2009réf. 1370291Marseille: Editions Sodal 2009. Softcover. Octavo 388 pages. In Very Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine gray with white and purple lettering. Very slight edge wear. Text block has very ling tone to the edges with tiny chip to fore edge to the half title page. Illustrated. Text in French. 1370291. FP New Rockville Stock. Editions Sodal unknown books

Second Story Books, ABAA · États-Unis37,50 $US≈ 33,44 €

[JUVENILE LITERATURE] DICK, Phiny (text; illustrations); Wim Pinchin (translation)ABAA

Meowina and Princess Rose-Marie

réf. 87599The Hague and London: G.B. Van Goor Zonen / Bailey Bros & Swinfen Ltd n.d. Quarto 27cm; beige cloth spine over pictorial paper-covered boards; 45-56pp; colorful illustrations throughout. Previous owner's inked gift inscription with Christmas 1958 date to front endpaper. Modest shelf-wear and -soil with rubbing and light peeling to paper of board edges light interior foxing and two 0.5" tears to rear endpaper; Very Good. First published in Dutch as Miezelientje en Prinses Rosmarijn this children's story follows the adventures of two cats who are lost in the woods. 87599. G.B. Van Goor Zonen / Bailey Bros & Swinfen Ltd unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis40,00 $US≈ 35,67 €

[LUKACS, Gyorgy] FEKETE, Eva and Eva Karadi (compiled by; editors); Peter Balaban (translation)ABAA

György Lukács: His Life in Pictures and Documents

1981réf. 86951Budapest: Corvina Kiadó 1981. Octavo 24cm; cream cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in brown on spine; dustjacket; 45-2653pp; black-and-white photographic halftone illustrations throughout. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Slight spine lean with light creases to upper margin of text; Very Good. Dustwrapper has modest shelf-soil with sticker residue to lower front panel and tiny chips to extremities; Very Good. First published as Lukács György élete képekben és dokumentumokban this translation was created by Péter Balabán and revised by Kenneth McRobbie and explores the life of Hungarian Marxist philosopher with photographs by Mátyás Bencseki János Szerencsés and Ferenc Szvoboda throughout. 86951. Corvina Kiadó unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis40,00 $US≈ 35,67 €

[PEROV, Vasily] SHUMOVA, Marina; Graham Whittaker (translation)ABAA

Vasily Perov: Paintings Graphic Works

1989réf. 46263Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers 1989. First English Language Edition. Quarto 29.5cm.; dark red publisher's cloth boards with embossed title on front and gilt lettering on spine in white and color pictorial dust jacket; 159pp 135 plates. Text block is yellowing slightly at extremities otherwise sound and Fine. Additional toning on pastedowns and end papers. Dust jacket is slightly creased along upper edges towards spine; inner flaps rolling slightly at edges with a spot of splitting on rear flap. Else very light shelf wear Fine. This account of pioneering 19th century Russian artist Vasily Perov 1834-1882 features biographical information and commentary on his artwork presented here in text illustrations and 135 full color plates. Perov is especially noteworthy for employing critical realism in his depictions of everyday citizens streetlife and peasantry. Aurora Art Publishers unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis40,00 $US≈ 35,67 €

BOLL, Heinrich (stories); VENNEWITZ, Leila (translation)ABAA

The Stories of Heinrich Böll

1986réf. 86011New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1986. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 24.5cm; navy blue cloth with titling and author's initials stamped in copper on spine; orange topstain; dustjacket; viii2-6857pp. The pictorial bookplate of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 is mounted to the front pastedown. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $25.00 with some pinpoint wear to extremities and a few tiny tears. Collection gathering 63 of the German author's stories and novellas 22 of which have not previously been published in book form. 86011. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis40,00 $US≈ 35,67 €

Csapodi, Casba and Klara Csapodi-Garonyi; translated by Zsuzsanna Horn; translation revised by Bertha Gaster; design by Tibor SzABAA

Bibliotheca Corviniana: The Library of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary

1981réf. 001656Budapest: Corvina Kiado Magyar Helikon Kner Printing House 1981. Second revised edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. Lavish survey of the holdings of the preeminent collection of illuminated manuscripts. 334 pp. With 114 color plates all 33 by 23 cm. Crack in hinge by first text page. Otherwise very clean and bright. Corvina Kiado, Magyar Helikon, Kner Printing House unknown books

White Fox Rare Books and Antiques · États-Unis40,00 $US≈ 35,67 €

DORN, Edward and Gordon Brotherston (translation)ABAA

Our Word: Guerrilla Poems from Latin America

1969réf. 85847London: Grossman Publishers in association with Cape Goliard Press 1969. Second Edition. Wrappered Issue. Octavo 25cm; original pictorial card wrappers; 64pp; illus.; with parallel text in English and Spanish. Light wear to base of spine subtle upward curl to upper right corner of front wrapper; Near Fine. 85847. Grossman Publishers, in association with Cape Goliard Press unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis40,00 $US≈ 35,67 €

MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia (novel); RABASSA, Gregory (translation)ABAA

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

1983réf. 18097New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; brown cloth with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 120pp. Two tiny stains to front panel with a touch of soil to upper edge of text; Near Fine. In a Fine first issue dustjacket with One Hundred Days of Solitude printed on front flap. Basis for the 1987 Francesco Rosi film Cronaca di Una Morte Anunciata. KLEIN E8.a.3. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books

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MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia (novel); RABASSA, Gregory (translation)ABAA

In Evil Hour

1979réf. 18095New York: Harper & Row 1979. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 183pp. Board edges slightly faded else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped lightly rubbed at extremities with a vertical crease along front flap; Near Fine. KLEIN E7.a.1. Harper & Row unknown books

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MAUPASSANT, Guy de (novel); LAURIE, Marjorie (translation); JALOUX, Edmond (intro); LEGRAND, Edy (illus)ABAA

A Woman's Life

1993réf. 81891Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1993. Limited Edition. Octavo 23.5cm; full blue-grey leather with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; xiv23-2162pp; illus. Small ink mark to front endpaper and lacking the Publisher's Notes pamphlet else a Fine copy. Part of "The Collector's Library of Famous Editions" series. 81891. Easton Press unknown books

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MRABET, Mohammed (novel); BOWLES, Paul (translation)ABAA

The Lemon

1972réf. 18144New York: McGraw-Hill 1972. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; full yellow cloth with titles stamped in black on spine and Arabic script in black on front panel; black topstain; dustjacket; 181pp. Small triangular sticker to front pastedown else Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. The author's second novel preceded by the 1969 UK edition published by Peter Owen. McGraw-Hill unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis40,00 $US≈ 35,67 €

NAGY, Agnes Nemes (poetry); Hugh Maxton (translation)ABAA

Between: Selected Poems of Ãgnes Nemes Nagy

1988réf. 86762Dublin: Dedalus Press 1988. Softcover. Octavo 22cm; white pictorial paper wrappers; 67-933pp. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his inked ownership and date to title page. Trivial surace wear with trace soil to interior; Very Good. Collection of verse includes "Diary" "Whether to Waken" and "A Four-Light Window". 86762. Dedalus Press unknown books

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PASTERNAK, Boris (poems); KAMEN, Henry (translation)ABAA

In the Interlude: Poems 1945-1960

1962réf. 85721New York: Oxford University Press 1962. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22.5cm; black cloth with titles stamped in gilt and metallic green on spine; dustjacket; xiv1-250pp. Fine in a Very Good dustjacket unclipped priced $7.00 with light wear to extremities some creasing along the upper edge and a few small tears to rear panel. Collection of later poems by the author of Doctor Zhivago with parallel text in Russian and English. 85721. Oxford University Press unknown books

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PAUSTOVSKY, Konstantin (text); Manya Harari and Michael Duncan (translation)ABAA

Story of a Life: Childhood and Schooldays

1966réf. 86853London: Readers Union / Harvill Press 1966. Octavo 21cm; green cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine; brown topstain; dustjacket; 67-2831pp. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Light sunning to spine and board edges with very occasional creases to text; Very Good. Dustwrapper designed by Tim Newling unclipped spine-faded lightly tanned with modest shelf-wear and -soil creases to flaps and tiny chips and tears to spine edges and extremities; Very Good. First published by Harvill Press 1964 this RU edition of Paustovsky's autobiography was produced for members only and focuses on his family and childhood. 86853. Readers Union / Harvill Press unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis40,00 $US≈ 35,67 €

PRICE, Reynolds (translation)ABAA

The Good News According to Mark

1976réf. 82671n.p.: Privately Printed 1976. First Edition. One of 300 copies issue in wrappers printed at The West Coast Print Center. Octavo 21cm; pictorial wrappers; dark orange endpapers and light orange text pages; 67-506pp. A clean Fine copy. This printing privately printed for Price to release as gifts to friends for Christmas 1976 with an image of Shroud of Turin on covers. Price started his translation from the Greek text in 1971. 82671. Privately Printed unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis40,00 $US≈ 35,67 €

ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (text); A S B Glover (translation & introduction); Williams Sharp (illus)ABAA

The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1980réf. 82367Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1980. Limited Edition. Large octavo 24.5cm; full dark green leather with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; frontispiece; illus. xviii23-6351pp. Lacking the publisher's pamphlet with two small scratches to lower edge of textblock; Fine. Part of the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. 82367. Easton Press unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis40,00 $US≈ 35,67 €

Samuel, Jacob; English translation by Vivienne BarskyABAA

Ta'avah li-sefarim ×ª××•×•×” ×œ×¡×¤×¨×™× = Book Obsession

1997réf. 306522Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv Museum of Art 1997. Paperback. 2 35 3p. illustrations wraps. 9.5 x 7.75 in. Reads right to left. Text in Hebrew and English. Presentation inscription to R.B. Kitaj. Scarce catalog of artists’ books produced between 1987 and 1996 with work from over a dozen artists including Marina Abramovic Ed Ruscha and Micha Ullman. Samuel’s presentation inscription on a yellow ruled sticky note to Ronald Brooks Kitaj inserted on the final leaf offering condolences and offering to work on a “book of etchings.” With an essay by Edna Moshenson “Exhibiting My Library.” Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Jeanette Assia Galleries April - July 1997. Tel Aviv Museum of Art paperback books

Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB · États-Unis40,00 $US≈ 35,67 €

SOLZHENITSYN, Alexander [Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn] (novel); Michael Glenny (translation)ABAA

Stories and Prose Poems

1971réf. 82229New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1971. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.5cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dark blue topstain; dustjacket; viii23-2675pp. Light sunning at upper board edges; Near Fine. Dustwrapper unclipped priced $7.95 trivial surface wear hint of sunning to spine with faint foxing on verso; Near Fine. First published in Germany as Im Interesse der Sache. Solzhenitsyn earned the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature for his efforts on behalf of Russian Literature. 82229. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis40,00 $US≈ 35,67 €

STEINER, Rudolf, Introduction by Robert Sardello, Translated by May Laird-Brown, Translation revised by Sabine H SeilerABAA

Psychoanalysis and Spiritual Psychology Five Lectures held in Dornach and Munich between February 25 1912 and July 2 1921

1990réf. 271858Hudson: Anthroposophic Press 1990. Softcover. Fine. Second edition. Second Printing. Octavo. Trade Paperback in Fine condition. Anthroposophic Press unknown books

Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA · États-Unis40,00 $US≈ 35,67 €

WIESEL, Elie (novel); EDELMAN, Lily (translation)ABAA

A Beggar in Jerusalem: A Novel

1970réf. 56846London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1970. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 20.5cm; grayish-purple paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; blue topstain; dustjacket; vi2113pp. Base of spine gently nudged slight forward lean with a rabbi's ink ownership signature to front endpaper; about Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 30s. / £1.50 net with light wear a short tear to upper front joint and two faint bands of offsetting from an old-style dustjacket protector; Very Good. The Nobel Prize-winning author's fifth novel. Weidenfeld & Nicolson unknown books

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[NOVALIS (pseud Friedich von Hardenburg)] MANHEIM, Ralph (translation); Paul Klee (illus); Stephen SpenderABAA

Novalis: The Novices of Sais

2005réf. 87061St. Paul MN: Archipelago Books 2005. First Thus. Softcover. Octavo 15.5cm x 18cm; white pictorial paper wrappers with French flaps; xii45-1293pp; black-and-white illustrations. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial ownership stamp embossed to first page and his occasional pencilled marginal marks throughout. A Near Fine copy. Also published by Curt Valentin 1949 this edition includes the philosophy and poetry of Novalis with Paul Klee's illustrations and a preface by Stephen Spender. 87061. Archipelago Books unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis45,00 $US≈ 40,12 €

Boissonnade, P; Eileen Power (Introduction and translation by)ABAA

Life and Work in Medieval Europe Fifth to Fifteenth Centuries

1944réf. 31117London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd 1944. Reprint. Hardcover. g. Quarto. XIX 1 394 6pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and medallion in gilt on front cover. Frontispiece. Captivating study of European economic development as a whole during the Middle Ages. This work is illustrated with several b/w photographic reproductions. Offsetting on endpapers. Very minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Binding in overall good to very good interior in good condition. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd hardcover books

Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller · États-Unis45,00 $US≈ 40,12 €

BOULLE, Pierre (stories); Margaret Giovanelli (translation)ABAA

The Marvelous Palace: and Other Stories

1977réf. 83895New York: The Vanguard Press Inc 1977. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; plum cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 187pp. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper designed by Elizabeth Woll unclipped priced $7.95 with trivial surface wear and creases residue to front panel and light shelf-soil to rear panel; Very Good. First published in French as Histoires perfides 1976 this collection includes "The Royal Pardon" "The Limits of Endurance" and "The Angelic Monsieur Edyh". 83895. The Vanguard Press, Inc unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis45,00 $US≈ 40,12 €

Burroughs, William & Eric Mottram, Spanish translation by Pedro Garcia MontalvoABAA

Snack . .

1978réf. 330187Valencia Spain: Pre-Textos 1978. Paperback. 70p. 4.75x7 inches text in Spanish lightly-worn and spine-faded paperback in red and black pictorial wraps. Pre-Textos 20. Originally published in English in 1975. Spanish language edition. Transcript of a radio interview. Pre-Textos paperback books

Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB · États-Unis45,00 $US≈ 40,12 €

France, Anatole; Wright, Peter [Translation]; Robinson, Charles [Illustrations]ABAA

BEE THE PRINCESS OF THE DWARFS

1912réf. 1411715London: J. M. Dent & Sons 1912. First English Edition later printing. Hardcover. Octavo x 127 pages plus illustrations and frontispiece. In Good condition. In full gray cloth binding with gilt titling to cover and spine. Spine is heavily sunned. Moderate wear and soiling to boards. Rubbing along edges; light bumping to fore corners. Text block shows moderate wear toning and soiling along edges. Lightly age toned throughout; moderate discoloration to endpapers. Interior otherwise clean. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column CC ND-CC. 1411715. FP New Rockville Stock. J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover books