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Small Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches; 240 x 160 mm), 304 pages, in half cloth over boards, titles in gilt to spine, in an unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
Life among the intellectuals of Paris and New York by the playwright, theatre critic and translator, Lionel Abel (1910-2001). He was close to the Surrealists and translated the works of a number of French writers.
CONDITION: Rubbing to extremities, light soiling to fore and bottom edges. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with a few tiny nicks and some rubbing.

Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1954. First Edition, First Printing.
Scarce catalogue for an exhibition of prints by Chinese-French artist Zao Wou-ki (1920-2013) at the Cincinnati Art Museum. The exhibition took place from November 22, 1954, to January 4, 1955, and featured 70 prints. The catalogue features a listing of the prints and their edition sizes, some black-and-white illustrations, a foreword by Philip R. Adams, and a biographical note by Gustave von Groschwitz. This catalogue is scarce in commerce. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (10 x 7 inches; 253 x 176 mm), unpaginated [12 pages], in stapled, illustrated wrappers (soft cover). The cover illustration shows Zao's 1953 lithograph, "Les petits bateaux." CONDITION: Slight soiling to wrappers, light vertical fold throughout, slight fold near top of spine, internally clean and unmarked. Easily Very Good or better.

Paris: Eugène Rey Éditeur, 1930. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 185 x 140 mm), [32] pages, in printed wrappers with Yapp edges. A catalogue featuring some works of two artists who designed upholstery for the famous Beauvais tapestry firm: Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942) and Paul Seguin-Bertault (1869-1964). With full-page black-and-white photos of sofas, chairs, and screens showing the artists' designs. Text entirely in French. This catalogue is scarce. OCLC shows institutional holdings at the Huntington, Frick, New York Public Library and the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich. A separate search shows a copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. SCARCE. CONDITION: Some soiling to wrappers, previous owner's name to verso of upper wrapper, pages clean and unmarked. Very Good or better.

New York: Martha Jackson Gallery, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 7 inches; 220 x 180 mm), [44] pages in illustrated wrappers and illustrated slipcase.Scarce exhibition catalogue for Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York in 1968. Nicely written preface by playwright Edward Albee. Mostly black-and-white reproductions throughout. Enclosed in an illustrated cardboard slipcase. A beautiful production. SCARCE. CONDITION: Fine in a Near Fine slipcase (rubbing to edges, small closed tear at top of spine).

New York: Atheneum, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 217 x 140 mm), 201, [3] pages, in black cloth, yellow top stain, titles in gilt to spine, in a printed, unclipped dust jacket (Albee photo on lower panel). Edward Albee's adaptation of a play by English playwright Giles Cooper, in which a suburban housewife becomes a call girl. Cooper's play premiered at the Arts Theatre in London in 1962 in a production of the Royal Shakespeare Company, while Albee's adaptation was first performed in 1967 at the Plymouth Theatre in New York. It starred Barbara Bel Geddes as Jenny, Barry Nelson as her husband Richard, and Beatrice Straight as Mrs. Toothe, the brothel keeper. (And for what it's worth, Luis Buñuel's film Belle de Jour, starring Catherine Deneuve, appeared the same year and had the same theme.) CONDITION: Very light soiling to top edge. Near Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dust jacket that shows light shelf wear. A beautiful copy.

n.p.: [Democratic National Convention?], 1964. 12mo (7 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 184 x 133 mm), 23, [1] pages in stapled wrappers.
A summary of the Democrats' platform for the 1964 election, in which President Lyndon Johnson trounced Senator Barry Goldwater. The Democrats also published a longer version of the platform under the same title; this appears to be a quick summary. SCARCE. CONDITION: Sunning and soiling to wrappers, especially the lower wrapper. Internally, clean, bright, and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy.

Hong Kong: Alisan Fine Arts Ltd., 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Catalogue of an exhibition of works by Yang Yan Ping (b. 1934 in Nanjing) at Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, from September 30 to October 16, 1993. Numerous illustrations in color, extensive biography in English and Chinese. Exhibition announcement card laid in. Scarce in commerce. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 x 7 inches; 229 x 178 mm), [16] unnumbered pages, in stapled, illustrated wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Very light edge wear. Near Fine.

Hong Kong: Alisan Fine Arts Ltd., 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Scarce catalogue for two exhibitions of paintings by Liu Jian (b. 1961 in Shanghai). The exhibitions took place April 22-May 2, 1992, at Chinese Gallery of Art in New York, and May 12-May 25, 1992, at Alisan Fine Arts in Hong Kong. Introduction in English and Chinese by Nicholas Bradbury. The illustrations are in color and there's a bio in English and Chinese. Updated bio (from 1996) laid in. OCLC shows a single institutional holding, at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. SCARCE. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 x 7 inches; 229 x 178 mm), [16] unnumbered pages, in stapled, illustrated wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Some rubbing to the wrappers. Near Fine.

Hong Kong: Alisan Fine Arts, 1994. First Edition. Scarce exhibition catalogue for Ming Fay (b. 1943), with a foreword by the Shanghai-born sculptor. The exhibition took place from January 7 to February 7, 1994, at Alisan Fine Arts in Hong Kong. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Oblong Quarto (11 x 7 1/4 inches; 278 x 183 mm), [20] pages, in stapled, illustrated wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Fine.

n.p. [Hong Kong]: Alisan Fine Arts, n.d. [1997]. Scarce catalogue in English of a solo exhibition by Liu Jian (b. 1961 in Shanghai), featuring his sunflower paintings created around 1995. Laid in are four additional items: a statement in Chinese and English by Liu Jian explaining the inspiration for his sunflower paintings, and three announcement cards for exhibitions at Alisan Fine Arts (Hong Kong), Christopher Cutts Gallery (Toronto), and Finer Side Galleries (Salisbury, Maryland).This catalogue is scarce. OCLC shows no institutional holdings. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Square 12mo (7 3/8 inches; 190 mm), [12] pages, including the covers, in stapled wrappers, the top wrapper being a die cut (soft cover). CONDITION: Slight edge wear. Near Fine.

Hong Kong: Alisan Fine Arts, 1992. Scarce catalogue for an exhibition of paintings and ceramics by Chu Ko (1931-2011) at Alisan Fine Arts in Hong Kong in August 1992. Short introduction by Richard Barnhart of Yale University. Text in English and Chinese. Laid in is an invitation card for a 1999 exhibition of Chu Ko's works at the Hong Kong Arts Centre and Alisan Fine Arts. Chu Ko was the pen name of Yuan Dexing. Born in Hunan Province, he went to Taiwan in 1949 after the Communists defeated the Nationalist Army. He eventually became an expert on ancient Chinese bronzes and worked at the National Palace Museum in Taipei. He was also a poet, art critic, and sculptor and was an important figure in Taiwan's modern art movement. This catalogue is scarce. OCLC shows no institutional holdings. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Oblong Octavo (8 1/2 x 8 inches; 215 x 203 mm), [16] pages, including the covers, in stapled, illustrated wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Slight edge wear. Near Fine.

Hong Kong: Alisan Fine Arts, 1990. Brochure for a group show of Chinese paintings at the Hong Kong Arts Centre from October 24 to November 4, 1990. The exhibition was organized by Alisan Fine Arts, a major Hong Kong commercial gallery and featured 25 artists. The brochure lists the names of all the artists and includes 12 images of paintings in the exhibition. Works shown in the brochure are by Fang Jizhong, Zhao Xiuhuan, Li Mingju, Liu Jian, Qing Tianzhu, Li Jinyuan, Han Tienheng, Yang Zhengxin, Ding Guanjia, Yi Kai, Zhao Zhunwang, and Zhong Ming. This brochure is scarce. No institutional holdings found in OCLC. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Single sheet folded to create 8 panels, each measuring 9 x 7 3/4 inches (228 x 197 mm). Soft cover. CONDITION: Fine.

Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, 1990.Brochure for a group show of Chinese paintings at the Hong Kong Arts Centre from October 24 to November 4, 1990. The exhibition was organized by Alisan Fine Arts, a major Hong Kong commercial gallery and featured 25 artists. The brochure lists the names of all the artists and includes 12 images of paintings in the exhibition. Works shown in the brochure are by Fang Jizhong, Zhao Xiuhuan, Li Mingju, Liu Jian, Qing Tianzhu, Li Jinyuan, Han Tienheng, Yang Zhengxin, Ding Guanjia, Yi Kai, Zhao Zhunwang, and Zhong Ming. This brochure is scarce. No institutional holdings found in OCLC. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Single sheet folded to create 8 panels, each measuring 9 x 7 3/4 inches (228 x 197 mm). Soft cover. CONDITION: Fine.

A love story set in New York, a departure from the author's usual settings in his native Kentucky. Copies with the original dust jacket are scarce to the market.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 125 mm), 281, [1] pages plus advertisements, in green cloth, top edge gilt, beautiful gold medallion to the upper panel, in an illustrated dust jacket.CONDITION: Rubbing to green cloth, upper corner bumped, some fading to spine titles, a few leaves unopened, but otherwise clean, bright, and unmarked. The dust jacket has soiling, a few stains, chips, and tears, with the most prominent tears (1/4 to 1/2-inch) on both ends of the spine, not affecting any text. Very Good or Better in a Fair dust jacket.

Octavo (8 1/2 x 6 7/8 inches; 215 x 175 mm), [32] pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover).
A scarce antiwar chapbook featuring poems by Ezra Pound and Wilfred Owen, an excerpt from a small-arms training manual, a letter from the mother of a soldier, and other texts that highlight the horrors of war. Numerous striking illustrations by Cynthia Steinberg.
No other copies in commerce (February 2022). SCARCE.
CONDITION: Some staining and soiling to wrappers, rusting to staples. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. Very Good or better.

Washington, D.C.: American Peace Society, 1911. No Edition Stated. 8vo (8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 225 x 145 mm), 27, [1] pages in stapled brown wrappers.
Annual report of a long-established pacifist organization (founded in 1828). The directors report membership is growing, the cause of peace is being strengthened around the world, and they welcome the establishment of Andrew Carnegie's Peace Endowment.This pamphlet is rare. OCLC FirstSearch shows no institutional holdings, although a separate search finds a copy in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. RARE. Condition: Light toning to wrapper and page edges, a bit of edge wear to wrappers, staples rusted, top of page corners slightly curled. A Very Good or better copy.

Paris: Berggruen & Cie., 1989. First Edition, First Printing.
Catalogue of prints on view at Berggruen's Paris gallery in 1989, featuring Derain, Gauguin, Munch, Kirchner, Matisse, Heckel, Vlaminck, Mueller, Nolde, Schmidt-Rottluff, Valtat, Dufy, Campendonk, and Rohlf. With a preface in French by Fabrice Hergott. Yet another in a series of nicely produced catalogues by the famous Paris gallery. Scarce in commerce.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 220 x 115 mm), unpaginated, in stiff card wrappers (soft cover).
CONDITION: Slight soiling to rear wrapper, tiny tear to top of spine. Near Fine.

Paris: Berggruen & Cie., 1985. First Edition, First Printing.
Catalogue of an exhibition of Cubist prints from the collection of Vicki and Sanford Weiss, a New Jersey couple who owned one of the most important collections of Cubist prints in private hands.
The exhibition featured works by Braque, Picasso, Marcoussis, Schelfhout, Malevich, Villon, Severini, Davies, Archipenko, Delaunay, Gleizes, Duchamp, Metzinger, Laurencin, and Carra. With introductions in French by the dealers Heinz Berggruen and Aldis Browne.
Another in a series of nicely produced catalogues by the famous Paris gallery.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 220 x 115 mm), unpaginated, in stiff card wrappers (soft cover).
CONDITION: Fine.

Salt Lake City: Elik Press, 2002. First Edition Thus. 8vo (8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches; 210 x 135 mm), 22,[2] pages in stapled wrappers.
SIGNED by Anne Waldman on the title page. An interview with the poet on a variety of topics: the writing life, Buddhism, activism, the role of the artist in society. This interview first appeared in Tricycle Magazine in spring 2002. SCARCE. CONDITION: Light soiling to wrappers, some general edge wear. Internally clean, bright, and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy.

London: Liberty and Property Defence League, [ca. 1901-05]. First Edition. Unbound pamphlet, 8 x 5 1/4 inches (205 x 132 mm), [4] pages.A wonderfully lurid warning against socialism by a British organization devoted to laissez-faire economics. The anonymous author suggests that socialism would lead to the breakup of families."There would be no such place as home under socialism," the author writes. "Everyone would live in the State barracks. There would be no breakfasts, dinners, or teas with one's family at one's own table, as, in the first place, meals in private would not be permitted, as it would be against the socialist idea of equality...In other words, everybody, when hungry, would be reduced to the necessity of repairing to the common swine-trough and eating the hogwash the State had placed therein. No roast beef, turkey, and plum pudding, no smiling faces of children and friends around the table on Christmas Day. Indeed, there would not be any Christmas Day under socialism." This pamphlet… Read More