Avigdor Arikha Dessins 1965/6
Jerusalem: Tarshish Books, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy. Fine all over. More
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Alice in Wonderland: The Forming of a Company and the Making of a Play
NY: Merlin House, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover edition. Near fine book - no names, inscriptions or bookplates - in better than very good unclipped dw, with some minor wear, a 1" shallow chip top edge rear panel. Not a common Avedon title. More
ERNST NEIZVESTY
Zurich: Galerie Ernst Scheidegger, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Scarce exhibition catalog of Neisvestny's sculpture with text by Russian Revolutionary Art authority John Berger. Published as part of the Begegnung series, this No.8, April/May 1977. Five large stiff sheets, folded, for a total of 10 pages, amply illustrated with b&w..... More
Living Shrines: Home Altars of New Mexico
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine copy signed by photographer Halus on the half title. More
DRAWINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT by GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE 1902-1936
Santa Barbara: Board of Regents, University of California, 1968. 1st Edition Limited. Soft cover. Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition of original drawings by George Grant Elmslie held at the Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, January 4 through January 31, 1968. Limited edition of 250 copies, this..... More
BRUNO LUCCHESI
NY: Rudder Finn Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. SIGNED BY ITALIAN SCULPTOR LUCCHESI on the half title (plainly signed, not inscribed and desirable thus). Apparaently unused book, slight rubbing to covers, more so at rear. More
THE ADVENTURES OF KITTY COBB
NY: George H. Doran, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large, sqaure 4to, illustrated pastdown on front printed in brown, illustrations inside b& w, with yellow decoration. Some wear to spine ends, spine a wee shaken, internals as nice as we could expect to see. More
The Stronger Sex, As Seen By Vertes
NY: Hyperion Books, 1941. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. 1750 copies, tis #1037. Covers a little soiled, internals fine, including all the erotic tipped-in plates. In publisher's cardbord slipcase, which is soiled and stained a bit. More
THRILLING CITIES
NY: New American Library, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A near fine. apparently unread copy - no names/ bookplats. Pirce clipped dustjacket with minor closed chips head of spine. Includes Bond in New York that was not included in the UK edition. JAMES BOND. More
MARY FRANCES' FIRST COOK BOOK: ADVENTURES AMONG THE KITCHEN PEOPLE
(Jane Eayre Fryer). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon juvenile cook book for girls, undated circaa 1912. Light green cloth with color pictorial pastedown, 8vo, 175p, loads of text illustrations printed in orange and black, cloth over spine repaired, shallow loss at spine tips. Internals near fine, solidly bound. KITCHEN JUVENILE... More
Garden Clubs and Spades
NY: Dutton, 1941. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Small octavo, publishers green cloth in slightly soiled pictorial dustjacket. A collection of garden cartoon's from The New Yorker's Hokinson. Presentation copy from her to multiple Tony-award winner Hugh Wheeler (Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music) who, with the nom de plume Patrick Quentin..... More
IN SEARCH OF THE MONKEY GIRL
(Millerton NY): Aperture, 1982. Hardcover. As new copy, cloth slipcase still in publisher's shrink-wrap. #49 of 100 copies. SIGNED by Levenson. Unfortunately, lacking print, otherwise it wouldn't be priced like this. More
Pavarotti : La Boheme
Bologna: Fondazione FMR Marilena Ferrar, 2008. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. An as new copy, showing no signs of us. Luxuriously executed in the FMR format. OPERA. More
Hiroshima. A Tragedy Never To Be Repeated
Tokyo: Fukuinkan Shote, 1998. 1st Edition in English. Hardcover. First ediition in English, originally published inJapan in 1995. The tragedy of Hiroshima illustrated, in children's book format. Compelling production. An apparently unused book. More
FLOWERS OF HAWAII
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Nicely preserved book in publisher's pictorial slipcase. 4to, greem linen weave covers w/ titel pastedown, 30 brilliantly colored tipped-in plates. Laid-in is Christmas card presenting the book as a Christmas gift from Rear Admiral Thomas Hart and his wife. signed "from T. &..... More
PARADISE LOST A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS (and) PARADISE REGAIN'D A POEM IN FOUR BOOKS TO WHICH IS ADDED SAMSON AGONISTES: AND POEMS UPON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS
Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson, 1758. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes recently rebound, quarter leather over marbleized boards, sides stained yellow. Faint waterstain no more than 1/4" deep top margin for a few signatures in Lost, otherwise internals quite bright and nice. More
THE FOOLISH ALMANAC; For the Year of 1906 A.D....
Bostoin: John W. Luce and Company, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A satirical almanac produced by the staff of the John W. Luce publishing company. The staff takes a kitchen sink approach: zodiac readings, gardening hints, bios of the rich and famous like Heddy Green and Teddy Roosevelt. Sophisticated illustrations. Cover..... More
KILLING TIME
Cambridge MA: Armory and Pugh, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Issued in trade softcover, covers a wee soiled. Solid copy. More
No Easy Roses: A Look at the Lives of City Teenagers
(Cambridge MA): Olive Pierce, 1986. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Oblong softcover. Photo / essay on challengdes of teenagers in high school in and around Cambridge (Boston) Massachusetts. Corners bumped/ worn a bit, binding solid. More
ROBERTSON's WORKS: AMERICA, CHARLES V, (and) SCOTLAND AND INDI A (3 volumes)
NY: J & J Harper, 1831. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Set of three uniformly printed and bound volumes of stereotyped editions of Robertson's histories full titles as follows. Volume I THE HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF AMERICA. BY WILLIAM ROBERTSON . . . WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS..... More
PICASSO in collaboration with Edward Quinn
NY: Feliciie, 1974. 1st English language edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in near fine dusthjacket. Some bottom shelf wear and modest wear at dj edges. No names, bookplates. More
Vocabulario y refranero Criollo
Buenos Aires: Editorial Guillermo Kraft, 1962. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Sixth edition, limited, #367 of 4000 copies, this published in 1962 after the first edition of 1943. The South American reference manual for ranch life: horses, campsites, wildlife, native dress, hunting, cooking, etc. Large 4to, 421p. Thousands of alphabe tical listings..... More
DAS MEISTERSTUCK. Matthias Petrus Schaller)
Matthias Schaller/ VG Blidkunst, 2015. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. 800 copies in English, 400 in German, this copy in English. Squarish folio, white cloth, titles stamped in black, 115 (4), pictorial review of Scahller's homage to the great artists creating his own vision of their paint palettes that reflects his..... More
THE TENTH MUSE
London: Putnam, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon cuisine title in original dustjacket with painterly pictorial by William Maclaren. Gift inscription dated 1978 in calliogrpagic script ffe. Dustjacket price-slipped with some professional internal repair. Still, highly presentable. More
BEN SHAHN: HIS GRAPHIC ART
NY: George Braziller, 1957. Shahn, Ben. First Edition (Limited). Hardcover. This #30 of 250 copies, with original print hand colored by Shahn tipped in across from title page. Signed by artist Shahn and author Soby on the colophon. Spine sunned, and slipcase present but broken at seams. Internals of book..... More