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Boston: Twayne Publishers, a division of G.K. Hall & Co, 1981. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear to the burgundy colored cloth over boards, with gilt lettering to spine, bright interior, unmarked. A fine and due homage to the 19th century travelogue writer, with a special focus on his Travels in Arabia Deserta and his other works such as The Dawn in Britain, Adam Cast Forth, Mansoul, the Cliffs, The Clouds, and the Titans. Black-and-white portrait of the subject at frontis. 183 pp. including full index.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: Crapelet, 1850. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no additional copies available on-line currently. Edited with a page of explanation and the colophon by A.V. [Auguste Veinant]. Text in French, printed in Paris by Crapelet in 1850, being a reprint of the 1622 edition. A slender volume, only 16 pp. and with a single blank leaf at the end. New full blue oasis Morocco binding with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt fleu-de-lis in the center of both front and rear boards, a simple but exquisite binding by Pat Bruno in 2000. Partially unopened. Fine as to contents. What appears to be a newspaper-based review of the book as it appeared in 1850 and noting that the volume was printed in only 62 copies.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.

Belgium: SDZ (Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon) / Pandora, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. James Ensor. The misspelling of "Inventory" in the title appears to be the solitary flaw of this fine catalogue raisonne of Belgium's famous painter, as it were, though this volume is about his work as an engraver. Trilingual text in French, English and Dutch and many score fine black-and-white illustrations. 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, 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. Bound handsomely in dark green cloth with gold lettering over boards. This "First Part" (Ensor Great Master… Read More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Jewish Publication Society, 1935. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A contribution to the history of the political reaction during the last years of Russian Czarism. based on unpublished materials in the Russian archives. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in very dark blue cloth, rubbed gilt title to spine, bumped spine head and foot, else clean of interior. Translated from the original Russian, with a list of 10 photostat plates in the form of facsimile letters and telegrams. xxi, 2-297 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: The British Library, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Lavishly illustrated with over 145 striking full color examples of Hebrew manuscripts, and written in accessible, fascinating style. 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.[7], 8-160 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: New York Central Historical Society, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. New. Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Hardcover format bound in oblong octavo format. Plentiful (1129) black-and-white photographs of the older, historical variety and lots of full-color, full-page photographs, too. Special Limited Edition of a very small run. The title is the definitive story of the historic and surviving contemporary lines of the Rome, Watertown &, Ogdensburg Railroad line and, after its 1891 acquisition by the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, its growth and development. "Hojack" means the R.W. & O railroad past, and even present lines, comprising just over 700 miles of trackage, which spanned the length and breadth of upstate New York, extending from the Adirondacks to the Niagara Escarpment, and from the Mohawk River Valley to the St. Lawrence River and on into… Read More

Paris: Librairie Leon Vanier, Editeur, Albert Messein, Successeur, 1907. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Another contribution to the series published by Leon Vanier, 36 pp., printed, illustrated wraps, illustration of poppy flowers to front cover, protected now in stiff Mylar.. Moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. French language text, being a treatise about the origins and perils of drug addiction. Rear panel provides a list of other Librairie Leon Vanier publications.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: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Henri Laurens. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog, minor wear of covers, in gate-fold, less to text-block, and with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Augmented by an original lithograph by Henri Laurens, comprising front cover. Nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 8 - Serie A) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 25 Octobre, 1958," nothing that "La lithographie original qui orne la couverture a ete imprimeriee par Mourlot Freres." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by Y. Tailliandier, then 34 illustrations, mostly black-and-white but three in color, printed on high-gloss paper. Exhibit check-list at rear, printed in red. Text in French. Gorgeous… Read More

Paris, France: XXe Siecle, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Yaacov Agam. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of this, Number 37 of the art history journal XXe Siecle, published in France in December of 1971, showcasing a gallery exhibit of Agam's work at the Galerie Denise Rene. Minor wear of covers, mostly rubbing thereto, less to text-block, stapled, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. French language texts, Introduction by Yvon Tallandier. Arresting black-and-white image to front cover and then negative black-and-white photograph of the artist at rear cover. Tallandier's Introduction is translated into English at rear, where is added J.-C. Meyer's "Agam, or time redeemed."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: Payot, 1929. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Fair. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and clean and unmarked of interior. The printed, illustrated wraps are moderately worn and mildly worn of front and rear panels, and there is chipping to and creasing of spine. Augmented with 24 portraits en heliogravure. Edited and with Introduction and Notes by Leon Cerf. Gedeon Tallemant, Sieur des Reaux (born 7 November 1619 – died 6 November 1692) was a French writer of no little repute, well known and respected for his Historiettes, a collection of short biographies of people important to and for French history and culture. The 24 heliogravures are quite lovely in sharp and distinctive black-and-white. [7], 8-510 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 - New York: Poetry London - New York, for The Poetry Institute, 1956. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers, ink-stamp from the University of California, Santa Cruz, at front cover, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Edited by Tambimuttu, and with contributions by Ann Adams, Arq, Lean Atik, Hayden Carruth, Jibanananda Das, C. Day Lewis, Lawrence Durrell, James T. Farrell, Dudley Pitts, G.S. Fraser, Michael Hamburger, Ardath Frances Hurst, Joseph Joel Keith, Claire McAllister, Charles Made, Nicholas Ostroff, Raymond Patterson, Dachine Rainer, Stephen Spender, Ruthven Todd, D.B. Steinman and others. 48 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: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" in number line present. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Bound handsomely in two-tone paper over boards, cloth-backed. 474 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.

Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound exhibit catalog, bound in glossy beige and pink wraps with white lettering; 32 pp. with 10 black-and-white illustrations. Light sunning along top edge, single ink-stamp from the Corcoran Gallery of Art to front cover, else clean and unmarked. The catalog includes a checklist of nearly 50 works in the exhibition by artists such as Benglis, Diamond, Gorchov, Humphrey, Lenkowsky, Obuck, Phelan, Schwartz, Stella, and Torreano; with a bio of each artist. Acknowledgments by John Hallmark Neff, and then a learned disquisition by Judith Tannenbaum, the Guest Curator.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.

Evanston, Illinois: Arc de Cercle, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy of the inaugural issue, Volume 1, Number 1, 2003, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Essays by the editor, Terence Tanner and Peter Swales and Anthony Stadlen. [4], 5-188 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.

Panama: The Panama National Tourist Commission, 1928. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The Lewis and Endara Photo Studieos. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of a beautiful Panama travel guide, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Full-color front and rear wraps, and then several score black-and-white illustrations and photographs interior. Sticker from the Henry Miele Travel Service of Los Angeles, California, to front cover. Articles by various travel writers on the glories of "old" and "new Panama, including Mrs. L.C. de Tapia, 51 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: Lefebre Gallery, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Square 12mo 7" - 7. Castel. Published for the exhibition in 1966 at the Lefebre Gallery devoted to Castel. Scarce in the trade, a sturdy, attractive, softcover copy of an artist catalog, being a retrospective of the works of the artist Castel, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial wraps, in gate-fold. Replete with sharp and distinct illustrations of Castel Unpaginated, but with roughly 14 pp. and complete with artist biography and chronology. Three copies available.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.

Boston, Massachusetts: National Sportsman, Inc, 1940. First Edition. Very Good. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. H.G. Tapply. Only those of us who tie our own flies experience the supreme thrill of fishing." Neat little complete fly tyer's handbook in First Edition by an acknolwedged master. Simple tan wraps, toning to first free endpaper bottom tip, else clean and unmarked of interior. 72 pp. and replete with black-and-white thumb-nails of actual tied flies.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.

Koln, Germany: Benedikt Taschen, 2000. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Leni Riefenstahl. Relatively scarce trilingual edition edited by the wife of the publisher, Benedikt Taschen, Angelika Taschen, and with contributions by Ines Walk, and translations by Steven Lindberg of Pasadena and Martine Passelaigue of Munich, with parallel texts in English, German and French. Massively heavy, oversized volume, bound handsome in bright and shiny white cloth over boards, orange lettering to front cover and spine. Very light bumping to spine bottom, else a brilliant interior. Text in English, French, and German. Preface by Editor Angelika Taschen. A particularly bracing monograph on an infamous, controversial German woman, the text dividing her life into five facets: dancer, actress, director, photographer, and diver. Includes numerous color and black and white images. She passed away in 2003 at the ripe, old age of 101. She came to fame and infamy for the four films she made… Read More

Santa Monica, California: Smart Art Press, for Track 16 Gallery / Robert Berman Gallery, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Man Ray. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial wraps. 128 pp. full of black-and-white and full-color photographs. Several contributions regarding the life and work of Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzk) including Robert Berman, Robert Patchett, Dickran Tashjian, James Byrnes and Barbara Byrnes. As sumptuous a collection of essays and images about Man Ray's work as is available.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: Thames & Hudson, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Just taken out of shrink-wrap, straight from the publisher, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Cloth covers, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine, with illustrated dust jacket. A Boatload of Madmen: surrealism and the Americn avant-garde, , published in First Edition state by the renowned art and cultural historian, Dickran Tashjian. Stated First Edition. From the personal library of the noted Sacramento-based art book dealer, and personal friend of the author. Square-looking, tightly bound, and clean and unmarked of interior. xx + 424 pp., replete with illustrations, full bibliography, notes, index. A superior copy, inside and out.According to the publisher’s blurb, “The American art community had its first glimpse of the revolutionary art of the Surrealists in the turbulent Depression year of 1932. Combing a… Read More