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1933889021933. CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 12 #4. Tokyo April 1933. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world insured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous and utterly charming. Any issues of the magazine have become very hard to find particularly ones in as good condition as this one. This issue has illustrated stories by the important author Kitahara Hakushu among others. unknown books
1932888991932. CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE. KODOMO NO KUNI April V 四月　 V. 11 #4. å一巻　四號 1932 　Tôkyô æ±äº¬ 25.9 x 18.7 cm there are 32 heavy paper pages with color illustrations including the front and back covers. There are no flimsy page inserts in this issue.<br /> <br /> Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world ensured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous and utterly charming. Any issues of the magazine have become very hard to find particularly ones in as good condition as this one. There are illustrations by Fukazawa Shôzô Koga Harue Suzuki Shintarô Matsuyama Fumio Takei himself and many others. This copy is further distinguished by having an image done by the important avant-garde figure Murayama Tomoyoshi he was jailed that very month for two years for being a member of the Japanese Communist Party. The only hint of violence or war in the magazine interestingly enough is a drawing by a child contestant illustrating Japanese troops overwhelming Korean protestors in Korea. Japanese Communist Party. The only hint of violence or war in the magazine interestingly enough is a drawing by a child contestant illustrating Japanese troops overwhelming Korean protestors in Korea. unknown books
1932888941932. CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 11 #3. March 三月　第å一巻 第三號　１９３２　　Tôkyô. æ±äº¬. 26.0 x 18.1 cm. This issue has 32 pages counting the front and rear covers color illustrated on heavy high-quality paper. There is also a section of 20 pages on flimsy paper laid in with songs games the colophon of the magazine advice for mothers etc. etc. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world ensured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous and utterly charming. There are illustrations by Takei himself Hatsuyama Shigeru Honda Shôtarô Kawakami Shirô Iwaoka Tomoe and many others. There is original childrens' art by young subscribers as well. Any issues of the magazine have become very hard to find particularly ones in as good condition as this one. This copy is distinguished by also having a two-page image done by the important avant-garde figure Murayama Tomoyoshi he was jailed the following month for two years for being a member of the Japanese Communist Party. unknown books
1933888931933. CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE. KODOMO NO KUNI 二月　V. 12 #2. 　å二巻　二號. Tokyo February 1933. 26.0 x 18.7 cm There are 32 color pages on heavy paper with work by such artists as Takei himself Maeshima Tomo Kawakami Shirô Kumatani Motoichi and many others. There is also a 20-page flimsy paper section with advice for mothers songs the colophon etc. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE LAND OF CHILDREN and his wide contacts throughout the artistic and literary world ensured that the magazine was the finest of its kind. Its artwork is justly famous and utterly charming. Any issues of the magazine have become very hard to find particularly ones in as good condition as this one. Slight soiling and edgewear to the covers.Internally clean. unknown books
1929888971929. CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE. KODOMO NO KUNI　December　å二月 V. 8 #15.　八巻　å五號　Tôkyô æ±äº¬ã€€1929. 25.7 x 18.5 cm. There are 36 pages of color illustrations counting the front and back covers printed on wonderful deluxe paper. There is also one flimsy paper insert with a bw illustration printed on one side. THE LAND OF CHILDREN was the finest kid's magazine of the prewar period in Japan. There were contributions in each heavily illustrated issue by some of the finest illustrators and writers of the time. This issue includes work by Okamoto Kiichi Kawakami Shirô Katsuyama Shigeru Iwaoka Tomoe Ota Saburo and many others. Issues are seldom found today this copy is a bit rubbed and soiled but overall in very good condition and doubly unusual thus. unknown books
1953554Salem 1953. Very good. Two issues July 1952 17:7 & April 1953 18:4. 32pp. each. Original printed stiff wrappers stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Two issues of the monthly magazine published by the Oregon State Penitentiary. First issued in 1936 the magazine is "Published monthly by and for the inmates of the Oregon State Penitentiary to permit self-expression provide a medium for discussion of public problems and serve as an entertainment feature." Content includes penitentiary news poetry essays and a cartoon about a feline inmate entitled "Bolivar the Big-house Cat." Fewer than ten listings for the periodical in OCLC mostly in Oregon institutions. unknown books
1799WRCAM19979Philadelphia 1799. 161-416pp. lacks pp.163-166. Apparently also lacking titlepages with complete publication title. Contemporary half calf and plain boards. Spine worn front hinge cracked. First two leaves lightly dampstained. Lacks two leaves. Otherwise good untrimmed. A volume of ten complete issues of this early American magazine. This run includes various excerpts on natural history from Hearne's arctic voyage. THE WEEKLY. contains an eclectic selection of poems biographies political and natural historical articles as well as brief notices and excerpts from other publications. The magazine's young and ambitious editor James Watters died during the yellow fever epidemic and consequently THE WEEKLY. ceased publication between August 1798 and February 1799 at which point Ezekiel Forman dragged publication on through June. The present volume contains numbers 20 Vol. II and 31-39 Vol. III as well as an incomplete copy of number 19 Vol. II. A nice run of this short-lived early American periodical. "Another very interesting hebdomadal was the WEEKLY MAGAZINE OF ORIGINAL ESSAYS FUGITIVE PIECES AND INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE printed in Philadelphia from Feb. 3 1798 to June 1 1799" - Mott. EVANS 34992 34993 Vols. II & III. MOTT AMERICAN MAGAZINES I p.122. hardcover books
1786319698Philadelphia: Seddon Carey Spotswood Cist and Trenchard 1786. 101-152pp. plus folding meteorological table and engraved folding plate of mammoth bones found near the River Ohio and engraved plate of an eclipse. 8vo. Original blue wrappers with publisher's ads. 101-152pp. plus folding meteorological table and engraved folding plate of mammoth bones found near the River Ohio and engraved plate of an eclipse. 8vo. An early issue complete with its table and engraved plate and in the original wrappers: rare thus. "This was the most ambitious project in magazine publication yet attempted in this country" Evans. Publication began in September 1786 and continued to May 1787 before changing its name to the Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine.<br/><br/>Contributions to this issue include several works by Benjamin Rush as well as several articles relating to natural history discoveries in America including the mammoth bones found in Kentucky a description of a rattle snake and a submission concerning a giant sturgeon. Evans 19565; Sabin 14869 Seddon, Carey, Spotswood, Cist and Trenchard unknown books
1947100908San Francisco: Lane Publishing 1947. Early printing of this work by the mid-century master and pioneer of the California ranch house style Cliff May. Quarto bound in full green morocco by Asprey with gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised gilt bands double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt profusely illustrated with photographs and architectural drawings. In fine condition. A superior example of this important architectural work. American architect Cliff May was named by Life Magazine as the "dean of modern ranch house architects." The present volume evaluates his 25 years of work designing and building ranch houses in all parts of the West much of the United States and abroad. In addition to numerous commercial buildings May designed over 1000 custom private residences. In a 1936 interview he noted: "The early Californians had the right idea. They built for the seclusion and comfort of their families for the enjoyment of relaxation in their homes. We want to perpetuate these ideas of home building." Throughout his work Cliff emphasized "livability rather than form and facade". Lane Publishing unknown books
196919076Tokyo: Gendai Shokan 1969. Near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. Uncommon publication: no copies listed in OCLC. First Edition. Quarto. The first of only two volumes of this short-lived annual Japanese protest magazine: Non. Edited by Akio Tamura Takao Iida and Kenji Asano. Printed in a deep gravure. Volume 1 has images of Mimamata and sections on various protests. Tokyo: Gendai Shokan unknown books
2156New York N.Y. William Edwin Rudge 1940-1948. 4to. Vol.I-Vol. V. Number 1-4 of each year plus Vol. V Number 4. 1940-1948. Printed wrappers for each volume. 1st Edition. All in fine condition each year encased in a blue paper covered sleeve. Vol. I: 1940 Vol 1-4 A mutitude of articles on prints and books as well as numerous illustrations. Vol. II: 1942 #1-4 "Aristocracy in Prints" American engraver Vol. III: #1-4 1943 t. Vol. IV: 1946 #1-4Vol. V:1948 #4 only. On request I will provide a detailed list of articles included. unknown books
188589558Barcelona: Redaccion y Administracion 1885. hardcover. very good. Ano X. 3a Serie. Many illustrations some folding. 5 vols. large 8vo Barcelona 1885-1887.<br/><br/> vol I: is bound in red cloth rebacked in red morocco; the others are bound in cloth & cloth backed boards lightly chipped. Contains several articles on Cuba.<br/><br/> Redaccion y Administracion unknown books
196528508New York: Time Magazine 1965. First and Only edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs. 1 vols. 4to. Brown leather with the initials R.M.C. on the upper cover. First and Only edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs. 1 vols. 4to. Richard Clurman's Copy. This copy belonged to Richard Clurman and has his initials on the upper cover. He led this group of 28 business and professional leaders and a group of editorial and publishing executives from Time Inc on this trip. He was then Chief of Time-Life News Service. Time Magazine unknown books
1855117992New York: SAmuel Hueston 1855. hardcover. near fine. Frontispiece portrait and illustrated throughout with 48 other steel engraved portrait plates protected by tissue. 505pp. Short thick 4to original charming gilt-stamped pictorial red cloth covers a.e.g. N.Y.: Samuel Hueston 1855. First edition. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> SAmuel Hueston unknown books
195969294NY: Folder Editions 1959. First edition numbered & signed issue. 116 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with some light wear to crown of spine. Foreword by Wallace Fowlie. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Aldan. Poets include Ashbery O’Hara Corso Ginsberg Kerouac Whalen Levertov Eigner Olson and many others with reproductions of drawings by Pollock Kline de Kooning Joan Mitchell Jane Freilicher Guston Motherwell Hartigan Frankenthaler Rivers DeNiro and more. NY: Folder Editions unknown books
199024030New York: The New Yorker Magazine 1990. 1 vols. Image 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches matted to 14 x 16 inches. 1 vols. Image 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches matted to 14 x 16 inches. Original Rini New Yorker Cartoon Drawing. From the collection of James H. Heineman. The New Yorker Magazine unknown books
1805822291805. THE BOSTON WEEKLY MAGAZINE; Devoted to Morality Literature Biography History the Fine Arts Agriculture &c. &c. Volume II -- 1803-4 & III -- 1804-5. Boston: Published by Gilbert and Dean at their Printing-Office No. 78 State-Street 1805. Two complete years of this weekly from 29 October 1803 through 19 October 1805 bound together: Volume II no. 1-52; Volume III no. 1-52. Folio. Pp. vi208;vi208. Text is printed in triple columns. Each volume is preceded by an index arranged according to the style of the piece essay history useful poetry etc. There are two title-pages for Volume III; one is bound at the beginning of Volume II and the other is in its proper place. The title-page for Volume II is lacking. Paper quality varies throughout. Text leaves are age-browned and occasionally lightly soiled and/or foxed mostly light to moderate but in a few instances it is heavy with a few dog-eared corners and occasional edgewear. Volume II no. 41 p. 163-4 has some loss at the bottom fore-corner resulting in a loss of text to the last few lines in one column. Bookblock is splitting with remnants of the backstrip; but the boards are missing. The June 16 1804 issue third page p.135 second column. "Domestick" mentions that Captain Lewis was in Pittsburg "accompanied by twenty Indian chiefs." There are a couple of tohter references to the L&C expedition. unknown books
196830360New York: Film-Makers' Cinematheque 1968. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Side-stapled wrappers. Sold here together are ten early issues of this influential avant-garde cinema newsletter first edited by Carl Linder and later Suni Mallow. Several issues with cover collages by Jud Yalkut. Issues all mostly in very good condition with small paper loss to a couple of the issue's front covers. Film-Makers' Cinematheque paperback books
197122873EChicago: Playboy Magazine 1971. First Edition. Playboy Magazine Founder Hugh Hefner's Copy with his bookplate affixed to the inner front cover and a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. Illustrated catalogue issued to accompany a European exhibition of illustrations that appeared in Playboy Magazine with a foreword by longtime Playboy Magazine Art Director Arthur Paul. Laid in is a printed exhibition schedule that began in Milan Italy and ended in Munich Germany. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. 7 3/4†x 7 7/8†staplebound unpaginated. About fine condition with just a hint of handling to the covers in printed wrappers. Hugh Hefner was an avid book and art collector movie aficionado and print lover. The first issue of Playboy was October 1 1953 with Marilyn Monroe as the first centerfold and its final printed issue was released on March 17 2020 with the magazine now available online. The magazine played an important part in the so-called ‘sexual revolution’ and still remains one of the most recognizable brands in the world. Notable for its nude and semi-nude centerfolds the magazine also published a wide variety of short stories and serializations by such significant writers as Arthur C. Clarke Ian Fleming Vladamir Nabokov Ray Bradbury Saul Bellow P.G. Wodehouse Chuck Palahniuk Roald Dahl Haruki Murakami and Margaret Atwood. Then there were the interviews and terrific cartoons by Jules Feiffer Shel Silverstein Gahan Wilson and more. Playboy Magazine unknown books
1936235319New York 1936. Illustrated with photos. 1 vols. Folio. Orig. wrappers; occasionally creased slightly dusty spine occasionally chipped or abraded. Internally clean. Illustrated with photos. 1 vols. Folio. This mock-up of LIFE magazine appeared one month before the first published issue of November 23 1936. It was circulated to potential advertisers to provide a model for the general form and content of the magazine. LIFE is referred to as "Time's Picture Magazine" as the title had not been decided upon yet.<br/><br/><br/>Incidentally this "dummy" is also notable for containing the first printed reproductions of Paul Outerbridge's color photography appearing four years before his groundbreaking Photographing in Color with two full page color photographs including one nude. unknown books
195024035New York: The New Yorker Magazine 1950. 1 vols. Image 12 x 8-1/2 inches matted to 20 x 16 inches overall. 1 vols. Image 12 x 8-1/2 inches matted to 20 x 16 inches overall. Original Chon Day New Yorker Cartoon Drawing. From the collection of James H. Heineman. The New Yorker Magazine unknown books
193423242New York: John Reed Club of New York 1934. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Scarce first issue of this periodical of revolutionary thought and literature. Edited by Dahlberg Edwin Rolfe and others. Includes stories by James T. Farrell Ben Field Grace Lumpkin and Arthur Pense plus poems by Joseph Freeman Alfred Hayes and Edwin Rolfe with reviews by Obed Brooks Granville Hicks Wallace Phelps Philip Rahv and Waldo Tell. Soiling to covers. A good to very good example in stapled printed wrappers. A magazine first launched by the Communist Party in America which would later change its focus in a more mainstream direction with different editorial staffing but the first few years of this periodical were marked by a serious socialist-leaning bent. Scarce. John Reed Club of New York paperback books
1932877931932. LITTLE MAGAZINE FUJITA Erosu author artist. PRINT AND POETRY PAMPHLETS. Shôwa 7 to 12 1932-37 51 assorted issues of this little series of poetry and print pamphlets by Fujita published in Tôkyô by one Tomita Hikaru under the publishing house name of SHIN MYÔJÔ. It would seem that Fujita was the only contributor. The front and rear covers are "kikai-zuri" machine printed woodcuts the contents have some intext illustrations. The sizes range from 19.9 x 14.7 cm to 22 x 15 cm. There are 2 issues from 1932 6 from 1933 11 from 1934 11 from 1935 11 from 1936 and 10 from 1937. Brooding gloomy aesthetic. Very interesting example of the sort of creative effort even amateurs were capable of in the 30s and how conversant they were with trends in world art. The pamphlets are in Japanese but often subtitled in German. As one might expect this ephemeral production is vanishingly rare. I can find no trace of it in any institution. In very good condition throughout. unknown books
193731458New York: Cinema Magazine 1937. First edition. Three numbers of four published of this deluxe annual. Issue 1: Folio 11.5 inches x 14 inches. Cloth backed pictorial boards with cover portrait of Greta Garbo by Jaro Fabry. Light wear to extremities very good condition. Limited edition numbered and specially bound. With the publisher's presentation to Edward G. Robinson. Issue 3 has the publisher's presentation to Leslie Howard. This produced one additional issue. <br/><br/> Cinema Magazine hardcover books
199324028New York: The New Yorker Magazine 1993. 1 vols. Image 7 x 9 inches matted to 15 x 15 inches overall. 1 vols. Image 7 x 9 inches matted to 15 x 15 inches overall. Original Crawford New Yorker Cartoon Drawing. Fron the collection of James H. Heineman. The New Yorker Magazine unknown books
