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1983107833New York: Delacorte Press 1983. First printing of this edition edited by James Clavell of this fundamental treatise on military strategy. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by James Clavell on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Clavell was strongly influenced by Sun Tzu's writings and was the best-selling Asian saga consisting of Shogun Tai-Pan Gai-jin King Rat Noble House and Whirlwind. We have never seen another example signed by Clavell. The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC. Attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu the text is composed of 13 chapters each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly thought of as a definitive work on military strategy and tactics. It was placed at the head of China's Seven Military Classics upon the collection's creation in 1080 by Emperor Shenzong of Song and has long been the most influential strategy text in East Asia. It has had an influence on Eastern and Western military thinking business tactics legal strategy and beyond. Delacorte Press hardcover books
1929WRCLIT69949Paris: The Black Sun Press 1929. Small quarto. Printed wrappers. Frontispiece by Brancusi. About fine in later acetate wrapper in lightly rubbed original foil covered slipcase with ribbon pull. First edition. Preface by C.K. Ogden. One of 500 copies on Hollande van Gelder Zonen from a total printing of 650 copies. SLOCUM & CAHOON A36. ARTIST & THE BOOK 32. The Black Sun Press unknown books
1930WRCLIT64587Paris: Black Sun Press 1930. Small quarto. Stiff printed wrappers. Trace of minor foxing along extreme untrimmed fore- edges of a couple leaves otherwise near fine in slightly rubbed and torn later acetate wrapper without slipcase. First edition. Copy #17 of twenty-five numbered copies on Japan vellum signed by the author from a total edition of 135 copies bearing the Paris imprint and 500 copies for distribution in the U.S. by Houghton Mifflin. This signed Japan vellum issue is somewhat more uncommon than even the small limitation would suggest. The last copy in ABPC is the Dannay copy sold in 1983 and it did not appear in such obvious sales as Goodwin or Keynes. MINKOFF A36. Black Sun Press hardcover books
1985140941122New York: El Saturn Records 1985. Very Good. Signed by Sun Ra on front wrap in red ink. Former owner's faint notation below that "Autographed at Jerry Lind Hall Oakland Dec 4 '85." Stapled wraps. Very Good with small white/rubbed spot on front wrap bottom pencil "0" symbol on back wrap light wear. A signed work of poetry by the composer bandleader and pianist known as Sun Ra a man in a class of his own because according to him he was from Saturn. His music spanned a wide variety of genres from free jazz to proto-hip-hop bebop funk and noise. El Saturn Records unknown books
1927WRCLIT69902Paris: Editions Narcisse 1927. Quarto. Contemporary tri-part green morocco and decorated boards by the heir of Jean Stroobant t.e.g. original wrappers bound in. Three plates. Minor rubbing at tips some faint occasional foxing otherwise a very good to near fine copy. First edition deluxe issue. One of 22 numbered copies printed on Hollande van Gelder from a total edition of 246 copies. The illustrations are after color watercolors by Francois Quelvée with finishing by hand or pochoir. This deluxe issue is scarce. MINKOFF A5. Editions Narcisse hardcover books
1930WRCLIT57739Paris: The Black Sun Press 1930. Oblong small quarto. Half dark blue morocco and decorated boards gilt extra with geometric rules and angular diagonal panels reaching from the foretips into the approximate center of the boards and with a small white morocco rabbit inlaid into the upper side-panel of the spine t.e.g. While the binding is unsigned it is characteristic of Bennett Studios. Light rubbing at tips else a fine copy enclosed in a matching morocco faced board slipcase with repaired splits at joints and some chipping to the extremities. First edition in this format. Illustrated with six original color lithographs signed in the plate by Marie Laurencin printed by Desjobert of Paris. From a total edition of 790 copies this is one of fifty copies on Japan vellum of 420 for distribution in the United States. The famous Laurencin lithographs benefit significantly from their appearance on Japan vellum in this uncommon issue which does not suffer from the foxing that frequently defaces the copies on paper. The binding is similar to that appearing on a small but observable number of copies of the US issue executed by Bennett perhaps at the instigation of the US distributor. MINKOFF A39. MONOD 2304. The Black Sun Press hardcover books
19721334010Chicago: Ihnfinity Inc/Saturn Research 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Staplebound quarto; G; 134 pages; Single sided pages with cardstock front cover; SIGNED by Sun Ra on half-title page To RONALD from Sun Ra; Some wear bumping to the corners; Toning to the front cover and exterior of the text block; Slight bending at the corners at the cover; Interior clean. shelved case 0. Extremely scarce volume of Sun Ra's poetry and philosophy. 1334010. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Ihnfinity Inc/Saturn Research unknown books
196830276New York: Seth Sieglaub and John W. Wendler 1968. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperbound quarto in clear acetate wrapper. First edition. Published December 1968 in an edition of one thousand copies. Legendary conceptual artist book. As part of this project each of the seven artists were asked to contribute 25 pages of artwork produced with the assistance of a xerox machine. A gorgeous near fine copy in bound white wrappers printed only minimally at spine. The original sheer acetate wrapper is present and has a few expected small tears at the spine tips. Minor tape shadows to endpapers where the acetate wrapper was originally taped to the endpapers. Unpaginated and printed on rectos only. A seminal work cited in virtually every artist book reference work on the 1960's including Lippard Lewitt Castleman and Maffei & De Donno. Collector's copy. Seth Sieglaub and John W. Wendler paperback books
1908140941539London: John Murray 1908. First English-language edition. Very Good. First British edition. First in the English language as well. Never reprinted and there was no American edition of Sun Tzu until World War II. 132 pp. Publisher's green cloth stamped in red and lettered in gilt. Very Good with a little staining to cloth light wear two former owners' names on paste down pages toned with age offsetting to a few preliminary pages' text with a little discoloration a few easily erasable penciled tic marks to margins. Scarce.<br /> <br /> <p>A foundational text of military strategy written in the 5th or 4th centuries BC attributed to Chinese military general Sun Tzu. Its focus is on outsmarting opponents without resorting to physical conflict which has inspired countless works on strategy business and game theory. John Murray unknown books
19081191031908. First Edition . SUN TZU. The Book of War. The Military Classic of the Far East. London: John Murray 1908. Octavo original gilt- and red-stamped green cloth. $8500.Rare first British edition of this essential military treatise""a text of matchless wisdom""dating back to the 5th century BCE featuring the translation into English by Calthrop a lovely copy in original cloth.Better known by the more popular translation of the title Art of War this seminal book of military strategy was written in the 5th or 6th century BCE and is attributed to Sun Tzu who ""is regarded as the first Chinese to have written about military affairs and as the founder of strategy"" Cornelli Sun Tzu and the Indirect Strategy. While there remains dispute over his life the work's profound influence is uncontested. ""It has been consulted by military figures and business strategists"" from Napoleon to Mao Zedong. General Douglas MacArthur stated ""I always kept a copy of Art of War on my desk"" and West Point uses it in a seminar on military strategy. To Sun-Tzu ""war was an extension of politics and required a coherent strategic and tactical theory and a practical doctrine governing intelligence planning command operational and administrative procedures To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting"" Ancient History Encyclopedia.The work remains pivotal to leaders in business the law professional sports and diplomacy. Its essential message is: ""Ripeness is all. That is he or she who takes a strategic approach to business lifewho is fit in mind body and spirit who is always ready for just about anythingis the player most likely to win the ongoing war that is life."" In effect the goal is to be ""so prepared for battle that battle has been rendered unnecessary"" Wall Street Journal. It is ""a text of matchless wisdom"" New Statesmen. Sun Tzu's work is a ""classic not just a military classic in the same sense that Thucydides' Peloponnesian War is a classic rather than a military classic like Thucydides it conjures the entire spectrum of human motivations that lead the already ultra-powerful to seek more power through violence. this classic returns us time and time again to the human scale and the extraordinary deeds that men and women find themselves capable of given the right situation"" Literary Hub. Each chapter is devoted to a unique aspect of warfare and treats it comprehensively. First translated into European languages about 200 years ago; this translation by Captain E.F. Calthrop was completed in the aftermath of the Anglo-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars. His translation served as the only one available until it was supplanted by that of Giles a British scholar. While Calthrop was treated as an interloper into the field of translation the importance of his endeavor should not be underestimated. Indeed Calthrop's achievement was made even more impressive by a later discovery that his mistakes were due in part to the source of his translationa Japanese version of Sun Tzu which was apparently corrupt. The first edition in English was published as Sonshi in Tokyo in 1905 Samuel Sunzi Art of War. Initially issued in 1905 this revised edition is the first British edition. Minor toning to spine. A very nearly fine copy. hardcover books
1928228991Paris The Black Sun Press 1928. 1928. 4to. Illustrated with one double-page facsimile. Original cream wrappers printed in red and black. Original glassine dust jacket slight wear. Fine. Enclosed in a later 1/2 black morocco over black cloth slipcase with folding chemise. Number 13 of 16 copies on Japan paper with an original Typed Letter Boldly Signed "Henry James" Sussex Lamb House Rye October 18 1912. 8 1/8" x 10 1/8"; 3 pages 2 separate leaves. With two small ink corrections by James. To Walter Berry: Letter written in anticipation of Berry's upcoming visit to James. In part: "I welcome your generous compassion and am really not far from thinking that I rather deserve it. I have had a weary dreary sordid squalid time and don't even yet feel the tide to have very decidedly turned. Still I do get up - though I don't get further and I am at this moment in the depths of a demoralized loll the armchair most intimately acquainted with the imprint of my figure aiding whence I weave and try to waft to you these vague symbols of hope and trust." Walter Van Renssalaer Berry was the scion of an old New York family and close friend of both James and Edith Wharton. Minkoff A 16. Edel and Laurence C 8 - This letter was previously unpublished. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Paris, The Black Sun Press, 1928. hardcover books
1930WRCLIT64620Paris: The Black Sun Press 1930. Oblong small quarto. Printed wrappers. A fine nearly untouched copy without foxing in glassine wrapper and somewhat worn and soiled publisher's slipcase and chemise with split at one joint. First edition in this format American deluxe issue. Illustrated with six original color lithographs by Marie Laurencin printed by Desjobert of Paris. From a total edition of 790 copies this is one of twenty copies of the American issue specially printed on Hollande Van Gelder with a duplicate suite of the six lithographs in sanguine bound at the end. Five of the six lithographs in the suite are signed by the artist with the sixth signed in the plate. Laurencin has also signed the limitation page. Neither the copies on Rives nor the special copies on Japon were issued signed either on the colophon or on the lithographs. MINKOFF A39. MONOD 2304. The Black Sun Press unknown books
