KWAN MOONABAA
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193226989Los Angeles: The Phoenix Press 1932 1932. First American edition. Mattila B77; not in BAL under Sterling. Binding a little darkened worn and creased in the upper corner; a good sound copy. 8vo original tan cloth spine pale green paper boards Chinese characters and western lettering in red. Frontis portrait. 24 poems and two short plays by Moon Kwan a native of China who attended USC in Los Angeles and UC Berkeley. Along the way he befriended Witter Bynner to whom one of the poems is addressed and George Sterling who wrote the introduction to the plays among other members of the literati and he worked as a technical advisor to D. W. Griffith on his film Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl. Kwan returned to Hong Kong in the 1930s where he worked in the film industry. This Los Angeles edition is one of two that appeared in 1932 or slightly later; the other with six additional poems was published in Hong Kong and is not dated. <br/><br/> Los Angeles: The Phoenix Press, 1932 unknown books
736Paris/Toyko. Paperback. Very Good. 1st Japanese ed. Stiff wraps with tipped-on ssepia illus. on cover. 81 sepia photo illus. <br/><br/> paperback books
2006153261Seoul Korea: The Amore Museum 2006. Softcover. VG Ouitermost edges of pages are tanning lightly otherwise clean. 2 vols. Black wraps with sage or lilac spine; French flaps 391 total pp. many color illus. Text is in English. A two-volume set outlining the collections of this Korean Museum. The first volume consists of 183 pieces that are traditionally considered accoutrements for Korean women. The second presents 151 pieces associated with the culture of brewing serving and drinking tea. Many full-color close-ups of the articles make this set a lot of fun for browsing. The Amore Museum paperback books
198116672Matrix/Delpire 1981. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1981 stated 1st American edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp Near Fine dustjacket with just the slightest touch of scuffing to the panels. Oblong quarto the text translated from its original French by Enid Kirshberger. <br/><br/> Matrix/Delpire hardcover books
33126Caracas: Fundacion Eugenio Mendoza 1967. Three volumes: 1823; 1824-1825 Enero-Junio; 1825 Julio-Diciembre-1826 Enero-Mayo. Hardcover. Maroon leatherette with gold lettering. Some light bumping and wear to corners and edges some light scuffing to boards. Pages tanned. Otherwise clean and sound. . VeryGood. Hardcover . Fundacion Eugenio Mendoza 1967 hardcover books
2004125041Woodstock NY: Hawks Publishing 2004. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 78 pages. Collection of poems. Translated from the Korean by Wolhee Choe and Robert E. Hawks. Frontispiece and illustrations in text by Wonsook Kim. Hawks Publishing unknown books
193220730Los Angeles: The Phoenix Press 1932. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Quarter printed cloth over boards. Very good. Some foxing toning to boards. Endpapers lightly foxed with trivial touches throughout text block but mostly clean throughout. 68pp. <br/><br/>Scarce book by the Chinese author in a lovely edition. With an introduction by Manly Hall and another by George Sterling who discusses Kwan's play "The Sword of Heaven." The Phoenix Press hardcover books
2004016705Norwalk CT: Easton Press 2004. Book. New condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Hardcover bound in a decorative gray leather binding. Number 355 of 900 copies signed by Elizabeth Moon. Includes a certificate of authenticity and a printed note about the book both provided by the publisher. The text is clean and unmarked and does not have a bookplate. Silk bookmark and silk moire endpapers. First edition. Easton Press Hardcover books
198884078NY:: Garland Publishing. Fine. 1988. Hardcover. 0824051408 . Complete in two volumes. First edition thus. Both volumes are fine in tan cloth. No dust jackets as issued. ; 1152 pages . Garland Publishing, hardcover books
2001176368Santa Fe NM: Arena Editions 2001. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 288 pages. Features text by Robert Delpire. Retrospective monograph on Moon that is a striking collection of 178 duotone and 26 four color images. A near fine copy in cloth spine and paper covered boards with some very minor wear. No dust jacket as issued. A beautifully printed book. Arena Editions unknown books
1952142221London: Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. 1952. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. Curtis Warren 00. The third book in the "I.R.C." series an incredibly bad space opera trilogy set in the future. "Absolute rubbish from start to finish" - Harbottle and Holland A299. Reginald 09317. Not in Clarke Tale of the Future 1978. Wrappers rubbed at edges old cellophane tape reinforcements at spine ends a very good bright copy. Scarce. #142221 Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd. unknown books
012987New York; 1992: John Wiley & Sons Inc. First Edition. Octavo. 508pp. Author of the classic "Chaotic Vibrations" in 1987 Moon presents an application-minded approach to chaotic dynamics and fractal analysis for a wide array of sciences including biology. Many illustrations with a suite of color plates. References. Subject and Names indexes. Bound in black cloth lettered and ruled in gilt spine gilr fine in fine dust jacket. John Wiley & Sons, Inc unknown books
1987111456Birmingham: Classics of Ophthalmology 1987. hardcover. fine. Illustrated. 2 vols. in one. Thick 8vo full rust leather decoratively gilt spine and covers a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Ophthalmology 1987. Fine.<br/><br/> Facsimiles of the 1894 and 1877 editions respectively.<br/><br/> Classics of Ophthalmology unknown books
198517751985. WACKERBARTH Horst. LEAST HEAT MOON William. THE RED COUCH: A PORTRAIT OF AMERICA. Photography by Kevin Clarke and Horst Wackerbarth. NY: Alfred Van Der Marck Editions 1985. Quarto red cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Clarke on the half-title page. An interesting culmination of the four years spent by Clarke and Wackerbath traveling the United States with an eight-foot long red-velvet sofa. Near fine; very minor wear price-clipped d/j. $85.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1998166218Urbana and Chicago IL: University of Illinois Press and Canal Corridor Association 1998. First edition. Oblong hardcover. First printing. 216 pages. Prologue by Tony Hiss. Essays by Emily J. Harris. Epilogue by William Least Heat-Moon. A terrific collection of black and white images by Edward Ranney. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Ranney on the title page and also signed and inscribed by him on the front free endpaper and additionally signed there as well by Emily Harris. University of Illinois Press and Canal Corridor Association unknown books
199919640Buenos Aires Argentina: Banco Velox 1999. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black cloth gilt lettering color DJ. 237 pp. Profuse color and bw plates. Text in Spanish Prilidiano Pueyrredon: Cultural Artists Project of Mercosur. One of a beautiful series of books on Latin artists--includes a biographic section chronology and vast selection of stunning annotated plates. Banco Velox hardcover books
19566053361956. not signed on one 8x10 sheet featuring Marlon Brando practicing with different pose in each shot from the 1956 film "The Teahouse of the August Moon." Photographs are on one 8" x 10" single weight sheet; very good staple holes in upper and lower margin; 1956. Test photos are rare and probably one of a kind!. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1859004141Conrland N.Y.: Van Slyck & Hitchcock 1859. First Edition. Octavo. A scarce copy of the life of Deiadamia Button Chase who grew from life as an orphan ot success as a physician and a life of controversy as a proponent of phrneology extending even to the churches of the New York region. 230 p.; bound in publisher's brow embossed cloth with O.S. Fowler's Synopsis of Phrenology. 19p. with 5 unnumbered pages of charts. spine lettering gilt cloth separating from spine scattered foxing throughout. corners worn. Van Slyck & Hitchcock unknown books
199132473Berkeley: North Atlantic Books 1991. First edition. Cloth fine in lightly used dust jacket. <br/><br/> North Atlantic Books hardcover books
199234538London: Macmillan 1992. Hardcover. Very good. xvii 236pp index. Ink gift inscription on front free endpaper else a very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
1983235809Madison: University of Wisconson Press 1983. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Hundreds of black & white photographic illustrations. 346pp. 4to rust cloth d.w. Madison: Wisconsin 1983. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.<br/><br/> University of Wisconson Press unknown books
19781215387Springfield IL: Charles C. Thomas 1978. Quarto; vg/good; dj. white spine wih green titles; HB green cloth spine with silver titles; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block clean; hand notes on ffep; 190 pp.; illus. 452 plates some with color; endpapers toning starts; binding slightly askew; dj sunned; chipping and short tears; spot staining; else very good. 1215387. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Charles C. Thomas unknown books
198251219Boston: Little Brown 1982. First Edition 18th printing. 8vo pp. 420. A nice copy in little chipped and worn price clipped dj. Signed by the author on the title page and inscribed: "For my friend Bill Smith who helped introduce me to Robert Herrick with good rembrance of how we bestirred the bear in Budapest. In the blood. 15 Nov 85" An exploration of back roads and forgotten towns across America and meetings with the people living there. William Jay Smith was born in Winnfield Louisiana. He was brought up at Jefferson Barracks Missouri south of St. Louis. Smith received his A.B. and M.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and continued his studies at Columbia University and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Smith is the author of ten collections of poetry of which two were finalists for the National Book Award. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970. Little Brown unknown books
1992112581Bilbao: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya 1992. Softcover. VG. Color illus. wraps; 259 pp.; 63 color plates numerous bw and color figures. Text in Spanish; Accompanied an exhibition held in 1992 and 1993; Contains works by Jan Both Abraham Mignon Andries van Bochoven Balthasar van der Ast and many others; Extensive annotations. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya paperback books
1983RMOOBLU00LRLittle Brown and Company 1983. Fair. Moon William Least Heat. Blue Highways : A Journey into America. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1983. Uncorrected advance proof. 367pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Fair with bumped edges rubbed covers a small tear at foot of front joint and light moisture damage to rear cover. The last half of the text block is also lightly moisture damaged but the text is unaffected. However the majority of the text block is detached from covers though all pages are still present. Little, Brown, and Company paperback books
