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New York: George Braziller, 1961. First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Ismar David (dust jacket design). 8vo. Pp. 344. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. With a five-page preface by the editors. Bound in salmon-colored cloth with the title lightly blindstamped on the front board, gilt lettering on spine. Top edge dyed green. Very light wear to corners, else a bright copy. In the pictorial dust jacket that shows light edge-wear, darkening of spine, and light soiling to rear cover. Please see photos. The $4.00 price is intact, accompanied by a stamp of the number 59 in a circle. First American edition, following the first edition, Editions du Seuil, published in Paris, 1956. Yacine's novel is set in the aftermath of Algeria's 1945 uprising; when published, the New York Times review called the novel "Algeria incarnate" and "a swarming symbol of present-day Algeria - half-French, half-Arab, hot-blooded, post-nubile ... ."The brilliant dust jacket design by… Read More

(Tokyo): (Kodansha International Ltd.), 1984. First Edition. Stiff printed wrappers with dust jacket. Fine/Very Good. Takeshi Nishikawa, John Hymas, Keizo Kaneko (photographers). Folio. Pp. 147. With "Personal Reflections" by Tomoyuki Yamanobe. Lavishly illustrated throughout with large or full page color photographs of Itchiku Kubota's creations; many are fold-outs. Bound in stiff printed wraps, white with black lettering printed on cover. In the illustrated dust jacket that has light age-toning to the top edge for the front panel. Edited by Tomoyuki Yamanobe, then Japan's foremost textile historian. Rear cover with a blurb from Diane Vreeland. A handsome copy.

Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (The Society for International Cultural Relations), 1937. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Pp. 55. With 19 tipped-in plates opposite descriptions explaining those plates. Two or three are color; the rest b&w. Rice-paper covered boards with gilt lettering stamped on front cover. Front hinge starting (about 1") at top edge. Very slight foxing and edge-wear. Very Good. An intriguing cultural-outreach effort directed at the Occident during a period of aggressive Japanese forays in Asia. Subjects include Japanese architecture, painting, ceramics, textiles and, oddly, two examples of safes/lockboxes.

New York and Cologne: C & M Arts and Galerie Karsten Greve, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Fine Art. Small 4to. Pp. 40. With a four-page introductory essay by Sally Yard. Frontispiece (a great photo of the artist, 1957 in Italy). With 15 full color reproductions of works, ranging from 1951 to 1986. Full cloth binding, stamped with black lettering, with a trifling hint of fading to extremities (see photo). Bookseller inventory SADS-AS-JBW.

(Lawai, Kuai): Woolsey Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. 126. Illustrated throughout with color and black and white photography. With a list of Hawaiian-English words. Bound in tan cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket, which is price-clipped. Slight mottling to last few leaves, but no evidence of dampstaining. Inscribed by the author on the. From the author of Hawaii Cooks. Here Yardley presents her personal view and memories of Hawaii, with a special emphasis on WWII and the post-WWII era. A solid, presentable copy. Dust jacket now preserved in a removable, archival sleeve.

Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1951. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine.. 12mo. Unpaginated. Bound in maroon textured cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Of an edition limited to 100 copies, this is number 56. Signed by the printer, Glen Adams. The second book to be published by the printer, mostly know for his reprints of Pacific Northwest Americana. Of this edition, only twelve were bound, of which this one. Includes sample sheets "printed by Glen Cameron Adams." OCLC locates five institutional copies. Scarce.

(Koln, Germany): Benedikt Taschen, 1994. First Edition. Stiff printed wrappers. Very Good. Bunny Yeager. 4to. Unpaginated. Frontis. color photograph by Bunny Yeager. Illustrated throughout with color photographs by Bunny Yeager. Bound in stiff printed french wraps with black & white photographs by Yeager on front and rear covers. Light rubbing/offsetting to front endpapers due to french fold flap. Cheesecake pinups, including the striking Tura Satana - star of Russ Meyer's "Faster Pussycat Kill Kill!" - within and on the front cover. Includes English, German, and French translations of text.

Seattle: Associated Students of the University of Washington, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Earl F. Campbell, Frank A. Kunishige. 4to. Pp. 436. Index. Illustrated throughout with drawings, some in colors, and black & white photo reproductions, some tipped in. Bound in faux leather black cloth, color embossed illustration, a la Rockwell Kent, on cover and spine. Color illustrated endpapers. Owner signature on front endpaper is that of John Rupp, the distinguished Seattle lawyer and civic leader. Features a photo essay titled Silver Days at Washington by Asakichi Kunishige, Known as Frank Kunishige, the Japanese-American photographer was a founding member of the Seattle Camera Club. During WWII Kunishige was incarcerated at both Camp Harmony and Minidoka. One photo captures the recently-completed Suzzallo Library, the best building on campus, the construction of which caused cost-overruns that, ostensibly, caused the dismissal of both Carl Gould, founder of the University's School of… Read More

Seattle: Associated Students of the University of Washington, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Earl F. Campbell, Frank A. Kunishige. 4to. Pp. 436. Index. Illustrated throughout with drawings, some in colors, and black & white photo reproductions, some tipped in. Bound in black and green cloth with a heavy gilt-embossed illustration on cover and spine. Color illustrated endpapers. Owner signature on front endpaper; slight soiling to preliminaries; cover edge-wear. Features a 13-page photo essay titled Shades of Night at Washington by Asakichi Kunishige, Known as Frank Kunishige, the Japanese-American photographer was a founding member of the Seattle Camera Club. During WWII Kunishige was incarcerated at both Camp Harmony and Minidoka.A couple photos capture aspects of Suzzallo Library, the best building on campus, the construction of which caused cost-overruns that, ostensibly, caused the dismissal of both Carl Gould, founder of the University's School of Architecture, and the University… Read More

London New York: Country Life LTD. Transatlantic Arts Inc, 1949. Early Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good+/Good+. Chiang Yee. 8vo. Pp. Frontis. illustration. With 12 other illustrations throughout. Bound in taupe cloth with Chinese characters stamped on front board, English lettering on spine. Former owner name on front free endpaper, which also features a card, dated 1952, with a typed gift inscription, tipped in. That leaf is also clipped at the corner. The illustrated dust jacket, price-clipped, shows light edge-wear, and a chip at the top of the front panel. Please see photo. An early reprint of the first of Chiang Yee's Silent Traveller series. The book was so well received it launched a career for the author-artist; when his London publisher dispatched him to gain impressions of New York and Boston for future titles in the series, he was induced by Columbia University to consider a professorship. By 1955 he committed to that offer. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear… Read More

New York: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Smithsonian Institution, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to. Pp. 192. Illustrated with color photo reproductions. Boards covered with color photo illustrated coated paper, gold bookmark ribbon: front endpaper dog-eared, first signature pulled, ink annotation on p. 7 in Anne Gould Hauberg's signature-teal ink. In the color photo illustrated dust jacket on heavy paper printed both sides. Highlights from the museum's collections of jewelry, textiles, wall coverings, furnishings, appliances, posters, books, architectural drawings and design documentation. Edited by Stephen Doyle, designed and produced by Drenttel Doyle Partners. Dust jacket preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, (1973). First edition. Fine/very good +. Pp. [xii], iv, [3]-210 (last four blank). Endpaper map. Bibliography. Eight plates. Three appendices. Notes. Index. Brown cloth with gilt-stamped lettering on spine. In a printed dust jacket that shows only a trifle rubbing to extremities. A superlative, handsome copy. Leake was teh first superintendent of the Saxon merino flock imported by the South Australian Company.

Cobb, California: O. G. Publishing, Distributed by First Glance Books, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Pp. 176. Lavishly illustrated with black and white and color photograph reproductions. Of the latter, many are rare color shots. Index. Bound in photo-illustrated paper-covered boards, lettering in white on spine. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket is now protected in a removable clear, archival sleeve.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pp. 161. Introduction by Thomas Huzella. Sparsely illustrated with a few line drawings. Bound in orange cloth with lettering stamped on spine. Slight offsetting to ffep, else Fine in Fine dust jacket. A birght copy. A chance excerpt: "Yoga is not a religion; it is crystallized truth." An uncommon book.

Seattle: Book Club of Washington, 2007. Reprint. Stiff Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine. Oblong 8vo. Pp. x, 110. Illustrated with black & white photo reproductions and floor plans. Introduction by Dennis Andersen. Stiff leatherette-textured paper wraps with color illustration, side stapled, glossy leaves. A Jud Yoho $1 credit memorandum coupon is laid in. Texas-born Yoho was a prominent exploiter of the Craftsman style of residential architecture adapted to a northern climate, selling plans from his Seattle office through annual catalogs issued 1912-1921 and his widely read Bungalow Magazine. This high quality facsimile of the 1916 catalog was produced from historian and preservationist Lawrence Kreisman's copy of the original.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. Early Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good. Marguerite de Angeli. 12mo. Pp. 294. Frontis. color illustration. New Edition October 1930 stated on copyright page. Illustrated with de Angeli drawings reproduced in black & white and three paintings in color. Tan cloth, titles and coat of arms in black on the cover, titles and flag on the spine, illustrated endpapers: spine sunned and tail damp stained, head edge lightly foxed and dust soiled, binding tight and leaves crisp. Dust jacket with titles printed in black on yellow paper, color illustration (frontispiece repeated) mounted on the cover, "Macmillan Children's Classics: One Dollar Each" titles listed on flaps: spine darkened and ends chipped, back panel separated at the hinge repaired with cello tape, closed tears to the back. Macmillan first issued this 1866 English novel in 1926 with illustrations by de Angeli, who ten years later wrote and illustrated her first children's book Ted and Nina… Read More

New York London Paris: Abbeville Press Publishers, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Pp. 275. Copiously illustrated with 268 photogrphs, 229 of them in color. A handsome copy of a lavish production. Printed endpapers. Black cloth binding blind stamped and with gilt lettering on spine. A lovely copy. A splendid monograph on the Seattle artist, whose glass sculpture contains universal themes that elevates his art beyond that of mere glass blowing.

Tokyo: Shinkenchiku-sha, 1961. First Printing. Stiff illustrated wrappers. Very Good. 4to. Pp. 91. Illustrated with black & white gravure and color litho photo reproductions, drawings and display advertising. Stiff paper photo illustrated wraps, side-stapled. Text in English, one leaf in Spanish. Edges rubbed, corners bumped, mellowed creases. Lead article on Isoya Yoshida's Yamato Bunkakan Museum including a fold-out color photo. A scarce issue of the influential magazine that disseminated modern design trends eventually adopted in the West. Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve with an acid-free backing.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good-. 12mo. Pp. 314. Blue publisher's cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the cover and spine, blind stamped panel on the cover: top edge dust soiled, mild offsetting to endpapers, and erasure scuffs to front endpaper. In the two-color illustrated dust jacket, price clipped and with edge-wear. From the jacket flap: "A ribald picture of the endless making of modern books, a galuptious harlequinade cast in the publishing world of New York." The superb art-deco dust jacket art, uncredited, features a row of robotic gray flannel suits moving through a Gotham bursting with skyscrapers. Dust jacket preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Good+. R. M. (dust jacket illustrator). 8vo. Pp. [2], 3-340. Cloth bookmark bound in. Bound in black half-cloth over blue cloth boards, yellow lettering stamped on spine. In the color illustrated dust jacket that shows edge-wear, old, short tape reinforcement on verso, spine faded and shallow chips to head and tail of spine. The dust jacket, illustrated by "R. M.," is consummate art deco design, presenting a woman and her suitors in with elongated figures, a la Modigliani. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.