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Paris, France: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1963. First Edition. Near Fine. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A. Beaudin. Good-looking, structurally sound, colorfully illustrated artist gallery catalog of paintings, drawings and objets d'art by A. Beaudin. Bound in stiff, thread-stitched wrappers with tri-color. 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 Lascaux. Nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 17 - Serie A) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 12 Novembre, 1963." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by Jean Lescure, then 29 illustrations in black-and-white, printed on high-gloss paper. Exhibit check-list at rear. Text in… Read More

Paris, France: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1963. First Edition. Very Good. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A. Beaudin. Nice-looking, structurally sound condition softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog, an extremely rare catalog at that, following from the 17 Mai -17 Juin 1961 show in Paris, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated wraps, in gate-fold. Louise Leiris Gallery displayed and sold fine art works from leading artists of the 1940s and 1950s all the way into the 1980s. Nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 17 - Serie A) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 12 Novembre, 1963." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by Jean Lescure, then 29 illustrations in mostly black-and-white, many more in duotone and a few being in color, printed on high-gloss… Read More

Paris: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1957. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A. Beaudin. Not many art gallery exhibit catalogs are augmented by an original lithograph! Good looking, structurally sound artist exhibit catalog, featuring a bright, clean, unmarked interior, minor wear and tear to the colorful exteriors, a bit of soiling to rear panel, light rubbing, nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 3 - Serie A) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 30 Mai 1957," nothing that "La lithographie original qui orne la couverture a ete executee specialement part A. Beaudin et imprimeriee par Mourlot Freres." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by Andre Frenaud, then 54 illustrations, mostly black-and-white but a few in color, and then exhibit check-list at rear. Andre Beaudin (1895-1979) developed his… Read More

Paris, France: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1980. First Edition. Very Good. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A. Beaudin. Nice-looking, structurally sound condition softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog, an extremely rare catalog at that, following from the 17 Mai -17 Juin 1961 show in Paris, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated wraps, in gate-fold. Louise Leiris Gallery displayed and sold fine art works from leading artists of the 1940s and 1950s all the way into the 1980s. Nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 8 - Serie B) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, 22 avril 1980." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by M.J., then 94 illustrations in mostly black-and-white, many more in duotone and a few being in color, printed on high-gloss paper. Exhibit… Read More

Storrs, Connecticut: William Benton Museum of Art, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Alfred H. Maurer. 16 pp., bound in printed, glossy wraps, previous owner's ink-stamp at first free endpaper, sticker to front, barely worn and abraded, else clean and unmarked of interior. Essay by Stephanie Terenzio, then black-and-white images and a chronology.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: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Edgar Blakeney. A fine and accessible reference guide to the period 1837-1901 in Victorian antique manufacture and collecting. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in bright red cloth, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn, mostly along edges, protected by a plastic coat, machine- but not price-clipped. A dictionary's worth of entries about every kind of collectible, from butter pats to letter openers, writing boxes to snow globes. Prelims, 2-250 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: Watson-Guptill Publications and American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked but for a small red remainder dot along bottom edge. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn in terms of chipping, else little wear to panels, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. The annual publication of the American Institute of Graphic Arts from the 1982-83 season including award-winning work from the year's several AIGA exhibitions. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [6], 7-431 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: Random House, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, stated. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned endpapers at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Two sections of Auden's then current poems: Thanksgiving for a Habitat; In and Out. 84 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: Greenwillow Books, 1996. Second Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author and doodled fancifully at the title page. 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. Stated Second Printing of the First Edition. Plentiful black-and-white photographs. 198 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: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound quite handsomely in bright red cloth, with black lettering to spine and black stamped illustration to front cover. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Profusely illustrated with photographs in black-and-white. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x + 181 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, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine contribution to the series Studies in Modern Hebrew Literature, by David Patterson, Cowley Lecturer in Post-Biblical Hebrew at the University of Oxford. Fine frontis portrait of Abraham Mapu in black-and-white. Bound in brick-red cloth, with unusually sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine. [ix], [2], 3-178 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.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Jewish Publication Society, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound handsomely in black cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. Compiled with a biographical introduction by Max Wiener (1882-1950), translated from the German by Ernst J. Schlochauer. "Abraham Geiger gave the Reform Movement in Judaism its intellectual stature and theoretical justification. His struggle against the traditionalists forms an interesting chapter in the history of German Jewry, yet is now of even greater interest to American Jews, for ultimately Geiger found more convinced and ardent followers on this side of the Atlantic than he had had in… Read More

Tokyo, Japan: Shogakukan, Inc, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An odd, unusual title indeed, uncommon here in the U.S., there being no additional copies available on-line currently. An apparent hagiography of the 16th U.S. President, Abraham Lincoln designed for use by Japanese students. Beautifully illustrated paper over boards, wholly in Japanese including kanji characters. Front pastedown has written in it, "To Children of Pasadena From Shogo Koide Chairman Pasadena-Mishima Committee, Author of This Book." 115 pp., tri-tone illustrations through, text and illustrations, Abraham Lincoln from boy to man, farmer to U.S. President.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.

Egg Harbor City, New Jersey: Atlantic County Historical Society, 1963. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Jack E. Boucher. One of 1,000 copies in a Limited Edition but unnumbered and thus out of series. Apparently unread, spine still crackles. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, blue linen cloth over boards, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, fetching gilt illustration of a lighthouse to front cover, stamped quite distinctly. Brilliant of interior, clean and unmarked, no rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond slight scuffing to spine head and foot, machine- but not price-clipped. Some dust jackets with very faint blue spots from the printing process. A fine and accessible social history of part of the Pine Barrens of South Jersey (but made infamous by a The Sopranos episode), complete with accounts of aboriginal times when the Absegami Native Americans inhabited the area all the… Read More

Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Harold Rosenberg. Fine-looking catalog from an exhibition of Paintings and Drawings from Chicago Collections, The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, October 11 - November 25, 1979. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Foreword by Edward A. Maser, introductory essay by Saul Bellow, then Harold Rosenberg's own writings, complete with chronology and checklist. 48 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: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 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. First Edition. Fine catalogue from M.o.M.A.'s permanent collection (some published for the first time) of artists usually better known for their large-scale works. Individual essays cover the 19 artists featured, among them Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Theodore Rozsak and Elaine and Willem de Kooning. xi + 163 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… Read More

Klagenfurt / Wien: Galerie nächst (St. Stephan, Rosemarie Schwarzwälder) / Ritter Verlag, 1988. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Bilingual documentary history in English and German, showcasing the work of Brice Marden, Gerhard Richter, Helmut Federle, Robert Mangold, Robert Ryman and others. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the simple printed wraps, in gate-fold. Foreword by Rosemarie Schwarzwalder. Extensive documentation, interviews with and/or about the artists including with Donald Kuspit, Robert Storr, Gerhard Richter and others. [9], 10-230 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.

Paris: Aux Editions Duchartre, 1938. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. This is a sturdy, tightly bound copy of the First Edition, published by Duchâtre, Paris, 1933, complete in two volumes, being bound in a tall, heavy quarto format. The illustrated, simple card stock wraps are covered with original publisher's gate-fold wraps that are quite finely illustrated with logos and drawings including of the S.P.Q.R. logo. Each volume is housed in a Near Fine condition slipcase covered with a very unusual form of almost wallpaper, edges being covered in a kind of electrical tape. This is an unnumbered copy of a Special Limited Edition of 992, having been printed on Simili-Art paper. Between the two copies there are 412 reproductions in simil-engraving and 16 plates printed via electrotyping. The dedication page by the author is to "A Mon Cher Maitre Victor Laloux," his mentor as an architect, and then opposite is a fine black-and-white portrait… Read More

Berkeley, California: University of California, Berkeley, 1911. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally set of individual contributions to Volume II of this influential and important academic journal of Western Americana. Tape-repaired Prospectus of Volume II is laid in, being eight pages, staple-bound and listing the illustrations in the volume. Robert Selden Rose contributes "The Portola Expedition of 1769-1770, Diary of Vicente Vila," Porter Garnett contributes "Papers of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851, II," then an essay by Herbert Eugene Bolton follows, "Expedition to San Francisco Bay in 1770, Diary of Pedro Fages," then "The Portola Expedition of 1769-1770, Diary of Miguel Costanso," by Frederick J. Teggart, and finally, Charles Edward Chapman adds "Expedition on the Sacramento and an Joaquin Rivers in 1817, Diary of Fray Narcisco Duran." Each individual contribution is… Read More

Santa Rosa, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First Edition, published here by Black Sparrow Press in hardcover format, SIGNED and NUMBERED (#15) at the colophon. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Illustrated floral paper over green cloth boards. Fine black-and-white photograph of the author at book's end, she being in black high-top sneakers on the basketball court. 261 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.