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1958réf. 142357Leningrad: Hermitage 1958. Softcover. VG with light with two notations ink and pencil; else very clean and tight. Green stapled card wraps with bw illus. 36 pp. with 16 bw illus. Text in Russian. Catalogue of an exhibition of graphic arts by Argentine artists shown at the Hermitage Museum. With an introductory essay and information about each of more than 60 artists represented. Hermitage paperback books
1969réf. 139348Leningrad: Isd. Sovetskiy Khudozhnik 1969. Hardcover. VG-; clean but for a stamp/writing inside back cover; spine breaking between two title pages. Blue cloth with gilt Cyrillic lettering; 288 pp; bw photos throughout. Text in Russian. A catalogue part of a series of very early folk culture and art from various areas of the world. These are from the Hermitage collection. Included are the Amarna portrais temples of Anahit Sassanian textiles Armenian manuscripts copper and bronze ware from the 15th C. Turkish prayer rugs Kirman blue and white ceramics Japanese Buddhist paintings and much more. Several close-up inscriptions tables and more including bw photographs. With a 7-page English summary at the back. An excellent resource. Isd. Sovetskiy Khudozhnik hardcover books
1956réf. 139407Moskva: Gos. Izd-vo. Izobrazitelnogo iskusstva 1956. Hardcover. VG but front/top cover of box is separated from back/bottom cover. Cream paper wraps with decoration and maroon Cyrillic lettering; 31 pp.; 100 separate color plates some missing all in cream hardcover box. Dual text Russian/English. Very extensive text followed by a list of the plates described. The plates are full-page and full-color. The missing plates are Nos. 91-93 and 96-100 7 total. Gos. Izd-vo. Izobrazitelnogo iskusstva hardcover books
1893réf. 133975Berlin: Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth 1893. Hardcover. Good Plate images in beautiful condition but with ex-lib. stamps on reverse. A few pages have chipping to edges that affect only the margins not images or text. Portfolio boards are detached at the hinge. Other usual ex-lib. marks. Portfolio with thin stiff uncovered boards and blue cloth at corners and over spine. Approximately 4 letterpress pages and 12 color plates loose as issued. In German. Oversize. Beautiful color plates of intricate Italian baroque and rococo ceiling designs. Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth hardcover books
1985réf. 121116Leningrad: Iskusstvo 1985. Hardcover. VG but with some rubbing to covers; museum ex-lib. copy. Navy blue cloth with gold Cyrillic lettering; 407 pp. with occasional bw illustrations. Text in Russian. The authoritative history of the acquisitions of Catherine the Great. Iskusstvo hardcover books
1973réf. D16694New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1973. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Inscribed by the Nobel Prize winning author. Minor stain to lower pages edges at the beginning. DJ is a buit wrinkled and worn. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1975réf. D16697New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1975. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Original cloth; dust jacket. Nice copy with only minor wear. Signed by the Nobel Prize winning author. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1984réf. D16693New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1984. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Original cloth; dust jacket. Signed by the author as Doris Lessing. Book is in excellent condition. DJ with a couple of small chips tear at front flap and light edgewear at the top. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1787réf. WRCLIT68095Paris: Chez Deterville 1787. Volumes one and two of six published. viii3893;44116pp. Octavo. Contemporary mottled calf spines gilt extra gilt labels. Seven plates plus large folding map of 42 in the full series. Lower joint of one volume a bit wormed but sound intermittent foxing crown of one spine worn; still a good representation of the set. A multi-disciplinary selection of essays and articles translated from German English Italian and Dutch including several critical essays in these two volumes by Gotthold Lessing. Chez Deterville unknown books
1994réf. WRCLIT66608New York: HarperCollins 1994. Cloth. First U.S. edition. Black & white plates. Remainder mark on bottom edge otherwise near fine in crisp dust jacket marred by residue of a price sticker in upper corner of front panel. HarperCollins hardcover books
1977réf. WRCLIT63684Washington D.C.: Library of Congress 1977. Linen over boards stamped in gilt. Large quarto. Numerous tipped-in plates. Minor dustiness to cloth spine a bit rubbed else very good. Library of Congress hardcover books
1975réf. WRCLIT48460New York: Knopf 1975. Gilt cloth. First U.S. edition. Faint offset on endsheets delimited by jacket flaps trace of foxing to fore-edge else near fine in dust jacket. Knopf hardcover books
1980réf. WRCLIT31031London: Jonathan Cape 1980. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first edition. One corner sharply bumped light edge wear else very good. Jonathan Cape unknown books
1973réf. WRCLIT48429London: Jonathan Cape 1973. Gilt cloth boards. First edition. Faint smudging on edges otherwise very good in dust jacket with trivial edgewear. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1974réf. WRCLIT48501New York: Knopf 1974. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first U.S. edition. Edited and Introduced by Paul Schlueter. Vestiges of filing label across bottom edge spine faintly sunned very good. Knopf unknown books
1971réf. WRCLIT19623New York: Knopf 1971. Printed wrappers pad bound. Uncorrected page proofs of the first American edition. Wraps slightly used and soiled. Very good. Knopf paperback books
1972réf. WRCLIT19624New York: Knopf 1972. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first American edition and first under this title. About fine. Knopf unknown books
1984réf. WRCLIT26630New York: Knopf 1984. Cloth and boards. First U.S. edition of this pseudonymous novel inscribed and signed by Lessing in 1986. Fine in lightly used dust jacket with sticker mark on front panel. Knopf hardcover books
1991réf. 013531Library of Congress 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Limited Edition 1/300 Copies # 30 Signed by Photographer And William Matheson. Mint Copy Very Scarce. Library of Congress Hardcover books
1994réf. 1305NY: HarperCollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0060171502 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . HarperCollins hardcover books
1952réf. 23318London: Michael Joseph 1952. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. First UK edition of the South Rhodesian author's uncommon second book. The first novel featuring her rebel character Martha Quest. A handsome near fine copy in green cloth binding in a sharp unclipped dustwrapper. The wrapper is mildly age spotted on the verso and a very small portion of the rear flap This copy has been SIGNED by the author on the title page. A terrific collector's copy. Michael Joseph hardcover books
1954réf. 23317London: Michael Joseph 1954. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. First UK edition of the South Rhodesian author's uncommon fifth book. A follow-up novel featuring Martha Quest. A truly handsome near fine copy in black cloth binding in a stunning unclipped dustwrapper which includes the rare belly band. The band promotes Lessing as the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 1954. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on the title page. A collector's copy to be sure. Michael Joseph hardcover books
réf. 004394New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First US edition of the author's second book a collection of stories. A clean very good hardcover book in red boards in good priceclipped dustwrapper with some tape stain remnants to rear panel. Uncommon book. Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover books
réf. 5131Engraved frontis. port. of Rosenwald. 4to orig. green morocco-backed decorated boards. Washington: Library of Congress 1991. One of 300 deluxe copies specially bound and with the engraved portrait finely printed by W. Thomas Taylor. A really excellent collection of essays. Fine. hardcover books
1787réf. 6593Bern: in der Hallerschen Buchandlung 1787. Soft cover. Good. 8vo 152 x 95mm. 60pp. Modern wrappers margins trimmed close occasional spots lightly browned; front wrap loose but present. A satire on the Berlin academy written jointly by Lessing and Moses Mendelssohn criticizing the philosophical system of Alexander Popeís Essay on Man 1733-1734. Lessing German writer critic and dramatist was one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings often witty and ironic substantially influenced the development of German literature. In 1755 the collaborative work of Lessing and his friend philosopher Moses Mendelssohn anonymously appeared in the form of this provocative treatise Pope ein Metaphysiker! Pope as a Metaphysician. The controversial treatise dissected the subject of a contest at the Prussian Royal Academy. The two friends wrote it to confirm that there cannot be a true comparison between a poetic and a philosophic conception. Bern: in der Hallerschen Buchandlung paperback books
