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19461333484Washington DC: Drekolias House 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G Hardcover; Dark Blue spine with Gold text; Boards shaken some edgewear some shelfwear small open tear along head edge of spine fraying along spine edges rubbing to corners marks on both covers; Textblock has age toning brown marks on some pages; 700 pp; Inscribed by author on front endpaper Letter to author inside front cover. 1333484. FP New Rockville Stock. Drekolias House hardcover books
1997MR3612New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1997. First English language edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Fuentes on the title-page. Spine tips and corners lightly rubbed otherwise book is fine. Rear panel of dust jacket rubbed; near fine in mylar. <br/><br/> Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1989140939465New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1989. First Edition. Near Fine/FIne. First American edition first printing trade issue. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper inscribed to former owner and dated 1989. xi 531pp. Original cloth. Small stain to bottom edge else Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. A novel of Mexico City patterned on Tristram Shandy. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
1989170324005New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. First American edition first printing trade issue. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. xi 531pp. Original cloth. Near Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. Slightly concave spine. A novel of Mexico City patterned on Tristram Shandy. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
2013260154New York: Gagosian Gallery 2013. hardcover. fine/near fine. Text in English and German. Illustrated with many full-bleed images. 79 pages oblong 4to white boards frosted mylar dust wrapper. New york: Gagosian Gallery 2013. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Gagosian Gallery unknown books
19874598New York: Harry N. Abrams 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Fine but for marginalia in Fine DJ. Ownership signature at front pastedown sporadic underlining and marginalia in the hand of J. Sadler else tight and bright. DJ bright and clean. Grey cloth boards silver gilt lettering. 8vo. 400pp. Illus. color and b/w plates. List of Exhibitions. Bibliography. Index. Several bits of laid in related ephemera. <br/><br/>From the library of noted architect and writer on architecture J. Sadler. Sadler was prone to marginalia and laying in clippings and ephemera related to a given bookÂ’s subject. The presence of marginal notes or marks will be noted above and are absent if not so noted. Harry N. Abrams hardcover books
1967152516San Francisco CA: Ramparts Magazine 1967. Newspaper. Three issues of this interim publication 8p. each folded tabloid newspaper articles news opinion events cartoons some mailing labels and toning else very good on newsprint. Issues prominently covered include the 1966 SF newspaper printers' strike Mario Savio and a second wave of protests on free speech at UC Berkeley and a "pamphlet-length" special report on UC Berkeley president Clark Kerr's firing; articles by Julian Bond on Lester Maddow Tom Hayden on LBJ and Robert Scheer compares the Old and New Left. Ramparts Magazine unknown books
2003104811New Bedford Whaling Museum 2003. Softbound. VG prior owners name stamped at base of title-page. Color illustrated wraps. 178 pp. 78 color plates plus other images. This volume presents 78 paintings by William Bradford 1823-1892 in full color from early ship portraits and harbor scenes to the Arctic views that would earn him the accolade "Painter of the Polar World." Three authoritative essays provide new information on a career that began in the whaling port of New Bedford in the 1850s included seven voyages to Labrador and the Arctic in the 1860s and later attracted the patronage of Queen Victoria in London and railroad barons in San Francisco. Other subjects discussed include the development of Bradford's painterly style and his interest in photography as depicted in his heavily illustrated volume The Arctic Regions published in London in 1873. The major source of information on this artist. New Bedford Whaling Museum unknown books
2005207859Cape Town: Struik 2005. paperback. fine. Fernandes Wendel Monteiro. Text styling & sketches by Adam Levin. Photographs by Wendel Monteiro Fernandes Profusely illustrated with color photographs and black & white text illustrations. 208pp. 8vo stiff pictorial wrappers. Cape Town: Struik 2005. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Struik unknown books
1846240098London: Sumptibus Societatis 1846. hardcover. very good. Introduction in English. Text in Latin. xx 252pp. 8vo brown boards worn near corners. London: Sumptibus Societatis 1846. Some foxing particularly towards the beginning of the book still a very good copy.<br/><br/> List of English Historical Society Members bound in. Rev. John Browne's Member's copy.<br/><br/> Sumptibus Societatis unknown books
192623582Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1926. First American Edition. Hardcover. light wear to book at spine ends vintage price sticket J.W. Robinson Co. on rear pastedown; jacket a little faded at edges and spine tiny chip at bottom of front panel about 1/2" paper loss at top of spine a couple of other small nicks and tears. One of several of this Danish attorney-writer's novels many of them mysteries to be published in the United States this is the tale of a young man who discovers after the death of his father that "his only inheritance was a noble name a mass of debts which fortunately were unknown to all but himself and good credit." A man of letters as they used to say who wrote plays histories journalism and even silent films Rosenkrantz was a best-selling author prior to World War I and is credited with establishing the crime novel as a literary genre in Denmark. An annual prize presented by the Danish Police College Det danske Kriminalakademi for the best crime novel published in Danish is named after him. . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
19611326973Madrid: Aguilar 1961. Segunda edición. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine grey with gold print; Boards in grey cloth with gold print wear to corners and spine caps stain on rear and small stain on spine shelfwear; Text block has cracked front hinge owner label on front flyleaf significant amount of notes and underlining in ink and pencil throughout; Text in Spanish; xx 893 pages. 1326973. FP New Rockville Stock. Aguilar hardcover books
1968257104San Francisco: The Editorial Staff of Ramparts Magazine 1968. Newspaper. Three issues 4p. each folded tabloid newspapers with reports events reviews services and resources mild wear and toning on newsprint. Articles on Dr. Spock helping draft evades the Black Panthers Stokely Carmichael appearing Grossman's full-front-page comic "Roger Ruthless of the CIA" The papers were published as a stop-gap measure by the Ramparts Magazine crew during the San Francisco Newspaper Strike. The Editorial Staff of Ramparts Magazine unknown books
2016159940Pistoia Italy: Gli Ori 2016. Hardcover. As New. A new monograph on the work of Adam Straus published by Gli Ori Italy in November 2016 includes text by Adam Straus edited with an essay by Amei Wallach the award-winning filmmaker art critic journalist and curator. Straus writes about childhood experiences fascinating moments with collectors and how a move to the North Fork of Long Island from Brooklyn in 2003 inspired many of his works. Straus is known for his majestic and luminous depictions of the sublime which are often saturated with a deep concern about social and environmental issues. His penetrating dark humor can transport the viewer to post-apocalyptic worlds and often offers a wry observation on how humans have altered the natural landscape. Work by Adam Straus is in numerous museum collections including the Parrish Art Museum Bridgehampton NY; List Visual Center M.I.T. Cambridge MA; Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown OH; The Art Museum at F.I.U. Miami FL; Mead Art Museum Amherst MA; Tufts University Art Gallery Somerville MA; and the William College Museum of Art Williamstown MA among others. Born in Miami in 1956 Straus lives and works in Riverhead NY. The monograph was published to accompany an exhibition held at the Nohra Aime Gallery New York United States Nov. 23 2016-Jan. 14 2017. Gli Ori hardcover books
2018RSWIIRI00LAWCambridge University Press 2018. Very Good. Swift Jonathan. Irish Political Writings after 1725: A Modest Proposal and Other Works. Hayton editor David; Rounce editor Adam. New York: Cambridge University Press 2018. 548pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped corners. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with subtly bumped corners and quite subtle rubbing. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
2001140169Beijing: China Film Co-Production Corporation 2001. Vintage French poster for the 2001 Chinese film. Directed by Tsui Hark the film is laden with intense action sequences and elaborate CGI effects. <br/><br/>27 x 38 inches. Light wrinkling to the margins else Near Fine. China Film Co-Production Corporation unknown books
20091341126Atlanta: Atom Hughes Ent. Inc 2009. Softcover. NM; minor wear to cover creasing and edge wear; sketch book signed by Hughes on the cover. 1341126. Special Collections. Atom Hughes Ent., Inc unknown books
194555204NY: Richard R. Smith 1945. First Edition. 8vo pp. xiv 17-171. Red cloth. Cover slightly faded at ends of spine slightly soiled on top edges o/w a VG tight copy in somewhat soiled and worn dj. Richard R. Smith unknown books
186332240Pesten: Rózsavölgyi és társá PN 893 sz 1863. Folio. Disbound. 1f. recto decorative lithographic title with woodland scene incorporating a dancing couple printed by Schneckenberger 3-5 i blank pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>Publisher's handstamp to foot. <br/><br/>Slightly trimmed; light soiling foxing and offsetting; small tear and paper tape repair to blank margins of last leaf. First Edition. Mona 1778. <br/><br/>Count Széchenyi was an amateur composer who published several dances for piano in the 1860s. His primary focus however was as the chief proponent and organizer of fire protection. He helped to found the National Hungarian Fire Brigade in 1870. He later advanced a similar measure in Turkey for which we was given the title of Pasha one of the few Christians to receive such an honor in the Ottoman Empire. Rózsavölgyi és társá [PN 893 sz] unknown books
191416933Berlin Germany: Bruno Cassirer 1914. Hardcover. VG some mild edge wear and soiling to covers; few exlibrary marks interior is clean. Half oatmeal cloth with grey paper boards. 82 pp. 8 bw plates. Text is in German. On cover: Adam von Fulda. A 1914 reproduction of an old German text first printed in Wittenberg in 1512. Translated it's "A very pious and Christian booklet from the Holy writings and studies" a tale of Christ presented in five parts first written in Old German by German music author Adam von Fulda 1445-1505. Reproduced here are the original calligraphic Fraktur pages enhanced with eight woodcut illustrations rendered by Lukas Cranach 1472-1553. With a new introduction by Eduard Flechsig. Beautiful and unique! Bruno Cassirer hardcover books
1888W0912MAToronto Ontario: William Bryce 1888. Original blue cloth oblong gilt with fair amount of rubbing. Tipped-in over the title page is a facimile of a letter from Windsor Castle May 2 1887 reading: "Sir Henry Ponsonby is commanded by the Queen to thank Mr . Bryce for the Views of Canada which he has presented to Her Majesty." The subtitle of the book is Bryce's Tourists' Illustrated Handbook to the Canadian Dominion. There is considerable soiling of the margins of the text pages and a pencilled name of prior owner. The 60 photos in black and white are 5 3/4X3 3/4 and are mounted on pale orange paper ruled in red. They are all present. Glued onto the back pastedownis a map of the Dominion of Canada railway connections from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It seems to be quite complete although a small cornder is missing under the cartouche and there are three or four tiny tears at the edges. It is fragile but all there and is replete with mathematical figurings on the back in pencil not interfering with the printed information on the other side. The gutters are starting but are strong and holding. An interesting group of pictures. . Unknown. Cloth. Fair/No D.j. 8vo. Trade. William Bryce Hardcover books
19012221791<p>First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait. Original gilt stamped ribbed olive green cloth. No dust jacket. Very good. 223 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Scarce.</p> Press of the Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House hardcover books
1990006675Barcelona: Fundacio Caixa De Pensions 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 31 page exhibition catalog of the works of Baldeon with photographs by Adam Fuss. Essay by Teresa Blanch in Spanish and English. An uncommon piece for Fuss or Baldeon collectors. <br/><br/> Fundacio Caixa De Pensions paperback books
1994174884New York: Random House 1994. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 183 pages. Edited by Mary Shanahan. A monograph published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Whitney Museum that traveled to Minneapolis. A fifty-year retrospective look at Avedon's long career. Features essays by Jane Livingston and Adam Gopnik. Includes many of Avedon's most iconic images along with many lesser seen ones as well. A clean and tight very near fine copy in photo-illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. Random House unknown books
2010132106San Francisco CA: McSweeney's 2010. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Levin's massive debut novel that was very well received. A fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Levin. McSweeney's unknown books
