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1997002989Rosenbach Museum & Library 1997 Philadelphia: Rosenbach Museum & Library 1997. First edition limited to 1000 copies #42 of 100 part of a special collector's edition which has tipped in a print reproduction 4 x 5.5 sight 7 x 10 overall inches on watercolor paper of MS's original illustration numbered and signed by MS. 4to 8.5 x 11 inches. 36 pp. Features 4 color and 12 black-and-white reproductions of many exhibit items. Red card wraps with color graphic illustrated dust jacket slight front hinge wear at extremities original envelope numbered in pen on the return address light soil with handling wear at edges and CE pamphlet minus detached ticket stub. Designed by Greer Allen. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Appealing to Sendak and Dracula collector's alike this limited edition catalog was available only through the Rosenbach bookshop. The cover art was drawn by MS a Rosenbach supporter. CE Pamphlet. Signed by Illustrators. Special Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Near Fine. Rosenbach Museum & Library paperback
197110615New York: Atheneum 1971. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. First printing of this study of popular children's literature with a chapter on and illustrated by Sendak. Lanes addresses the question: "Are children's books merely a subtle form of propaganda through which we feed each generation's offspring sugar-coated doses of current adult beliefs hopes and concerns" 8.5'' x 6.25''. Original quarter green cloth blue paper boards author's initials blind-stamped to front cover gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped $7.95 color pictorial dust jacket designed by Sendak. Gold endpapers orange topstain. Illustrated by Sendak and others in black and white. xvi 239 1 pages. Jacket with slightly toned spine and minor edgewear. Book with trace sunning to edges. Interior clean and sharp. Atheneum unknown
196154116New York: Harper and Bros 1961. First edition first state. Child's bookplate of front free endpaper some chips/tears to jacket at edges. Square small quarto. Original pictorial boards; original printed dust jacket priced $1.95. FIRST EDITION published in Sendak's first annus mirabilis as a budding artist: the year he received the remarkable letter of encouragement from his editor Ursula Nordstrom and the year he created his superb illustrations to Tolstoy. 'Let's Be Enemies' is a classic reverse-psychology exercise similar to Ruth Krauss' ''I'll Be You and You Be Me' which Sendak had illustrated six years earlier. Hanrahan A46. Harper and Bros unknown
1958107613New York: Harpers 1958. First edition "Reinforced Library Edition" and "Harpercrest Edition. Each very good with light rubbing to jackets. Sendak Maurice. 4to. Original cloth; original pictorial dust jackets. Together two volumes. The first is price clipped and repriced at $2.99 and states "Reinforced Library Edition" on the front of the jacket. The second is price clipped and priced at net $2.19 and states "Harpercrest edition" on the front of the jacket. The first is in a gray-brown cloth stamped in black and the second is in an orangish cloth stamped in black and red. Harpers unknown
198098564Harry N. Abrams. New York. 1980. Harry N. Abrams. 1980. Large 4to hardback in acetate wrapper. PRESENTATION COPY FROM SENDAK TO PETER-CHRISTOPH RUNGE WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING OF RUNGE DRESSED AS "PANTALON" IN THE OPERA "THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES". Sendak designed the set and costumes for this opera which was performed at Glyndebourne im 1982. Above the illustration Sendak has written "Peter's Sendak" and below. "Maurice Sendak 1982" to front free endpaper. A small hand-written message on Glyndebourne performance note-paper from Sendak to Runge is stuck down with tape to half-title."Dear Peter - Sorry I missed you! You were perfect last night - as was the performance - My address: 200 Chestnut Hill Rd. Ridgefield. CT. 06877. USA. Maurice - Be in touch!" A fine copy in wrapper with all the pop-ups working. hardcover
20033522Boston: The Horn Book Inc 2003. First Edition. Stiff printed wraps saddle stapled. Near Fine. Maurice Sendak. The Horn Book: Vol. LXXIX No. 67. 8vo. Pp. 2 661-799 1. Includes an interview with Sendak by Sutton a critique of Sendak's work by Tony Kushner and a Gregory Maguire appreciation. The magazine's columnists pay respect to Sendak too. Bound in stiff paper wraps saddle-stapled. Very slight evidence of wear. This issue of "The Horn Book" is especially devilish to locate perhaps owing to Kushner's contribution. That number remains a vital reference for Sendak researchers. The Horn Book, Inc unknown
19456043161945. at the end in blue fountain pen ink by Maurice Carpenter. ca. 1945. 7" x 8 3/4"; 5 leaves including title page. Two deletions and two corrections in the Carpenter's hand. Fine. See #109 in the Lehman/Parker edition of Sitwell's "Selected Letters" for an example of her intimate correspondence with Carpenter. Sitwell was god mother to Carpenter's son. This poem in tribute to Dame Edith comprises of 72 lines. Carpenter co-edited with Jack Lindsay & Honor Arundel "New Lyrical Ballads" London 1945; "His Gentle Exercise and Other Poems" was published in 1950 as No. 8 in the "Key Poets" series - joining Dame Edith's "Poor Men's Music" which was No. 1 in the series. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. unknown
193988578New York: S.R.T. Publications 1939. First Edition. Slim quarto 31cm; original photo-illustrated wrappers stapled; 42pp; illus. A well-preserved copy with just a touch of rubbing to wrapper edges; Very Good or better. <br /> <br /> Single issue of this long-lived pro-Soviet American propaganda magazine which was launched in 1932 as the official organ of the Friends of the Soviet Union later called the Council of American-Soviet Friendship a CPUSA front group. The current issue is devoted almost entirely to the Soviet Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair: "To those who cannot attend the Fair we hope it may give some idea of the beauty and significance of the Soviet Pavilion and its exhibits." Includes articles by Soviet aviator Vladimir Kokkinaki "The Story of Our Flight"; Joshua Kunitz "Creating a People's Art"; Maurice Hindus "A Talk With Gordienko etc. Well-illustrated with photos of the Pavilion including a 4-pp color insert accompanying Kunitz's article. GOLDWATER 263. S.R.T. Publications unknown
193788579New York: S.R.T. Publications 1937. First Edition. Quarto 31cm; original photo-illustrated wrappers stapled; 96pp; illus; folding map. Slight rubbing and soil to covers; small tear to paper at crown of spine; internally clean tight and unmarked with the folding map in fine condition. Very Good.<br /> <br /> The highly desirableTwentieth Anniversary Issue of this long-lived pro-Soviet American propaganda magazine which was launched in 1932 as the official organ of the Friends of the Soviet Union later called the Council of American-Soviet Friendship a CPUSA front group. The current double-sized issue is a full-throated celebration of the Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution. Extensively illustrated with photographs and with editorial contributions by such figures as Theodore Dreiser "I Am Grateful to Soviet Russia"; Anna Louise Strong "I Watched the Soviets Grow"; Sidney Webb "Soviet Socialism Comes of Age"; Joseph Breslaw "The USSR Leads Against Fascism" and many others. The large color-printed folding map often lacking is present and in fine condition. GOLDWATER 263. S.R.T. Publications unknown
19407837London: Psychic Press Limited 1940. First edition. 8vo 127 6pp. Ads at rear. Signed by Barbanell on the ffep. Publisher's light blue cloth lettered in blue on the spine. Boards stained and toned clean and sound internally. Very good. <br /> <br /> Scarce signed copy of this early book from one of the important figures in the 20th century spiritualism movement journalist Maurice Barbanell 1902-1981. Barbanell served as founding and longtime editor of The Psychic News the premier British Spiritualist publication and lectured widely both in Europe and North America. Psychic Press Limited unknown
19079291<p>First edition. Thick octavo. Author's preface. Photogravure frontispiece and 25 portraits. Index. 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards spine with raised bands and gilt stamped fleurs-de-lys designs within gilt ruled compartments covers ruled in gilt marbled endpapers t.e.g. Very good. Charles Maurice de Tallyrand-Perigord 1754-1838 French statesman.</p> Appleton hardcover
192749720Paris: H. Floury 1927. Very good plus. First edition of this landmark biography of one of the icons of French Post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau lavishly illustrated and in the original wrappers and glassines. Maurice Joyant was both Toulouse-Lautrec's art dealer and close friend and confidant. He is notably responsible for convincing Toulouse-Lautrec's mother to give her collection of his art to the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec making it the best collection of his art in the world. This two-volume set is the first monograph on the artist who died in 1901 at the age of 36. Organized into paintings and more commercial works it offers a detailed overview of Toulouse-Lautrec's career and beautifully reproduces a great deal of his output. It is unusual to find them in their original glassines. 2 volumes 10.5'' x 8'' each. Original color pictorial wrappers. Original glassines. The regular issue illustrated with 58 plates v.1 and 48 plates v.2; all plates present including the two original drypoints. 312; 284 pages. Glassine with light edgewear more pronounced to 2nd volume; a bit of toning. Bindings a bit shaken. Colors bright. H. Floury unknown
63-0168Paris: ca. 1930. 20 x 24 cm. Oblong. Offset Reproduction Print of Oil Painting Very Good with minor toning some creasing. Provenance: Pasquale Iannetti. [Paris?: ca. 1930.] unknown
196372949AB1963. Paris Louis Carré 1963. 17.5 cm x 23.5 cm. 40 Pages sur papier Van Gelder Zonen. Couverture originale broché sous protection en Mylar. Excellent état avec seulement des signes mineurs d'usure externe. / With carte de visite of editor Louis Carre. Inclus les essais suivants: Allocution de M. l'Abbé Maurice Morel / Discours de M. Gaëtan Picon / Discours de M. Georges Dardel / Discours de M. Jean Cassou. unknown
1940D12468n.d. c. 1940s. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps printed in red and gold with painted illustration on "gold" leaf mounted to front cover; 4to; pp. 32 with duotone ads and illustrations throughout. Covers a little wrinkled along yapp edges; some light wrinkling to first and last few leaves. <br/><br/> paperback
197764253London: Harmony Books 1977. Folio. 47 pp. 39 cm tall. Illustrated paper covers. Slight sunning to the edges of the covers and wear to the edge of the back cover. Minor bumping to the tail of the spine. Clean and bright internally. A collection of posters related to Disney's animated films produced in colour. Introduction by noted children's illustrator Maurice Sendak. . Very Good. Illustrated Paper Covers. 1977. Harmony Books 1977 unknown
194432229France: Ceux de la Resistance 1944. First edition. Color printed boards cloth back edges a little rubbed. 60 unnumbered pages : 12 full-pagebbcolor illustrations ; 32 cm. The authorship is perhaps not surprisingly a little obscure. The authors' full names as above are listed in the 1946 Catalog of Copyright Entries and the on-line catalog of the Bibliothek des Deutschen Historischen Museums while the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin substitutes "Samson" for "Nebelska". The BNF lists only the pseudonymous attributions. Wanda Stefanowska-Nebelska b.1919 under the nom-de-guerre "Christine" is listed in the database of the Musée de la résistance en ligne as a member of the Polish resistance in France. Maurice Denier if the author here is the same person was a playwright of the 1890s his identity slightly concealed by the reversed spelling. Published by C.D.L.R. Ceux de la Résistance for Christmas 1944. The cover illustrates the two devils on either side of the Cross of Lorraine with "V" for Victory. Two little devils join the FFI Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur and make things hot for the Germans. A 1946 sequel appeared 'Asfer et Sato en Alsace au service secret'. Ceux de la Resistance unknown
197682388Moscow: Progress Publishers 1976. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.5cm; white cloth-covered boards with titling and decorative elements stamped in black navy blue and gilt on spine and front cover; 67-3475pp; black and white photograph halftone frontispiece. Inscribed by Mendelson on half title "For Alvah Bessie / as a most talented American writer and a faithful friend of the late Lars Lawrence with my deepest respect and best wishes / Cordially / M. Mendelson / May 25 1977". Errata slip tipped in. Lacking dustjacket. Lightly nudged spine ends with faint residue to lower edge of textblock; Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Concludes with Russian bibliography of Whitman's works and name index section. The inscribed copy of Alvah Bessie one of the Hollywood Ten whose writing focused on Spain and the Soviet Union. Mendelson's works uncommon signed. 82388. Progress Publishers unknown
197713339JNew York: Putnam 1977. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the great motion picture director Billy Wilder: “For Ann Maner Billy Wilder.†Illustrated. Near fine copy in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a few tiny tears. A candid and revealing portrait of the life and work of Billy Wilder and the most important biographical book published on Wilder in his lifetime. Wilder was one of Hollywood’s most accomplished directors whose films include such classics as Double Indemnity The Lost Weekend Sunset Boulevard Stalag 17 Sabrina The Apartment etc. Putnam unknown
14336Without place or date. Circa 1844. 30pp. 4to. On seven bifoliums and one single leaf the bioliums stitched to one another. With several watermarks of J. Whatman Turkey Mill all dated to 1844. In good condition on lightly aged and worn paper. Sibbald is not named but the item is from his papers and in his hand. Sibbald was in Ceylon between 1818 and 1833. There is no indication that this item has been published. The story begins: 'There was a certain King who reigned over a Realm called Kulutasem who had long mourned having no heir to his throne - but after many years had elapsed to his great joy his Queen bore him a Son an infant of great beauty and promise and the happy Father in the fullness of his joy assembled all his Counsellors the Priests of the Temple and Soothsayers at the Palace - that fortunate Omens might be observed and that Prosperity and Happiness might be predicted for the royal Child - but vain were the sanguine hopes and wishes of the Monarch'. It concludes: '. but what was his dismay to find on the following day Santirakasem seated on the Throne and that the King had left all the Kingdom to him. With sad misgivings he proceeded to the Temple where he beheld the mutilated Body of his Son - struck with remorse and agony he dahsed his head against the Stones of the Temple and perished in the presence of the assembled People - They hailed King Santirahasem with loud acclamations who reigned long & prosperously over that Realm'. From the Papers of William Sibbald perhaps the translator. Without place or date. [Circa 1844?] unknown
23215Ceylon Sir Lanka One item on paper watermarked 1827 the other items undated. Sibbald was in Ceylon between 1818 and 1833. There is no indication that any of these four items have been published. One: 'The Origin of the Kandelay Tank'. 8pp. foolscap 8vo. On two bifoliums of paper with Gater watermark dated 1827. In good condition on aged paper. Begins: 'In the Eastern country there was a King of the race of Sun called Annasockkaynathan oriental characters here the name of whose wife was Manonmasunthary oriental characters here who was delivered of a wonderful child who was born with teeth and dressed him togehter with breasts full grown at which the King was astonished and sent to the wise men enquiring of the miraculous birth of the child'. Two: 'Story of Manderapaudey'. 6pp. foolscap 8vo. In poor condition heavily worn with loss of text. Begins: 'In a City called Vecroomakasum there lived a Bramany who had an only daughter who was a beautiful and accomplished young woman; her Father intended to bestow her hand on a young man who was in every manner able to support her and who was well informed and had Received a proper education'. Three: 'The History of Santiraksen'. 22pp. foolscap 8vo. In fair condition on aged and worn paper. Begins: 'A certain king who reigned over a realm called Kalatasem was long since without having an Issue and in Consequence his wife brought forth a child the prognosticators have prognosticated that child has been unfortunate to the Parent and admonished the king to transport the same otherwise the Parent and all other relations will die in a six months'. Four: Headed: 'the craft first of making two intimates to alienate'. 16pp. foolscap 8vo. Ends abruptly on p.16 with catch word and clearly the first part only. Written in a closer hand than the other items presumably at a later date. Begins: 'In a city called <Makilarupean> was a merchant man Named Vartaman who has thought to peregrinate and merchandize so he has loaded his merchandizing upon a cart and coupled to it two oxen'. From the Papers of William Sibbald perhaps the translator. [Ceylon [Sir Lanka]?] One item on paper watermarked 1827, the other items undated. unknown
194763568Geneva Switzerland: Advertising and Graphic Art Publicite et Arts Graphiques 1947. 4to. 9.75 x 12.25 in. 184 pp. With 100s of illustrations photos tipped-in samples 1 leaf of printed brushed aluminum advertising cellophane packaging and more. Colour-illustrated softcovers striking cover art by Kurtz minor scuffing shelfwear slight rubbing still VG bright copy. First edition of this beautifully printed sample Special Issue from the noted “Review of Advertising and Graphic Arts in Switzerland.†Included are concept art and sample labels for wine bottles and winemakers; cigar and tobacco packaging with sample label; the development of cellophane and aluminum cans; the importance of commercial artists in packaging; extensive tips on window displays window display designs and sales marketing displays following World War II. Advertising and Graphic Art, Publicite et Arts Graphiques, paperback
193815222Paris: Vigot frères 1938. Relié. Etat moyen. in-8. 318 pp. Avec 66 figures. Tampons et cotes de bibliothèque. Demi basane très largement frottée accrocs. Vigot frères unknown
Q-0198275293Clarendon Press. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Clarendon Press hardcover
2002Q-1571453539Silver Dolphin Books 2002-05-03. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Silver Dolphin Books hardcover