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1965réf. 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
1974réf. 86303New York: Atheneum 1974. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 24.5cm; black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and author's initials embossed onto front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; xii23-6873pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $13.95 with the printed price crossed-out and re-priced $3.50 in pen with light surface wear and a faint crease to upper spine panel. Second memoir by the Russian-Jewish author translator and educator following her 1970 memoir Hope Against Hope. Both books chronicled her life with Russian poet Osip Mandelstam. 86303. Atheneum unknown books
1955réf. 55086Warsaw: L'Institute de L'Histoire Juive 1955. First edition. Softcover. Good- condition. Octavo. 24pp. Original tan stiff wraps with black lettering and ruling on cover. French language variant of the noted text by Bernard Mark 1908-1966 who served as director of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw. Illustrated with b/w photographs of German soldiers setting fire to the Warsaw Ghetto from the album of SS General Stroop mass terrorism applied by "Hitlerites" in Poland from the collection of the Institute of Jewish History murdered insurgents in the Warsaw Ghetto from the album of SS General Stroop and an old woman jumping from a burning house collection SS General Stroop. "Barely thirteen years have passed since the greatest crime known to history the attempted extermination of peoples: Jewish and non-Jewish. And now the Nazi brute raises its head again. Warmongers are resurrecting this destructive force and in order for it to be more successful this time they have decided to enthrust thermonuclear weapons to those who in the past destroyed Warsaw and the Ghetto Coventry Oradour and Lidice and Marzabotto." Translation of first part of French text. Front cover detached but present. Block browned due to paper-quality. Protected in modern mylar. L'Institute de L'Histoire Juive unknown books
1983réf. 26590New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind on front cover; dustjacket; 120pp. Fine in a Near Fine First State dustjacket One Hundred Days of Solitude printed on front flap unclipped with mild wear to extremities. The Nobel Prize-winning author's powerful short novel about "a spectacular wedding a sudden scandal a perhaps reluctant murder to which an entire town appears to be an accessory before the fact and the exotic manifestations of guilt. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1924réf. 87738Amsterdam: Privately Published 1924. Errata slip laid in. Quarto 33cm; tan cloth spine over tan paper-covered boards with colorful pictorial illustration pasted to front cover and titling in red and black on covers; 67-32pp; one tissue-guarded colorful plate with black-and-white illustrations throughout. Text in Dutch and English. Previous owner Clem Cramer's bookplate to front pastedown. Modest shelf-wear and -soil to covers and interior with slight loss of paper to cover edges occasional creases to text margins and foxing to text pastedowns endpapers and errata slip; Good. Text explores history of Tibetan temple paintings with a focus on artistic changes throughout time. 87738. Privately Published unknown books
1975réf. 89150Kraków Poland: Wydawnictwo Literackie 1975. Bilingual Edition with text in Russian and French. Octavo 24cm; white cloth-covered boards with decoration stamped in black on front cover; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; 55pp; colorful illustrations. Shelf-wear and -soil with trace foxing to covers and edges of textblock lower edge nudged with slight loss of cloth and crack starting at gutter of p.40/41; Good. Dustwrapper has shelf-wear and -soil with rubbing and tiny tears and chips to extremities; Very Good. Collection of verse includes "Cisza Morska" / "Paix Marine" "Mogily Haremu" / "Les Tombes du Harem" and "Pielgrzym" / "Le Pélerin" and concludes with illustrated poetry. 89150. Wydawnictwo Literackie unknown books
1978réf. 88041Peking: Foreign Language Press 1978. Third Edition. List of Principal Characters laid in. Octavo 21.5cm; white cloth spine over red paper-covered boards with titling stamped in blue and on spine and in black on front cover; dustjacket; vi23-6131pp; black-and-white illustrations throughout. Light rubbing to board edges with foxing to spine and edges of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper has modest shelf-wear and -soil with several tiny nicks and tears; Very Good. Mo's semi-autobiographical novel was first published in 1964 with its film adaptation Qing Chun Zhi Ge 1959 directed by Huaiai Chen and Wei Cui and starring Fang Xie Tai Kang and Zengyin Cao. 88041. Foreign Language Press unknown books
1977réf. 88139New York: Kodansha International/USA Ltd / Harper & Row Publishers Inc 1977. First American Edition. Quarto 26.5cm; brown and black paper-covered boards with titling stamped in black and white on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 78-150pp; colorful and black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Japanese Arts Library 2. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Light rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped with price sticker to front flap and trivial surface wear; Near Fine. Originally published in Japanese as Shozo chokoku volume 10 in the series Nihon no bijutsu 1967 this edition includes the translator's introduction on the history and purpose of a portrait. 88139. Kodansha International/USA Ltd / Harper & Row Publishers, Inc unknown books
1976réf. 89382Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1976. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author and translator this being copy no.197. Octavo 23.75cm; pictorial paper-covered boards and dark orange cloth backstrip with title label mounted to upper spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 89-999pp. Some mild discoloration to backstrip foxing to text edges and board edges; Very Good in a rubbed and cloudy dustjacket. A collection of folk tales featuring the character Hadidan Aharam. MORROW & COONEY 243c. 89382. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
2005réf. 85317New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2005. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 23.25cm; glossy pictorial card wrappers; vi2-4366pp. Some trivial surface wear else very Near Fine. The Japanese author's eighth novel published in the U.S. winner of the World Fantasy Award for 2006. 85317. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
2001réf. 85318New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2001. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22cm; purple and dark orange paper-covered boards titled in black and pink on spine; dustjacket; viii3-2106pp. Hint of foxing to upper edge of textblock else Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $23.00 with a tiny tear to upper rear flap fold. The Japanese author's seventh novel published in the U.S. originally published in Japan in 1999. 85318. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1977réf. 88137New York: Kodansha International/USA Ltd / Harper & Row Publishers Inc 1977. First American Edition. Quarto 26.5cm; maroon and purple paper-covered boards with titling stamped in white and purple on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 78-2013pp; colorful and black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Japanese Arts Library 4. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Light rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped with price sticker to front flap; Near Fine. Originally published in Japanese as JÅdo kyÅga volume 43 in the series Nihon no bijutsu 1969 this edition includes the translator's introduction on the genesis and development of the Pure Land Faith. 88137. Kodansha International/USA Ltd / Harper & Row Publishers, Inc unknown books
1934réf. 87984Paris: Librairie Félix Alcan 1934. Fourth Edition softcover. Octavo 23cm; pale green paper wrappers; glassine dustwrapper; viii4382pp. Some pages of text unopened. Text in French. Tanned with modest shelf-soil and -wear and pencilled to wrappers and first page; Very Good. Glassine dustwrapper is tanned with tiny tears to extremities; Very Good. First published in German as Buddha: Sein Leben seine Lehre seine Gemeinde 1881 this text focuses on the life and efforts of Buddha. 87984. Librairie Félix Alcan unknown books
1997réf. 85266New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1997. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.75cm; tan paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; vi3-2962pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Upper board corners bumped else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $24.00 with some trivial wear and corresponding crinkling at upper flap folds; Near Fine. The Turkish Nobel Prize-winner's third novel. 85266. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
1948réf. 35609Paris: Editions A. & J. Oicard et Cie 1948. New edition completely revised. Paperback. vg. Quarto. 560 2 636 2pp. Uncut. Original printed wrappers with publisher's logo on front covers and title pages. Remarkable history of Ancient Israel from the origins to 135 AD when Romans under Hadrian crushed a second Jewish rebellion for independence in a three-year war. Minor age toning along wrappers. Text in French. Wrappers in overall good to very good interior in very good condition. Editions A. & J. Oicard et Cie paperback books
1991réf. 81976London: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd 1991. Advance proof in printed wrappers. Octavo; 311pp. Mild rubbing to covers else tight and clean - a Very Good copy. An uncorrected proof in certain need of correcting as the author's name is misspelled "Shcoeman" on both cover and title page. A mid-career work by the acclaimed South African novelist originally published in Johannesburg as 'n Ander Land in 1981. Translated from the original Aafrikans by David Schalkwyk. Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd unknown books
1970réf. 89077Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society 1970. Reprint English Language Edition softcover. Quarto 30cm; tan paper wrappers; 88pp; black-and-white illustrations throughout. Modest shelf-wear with tiny loss to paper of upper spine; Very Good. Includes sections on the War of 1669 the Revolt of 1789 and colonial policy in Japanese government. 89077. The American Philosophical Society unknown books
1972réf. 84535New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1972. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 24cm; orange cloth titled in gilt on spine and front cover; grey topstain; map endpapers; dustjacket; xiv34-6224pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $10.00 with light wear to extremities and two tiny tears to crown. Attractive copy of the Nobel Prize-winning author's novel about the defeat of the Imperial Russian Army at the Battle of Tannenberg. 84535. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
2008réf. 89251Kobenhavn and Los Angeles: Green Integer 2008. First Green Integer Edition Bilingual Edition softcover. Small Octavo 15cm; white photographic paper wrappers; 428pp; illus. Text in Italian and English. Green Integer 165. From the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial ownership blind stamped to half-title page. Trivial surface wear else Near Fine. Collection of verse includes "Reattivo per la vedova nera" / "Personality Test for the Black Widow" "Attrezzi di lettura" / "Reading Equipment" and "Una poesia d'amore" / "A Love Poem". 89251. Green Integer unknown books
1973réf. 88020Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica 1973. First Spanish Language Edition No.2533 of 4000 copies. Octavo 24cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and publisher's logo stamped in gilt on front cover; dustjacket; 1011-5173pp; black-and-white illustrations throughout with concluding fold-out illustration. Seccion de Obras de Antropologia. Trace shelf-soil with faint vertical creases to pp.177-182; Very Good. Dustwrapper lightly tanned with trivial surface wear and price sticker to lower rear wrapper; Very Good. German researcher explores the Borgia Group manuscripts and Aztec gods with focus including Chalchiuhtlicue Tlaloc and El Jaguar. 88020. Fondo de Cultura Económica unknown books
1943réf. 84340Cummington Massachusetts: The Cummington Press 1943. First Edition. First Printing one of 430 copies 30 of which were kettered A to DD and signed and the remaining 400 copies were numbered of which this is no.379. Octavo 24.5cm; black cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in red on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; glassine dustwrapper; 28pp. Light sunning to board edges with shelf-soil to covers and soil to rear endpaper; Very Good. Text includes Latin with English translation and introduction by Allen Tate. 84340. The Cummington Press unknown books
1997réf. 88629Paris France: Fayard 1997 1998. First French Edition. Two volume set both paperbacks first published in Russian and English 1991 and 1994. Two Octavo volumes 23.5cm; pictorial paper wrappers; French flaps; 593pp; 619pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations. Text in French. From the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial ownership blind embossed to half-title pages of both volumes. Light shelf-wear and -soil with faint creases to spines; overall both are Very Good. This text established by Elena Tchoukovskaia with prefaces by her and Veniamine Kaverine. Journal entiries of Russian children's author shares his experiences with family works and censorship. 88629. Fayard unknown books
1960réf. 86826Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press 1960. Second Printing. Octavo 24cm; gray cloth-covered boards with titling and blocking stamped in black and red on spine; dustjacket; xxi23-5044pp. Modest rubbing of cloth to front cover and board edges with soil to edges of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper designed by George Lenox price-clipped with modest shelf-wear and rubbing with slight effect to titling two 1" tears to upper spine folds 1" triangular chip to lower front flap fold tiny nicks to panels and tiny tears to extremities; Good. Text includes Volume One "The Overthrow of Tzarism" Volume Two "The Attempted Counter-Revolution" and Volume Three "The Triumph of the Soviets" with a concluding appendix section chronological table and index. 87826. The University of Michigan Press unknown books
1978réf. 86301Berkeley: University of California Press 1978. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 26.25cm; burgundy cloth with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; xxxviii1-3395pp; illus. 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 $20.00 with light surface wear and a small faint scuff to lower spine panel. A substantial collection of verse by the noted Peruvian poet. 86301. University of California Press unknown books
1984réf. 90323London: The Bodley Head 1984. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 22.25cm; black paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xx1-4551pp. Subtle tanning to text edges else Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced £12.95 showing some mild surface wear. Memoir by a former high-ranking official of the Nomenklatura the priviliged sect which ruled the Soviet Union explaining how this class originated as the new beurocracy of the Revolution and how it established itself in power under Stalin. 90323. The Bodley Head unknown books
