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1978205772Paris: Atelier Marcel Jullian 1978. Paperback. 126p. text in French poems essay very good first edition paperback journal in printed lavender wraps. Atelier Marcel Jullian paperback books
19532300307New York: Harry N. Abrams 1953. Large Softcover. Good. Includes 9 of 16 color prints. Cover print missing. Some prints loose but included. Wrappers laminated. laminate on front wrapper peeled away. 1953 Large Softcover. Includes 9 of 16 color prints tipped in with captions and an introduction. PRINTS: Pont Neuf; Renoir's Garden; Factories Les Fabriques; The Berlioz House and the Hunting Lodge of Henry IV; additional prints. Harry N. Abrams paperback books
1971296821New York: Harper and Row 1971. Offset lithograph. Image measures 9.25 x 20". Sheet measures 14.75 x 23.75". Unsigned.<br/><br/> The original print of artwork from Maurice Sendak's 1963 "Where the Wild Things Are" was part of a boxed set released by Harper and Row in 1971. Entitled "Pictures by Maurice Sendak" the set includes original prints of images from the author's books here printed on single sheets rather than on two-page spreads. This particular image shows the characters napping in the forest. With scales fangs and horns these Wild Things display some of the characteristics that caused controversy for Sendak at the time as some parents found the drawings too grotesque. Today the vivid green leaves sherbet colored sky and finely-rendered fur speak to the author's beloved style and the character's poses communicate the emotion for which "Wild Things" is remembered. The print is in very good condition with wide margins as issued. Some very minor foxing in margins not affecting the image.<BR><BR>Maurice Sendak 1928-2012 was an American illustrator and writer known for his children's books. Producing illustrations for other authors as well as for television he is best remembered for "Where the Wild Things Are" which is considered by some to be one of the first contemporary picture books.This print is a lovely example and memento of his work. Scarce.<br/><br/> Harper and Row unknown books
1971296854New York: Harper and Row 1971. Offset lithograph. Image measures 5 1/2" x 15 1/4". Sheet measures 10 1/4" x 18 1/2". Unsigned.<br/><br/> The original print of artwork from Maurice Sendak's 1965 "Hector Protector" was part of a boxed set released by Harper and Row in 1971. Entitled "Pictures by Maurice Sendak" the set includes original prints of images from the author's books here printed on single sheets rather than on two-page spreads. This particular image shows Hector Protector with a lion and a snake arriving at the Queen's Room. In the story naughty Hector is sent to bring a cake to the queen despite his complaints. He arrives without the cake but with a lion and a snake he encountered on the way. Sendak's illustration playfully communicates the emotion and personalities of the scene through the queen's look of dismay and Hector's expression and pose reflecting his disobedience. This print is characteristic of Sendak's work - the vivid colors and variety of textures speak to the author's beloved style and the scene appears to be somewhat frightening for children a theme that caused controversy for Sendak throughout his career. The print is in very good condition with wide margins as issued. Some faint foxing in margins not affecting the image.<BR><BR>Maurice Sendak 1928-2012 was an American illustrator and writer known for his children's books. Producing illustrations for other authors as well as for television he is best remembered for "Where the Wild Things Are" which is considered by some to be one of the first contemporary picture books.This print is a lovely example and memento of his work. Scarce.<br/><br/> Harper and Row unknown books
1971296815New York: Harper and Row 1971. Lithograph. Image measures 4 5/8" x 4 1/2". Sheet measures 14" x 11". Unsigned.<br/><br/> The original print of artwork from Maurice Sendak's 1967 "Higglety Pigglety Pop!" was part of a boxed set released by Harper and Row in 1971. Entitled "Pictures by Maurice Sendak" the set includes original prints of images from the author's books here printed on single sheets rather than on two-page spreads. This particular image shows the book's protagonist a Sealyham terrier named Jennie with her suitcase facing a lion who appears to be shocked. The print is in very good condition with wide margins as issued. Some very faint foxing to right margin not affecting the image.<BR><BR>Maurice Sendak 1928-2012 was an American illustrator and writer known for his children's books. Producing illustrations for other authors as well as for television he is best remembered for "Where the Wild Things Are" which is considered by some to be one of the first contemporary picture books. This print is a lovely example and memento of his work. Scarce.<br/><br/> Harper and Row unknown books
1971296855New York: Harper and Row 1971. Offset lithograph. Image measures "4 1/2" x 4 5/8". Sheet measures 14" x 11". Signed "For Neve - Maurice Sendak Dec. '79"<br/><br/> The original print of artwork from Maurice Sendak's 1967 "Higglety Pigglety Pop!" was part of a boxed set released by Harper and Row in 1971. Entitled "Pictures by Maurice Sendak" the set includes original prints of images from the author's books here printed on single sheets rather than on two-page spreads. This particular image shows the book's protagonist Jennie a Streayham terrier seated at the table with a glass. A child is sitting on the floor. This illustration is characteristic of Sendak's beloved style using visible pen marks to create a variety of textures depicting characters anthropomorphically and conveying the mood of the scene through dramatic expressions. In the introduction to the box set Sendak writes of his influences and attributes this style of illustration to Victorian artists George Pinwell and Arthur Hughes. The print is in very good condition with wide margins as issued. <BR><BR>Maurice Sendak 1928-2012 was an American illustrator and writer known for his children's books. Producing illustrations for other authors as well as for television he is best remembered for "Where the Wild Things Are" which is considered by some to be one of the first contemporary picture books. This print is a lovely example and memento of his work. Scarce.<br/><br/> Harper and Row unknown books
WRCLIT51596Berkeley: Twowindows Press nd. Quarto. Printed wrapper over stiff board folder enclosing a matted original photograph with printed poem laid down opposite. Wrapper faintly sunned lower wrapper slightly rippled due it would appear to the mounting adhesive but very good. First edition. One of 26 numbered copies signed by the photographer/poet. The photograph is of a nude bather in a natural setting. Twowindows Press unknown books
19601317548New York London Oxford Paris: Pergamon Press 1960. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 745; G-/no-DJ; sunned dark blue spine with gilt text; minor fraying to spine edges; some smudges to exterior; light splaying to boards; minor wear to edges; text block has slight age toning to exterior edges; white out to ffep and title page; ex-library with markings inside; minor cracking to gutter at half title page; illustrated;. 1317548. FP New Rockville Stock. Pergamon Press hardcover books
20002287954Leo Cooper 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First edition. A fine copy. 2000 Hard Cover. x 190 pp. Operating under the cover of a Code and Cypher "School" Bletchley Park was in fact the center for British code-breaking in World War II. Despite a rather thin cover the Germans never guessed what was going on at Bletchley Park. These operations remained top-secret for over thirty years concealing the true reasons for many key Allied decisions. This account covers code-breaking operations and techniques the role of mathematical genius Alan Turing and the development of early computers as a by-product of cryptography. Leo Cooper hardcover books
1968UBURUNI00afThomas Y. Crowell 1968. Very Good. Burton Maurice. University Dictionary of Mammals of the World. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell 1968. 307pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 12mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with slightly creased and rubbed wraps. Former owner's name inside front cover. Title slightly rubbed from spine. Thomas Y. Crowell paperback books
1962UBURUNI00AGGApollo 1962. Very Good. Burton Maurice. University Dictionary of Mammals of the World. Pratt illustrator David. NY: Apollo 1962. 307pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with rubbed and bumped edges and minor cracking on head of spine. Apollo paperback books
13011BAL HELICON 1963. VERY GOOD. BAL, HELICON, 1963 unknown books
1920005780Paris: L. Carteret 1920. Limited Edition. Full Morocco. Cloth slipcase. . Near Fine. No. 31 of 80 "exemplaires de grand choix sur Japon et Vélin du Marais and total limitation of 300 copies. 4to. 27 by 18 cm. 310 pp. Each of the illustrations is rendered thrice -- once in text and twice in two states as full page plates. Slight starting and rubbing by upper front joint about 3 cm long. Immaculate within. Gilt ornamented binding is very handsome with all edges gilt and silk doublures. <br/><br/> L. Carteret hardcover books
9400Paris: Jean Bouffod Manzi Joyant n.d. late 19th Century. One of 200 copies. 1 vols. Folio 21 x 16 x 3 inches. Original full beige morocco portfolio elaborately lettered and decorated in gilt and blind extremities a little rubbed and lacking ties; contents fine. Leloir Maurice. One of 200 copies. 1 vols. Folio 21 x 16 x 3 inches. A Sumptuous Production with Exquisite Color Plates. A superb portfolio of 42 color plates exquisitely printed by this publisher famous for their work depicting the glittering world of the pre-revolutionary French aristocracy through the day's activities of "a woman of quality". The work consists of five separate paper portfolios or "chapters" each with a pictorial title frontispiece and six pages of framed short texts surrounded by lavish watercolor vignettes. This monumental production is the work of one of France's most honored watercolorists and painters Maurice Leloir 1853-1940 who gained an early reputation for the brilliance of his work and who made important contributions to the history of costume design. In this book Leloir's matchless watercolors have been color-printed with such astonishing fidelity that only the closest examination distinguishes them from hand-colored prints. A significant work of enormous elegance and charm. Jean Bouffod, Manzi, Joyant unknown books
1983106240Woodbridge Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club 1983. Hardbound. VG/VG. Burgundy cloth gilt letters on spine and front cover; yellowish color-illustrated dust jacket. 183 pp. profusely illustrated in bw and color. A fascinating introduction to the world of miniature pottery and porcelain from the experts. It describes how manufacturers from around 1730 made miniature copies of their full size products. These have been mostly ignored by writers until now. Who'd've thought Antique Collectors' Club unknown books
19901340505Bethesda: National Press Books 1990. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine black with white and tan print; DJ has light edgewear else clean and bright; Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and black paper to boards light wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; 177 pages illustrated b&w plates. 1340505. FP New Rockville Stock. National Press Books hardcover books
198865232Barrytown:: Station Hill Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0882680439 . Translated from the French by Pierre Joris. First edition thus. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Station Hill Press, hardcover books
192722247Paris: Javal & Bourdeaux. 1927. Softcover. 1 of 490 this one marked "hors commerce". Unbound signatures with 17 watercolor plates and numerous illustrations. Wraps have very minor crease to front wrap otherwise fine in a near fine chemise with sunned spine. Box is sunned on edges with a bumped corner. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Javal & Bourdeaux paperback books
1931181690Paris: Librairie de la Revue Francaise 1931. Hardcover. VG/VG light fading to leather especially on spine. Pages are very clean and clear. Slipcase has light bumping. Specially bound in half green leather and marble decorated boards; 3 raised bands on spine with gilt lettering; top edge gilt; untrimmed pages; green marble illustrated end pages; color illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard; 232 pp; ten woodcuts in Pierre Falke's colors; green silk ribbon page marker; Issued in green marble slipcase. Text in French. Total edition of 1100 copies this is one of 30 copies printed on Holland Van Gelder paper this is numbered 14. Librairie de la Revue Francaise hardcover books
1964139875Paris: Les Films de Mai 1964. Vintage borderless double weight studio still photographs from the 1964 French film. Featuring an image of two men boxing in front of a couple onlookers. <br/><br/>A woman Madeline Robinson begins a relationship with a West Indian boxer Rene Lefevre twenty years her junior who wins the admiration of her young son until neighborhood drama forces the two apart. <br/><br/>Set in Paris and shot there on location. <br/><br/>8 x 11.75 inches. Near Fine. Les Films de Mai unknown books
1975013030Baltimore and Washington: Maran Printing Services 1975. Plain brown wrapper protects the nearly fine dust jacket. A clean and crisp copy throughout. This is #217/500 copies. 245pp. First Edition. Gray Cloth. Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine. Large Quarto. Maran Printing Services Hardcover books
1960148058N.p.: British Lion Film Corporation 1960. Vintage studio still photograph of Maurice Denham and Lionel Jeffries with Peter Sellers David Lodge and Bernard Cribbins behind from the 1960 film. <br/><br/>Dodger Lane Peter Sellers and two of his prison mates plan to break out of prison the day before their release steal a fortune in diamonds and break back in before anyone notices.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in West Sussex Surrey Berkshire and London England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine light edgewear. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Dayrl Lee "The Heist Film. British Lion Film Corporation unknown books
51066San Francisco: twowindows press nd. First edition. Two 6 1/2 x 5 inch b&w photographic prints mounted inside a stiff board-backed full cloth portfolio. Fine. Near fine colophon sheet laid-in. One of 30 numbered copies SIGNED by McDonald “Mort.†The photographs are of a sunlight illuminated tree and a double exposure of a female nude against a sparsely wooded hillside. San Francisco: twowindows press hardcover books
19642276969Hutchinson of London 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Front jacket flap price-clipped jacket edges very lightly rubbed. 1964 Hard Cover. 207 pp. The XXC mob is giving Scotland Yard a run for its money but the police have no idea who they are. As the gang is London-based Granchester's Chief Inspector Martineau is not overly concerned. Then London gets too hot even for this gang. Cain one of its members decides they'll slip out of London one by one so that Scotland Yard will think they've been done for. Then Martineau gets a 999 call early one Sunday morning: a safe has been broken into during the night. Martineau and team start to investigate but they haven't got very far when there's another Granchester robbery. Martineau realises he's got the XXC gang on his hands - and that things are going to get pretty tough. Hutchinson of London hardcover books
1961113363Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art 1961. Softcover. Good clean and tight with only minor shelf wear but with library presentation bookplate inside front cover with signature of presenter. Khaki wraps with olive and black lettering; unpaginated with approx. 100 pp. and numerous bw illustrations. A catalogue of 187 works arranged in alphabetical order by artist with descriptive information of each work and brief biographic information of each artist. Santa Barbara Museum of Art unknown books
