1963Best.-Nr. 19987London: Collier-MacMillan Ltd 1963. Hardcover. vg. This is a presentation copy inscribed by the author at free front endpaper in black pen to his friend and Rabbi Marc Stern: "To my ever-faithful friend Marc Stern the Rav the geneolgist the helper magnamimous in lastingf gratitude. Eric W. April 1987." 8vo. xiii. 545 pp. Including index. 1/2 black cloth over beige cloth with blind embossed lettering to cover and silver lettering to spine. Top edge red. Color frontispiece of Felix Mendelssohn. Work on the renowned composer Felix Mendelssohn illustrated throughout with musical notations. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy born as Felix Mendelssohn 1809 – 1847 was a German pianist composer and conductor of the early Romantic period. Born to a notable German- Jewish family he is the grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His work includes concerts oratorios symphonies piano and chamber music. Source: Public Domain. Minor age wear. Very good condition. Collier-MacMillan, Ltd hardcover books

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WOODWARD, Ralph Lee, Jr (text); Jorge Skinner-Klee (translation)ABAA

Rafael Carrera y la Creación de la Republica de Guatemala 1821-1871

2002Best.-Nr. 87026Vermont: Plumsock Mesoamerican Studies 2002. Octavo 25cm; pictorial paper wrappers; xx23-7173pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Text in Spanish. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial ownership stamp embossed to dedication page. Trivial surface wear with light creases to lower margins; Very Good. Explores life and efforts of previous president of Guatemala Rafael Carrera with focus including the Revolution of 1848 and El Salvador. 87026. Plumsock Mesoamerican Studies unknown books

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Gorey, Edward; Hildesheimer, Wolfgang [Translation]ABAA

LA CHAUVE-SOURIS DORÉE

1969Best.-Nr. 1411993Zürich: Diogenes 1969. First German Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 46 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Volume with white paper boards and black titling to spine. Jacket is black with white titling wrapped in a new archival mylar sleeve. Jacket shows moderate wear with scuffing to covers and along joints rubbing along edges and shallow chipping at the fore corners. Boards are lightly worn with toning along top and bottom edges. Slant to spine. Text block is lightly toned along edges with a small stain on the fore edge. Interior is lightly age toned with sparse scattered stains throughout. Shelved in Case 3. Toledano A-82 #26048. 1411993. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Diogenes hardcover books

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Hsingyuan, Tsao (translation)ABAA

Transforming Pictures: Contemporary Representing of Traditional Thoughts

2009Best.-Nr. 127534Beijing China: Foreign Language Press 2009. First. Softbound. VG some light wear to edges. Light gray french flaps with white titling 252pp approx. 162 color and monotone illustrations. Text in Chinese and English. Exhibition catalog; a thoughtful monograph involving several Chinese artists and the concept that their work imitates Western art because it has to not through natural artistic progression. Each plate is annotated; includes artist biographies and notes in translation. Very interesting. Foreign Language Press paperback books

Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB · Vereinigte Staaten80,00 $≈ 71,47 €

Schmitt,Jean-Claude; Fagan, Teresa Lavender (Translation)ABAA

Ghosts in the Middle Ages; The Living and the Dead in Medieval Society

1998Best.-Nr. CNJL2583Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing large octavo size 290 pp. From the jacket flap: "Schmitt examines medieval religious culture and the signficance of the widespread belief in ghosts asking who returned to whom from where in what form and why." ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full black cloth over boards gilt lettering on the spine a short section of reproductions of artwork mostly in colour; large octavo size 9 1/4" by 6 1/4" 290 pp. Dust jacket with summary of the book on the both flaps and short author bio on back flap. ___CONDITION: Volume fine the boards clean straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean as new. Dust jacket also fine clean and without wear. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note the following: i additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details; and ii any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The University of Chicago Press hardcover books

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SAINTE-SOLINE, Claire [pseud Nelly Fouillet] (novel); Louise W Baur (translation from French)ABAA

Mountain Top

1939Best.-Nr. 83862New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1939. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20cm; light red cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in black on spine and front cover; red topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; 238pp. Lightly sunned with light publication errors to preliminary pages; Very Good. Dustwrapper has dust-soil and light rubbing tiny chips and tears to spine ends corners and extremities and 0.5" tear to lower front panel; Very Good. First published in France as Le Haut de Seuil the collection of short fiction contains 10 stories and includes "The Toads" "At the Inn of the Golden Chamois" and "A Visit". 83862. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown books

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VASSILIEV, Alexandre; Antonina W Bouis and Anya Kucharev (translation from Russian to English)ABAA

Beauty in Exile: The Artists Mideks and Nobility Who Fled the Russian Revolution and Influenced the World of Fashion

2000Best.-Nr. 85138New York: Harry N Abrams Inc. Publishers 2000. Quarto 31.5cm; cream cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and blind embossed to spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; 48pp; black-and-white photographic halftones illustrations to frontispiece and throughout. Remainder mark to upper edge of textblock light rubbing to board edges and tiny marginal mark to p.394; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped priced $60.00 with sticker residue to front panel trivial surface wear and creases to extremities; Very Good. Sections include "Russian Fashion During World War I and the Great Exodus" "The Tao House of Fashion" and "Russian Beauties of the 1930s and 1940s" with photographs throughout. 85138. Harry N, Abrams, Inc., Publishers unknown books

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Velpeau, Alf A L M; Meigs, Ch D [Translation]ABAA

AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON MIDWIFERY: OR PRINCIPLES OF TOKOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY

1831Best.-Nr. 1414564Philadelphia: John Grigg 1831. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 4 xix 2 18- 584 pages. In Good condition. In full brown leather binding; black leather label with gilt titling to spine. Scuffing to boards with rubbing along all edges and at the fore corners. Some peeling to leather along the top board edges. Significant scuffing along spine. Text block is moderately toned and worn with scattered foxing. Lighter age toning and variable foxing throughout. Penciling and small bookplate on front endpaper. Tidemarks in gutters of endpapers and on bottom edges of p. 541 through the end of the book. Ownership inscription on title page. Leaves of p. iii-v are somewhat loose. Shelved in Room F. 1414564. Special Collections - Upstairs. John Grigg hardcover books

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[MUSIL, Robert] WILKINS, Sophie (translation); Burton Pike (editorial consultant; translation)ABAA

Robert Musil The Man Without Qualites. Volume I: A Sort of Introduction Pseudoreality Prevails with Volume II: Into the Millennium 2 volume set

1995Best.-Nr. 87125New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc. / Borzoi Book 1995. Third Printing two-volume boxed set. Two octavo volumes 22cm; black cloth spine over black paper-covered boards with titling stamped in gray; dustjackets; slipcase; x34-7251pp; xi730-17746pp; black-and-white photographic frontipiece portraits. This set is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to the front pastedown of the first volume only. Both volumes in Fine condition. Both dustwrappers designed by Chip Kidd and Barbara de Wilde in Fine condition. Publisher's photographic slipcase designed by Barbara de Wilde and Chip Kidd has trivial surface wear with light peeling to adhesive of paper title label to top edge; Very Good. This is a complete two-volume set of Musil's unfinished novel which includes three parts and many drafts. Volume I includes his "A Sort of Introduction" and "Pseudoreality Prevails" while Volume II concludes with his "Into the Millennium The Criminals" with this edition translated from the German to English by Burton Pike and Sophie Wilkins. 87125. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. / Borzoi Book unknown books

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BLUM, Dieter (photographs); Leopold Senghor (foreword); Gisela Bonn (text); Lu Fenton (translation)ABAA

Africa

1976Best.-Nr. 88588New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc 1976. First English Language Edition. Folio 43cm; brown cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover and photographic paper to front cover; illustrated map endpapers; publisher's folding chemise with cloth edges over pebbled paper-covered boards and titling and illustration stamped in gilt; 45-208pp; colorful photographic illustrations. Trace shelf-soil with light rubbing to cloth of corners; Very Good. Publisher's chemise lacking one of its two leather ties with light shelf-wear and rubbing to extremities; Very Good. Photography collection from Blum's travels in Africa including those taken in Cameroon Uganda and Ethiopia. 88588. Harry N. Abrams, Inc unknown books

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BUTOR, Michel (novel); Jean Stewart (translation)ABAA

Passing Time

1960Best.-Nr. 84075New York: Simon and Schuster Inc 1960. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; red cloth spine over gray paper-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; 310pp; illus. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown with dampstain to lower edge of textblock extending to lower margin of text pages; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped priced $3.95 with modest shelf-wear and soil tanning to spine panel and flaps dampstain to base of spine with tiny tears and rubbing to spine ends and extremities; Good. Originally published in French as L'emploi du Temps 1957 and written in diary format as a French clerk navigates work in an English industrial city and gains interest in a detective story. 84075. Simon and Schuster, Inc unknown books

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GORKY, Maxim (play); Oliver M Sayler (editor; introduction); Jenny Covan (English translation)ABAA

The Lower Depths: A Drama in Four Acts

1922Best.-Nr. 84924New York: Brentanos Publishers 1922. First American Edition. Early English translation preserving original Russian meaning. Octavo 19.5cm; tan marbled paper-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in black and red on front cover; red topstain; fore- and lower-edges untrimmed; dustjacket; 89pp; black-and-white photographic halftone and illustrations to frontispiece and in text on glossy paper. The Moscow Art Theatre Series of Russian Plays. Light tanning to spine and board margins; Very Good. Dustwrapper detached completey at front spine fold with 0.5" chip to upper spine panel titling laid in 4.5" tear to front flap fold tanned tiny nicks dampstain to front panel and tiny chips and creases to extremities; Good. Written and produced in 1902 Gorky's first major success explores Russian social realism with characters including a young thief a street-walker and a cap-maker. 84924. Brentanos Publishers unknown books

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Gruger, Heribert & Johannes Gram-Swing, Betty {translation}ABAA

THE SING SONG PICTURE BOOK

1931Best.-Nr. 011961Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fine copy. Amazingly well preserved. Pictorial cover is trope of pygmy Blacks referring to the Ten Little Savages; the white children inside get more docile treatment. La plus c'est change. J. B. Lippincott hardcover books

Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB · Vereinigte Staaten95,00 $≈ 84,87 €

JOKAI, Maurus (text); R Nisbet Bain (translation); JW Kennedy (illustrations) J WABAA

Midst the Wild Carpathians: A Novel

1898Best.-Nr. 88210Boston: L. C. Page and Company 1898. Early Reprint of First English-language edition Authorized Verison. Octavo 19cm; brown cloth-covered boards with titling and illustrations stamped in black red and green on spine and front cover; xvi12-26323-8pp; frontispiece illustration. Modest shelf-wear with soil to covers and edges of textblock light foxing to endpapers and pastedowns and 1.5" tears to pp.247-250 with slight effect to text; Good. First published in Hungarian as Erdely Aranykora Bain's English translation of Jokai's historical fiction novel explores Transylvania Romania during the late 17th-century. 88210. L. C. Page and Company unknown books

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JOLY, Francoise (coordinating ed); Cornelia Barth (ed); Brian Holmes (English ed; translation)ABAA

Politics-Poetics: Documenta X - The Book

1997Best.-Nr. 88608Ostfildern-Ruit: Cantz Verlag 1997. First English Trade Edition with U.S. distribution by Distributed Art Publishers. Quarto 28cm; silver textured boards with titling stamped in black to spine and front cover; dustjacket; 830pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and colorful illustrations. Trace soil to front lower board edge else Near Fine. Dustwrapper has trace shelf-soil and light shelf-wear with surface scratches; Very Good. Group of images and documents from 1945-1997 discuss the relationship between art and politics and concludes with essays and interviews. Translation from French by Brian Holmes and Charles Penwarden. 88608. Cantz Verlag unknown books

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KONRAD, Gunter and Ursula (editors); John Southard (translation); Petrus Goo, Klaus Helfrich, (et al) (contributors)ABAA

Asmat: Myth and Ritual Art The Inspiration of Art

1996Best.-Nr. 85866Venice Italy: Erizzo Editrice / Amilcare Pizzi 1996. First English Language Edition. Folio 35cm; black cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations blind embossed to spine and front cover; dustjacket; 1213-4551pp; illustrated map endpapers; colorful and black-and-white photographic halftone illustrations throughout. The Organization for the Advancement of Nigerians OAN NYC sticker to lower rear endpaper. Faint shelf-soil with light rubbing to lower corners; Very Good. Dustwrapper has trivial surface wear with faint scratches to rear panel and light rubbing of paper to spine panel and corners; Very Good. Contributions include Gunter Konrad's "Twenty-Five Years of Asmat" Alphonse A. Sowada's "Sago and Sago Larvae in Rituals" and Dirk A. M. Smidt's "Innovation in Asmat Art and its Presentation in Museums" with photographs throughout and a concluding bibliography. 85866. Erizzo Editrice / Amilcare Pizzi unknown books

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LEBLANC, Maurice (novel); Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (translation); G W Gage (illustration)ABAA

The Three Eyes

1921Best.-Nr. 84330New York: The Macaulay Company 1921. First American Edition. Octavo 19cm; red cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in black on spine and front cover; 315pp; frontispiece illustration. Spine-tanned with shelf- and finger-soil to covers and light rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Lacking dustjacket. Also published as Les Trois Yeux the French author's science fiction novel explores a secret organization called The Three Eyes. 84330. The Macaulay Company unknown books

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MacDougalll, W B (decorated by). Fitzgerlad, Edward (translation)ABAA

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYAM THE ASTRONOMER POET OF PERSIA RENDERED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY EDWARD FITZGERALD

1898Best.-Nr. 012460London: Macmillan 1898. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good. First edition with MacDougall's bold Arts & Crafts decorations. Elaborately gilt-decorated green cloth 4to unpaginated title page in red and black the rest in black. Green cloth faded covers worn and stained at upper corners with 2" loss over lower spine internals fine. 1908 gift inscription ffe. Solid reference copy. William Brown Macdougall 1868 - 1936 was a Scottish artist wood engraver etcher and book illustrator whose motifs reflected influence of Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts. Macmillan hardcover books

Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB · Vereinigte Staaten95,00 $≈ 84,87 €

Marinos of Neapolis; Al N Oikonomides (Translation, Introduction, Bibliography by)ABAA

The Extant Works Or The Life of Proclus And The Commentary On The Dedomena of Euclid. Greek text with facing English or French translation Testimonia De Vita Marini. An Introduction and Bibliography

1977Best.-Nr. 26477Chicago: Ares Publishers Inc. 1977. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. XVI 107 5pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine. Printer's device on double title-page. For centuries works on Marinus have been studied separately because no edition included them all in one volume. ARES issues the first edition of Marinus ever printed. The Life of Proclus appears in this edition with the Greek text and the English translation. The Commentary on the Dedomena of Euclid appears in both the Greek text as edited by H. Menge and the French translation with commentary by M. Michaux. Minor age wear on binding with head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Minor age-toning on spine. Text in Greek English and French.Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Ares Publishers Inc. hardcover books

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Nettlau, Max; translation and introduction by lf [Luce Fabbri] l fABAA

Saverio Merlino; Traduzione e introduzione di l.f.

1948Best.-Nr. 256766Montevideo: Studi Sociali 1948. 35p. stapled wraps 5.5x7.5 inches evenly toned wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Text in Italian. Edizioni Studi Sociali; No. 2. On Italian anarchist Francesco Saverio Merlino. Studi Sociali unknown books

Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB · Vereinigte Staaten95,00 $≈ 84,87 €

Ovid; Eric Fraser (illustrator); BP Moore (Translation) B PABAA

Ars Amatoria: The Art of Love SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR NEW IN PUBLISHER'S SHIPPING BOX

1971Best.-Nr. 54639Mt. Vernon New York: Limited Editions Club 1971. Limited edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's shipping box. 1/1500. Octavo 6½" x 8½" xii 117 1pp. White vellum stamped in gold with a drawing by Eric Fraser. Original glassine wrap and publisehr's gilt golden slipcase. This edition features a translation introduction and notes by B.P. Moore accompanied by 20 black-and-white part-page and 10 two-color full-page pen-and-ink drawings by Eric Fraser. The book is bound in full imported natural vellum over heavy beveled boards with a Cupid design stamped in pure gold leaf on both covers and gold lettering on the spine. It is limited to 1500 numbered copies each signed by the artist and includes a monthly letter laid in. Copy number 60/1500. Signed by Eric Fraser on colophon in rear. Limited Editions Club hardcover books

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PAMUK, Orhan (novel); Ekin Oklap (translation)ABAA

Nights of Plague Signed

2022Best.-Nr. 85322New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2022. First American Edition. Octavo 24.5cm; red paper spine over black paper-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 683pp; illus. Signed by author on title page. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper designed by Chip Kidd unclipped priced $34.00 with trivial surface wear and vertical crease to rear panel; Very Good. First published in Turkey as Veba Geceleri Pamuk's novel is set on the island of Mingheria and includes a murder mystery during a bubonic plague outbreak. 85322. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books

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PAMUK, Orhan (text); Robert Finn (translation)ABAA

Silent House Signed

2012Best.-Nr. 85324New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2012. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 24cm; maroon cloth spine over gray paper-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 334pp. Signed by author with 10.22.2012 date inked to title page. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper designed by Chip Kidd unclipped priced $26.95 with light wear to spine ends else Near Fine. First published in Turkey as Sessiz Ev 1983 Pamuk's second novel alternates point-of-view between characters and is set in Cennethisar. 85324. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books

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SAINE, Uc (text); Homer Ridnaut (translation; preface)ABAA

The Legend of Ermengarde

1929Best.-Nr. 84595Paris: Edward W. Titus 1929. Limited Edition. One of 250 numbered copies intended for subscribers of which this is no.134 softcover. Octavo 21cm; tan paper wrappers; fore- and lower-edge untrimmed; 16pp; illus. Some pages of text unopened. Spine-tanned with crown lightly nudged and trace foxing to covers and interior; Very Good. Homer's translation of Saine's single manuscript which may have been created as late as the fourteenth century. 84595. Edward W. Titus unknown books

Lorne Bair Rare Books · Vereinigte Staaten95,00 $≈ 84,87 €

STASIUK, Andrzej (novel); Bill Johnston (translation)ABAA

Nine: A Novel Signed

2007Best.-Nr. 85841Orlando: Harcourt Inc 2007. First English Language Edition. First Printing. With publisher's request for review autographed on rear of publisher's compliments card laid in. Octavo 21.5cm; orange paper-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and blind embossed to front cover; dustjacket; 229pp. Signed by author on title page. Designed by Linda Lockowitz. Light wear to spine ends else Near Fine. Dustwrapper designed by Jennifer Jackson unclipped priced $23.00 with trivial surface wear else Near Fine. First published as Dziewięć 1999 with this English translation published simultaneously in the U.K. by Harvill Secker Stasiuk's novel includes crime and disaster in Warsaw Poland. 85841. Harcourt, Inc unknown books