997. First American edn. 8vo pp. 559. Illustrated with photographs. Paper wraps. Bottom edge lightly spotted rear cover slightly soiled o/w a very nice copy. New Press unknown books
194949087London: Horizon 1949. Periodical. 8vo pp. 285-357. Paper wraps. Cover little soiled spine a little worn at ends o/w VG. Includes contributions among others "Leonid" by James Thrall Soby illustrated with several reporductions; "Brave New Europe" essays by Alberto Moravia and Roy Bongartz; a poem by W. H. Auden. Horizon unknown books
15163De BEAUVOIR Simone. The Second Sex. Franklin Library collector's edition in English translation signed by the author on the front free endpage. 1979. xxxvii 1 715 pp. All edges gilt. Limited Signed edition. Black leather binding with gold tooling to covers and spine. Clean pages tight binding with no signed of bumping or edgewear. In excellent condition. Philosopher and feminist author de Beauvoir rose to fame with this book which provides an in depth historical and social critique of the treatment of women. A critical piece with a beautiful signature. unknown books
19481360NY: Knopf 1948. First US edition. 8vo Pp. 292. A fine copy in near little worn dj. Knopf unknown books
2018WELLER9781504054225Open Road 2018. New. New book. Open Road unknown books
195877Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company 1958. First Edition. Octavo 513 pages. Very Good with some light soiling to the boards. End papers slightly toned. Pages 490-491 contain some offsetting from an index card but all the text is still legible. Dust jacket rubbed and lightly soiled with some small chips at the bottom of the spine. <br/><br/> The World Publishing Company hardcover books
19589515Cleveland & NY: World 1958. First edn. 8vo Pp. 513. A nice copy in sl. soiled dj. A book on China. De Beauvoir offers her reflections drawn from a trip to "Red" China. World unknown books
1958102000Cleveland 1958. First. hardcover. very good. Translated by Austryn Wainhouse. 513pp. 8vo cloth. Cleveland 1958. First Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> unknown books
195321090New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1953. First edition in English of the author's masterpiece. Octavo original half cloth. Signed by Simone de Beauvoir on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions of this classic work are rare and none have appeared at auction in the last sixty years. In 1946 Simone de Beauvoir began to outline what she thought would be an autobiographical essay explaining why when she had tried to define herself the first sentence that came to mind was "I am a woman." That October my maiden aunt Beauvoir's contemporary came to visit me in the hospital nursery. I was a day old and she found a little tag on my bassinet that announced "It's a Girl!" In the next bassinet was another newborn "a lot punier" she recalled whose little tag announced "I'm a Boy!" There we lay innocent of a distinction-- between a female object and a male subject-- that would shape our destinies. It would also shape Beauvoir's great treatise on the subject. The Second Sex deals with the treatment of women throughout history and is regarded as a major work of feminist philosophy and the starting point of second-wave feminism. Literary scholar Camille Paglia praised The Second Sex calling it "brilliant" and "the supreme work of modern feminism." Named by Modern Library as one of top 100 books of non- fiction of the twentieth century. Also named by The Times Literary Supplement as one of the most hundred influential books since World War II. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
197556236NY: Saturday Review / World 1975. Periodical. Large 8vo pp. 12-30 56-57. Also includes other articles on the International Woman's year. Paper wraps. Cover llittle stained o/w a VG tight copy. Saturday Review / World unknown books
1962246914Cleveland: World Publishing 1962. Hardcover. 479p. mottling to topstain light wear otherwise a very good first US edition stated in red cloth boards and edgeworn unclipped dj. The philosopher/author/critical-thinker's second volume of autobiography covers the years to 1944. World Publishing hardcover books
2009264128New York: Overlook Press 2009. Hardcover. xvii 574p. prefacer bibliography notes index remainder mark on bottom edges else very good first US edition first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. Overlook Press hardcover books
2005264598New York: HarperCollins 2005. Hardcover. xv 416p. preface notes selected bibliography sources index illustrated with a semi-glossy b&w photo section very good first edition first printing stated in boards and unclipped dj. HarperCollins hardcover books
19621341454n.p.: Editions Gallimard 1962. Softcover. Small Octavo; VG-/G; off-white spine with blue and dark yellow text; dust jacket has slight smudges to exterior; mild edge wear; tape mends inside dj edges; small chips to spine corners; covers show light tone to exterior; intact panels; text block exterior edges have slight age toning; deckled edges; frontispiece; gift inscription to half title page; illustrated; tight binding; pp 280; text in French. 1341454. FP New Rockville Stock. Editions Gallimard unknown books
1965Embry 30951G.P. Putnam's Sons 1965. 1st U.S. Edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some light rubbing and a few short closed tears. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. 1st U.S. Edition. unknown books
198833157New York: Garland 1988. 1st edition. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Issued w/o dust jacket. Faint smudge to fore-edge otherwise a Fine copy. 474 pp including Index. 8vo. <br/><br/> Garland hardcover books
1981701712Boston: Beacon Press. 1981. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Beacon Press paperback books
1277552Italy: Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma Archivio del Museo Astronomico e Copernicano Arti Grafiche Savini. Text in Italian; Octavo; VG-/no-DJ paperback; Light blue spine with blue text; Covers have rubbing creases and minor edge wear back cover's bottom left corner frayed spine has a few tiny scuffs binding strong; Textblock interior clean; 249 pp. 1277552. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Archivio del Museo Astronomico e Copernicano unknown books
2008100570Washington: Library of Congress 2008. paper wrappers. 7 x 10 inches. paper wrappers. 108 pages. Seven Perspectives on the Woodcut covers a wide range of issues related to bookmaking in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The analyses of the art of the woodcut presented here have their beginnings in the exhibition "A Heavenly Craft: The Woodcut in Early Printed Books" which opened at the Library of Congress in April 2005. The exhibition and its catalogue celebrated the large gift of illustrated books by Lessing J. Rosenwald retired chairman of Sears Roebuck & Company to the library and examined the early history of printed books through some of the collection's rarest items. The Library of Congress also hosted a symposium in honor of the exhibition and Rosenwald's gift and invited scholars of art history and bibliography to contribute to a discussion of the woodcut in early printed books. Each chapter analyzes unique perspectives on the artistic development of the woodcut. Topics include the work of Albrecht Dürer distinguished miniaturist Benedetto Bordon early illustrated versions of Genesis the illustrations for Bernhard von Breydenbach's Travels in the Holy Land one of the earliest travelogues and the history of early illustrated prayer books and devotional texts. Corresponding images of woodcuts as well as photographs of original woodblocks appear throughout the volume. Distributed for the Library of Congress. Library of Congress unknown books
198745114Napoli: Il Mattino 1987. First Edition. Folio 34.5cm.; publisher's cream pictorial boards printed in black; 235pp.; illus. throughout some in color. Boards a bit rubbed and corners bumped shallow toning to extremities of rear cover else Very Good or better. Publisher's compliments card laid in. Collection of traditional Campanian Christmas fables with illustrations reproduced from nineteenth-century lithographs and engravings. Il Mattino unknown books
