Search Results: Authors starting with S from Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.

Utica, New York: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1961. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Edward Wales Root. Unpaginated, but roughly 32 pp. of text and replete with black-and-white illustrations of the beloved painter's work. Bound in light gray printed card stock wraps, complete with a fine artist biography by Aline B. Saarinen, then a checklist and list of exhibitions.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Naples, Italy: Dalla Stamperia e Cartiera Del Fabreno Printing and Paper Mill, 1831. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Perhaps a unique item, at the very least an uber-scarce item, and not available either on-line or in WorldCat. Published in apparent First Edition, though not so stated, in Naples, Italy, from the Fibreno printing and paper mill, 1831. A curious and rare item, featuring a brilliant black-and-white device at title page, and then a fetching poem about injustice in an Italian town in the early-mid 19th century. Italian language text. Bound into simple, brown paper-colored boards, title and date affixed neatly to front cover. There are two typed accompanying documents, the first in English, typed on onion-skin: 1) "This wonderful old paper book of 1831 sent as a gift from Gino Sabattini of Bologna, Italy, my bookplate collector of long standing. It is a rare treasure for my collection of cat books and is about a cat who lost his life for stealing a… Read More

Munchen (Munich): Prestel, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Text bilingual, in English and German, published in conjunction wit the exhibition / Erschienen anläasslich der Ausstellung: Jewish Identity in contemporary architecture. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial covers; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Essays and other kinds of contributions to the volume by Angeli Sachs, Edward van Voolen (the two editors), Samuel D. Gruber, Michael Levin, James E. Young, Aaron Betsky, Stephen Fox, Ruth Hanisch, Roman Hollenstein, Hans Ibelings, Rudolf Klen, Mordechai Omer, Wolfgang Pehnt, Danett Riddle, Anna Teut, and Heinrich Wefing. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [11], 12-185 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest… Read More

New York: Rinehart & Co, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. A total of 17 plates and a map. a fine and readable account of the first ascent of the highest peak in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 217 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Prague, Czechoslovakia: Olympia, 1992. First English Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Jiri Macht. But for three penned notes and asterisks on two pages, a good-looking, structurally sound hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gorgeous photography of the Prague Ghetto by Jiri Macht. Translated by Slavos Kadescka from the original Czech. 126 pp., and 125 full-color photographs.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press , 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine contribution to the series, Jewish Latin America series. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Contributions by the editor, and "A Jewish Gaucho," by Alberto Gerchunoff; "Family Trees," by Margo Glantz; "Boredom Is the Worst of the Sins," by Marcos Aguinis; "Death, Exile Inheritance," by Angelina Muniz-Huberman; "A Centaur in the Garden," by Moacyr Scliar; "Recollections of a Criolla Zionist," by Alicia Freilich de Segal;… Read More

Moskva, Soviet Union / Tampa, Florida: Tsentralnii Dom Khudozhnikov [Tretyakov Gallery], 1991. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Square 12mo 7" - 7. James Rosenquist. Bilingual texts in Russian and English, in parallel, Russian first, followed by an extensive range of pages of James Rosenquist's finest paintings, reproduced in full color, printed on high-gloss paper, quite fine, then English text. Replete with monochrome and also full-color illustrations including two in gatefold. 142 pp. Title on rear cover--"Rozenkvist/Rosenquist, Mockva/Moscow, 1961-1991"--is slightly different. Brilliant, extensive survey that accompanied the retrospective exhibition of the American painter's works, held in Moscow at the Tretyakov GalleryMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London, England: Mansell Publishing Limited, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and due homage to and a thorough bibliography of the poet Ted Hughes' output between 1946 and 1980, with full details, year by year, item by item. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright red cloth over boards, sharp and distinct blue lettering over boards. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Fine frontis portrait of Ted Hughes in black-and-white. xiv, 1-260 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A classic work of structural-functionalism by an acknowledge master ethnographer, this being his reworking of his 1958 Ph.D. dissertation. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket, illustrated, intact but moderately worn, short, closed tear to front panel. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiii [1], 2-306 pp., plus a list of other publications by the American Ethnographical Society.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Clarke, Given and Hooper. University Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Handsomely produced University Edition. Sturdy, tightly-bound hardcover copy with gilt top-stain. Lovely gilt-trimmed marbled papers over boards with 1/2textured tan leathers, tooled and decorated at spines with distinct gilt lettering. Minor scuffing at edges with light bruising at tips. Decorated endpapers. No date of publication given, but appears to be 1890s or 1880s. According to a Wikipedia entry about the novel, "The book tells the story of Count Charney, a former soldier who lost his trust in man and has been jailed for conspiring against Napoleon. Charney one day discovers a plant growing between two paving stones of his cell. This plant becomes for him a distraction, then an obsession, then a passion and finally it becomes a symbol of life and love. Through the physiological development of the plant he calls Picciola he learns to love and appreciate beauty through this real example of the… Read More

Paris, Cazin: A Londres, 1782. Nouvelle Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A stated Nouvelle Edition, a perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still sturdy. Original publisher's leather bindings, gilt ruling front and rear, splotchy covers, scuffed tips, chipping to spine foot especially, and a little at head, else with lovely, colorful marbled endpapers front and rear. Lovely full-page title vignette. All edges gilt. French language throughout and with both Preface and Introduction to this epic poem. 177 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Paris, France : Imprimerie de la vie moderne, 1889. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. Exceedingly scarce in the trade, there being only a single additional copy available. Handsome looking, skinny item in quarto format, one of only 105 copies ever printed, 100 printed on papier de Hollande, another five on papier Japon Imperial, but this being a copy with extraordinary association value, being a presentation copy from the author signed "Monsieur Henry Laport, respectueument, Saintpolroux." Is that Emile-Henri Laporte? Twenty-six pp., original printed paper wrappers in gate-fold manner, and with two very small chips missing from front paper wrapper. Prior bookseller's pencil markings up front, else clean. Covered also in glassine wraps, in Near Fine condition. The true First Edition is rare enough, but this presentation copy is also something of a proto-Surrealist work. The colophon reads, "Il A Ete De Ce Poeme: Cent exemplaires sur… Read More

New York: Heritage Press, 1959. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Pierre Brissaud. A sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover copy of a Heritage Press title, being a First Edition Thus. Clean, bright, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities, having been preserved well in a Very Good condition, paper-covered cardboard slipcase. Bright red cloth over boards, gilt-stamped initials and illustration (his coat of arms) to front cover, gilt lettering to spine. From a collection of three dozen Heritage Press titles that belonged to an Eastern Washington professional botanist. Complete with the Sandglass newsletter. The Heritage Press operated from 1937 - 1982 and was created by George Macy, who managed with editors the reprinting of volumes from the Limited Editions Club, thus enabling fine printing exemplars to trickle down to a broader public still thirsty, newly thirsty, for classic nineteenth-century novels and biographies. This title is augmented by the… Read More

Beijing, China: China Reconstructs, 1954. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 12mo 7" - 7. Chen Yuan-tu. Cute little pamphlet-style booklet, full color front and rear covers, clean and unmarked of interior. Two black-and-white drawn illustrations per page, quite sharply done. Housed in a stiff plastic sleeve. 24 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 1999. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First U.S. Edition, the true First Edition having been published the year prior in Canada. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked but for faint remains of price sticker at first free endpaper. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn but along bottom front tip. Bound simply in two-tone, green paper over boards, black cloth-backed, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. This is her first novel. 305 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1998. Second Printing. Hardcover. As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. A. Saladini and P. Szymezak. Scarce in the trade, there being no additional copies available on-line currently. Massively heavy, oversized volume, bound handsomely in bright red cloth over boards, bright and sharp gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Lavishly illustrated in both black-and-white and full-color throughout, including full-page. 324 [2] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Cassell & Co, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, unmarked interior but for previous owner's fine bookplate inside front flap, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bumping to spine head and foot. Imperial octavo hardcover format, green cloth covers, top edge gilt, and gilt titles to cover and spine. viii, 224 pp. First Edition state, being a fine and useful study of copper-plate engraving and engravers in England up to the end of the eighteenth century. Illustrated with 48 plates in black-and-white.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Book Tower, Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1974. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine exemplar of the reissue of the classic, true First Edition that was published in 1923. Bound handsomely in blue cloth, with still sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Dealer stamp, neatly affixed at inside bottom of front flap. 40 pp. of lively text, and then another 130+ pp. of lovely black-and-white illustrations. viii + 175 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Rizzoli New York, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Christian Brandstatter. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Burgundy colored paper over boards, Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Well over 400 heart-rendering photos in [5], 6-320 pp. Short essays by Schalom Ben-Chorin, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Joachim Riedl and Julius Schoeps that augment the photographs. Tri-column text and with captioned and titled photographs.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Los Angeles, California: The Getty Research Institute, 1997. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Several score arresting, explosive images (including in full color). ix [1], 109 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.