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194712473Berkeley: Bern Borter 1947. Limited Edition. Very good/Very good-. Octavo 33pp. illustrated. Duncan's first book. A very good copy in the publisher's green cloth. Boards mildly soiled and the spine somewhat darkened though the gilt remains bright. This copy apparently one of three known examples with a dust jacket more on that to follow which repeats the design of the endpapers with no text. Jacket about very good unevenly toned with a large chip on the rear panel. This is number 5 of 100 limited copies SIGNED by Duncan on the limitation page alongside illustrator Mary Fabilli and with two manuscript poems in Duncan's hand written on the following leaf: "The blessed Herbert in his love does sing." and "Faithless and many minded muses.". This copy additionally inscribed by Duncan though unsigned it's clearly in his hand on a front blank to Bradley Bransford and dated in advance of publication: "for Brad 1947 July. Sometimes our feelings are so mild they are like a day when rocks seem mere extensions of the sea / these days these feelings are prehaps true undulations of love's most pleasant guise." Bransford's ownership signature appears on the front free endpaper. A lengthy typed note from bookseller Jack Shoemaker offering this book in 1976 for $850 to a collector gives some background details on the publication history some of which he was able to glean from talking to Duncan himself at the time of writing. The two manuscript poems at rear were not published until 2012 more than two decades after Duncan's death. Bertholf A1b. (Bern Borter) unknown
1926D8774Paris: Au Divan 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original printed wraps bound in orange cloth gilt-stamped lettering in brown leather spine label; folio; pp. 8 plus 15 hand-colored illustrations. Number 97 from a limited edition of 100 copies. Boards and lightly rubbed; spine tips a little frayed and label a little chipped; original wraps toned with flattened creases; previous owner's bookplate. Contents are fine -- bright and clean. SOLD WITH two letters handwritten illustrated and signed by Fabres to a female companion Antoinette "Mi muy querida y siempre recordada amiga". Both are mostly in French with just a little Spanish both list an address of 715 Madison Avenue in New York and both are absolutely charming. The first dated 18 Mai 1951 has 5 hand-painted illustrations. The second 5 Aout 1951 has an ink doodle of a winged man flying with a heart in one hand and flowers in the other. Flattened creases from folding but displays nicely contents on the rectos only. Fabres pitches some wonderful woo. <br/><br/> Au Divan hardcover
1905050883Pasadena: Charles Francis and Elisabeth HAllowell Saunders 1905. First Edition 1st Printing. Brown Chemise / String Binding. Fine. 11" x 5 1/2. Color Plates By Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders. String-Bound Text Pages Title Page Printed In Red And Black With Six Loose Color Plates In Gray Felt Three-Panel Chemise Printed In Black And Red As Issued Apparently The First State And Rare. The Poppy Plate Has Some Light Brown Discoloration At Edges Outside Of The Printed Area. Second Separate Publication By The Saunders. Charles Francis Saunders 1859-1941 Was Born To Quaker Parents In Bucks County Pennsylvania. He And His First Wife Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders D. 1910 Were Both Avid Naturalists; Charles Began Publishing Essays On Botany As Early As The 1890S. Charles And Elisabeth Also Collaborated On A Number Of Publications He As Author She As Illustrator. After A Honeymoon Trip To California And The Southwest In 1902 The Couple Moved Permanently To California In 1906 And Settled In A Craftsman Bungalow On North Lake Avenue In Pasadena Where Charles Devoted Himself Full Time To Writing. He Eventually Published More Than A Dozen Books Inspired By California And The Southwest. Both Charles And Elisabeth Were Amateur Photographers And Many Of Their Photographs Were Used To Illustrate Saunders' Books The Indians Of The Terraced Houses 1912 And Under The Sky In California 1913. In 1921 Saunders Married Mira Barrett Culin D. 1968 Whom He Had Met At The Pasadena Garden Club. Also A Writer Mira Shared Saunders' Interest In Gardens Botany And Photography. For Many Years Mira Published Articles On Pasadena Gardens Parks And Trees In The Pasadena Star News For Which She Took Dozens Of Photographs. First With Elisabeth And Then With Mira Saunders Travelled Extensively Throughout California And The Southwest Photographing All Of The California Missions The Regions' Natural Wonders Native Americans And Flora Among Other Things. These Interests Became The Subjects Of 18 Books And Numerous Essays And Articles Saunders Published In His Lifetime. Many Of These Books Were Illustrated With Photographs Taken By Their Author On His Many Excursions. Saunders' Collection Of Native American Pottery And Crafts Is Now In The Collection Of The Southwest Museum Los Angeles And His Botanic Library Is In The Possession Of The Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. Source: Apostol Jane. "Southern California Through The Lens Of Charles Francis Saunders" Southern California Quarterly Volume 81 Spring 1999: 1-88. <br/> <br/> Charles Francis and Elisabeth HAllowell Saunders unknown
200412691PARIS: Antoine Cahen Galerie Terrades. New. 2004. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless -- with a bonus offer-- . Antoine Cahen, Galerie Terrades paperback
192569687Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Company. As New in As New dust jacket. 1925. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE - Corresponds to ASIN: B00085C5W8. 321 pages including an appendix of nautical terms and expressions. -- with a bonus offer-- . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
199633250Boston Massachusetts U.S.A.: Harry N Abrams Inc. New. 1996. Hardcover. 0810935856 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- 221 pp -- clean and crisp tight and bright pages with no writing or markings to the text. "A treasure for connoisseurs and scholars this volume showcases the ravishing chalk studies of male and female nude models made after 1800 by famous French painter Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. Often called "the French Correggio" for his freewheeling mythological and allegorical canvases Prud'hon 1758-1823 was an unorthodox public artist of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire. The Romantic generation championed his melancholy mysterious eroticism which is on full display in these feminized male bodies and idealized female torsos. Chief curator at large for Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art Elderfield looks at Prud'hon's unhappy life he separated from his violent drunken wife after 25 years gaining custody of his five children when she was committed to an insane asylum and masterfully analyzes startling works that blur normally separated categories masculine/feminine platonic/passionate cool/ecstatic in a transgressive fantasy of desire. Gordon is an independent art historian." Book Review by John Elderfield From Publishers Weekly -- with a bonus offer--; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall . Harry N Abrams Inc hardcover
199128982New York / London: Janie C. Lee Master Drawings / Kate Ganz Limited. New. 1991. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - -- with a bonus offer-- . Janie C. Lee Master Drawings / Kate Ganz Limited paperback
199918168New York: Master Drawings Association Inc. New. 1999. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- with a bonus offer-- . Master Drawings Association, Inc. paperback
196252047New York: Atheneum. As New. 1962. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine clean & unmarked tight to spine - 308 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Atheneum hardcover
197521303New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. As New. 1975. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- 548 pages. From the publisher: ".Volume III is much more than merely a supplement to the other two volumes. Here Wallace Nutting the most renowned authority in the field gives everyone the opportunity to profit by his own experiences throughout a long life devoted to American antiques. He tells the reader where and what to collect analyzes the special problems of the small collector lists twenty-one precautions for the beginner. He recounts some delightful yarns and describes his own experiences in acquiring historic antiques - most of which are now in museums. Of special interest is Mr. Nutting's outline of cabinet-making and his account of how the old cabinetmakers worked with a complete list of early cabinetmakers." -- with a bonus offer--; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . Macmillan Publishing Co. , Inc. hardcover
195654969As New. 1956. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 240 pages -- with a bonus offer-- . hardcover
200036134PARIS: Societe Du Dessins / Salons Hoche. New. 2000. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED - 60 pages. Catalogue for the Spriing 2000 Drawings Fair held at the Salons Hoche in Paris. Includes profiles of the participating galleries with contact information and an illustrated sampling of works offered by each. Among the artists represented: Fontebasso Vuillard J. Martin Degas Gericault and many others. -- with a bonus offer-- . Societe Du Dessins / Salons Hoche paperback
72052Mongolia mid to late 19th to early 20th century. Oblong 27 x 35 cm. Eight paintings on silk each mounted on large iridescent silk sheets and framed behind glass. Early to mid-20th century black varnished bevelled wooden frames each measuring 38.0 x 47.5 cm. = A suite of eight uniform-sized paintings each depicting a hunting scene and all in uniform frames. The animals including a cat or lynx and a white rabbit may be of a symbolic nature; two paintings however showing falcons depict a genuine hunting method. One frame differs slightly from the others in being thinner without bevelled edges. Some wear to the frames the varnish partly abraded; silk irregularly spotted as if it has been painted on the versos too. Colouring vivid and strong. A very nice unique ensemble. unknown
19313116974Paris/new York: Harrison Balch and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover in slipcase. First edition. Limited edition of which 425 copies were offered for sale in America. This being #380. Fine on grey Auvergne hand-made paper wrappers laid-into a red folded card sleeve with title label on spine that slips into a similar red card folder lacking the top. The outer folder is strengthened by clear tape mends. The paper knife which is often missing is present. The pages have been opened so they may be easily perused. A charming if elusive early work by Calder. E. B. ; 7 3/4" x 10 1/4"; 124 pages . Harrison Balch and Company paperback
9779Newark VT: Janus Press 2018. Original Wrappers. Fine binding. Quarto. 2 24 ll. illus. Limited edition of one hundred numbered copies. Signed by Dawes and Gregg at the colophon. In a glued leaf binding in printed Canal paper covers. Gregg's drawings have been digitally printed here with Dawes's holographic poems letterpress printed from polymer plates around the drawings. Accompanying this is a smaller french-fold chapbook printed with matching foliation all housed in clamshell with maple wood sides in a slipcase with printed paper label. A fine copy. <br /> <br /> The chapbook offers a transcription of the holographic poems in the main work—though Dawes's handwriting is plenty legible. Additionally a short "Poet's Note" at the beginning of this chapbook describes his process of writing these poems in response to Gregg's drawings of Vallarta. He writes: "The poems collected here represent the most exciting part of making poems for me which is writing the first draft in that breakneck pace of someone in search of what a poem is offering and doing so with faith that it will eventually reveal itself to me." And of this particular collection of poems Dawes makes a fascinating observation: "I write to understand how I have been moved by the art." A beautiful idea searching for understanding through writing. A wonderful and accidental or perhaps inspired collaboration between the founder of the Vermont Studio Center and the Ghanaian poet. Janus Press unknown
1964306413New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc. 1964. 1964 Edition. Hardcover. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn with some loss and dust-toned dust-wrapper price-clipped now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 233 pages. Notes; The 1964 edition SIGNED and inscribed by P. L. Travers. Subjects; World War II 1939-1945 Children ; Fiction. New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc. hardcover
D19670Very Good. KURT SELIGMANN: ORIGINAL DRAWINGS 1. Landscape pencil drawing by Kurt Seligmann executed on the original printed bellyband which accompanied the catalogue published in conjunction with the landmark show Exposition Internationale Du Surréalisme held at the Galerie Beaux-Arts Paris from January - February 1938 which included Seligmann's artwork "Ultra-furniture" a stool made of four bent female legs. A unique untitled/unsigned item in good condition 13"w x 3.25"h flat bellyband folded once with moderate toning at the fold and a piece torn which has been repaired with tape. 2. A full sheet of 11 untitled/unsigned vertical costume drawings and stacked occult-like symbols all executed with blue ink on both sides of a sturdy irregular edge textured paper. Undated in very good condition approx. 7.5"w x 10.75"h with some mild traces of use. 3. 2 untitled/unsigned original vertical pencil drawings by Kurt Seligmann executed on delicate sketch notepad paper recto only. Undated in very good condition each approx. 3"w x 5"h with a rough top edge removed from the notepad corner paper loss and mild toning. 4. Full sheet red colored crayon and pencil on sketchbook paper featuring a fully executed Unicorn costume design not unlike costumers Seligmann designed for Gian-Carlo Menotti's 1958 ballet "The Unicorn the Gorgon and the Manticore" commissioned by the Walker Art Center Minneapolis. Notations in pencil on back "Kurt Seligmann costume designs for ballet". Undated in very good condition approx. 8.75"w x 11.75"h with a rough top edge removed from the sketchpad corner paper loss and mild toning. <br/><br/> unknown
19493116331New York: Viking Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Warmly INSCRIBED by M. F. K. Fisher to her neighbor in year of publication on front end-paper. Close to fine in very good dust jacket. Usual discoloration at spine on jacket with shelf-wear at crest of spine. Traces of shelf-soiling on rear cover of jacket. Uncommon early inscription with her farm in Hemet she whimsically called 'Bareacres' noted. ; 5 3/4" x 8 1/2"; 253 pages . Viking Press. hardcover
51-5056Paris: François-André Michaux 1810. Large 8vo. 18 x 27.5 cm. I149pp. et 14 engravings printed in color after the Redoutés 5 et Bessa 9; freshh paper. Engravers are Bessin and Boquet. Original boards worn and cracked along the spine. Pasted on the inside of the front cover is a combination prospectus and table of contents. Claus Nissen Die Botanische Buchillustration Ihre Geschichte und Bibliographe Nr. 1360; This volume not in OCLC.This volume 1 printed in 1810; volume 2 printed in 1812; volume 3 printed in 1813."Histoire des pins et des sapins de l'Amérique septentrionale considerée principalement sous les rapports de leur usage dans les arts et de leur introduction dans le commerce" v. 1 p. 9-12 149 1 1st and 2nd counts has separate dated title page with imprint: Paris de l'Imprimerie de L. Haussmann et d'Hautel M. D. CCC. X. The half title page reads: Histoire des pins et des sapins de l'Amérique septentrionale and has verso of half-title page reading: Se trouve à Paris chez: L. Haussmann et d'Hautel rue de la Harpe no. 80. Treuttel et Wurtz rue de Lille no. 17; même maison à Strasbourg. Gabriel Dufour et Ce. rue des Mathurins S. Jacques no 7. Bossange et Masson rue de Tournon no. 6. A Philadelphie: Chez Samuel Bradford and Inskeep South 3d. Street. There are 14 numbered hand-colored leaves of plates.Versos of half-title pages read: Se trouve à Paris chez: L'auteur place S. Michel no. 8; Treuttel et Wurtz rue de Lille no. 17; même maison à Strasbourg. Gabriel Dufour et Ce. rue des Mathurins S. Jacques no 7. Bossange et Masson rue de Tournon no. 6. Le Charlier à Bruxelles. A Philadelphie: Chez Samuel and Inskeep South 3d. Street Paris: François-André Michaux, 1810. hardcover
51-3527Paris: Didot Aîné 1809. Large folio. 39.5 x 56 cm. Contemporary textured cloth with gilt stamping on covers and spine; binding restored with some gilt lost. 72pp. and 67 of a possible 77 plates. Very good.OCLC Number: 763883198In folio : 2f. 72pp. et 67/77 planches hors texte et quelques culs-de-lampe et bandeaux.Veau fauve granité de l'époque dos lisse orné pièce de titre brune coiffes absentes large guirlande dorée en encadrement des plats frottements et épidermures plat supérieur détaché roulette dorée sur coupes angles émoussés tranches dorées.Édition originale l'ouvrage fut réédité en 1824. Façades vues en perspective ou à vol d'oiseaux détails d'ornementation jardins plans des plus belles maisons de Rome ; on trouve notamment les villas Albani Medici Panfili Barberini Borghese Mattei Farnesiana Negroni Pia Madama Sacchetti Altieri Bolognetti Monte Dragone Taverna Muti d'Este Aldobrandini Lanti Giustiniani Caprarola etc. Créateurs du style Empire Percier et Fontaine furent notamment les architectes de l'arc de triomphe des Tuileries Paris: Didot Aîné, 1809. hardcover
194512833Cummington MA: Cummington Press 1945. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Large octavo unpaginated. A notoriously fragile book and one of only "a few" per Edelstein see below copies bound in rose-colored Japanese Natsume straw-paper over boards. The calf spine is worn at the extremities but less so than is often seen and the binding is sound. Gentle wear to corners but a sharp internally clean example; very good. Lacking as usual the plain glassine dust jacket. This is number 260 of 300 limited copies another 40 were signed by Stevens. Edelstein A10 references an unpublished letter from Harry Duncan publisher of the Cummington Press to Stevens which reads in part: "Five copies will be mailed to you on Monday. One of these is covered with rose paper not with the green . Only a few copies have it all the available green paper not quite being enough for the entire edition." Furthermore of the six locations noted by Edelstein only Holly Stevens's copy is in the rose binding. A desirable copy. Cummington Press hardcover
1925059684Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1925. First American Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 464 Pp. Folding Map At End. Red Cloth Colored Boards. First American Edition Later Printing 1925 Using Sheets Printed In Great Britain. Some Wear Spine Lettering Quite Clear But Not Bright No Marks Fraying At Tips And Along Bottom Edges Of Boards. Black Silhouette Bookplate Of Ayscough In Robes Feeding Her Pekingese Hand Titled "Yo Fei And His Missus" Inscribed "To Mrs. Low With Love A Well-Acquainted American's Observations In China; It Would Be Hard To Find Any Comparable Early Twentieth Century English-Language Observations Of China Or America By A Chinese Writer. Florence Wheelock Ayscough Macnair 1875 -1942 Was A Sinologist Writer And Translator Of Chinese Literature Born In Shanghai China To Canadian Father Thomas Reed Wheelock And American Mother Edith H. Clarke. Ayscough Moved To The United States Aged Nine And Attended Shaw School In Brookline Where She Met Amy Lowell The American Poet. The Two Were Lifelong Friends. Ayscough's Family Returned To Live In China When She Was In Her Early Twenties. Ayscough Was A Lecturer On Chinese Art And Literature And Was The Author Of Eight Books On Chinese History Culture Literary Criticism And Translation. She Traveled As A Lecturer To Cities Including London Paris Berlin And New York. Ayscough Accepted A Permanent Lecturing Post At The University Of Chicago In 1938 Where She Lectured On Chinese Literature And Continued Her Translation Work And Documenting The History And Culture Of China. She Was Honorary Librarian Of The North China Branch Royal Asiatic Society In Shanghai For Fifteen Years. She Collected Modern Chinese Paintings Including Work By Xu Gu. Her Efforts Introduced This Chinese Art Form To The American Public. Her Writings Included Translations Of Classical Poetry And Essays On Chinese Art History And Philosophy. She Work Also Attempted To Correct Previous Inaccurate Attempts To Translate The Cultures Of Ancient And Contemporary China For Example Perspectives Of China As A Stagnant Culture. In Addition To Countering Negative Stereotypes With Positive Reevaluations She Also Sought To Correct Misinformation. For Example Her Review Of The 1931 Novel The Good Earth By American Writer Pearl Buck Ayscough Praised The Choice Of Contemporary Chinese Peasantry As The Subject But Criticized The Accuracy. Ayscough Had A Strong Influence On The Work Of Amy Lowell Being The Source Of Lowell's Interest In Asian Culture And Chinese Poetry; Ayscough Introduced Lowell To Chinese Paintings And Poetry In 1917. On A Visit To America She Brought With Her Chinese Word Pictures That She Translated Into English Which Lowell Turned Into Rhymed Poetry. Her First Book Fir-Flower Tablets With Amy Lowell Was A Translation Of Poems From The Chinese. A Chinese Mirror Published In 1925 Was An Analysis Of The Structure Of Chinese Society And Government In Particular The Symbolism Of The Beijing Imperial Palaces. She Published Tu Fu The Autobiography Of A Chinese Poet In 1929; Her Translations Of The Poems Of Tu Fu With A Biography Constructed Using His Poetry. In 1934 She Published Travels Of A Chinese Poet. These Two Works Contributed To The Introduction Of Tu Fu To The British Public. Ayscough Wrote Two Books Intended For Younger Readers; The Autobiography Of A Chinese Dog An Account Of Shanghai From The Perspective Of Her Pekingese Dog Yo-Fei And Fire-Cracker Land. Her Final Work Chinese Women Yesterday And To-Day Published In 1937 Examined Contemporary Chinese Women Leaders As Successors Of A Long Line Of Capable Though Secluded Chinese Women. Ayscough Also Contributed Articles To The Encyclopaedia Sinica. After Her Death Ayscough's Correspondence With Her Friend The Poet Amy Lowell Was Compiled And Published By Her Husband Professor Harley Farnsworth Macnair. The Following Year He Published A Biography Of His Wife Titled The Incomparable Lady. He Donated Her Collection Of 1292 Chinese-Language Books To The Library Of Congress. <br/> <br/> Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
51-6433Paris: Castel 1863. Large 4to. 27 x 33.5cm; demi-percaline façon chagrin bordeaux dos lisse fileté or titre doré reliure de l'époque. Coiffes abîmées frottés et taches.Portrait gravé en front. vignette de titre en deux tons vignettes in-t. frontispice et 12 planches de reproductions de dessins de V. Hugo gravés sur fond teinté. Exemplaire truffé d'un portrait gravé de Th. Gautier de 3 reproductions gravées de dessins de V. Hugo extraites de la revue L'Art d'un numéro spécial Huog du Monde illustré 8 ff. et d'une coupure volante de l'Univers illustré portant un dessin gravé de V. Hugo. Avec une intéressante notice manuscrite se rapportant à la notice imprimée ajoutée d'une lettre de V. Hugo relative à cette édition. Nombreuses rousseurs. .Ex-libris de la famille de Watteville / par le Os. Baron de Watteville et L. Ol. Baron de Watteville .OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:25847121.Expertise by Cabinet Poulain5 rue de Saintonge75003 Paris Paris: Castel, 1863 unknown
1934035942London: The James Press 1934. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . Xxix 29 I Pp. Hardcover Four Colors Of Cloth There Is No Standard Set Of Colors But The Design Was Constant Gilt. One Of 90 Copies This Copy Number "B" Colophon Hand Corrected By James From Seventy-Five To Ninety. Inscribed By Edward James "With Love" To His Sister Silvia And Dated Christmas 1934. 11 1/8" X 8 5/8". Light Wear And Fading To Covers Although Spine And Cover Gilt Lettering Is Bright And Clear. No Fraying. Edward James British Heir Possible Son Of Edward Vii Author Was A An Important Collector And Supporter Of Surrealism. His Family Home The West Dean Estate He Donated To Found A College Devoted To Fostering Skilled Useful Arts.He Took As His Personal Home A Smaller House On The Estate Monkton Which He Filled With Surrealist And Other Fine Art Including Work On The House Itself By Noted Surrealists. While In Hollywood He Advocated For The Saving Of The Watts Towers After They Were Abandoned By Simon Rodia. By His Design And At His Own Expense. Las Pozas "The Pools" Was Created By James Circa 1949-1984 More Than 2000 Feet 610 M Above Sea Level In A Subtropical Rainforest. It Includes More Than 80 Acres 32 Ha Of Natural Waterfalls And Pools Interlaced With Towering Surrealist Sculptures In Concrete. Las Pozas Is Near The Village Of Xilitla San Luis Potosí A Seven-Hour Drive North Of Mexico City.Where It Is Now Maintained As A Foundation. <br/> <br/> The James Press hardcover
194030178New York: Simon and Schuster 1940. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing: with requisite date of publication present on the title and copyright page. 5.5 x 8.25in. xiv. 380pp. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration. NEAR FINE. Shows one corner lightly tapped a slight hint of shelf rubbing along the edges else Fine/As New. As pictured. Simon and Schuster hardcover
