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1953WRCLIT79158New York: New Directions 1953. xvi299pp. Cloth. About fine in faintly foxed dust jacket with a few nicks tiny creased edge tears and small sliver loss at the top fore- tip. First US issue one of 2650 copies printed photo-offset from the 1953 UK edition. Introduction by A. J. A. Symons foreword by W. H. Auden. Dust jacket design by Andy Warhol. HARRISON NEWTH & CANDIDO p.35. WOOLF A10c. New Directions hardcover books
1949011130London: Grey Walls Press 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VGF. Warmly inscribed at Chritsmas 1949 by Treece. Dustjacket slightly toned as are leaves else near fine. Grey Walls Press hardcover books
192920233New York: Horace Liveright 1929. First Edition. First Printings. 2 octavo volumes; mint green cloth titled and blocked in black and yellow on spines and front panels; black topstains; dustjackets; 356 426pp. 8pp publisher's catalog for Fall 1929 laid in. Minute wear at crowns trifle rubbing to front panel of vol.2 else Fine. Jackets are lightly sunned at spines with some minor edgewear a few short tears and a small nick at the crown of vol.2; small triangular snag to rear panel of vol.1; Very Good overall nicely preserving the attractive cover art by Paul Wenck. Lacking the publisher's original slipcase. One of the last of the German dramatist's novels translated into English by Eden and Cedar Paul and published by Horace Liveright the year after his death. "Sudermann portrays the conflict between a man's craving for unlimited freedom and the longing for a soul-mate and the cheerful anchorage of a home. Horace Liveright unknown books
1952133066New York: Pellegrina & Cudahy 1952. First edition. Oblong hardcover. An important book on advertising and design that includes numerous black and white illustrations. An about very good copy with a some other minor wear to the edges and corners but internally a clean copy. Lacking the dust jacket with a portion of the rear panel and the entire rear flap laid in. A nice copy of this classic which still feels very relevant today. Pellegrina & Cudahy unknown books
196813612Ithaca NY : Cornell University 1968. First Edition. Comb Bound. Near Fine. First Edition. 6 v 4 34 4 27 4 19 4 23 4 61 4 30 4 20 4 34 4 15 pages. Comb bound photo-mechanically reproduced report. 9 x 11 inches. Comb Bound. A project funded by NASA and involving 2 professors and 14 students with some serious objectives.<br/><br/>"This project was conceived for the purpose of achieving two diverse objectives. The first of these objectives was technical. It was the design of certain components of a control system for an unmanned lunar rover a test vehicle to be used in development and test of these components and a soil sampler. The second objective was educational. The desire was to provide professional engineering candidates with as real a design situation as would be possible within an educational institutions.TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE. The exploration of the lunar surface by an unmanned roving vehicle is a logical step in the program of manned lunar exploration . Therefore a remotely controlled Lunar Roving Vehicle Simulartor LVRS was to be designed and built. An additional technical project was a lunar soil sampler." page i. Cornell University unknown books
195214786Rhein-Ruhr: Verlegt bei Richard Scherpe 1952. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Text in German. 100 numbered pages followed by 66 unnumbered pages of full-color advertisements. Plastic comb binding. n.d. but from circa 1952. Magnificent volume on advertising design and graphics. Prior ownership name and date to front endpaper. A few of the original plastic rings lacking from spine. Overall a very good copy of this scarce title. <br/><br/> Verlegt bei Richard Scherpe paperback books
1883128924New York 1883. Softbound. VG soiling to outer wraps. Wraps. appx. 50 pp. plus 21 sheets with well over 100 line engravings. Catalogue lists 714 works many of which are reproduced by line engraving. Includes names and adresses along with numbered catalogue entries for each artist at rear. Rare. paperback books
188330421883. Softbound. VG. Wraps. appx. 120 pp. numerous line engravings. Catalogue lists 605 works many of which are reproduced by line engraving. Includes names and adresses along with numbered catalogue entries for each artist at rear. Rare. paperback books
192841970Praha: Aventinum 1928. First Edition. Small octavo 20cm.; publisher's white photo-montaged card wrappers printed in black and green; 159pp. Light shelf wear to wrapper extremities tiny chip at bottom spine edge of upper cover minor dust-soil else Very Good or better. Designed by the prolific Surrealist Czech designer Frantisek Muzika 1900-1974 the art director of Aventinum from 1927 until the publisher's folding in 1934 during which period he would provide the designs for nearly one hundred titles see Jindrich Toman Foto-Montáž Tiskem / Photo-Montage in Print 2009 p. 196. Aventinum unknown books
1996012437NY: Pace Wildenstein Gallery 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. Distinctive catalog for exhibition at the Pace Wildenstein Gallery in Nov - Dec 1996. Elaborately produced catalog double panel front cover opening to reveal single panel cover and leaves then to reveal two spiral bound mini-books. An amazing catalog for an amazing exhibition in which Samaras photographically explores self and world in four sub-topics: Kiss Kill Perverted Geometry Inedibles Self Absorption. Pace Wildenstein Gallery hardcover books
192920013New York: Graphic Literary Press 1929. First Edition. Octavo 22cm; purple cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; purple topstain; dustjacket; 230pp. Hint of sunning to upper board edges and topstain else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with light wear and a few small nicks to extremities and gentle sunning to spine. A novel based on events from the author's life woven around the motion picture industry in modern Russia with a dash of romance and a Tsar-like Trust which dominates the cinema field. Abramson was a Polish-born filmmaker and screenwriter in the U.S. with little fiction to his credit. An uncommon book particularly in attractive condition. Graphic Literary Press unknown books
2004RBRAONC00tmGreen Cat Press 2004. Fine. Bradbury Ray. Once the Years Were Numerous and the Funerals Few. Broadside. Makov design and illustration Susan; Eddington design and illustration Patrick. Salt Lake City: Green Cat Press 2004. #32 of 70 on eggshell paper. Illustrated. 19 x 35 cm on 28 x 47 cm eggshell paper. Broadside. Signed by author. Book condition: Fine. Signed by Bradbury Makov and Eddington. Green Cat Press unknown books
193217718New York: Viking Press 1932. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm; maroon cloth with titling and decorations stamped in black and gilt on spine and front panel; peach topstain; dustjacket; 298pp. Gently nudged and faded at spine ends else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped lightly worn at joints and extremities with some shallow chipping at spine ends and corners; Very Good. "The story of conflict between a small conservative settlement in the Tennessee mountains and a man who tried to rebuild the town only to meet with hate and resentment." A scarce piece of Tennessee fiction especially in dustjacket. COAN p.69 HANNA 664 BOGER 77. Viking Press unknown books
197315355Nantes: Musee Des Arts Decoratifs Nantes 1973. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Square paperbound quarto. Unpaginated catalog of a 1973 exhibition. Slight rubbing and wear to covers. A satisfying copy in bound illustrated wrappers. Text in French. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. <br/><br/> Musee Des Arts Decoratifs Nantes paperback books
200211264Rotterdam: 010 Publishers 2002. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Stunningly book on Dutch design elements in the 1990's with text in English by Renny Ramakers. Quarto. 234 pp. Brilliant color illustrations. Die-cut cover. A fine copy in bound glossy wrappers. <br/><br/> 010 Publishers paperback books
1987008598San Francisco: November 29th Committee for Palestine 1987. Original offset lithograph poster commissioned by the Committee for Palestine from noted Chicano social movements artist Juan R. Fuentes. A colorful poster of green red black blue yellow and white depicting 3 faces the text inEnglish Arabic Spanish and Hebrew. Near Fine fainte creases. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. OCLC notes one library holding at the University of Michigan. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 21 1/2" x 16 1/2" . November 29th Committee for Palestine books
192647602New York: International Publishers 1926. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm; black cloth with titles stamped in green on spine and publishers logo embossed at lower front cover; dustjacket; 67-2873pp. Spine ends gently nudged contemporary owners name in ink to front endpaper else Fine. In an attractive example of the dustjacket designed by William Gropper; price-clipped gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn with several tiny nicks and small tears along upper edge mended by clear tape on verso; Very Good. Attractive copy of this first-hand account by the Russian-American foreign correspondent written after revisiting his birthplace in the Soviet Union and dealing with "the peasant his daily life his wife and children the village school the Church the Soviet the political and social regeneration of the village" from front flap. With an introduction by Glenn Frank. International Publishers unknown books
193733252Praha: Družstevnà Práce 1937. Second Edition. Small octavo 18.5cm.; original pictorial cloth by Sutnar in grey decorative dust jacket printed in blue blue topstain; 255pp. Jacket extremities a bit rubbed spine somewhat toned and cocked topstain unevenly faded else a Very Good or better copy. Družstevnà Práce unknown books
198134978Pinnacle Creek Kimberley: S.i. 1981. Original photo-illustrated broadside xeroxed on a single sheet of white stock measuring 28cm x 21.5cm 11" x 8.5". Mild even toning with two small pinholes at upper corners; Very Good. Superb photographic broadside related to the struggle surrounding the Aboriginal Land Rights Act originating from the Walmajarri Tribe of Pinnacle Creek in Kimbereley Northwest Australia. The Act sought to grant Indigenous ownership and the right for Aboriginal tribes to claim royalties from the mining and farm companies to whom the Australian government had leased the land. While different states passed the Act as early as the late-1970's it was not passed in the Kimberlies until the mid-1980's. Not separately listed in OCLC. S.i. unknown books
1988WRCLIT73930Atlanta: Architecture Society of Atlanta / Nexus Press 1988. Quarto comprised of five 12 x 8" folding cloth panels printed recto and verso via decorated onlays with separate booklets and folded broadsheets mounted to five of the panels and letterpress on the others. Fine in faintly rubbed slipcase. First edition. An unusual format and presentation of five works each separately printed by R. Durham Crout Marco Frascari John Jacques George R. Johnston and Giuseppe Zambonini. Miller's design won First Place and Grand-Prize in MACWORLD's graphic design competition for its year. Architecture Society of Atlanta / Nexus Press hardcover books
193431017New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1934. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; lime green cloth titled in gilt on spine and front panel; dustjacket; 542pp. Sunning to cloth at spine and extremities else a fresh Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.75 gently spine-sunned and lightly dusty with a few short closed tears; Very Good. Frank's sequel to Dark Mother a strike novel in which a tobocco company executive searches for social order among farmers and workers. A much better example than usually seen of this wear-prone title. HANNA 1299 BLAKE p.252 RIDEOUT p.296. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
200331464New York: Princeton Architectural Press 2003. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Thick wide paperbound quarto with wide French flaps and printed paper obi. 191 pp. Correct first printing of this intriguing monograph on the famed record designer with texts by Emily King Christopher Wilson Paul Morley and others. Profusely illustrated. Light wear to cover edges. A sound very good plus copy of this uncommon and desirable book on Saville. Princeton Architectural Press paperback books
195433108Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1954. First Edition. Quarto 25cm; turquoise cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xxxiv2pp plus 74pp of black and white reproductions of dustjackets. Boards slightly splayed touch of offset from flaps onto endpapers with a hint of dustiness to text edges; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $4.00 gently spine-sunned with a touch of dustiness and some scattered foxing to flaps; Very Good. Attractive copy of Rosner's survey of dustjackets ranging from the earliest-known 19th century jackets through the 1950's providing reproductions of jackets from 25 different countries 226 illustrations. Harvard University Press unknown books
194627699New York: Pierre Matisse Editions. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Of 1150 numbered copies this copy is unnumbered. Very good with much rubbing and some tearing at spine edges. A wonderful book and a nice example of post-Exile New York Surrealism. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 94 pp . Pierre Matisse Editions hardcover books
196919627New York: Wittenborn and Company 1969. First Edition. Near fine. 4to. Seventeen unbound sheets in envelope with title affixed. Near fine. PROOF and ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED by Waldrop at colophon for Ken and Ann Mikolowski of Ann Arbor's Alternative Press noting this as an "unbound and / somewhat defective proof / copy" not included in the edition of 100 copies. Light bumps to corners of envelope. Sheets bright crisp clean throughout. <br/><br/>Collaborative work of visual poetry between Waldrop and Howe. This copy comes with a nice association with the Mikolowskis who for over 40 years published letterpress mail-art and broadsides as the Alternative Press. Wittenborn and Company unknown books
