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New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1970. Revised and Expanded Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. From the personal library of Mr. Robert Allen as conveyed to me by his widow, Ms Priscilla (Brownie) Allen, he having been a noted bookseller and appraiser and also editor of a number of volumes of the The Eighteenth Century: a current bibliography series in a project headed at the University of Southern California. Simply bound in green cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond being price-clipped, protected in a mylar jacket. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [8], 9-414 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.

Brag, Breitegasse, Germany: Wolf Pascheles, 1865. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. A lovely copy hand bound for Bertha Schwerin, whose name is stamped into the black pebbly leatherette covers, worn and scuffed along edges, tips, rubbed and scuffing along spine, with a fine gilt illustration to rear cover. German language text fit for Austrian Jewish women and friends interested to read the Bible, penned by Meir Halevi Letteris, an Austrian Jew poet and translator of both ancient Greek and Roman classics and various kinds of bibles. Clean, unmarked, and still remarkably bright of interior. 207 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: En Vente Chez Tous Les Libraires. Softcover. Very Good. 12mo 7" - 7. From the personal library of the noted bibliographer, folklorist and erotophile, Gershon Legman. Short octavo softcover in size, flexible softcover in format, 384 pp. plus 36-page catalog of the publisher Garnier Freres at rear. Marbled brown papers over flexible cardboard, handsomely applied burgundy cloth over spine, title rubbed. Precise edition and publication date unknown, but evidence from endpapers, previous owner of the book (Mr. Richard L. Press) and scattered notes suggests very early 1900s. Adding to the value of the tome is the inclusion of 11 full-page color plates printed one side only, depicting frankly but colorfully male and female anatomy, including women's genitalia, a full male erection, and fetal extraction in case of a medical procedure. Roundly considered to be the first treatise on sexology in Western cultures and medicine. Dr. Venette looks intently at anatomy, reproduction, desire, and… Read More

Paris: Chez Tous Les Libraires. Softcover. Good. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. From the personal library of the noted bibliographer, folklorist and erotophile, Gershon Legman. Flexible softcover in format, 384 pp. Precise edition and publication date unknown, but evidence from endpapers, previous owner of the book (Mr. Richard L. Press) suggests very early 1900s. Several full-page black-and-white engravings of male and female anatomy, including women's genitalia, a full male erection, and fetal extraction in case of a medical procedure, hermaphrodites, Siamese twins, and the like. 384 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.

Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1994. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Reprint edition of a fine little tome written in 1887, influenced by the cycle of medieval mystery plays that the English designer William Morris admired--subtitled "A Socialist Interlude." Edited and with introduction, textual notes and references by Pamela Bracken Wiens, bound in rich blue linen, decorated cloth, with a stiff piece of Mylar thereover. 99 pp. Measures 5 3/4" x 8 3/4".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, England: Druckerei Holzer, Weiler im Allgau, for the Editions Medicina Rara Ltd, 1975. Limited Edition Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A brilliant facsimile exemplar of the Anatomicae Tabulae by Eustachius built upon reproduction of the copper-plate engraved illustrations done originally by Giulio de'Musi, "a Roman artist under the direction of Eustachius and his assistant [and relative] Pier Matteo Pini of Urbino" (K.B. Roberts) after the anatomical investigations of Eustachius done over a century and a half prior. The text that would have accompanied the plates was either never written or was lost and remains a mystery; later editors and publishers had perforce to supply an anatomical commentary. Eustachius was "physician to the Duke of Urbino and then to his brother, Cardinal Giuilio d'ella Rovere, in whose service he remained" until his death in 1574, having taught medicine and anatomy in the medical school at Rome (the Sapienza),… Read More

Munchen: Albert Langen and George Muller, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Foreword by Friedhelm W. Fischer. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. A bit of smudging to bottom fore-tip. Bound in black cloth, with blue lettering to cover and to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [9], 1-427 [2] pp. Text in German. Black-and-white portrait of Max Beckmann near frontis, then additional black-and-white plates of reproductions of his best works.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.

Calcutta, India: A Writer's Workshop Saffronbird Book, 1972. Second Revised and Enlarged Edit. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Decorated heirloom cloth, hand-made, over boards, says note at book's end, protected in plastic sleeve. Transcreated, the publisher says, from the original Bengali by Shyamasree Devi and P. Lal. Snippet from Poet 13 tipped inside front flap as a ticket. Clean, unmarked interior. 5 poems, dated by the day. Extensive notes about the author, Tagore, the two translators, and Tagore's posthumous last group of poems, Shesh-Lekha (Last Poems), with a four-page Introduction thereto.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.

Helsingfors, Finland: Kustannus Oy Taide Art Publishers. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Inaugural issue of what has become Finland's leading magazine of art, art history, and culture, edited by Erkki Vala and with contributions by Marja-Liisa Vartio about Mikko Hovi, the Italian sculptor Pericle Fazzini, Rabbe Enckell, Erik Enroth about the Mexican Zapatistas, K. Koroma on Finnish arhcitecture, Sam Vanni, a modern Finnish artist, by Ake Gulin, Tito Colliander, Olavi Valavuori, and many others. 40 pp. Period advertisements, an original piece of art, tipped-in, by Sam Vanni. Scuffed of edges, a bit worn of front and rear panels, rubbed a bit, but a Fine condition interior, and all photographic reproductions are printed on high-gloss paper.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: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, probably a later printing thereof. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Handsomely bound in two-tone, blue and white cloth over boards. Illustrated endpapers front and rear. 331 [4] pp. including author's Acknowledgments and a Note on the Type.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.

Berkeley, California: Mayacamas Press, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. This is a special portfolio indeed and that is scarcely available to the trade. O.C.L.C. lists a total of six copies in toto, complete, three being located in California, two in Massachusetts, and one in Rhode Island. This is copy #53 of only 75 copies, comprised of 30 prints struck on only one side, and 26 of those 30 are copies from the artists themselves. A matched, full, collated-as-complete set. Each is signed by the woman artist and then numbered. Barbara Parsons' Introduction says that "[m]any of the artists accepted the challenge of the broadside as an opportunity for dynamic experimentation with image and text; others illustrated more conventionally. It is not always easy to steer a clear course with so many hands grabbing for the tiller, but Taking Flight proves that ancient axiom: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts." Robert Flynn Johnson, then head of… Read More

Gold River, California: European American Publishing, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at half-title, being inscribed warmly to Richard L. Press, the Sacramento-based arts book seller. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. A fine and accessible memoir of the author's life post World War Two and his flight from Communist Hungary to America. A gripping memoir. x + 449 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.

The Platt & Munk Co. Softcover. Very Good. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Splendid little copy, illustrated, thin square octavo stapled wraps, bound in linen and illustrated pages printed on linen. Very light soiling to covers, lightly creased, else clean and neat. Housed in a plastic sleeve. A justifiable classic, worth reading over and over to a young child. Undated, but probably early 1930s.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, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Limited Edition hardcover copy, this copy being #62 of only 100 copies, signed by the author at Limitation page. Detailed history of Chicago, Illinois (as of 1933), in 24 "books," complete with index. Gorgeous volume, likely unread, with tight binding and rough-cut pages, some unopened. Rich, dark black pastedowns. Tan linen cloth over boards with black leather-backed spine. Gilt lettering on red leather label affixed to spine shows very light abrasion. Slight bruising to bottom back tip. Dedicated to his son, Hardin Wallace Masters. Else and withal, a lovely copy of an important work of Americana. [2], 3-364 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.

in the Strand, London: Printed by J. and W. Eddowes, for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1800. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A beautiful rebound exemplar, with brown pebbly buckram cloth over boards, calf leather-backed, five blind-ruled bands to spine, gilt stamping to black leather label in one compartment. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities beyond scuffing to spine bottom and burnished there, and with five fleurs-de-lis. Small octavo format, mispagination between signatures K and L, and then four missing pages pp. 281-284. [4], 446, [2 pp. of advertisement]. This First English Edition compiled by Jonathan Scott comes chiefly from the Arabian Nights as collected and translated by himself, a prominent Orientalist, and was surprisingly popular. The Preface says "The following Tales are translated almost verbally from an Arabic fragment of the Thousand and One… Read More

Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Dale DeArmond. Forty-one Alaskan Indian tales, first recorded in 1935, and gorgeously illustrated by Dale DeArmond. Edited by a consummate ethnologist and ethnographer, student of Franz Boas. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Features myths collected in English from Athabascan speaking Indians, providing full information about each narrator. Bound handsomely in black cloth over boards silver lettering to spine, still quite sharp. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxi [1], 2-352 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: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Third Reprinting. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 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. Bound handsomely in two-tone burgundy paper over boards, brown cloth-backed. 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. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 76 black-and-white photographs. x [2], 4-306 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.

Montreal, Ontario, Canada: George Stewart & Co., for the author, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper, "Andrew Baird: I hop eyou will find a moment of interest in this, Wm. Thow." The author was born in the Scottish Highlands in 1896 and he served in the Great War from 1916-1919. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Brown cloth over boards, with gilt lettering. 103 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: Heritage Press, 1964. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Gunter Bohmer. 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 Good condition, paper-covered cardboard slipcase, sunned a bit along its edges. Handsomely produced with green cloth over boards, gilt-ruling, with 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 by Guy de Maupassant, as translated by… Read More

Beckermet, Cumbria: Michael Moon at the Beckermet Bookshop, 1977. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. As an antiquarian bookseller, I buy thousands of books every year. Occasionally, I come across a book which awakens the collector instinct in me and which makes me feel I would like to add it to my own collection. Tales of a Ten is such a book." Published first in 1913, this wonderful work of nostalgia is augmented with plentiful illustrations including two spectacular black-and-white photographs, one at title page, the other, opposite at frontis. Red and brown pictorial covers. Lovely illustrations throughout.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.