Italy: mid 14th century. 2 columns, gothic minuscule, ornamental opening initial S[eptuaginta] against square blue ground. Recto: End of Book of Kings, opening of Jerome's prologue to Paralipomena. Verso: continuation of prologue. More
London: Hogarth Press, 1926. First (trade) edition. Marbled paper over boards (predominantly red) paper spine label. Fine copy. One of 500 printed, 70 later pulped. With a typed card of presentation from the author. Woolmer 83B. More
Managua: Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroameríca, (2000). First edition. Wrappers, fine. One of 1200 copies printed. Inscribed by the photographers Alvarez and Gordillo, and the author Torres, to the Nicaraguan poet and activist Daisy Zamora. A documentary photobook of life and customs on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. With the..... More
Paris: Georges Visat, 1968. Arikha, Avigdor (1929-2010). First edition. Wrappers, in publisher's chemise and slipcase. One of 154 copies on Rives (total edition). Illustrated with six colored etchings by Avigdor Arikha, each signed. Fine. "The colored etchings for L'Issue reveal the subtle and intuitive feeling with which Arikha approaches Beckett's..... More
Ghent: Ergo Pers, 2009. Schimansky, Hanns. First edition. Folio (14 1/2 x 12-3/4 inches), unbound in slipcase as issued. A beautiful new artist book. The Recital /Le Récital, a prose poem by John Ashbery, published in a bilingual edition with French translation by Franck André Jamme, in close collaboration with..... More
21st Editions, 2008. Baldridge, Jamie. First edition. 20-1/2 x 16-1/2 inches. Text and 12 richly colorful, surrealistic pigment ink prints, printed and signed by the artist. Designed by Michael Russem at Kat Ran Press, using handset Bell type, cast by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Bound in patinated metal over boards..... More
London: Printed by T. Bensley for R. Bowyer and M. Parkes, 1828. Reprint. Folio, 20 x 15 inches. 10 leaves of text and 12 colored aquatint plates, exquisitely reproducing works by Samuel Prout, William Collins, John Smith, Francis Nicholson, and Robert Hills. Original boards, paper label, spine worn, plates and..... More
London: Macmillan, 1872. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt, gilt edges. Extremities rubbed, splits to outer hinges, volume cocked, but endpapers intact, not cracked, internally very good. More
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New York: Knopf, 1925. First edition. Cloth backed boards, inner hinges expertly strengthened; a very good copy in a decent dust jacket, which has light edge wear, fading and damp marks on the spine. Half morocco case. Inscribed by Cather to Alice Roullier, daughter of an important art dealer in..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1915. First edition, first issue. Original smooth blue cloth, gilt, a fine copy in a very good example of the rare pictorial dust jacket. Bookplate of Daniel G. Hastings. According to Rare Book Hub and ABPC, only one jacketed copy has been sold at auction for at..... More
New York: McClure, Phillips, 1905. First edition. Original red cloth, a bright and fine copy in the rare dust jacket, slightly worn and darkened. First edition, second issue, with "Doubleday, Page & Co." at the foot of the spine. Cather's second book, and first collection of stories. Inscribed by Cather..... More
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Peru: ca. 1930-1938. Two joined views, printed on albumen paper, measuring 47 x 17 1/3 cm (18 x 7 inches). In excellent condition, matted and framed. More
Los Angeles: C.C. Parker, 1912. Coburn, Alvin Langdon. First edition. Quarto, 9 1/2 x 13 inches. [31] p. (on double leaves), [6] leaves of plates. Number 21 of a planned but never completed edition of 60 copies, signed by Coburn. The book contains six tipped-in original 7 x 5 inch..... More
1963. One page, with two fine color drawings of fantastic creatures. Washington, 13 August 1963. Fine condition. Accompanied by a special leather-bound copy of Piazza's book "Los hombres y las cosas sólo querían jugar", Mexico, 1963, which Cuevas illustrated. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns a large collection of Cuevas's..... More
London: Wishart & Company, 1934. First edition. First edition, extensively illustrated. The most important and encyclopedic compilation of African and African-American history and culture. Its compilation took Cunard more than three years of intense labor. 1000 copies were printed, but a considerable number were destroyed in a warehouse fire and..... More
London: Hogarth Press, 1926. First edition. Marbled boards with cover label, fine. Woolmer 88. More
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[New York]: The Black Sun Press, 1943. Augmented edition. 44 p., 5 l. incl. front., 26 cm. Original printed boards, text paper browned as usual, ownership stamp on front endpaper, otherwise an unusually fine copy in the original pink unprinted dust jacket. English translation at top of page, French text..... More
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Bussum: C.A.J. van Dishoeck, 1932. Escher, M.C. Woodcut, 7 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches (180 x 140 mm.), fine condition, matted and framed under plexiglass. Example 193 from an intended edition of 300, printed on Van Gelder simili Japon by. More
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Paris: Éditions de l'intermédiaire du bibliophile, 1926. Brissaud,Pierre. 235, [1] p., [9] col. leaves of plates One of 625 on Arches paper (total edition of 705). With aquarelles (water colors) by Pierre Brissaud reproduced by the pochoir process. Half morocco with decorated paper sides, top edge gilt, others uncut; binding..... More
Foujita. The menu is also signed by Madeleine, Foujita's model and companion during this two-year journey in Latin America and by the Argentine artist Florencio Molina Campos, who added a small sketch of Foujita. Together with a group of two vintage silver gelatin photographs mounted on cardboard. The mounts measure..... More
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[ca. 1947?]. Grandpierre, Victor. First edition. 60 original silver print photographs by Victor Grandpierre, mounted on bristol boards with rounded, gilt edges. 29 x 22 cm. The images depict somewhat surrealistic arrangements of decorative household objects, each illustrating a poem by Louise de Vilmorin, printed in facsimile of her manuscript..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1983. First edition. A new translation of Grosz's autobiography, with an epilogue. Publisher's paste-paper boards with red morocco spine and gilt-stamped cover. One of 150 copies, specially printed and bound, in publisher's clamshell case with folder, accompanied by an original estate stamped pencil sketch, by Grosz. Fine..... More
Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag, (1931). First published edition. Original printed wrappers, fine, one corner slightly creased. 144 pages, 2 leaves. W / G 4. More
London: Macmillan, 1890. First English edition. Three volumes, original blue cloth, lightly rubbed, covers spotted, and traces of removed labels removed on front covers, two endpapers cracking slightly, but all hinges sound. A very good copy of the scarce triple-decker, one of 500 copies printed, issued shortly after the two-volume..... More
Pleasant Hill, Oregon: 1981. The photo shows Kesey's hands unfolding his wallet of family pictures, while he's standing on the Great Wall of China. Inscribed by Kesey and signed (as "Ken, Faye, Shannon, Zane, Jed & Sunshine". With original envelope hand addressed by Kesey to relatives. More