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Hardcover. Condition: New in publisher's shrink wrap. First edition. Square quarto (11" x 10"). 368pp. Selected exhibition history and bibliography. Shades of gray photographic dust jacket lettered in white. Gray cloth. Illustrated throughout with photographs (some in color). Fine, as new copy. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Sep. 17, 2005-Jan. 9, 2006, and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., Feb. 16-May 14, 2006.

Seller Inventory # 50283

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. First edition thus. Small folio. x, 211, (1)pp. Double column text. Decorative blue buckram with black calf spine label lettered in gilt. Housed in publisher's black slip case with slightly chipped blue paper spine label. Illustrated with 15 unnumbered leaves of multicolored woodcut plates. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), printed at the Stinehour Press, and signed on the limitation leaf by Joseph Domjan. There is a library donation rubber stamp on a preliminary blank and several text leaves. But for these stamps (and priced accordingly) this would be a near fine copy. "Publisher's note: This edition comprises the complete text of the fifth edition (1854). omitting only some obscure references to earlier historical writings. Greek [and Latin] sources have been transliterated into roman characters and are printed in English translation.".

Seller Inventory # 50611

Hardcover. Condition: near fine. First edition thus. Large octavo (10-1/2" x 7-1/2"). 221, (3)pp. Royal blue velvet spine with gold paper label, over gray buckram. Housed in publisher's slightly age toned off-white cardboard slipcase with blue spine label. Illustrated with 12 unnumbered color plates, numerous red text drawings, and a tipped-in antiqued facsimile letter announcing the birth of the Prince of Wales (afterward Edward VI). Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by the illustrator Clarke Hutton.

Seller Inventory # 50615

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Salvadori, Aldo (illustrator). First edition thus. Quarto (12-1/4" x 8-1/4"). xviii, (2), 370, (2)pp. Dust jacket (spine strip age toned, water spotted and somewhat brittle). Blue morocco spine strip titled in gold leaf, over gray paper covered boards with an embossed head of Petrarch line drawing on front cover. Housed in publisher's lightly soiled blue cardboard slipcase with paper spine label and 1/2" chip at foot of spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece sketch of Petrarch and numerous line drawings and sketches by Aldo Salvadori. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), printed at the Stamperia Valdonega by Giovanni Mardersteig and signed on the limitation leaf by him and the illustrator Aldo Salvadori. Text in English and Italian.

Seller Inventory # 50613

Hardcover. First edition. Soth monogram inked to front cover. Octavo. 224pp., booklet in pocket at rear. Original yellow cloth with four color lettering and green ruling on cover, black lettering on spine. Photo-illustrated endpapers. The photo-illustrated booklet "The Loneliest Man In Missouri" housed in pocket on inside back cover. "Soth's photographs are often borne of a similar sense of wanderlust, of an ethos of what constitutes America and our nostalgia and notions of it. Indeed, some of the most potent images in this catalogue and exhibition were created during the artist's trips:long, solitary drives through parts of the American South, the Midwest, Niagara Falls, and regions near the Canadian border." (Olga Viso, director). Exhibition checklist, selected biography, exhibition history, photo credits and index at rear. Fine in publisher's shrink wrap, opened for monogram.

Seller Inventory # 50586

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First English language edition. Quarto (11" x 8-1/2"). 247,(5)pp. Photo illustrated wrappers, dark blue spine strip with white lettering. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, ground plans and elevations. A fine copy, signed on the front free endpaper by Kengo Kuma. Contents: The Warp and Weft of Architecture Weaving, Joining, Overlapping, Folding / Luigi Alini -- A Return to Materials / Kengo Kuma -- Works and projects -- Kiro-san Observatory, Yoshiumi, Ochi, Ehime Prefecture 1991-94 -- Water/Glass, Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture 1992-95 -- Noh Stage in the Forest, Toyoma, Tome, Miyagi Prefecture 1995-96 -- Project for the Memorial Park, Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture 1997-98 -- Kitakami Canal Museum, Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture 1996-99 -- Bato-machi Hiroshige Museum, Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture 1998-2000 -- Takayanagi Community Center, Takayanagi, Kariwa-gun, Niigata Prefecture 1998-2000 -- Nasu History Museum, Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture 1999-2000 -- Stone Museum, Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture 1996-2000 -- Ginzan Bath House, Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture 2000-01 -- Great (Bamboo) Wall, Beijing 2000-02 -- Plastic House, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 2000-02 -- Adobe Museum for Wooden Buddha, Toyoura, Yamaguchi Prefecture 2001-02 -- Forest/Floor, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture 2001-03 -- Soba Restaurant at Togakushi, Togakushi, Nagano Prefecture 2002-03 -- Baiso Buddhist Temple, Minato-ku, Tokyo 2000-03 -- One Omotesando, Minato-ku, Tokyo 2001-03 -- Shinonome Apartment Building, Koto-ku, Tokyo 1999-2004 -- The "Food and Agriculture" Museum, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 2002-04 -- Murai Masanari Art Museum, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 2001-04 -- Anthology of writings -- Particle on Horizontal Plane -- Dissolution of the Object and Flight from the City -- The Relativity of Materials -- Digital Gardening -- To See and Be Seen -- Collaborators.

Seller Inventory # 50327

Hardcover. Condition: near fine to fine. First edition thus. Octavo. xvi, (4), 271, (3)pp. Brown burlap, covers decorated in red, red spine label lettered in gilt. Housed in publisher's black cardboard slipcase with red spine label lettered in black. Illustrated with 8 color plates and numerous text woodcuts. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), designed and decorated by Richard Ellis, and signed on the limitation leaf by the artist Domenico Gnoli. Fine in near fine slipcase.

Seller Inventory # 50593

Softcover. Condition: Fine condition. Second printing (?). Quarto. Unpaginated (130pp.). Text in Japanese. White wrappers, spine lettered in blue. Color photo dust jacket with obi band, spine lettered in black. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. Signed on the title page in Japanese by Rinko Kawauchi.

Seller Inventory # 50336

Hardcover. Condition: near fine. First edition thus. Octavo. xxi, (1), 427, (3)pp. Black morocco spine with black & gilt paper label over marbled gray-green boards. Housed in publisher's matching marbled slipcase with gilt lettered spine. Illustrated with 6 monochrome section head vignettes and numerous black & white text sketches. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by the wood engraver Agnes Miller Parker.

Seller Inventory # 50595

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First edition thus. Octavo. xx, 423, (3)pp. Half black cloth, spine ruled & lettered in gilt, over marbled boards. House in publisher's matching marbled paper slipcase with off-white spine label lettered in black. Illustrated with a title page vignette in brown and 16 pages of color plates. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by the artist Edward Adizzone and the book's designer-printer Joseph Blumenthal. Slipcase with minor rubbing at extremities, otherwise a fine copy. Contents: The boarding house -- Horatio Sparkins -- The Bloomsbury christening -- Mr. Minns and his cousin -- Nobody's story -- Going into society -- Somebody's luggage -- Mrs. Lirriper's lodgings -- Mrs. Lirriper's legacy -- Dr. Marigold -- Mugby Junction -- "Births. Mrs. Meek, of a son" -- The lamplighter -- To be read at dusk -- Hunted down -- George Silverman's explanation.

Seller Inventory # 50592

Condition: very good to near fine. First edition thus. Quarto. xviii, 164, (2)pp. Full maroon buckram, spine a bit sunned, with magenta & gilt label. Housed in publisher's matching maroon cloth slipcase. Illustrated with color printed pictorial endpapers, 12 full-page color lithographs and numerous full-page black & white drawings. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by Charles Mozley. There is a library donation rubber stamp on both preliminary blanks, the title page, and several text leaves. But for these stamps (and priced accordingly) this would be a near fine copy.

Seller Inventory # 50601

Softcover. Condition: vg- to vg. Limited first edition. 1/25. Folio. 12 loose plates. Illustrated tan paper portfolio, with an original etching, including black text mounted on the front cover. Front cover signed and hand-numbered by the artist. This is #22 from a limited edition of 25 copies. An extremely scare portfolio of 12 original etchings by Lorraine-based French-Jewish engraver, bookbinder, and bookseller René Wiener (1855-1939). The images are mostly evocative genre scenes and character studies from Wiener's local environment, the area of Nancy, in the Loraine region of France. Notably included are five images showing Jewish life. All images are guarded with tissue paper, and hand-captioned in French and numbered in pencil at the extreme corners of the plates. Every plate also includes the artists ink stamp directly below the engraved image. The portfolio is not dated but was probably issued sometime between 1905-1915, based on its similarly to other works released by the artist during this time.* Text captions and on the front cover in French. Portfolio with some minor staining, light creases, and scratches to the covers. Closed tears and chipping to the spine of the portfolio repaired and reinforced with Japan tissue. A few smalls stains to the interior of the portfolio. A few sporadic stains and/or creases to the tissue guards. Light sporadic smudges to the edges or margins of the plates. Images clean and bright. Portfolio in very good-, plates in overall very good condition. Portfolio protected in modern mylar. René Wiener (1855-1939) was French-Jewish artist, bibliophile and bookbinder, best know as a bookseller/publisher engraver, and creator of artistic book bindings in the city of Nancy, France. He was big promoter of the artists of the region, and was associated with the Nancy Art School, which was know for their contributions to the development of Art Nouveau in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His father, Lucien Wiener (1828-1909) an art collector, archeologist and bookseller, was a noted figure in the artistic community and culture of Nancy, who served as a chief curator of the Lorraine Museum from 1889 to 1907. *There is little to no information on this extremely scarce portfolio or its publisher. No records online at all, including OCLC. Wiener was known to have issued another portfolio of 6 different etchings titled "Type Juifs" sometime during the same period.

Seller Inventory # 50580

Softcover. Condition: g+ to vg+. First edition. Elephant folio. 8 loose plates of 10. Illustrated lithographic tan paper portfolio with magenta lettering on the cover. A collection of 8 loose lithographic plates depicting iconic figures from American folklore and legends by acclaimed artist and illustrator William Gropper (1897-1977). Each image measures approx. 14x 8 3/4", is printed in three colors, and displays Gropper's often whimsical and bold style, with the artist's name and the title printed below. A list of the plates with a short description for each is printed on the interior flap of the portfolio. Includes depictions of the famous figures Paul Bunyan, Rip Van Winkle, the Headless Horseman, Davy Crockett, Mike Fink, Johnny Appleseed, John Brown, and Finn Mac Cool. Missing are the plates for John Henry and Joe Magarac. The back cover gives information about Gropper's other works. This collection was released in 1953, and relates thematically to the previous well known illustrated map of America created by Gropper, titled "America, Its Folklore", from 1946. That map, which showed dozens of folkloric themes and figures (including many depicted in this collection), was commissioned and published by Associated American Artists (AAA). It was quite popular in its day as an educational tool, with the U.S. state department purchasing 1,700 copies to distribute to its various offices, libraries, and international information centers, as a public relations initiative. However, by 1953 the Red Scarce and McCarthyism had gotten into full swing. Gropper, with his known leftist leanings was sought to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and his works, along with those of other suspected leftist artists, were removed from the possessions of the state department and destroyed. Portfolio with some light age toning along edges, as well as a few light smudges and small abrasions on the back cover. Some closed tears along the spine of the portfolio. Plates with some light age toning to the edges and small marginal creases to a few. Images over clean and vibrant. Portfolio in good+, plates in very good+ condition overall. Scarce. *According to the bibliography at the back of the Gropper biography by Louis Lozowick (1983), the portfolio was published by Covici-Friede. There is no printed publication information of any kind on the portfolio.

Seller Inventory # 50574

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. First edition thus. Quarto. xv, (1), 411, (3)pp. Light blue-gray cloth with red morocco spine label (with some light rubbing). Housed in publishers matching paper covered cardboard slipcase with gilt lettered spine. Title page with a color printed vignette. Illustrated throughout with colored headpieces. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), printed at the Stinehour Press in Lunenburg, Vermont, and signed on the limitation leaf by Valenti Angelo. One top joint of slipcase is split and separated but the box itself is still sound (priced accordingly).

Seller Inventory # 50597

First edition thus. Quarto. xii, (2), 516, (4)pp. Magenta buckram with gilt lettered black spine label over marbled boards. Housed in publisher's black cardboard slipcase with gold spine label and gold trimmed fore-edge. Illustrated with 16 unnumbered leaves of pastel color plates. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by the artist Colleen Browning. The book is in near fine + condition but the slipcase is slightly dusted, with a touch of rubbing at the corners of the fore-edge opening.

Seller Inventory # 50596

Hardcover. Condition: very good to near fine. First edition thus. Quarto. 2 volumes. xvi, 343, (1); v, (3), 366, (2)pp. Gray cloth spines with brown & gilt labels over brown boards, front covers with gilt embossed "TM" monogram. Top edge of text block stained bluish green. Both volumes housed in publisher's dark gray paper covered cardboard slipcase with light gray spine label lettered in black. Illustrated with 5 colored wood engraved plates and several text woodcuts by Felix Hoffmann. Edition limited to 1500 copies (this is #1363) signed on the limitation leaf by Felix Hoffmann. The two volumes are in fine condition, but one joint of the slipcase spine is cracked & chipped (though still holding soundly). Small (1/4") bluish green smudge on spine strip of Vol. II.

Seller Inventory # 50589

Hardcover. Legrande, Edy (illustrator). First edition thus. Quarto. xxx, (2), 296, (2)pp. Black leather spine over beige cloth. Black leather labels lettered in gilt on spine and front cover. Housed in publisher's red cardboard slipcase with black & gilt label on spine. Illustrated with 20 color plates and spectacular double-page color endpapers. Edition limited to 1500 copies (this is #1363) printed by W. S. Cowell Ltd, and signed on the limitation leaf by Edy Legrande. A fine copy in a slipcase with just a touch of shelfwear at corners. St. Augustine (b. 354 A.D.) was a convert to Christianity. His "Confessions" became the model for early Christian writers throughout the Middle Ages. Fine in near fine publisher's slipcase.

Seller Inventory # 50575

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine condition. First edition. Large octavo. 207,(1)pp. Photo illustrated dust jacket. Blind stamped black cloth. Illustrated with numerous portraits and family groupings. Edition limited to 4000 hardcover copies. D.j. with scrape and 1" closed tear at bottom edge of front panel, otherwise a fine, as new copy. In the small mountain town of Heber Springs, the Arkansas artist known as Disfarmer captured the lives and emotions of the people of rural America between 1939-1945.

Seller Inventory # 50351

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. First edition thus. Quarto. xx, 196, (4)pp. Dark red linen, front cover with a wrap around vertical band of white linen embroidered in a Russian peasant-inspired pattern of red, white, and purple. Housed in publisher's felt lined maroon cardboard slipcase with paper label on spine. Illustrated with 16 full-page color plates and numerous black & white text drawings. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by Teje Etchemendy. There is a library donation stamp on half-title as well as several text leaves. But for those stamps (and priced accordingly) this would be a fine copy. Contents: Vasilissa the Fair -- Frost -- The story of Marko the Rich and Vasily the Luckless -- Go I know not whither, fetch I know not what -- Prince Ivan, the firebird, and the gray wolf -- The witch and the sun's sister -- The three kingdoms: the copper, the silver, and the golden -- Koshchei the Deathless -- The wonderful self-playing harp -- Marya Morevna -- The water king and Vasilissa the Wise -- The seven brothers Simeon -- Ivan Popyalof -- Ivan, the peasant's son -- Emilian the Fool -- Woe the Woeful -- One-eyed Likho -- The soldier and the vampire -- The soldier's midnight watch -- The blind man and the cripple -- Prince Sila and Ivashka with the shroud -- The witch. (OCLC).

Seller Inventory # 50573

Box. Condition: near fine. Facsimile edition. 24mo. 4 1/4 x 3 1/4. Study: 34pp. [1]. Facsimile: 27 double-sided leaves [1]. Brown suede-covered clamshell box with gilt lettering on the front cover (in Hebrew and English), housing two miniature volumes: 1) the hardcover facsimile, bound in light brown leather decorated with elaborate gilt floral motifs on the covers and spines and 2) the "study" bound in off-white wrappers with brown on the front cover. This is a facsimile edition of the Seder Birkat Ha-Mazon (Grace After Meals) manuscript held at the Jewish museum in Budapest (No. 64.626), which originally dates to 1751. The finely reproduced facsimile in accompanied by a textual study of the work from Iris Fishof, a museum curator and Jewish art history scholar. Originally given as a wedding gift, the remarkable original manuscript was illustrated throughout with hand painted color illustrations, some illustrating scenes, and others as decorative borders. The "study" includes bibliographic references. Facsimile in Hebrew, study with text in English. Box, bindings and interiors all in near fine condition overall. Hebrew title: ס×"× × × × ×ª ×"× × × × .

Seller Inventory # 50602

Hardcover. Condition: very good + to near fine. First edition thus. Octavo. xviii, 395, (1)pp. Half pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt, over brown marbled boards. Housed in publisher's tan paper covered cardboard slipcase with pictorial spine stamped & lettered in brown. Double-page color illustrated title. Plus several full-page color plates and numerous black & white text drawings. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by David Knight. There is a library donation rubber stamp on the front free endpaper as well as several text leaves. But for these stamps (and priced accordingly) this would be a fine copy in a near fine slipcase.

Seller Inventory # 50591

Softcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. Oblong 12mo. An unpaginated (64pp.) collection of four photographic stories, each with its own translucent title page. Blue spine strip over translucent wrappers lettered in blue. Illustrated throughout with 54 black & white photos and hand-written captions. Includes nudity and eroticism. Signed on the first leaf by Duane Michals. The four stories in this work are entitled: Take one and see Mt. Fujiyama; The pleasures of the glove; The enormous mistake; and Watching George drink a cup of coffee.

Seller Inventory # 50348

Hardcover. Condition: very good + to near fine. First edition thus. Octavo. xiv, (2), 430, (2)pp. Double column text. Plus 32 unnumbered leaves of plates. Blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt and gilt embossed fleur-de-lis' on front cover. T.e.g. Housed in publisher's gold paper covered slipcase with blue cloth fore-edge. Illustrated with 32 hand colored plates. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by Edy Legrande. Slipcase with a few scratches and a bit of shelfwear.

Seller Inventory # 50577

Hardcover. Condition: very good to near fine. Moy, Seong (illustrator). First edition thus. Square octavo. xviii, 158, (2)pp. Rough woven blue & brown cloth, with front cover design on a blind stamped brown background. Spine with wood grained label. Housed in wood-grained paper covered slipcase. Illustrated with 10 full-page and numerous smaller woodcuts. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363) printed at The Thistle Press and signed by the woodcut artist Seong Moy on the limitation leaf. Slipcase a bit edgeworn and age toned but still sound. Rubber donation stamp on endpapers, title page and several text leaves (priced accordingly). This edition presents the legends, songs, and sayings of Uncle Remus, as published in the 1920 edition of Joel Chandler Harris's attempt to record traditional black stories of his time.

Seller Inventory # 50578

Hardcover. Condition: g+ to vg+. First edition thus. Folio (13" x 9-3/4"). xvii, ((3), 307, (3)pp. Text on facing pages of Greek and English. Pictorial gray cloth stamped in red & black, spine a bit sunned. Housed in publisher's red cardboard slipcase with tan label on spine lettered in red. Illustrated with a title page vignette, 4 monochrome plates, and numerous text drawings and headpieces. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by the illustrator A. Tassos. Slipcase is somewhat rubbed and one joint is separated (but overall still sound). There is a library donation rubber stamp on the half-title, title page, free endpapers and a few text leaves. But for these stamps (and priced accordingly) this would be a very good + copy in a Good + slipcase.

Seller Inventory # 50598

Hardcover. Quarto. xx, 184, (2)pp. Tan cloth over brown boards, brown spine label lettered in gilt. Housed in publisher's brown cardboard slipcase, light brown spine label lettered in gilt. Illustrated with 15 full-page tinted plates. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by Michael Ayrton. Slipcase with a 1/4" paint spot and extremities of fore-edge chipped & one top joint starting to separate, but still sound. Very good- to very good+ condition.

Seller Inventory # 50599

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Facsimile edition. Octavo. 253pp. Original red cloth with black-stamped vignette on cover, black lettering and ruling on spine, in original illustrated dustjacket in matching illustrated gray slipcase. True facsimile edition of the 1950 Gnome Press, Inc. Publication Date: December 1, 1950. Original Printing 5,000 copies. "To you, a robot is a robot. Gears and metal; electricity and positrons. -Mind and iron! Human-made! If necessary, human-destroyed. But you haven't worked with them, so you don't know them. They're a cleaner, better breed than we are." (Publisher) Printed First Edition Library publishing information laid in.

Seller Inventory # 49702

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Fiume, Salvatore (illustrator). First edition thus. Quarto. xviii, 483, (3)pp. With glossary. Brick linen lettered in gilt, over decorative paper covered boards. Dust jacket (lacking the spine strip). Housed in publisher's red cloth slipcase with gilt fore-edge, paper label on spine. Illustrated with 12 mounted color plates. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363) planned at the Officina Bodoni and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega. Signed on the limitation leaf by the master printer Giovanni Mardersteig and the artist Salvatore Fiume. Spine of slipcase a bit faded and with some old water spots.

Seller Inventory # 50576

Hardcover. Condition: very good to near fine. First edition thus. Octavo. Printed on unnumbered folded double leaves (116)pp. Red leather, spine lettered in gilt, and gilt device on front cover. Housed publisher's beveled edge red cardboard slipcase, all edges covered in gold paper. Each page of text outlined in red, and within a decorative blue floral border. Title page with a round device printed in brown. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363) decorated and set by hand by the artist Valenti Angelo, and signed by him on the limitation leaf. Spine & beveling very lightly sunned. Text in English. Library donation stamp on end papers and half-title as well as several text leaves. But for these stamps (and priced accordingly) this would be a near fine copy.

Seller Inventory # 50582

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine to fine condition. First edition. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. White photo illustrated dust jacket lettered in black & gray. Blind stamped black cloth, spine lettered in yellow. Illustrated with 60 black & white photos featuring African-American men, women, and children, documenting contemporary Black hairstyles and their role in African-American culture. A review copy with 5-page publisher's promotional text laid in at front. Fine in near fine dustjacket.

Seller Inventory # 50337