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1998rif. 15202New York: Scalo 1998. First Engllish edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 4to. Published in conjuction with the Foundation Cartier pour I'art contemporain exhibition of the work of Francesca Woodman 1958-1981 and curated by Herve Chandes. Preface by Chandes and essays by Philippe Sollers David Levi Strauss Elizabeth Janus and Sloan Rankin. Includes bibliography biography and exhibition history of the artist who took her own life at the age of 23. 160 pages. Scalo hardcover books
1953rif. 564909London: Methuen 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Illustrations by Philippe Julian. Errata slip. Oblong octavo. Rubbing and tiny tear at the crown very good or better lacking the dust jacket. Slightly melancholy Inscription by Wilson on the titlepage: "For Michael Curtis this book alas Phillippe is dead. Angus Wilson. June 1981. Methuen hardcover books
1827rif. 325002Brussels: Philippe Marie Vandermaelen 1827. Map. Hand colored engraving. Image measures 18 1/2" x 22" Beautiful and simple map of the island of Timor and surrounding islands. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique sur l'echelle.". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1795-1869 was a Belgian cartographer and publisher. His Atlas universal was both the first lithograph atlas and the first atlas to map the world on a uniform scale. The maps were meant to join together to form a huge globe. Philippe Marie Vandermaelen unknown books
1987rif. 9022712Cambridge: Belknap 1987. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Bound in the publisher's original black quarter cloth and colored paper covered boards spines stamped in gilt. Lightly rubbed at the edges and extremities of dust jackets closed tears at the heads of volume one & volume 3 chip at the bottom front fore edge of volume two. Editors include Paul Veyne Georges Duby Roger Chartier Michelle Perrot Antoine Prost and Gerard Vincent. Belknap hardcover books
1953rif. 162909N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage borderless satin finish photograph of comedian Bob Hope in 1953. Stamp of photographer Philippe Halsman on the verso. Photographer Philippe Halsman began his career working for French fashion magazines such as "Vogue" gaining renown for his unusually close-cropped sharp portraiture. During World War II he would flee to the United States and began working with "Life" magazine in 1942. He is perhaps best remembered for his work with surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in the late 1940s and for his photographs of celebrities in the 1950s jumping which he called "jumpology." From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 6.75 x 13.75 inches archivally matted in an 16 x 20 inch 8-ply white mat. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1772rif. 331985Paris: Academie des Sciences 1772. Map. Engraving. Image measures 12.25" x 15.5". This fascinating sheet contains two maps-- a French map of Western discoveries in Russia and the Northwest Passage area and a Japanese map of the same area taken from Japan by German explorer Englebert Kaempfer. Both maps contain notes on discoveries and speculations islands land masses and bodies of water. This map offers an interesting comparison between Eastern and Western perspectives and achievement in cartography and on the first mapping of Russia and the Northwest Passage. This was published as a supplement to Diderot's Encyclopedie. In very good condition wiith some scattered light foxing. Robert de Vaugondy 1688-1766 was an important French mapmaker during the 18th century. His "Atlas Universel" was one of the most significant atlases of the period integrating older sources with more modern surveyed maps in order to convey correct geographical and political information. Philippe Buache 1700--1773 was a French geographer who trained under the geographer Guillaume Delisle. Academie des Sciences unknown books
1949rif. 267219New York: Simon And Schuster Publishers 1949. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Wrapper age-toned and rubbed faint dampstain on rear wrapper topedge else very good. This is a photographic interview by the author. Laid in is a typed letter on Halsman's letterhead addressed to author P.K. Thomajan and Signed by renowned photographer "Philippe." Letter contained in the original mailing envelope dated 1950. A nice association copy. Simon And Schuster, Publishers unknown books
1979rif. 94940New York: International Center of Photography 1979. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. photos some color 80p. Original white cloth with photos mounted on front and back. 31 cm. No jacket did it have one. SIGNED by Halsman on ribbed yellow sheet following front free endpaper which used the same ribbed paper ''With best wishes Philippe Halsman. June 8 79.". Halsman a celebrated portrait photographer died in a New York hospital on June 25th. This book was also published as an apparently much more common paperback. International Center of Photography hardcover books
1920rif. 53137München Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag 1920. First German edition. Hardcover. Very good. 208pp. Duodecimo 18.5 cm 1/4 tan cloth with tan paper over boards. Publisher's black topstain. The spine is slanted. Mit zwanzig Holzschnitten von Frans Masereel. Ubersetzt von Camill Hoffmann. Kurt Wolff Verlag hardcover books
1951rif. 018567Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1951. Their second collaboration inscribed by Thoby-Marcelin to Barbara Howes in 1971. Howes/Smith bookplate front pastedown causing offsetting to flyleaf at inscription. Introduction by Edmund Wilson with Howes' pencilled markings in the text of the introduction; spine cloth faded; very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with several small edge chips. Uncommon especially signed. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1831rif. 833811831. Trial Relating to an Important Event of the July Monarchy With a Presentation Inscription from the Primary Defendant Trial. Valerius Philippe Primary Defendant. Proces du Service Funebre Celebre le 14 Fevrier 1831 a Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois. Accusation Contre MM. Valerius Durouchoux Fils Boblet Quinel et de Balthasar. Paris: Chez G.A. Dentu Imprimeur-Libraire No 21; Et Palais-Royal Galerie d'Orleans No 13 1831. xxi 128 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4"; 21.5 x 13 cm. Pamphlet in stiff wrappers bound into later quarter cloth over marbled boards calf lettering piece and gilt ornaments and publication date to spine fragment of ribbon marker publisher advertisement to rear wrapper. A few minor nicks to boards moderate rubbing to extremities some wear to corners and edges of lettering piece pictorial bookplate of Paul Lacombe to front pastedown. Moderate toning and light foxing to interior creases and corner folds to a few leaves offsetting from bookplate to front free endpaper presentation inscription from Valerius to title page. A very good copy with interesting associations. $250. Only edition. A report of a turning point in the Reign of King Louis-Philippe I also known as the July Monarchy 1830-1848: the trial that followed the failed 1831 uprising against the king a member of the House of Orleans provoked by Legitimists people who denied the legitimacy of a non-Bourbon monarch. This event was sparked by a politically charged memorial service for the Bourbon Duke of Berry who was assassinated in 1820. It ended with the repression of the Legitimists. The wry inscription reads "offered by the accused Valerius." A fervent Legitimist he was a primary organizer and financier of the memorial ceremony which was seen by government as an incitement to riot. Valerius and his co-defendants were ultimately acquitted. This copy was later acquired by Lacombe 1834-1919 an important Parisian archivist and historian who was also a notable bibliophile. This is a scarce title. OCLC locates 2 copies in North America Harvard University of Michigan. unknown books
1827rif. 202217Brussels: Vandermaelen Philippe Marie 1827. unbound. very good. Map. Large format lithograph of West Africa with original hand coloring. Image measures 18.5" x 22.25". Includes the Congo Congo River and Gabon. Double page with centerfold. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique sur l'echelle de 1/16411836". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. The atlas was the first to map the world on a uniform scale. Vandermaelen, Philippe Marie unknown books
1827rif. 205010Brussels: Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1827. unbound. very good. Map. Lithograph with original hand outline. Image measures 19" x 22.5". Map of Denmark with rail lines. Map includes both Schleswig and Holstein while today part of the former and all of the latter are northern Germany. Also shows portion of Sweden and Norway. Double page with centerfold. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique sur l'echelle de 1/16411836". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. The atlas was the first to map the world on a uniform scale. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen unknown books
1827rif. 202223Brussels: Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1827. unbound. very good. Map. Large format lithograph of West Africa with original hand coloring. Image measures 18.5" x 22.25". Includes Nigeria and Cameroon. Double page with centerfold. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique sur l'echelle de 1/16411836". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. The atlas was the first to map the world on a uniform scale. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen unknown books
1827rif. 321604Brussels: Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1827. unbound. Map. Lithograph with original hand outline. Image measures 20 x 18.5 inches This is a unique circa 1827 map of Iceland by Phillipe Marie Vandermaelen. Identifies cities towns glaciers and rivers. Reykjavik Hafnarfjordur Akureyri and Mt. Hekla are all located. Issued in the 'Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique Politique Statistique et Mineralogique'. This is a double page map with original centerfold and wide margins as issued. In good condition. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1795-1869 was a Belgian cartographer and publisher. His Atlas universal was both the first lithograph atlas and the first atlas to map the world on a uniform scale. The maps were meant to join together to form a huge globe. This map is a fine example of his work. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen unknown books
1827rif. 202375Brussels: Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1827. unbound. very good. Map. Large format lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 18.5" x 22.25". Includes Nubia Sudan and cities along the Nile River. Double page with centerfold. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique sur l'echelle de 1/16411836". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. The atlas was the first to map the world on a uniform scale. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen unknown books
1827rif. 202377Brussels: Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1827. unbound. very good. Map. Large format lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 18.5" x 22.25". Includes northern Egypt and the northern section of the Nile as well as an inset with information on the area. Double page with centerfold. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique sur l'echelle de 1/16411836". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. The atlas was the first to map the world on a uniform scale. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen unknown books
1827rif. 202376Brussels: Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1827. unbound. very good. Map. Large format lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 18.5" x 22.25". North Eastern coast of Africa and the Mediterranean Sea including the northern coast of Egypt the Nile delta and Crete. Double page with centerfold. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique sur l'echelle de 1/16411836". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. The atlas was the first to map the world on a uniform scale. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen unknown books
1827rif. 204788Brussels: Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1827. unbound. very good. Map. Lithograph with original hand outline. Image measures 19" x 21.5". Beautiful map of southern portion of Peru with Lake Titicaca in great detail. Also included is Cuzco the historic capital city of the Incan Empire where Machu Picchu was "discovered" in 1911. Double page with centerfold. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique sur l'echelle de 1/16411836". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. The atlas was the first to map the world on a uniform scale. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen unknown books
1827rif. 202219Brussels: Vandermaelen Philippe Marie 1827. unbound. very good. Map. Large format lithograph of West Africa with original hand coloring. Image measures 18.5" x 22.25". Includes Senegal and Gambia. Double page with centerfold. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique sur l'echelle de 1/16411836". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. The atlas was the first to map the world on a uniform scale. Vandermaelen, Philippe Marie unknown books
1947rif. 007887Paris assumed: Aljanvic Publicité pour le Bal des Petits Lits Blancs 1947. Wraps. Very Good. Spectacular souvenir of annual ball just as Paris was rapidly regaining its footing following the hardships and scarcities of the Second World War. No. 2455 of unspecified number of copies in "Limitation". Contributors include a good number of t he most distinguished men of French letters of the day including Camus Jean Cocteau 4to. 28 by 24 cm. Unpaginated 192 pages. With four full color plates on a thicker card stock as are a few other leaves. Many of the pages with color background and some vignettes with full color illustration. Also many full page photographs with the theme the children of France. The publication has full page advertisements from some of the leading French luxury brands of the day such as designers Jeanne Lanvin Schiaparelli Pierre Balmain furrier Revillon parfumiers Matchabelli and Paquin better known today as a couturier jeweler Boucheron Cartier Hermes etc. etc. Condition: Wraps spine chipped upper extremity not quite a third of the way down and elsewhere spine sunned and drained of color and with crease in center -- this probably typical from just moderate use. Otherwise light soiling front and back a small corner chip moderate wear. Interior tight generally clean age toned. Aljanvic Publicité pour le Bal des Petits Lits Blancs unknown books
1827rif. 302381Brussels: Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1827. unbound. Map. Lithograph with original hand outline. Image measures 19" x 22.5". Exquisite map of the Amazon region at the borders of Colombia Venezuela and Brazil. Shows important rivers - Orinoco Guaviare Inirida and Rio Negro. Many native indigenous groups are labeled. Notations on the map describe the terrain the native peoples and colonial activities in the region. Double page with centerfold. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. The atlas was the first to map the world on a uniform scale. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen unknown books
1968rif. 128881Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1968. Final Script for the 1969 film. Originally set to be made by maverick director Joseph Strick who actually did some location shooting in Tunisia. However Strick ran into disagreements with Fox executives and was replaced with George Cukor who shot the remainder of the film in Hollywood. Set in Alexandria in 1938 a young British schoolmaster named Darley meets Pursewarden a British consular officer. Pursewarden introduces him to Justine the wife of an Egyptian banker. Darley befriends her and discovers she is involved in a plot against the British the goal of which is to arm the Jewish underground movement in Palestine. Partially shot on location at Ennejma Ezzahra a palace at Sidi Bou Said in Northern Tunisia. Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper and production No. 842 dated July 2 1968. Title page present dated July 2 1968 noted as Final with credit for screenwriter Marcus. 152 leaves mimeograph duplication with blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between 7-15-68 and 11-22-68. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1903rif. 40884Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co 1903. Later edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio 12 x 10". 10pp Half-title Presentation leaf Frontispiece chromolithographic leaf and title page 32pp Gallery of Scripture Illustrations 104pp A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible 18pp A History of Religious Denominations 16pp Biblical Antiquities 32pp The Story of the Books of the Old Testament 16pp A Self-Pronouncing Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names VIII 9-667 3pp Old Testament 8pp Family section 24pp The Parables of the Lord 671-879 1pp New Testament 48pp Questions and Answers on the Sacred Scriptures 80pp Standard Concordance to the Bible. Full blind-stamped morocco with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers. Chromolithographic half-title. Engraved tissue-guarded frontispiece. Both title pages in red and black lettering. Lavishly illustrated throughout with hundreds of in-text and full-page wood and steel engravings b/w photographic reproductions color maps and 10 chromolithographs the Authorized Version has been strictly followed in this handsome Bible. The text has been carefully compared with that of the most accurate editions printed in England and in the United States. Previous owner's name on fly leaf David Robinson. Presentation leaf inscribed as followed: "Presented to my beloved friend David Robinson by Edward A. Reisler." Family section unused. Binding rubbed along front joint and at head and tail of spine. Some creasing to fly leaf. Fore-edge of pages 12 to 17 slightly and partly water-stained not affecting text or illustrations. Binding in overall good- interior in very good condition. The John C. Winston Co hardcover books
2014rif. 39062Baden Switzerland: Kodoji Press 2014. First edition. Hardcover. new. Signed in pencil by author on free back endpaper opposite imprint. Folio. Unpaginated. Original quarter cloth over heavy illustrated cardboard. Designed by Louisa Gagliardi and Winfried Heininger this beautifully produced book features extraordinary color photographs of snow sculptures many of them fold-outs was issued on the occasion of the Snowpark exhibition by Philippe Fragnière in the frame of the visual arts Festival IMAGES in Vevey Switzerland September 2014. New. Kodoji Press hardcover books
