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Paris, France: Galeries Louise Leiris, 1975. First Edition. Near Fine. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Y. Rouvre. Uncommon in the trade, there being only a few copies available on-line of this good-looking, structurally sound, colorfully illustrated artist gallery catalog of 42 paintings by Rouvre, bound in stiff, thread-stitched wrappers with tri-color lithograph cover. Galerie Louise Leiris in a sense overcame Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler in the support of and selling of the art works produced by influential artists of the 1940s, including Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali, Y. Rouvre and E. Hadengue, Fernand Leger and Elie Lascaus. Augmented with an original lithographic cover, in gate-fold. Nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 6 - Serie B) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 21 Avril, 1975," nothing that "La lithographie original qui orne la couverture a ete… 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.

New York: The William-Frederick Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An exemplar of a title that is quite scarce in the trade, "a novel of the ex-G.I. on the campus," says the sub-title. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in light tan cloth, gilt lettering to front board and spine, still quite sharp. Bumping to spine head and foot. Dust jacket still present, heavily worn and chipped along edges, still a bright pink, not price-clipped, protected by thin plastic jacket, also torn and stressed especially on rear panel; sunning to spine to a light pink. The author served overseas during W.W.I.I. and attended Pennsylvania State University upon his return. Jonathan Swift coined the term "Yahoo" in the fourth section of his novel Gulliver's Travels and has since entered the English language more broadly; he described Yahoos as filthy with unpleasant habits, "a brute in human… Read More

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1985. Third Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover volume, little discernible wear to the blue cloth covers, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, bright interior, unmarked. Stated Third Printing of this First Edition. Sewn-in head-bands. The complete Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson was expected to occupy at least twelve volumes but stretched to 23 volumes at least. The series was guided by a distinguished committee made up of Herman W. Liebert (Yale) as Chairman; Allen T. Hazen (Columbia) as General Editor; Robert F. Metzdorf (Yale) as Secretary; Walter J. Bate (Harvard); Bertrand H. Bronson (California); R. W. Chapman (Oxford); James L. Clifford (Columbia); Robert Halsband (Hunter); Frederick W. Hilles (Yale); Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hyde, of Somerville, N.J.; William R. Keast (Cornell); Edward L. McAdam, Jr. (New York); L.F. Powell… Read More

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1990. Third Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover volume, little discernible wear to the blue cloth covers, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, bright interior, unmarked. Stated Third Printing of this edition. Sewn-in head-bands. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. The complete Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson was expected to occupy at least twelve volumes but stretched to 23 volumes at least. The series was guided by a distinguished committee made up of Herman W. Liebert (Yale) as Chairman; Allen T. Hazen (Columbia) as General Editor; Robert F. Metzdorf (Yale) as Secretary; Walter J. Bate (Harvard); Bertrand H. Bronson (California); R. W. Chapman (Oxford); James L. Clifford (Columbia); Robert Halsband (Hunter); Frederick W. Hilles (Yale); Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hyde, of Somerville, N.J.; William R. Keast… Read More

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover volume, little discernible wear to the blue cloth covers, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spines, bright interiors, unmarked. Sewn-in head-bands. Stated Fourth Printing. The complete Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson was expected to occupy at least twelve volumes but stretched to 23 volumes at least. The series was guided by a distinguished committee made up of Herman W. Liebert (Yale) as Chairman; Allen T. Hazen (Columbia) as General Editor; Robert F. Metzdorf (Yale) as Secretary; Walter J. Bate (Harvard); Bertrand H. Bronson (California); R. W. Chapman (Oxford); James L. Clifford (Columbia); Robert Halsband (Hunter); Frederick W. Hilles (Yale); Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hyde, of Somerville, N.J.; William R. Keast (Cornell); Edward L. McAdam, Jr. (New York); L.F. Powell (Oxford); S.C. Roberts (Cambridge); and… Read More

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound set of three hardcover volumes, little discernible wear to the blue cloth covers, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spines, bright interiors, unmarked. Stated Fifth Printing but original was published in 1968, and this has a very low I.S.B.N. The complete Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson was expected to occupy at least twelve volumes but stretched to 23 volumes at least. The series was guided by a distinguished committee made up of Herman W. Liebert (Yale) as Chairman; Allen T. Hazen (Columbia) as General Editor; Robert F. Metzdorf (Yale) as Secretary; Walter J. Bate (Harvard); Bertrand H. Bronson (California); R. W. Chapman (Oxford); James L. Clifford (Columbia); Robert Halsband (Hunter); Frederick W. Hilles (Yale); Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hyde, of Somerville, N.J.; William R. Keast (Cornell); Edward L.… Read More

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1977. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover volume, little discernible wear to the blue cloth covers, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spines, bright interiors, unmarked. Edition and printing not stated, but no worse than an early reprint. The complete Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson was expected to occupy at least twelve volumes but stretched to 23 volumes at least. The series was guided by a distinguished committee made up of Herman W. Liebert (Yale) as Chairman; Allen T. Hazen (Columbia) as General Editor; Robert F. Metzdorf (Yale) as Secretary; Walter J. Bate (Harvard); Bertrand H. Bronson (California); R. W. Chapman (Oxford); James L. Clifford (Columbia); Robert Halsband (Hunter); Frederick W. Hilles (Yale); Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hyde, of Somerville, N.J.; William R. Keast (Cornell); Edward L. McAdam, Jr. (New York); L.F. Powell (Oxford); S.C.… Read More

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2005. Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover volume, little discernible wear to the blue cloth covers, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, bright interior, unmarked. Stated Second Printing of this edition. Sewn-in head-bands. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn.The complete Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson was expected to occupy at least twelve volumes but stretched to 23 volumes at least. The series was guided by a distinguished committee made up of Herman W. Liebert (Yale) as Chairman; Allen T. Hazen (Columbia) as General Editor; Robert F. Metzdorf (Yale) as Secretary; Walter J. Bate (Harvard); Bertrand H. Bronson (California); R. W. Chapman (Oxford); James L. Clifford (Columbia); Robert Halsband (Hunter); Frederick W. Hilles (Yale); Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hyde, of Somerville, N.J.; William R. Keast… Read More

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1957. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of the combined, nineteen-twentieth issue, in this case devoted to "Contemporary Art," with mild wear to and sunning of covers, printed, illustrated, but with a clean, toned, but unmarked text-block, with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Articles and essays by Bernard Dorival, Michel Ragon, Robert Herbert, Guy Habasque, Thomas B. Hess, Henri Peyre, Etiemble, Paul Guth, Pierre Schneider, Kenneth Cornell, Pierre Francastel and Vincent J. Scully, Jr.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.

Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Signed by Other. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no additional copies available on-line currently in this state and condition. Certificate of Authenticity laid in, signed by the publisher, Jack Smith, and another signature (of co-publisher, Bruce Corey) at Page of Limitation. Bound quite handsomely in blue crushed leather, gilt-stamped "NY" and gilt lettering to spine. Brilliant, fresh, bright interior. Several hundred illustrations and photographs. 227 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.

Austin, Texas: University Art Museum, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Like New. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Yasuo Kuniyoshi. But for sticker residue to front cover, near pristine interior and still tightly bound. One of 2500 copies printed. Accompanies an exhibition held of his work at the University of Texas Art Museum and elsewhere. Catalogue features many full color images, and a listing of Kuniyoshi's work, complete with chronology. Unpaginated. Measures 7 3/4"' x 8 1/2".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.

Frankfurt am Main: Museum fur Islamische Kunst, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Big, tall, heavy, sumptuously illustrated quarto format hardcover, with glossy pictorial covers. [7], 8-424 pp. Lots of black-and-white illustrations as well as 149 color illustrations. Opulently illustrated catalog for the exhibitions held in 1993 and 1994 in Berlin and Frankfurt am Main. German language texts throughout, fully captioned and detailed photographs of fine reproductions of Turkish textile arts.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.

Lyon, Mississippi: Derrydale Press, 1994. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Exceedingly scarce in the trade, being a consecutive run of seven volumes, an extremely handsomely produced set of the reprinted editions of the first seven volumes of Ye Sylvan Archer, which began publication in 1927 in Corvallis, Oregon (Go Beavers!). Printed beautifully by Douglas C. Mauldin of Derrydale Press, SIGNED by Glenn St. Charles, Commissioner of the Legends of the Longbow Library and Founder of the Pope and Young Club, in a special Limited Edition of 1,250 copies only. Sterling condition hardcover copies, with unbruised tips, tight bindings, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Green textured leather covers with gilt lettering and illustration to fronts and spines, all edges gilt quite finely; one small patch of rubbed gilt to one top edge. Decorated endpapers. Double-column texts and… Read More

London: East and West Library, for the Leo Baeck Institute, 1971. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Introduction by Robert Weltsch, Foreword by the anonymous editor, and contributions by Moshe Schwarcz, Michael A. Meyer, Jacob Toury, Herbert A. Strauss, Walter B. Simon, George L. Mosse, William A. Jenks, Donald L. Niewyk, Andrew G. Whiteside, and many more. Fine black-and-white photograph of Norman Bentwich at a festschrift at frontis. Bound handsomely in blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, printed, showing minor wear and light sunning to edges, 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. xxix [1], 3-416 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: East and West Library, for the Leo Baeck Institute, 1961. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Foreword by the anonymous editor, then an introduction by Robert Weltsch, and contributions by Alexander Altmann, Alexander Carlebach, Guy Stern, Hans Kohn, Baruch Kurzweil, Walter Laqqueur, Herbert Strauss, Joseph Walk, Carl Cohen, F.H. Eisner, and many more. Fine black-and-white photograph of Leopold Zunz at frontis. Bound handsomely in blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, printed, showing minor wear and light sunning to edges, 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. xxv [1], 3-357 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: East and West Library, for the Leo Baeck Institute, 1958. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Foreword by the anonymous editor, then an introduction by Robert Weltsch, and contributions by Ernst Simon, Selma Stern-Taeubler, Ernst Feder, Joseph Leftwich, Eleonore Sterling, Adolph Asch and Johanna Philippson, F.L. Carsten and many more. Fine black-and-white photograph of Martin Buber at frontis from 1877. Bound handsomely in blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, printed, showing minor wear and light sunning to edges, 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. xxix [1], 3-416 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: E.P. Dutton, 1951. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. E.H. Shepard. The black-and-white illustrations by E.H. Shepard greatly augment this fine and delightful survey of the wit and wisdom of the beloved A.A. Milne, almost memoirish essays, what Milne calls "autobiographical table talk." Shepard also drew Christopher Robin, Winnie-the-Pooh, and Piglet, to name but a few characters. Bound in blue cloth over boards, very light wear thereto, light bumping to spine head and foot, else clean and unmarked of interior. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. Frontis matter, 2-215 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: Farrar, Straus and Young. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The author's fourth collection of poetry, covering a period of three years. Copyright page is sans copyrightdate, but appears to be an early American printing of the original Hamish Hamilton publication of 1952. Bound in the original publisher cloth boards, light sunning along interior page edges, else clean and unmarked. Dust jacket fully intact, not price-clipped, protected in a Brodart jacket, but sunned a bit at spine. 61 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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994. First English Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Translated from the the original Polish by Madeline G. Levine, and covering one year in the life of the Polish-American novelist, the Nobel Laureate in literature. First English Edition. 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. 294 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.