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Aracy Amaral
Arts in the Week of '22 [1922]
São Paulo, BM&F, 1992. Revised edition. In English. One hardcover volume, 285 x 225 mm, 254 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with flaps. Headbands. Printed on couché paper, well illustrated with black and white photographs and color prints of artworks, including a b&w photo of Victor Brecheret, Di Cavalcanti, Menotti del Picchia, Oswald de Andrade and Hélio Seelinger as frontispiece. Published as part of the celebration of the seventieth anniversary of the Modern Art Week of 1922. "This book has blazed new paths towards a comprehensive and fertile understanding. It was originally published in 1970 and now, after so many years, the abridged text of this edition still preserves a pioneering stamp that could only be achieved through sensitivity and a steadfast prospecting of sources. In the field of plastic arts, what would be the meaning of a cultural construction of Brazil? Would it imply highlighting certain subjects? The fundamental contribution of the modernists was precisely the fact that it posed the problem of national culture."
Bookseller reference : 0199
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Alexis Carrel
Man, The Unknown
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1939. 2nd edition with a new introduction. A blue hardback volume, 213 x 147 mm, (xxv) 346 pp. Smooth spine with no mention written. SIGNED in French by William Close and his wife Tina on the half-title page. Their dedication says: "Tu ma vue [sic], puis tu a acheté ce livre !!! à un type magnifique, avec l'espérance qu'on se verra encore. Bill Close et sa petite femme Tina Close" (translation: "You saw me, then you bought this book!!! To an awesome guy, I hope we will meet again. Bill Close and his cute wife Tina"). Inscription from 1944 written on the title page. Contents list at the beginning. Introduction, Preface and eight chapters, the eighth being the most famous for some idea which would get out of the Overton window. "William Taliaferro Close (June 7, 1924 – January 15, 2009) was an American surgeon who played a major role in stemming a 1976 outbreak of the Ebola virus in Zaire, the first major outbreak of the viral hemorrhagic fever in Central Africa, and preventing its further spread. He was also the father of Oscar-nominated actress Glenn Close and husband of Bettine Moore Close." (Wikipedia) Dr. Close's efforts proved instrumental in breaking the chain of transmission of the Ebola virus during a pandemic, saving thousands of lives, and investigated the progress of the AIDS pandemic soon after. Close wrote four books, which included chronicles of his experiences as a doctor in Zaire and Wyoming.
Bookseller reference : 0201
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Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Hugh Hefner
Playboy's Little Annie Fanny - New! Improved!
Playboy Press, 1972. By Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. Introduction by Hugh Hefner. From Playboy Press, this is a new and improved, with 30 extra pages, edition of the very first collection of Harvey Kurtzman’s Little Annie Fanny. Ever since bursting onto the scene (and out of her sweater) in October 1962, Little Annie Fanny has been a fan favorite of Playboy readers. This collection of some her funniest stories will leave you in stitches, as Little Annie takes your breathe away! Twenty-six complete episodes, and an introduction by Hugh Hefner.
Bookseller reference : 0202
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Graziano Gaspirini & Luise Margolies
Inca Architecture
Indiana University Press, 1980. First edition. Translated to English by Patricia J. Lyon, foreword by John Murra. A huge in-4 hardcover book. Brown and red boards in dust jacket. Widely illustrated. With a map as a frontispice, presentation text and author's presentation in flaps. Discrete stamp of a Brazilian bookshop on a free endpaper. "Separate chapters are devoted to technical and formal antecedents, urban settlements, domestic structures (generally ignored in architectural analyses), the architecture of power (constructions built for collective, administrative, military, and religious purposes), and technical and aesthetic problems.In addition to such well-known sites as Cuzco and Machu Picchu, Gasparini and MArgolies highlight other important but less famous settlements: Pikillaqta, Ollantayatambo, Huanuco Pampa, Willka Waman, and Tambo Colorado."
Bookseller reference : 0227
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Robin May
Behind the baton: A who's who of conductors [signed]
London, Frederick Muller, 1981. First edition. Black cloth hardcover, 24 x 16 cm, 152 pp. No dust jacket (you can find one easily in the UK or USA if you wish so). With title, author's name and editor's name on spine. Signed by author on free end paper. Illustrated with numerous black and white pictures. This is a series of orchestra conductor's profiles sorted by alphabetical order. An interesting, perhaps even encyclopedical reading for the connoisseurs of classical music. Cloth shows some defect at the bottom of the spine and front cover, some foxing on the first pages, otherwise a good copy. Other pages are clean and the binding is sturdy.
Bookseller reference : 0231
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Myriam Andrade Ribeiro de Oliveira
Le sanctuaire du 'Bon Jésus de Matozinhos' de Congonhas / O Santuário de Congonhas e a Arte do Aleijadinho / The Shrine of the Lord Bom Jesus de Matozinhos at Congonhas
Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), Dubolso, 2007. Édition originale. Texte trilingue : en portugais, anglais et français, rédigé sur trois colonnes. In-8 carré, 212 x 208 mm, broché, 86 pp. Titre en portugais sur la couverture et le dos, titres traduits à l'intérieur. Envoi autographe de l'auteur avec dédicace au stylo noir sur la page de titre. Richement illustré de photos en couleur hors-texte et noir et blanc dans le texte, complet de son plan dépliant du sanctuaire en fin d'ouvrage. Agréable étude sur l'architecture et l'iconographie d'une église historique de Minas Gerais, avec de nombreuses indications sur les polychromies, la vie du Christ telle que représentée au fil d'un véritable parcours et le "Parvis aux Prophètes" unique à l'église. Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), Dubolso, 2007. First edition. Trilingual text: in Portuguese, English and French, written in three columns. Square octavo paperback, 212 x 208 mm, 86 pp. Title in Portuguese on the cover and spine, translated titles inside. Autographed by the author with dedication in black pen on the title page. Richly illustrated with color photos outside the text and black and white in the text, complete with his fold-out plan of the sanctuary at the end of the book. A pleasant study of the architecture and iconography of a historic church in Minas Gerais, with numerous indications on the polychromes, the life of Christ as represented over the course of a real journey and the "Court of the Prophets" unique to the church. elo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), Dubolso, 2007. Primeira edição. Texto trilíngue: em português, inglês e francês, escrito em três colunas. Brochura quadrada in-octavo, 212 x 208 mm, 86 pp. Título em português na capa e na lombada, títulos traduzidos no interior. Autografado pelo autor com dedicatória em caneta preta na página de título. Ricamente ilustrado com fotos coloridas fora do texto e em preto e branco no texto, completo com sua planta desdobrável do santuário no final do livro. Um agradável estudo da arquitetura e iconografia de uma igreja histórica em Minas Gerais, com inúmeras indicações nas policromias, a vida de Cristo representada ao longo de uma jornada real e o "Pátio dos Profetas" exclusivo da igreja.
Bookseller reference : 0232
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Dominique Perrault, architecte
Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 1989-1995 [signé]
Bordeaux et Bâle, Arc en rêve / Birkhaüser, 1995. Seule et unique édition. Livre bilingue français et anglais. Envoi autographe de l'architecte, dédié au collectionneur brésilien Kim Esteve et à sa femme. Signé sur la garde blanche. On joint une lettre du bureau de Dominique Perrault en anglais audit couple. Un volume in-4 relié, 305 x 245 mm, (xxii) 208 pp. Relié pleine toile noire éditeur, titre embossé ton sur ton sur le plat de couverture, jaquette illustrée. Avec des textes de François Mitterrand, Jacques Toubon, Jack Lang, etc. Abondamment illustré de photos couleur du chantier, de plans, coupes et photos de lieux emblématiques de la BNF une fois celle-ci terminée. "En 1988, le président de la République François Mitterrand, dans la continuité des Grands travaux qui ont ponctué ses septennats, souhaite un établissement d'un genre encore inédit, capable tout à la fois de répondre aux besoins documentaires identifiés, et de proposer un espace public de vie, de travail et de découverte au cœur de la dynamique urbaine d'un quartier en construction. Dès 1989, à l'issue d'un concours international, l’architecte français Dominique Perrault est désigné lauréat, sur la base de son projet qui fait dialoguer l'architecture « groundscape » (l'aménagement du sous-sol comme principe urbain) avec l'édification de tours, le vide central avec la monumentalité des bâtiments, la minéralité de l'acier, du béton et du verre, avec la respiration organique du bois et du jardin intérieur. De sa conception à sa réalisation, la bibliothèque fut un terrain d'expérimentation permanent, suscitant de très nombreux débats, notamment autour du projet d'établissement – tardif dans le projet global et régulièrement modifié –, des coûts et du financement d'un si monumental bâtiment, des choix architecturaux – les circulations des documents et du personnels, le mobilier, le design intérieur."
Bookseller reference : 0166
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Jane Austen
Mansfield Park
Londres, Dent et New York, Dutton, 1907, coll. "The Series of English Idylls". In-8, 200 x 123 mm, 206 pp., avec 24 illustrations dont un frontispice de Charles E. Brock. Relié plein maroquin vert princier, dos à faux-nerfs, caissons et ornements dorés, titre et nom d'auteur en doré, filets dorés aux plats, double filets dorés sur les chasses, tranches de tête dorées, roulettes aux contreplats avec motif étoilé aux petits fers aux coins extérieur, gardes colorées aux motifs bleutés. Reliure signée Riviere & Son. Une image en frontispice, page de titre sur papier couché, table des matières et liste des illustrations en début d'ouvrages, illustrations colorées hors-texte tout au long du livre. Agréable exemplaire, élégamment relié et illustré avec un certain pittoresque. London, J. M. Dent & Co. and New York, Dutton & Co., 1907. A copy of Jane Austen's 'Emma' published by Dent in The Series of English Idylls in 1907. In-8, 206 pp., 73/4" - 93/4". Frontispiece, title page and 22 other plates (i.e. 24 plates in total) with delicate watercolour illustrations by Charles E. Brock. Full green leather hardcover. Gilded boards. Five raised bands on spine. First and last endpapers, those right on the other sides of the backings, show gilded roulettes signed "Bound by Riviere & Son."
Bookseller reference : 0178
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Mark Twain
Christian Science. With Notes Containing Corrections To Date
Lepizig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1907. In English. A hardcover in-12 volume. 167 x 119 mm, 287 pp. + 31 pp. of editor's catalog at the end. Half-bottle green leather with corners, raised bands, bright green title piece with author's name and book title, green endpapers on the covers and inside. "Book I of this volume consists in matter written four years ago, but not hitherto published in book-form. I have now corrected these to the best of my ability and later knowledge. Book II was written at the beginning of the 1903, and has not until now appeared in any form. In it my purpose has been to present a character portrait of Mrs. Eddy, drawn from her own acts and words solely, not from hearsay and rumour; and to explain the nature and scope of her Monarchy, as revealed in the Laws by which she governs it, and which she wrote herself." (Preface)
Bookseller reference : 0181
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G. de Rooij
Practical Shipbuilding 3A: A manual for the construction of seagoing merchant ships and war-ships
Haarlem, De Technische Uitgeverij H. Stam N.V., 1961. Revised edition. Volume 3A only. A big in-4 blue navy hardcover volume of 30 x 22cm, 386 pp. Sold with its original dustjacket which seems to be so often missing these days. Widely illustrated. "Ships and Marine Engines Volume IIIA." Complete with all unfolding figures.
Bookseller reference : 0183
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Deaver Jeffery
Des croix sur la route - A toute vitesse - Deux enquêtes de Kathryn Dance.
France Loisirs /des Deux Terres. 2013. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Papier jauni. 699 pages, couverture contrepliée - taches sur les pages de garde et de faux-titre, étiquette sur le 2e plat.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : R200129933
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Ennis Michael
1502.
Le Grand Livre du Mois / Le cherche midi. 2013. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 574 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : R200129953
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Fisher Marc
Le Millionnaire paresseux.
Builders vision. 2021. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Pliures. 181 pages - papier jauni, tranches frottées, trace d'étiquette sur le 1er plat.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : R200129966
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Maurilla Castello Branco, Michael Roberts, Lenny Niemeyer, Nicolas Martin Ferreira
Inside Rio
Paris, Flammarion, 2012. In-folio de 356 x 273 mm pour 352 pp. Édition originale. En anglais, richement illustré. Relié avec jaquette imprimée colorée, pleine toile grise éditeur embossée, gardes jaunes. Texte de Maurilla Castello Branco. Doublement préfacé par Sérgio Cabral et Eduardo Paes, respectivement gouverneur de l'État de Rio de Janeiro et maire de la ville de Rio de Janeiro. Résumé, traduit, figurant sur le rabat de la jaquette de couverture : "Rio de Janeiro est une ville emblématique aux contrastes vibrants : énergie juvénile et grandes traditions, végétation luxuriante et architecture innovante. Son style de vie unique est diversifié et riche culturellement, et la ville abrite de remarquables maisons modernistes et contemporaines aux côtés de joyaux coloniaux historiques. Les auteurs ouvrent les portes d'un Rio de Janeiro d'initiés à travers une visite de plus de vingt-cinq maisons privées, dont dix-neuf sont présentées ici pour la première fois. Elles comprennent un manoir de l'époque coloniale dans le quartier artistique de Rio entouré de jardins luxuriants ; un appartement privé avec une vue imprenable et une fabuleuse collection d'art moderne ; des maisons contemporaines épurées qui brouillent les frontières entre intérieur et extérieur - avec un design chaleureux à base de bois, des murs en verre du sol au plafond, des piscines ombragées et des meubles de designers modernistes brésiliens tels qu'Oscar Niemeyer et Sérgio Rodrigues. Des domaines traditionnels et des fazendas en dehors de la ville sont également présentés, aménagés avec des bois tropicaux, des rideaux de soie et des volets filtrant la lumière du soleil." Très nombreuses photos et explications sur les appartements de luxe, les jardins, les maisons de plage, les fazendas, la gastronomie, l'architecture contemporaine, etc. de la cité carioca. De quoi voyager ou rêver... que l'on vive à 5000 km de distance ou dans un immeuble miteux juste à côté de ceux du livre !
Bookseller reference : 0149
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Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
New York, Castle Books / Greystone Press, 1953. A small in-16 booklet of 145 x 97 mm, 105 pp. Black half-leather with an embossed title piece on the front cover, both covers adorned with marbled papers and with small, finely gilt-tooled stylised fleurons. Laminated covers. Decorated with an ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING on the page facing the title page. Beautiful drawing of a man in Middle Eastern clothes leaning on vessels with a long pipe at hand and a voluminous turban on his head. Not signed, unknown author. A gem of a book for a piece of immortal poetry.
Bookseller reference : 0150
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Suzanne Collins, Guillaume Fournier (Traduction)
Hunger Games - Tome 2 : L'embrasement
POCKET JEUNESSE. 2012. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 399 PAGES. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : RO20272400
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Mario Testino
Any objections? [signed]
London, Phaidon, 1999. A hardbound in-quarto volume with dust jacket and protective mylar, 278 x 200 mm, 146 pp. SIGNED by Mario Testino at the top of the title page. "Provocative and unexpected, Any Objections? is a lightning roller-coaster of unpublished images which brilliantly illuminates the vision of one of photography's shrewdest eyes. Fashion and the gutter, nature and artifice, high life and low, jostle for his attention. Faces of the very famous in the least expected places, bodies of the very beautiful, landscapes and cities, close friends and extraordinary passersby all find their place in a pattern which is held together by Testino's evident sense of the absurd. The book is an insight into the raw material of fashion, where a glimpse of life from a street in Tangier can be the inspiration for a fashion story in New York. At once diary and commentary, picture after picture (all reproduced full-page) provoke reactions as diverse as their subject-matter: from shock to amusement and from surprise to delight. Whether or not you have any objections, you can't help being intrigued by Testino's very personal view of the world that surrounds him." (Front flap)
Bookseller reference : 0109
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Nathaniel Branden
Honoring the Self. Personal integrity and the heroic potentials of human nature [signed]
Los Angeles, Jeremy P. Tarcher / Houghton Miffin, 1983. First edition, second printing. Boldly signed by Nathaniel Branden on the first free endpaper (not a tip-in). In-4, 23 x 27 cm, 271 pp. Original dust jacket with flaps. Table of contents at the beginning. A small defect at the top of the DJ and at the bottom of the spine, otherwise VG. Pages are crisp and clear. Nathaniel Branden's Honoring the Self is a cornerstone of self-esteem psychology. The author was a long friend of Ayn Rand before launching his own, close yet unmistakably his, brand of worldview and knowledge of the human mind. "Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem," says pioneering psychologist Nathaniel Branden, "and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence--and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself--your self-esteem--is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life." (Inside flap)
Bookseller reference : 0119
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Instituto Tomie Ohtake
Ruy Ohtake: Arquitetura e a Cidade / Ruy Ohtake: Architecture and The City / Ruy Ohtake: Arquitectura y la ciudad
São Paulo, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, 2009. Wide, oblong in-4 of 30 x 31 cm for 323 pp. Text written on three columns on Spanish, English and Portuguese. Hardcover with dust jacket, turquoise covers, black endpapers, printed on neat couché paper. Headband. Lavish art book dedicated to Ruy Ohtake's amazing architectural works. Throughout São Paulo and beyond, this master architect managed to remain ever-creative and lead the Brazilian contemporary architecture, or perhaps the paulista one. Texts by Agnaldo Farias, Paulo Herkenhoff, Rodrigo Queiroz, Roberto Segre, Julio Roberto Katinsky and others. Take a deep breath and immerse yourself in Ohtake's curvy, unmistakable creations such as the Hotel Unique, Condomínio Portal da Cidade, Edificio Tomie Ohtake, Duchamps Villon, Lagoa 1000, Maison de mouette, Montblanc, Anhangabaú building and many others!
Bookseller reference : 0129
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Tobias Petterson, Ulf Henningsson (ed.)
The Encyclopedia of Swedish Progressive Music, 1967-1979. From Psychedelic Experiments to Political Propaganda
Stockholm, Premium Publishing, 2007. First and only edition. A tall in-4 hardcover volume, 303 x 218 mm, 235 pp. (2 ff). Pictorial covers, no DJ as published, bonus CD is included. Black and white pictures as endsheets. Table of contents at the beginning. Profusely illustrated. "This lavishly illustrated discography is the definitive statement on the legendary progressive music movement in Sweden during its most flourishing and innovative period – from 1967 and all the way through the 1970's. It has even become one of the most important areas among record collectors from all over the world. Meticulously researched, the book guides you through every single artist and group that ever had a progressive record released! On major labels as well as on the small independent labels. They are presented in detail along with all the individual musicians that made it all happen. It covers the fuzz guitar groups, the experimental bands, the power trios, the radical political groups and the psychedelic acts. Early pioneers like International Harvester, Made In Sweden, Hansson & Karlsson and Mecki Mark Men paved the way for renowned acts like November, Träd, Gräs & Stenar, Blå Tåget, Nationalteatern, Hoola Bandoola Band and Kebnekajse as well as the mavericks of Knutna Nävar and Rävjunk. They are all included! As well as the highly collectable acts as Radiomöbel, Taste of Blues, Gandalf and Epizootic. This superbly produced full colour book presents approximately 400 artists and their records in detail with a collector´s valuation guide for the original vinyl records and with all sleeves lovingly depicted!" (Back cover of the book)
Bookseller reference : 0131
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S. L. Mayer (ed.)
The Best of Signal: Hitler's Wartime Picture Magazine, 3 vol.
This is the complete 3-volume hardcover set published in the 80s by S. L. Mayer at Bison Books / Magna Books about Nazi Germany's illustrated, pan-European magazine. These volumes are usually sold separately and are very hard to come by all together. All in-folio, 307 x 230 mm with dust jacket. All with original Signal articles translated to English, lavishly illustrated, printed on couché paper. First volume: Signal. Years of Triumph, 1940-42, second impression, 1978. Unpaginated. Second volume: Signal. Years of Defeat, 1943-44, second edition, 1979. Unpaginated. Third volume: The best of Signal, [1984], 1987 reprint. Unpaginated.
Bookseller reference : 0132
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Un comité de juristes / International Committee of Jurists
Injustice as a System: Systematic Infractions in the Law by the Soviets
La Haye, International Committee of jurists, 1952. Rapport extrêmement rare, unique édition. Un grand in-4 de 30 x 21,5 cm pour (ff) 249 pp. En anglais. Relié, dos muet, demi-tissu velours noir, plats en papier marbré vert, gardes colorées. Avec un mot de Jacob Kaiser, Ministre fédéral des Affaires étrangères de la RFA, et du Dr Theo Friedenau, directeur du Comité d'investigation des juristes en faveur de la liberté dans la zone soviétique. Premiers feuillets non paginés. Ensemble de rapports et de documents relatifs à la zone d'occupation soviétique en Allemagne après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Témoignage de la guerre froide entre l'Occident et l'Union soviétique, le livre cherche à prouver le non-respect du droit international et des droits de l'homme en Allemagne de l'Est en 1952. "Pendant des décennies, les Soviétiques ont magistralement réussi à empêcher le monde libre de jeter un œil derrière le « rideau de fer ». Cependant, les méthodes sataniques de leur despotisme et leurs plans de révolution mondiale ont fini par être révélés. Les rapports d'anciens prisonniers de guerre, de fonctionnaires devenus renégats et évadés, de personnes ayant vécu dans les États satellites d'Europe de l'Est et dans la zone soviétique de l'Allemagne parlent un langage émouvant qui leur est propre. Et les documents réunis dans ce recueil sont encore plus révélateurs que ces rapports." Issu de la bibliothèque du cabinet d'avocats José Thomaz Nabuco de Araújo, l'un des principaux spécialistes brésiliens du droit international. *** The Hague, International Committee of Jurists, 1952. Extremely rare report, unique edition. Large 4to, 30 x 21.5 cm for (ff) 249 pp. In English. Hardbound, blank spine, half black velvet cloth binding, green marbled paper boards, coloured endpapers. With a word from Jacob Kaiser, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of the FRG, and Dr. Theo Friedenau, director of the Investigation Committee of Jurists for Freedom in the Soviet Zone. First pages are unpaginated. This is a collection of reports and documents relating to the Soviet occupation zone in Germany after the Second World War. A testimony to the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union, it seeks to prove the non-respect of international law and human rights in East Germany in 1952. "For many decades the Soviets have succeeded in a masterly manner to prevent the free world from casting a look behind the 'Iron Curtain'. Yet the satanic methods of their despotism and their plans for world revolution have finally become known. Reports by former prisoners of war, by functionaries who turned renegade and escaped, and by people who lived in the East-European satellite states and the Soviet zone of Germany speak a moving language of their own. The documents, however, which are contained in this collection, are even more revealing than these reports." From the library of the law firm of José Thomaz Nabuco de Araújo, one of Brazil's leading specialists in international law.
Bookseller reference : 0144
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Barnao Jack
Adios pesetas ! - Collection série noire n°2194.
Gallimard. 1989. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 309 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : R100075638 ISBN : 2070491943
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Mars Lyla
The perfect match - Tome 1: I'm not your soulmate.
Harper Collins. 2023. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos plié, Mouillures. 471 pages, bandeau d'éditeur conservé - mouillures sur les plats et les pages ne génant pas la lecture, tranches et coins frottés, plats partiellement désolidarisés du corps de l'ouvrage.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : R200129573 ISBN : 103391696
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CONNELLY MICHAEL - PEPIN ROBERT (traduction)
Séquences mortelles
CALMANN LEVY NOIR. 2021. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 433 PAGES - avec bandeau d'editteur. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : RO20272284
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LAURA INGALLS WILDER- GARTH WILLIAMS- SEYRES HELEN
La petite maison dans la prairie - Tome 1 - Collection Castor Poche N°120
FLAMMARION. 1998. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. environ 350 PAGES - Nombreux dessins en noir/blanc, dans le texte- pliure sur le 2e plat. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : RO20272294
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Sérgio Guerra
Hereros / Angola
Salvador da Bahia, Maianga, 2009. Édition originale. Bilingue portugais-anglais. Grand in-4 carré de 315 mm de côté pour 254 pp. Relié éditeur avec jaquette et emboîtage protecteur. Accompagné d'un CD-ROM (non testé). Imprimé sur papier couché, richement illustré, tranchefile. Né à Bahia, au Nord-Est du Brésil, le photographe Sérgio Guerra travaille pour la communication du gouvernement d'Angola. Passionné par ce pays d'Afrique, il y consacre ici son cinquième livre. Guerra a tenu à rencontrer les Hereros, une ethnie du sud du pays qui maintient un mode de vie ancestral. Un ouvrage fascinant et plus que dépaysant, quasi introuvable hors hémisphère Sud. ************** Salvador da Bahia, Maianga, 2009. First edition. Bilingual Portuguese-English. Large square quarto (315 mm x 1/4 in) 254 pp. Publisher's hardcover with dust jacket and slipcase. Accompanied by a CD-ROM (untested). Printed on coated paper, richly illustrated, headbands. Born in Bahia, in northeastern Brazil, photographer Sérgio Guerra works for the Angolan government's communications department. Passionate about this African country, he dedicates his fifth book to it. Guerra was determined to meet the Herero people, an ethnic group in the south of the country who maintain an ancestral way of life. A fascinating and truly captivating work, virtually impossible to find outside the Southern Hemisphere. ************* Salvador da Bahia, Maianga, 2009. Primeira edição. Bilíngue português-inglês. Formato grande quadrado (315 mm x 1/4 pol.), 254 páginas. Encadernação original com sobrecapa e estojo. Acompanha CD-ROM (não testado). Impresso em papel couché, ricamente ilustrado, com faixa de cabeça. Nascido na Bahia, no nordeste do Brasil, o fotógrafo Sérgio Guerra trabalha para o departamento de comunicação do governo angolano. Apaixonado por este país africano, dedica-lhe seu quinto livro. Guerra estava determinado a conhecer o povo Herero, um grupo étnico do sul do país que mantém um modo de vida ancestral. Uma obra fascinante e verdadeiramente cativante, praticamente impossível de encontrar fora do Hemisfério Sul.
Bookseller reference : 0103
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ALCOTT LOUISA - MARCIREAU J. (version francaise)
Les quatre filles du Dr. March
EDITION BELLEVUE. 1973. In-4. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 151 PAGES - nombreuses planches en couleur + lettrines en noir/blanc + contreplats et gardes illustrés en rouge et blanc - jaquette en état d'usage/correcte - 2 photos disponibles. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : RO20272137
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Shorris Earl
Les cavaliers de la colère - Le roman de Pancho Villa - Collection nouveau cabinet cosmopolite.
Stock. 1983. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 466 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : R100075261
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William Coleman et autres (Various Authors)
A Collection of the Facts and Documents Relative to The Death of Major-General Alexander Hamilton
New York, Hopkins & Seymour, 1804. First edition. Octavo, 22 x 14 cm, (4 ff.) 238 pp. Bound in half-grained wine leather with corners. Spine almost smooth with very light raised bands; title and name of the publisher William Coleman, of the Evening Post, stamped in gilt block letters; multiple gilt fillets on and around the bands; gilt fleurons; date on the lower spine. Dark marbled covers, gilt fillets on the joints and corners. Marbled endpapers with glowing patterns tinged with orange, blue and cream waves. Contemporary binding. Title page with pen signature, word from the New York district chief Edward Dunscomb, preface--all unpaginated. Some uncut pages. This book brings together five collections of texts linked to the person of Alexander Hamilton, founding father of the then very young Republic of the United States. Of note: a few letters by Aaron Burr, the man who killed Hamilton in a duel... "An American statesman, Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was an influential interpreter and promoter of the American Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system, the Federalist Party, the United States Coast Guard, and The New York Post newspaper. As the first Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton was the principal author of the economic policies of George Washington's administration. He initiated the financing of state debts by the federal government as well as the creation of a national bank, a system of tariffs, and friendly trade relations with Great Britain. His vision included a strong central government led by a vigorous executive branch, a strong commercial economy, with a national bank and support for manufacturing, and a strong military. This vision was challenged by the more agrarian Founding Fathers of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, who formed a rival party. They favored strong states based in rural America and protected by relevant state militias rather than a strong national army and navy. They denounced Hamilton as too pro-Britain and the monarchy in general, and too oriented toward cities, businesses, and banks. This volume was published the same year that Hamilton died in the duel with Aaron Burr." Extremely rare book, the few remaining copies of which survive in libraries in the United States or sell for over $2,000. *********************************** New York, Hopkins & Seymour, 1804. En anglais. Édition originale. In-8, 22 x 14 cm, (4 ff.) 238 pp. Relié demi-chagrin lie-de-vin à coins. Dos quasi lisse aux nerfs très légers, titre et nom de l'éditeur William Coleman, de l'Evening Post, frappés en caractères d'imprimerie dorés, multiples filets dorés aux nerfs, fleurons dorés, date en queue. Plats marbrés sombres, filets dorés aux mors et coins. Pages de garde marbrées à motifs rougeoyants teintés de vagues oranges, bleu et crème. Reliure d'époque. Page de titre avec signature à la plume, mot du chef de district de New York Edward Dunscomb, préface d'une page non paginés. Quelques pages non coupées. Ce livre regroupe cinq recueils de textes liés à la personne d'Alexander Hamilton, père fondateur de l'alors toute jeune République des États-Unis. À noter la présence de lettres d'Aaron Burr, l'homme qui tua Hamilton lors d'un duel... "Homme d'État américain, Alexander Hamilton (11 janvier 1755 ou 1757 - 12 juillet 1804) fut un interprète et un promoteur influent de la Constitution américaine, ainsi que le fondateur du système financier du pays, du Parti fédéraliste, de la Garde côtière américaine et du journal The New York Post. Premier secrétaire au Trésor, Hamilton fut le principal auteur des politiques économiques de l'administration de George Washington. Il prit l'initiative du financement des dettes des États par le gouvernement fédéral ainsi que de la création d'une banque nationale, d'un système de tarifs douaniers et de relations commerciales amicales avec la Grande-Bretagne. Sa vision comprenait un gouvernement central fort dirigé par un pouvoir exécutif vigoureux, une économie commerciale forte, avec une banque nationale et un soutien à l'industrie manufacturière, ainsi qu'une armée forte. Cette vision fut contestée par les pères fondateurs de Virginie plus agrariens, Thomas Jefferson et James Madison, qui formèrent un parti rival. Eux favorisaient des États forts basés dans l'Amérique rurale et protégés par des milices relevant de l'État plutôt que d'une armée et d'une marine nationales fortes. Ils dénonçaient Hamilton comme trop favorable à la Grande-Bretagne et à la monarchie en général, et trop orienté vers les villes, les entreprises et les banques. Ce volume fut publié la même année que la mort d'Hamilton lors du duel avec Aaron Burr." Livre rarissime dont les quelques copies restantes subsistent dans des bibliothèques aux États-Unis ou se vendent à plus de 2000 dollars.
Bookseller reference : 0076
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William Hadfield
Brazil, The River Plate and The Falkland Islands with the Cape Horn route to Australia Including notices of Lisbon, Madeira, the Canaries, and Cape Verds
London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1854. First edition. Octavo, 228 x 150 mm, (vi) 384 pp. Publisher's binding, work on the covers, flat spine, author's name and title printed in slightly faded gilt. Portrait of Dom Pedro II as frontispiece. Illustrated by Sir W. Gore Ouseley, KCB, and Sir Charles Hotham, KCB, for Paraguay. Contents, Explanatory Preface, Introduction, 15 chapters plus an additional chapter on the Falkland Islands, two fold-out maps (one of the Falkland Islands and one of colored South America) at the end of the book. "The author wishes here to present an overview of the position and condition of Brazil in general, to accustom those who follow him in these pages to recognize the points he will expound as a result of his experience, particularly concerning the machinery of commercial matters in Brazil... Men competent to speak of Brazil have either assumed that the public knew almost as much as they did, and neglected very interesting subjects, thinking they meant little, and talking too much about the trivialities of their personal journey, or, on the contrary, have applied an exhaustive process to discuss history and topography in an almost intolerable level of detail. The author of these lines... has endeavored to navigate between these two extremes as much as he could." (Chapter V, translated) A lavishly illustrated, almost complete work (descriptions generally indicate three fold-out maps; this one includes two), which allows us to follow the evolution of imperial Brazil after works such as those of Henry Koster or Saint-Hilaire. ****** Londres, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1854. Édition originale. In-8, 228 x 150 mm, (vi) 384 pp. Reliure éditeur, travail sur les plats, dos lisse, nom d'auteur et titre imprimés en doré quelque peu effacé. Portrait de Dom Pedro II en frontispice. Illustré par Sir W. Gore Ouseley, KCB, et Sir Charles Hotham, KCB, pour le Paraguay. Sommaire, Préface explicative, Introduction, XV chapitres plus un chapitre supplémentaire sur les îles Falkland, deux cartes dépliantes (une des Falkland et une de l'Amérique du Sud colorée) en fin d'ouvrage. "L'auteur souhaite ici présenter un aperçu de la position et de la condition du Brésil en général, pour habituer ceux qui le suivront dans ces pages à reconnaître les points qu'il va exposer à la suite de son expérience, en particulier concernant la machinerie des sujets commerciaux au Brésil... les hommes compétents pour parler du Brésil ont soit présumé que le public en savait presque autant qu'eux, et négligé des sujets très intéressants, en pensant qu'ils ne signifiaient pas grand-chose, et en parlant trop des trivialités de leur voyage personnel, ou au contraire ont appliqué un processus exhaustif pour parler de l'histoire et de la topographie avec un niveau de détail presque intolérable. L'auteur de ces lignes... s'est efforcé de naviguer entre ces deux extrêmes autant qu'il l'a pu." (chap. V, traduit) Ouvrage abondamment illustré, quasi complet (les descriptions indiquent généralement 3 cartes dépliantes, celui-ci en comprend 2), qui permet de suivre l'évolution du Brésil impérial après des œuvres comme celle d'Henry Koster ou de Saint-Hilaire.
Bookseller reference : 0078
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George Anson, Richard Walter
Voyage Around the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. Compiled from papers and other material and published under his direction by Richard Walter, M.A.
London, John and Paul Knapton, 1748. Book in English. Third edition mentioned, published the same year as the original edition. A thick octavo volume of 21 x 13.5 cm for 548 pp. Bound and restored at a later time. Bound in full grained tan leather, spine with thin raised bands, author's name and title in gilt printed characters with gilt fillets, gilt fleurons, year at the foot, gilt frames with floral motifs on the covers. Gilt floral motifs on the internal borders of the endpapers, marbled colored guards in tawny tones. Headbands. Restored title and dedication pages, Summary, Introduction. "At the time of the voyage, Britain was at war with Spain. Richard Walter was the Chaplain of his Majesty's ship the Centurion commanded by Lord George Anson, which was sent on the mission to capture or disrupt possessions in the Pacific Ocean held by the Spanish Empire, during which the ship circumnavigated the world. Diseases caused a considerable loss of life; only 188 men survived of the 1,854 who started the voyage. The great interest in the text led to four editions published in 1748." ****************** Londres, John et Paul Knapton, 1748. Livre en anglais. Mention de troisième édition, publié la même année que l'édition originale. Un épais volume in-8 de 21 x 13,5 cm pour 548 pp. Relié et restauré a posteriori. Reliure plein cuir grainé havane, dos à nerfs fins, nom d'auteur et titre en caractères d'imprimerie dorés avec filets dorés, fleurons dorés, année en queue, encadrements dorés à motifs floraux aux plats. Motifs floraux dorés sur les bordures internes des contreplats, gardes colorées marbrées aux tons fauves. Tranchefile. Pages de titre et de dédicace restaurées, sommaire, introduction. "Cette année-là, la Grande-Bretagne était en guerre avec l'Espagne. Richard Walter, compilateur du texte, était l'aumônier du navire de Sa Majesté le Centurion, commandé par Lord George Anson, qui avait pour mission de capturer ou de détruire les possessions de l'Empire espagnol dans l'océan Pacifique. Au cours de sa mission, le navire fit le tour du monde. Les maladies causèrent de nombreuses pertes humaines avec 188 survivants seulement sur les 1854 hommes qui avaient entrepris le voyage. Le grand intérêt suscité par le texte conduisit à la publication de quatre éditions en 1748."
Bookseller reference : 0084
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Baldwin
Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1893. In-quarto, 278 x 203 mm, 79 pp. Scarce first edition. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt stamped lettering to front board. Floral patterned paper eps 1st edition. Features an intriguing black stamp "Baldwin Locomotive Works / Unicos Azeites no Brazil / Rio de Janeiro" on the title page. Includes Baldwin's advertisement at the end of the book. Frontis, from a photograph, showing an interior factory view of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Images, from photographs, of the 14 engines on exhibit. Woodcut of "Old Ironsides", 1832 locomotive built by Matthias Baldwin. 4to. 10-7/8" x 7-3/4" Baldwin exhibited 14 locomotives in the Exposition including an Express Passenger Locomotive, "American Pattern" [Class 8-34 C]; 3 Compound Express Passenger Locomotives, a "Double-Ender" Type, Wootten Fire-Box [Class 8 20/38 1/4 C, No. 694], an "American Type" [Class 8 20/38 C, No. 450] & a "Special High-Speed" Type [Class 8 20/38 1/4 C, No. 13,350]; a Passenger Locomotive, "American" Type [Class 830 C, No. 13,400] and other divers models such as a Logging Locomotive, "Double-Ender" Pattern [Class 8=22 1/4 C, No. 13,361].
Bookseller reference : 0063
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William Gregory
The Journal of a Captured Missionnary Designated to the South Pacific Ocean, in the Second voyage of the Ship Duff, Captured by Le grand Buonaparte, off Cape Frio
London, T. Gillet, 1801. Second edition. In English. Octavo, 215 x 136 mm, 328 pp., bound in half-calf buckram with red-ochre corners and colored boards, author's name and title in gilt with tailpiece motifs. Header edges. Folding map of the Rio de la Plata. Stamp of the library of the "Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Inglesa" with book number and the mention "1959" in blue ballpoint pen on the back of the first page of the preface. Preface, table of contents, numerous illustrations throughout the book, and an index of subscribers. The binding is in excellent condition, the slightly yellowish-gray paper is intact and entirely legible. This book recounts the ill-fated second voyage of the Duff, a missionary ship en route to the South Sea Islands in 1798. It was only the second attempt at a missionary voyage to the Pacific. A year earlier, the Duff had successfully undertaken its first voyage, settling members of the London Missionary Society and their families on the islands of Tahiti, Tonga, and the Marquesas. However, this second attempt ended in disastrous failure. Captured first by a French privateer who mistook the Duff for a ship carrying Governor King to Australia, and then again by a Portuguese fleet, the group was forced to return to Lisbon, and William Gregory returned to England in 1800. William Gregory describes the details of his treatment in captivity, life in Spanish America (Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay), as well as indigenous life in the "enemy port" of Montevideo and the surrounding rich estuary of the Rio de la Plata, its "products, inhabitants, clothing, customs, commerce [and] religion." *************************************** Londres, T. Gillet, 1801. Seconde édition. En anglais. In-8 de 215 x 136 mm, 328 pp., relié demi-veau en percaline à coins ocre-rouge avec plats colorés, nom d'auteur et titre en doré avec motifs de type cul-de-lampe. Tranchefile. Carte dépliante du Rio de la Plata. Tampon de la bibliothèque de la "Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Inglesa" avec numéro de livre et mention "1959" au stylo bille bleu en revers de la première page de la préface. Préface, table des matières, nombreuses illustrations tout au long du livre et index des souscripteurs. La reliure est en excellent état, le papier un peu jaune-gris intègre et entièrement lisible. Ce livre raconte le deuxième voyage malheureux du Duff, navire missionnaire en route vers les îles des mers du Sud en 1798. Ce n'était que la deuxième tentative de voyage missionnaire dans le Pacifique. Un an plus tôt, le Duff avait entrepris avec succès son premier voyage et abouti sur l'installation des membres de la London Missionary Society et de leurs familles sur les îles de Tahiti, de Tonga et les Marquises. En revanche, cette seconde tentative se soldera par un échec désastreux. Capturé d'abord par un corsaire français qui prit le Duff pour un navire emmenant le gouverneur King en Australie, puis une seconde fois par une flotte portugaise, le groupe fut contraint de retourner à Lisbonne et William Gregory regagnera l'Angleterre en 1800. William Gregory décrit les détails de son traitement en captivité, la vie en Amérique espagnole (Uruguay, Argentine, Paraguay) ainsi que la vie indigène dans le « port ennemi » de Montevideo et le riche estuaire environnant du Rio de la Plata, ses « produits, habitants, vêtements, coutumes, commerce [et] religion ».
Bookseller reference : 0065
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Higgins Kristan
L'Amour et tout ce qui va avec - Collection Mosaïc.
Harlequin. 2012. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 458 pages - papier jauni.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : R200129173
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Alan Moore & David Lloyd
Absolute V for Vendetta [signed with a drawing]
USA, DC Comics/Vertigo, 2023. Tall and heavy hardcover, in-folio book. 32 x 21 cm, 384 pp. Signed by David Lloyd on title page, with a sketch of V on blue pencil alongside signature. With dust jacket, a black silk signet and a slipcase nicely housing the book. "Alan Moore and David Lloyd's powerful epic about loss of freedom and individuality gets the Absolute treatment! Taking place in a totalitarian England following a devastating war that changed the face of the planet, V FOR VENDETTA was the inspiration for the hit 2005 movie starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving. This amazing graphic novel spotlights a mysterious man in a white porcelain mask and his young protégé as they fight political oppressors through terrorism and seemingly absurd acts. It's a gripping tale of the blurred lines between ideological good and evil and details a world where political and personal freedoms are non-existent."
Bookseller reference : 0067
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Dr. Ralph Millard, Jr, M.D., F.A.C.S
Cleft Craft. The Evolution of its Surgery II. Bilateral and Rare Deformities
Boston, Little Brown and Company, 1977. Vol. 2 only of this nowadays scarce set. In-4, 285 x 225 mm, (8 ff.) 922 pp. A heavy 3.5 kgs volume about facial surgery. Lavishly illustrated with black and white drawings and pictures as well as a few colored photographs. Hardcover blue cloth, no DJ as issued. Top edge gilt, headband, signet. Text block lightly soiled, a very small hole (insect bite) throughout, some wear and tear on the spine, otherwise a good volume with a crisp and clean interior.
Bookseller reference : 0070
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Gisela MA Richter
Red-figured Athenian Vases in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
New Haven and London, Yale University Press / Oxford UP, 1936. First edition. One of 500 copies. Two heavy in-folio volumes of 37 x 28 cm, (xlvii) 249 + (viii) 181 pp. Hardbound, no DJ as issued, black and orange cloth binding with Bradel-style hinges. The first volume contains the author's text, with 83 drawings by Lindsley F. Hall, the second volume contains plates including many folding ones. This is NOT an ex-library set! As such, the book is in good condition and exempt from the library markings usually found. The first volume features a table of contents at the beginning.
Bookseller reference : 0039
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Mead Margaret
"Moeurs et sexualité en Océanie - ""Terre humaine"""
Plon. 1963. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Papier jauni. 533 pages - quelques photos en noir et blanc hors texte. Ex libris à l'encre en page de faux titre. Sans jaquette.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : R300328644
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POWERS SARA - GUENOT MARIANNE (traduction)
Le gout du mensonge, de Sara Powers, une nouvelle inedite - amour - Collection ELLE et Francis Ford Coppola
ELLE / AUBIN IMPRIMEUR. 1997. In-16. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos fané, Quelques rousseurs. 48 PAGES - Couverture volante. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : RO20271961
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Charles de Ferrare du Tot
A Relation Of the State of the Court of Rome Made in the Year 1661 at the Council of Pregadi by the Most Excellent, the Lord Angelo Corraro, Ambassador from the most Serene Republique of Venice to Pope Alexander VII.
Londres, T. Mabb, 1664. Édition originale de la traduction en anglais du livre Relation de la cour de Rome, faite l'an 1661 au conseil du Pregadi par l'excellentissime seigneur Angelo Corraro ambassadeur de la sérénissime republique de Venise auprès du pape Alexandre VII. Un in-16 de 150 x 94 mm en deux parties de (xix) 109 + (xv) 64 pp. Reliure maroquin d'époque, dos à ornements horizontaux avec manques en coiffe et en queue, portrait du pape Alexandre VII en frontispice, mention "ROME" à l'encre sur le haut du portrait. Traduit de l'italien (du français ?) par J. B. Gent. Imprimatur de 1663, dédicace à Mathias von Beuningen, index par ordre alphabétique ("Table"), texte. Bandeaux et lettrines. Accompagné d'un second relié avec le premier, "A new relation of Rome as to the Government of the city, the Noble Families thereof, the Revenue and Expences of the Pope, the Courts of Justice, the Offices, the Congregations of Cardinals, and other Particulars very Curious. Taken out of one of the Choicest Cabinets of Rom, and English'd by Gio[vanni] Torriano, an Italian and Professor of the Italian Tongue", également édité par T. Mabb la même année, décoré de bandeaux. Selon les commentateurs Willems et Goldsmid, le pseudonyme d'Angelo Corraro cache en réalité Charles de Ferrare du Tot, conseiller du roi en la chambre du parlement de Normandie à Rouen. L'ouvrage en français fut imprimé sous une fausse adresse à Amsterdam par Daniel et Lodewijk Elzevier, à partir de l'édition originale, typographiée la même année, à Rouen, par Laurent Maurry sous le pseudonyme d'Almarigo Lorens. La mention de "traduction depuis l'italien" semble poursuivre le jeu de masques initié par l'édition originale en français. ************************************************ London, T. Mabb, 1664. First edition of the English translation of the book *Relation de la cour de Rome*, made in 1661 at the Council of the Pregadi by the Most Excellent Lord Angelo Corraro, Ambassador of the Most Serene Republic of Venice to Pope Alexander VII. A 16mo (150 x 94 mm) in two parts of (xix) 109 + (xv) 64 pp. Contemporary morocco binding, spine with horizontal decorations, losses at the head and tail, portrait of Pope Alexander VII as frontispiece, "ROME" in ink above the portrait. Translated from the Italian (from the French?) by J. B. Gent. Imprimatur of 1663, dedication to Mathias von Beuningen, index in alphabetical order ("Table"), text. Headpieces and initials. Accompanied by a second volume bound with the first, "A New Relation of Rome as to the Government of the City, the Noble Families thereof, the Revenue and Expenses of the Pope, the Courts of Justice, the Offices, the Congregations of Cardinals, and other Particulars Very Curious. Taken out of one of the Choicest Cabinets of Rome, and English'd by Giovanni Torriano, an Italian and Professor of the Italian Language," also published by T. Mabb the same year, decorated with headpieces. According to commentators Willems and Goldsmid, the pseudonym Angelo Corraro actually conceals Charles de Ferrare du Tot, a councilor to the king in the Parliament of Normandy in Rouen. The French version of the work was printed under a false address in Amsterdam by Daniel and Lodewijk Elzevier, from the original edition, typeset the same year in Rouen by Laurent Maurry under the pseudonym Almarigo Lorens. The mention of "translation from Italian" seems to continue the game of masks initiated by the original French edition.
Bookseller reference : 0046
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Tord Gustav Skoog
Plastic Surgery: New Methods And Refinements
Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1974. First English edition. A heavy in-4, 304 x 222 mm, 500 pp. Hardcover, bound in editor's black cloth with gilded author's name and title on the cover and spine, pictured dust jacket under a plastic protection. Red end papers. Discrete stamp of the former owner, plastic surgeon Alcir Tadeu Giglio, at Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, on the lower corner of the free endpaper. List of contents at the beginning of the book, with a foreword of Richard C. Schultz and Paolo Santoni Rugiu. Contains 19 chapters, each with its own table of contents. Lavishly illustrated.
Bookseller reference : 0047
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Mr. [Alexander] Hamilton, Mr. [James] Madison, and Mr. [John] Jay
The Federalist, or the New Constitution, written in 1788 by Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Jay: with an Appendix, containing the Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius, on the Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793; also, the original Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States.
Hallowell (ME), Glazier, Masters & Smith, 1842. Mention of "New Edition". A thick octavo volume, 234 x 150 mm, 484 pp. Hardcover, modern half-leather binding, authors' name and main title written in gold on the spine, four raised bands. More commonly known as the Federalist Papers, this text includes 85 essays, most of which were originally published in New York newspapers under the pseudonym "Publius." This "New Edition" identifies the authors of the individual papers, and the "numbers written by Mr. Madison corrected by himself." It has been called the "most famous and influential American political work". Howes H114; Sabin 23981. Name handwritten with blue ink on the top of the title page, foxing on the first page and then lightly scattered through, dampening on the margins with all text square and intact. Not ex-library, has only belonged to private collectors.
Bookseller reference : 0054
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George H. Haynes
The Senate of the United States In Theory and Practice [2 vol.]
Cambridge (MA), Houghton Mifflin Co. / Riverside Press, 1938. First edition of Georges Haynes' classic. Two octavo volumes, 220 x 150 mm each. Both volumes share the same pagination, the first having 567 pp. and second starting p. 568 to end at p. 1118. Hardcover, original editor's red cloth, with author's name in gold and title within a black lozenge on spine. Small paper of the "Livraria Agir Editôra", a Rio de Janeiro bookstore, tipped in at the beginning of the first volume. Each vol. has a black-and-white picture as frontispiece. Both volumes show several black-and-white illustrations. Some yellowing and foxing throughout with most pages being toned. All legible, sturdy binding, no bad smell, not ex-library. PP. 340 to 363 (first volume) have slightly folded corners with no damage to the text. "The 1938 publication of George Haynes’ two-volume The Senate of the United States: Its History and Practice instantly made Haynes the nation’s leading academic authority on that institution. Reviewers routinely ranked Haynes’ work with Charles Warren’s monumental three-volume The Supreme Court in United States History, published 15 years earlier. While others had produced major studies examining individual areas of Senate activity, and while Lindsay Rogers had created an extended essay on the institution in defense of unlimited debate, Haynes was the first to attempt a comprehensive history." (Excerpt from the summary on the U.S. Senate's website)
Bookseller reference : 0058
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Andrew Grant
History of Brazil comprising a geographical account of that country
London, B. Clarke for Henry Colburn, 1809. First edition. Octavo, 210 x 130 mm, (6) 304 pp. Bound in original quarter brown morocco with corners, spine with 5 raised bands, wine-colored title piece with author's name and title in gold as well as a double gilt fillet on the higher and lower extremities of the piece, year on the bottom of spine. Purple marbled dishes with tons of yellow and bluish waves. Headband. Title page, dedication to the "merchants of Great Britain", Advertisement and table of contents at the beginning of the book. Twelve chapters followed by two appendices (and not just one as indicated in the table) with "Medical advice for Europeans who emigrate to Brazil" and indications on the coins, change and commodity prices. "As the recent political changes in Europe have naturally attracted the general attention towards the New World, no apology, it is presumed, can be deemed necessary for presenting to the public the following succinct account of one of the most interesting colonies in that quarter of the globe. The jealous and illiberal policy which at all times characterized the [Portuguese] government of Brazil in its intercourse with foreigners rendered it difficult to obtain accurate information respecting the productions, reade and commerce of this colony. The author therefore trusts that the information contained herein cannot fail to prove acceptable to the general reader and highly interesting to anyone engaged in commercial speculations." (Advertisement) ********************************* Londres, B. Clarke for Henry Colburn, 1809. Édition originale. Un volume in-8 de 210 x 130 mm pour (6) 304 pp. Relié demi-maroquin tabac à coins d'époque, dos à 5 nerfs, pièce de titre lie-de-vin avec nom d'auteur et titre en doré ainsi qu'un double filet doré en coiffe et queue de la pièce, année en queue. Plats jaspés mauves aux tons de vagues jaunes et bleutés. Tranchefile. Page de titre, dédicace aux "marchands de Grande-Bretagne", avertissement et table des matières en début d'ouvrage. XII chapitres suivis de deux annexes (et non une seule comme indiqué dans le sommaire) avec des "Conseils médicaux aux Européens qui émigrent au Brésil" et des indications sur le change et la valeur des marchandises. "Étant donné que les récents changements politiques survenus en Europe ont naturellement attiré l'attention sur le Nouveau Monde, aucune excuse, semble-t-il, ne saurait s'avérer nécessaires pour présenter au public l'explication ci-après de l'une des colonies les plus intéressantes à cet endroit du globe. La politique jalouse et illibérale qui a toujours caractérisé le gouvernement [portugais] du Brésil dans ses relations avec les étrangers a rendu difficile l'obtention d'informations exactes concernant les productions, les échanges et le commerce de cette colonie. L'auteur estime que les informations contenues ici seront acceptables au lecteur du grand public et extrêmement intéressantes pour quiconque s'est engagé dans le commerce." (Avertissement, traduit)
Bookseller reference : 0036
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Kelly Thomas
Les batisseurs de l'Empire - Collection Rivages Thriller.
Payot & Rivages. 2007. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 425 pages - annotation à l'encre sur la page de garde, papier jauni.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : R200129011
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Alexander Caldcleugh
Travels in South America during the years 1819-20-21 containing an account of the present state of Brazil, Buenos Ayres and Chile.
London, John Murray on Albemarle Street, 1825. First edition. Two volumes, 230 x 148 mm, (xii) 373 + (viii) 380 pp. Recently rebound in half morocco leather with 5 raised bands, author's name, title, volume number and year stamped in gold, marbled papers on covers and as endpapers. Headbands. Volume I features a picture of two masked women as "The Usual Walking Costume of Lima", a short preface, 12 chapters, 5 colored plates and an unfolding map of South America. Volume II features four color plates, including a frontispiece as well, chapters 13-19, no less than 26 appendixes and a very long folding map. "Caldcleugh came to Brazil as private secretary to the British Ambassador, Edward Thornton. From October, 1819, until 1821 he lived in Rio, and from there travelled to Argentina and Chile. His return journey again took him through Brazil, and this time he visited Minas Geraes which he describes on pp. 178-288 of the second volume. Caldcleugh's work has great documentary value. An excellent and impartial observer, he describes Rio de Janeiro with great accuracy, and studies the social, agricultural, financial, and political situations in Brazil. The part referring to the mines in Minas Geraes is of great interest. The first volume contains two very beautiful views of Rio de Janeiro." (Borba de Moraes, I:144) "An example of the very important travel literature of the period" (Griffin 3455). Abbey Travel 699, Sabin 9877. This work also includes appendices on matters such as meteorology, the slave trade, and shipping.
Bookseller reference : 0032
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Reagan Ronald
Une vie américaine - Mémoires.
JC Lattès. 1990. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos plié, Quelques rousseurs. 790 pages, nombreuses planches de photos en noir et blanc - papier jauni, annotation à l'encre sur la page de garde.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : R200128905
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William Richard Burnett- Duvigneau Fabienne (trad)
Terreur apache - roman
BABEL. 2020. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 299 PAGES. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : RO20271701
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Norman Jessye
Tiens-toi droite et chante !
Fayard. 2015. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 350 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
Bookseller reference : R300328273
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