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Paris: Louis Billaine, 1669. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/not applicable. 16mo. - (10),215 pp. - Contemporary full leather; spine with 5 bands, and with decorations and title in gilt. - Quite worn. - Title-page slightly soiled, interior else fine. - Title-page with engraved vignette; engraved head-piece and some initials. - (5 Copies found in WorldCat 10/18)

Budapest: Vilagossag Nyomda, 1908. Hardcover. Fine/not applicable. With an 8 page essay, entitled "A symbolumrol (About the symbol}" by VARJAS SANDOR. - In Hungarian.) - 4to (30x23.5 cm). -- 24 leaves, with 14 illustrations, 10 of them full-page. - Original illustrated semi- hard boards, with four dark blue silk bands, with blue-and-white decorated paste-downs (23x10 cm) on the interior of both covers. Some darkening of the covers, due to age, else very fine. - With a three-line hand-written dedication, in ink, on verso of Leaf 2: "Herrn Prof. Koloman/ Moser in Liebe / Ludwig Kozma. - FIRST BOOK. - LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 numbered copies. - Kozma was one of the most prominent artists of the Hungarian Art Nouveau, as a designer, graphic artist, and - especially - as an architect. His early work is strongly related to that of the Wiener Werkstatte. - This first book of his, combining the style of Hungarian folk art and Wiener Secession, was published… Read More

Paris: J. Tastu, 1827. First edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. - (4),xxiii,194,(4) pp. - Dark brown grained half-morocco. Gilt decorations and title on spine with four raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Fine. - With 16 engraved plates (8 folding), including frontispiece designed by E. Hyacinthe and Esperance Langlois. - History and description of the abbeys of Fontenelle and Saint-Wandrille, the latter being the second oldest abbey in Normandy. 1 Copy in WorldCat 10/18

No Binding. Very Good. Super octavo (27x18 cm). - A single leaf doubly folded autograph letter in ink, written on both sides, with a printed letterhead of "Taos, New Mexico (added in manuscript: "c/o Mabel Luhan")'. - Together with the original blue mailing envelope stamped and postmarked Jan 18,1935, addressed to Hubert Kelley esq. / Northwestern University / 306 Commerce Building / Evanston / Illinois. - Some experts: 'Your letter came too late. I wish I heard your talk .. / .. When I lectured to the Oxford students I enjoyed it but it was a strain ... / ... I am having lot of fun writing another book called: "What is the big idea?" ... / ... Yes, Jeffers comes here during the summer, I like him and his wife very much. - FRIEDA LAWRENCE (1859-1956), widow of D. H. Lawrence, after 1930 lived in Taos with his third husband, ANGELO RAVAGLI. Both were active members of the Taos art community created by MABEL DODGE LUHAN (1879-1972). - Accompanied with a… Read More

1934. No Binding. Very Good. Super octavo (27x18 cm). - A single leaf autograph letter in ink, with a manuscript letterhead of "Kiowa Ranch / San Cristobal / N. M.". - Together with the original blue mailing envelope stamped and postmarked Oct 18, 1934 (with tears), addressed to Hubert Kelley esq. / Medill Press Club / Northwestern University / 102 Commerce Building / Evanston, Illinois. - Some experts: " Yes, the private edition of my book "Not I bur the Wind' is out. This very day, the Viking edition is out. ..."What is the Medill Press Club?" - ACCOMPANIED BY: 1. The 4-page announcement and order form for the Rydal Press edition of "Not I but the Wind". - 2. A first edition copy (without d/j) of the VIking edition.

1934. No Binding. Good. A single leaf doubly folded autograph letter in ink: "Kiowa Ranch, 1. Dec 34", written to Mr. Kelley (Professor Hubert Kelley of Northwestern University), with 2 closed tears (2 cm and 4 cm) at folds - _ Some experts: "I liked your review very much. "Not I but the Wind" is taken from one of Lorenzo's poems: "Not I, Not I but the wind that flow through me." ... "How big your university is? Do many of those students buy "Sons and Lovers"? My royalties don't amount to much!!" ... "I want to write another book, but it will be a jolly American one." - With a 8x11 cm PHOTO, identified on the verso in Frieda lawrence's handwriting as "Lawrence's grave being built on the hill here".

Mexico, D. F.: Editorial Espacios, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong quarto (21x31 cm). - [222] pages. a multiply folding illustration on glassine paper, and a multiply folding photographic map. - In original yellow canvas, with title in white on a pasted-on dark brown leather label on front cover. Near fine. - Interior fine, orange plastic comb-style interior binding. (A few pages were put in upside- down). - Many pages are printed in quite a few colors (red, yellow and grey), especially the chapter titles. - Title page folding, partially illustrated in yellow. - A detailed and profusely illustrated description of the most important architectural projects and plans of the Mexican government at the time. These include essential construction tasks related to the Ciudad Universiteria de Mexico (UNAM), San Luis Potosi, Tampico, Monterrey, Guadelupe and others. - CARLOS LAZO BARREIRO (1904-1955) was the leading architect of Mexico in the forties and fifties. - In 1952, President Adolfo… Read More

Carrara: Iginio Drovandi, 1880. Hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo (22.5x15.5 cm) . [4], VI, 414 pages . - With 9 (of 10) plates on heavy stock (including the frontispiece color map of Carrara). - Contemporary 3/4 red morocco, marbled covers. Spine with multiple decorations and title in gilt. Corners and edges very slightly worn. - Interior is fine. - Plates are very fine, and those present are: 1. Citta di Carrara (map), - 2. Panorama di Carrara e delle sue cave - 3. Duomo di Carrara. - 4. Panorama di Carrara. - 5. [Carrara] Fattacia principale del Teatro degli Animosi. 6. Torano e le cave di Crestola. - 7. Carrara Piazza Alberica. - 8. Carrara [Via Alberica]. - 9. Carrara, La Piazza d'Armi.

Paris: Jean Mariette, 1722. Hardcover. Good/not applicable. Title continues: " . apelles communement les Jardins de Plaisance et de Proprete, Composees de Parterres, de Bosquets, de Boulingrins, &c." - Wide large 8vo. - (8),293,(11) pp. - Contemporary mottled calf, spine with 5 raised bands, title and floral decorations in gilt (bottom of spine and front cover somewhat damaged). - Interior and plates very fine. - With 38 double plates (4 of them folding). - This book, which integrated the methods of Le Notre into a comprehensive system, is considered to be the foremost authority on formal gardens. - The book was actually written by D'Argenville, under the supervision of the architect Le Blond, whose designs were engraved by Mariette.

[Roma], 1742. First edition . Hardcover. Fine. 1. Title continues: " . Sul fine dell'Anno MDCCXLII. Dato per ordine di Nostro Signore Papa Benedetto XIV". - Super octavo (26x18.5 cm). - xxxvi pp. - Contemporary full hard vellum, very fine. - Interior: slight foxing, else very fine. - With a folding plate containing 5 engraved illustrations. [Riccardi I, 174 (15)]. - 2. BOUND TOGETHER WITH: "RIFLESSIONI de Padri Tommaso Le Seur, Francesco Jacquier. e Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich. Sopra alcune difficulta spettani i danni, e Risarcimenti Della Cupola Di S. Pietro. a Gennaro", MDCCXLIII". - LXIV pp., plus errata leaf. [Riccardi I, 174 (17)]. - 3. ADDED: FRANCESCO RICCA: "ELOGIO Storico dell' Abate Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich", Milano, Stamperia de Giuseppe Marelli, MDCCLXXXIX. - Octavo (23x15.5 cm). - Uncut, unbound. - Very fine.- Wth engraved profile of Boscovich on title-page. - None of these three works is in the Honeyman or Kissner… Read More

New York: Friedr. Gerhardt, 1873. Hardcover. Very Good/not applicable. Octavo (22x15.5 cm). - 844. [1] pages. - Contemporary 3/4 leather, spine with 4 raised bands and title in gilt. Light blue end-papers.Corners and end edges quite worn. - Interior very fine. - FIRST EDITION. - A monumental work on New York crime in the 1860-s and 70-s. - Describes in detail thievery, prostitution, playhouses, counterfeiters, arsonists, murderers, etc., and also gives a list of fraudulent companies. - EXTREMELY RARE: WorldCat locates only a single copy [International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam].

Soft cover. Fine. [F. Lewiz]. No publisher, no place of publication, no year. [Apparently self-published, probably around 1971, in Chicago.] - Octavo (22x14.5 cm). - [2],156, [6] pages. - Paper-bound, with front cover illustration and title on spine. - Fine (covers slightly soiled, interior very fine). - On front cover, above an illustration showing a smiling African-American man (author?) behind bars: [$ 2.00 / ( COLOR-BLIND: ) NON-FICTION , NON-PROFESSIONAL: / WRITTEN AND ILUSTRATIONED (sic) BY THE AUTHOR: / KEEP-ON SMILING]. - On verso of back cover: a full-page photograph of the author at his typewriter, with an enormous collection of knives on his desk, and one in his hand. - Illustrated with drawings by the author, by reproductions of letters and documents, and by a profusion of newspaper clippings. - Life story of F. LEWIZ, born to a Chicsau Indian mother and a native Canadian Black father. Describes his childhood and youth in Mississippi, his work at a cotton gin,… Read More

Hertenstein Presse, 1984. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. Interior condition fine. Copy #44 Signed by Author. More photos available on request.

Hirschberg: Dietrich Krahn, 1736. Hardcover. Fine. FULL TITLE OF FIRST WORK continues: " . Welche von 1696. biss 1737. Theils daselbst den Allerhochsten zu preisen, theils die erstaunenden Wunder der Natur zu betrachten, theils sich eine Gemuthsvergnugung oder Leibes- bewegung zu machen, theils den beruffenen Riebenzahl auszukundschafften, von allerhand Liebhabers angestellet worden sind; Die sich denn zu einem bestandigen Andenken in die daselbst befindlichen SCHNEEKOPPEN-BUCHER Namentlich und meistens mit beyfalligen merkwurdigen Gedanken in gebundener Rede eingeschrieben haben. - Auf vieles Verlangen heraus gegeben, und mit einigen bekannten und unbekannten Historien von dem abentheurlichen RIEBEN-ZAHL vergesellschafftet. - Nebst einer Vorrede: Von den Wundern, Schonheiten, Vortrefflichkeiten und der naturlichen Beschaffenheit dieser Gebirge." - Wide crown octavo (20.5x16.5 cm). - [40],350;[2],97,[3] pp. - Modern full calf (slightly scuffed), title in gilt on leather label on spine.… Read More

Lookout Mountain, TN: G. T. Linn, 1900. Hardcover. Fine. Oblong large 12mo. - Album with gilt-lettered green cloth, containing 10 cabinet size mounted photographs of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. - The contents page lists 9 photographs, to which is added a reproduction of a 1863 Civil War photo, showing Generals Grant, Rawlins, Webster, Colonels Lagow and Killyer on Lookout Mountain, captioned in white ink. - WorldCat locates only 5 copies [Ashland Community College, KY, Yale, Chicago Public Library, U. of Tennessee, and U. of Virginia] . - Near fine.

New York: Sweet's Catalog Service, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong quarto (24x31 cm). - [106] pages. - First edition, first printing. - A seminal work of American graphic design. - Heavy plastic covered boards, with white plastic covered comb spine. - Front cover with title and geometric decoration in red, dark blue, yellow and grey. Title on spine on strong white plastic label. - Binding very fine. - Dust jacket, with the small letter text "advancing standards in visual communication" on front cover, and title on red spine. (Dust jacket frayed, soiled and lacks part of spine). - Interior very fine, and the heavy dark blue plastic frontispiece is very fine, as well.

Taipei, Taiwan: Photographic Society of China, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. Quarto (30x23 cm). - Many hundreds of unnumbered pages, almost all photographs. - Original yellow cardboard, with title in black; very fine. - Publisher's brown wrappers with floral illustrations; very good, except for one corner of spine somewhat worn - Interior very fine ( excepr for the lower corner of one page (2.5x25 cm) torn off, without any loss of printed matarial. - Chin-san Long (1892-1995) is called "undisputably the most prominent figure in the history of Chinese art photography" and "The Father of Asian Photography" - For its March 13, 2017 auction of Long's photos, Sotheby's provided an illustrated write-up, entitled "Photographer Long Chin-San"s Monumental Retrospective" - At this auction, some photos were sold for over HKD 500,000 ($ 64,445). - EXTREMELY RARE; WorldCat locates only 4 copies [Toledo OH, Paris, Oldenburg and Marburg].

[Washington]: Univac, 1961. Soft cover. Fine. Imperial octavo (27.5x21.5 cm). - [2], 10; [1], 35; 5, [1] pages, all printed on recto only. - In original stapled orange boards. - Contains three papers: 1. " Management Planning for Automatic Data Processing"', by Lundwall, dated May 20, 1961.. - 2. "Preliminary Guidelines for Information Systems Planning", by Sperry Rand UNIVAC Government Marketing, dated 13 July 1962 - Revision No. 3. and 3. "Policies on selection and acquisition of automatic data processing (ADP) equipment", by the Executive Office of the President, Bureau of Budget, dated October 14, 1961. - EXTREMELY RARE: Listed in WorldCat, but with the statement: "Sorry, no libraries with the specified item were found.

Franckfurt am Mayn: Schmied und Feyerabend, 1576. Hardcover. Very Good. Small folio (32x22 cm). - [10], 446, [36] leaves. - Contemporary1/2-calf, with 4 raised bands; marbled-paper covered old boards, worn. - - Title-page (with engraving showing Luther and his disciples at a table, and a group of small children looking on) , as well as the first few pages, somewhat soiled and frayed. - With engraved portrait of Luther, and medallion- portraits of Luther and Melanchton, at the beginning of the text. Many engraved initials. - Includes, as a Supplement, Georg Walther's "Propheceyung Doctoris Martin Lutheri", with a separate title-page, with engraved illustrations. including full-figure portraits of Luther and Melanchton. - Rare edition of Luther's table talks; recorded by Johann Aurifaber, and immediately shared with the participants; and later on collected and edited by him. - First published in 1566.

Silver Springs: National Institute of Drycleaninhg, 1964. Soft cover. Good. Heavy thick quarto (29x22 cm). - XX, [1], 571 pages. - Red cloth, title printed in gilt on front cover and spine. - Very soiled; interior fine. - With hundreds of textile samples (9.5x9.5 cm) in excellent condition.