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1984ref. 91380Monte Rio: Doris Green Editions 1984. First edition. 4to. Some scattered foxing along the lower edge of the front panel else near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Translated from the original French by Pat Nolan with his introduction. Monte Rio: Doris Green Editions, unknown books
2016ref. 91710San Francisco: City Lights 2016. First US edition. xiv 102 pp w/notes. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Translated from the original French by Alan Bernheimer. Introduction by Mark Polizzotti. Afterword by Ron Padgett. San Francisco: City Lights unknown books
1973ref. 84215NY: Viking 1973. First US edition. xviii 366 pp. Very good plus in like dust jacket with sunned spine and a small stain to rear panel. NY: Viking unknown books
1970ref. 66320NY: Viking 1970. First US edition. 246 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Translated from the original French by John Haylock. Young 2052. NY: Viking unknown books
1853ref. 1355044Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea 1853. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Octavo vi 7-339 pp. Good; bound in contemporary embossed brown cloth with very minor wear to spine edges and corners; binding tight; text block clean; minor foxing throughout; ex-library copy with usual markings including a bookplate to front pastedown institutional stamps to several pages and call number written in pencil. MF consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Rockville Annex Aisle A Top Shelf. 1355044. Special Collections - Upstairs. Blanchard & Lea hardcover books
1995ref. 6570Boston: Harry N. Abrams Inc 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket unclipped no price faded at the spine. Cream cloth with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound clean internally. A collection of Nadar's photography with "essays that shed new light on the many facets of Nadar" including a biographical sketch by Maria Morris Hambourg. Harry N. Abrams, Inc hardcover books
ref. 41555Print: 182x135 mm. Mount: 198x152. Mounted on cardstock with an ink boarder edges of mount are trimmed. Print is in very good condition. unknown books
ref. 41291Paris. Plate: 187x128 mm. Margin: 277x204. Some faint creasing light foxing and soiling. unknown books
1928ref. 1010151928. London: John Lane 1928. Small 4to 61 pp. 40 plates. Original blue cloth. § Translated by J. Lewis May. Bentley Blake Books 2726B: "The plates include all the engravings for The Grave and 14 for Young's Night Thoughts. The essay is factually unreliable but it criticizes Blake's art usefully.". unknown books
1871ref. 22250Paris 1871. unknown books
1726ref. 11199Paris: Guillaume Cavelier 1726. 1st edition. Hecquet Philippe 1661-1737. Reflexions sur l'usage de l'opium des calmants et des narcotiques pour la guerison des maladies. 12mo. 8 374 14pp. Paris: Guillaume Cavelier fils 1726. 167 x 92 mm. Calf c. 1726 gilt spine rubbed & worn small chip at foot of spine front hinge cracking but overall sound. Light toning otherwise very good. First Edition. A treatise on the use of opium and other narcotics in the treatment of disease. Hecquet physician at the Charite Hospital in Paris was a confirmed mechanist and a longtime opponent of chemical medicine which he attacked in several publications. He was a great believer in the virtues of opium which he recommended for a broad spectrum of ailments including those of children and pregnant women. Osler 2916. Guillaume Cavelier unknown books
1969ref. 25821Paris: Librairie Academique Perrin 1969. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good . The uncommon 1969 1st edition of this seminal study of The Symbolist painters of the 1890s. Translated later into English as "Dreamers of Decadence" this original French edition is bright and very well-preserved. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp VG to Near Fine example of the elusive dustjacket with very light soiling along the spine and the rear panel. THIS COPY IS BOTH SIGNED BY AND FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE PRE-EMINENT BRITISH ART HISTORIAN AND PICASSO BIOGRAPHER JOHN RICHARDSON 1924-2019. Librairie Academique Perrin unknown books
1987ref. 110146London:: Andersen Press. Fine. Hardcover. Illustrated by the author. First printing. Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . 1987. 0862641675 . Andersen Press, hardcover books
1954ref. 25008New York: Simon and Schuster 1954. Pictorial boards. Very Good. A solid tight copy of the 1954 1st edition of this playful collaboration between artist and photographer. Crisp and VG in its wonderful pictorial boards with very light rubbing and soiling along the panels and a small neat ink inscription at the front free endpaper. 12mo rich gravure photographs throughout. Lacking its original dustjacket. Simon and Schuster unknown books
1961ref. 24627New York: Ziff-Davis Barnes and Co. 1961. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A bright very solid copy of the 1961 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp price-intact Near Fine dustjacket with just the slightest hint of light rubbing along the edges. Wonderful black-and-white reproductions throughout by the legendary photographer who gave us "The Jump Book" and "Dali's Mustache" among other titles. Ziff-Davis (Barnes and Co.) unknown books
2005ref. 23532Dalton Watson Fine Books 2005. Pictorial boards. Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY PHILIPPE DEFECHEREUX on the front free endpaper. A pristine copy to boot of the 2005 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto remarkable photos throughout many of them documenting the lead up to and the fatal crash itself and its aftermath. Dalton Watson Fine Books unknown books
1971ref. 23681New York: Praeger 1971. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good . A handsome copy of the October 1971 1st American edition. An Advance Reading copy to boot with the Praeger ARC slip laid-in. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp VG dustjacket with very mild creasing along the spine ends and fading along the spine. Octavo "with 149 illustrations including 16 in full color Praeger unknown books
1972ref. 21232Garden City New York: Doubleday & Co 1972. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY PHILIPPE HALSMAN on the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of the 1972 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright price-intact VG to Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto crisp examples of Halsman's wonderful black-and-white portraits throughout. Designed by the redoubtable Herb Lubalin. Doubleday & Co unknown books
1975ref. 616914New York: Harper & Row 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Volume III only. Contributions by Jean Devisse Betty Meggers and Roger Green. Tall octavo. xxx 1082pp. Illustrated. Remainder stamp on bottom edge else about fine in lightly tanned very good or better dust jacket with a few nicks and tiny tears. Sponsored by UNESCO the series is billed as "the first global history planned and executed from an international viewpoint. Harper & Row hardcover books
1951ref. 559033London: Victor Gollancz 1951. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First English edition of this translation. Translated from the French La Bête du Musseau by Peter C. Rhodes. Introduction by Edmund Wilson. Small octavo. 224pp. Foxing on the foredge else near fine in spine-toned very good dust jacket with some old internal repairs. Victor Gollancz hardcover books
1951ref. 534570Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1951. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Introduction by Edmund Wilson. Jacket by Anne Marie Jauss. Octavo. 204pp. Topedge and foredge lightly soiled else near fine in price-clipped about very good dust jacket with a bit of loss at the spine ends and a couple of small chips and the spine and lower panel toned. Inscribed by Philipp Thoby-Marcelin on the front fly. A novel written by Haitian brothers. Houghton, Mifflin hardcover books
1944ref. 537310New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1944. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition in English. Translated from the French by Edward Larocque Tinker. Octavo. 225pp. Color frontispiece. Neat owner name on front fly else just about fine in moderately worn and toned very good dust jacket with several nicks and very short tears. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover books
ref. 469852Unbound. Fine. Gelatin silver photograph. Measuring approximately 11" x 14". Photographer's rubberstamp on verso: "Copyright by Philippe Halsman" and neat pencil notation in an unknown hand: "1958 / Marian Anderson." Three-quarter length portrait of Anderson dressed in an ornate embroidered brocade jacket standing and facing the camera with her eyes closed and mouth open in song. A fine copy with the image bright and crisp. From the 1940s through the 1970s Halsman's portraits of international figures appeared on the covers of widely circulated magazines such as Look The Saturday Evening Post and Life which published approximately 100 covers by Halsman. The National Portrait Gallery organized the first full exhibition of the photographer's work "Philippe Halsman: A Retrospective" which toured in 2000. His portrait of Anderson is an iconic image taken on January 7 1955 when Anderson became the first African-American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera. On that occasion she sang the part of Ulrica in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in Maschera. She is also noted for her dramatic performance at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 when she was denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall in Washington DC. Eleanor Roosevelt quit her membership in the DAR and arranged for Anderson to sing at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial. In 1961 she performed at President Kennedy's inauguration. An especially large and striking photograph of Anderson. unknown books
1946ref. 503913New York: Rinehart & Company 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition of this translation. Translated from the French La Bête du Musseau by Peter C. Rhodes. Slight toning on the front hinge and faint spotting on the top stain else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with tiny tears rubbing and some spotting. Rinehart & Company hardcover books
1962ref. 528205no place 1962. Unbound. Fine. Gelatin silver print. Print measures approximately 7¾" x 9¾" printed slightly askew on slightly larger paper. Fine. Photographer's rubberstamp on verso: "Copyright by Philippe Halsman" and neat pencil notation in an unknown hand: "Alfred Eisendstadt 1962." A portrait of a legendary photographer made by another. unknown books