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2014180249London: Royal Academy of Arts 2014. Hardcover. VG/VG Very crisp and clean. Red boards with stamped lettering on front ocver white spine lettering; color illustrated dust jacket with white lettering; 142 pp; profuse color illustrations map and portraits. "Acclaimed by some as one of the best portraitists of all time Italian painter Giovan Battista Moroni 1522-1579 created penetrating images of the aristocracy of Bergamo in which the sitters often gaze at the spectator with an unflinching directness. Admired in Italy since the 16th century when Titian is said to have praised his portraits Moroni did not achieve an international reputation until the 19th century and remains relatively little known. This handsome catalog encompasses Moroni's entire career. It includes portraits of all formats and styles demonstrating not just Moroni's brilliance at capturing the elegance of his sitters and the fashions of the time but also his "realistic" representation of Bergamo's society which became a model for Caravaggio. The volume also includes Moroni's religious paintings which also incorporate highly accomplished likenesses of their patrons once again showing the striking psychological insight for which Moroni is acclaimed."--Publisher's description. Contents include: Giovanni Battista Moroni : history and critical fortune / Simone Facchinetti and Arturo Galansino -- Moroni's teacher : Moretto -- Early works -- Aristocratic portraits -- Portraits from nature -- Altarpieces -- Late portraits -- Catalogue entries. Royal Academy of Arts hardcover books
1978017126Paris France: No publisher 1978. Book. Near fine condition. Unbound. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Quarto 4to. A hand letterpress book with original text and a facsimile-style printing of the text of the 5th Sonnet of an early French edition of Petrarch. The third line of this sonnet reads "Le laurier digne." which has been printed to read "Le LAUrier digne. and has been combined in the same fashion with line 7 "Votre noble REgard." to offer an apparent omage to LAURE. Most pages of text face a color etchings by an artist identified as Signore Fiorini; there are a total of 12 etchings. Each sheet measures 11.5" x 15.5" 29cm x 39cm and is folded in half forming 4 pages. There are nine such sheets 36 pages enclosed in a decorated paper portfolio and protected in a linen-covered clamshell box with "L" printed on the spine. Each etching is protected by glassine. Hand-numbered 12 of 50 copies signed by Simone' Piccone and Fiorini. The colophon reads "Cette edition des vers de PETRARQUE dedies a Laure Bissiere est la seule connue a ce jour. Elle comprend 50 exemplaires imprimes sur Auvergne a la main de Richard de Bas par l'artiste lue-meme; soit un exemplaire numerote 1 a Laure quatre exemplaires numerotes HC II a HC V; quarante cinq exemplaires numerotes 6 a 50." The condition is excellent with a few sheets with tiny spots of foxing probably inherent in the manufacture by Richard de Bas. The title page contains the phrase "Sic Itur Ad Astra Hic Et Nunc Plus Ultra." Another sheet reads "Acheve d'imprimer a Paris le 15 Mai 1978." Very little about this unusual publication can be found by research except that Laure Bissiere may be also knows as Madame Laure Loutre Bissiere. The artwork of Roger Bissiere 1886-1964 and B. Louttre 1926-2012 sold at Post War and Contemporary Art auctions has been accompanied by a certificate from Madame Laure Loutre Bissiere. An interesting and beautifully made book. No publisher Paperback 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
1965WRCLIT72829New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1965. Large thick octavo. Gilt cloth. First edition of Richard Howard's translation from the French. Near fine in lightly edgeworn dust jacket with a trace of tanning to spine panel. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
196523415New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1965. First American Edition. Large thick octavo 23cm.; publisher's cloth in blue decorative dust jacket red topstain; vii1658pp. Light edge wear to jacket extremities spine a hint sunned else Very Good to Near Fine. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
19911327009New York: Viking 1991. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/VG-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine blue with white print; DJ has slight edgewear but is clean and bright; Boards quarter bound with purple cloth to spine and pink paper to boards slight wear to spine tail else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; xv 528 pages illustrated b&w drawings. 1327009. FP New Rockville Stock. Viking hardcover books
UWERFAS00KHPrestel. Fine. Werle Simone. Fashionista: A Century of Style Icons. Munich: Prestel ND. 173pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. Prestel 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
2016157031Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag 2016. Hardcover. As New still in shrinkwrap. Black & crimson & color illus. boards 340 pp. 300 color illus. 50 BW illus. 2 fold-outs. Text is in German. Explores the German and Dutch art of glass painting as it was undertaken in the years 1300-1600. Provides background on history technique and materials and then looks at 40 specific pieces in detail. An uncommon book on an uncommon art. Deutscher Kunstverlag hardcover books
006399Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag 1948. 271 pp. Translation from the English of American bestseller on the fall of France as the work of fascist machinations reverse of the French contention during the war that it was the consequence of communist machinations. Bound in original wraps. Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag, 1948 unknown books
2014154819Savigliano Italy: L'Artistica Editrice 2014. Softcover. NF. Tall black card wraps with glossy color illus. and white lettering. Illustrated French flaps and bright red end papers. 115 pp. with color and bw images throughout. Text in Italian. A study of the restoration done for the centenary anniversary of the donation of 35 paintings to the Museum of Ancient Art in Turin Torino from the collection of Leone Fontana. The focus is on works by the 16th-century Piemontese artist Defendente Ferrari and particularly on his Coronation of the Virgin now in the collection of the Palazzo Madama. With three main essays a list of works from the Fontana collection now in the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica. L'Artistica Editrice paperback books
1849120Paris: Imprimerie Bonaventure et Ducessois 1849. 8vo. 215 x 125mm. 8 1/2 x 5 inches. 32 pp. Original printed wrappers; light foxed cellophane wrapper. Original edition of this pamphlet by Simone de Horsin-Déon who was Président of the Société des Peintures Restaurateurs. His pamphlet written after the Revolution of 1848 was suppressed addresses the issue of back pay for conservators who lost wages while the Louvre was occupied. With the establishment of a new government and new museum administration the situation of the remaining experts and conservators needed to be addressed. The new leadership in museum a welcome result for Horsin-Déon needed to be recognize the contributions of the experts who had dedicated their lives to art who loved the museum and worked with selfless devotion for the benefit of the nation. He develops his thoughts in a few chapters which include his views of the how the Louvre should be organized; how experts should be hired and compensated; the director of restoration department be an expert conservator and not a bureaucrat; and that conservators should be hired based on skills and not connections. Rare: OCLC lists only the copy at the Frick in the U.S. and five other copies all in France. 120. Imprimerie Bonaventure et Ducessois unknown books
195232779New York: International Publishers 1952. First American Edition. Slim octavo 20cm.; original reddish-brown pictorial wrappers; 126pp. Light shelf wear spine quite sunned else Very Good and sound. Biography of the militant French Communist and member of the Resistance who was deported to Auschwitz in 1943 where she died of typhus at the age of 34. International Publishers unknown books
1953109894New York: International Publishers 1953. Hardcover. 126p. endpapers slightly browned otherwise a very good first English language US edition in boards and unclipped shelf worn and rubbed dj. International Publishers hardcover books
51711bdString Letter Publishing 2000. Quarto softbound slick full-color photo. illus. stiff wrappers 151 pp. Fine. From lower cover: Ours is the new Golden Age of Lutherie -- a time of unprecedented innovation in guitar design and unparalleled accomplishment in guitar construction. What makes this Golden Age all the more remarkable is that today’s custom guitars are well within the financial reach of many players not only collectors and connoisseurs. Custom Guitars is the only reference work to document this remarkable era in both words and stunning pictures and to introduce guitarists and guitar enthusiasts to the remarkable craftsmen and women who design and build these instruments. For all enthusiasts of the artistry of handcrafted acoustic guitars. Lavishly illustrated with more than 200 full-color plates of custom guitars. Profiles of 200 leading guitar designers and builders including complete contact information. An indespensable visual reference when considering the purchase of a custom guitar. From the publishers of Acoustic Guitar magazine. paperback books
2017UBEACRE00afOxford 2017. Very Good. Beauvoir Simone de. Creating A Feminist Existence in the World. Sanos Sandrine. NY: Oxford 2017. 238pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Oxford paperback books
12689Used; Like New/Used; Like New. An extraordinary collection of five Japanese pressed LPs each signed by the primary artist while on tour in Japan 1973-78 and including an especially rare signed copy of Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue." <br style="">The support for jazz in Japan has long been immense and also remarkably consistent. Even during a slump in the United States in the 70's that threatened to put many American jazz labels and musicians out of business American jazz artists flocked to Japan to perform with many releasing "Live in Japan" albums including Miles Davis Bill Evans and Sarah Vaughan. ''Japan almost singlehandedly kept the jazz record business going during the late 1970's'' said a producer with Blue Note Records Michael Cuscuna. ''Without the Japanese market a lot of independent jazz labels probably would have folded or at least stopped releasing new material.'' NY Times "In Japan Jazz Resurges As a National Passion" 1/7/88  <br>Each album includes the original obi strip spine card the piece of paper wrapped around the spine of Japanese LPs the term obi designating the sash around a kimono Kimono no obi. Japanese pressings generally feature very high quality vinyl and the present examples are all in fine condition rated individually below. Four of them are dated by the obtainer of the signature or by the artist Simone. <br style="">BILL EVANS - NEW CONVERSATIONS.  Label: WARNER P-10516<br style="">Cover : EW/ Record : E<br style="">Obi stripe: E<br style="">Obtained 13 September 1978 signed dated and inscribed in black ink on the front cover. <br style=""><br style="">SARAH VAUGHAN WITH CLIFFORD BROWN<br style="">Label: MERCURY BT-1324<br style="">Cover : EW/ Record : EDJ<br style="">Obi stripe: E<br style="">Obtained 26 April 1975 signed in black ink on the front cover.  <br style="">NINA SIMONE - SPELL ON YOU<br style="">Label: PHILIPS SFX-7167<br style="">Cover : EW/ Record : E-W<br style="">Obi stripe: E<br style="">Obtained 1973 signed and dated in black ink on the record label and to an interior page of the album booklet<br style=""><br style="">DEXTER GORDON - APARTMENT<br style="">Label: STEEPLECHASE RJ-7101<br style="">Cover : EW/ Record : E<br style="">Obi stripe: E<br style="">Obtained 25 September 1975 signed in black ink on the front cover by Dexter Gordon Kenny Drew Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and Albert "Tootsie" Heath<br style=""><br style="">MILES DAVIS - KIND OF BLUE<br style="">Label: CBS/SONY SOPL-155Cover : EW/ Record : EObi stripe: EObtained 1975 signed in silver ink "Miles Davis" on the front cover. <br style=""><br style=""><br style="">The present collection includes several remarkable rarities but the highlight is surely the exceedingly rare signed copy of what is widely regarded to be the greatest jazz album of all time Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue." Davis was notoriously prickly and a generally reluctant autograph signer. Though authentic autograph signatures are certainly obtainable we are aware of only one other extant authentically signed copy also sold by Schubertiade of Davis's greatest masterpiece. Of the previous example sold by Schubertiade noted jazz collector and dealer Larry Rafferty noted that in his 40 years of collecting jazz autographs this is "absolutely the only copy I have ever seen -- or heard of" and our research further confirms that no signed copies have appeared at auction or in trade catalogues.  <br style="">The best-selling jazz record of all time is universally acknowledged as a masterpiece revered as much by rock and classical music fans as by jazz lovers. Kind of Blue brought together seven now-legendary musicians in the prime of their careers: tenor saxophonist John Coltrane alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly bassist Paul Chambers drummer Jimmy Cobb and of course trumpeter Miles Davis. To the musicians who recorded it Kind of Blue was just another session when it was released in August 1959. But the disc was quickly recognized by the jazz community as a classic. Jazz musicians were startled by the truly different sound on an album that laid out a clear roadmap for further modal explorations. "So What" became the tune the one that every musician -- not just the practitioners of jazz -- simply had to know. The other tracks also quickly became standards and the individual solos throughout the record continue to inspire musicians to this day. Drummer Jimmy Cobb puts it all down to simplicity -- the reason Kind of Blue has remained so successful for so long. And because of its inherent balance historian Dan Morgenstern adds the album never wears out its welcome.<br style=""> unknown books
32829Portland OR: Nazraeli Press 2011. Hardcover. 12.75" x 12." Black cloth boards in illustrated dust jacket. Still in shrink wrap. Like New. ISBN: 1590053281 . LikeNew. Hardcover . Nazraeli Press [2011] hardcover books
1965140796Paris: Arthaud 1965. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 576 photographic illustrations depicting 365 monuments. Short thick square 4to white cloth d.w. Paris: Arthaud 1965. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Arthaud unknown books
196732779Kassel: Bärenreiter 1967. Bärenreiter unknown books
1960200181Greenwich: Fawcett Publications 1960. Paperback. 256p. lightly-worn first edition PBO paperback pictorial wraps. Stories. Grier A Gold Medal Giant d1009. A collection of 'twilight woman' tales by Simone de Beauvoir Sigmund Freud Claire Morgan Guy de Maupassant Clara Thompson Aldrich and others. Fawcett Publications paperback books
2006042515Berlin: Lit Verlag 2006. 500p. original stiff printed wrappers Religiöse Gegenwart Asiens; Studies in modern Asian religions 4. Lit Verlag unknown books
1994271728Florence: Studio per Edizioni Scelte 1994. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Well-illustrated throughout some in color. 2 volumes. 611 pages in all with text in Italian. 4to white printed boards d.w. slightly worn at head of spine. Firenze: Studio per Edizioni Scelte 1994. First edition. A fine pair in very good dust wrappers.<br/><br/> Studio per Edizioni Scelte unknown books
1977012456Bombay Gin Editions. Good. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Booklet. Side-stapled periodical has lightly browned wrapper with noticeable soil mark on front pictorial cover. The corners are lightly bumped there is light curling of pages near the top and minor bending on top corner near the spine. Back cover toned and lightly spotted. Interior pages have slight discoloration and some spotting mainly at the edges. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 55 pp . Bombay Gin Editions unknown books
20052292880DC Comics 2005. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 2nd printing. Faint toning to page edges. 2005 Soft Cover. On a trip to China Canary runs into the deadly Lady Shiva and Oracle encounters trouble when Huntress stumbles across some of her secrets. DC Comics paperback books
