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The Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar

The Limited Editions Club: Verona, Italy, 1954. A new translation by John Warrington. Wood engravings by Bruno Bramanti, signed by printer and illustrator. Number 271 of 1500 printed. Tall 8vo, 1/4 rust brown linen and decorative hand made paper boards, gilt title at spine. As new / near fine without the slipcase box.

The Gallic Wars (Commentarii de Bello Gallico) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it Caesar describes the battles and intrigues that took place in the nine years he spent fighting the Celtic and Germanic peoples in Gaul that opposed Roman conquest.

Soho: A Picture Portrait by Carl GlassmanOlympic Marketing Corp, 1985. First edition. 23x20,5 cm. (95, 1 blank) pp. Original printed wrappers. A photographic portrait of NYC's Soho neighborhood in the 1980s during its heyday as a center for fashion, art / commerce. With an Introduction by John Leonard. Light wear to the cover wraps but unmarked and in VG condition.

Cloth with full-color paste down to cover. Near fine. ; Children's Classics; 8vo ; 335 pages

The People of Moscow by Henri Cartier-BressonSimon and Schuster, New York, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Beige woven cloth covers. Quarto. Foreword and photographs by Cartier-Bresson. 163 B&W repros of candid photos taken in Russia during the height of the Cold War. In very good, unmarked condition - without a dust-jacket. "In 1954, he (Cartier-Bresson) was the first Western photographer allowed into the Soviet Union after Stalin's death. His goal was to photograph human beings in the streets, in the shops, at work, and at play, anywhere I could approach them without disturbing reality.'

Phaidon, London, 2016. hardcover. Condition: Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated (illustrator). 2nd prt. edition.. 4to, 352 pp.Map: Exploring the World brings together more than 300 fascinating maps from the birth of cartography to cutting-edge digital maps of the twenty-first century. The book's unique arrangement, with the maps organized in complimentary or contrasting pairs, reveals how the history of our attempts to make flat representations of the world has been full of beauty, ingenuity and innovation. Selected by an international panel of curators, academics and collectors, the maps reflect the many reasons people make maps, such as to find their way, to assert ownership, to record human activity, to establish control, to encourage settlement, to plan military campaigns or to show political power. The selection includes the greatest names in cartography, such as James Cook, Gerard Mercator, Matthew Fontaine, Maury and Phyllis Pearsall, as well as maps… Read More

Alala: The Teletrips of Alalaby Guy Monreal and Nicole ClavelouxHarlan Quist, Incorporated, 1970. First US edition (first printing). Illustrated in full color (Nicole Claveloux, Illus / designer) Roughly 10-3/4 inches square. Printed in Venice by Fantoni. Notes: A wonderful example of psychedelic art by Nicole Claveloux to accompany a story by Monreal about Alala, a young woman who can travel into her television set and change the programs.Condition: In excellent condition in a price clipped jacket would be excellent, but there is a slit that is hard to see at first glance. The book was published simultaneously in the US and the UK.

Pantheon, New York, 2011. First Edition (stated). Laminated boards. A graphic novel by the incomparable Daniel Clowes first serialized by The New York Times Magazine. A fine book - bright, unfaded boards ; clean text block. Tight binding, no inscriptions.

Chance; A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad Methuen, London, United Kingdom, 1914. First edition, later printing. Original green cloth, decorated in gilt; [viii]406 pages; text block 7 7/16" x 4 7/8... First published in 1914" on verso of title page. In very good condition, unmarked but with light foxing on the first few pages. About the book: Chance (1914) was the first of Conrad's novels to bring him popular success and it holds a unique place among his works. It tells the story of Flora de Barral, a vulnerable and abandoned young girl who is "like a beggar, without a right to anything but compassion."

Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire; The Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. Hardcover (patterned cloth over leather spine). Ltd. edition #456/500. 73pp. Signed by Hugh Walpole on the dedication page. Privately printed with wood-engravings by Lynton Lamb. A fabulous account of Hugh Walpole's early life and a must read if you are a fan of his work. In near fine condition- a small chip at the top of the spine is the only blemish. Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death.

Dorset, 1989. Hardcover w DJ. Book and jacket in near fine cond. Authoritative and comprehensive. 10,000 terms relating to wood and its use, explained and clarified. 1000 illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy, Translated by Louise MaudeGrosset and Dunlap. New York, 1927. Hardcover. Tan cloth with decorative stamped titles in black and green. In the original dust-jacket. Revised Edition with a foreword by Ilya Tolstoy. Photoplay edition of this Tolstoy classic, illustrated with scenes from the United Artists Picture starring Rod La Rocque and Dolores Del Rio. 524 pp + 5 pgs of ads. The vintage jacket is protected in plastic... both the book and jacket are in excellent unmarked condition.Resurrection was thought to be a lost 1927 Hollywood adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel Resurrection which features an appearance by Ilya Tolstoy, the Author's son, who co-wrote the script.

The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art BookLittle, Brown / Back Bay Books, Boston, 1998. Softcover, stiff glossy wraps 256 pp. First softcover edition, 5th printing. Large format. B&W and color illus. Slight curling at the corners but otherwise unmarked and near fine. About the book: A beautifully designed overview of Robert Crumb's remarkable career, presented in chronological order. The 250-page volume compiles material from five decades and features hundreds of comics, illustrations, paintings, and covers as well as rare photographs of the artist and never-before-seen sketchbook art.

No Thanks by e. e. cummings
Golden Eagle Press, New Rochelle, NY. 1935. First trade edition limited to 900 copies. Hardcover beveled bound in tan cloth, titles in red on the cover and spine. Oblong, 16mo. Unmarked and in VG condition in the original paper jacket - torn and fragile. the front board is very slightly bowed. "No Thanks contains some of Cummings's most daring literary experiments, and it represents most fully his view of life―romantic individualism. The poems celebrate an openly felt response to the beauties of the natural world, and they give first place to love, especially sexual love, in all its manifestations."