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1971Best.-Nr. 88541Boston: Little Brown and Company 1971. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 24.25cm; blue cloth with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; xiv34-418pp. Touch of dust-soil to text edges else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $15.00 edgeworn with several tears and creases and a small loss to lower right edge of front panel; Very Good. "The Black Years of Soviet Jewry describes in detail the persecution and near obliteration of the Jewish people and culture by the government of the Soviet Union during the years of 1939 to 1953. Its chief figure is Stalin for it was Stalin more than any other figure in Soviet life who was the architect of those terrible years" from front flap. 88541. Little, Brown and Company unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 65954Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh 1971. First Edition. Octavo; red cloth; dustjacket. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper not price-clipped minutely rubbed at extremities; Fine. Adonis has long been on the shortlist for the Nobel Prize which only one Arabic writer novelist Naguib Mahfouz has won. Uncommon cloth issue of the Syrian-born poet's first book published in the U.S. The University of Pittsburgh unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 25538San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press 1988. Paperback. 234p. footnotes introductions frontis very good condition first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Stories anecdotes poems. Gay Sunshine Press paperback books
1994Best.-Nr. 299621St. Petersburg Russia: The State Russian Museum 1994. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. 12mo; in black paper boards; text written in Russian and English full of both black and white and full color photographic illustrations; in black cardboard slipcase; the slipcase has edge wear and a few tears; there is rubbing to the upper board with a postage stamp pasted on.~. Very Good binding. The State Russian Museum unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 88651St. James's Place London: Collins 1954. Octavo 20cm; navy blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; illustrated map endpapers; dustjacket; 511pp. Light shelf-wear with trace foxing to edges of textblock and faint off-setting to endpapers; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped priced 15s net with modest shelf-wear foxing and tiny tears to extremities; Good. Originally published in two parts as Röde Orm 1941 and 1945 and later received an Anglo-Yugoslav film adaptation 1964 directed by Jack Cardiff. 88651. Collins unknown books
2006Best.-Nr. 85734New York: Universe Publishing / Rizzoli International Publications Inc 2006. First American Edition. Softcover. Folio 34cm; paper photographic wrappers; 56-2551pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and colorful illustrations. Light rubbing to extremities else Near Fine. First published in France as Free Press La contre-culture vue par la Presse Underground 2006 this collection includes full-page illustrations of previously published artwork for the Underground Press. Concludes with history of the Underground Press Syndicate as told by Bizot and an index. 85734. Universe Publishing / Rizzoli International Publications, Inc unknown books
1933Best.-Nr. 47731Berkeley: University of California Press 1933. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto. xix 552pp. 20 plates 1 folding map. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Frontispiece photograph. Translated from the original Spanish manuscript of Pedro Font With Anza to California and edited by Bolton. "The comments on the trail contained in the footnotes of this work are based on personal reconnoissance; for I have retracted exactly or approximately Anza's entire itinerary. The excellence of the diaries Font's is attested by the fact that I have been able to identify practically every water hole and camp site. Most of the photographic illustrations represent scenes along the way. They have been chosen to show the trail as Font and Anza saw it rather than to exhibit its present day cultural aspects." Bolton. Illustrated with striking b/w photographs facsimiles of Font's diary and plans including a folding map at rear. Binding with light wear along edges and some light water-staining. Ex Libris of George and Anne Barnett on inside front cover. Block slightly age-toned. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. University of California Press hardcover books
1968Best.-Nr. 88645Middletown CT: Wesleyan University Press 1968. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22cm; dark gray cloth with titles stamped in silver and orange on spine; dustjacket; 1011-112pp. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dustjacket priced $4.50 with some very light wear to extremities. Buccheim's book addresses totalitarian rule as it has risen and fallen in the 20th century. "Drawing its examples largely from Hitler's Germany and Communist Russia with some consideration of the less-than-totalitarian Fascist Italy it leads through specific events to broad principles that may be applied to any political-social system anywhere" from front flap. 88645. Wesleyan University Press unknown books
1898Best.-Nr. 440539London: Macmillan and Co 1898. Hardcover. Good. Second edition revised. xxi 111pp. Blue cloth gilt-stamped spine. Some offsetting and pencil marginalia on a couple of pages and owner's name penned on title front hinge starting gash in front board and bleached areas on rear board spine ends and corners worn and bumped good only without dustwrapper. Laid in is a typed and Signed letter dated June 2 1971 from journalist and author George Seldes to his niece the Tony Award winning actress Marian Seldes along with some newspaper clippings. He sends this book as a gift for his niece stating ". it is a second - but it is bound and printed like the first and may be a rare book - - at any rate it is the first and still the best statement on tragedy. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1906Best.-Nr. 1414808Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co 1906. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xii 618 pages plus xxiii plates. In Very Good condition. In full burgundy cloth binding with gilt titling to spine. Boards show ight shelving wear with rubbing along edges along joints and at corners. Some scuffing to covers. Text block is darkly age toned and moderately worn along edges with dust soiling to gilt top edge. Moderate age toning throughout. Bookplate from former owner on front pastedown. Shelved in Room F. 1414808. Special Collections - Upstairs. P. Blakiston's Son & Co hardcover books
2012Best.-Nr. 88610Ostfildern Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag 2012. First Edition. Publisher's bilingual catalog order form laid in. Quarto 28.5cm; green paper-covered boards with titling stamped in black to spine and front cover; 767pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations. Modest shelf-soil with light wear; Very Good. First of three volumes of dOCUMENTA 13 preceding The Logbook and The Guidebook. This catalog includes essays by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Chus Martinez and information on art exhibition held in Kassel. 88610. Hatje Cantz Verlag unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 1397817London UK: Peter Owen 1966. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 160 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is lime green with white and green lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "30s" on front flap has mild shelving and moderate rubbing wear along extremities moderate discoloration along front fore edge. Boards have mild shelving wear and discoloration along extremities; spine mildly cocked. Textblock edges have mild soiling and scuffing along head and fore edges; mild bending wear along title page. Shelved in Room Z. 1397817. Special Collections - Upstairs. Peter Owen hardcover books
1988Best.-Nr. 1411314Roma Rome: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato 1988. Limited Edition: #523/1400. Hardcover. Large Octavos Two Volumes. In Very Good plus condition. In matching pictorial full paper bindings with black titling on covers and spines; housed in a slipcase with same paper side panels and tan cloth on top bottom and spine. Some mild scuffing and wear to slipcase. Volumes show negligible wear to boards. Text blocks show very faint foxing on the top edges. Interiors clean. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Multi-Volume Area ND-MV. 1411314. FP New Rockville Stock. Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato hardcover books
1970Best.-Nr. 54666New York: Harry N. Abrams 1970. First edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's shipping box./as new. Quarto 9½" x 12" 654pp. Burgundy cloth boards gilt spine titles white dust jacket with color illustration in mylar cover. 102 color plates 232 b&w ilustrations. The Definitive study of Romanesque muyral painting in Italy France Spain England Germany and Austria by the outstanding authority on byzantine art. Although Romanesque painting has suffered heavily from destruction gamage and poor restoration an enormous amount still survives and displays amazing variety nobility and imaginative power. The fine photographs were specially made fo this by the celebrated Max Hirmer. Frontispiece Sant' Angelo in Formis. Apse. Christ Enthroned. Harry N. Abrams hardcover books
1922Best.-Nr. 139418Paris: Les Éditions G. Crès & Cie 1922. 32p. 48 b&w plates text in French pencil notes denoting country/region of origin of the artworks first edition in worn 10x7 inch paper boards with inkstains rough chipping to spine else good condition. Questo Volume è Apparso Nello Serie Orbis Pictus. Les Éditions G. Crès & Cie unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 1397551Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University Press 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 119 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is cream with orange and black. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price partially cut from front flap with only "$3" visible has mild general age-toning shelving wear along extremities a 1in. closed tear along head edge moderate soiling along covers and open tearing along spine head head joints and rear head fore corner. Boards have mild discoloration along front tail edge and moderate shelving wear along extremities; spine moderately cocked. Textblock has moderate age-toning along fore and tail edges head edge dyed red/pink and moderately sun-faded; mild foxing to endpapers. Shelved in Room Z. 1397551. Special Collections - Upstairs. Indiana University Press hardcover books
1994Best.-Nr. 233311The Easton Press 1994-01-01. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Full black leather with gilt board design and page edges. Sic raised bands to the spine. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Includes the Easton Press Collector's Notes sheet. 394 pages. The Easton Press hardcover books
1991Best.-Nr. 84478New York and London: Marion Boyars 1991. First American Edition. Bilingual edition. Octavo 22cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 160pp; 16 glossy pages of black and white photographic halftone illustrations. Light rubbing to lower board edge else Fine. Dustwrapper designed by Susi Mawani unclipped priced UK £12.95 / US $21.95 with light creases and rubbing to spine ends and lower rear panel else Near Fine. This bilingual edition includes Green's French text alongside Underwood's English translation as Green describes the culture of Paris France and his memories prior to leaving during WWII. 84478. Marion Boyars unknown books
1953Best.-Nr. 88242Paris: Éditions du Seuil 1953. First French Edition. Softcover. Octavo 19cm; pictorial paper wrappers; fore-edge untrimmed; 120pp. Publisher's purple wrap-around band laid in. Text in French. Some pages of text unopened. Soil and foxing to spine with light ripple effect to wrappers; Very Good. Laid in wrap-around band is torn into two pieces with tiny chips and tears; Good. Collection of essays with themes of Catholicism. 88242. Éditions du Seuil unknown books
2011Best.-Nr. 301752Paris: Maison de la Poésie Rhône-Alpes/Le Temps des CeRises 2011. Paperback. 138p. 6x11.75 inches text in French personal inscription signed by the poet illustrations very good first edition limited to 1000 copies paperback in Frenchfold pictorial wraps. Four holdings located in OCLC as of 4/2023. Maison de la Poésie Rhône-Alpes/Le Temps des CeRises paperback books
1986Best.-Nr. 86862Honolulu: The University of Hawaii Press 1986. First Edition. Octavo 21.5cm; light brown cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xviii23-1935pp; figures and tables throughout. Monographs of the Center for Southeast Asian Stduies Kyoto University. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Bookshop sticker to lower front pastedown with a pencilled note to upper rear pastedown else Near Fine. Dustwrapper lightly spine-faded with trace rubbing to rear panel; Very Good. Text includes "Part I. The Structure of a State Religion" and "Part II. A State Religion in History" with a list of abbreviations and a concluding index. 86862. The University of Hawaii Press unknown books
1984Best.-Nr. 88227New York: St. Martin's Press 1984. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 222pp; map illustration. Light shelf-wear with faint creases to upper margins; Very Good. Dustwrapper designed by Michael Booth unclipped priced $12.95 with mild shelf-wear and light rubbing to extremities; Very Good. First published in German 1981; this translation originally appeared in Great Britain in 1982. Science fiction featuring time travel and a battle for world domination. A nice copy of Jeschke's first published novel. 88227. St. Martin's Press unknown books
1912Best.-Nr. 84333New York: Hodder & Stoughton / George H. Doran 1912. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in black and gray on spine and front cover; 301pp. Modest rubbing to spine ends and board edges with shelf-soil; Very Good. Also published as La Frontière the French author's novel explores nationalism and patriotism prior to to WWI. 84333. Hodder & Stoughton / George H. Doran unknown books
1922Best.-Nr. 84396New York: The Macaulay Company 1922. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19cm; brown cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in orange on spine and front cover; 313pp; frontispiece illustration. Modest rubbing to cloth with tanning to edges of textblock and light wear to hinges; Very Good. Includes eight retellings of Prince Renine's adventures as told to Leblanc by Arsene Lupin including "On the Top of the Tower" "The Tell-Tale Film" and "The Lady with the Hatchet". 84396. The Macaulay Company unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 87915Ljubljana Slovenia: Slovene Writers' Association 1965. Octavo 17cm; black spine over lavender cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on front cover; dustjacket; ii45-1504pp. Light shelf-wear with trace shelf-soil; Very Good. Dustwrapper lightly tanned with light shelf-wear 0.5" tear to lower rear flap fold and tiny tears to extremities; Very Good. Collection of verse with contributions including Matej Bor's "The Encounter" Cene Vipotnik's "Burial" Janez Menart's "Bread and Butter" and Veno Taufer's "The Melancholy of the Second Echleon" and a preface by Filip Kalan. 87915. Slovene Writers' Association unknown books
