444 résultats
1972réf. 83420London: Calder and Boyars Ltd 1972. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 20cm; brown cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 67-1671pp. Heel bumped with faint sticker residue to front pastedown; Good. Dustwrapper designed by Christopher Cresey from a collage by Weiss is price-clipped with modest shelfwear and dust-soil and tiny chips to base of spine; Very Good. Originally published in Germany by Suhrkamp Verlag as Gesprach Der Drei Gehenden 1963 and Der Schatten Des Korpers Des Kutchers 1960. 83420. Calder and Boyars Ltd unknown books
2006réf. 86039New York: The Modern Library / Random House Inc 2006. Advance uncorrected proofs copy softcover. Octavo 20.5cm; pictorial paper wrappers; 202pp. Trace sticker residue to front wrapper with tiny spot of faint soil to right edge of textblock; Very Good. First published in its English translation by E.P. Dutton 1924 with the original Russian text published later 1952 Zamyatin's dystopian novel focuses on a spacecraft engineer. 86039. The Modern Library / Random House Inc unknown books
1983réf. 55614Middletown CT: Wesleyan University Press 1983. First Edition. First Printing a review copy with two pages of the publisher's review materials stapled folded and laid in. Octavo 22.5cm; hunter green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; viii3377pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $25.95 with some trivial external wear and a faint diagonal crease to lower front flap. ".a meditative-narrative mosaic of Jewish experience" centered around man's relation to the world. Wesleyan University Press unknown books
1935réf. 010722Kanda: Hokuseido Press 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo blue linen paper label front and spine gte map endpapers 236p 20p. Spine label soiled and chipped. Gift inscription dated 1938 on half title. Hokuseido Press hardcover books
1967réf. 280650Nendelin / Liechtenstein: Kraus / The Hakluyt Society 1967. Hardcover. cviii 292p. lacks any illustrations or maps photo-reproduced text done somewhat clumsily hardbound in the Hakluyt style: light blue cloth boards gilt quite a nice copy with a little external handling grime to spine panel entirely sound clean and unmarked within a very good copy of the Kraus reprint. Kraus by the way worked closely in conjunction with The Society. Second series no. IX reprint. Kraus / The Hakluyt Society hardcover books
1918réf. 1414873New York: William Wood & Company 1918. Hardcover. Octavo xii 317 pages. In Very Good condition. In full blind stamped green cloth binding with gilt titling to spine. Some scuffing and wear to boards. Rubbing along edges and at corners. Light bumping to the fore corners. Some splitting to cloth at the head. Text block is moderately toned and worn along edges. Dust soiling to top edge. Light age toning throughout. Small label from former seller and ink ownership inscription on front pastedown. Very faint tidemarks in gutters of early pages. Shelved in Room F. 1414873. Special Collections - Upstairs. William Wood & Company hardcover books
1981réf. 47040New York: Columbia University Press 1981. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; blue cloth with titles stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; xx300pp. Tiny ink rubber-stamp on front pastedown a few marginal notes in light pencil with light wear to spine ends; Very Good or better. Dustjacket is price-clipped shelfworn gently spine-sunned with some creasing at upper edge of front panel and front flap; Very Good. A hard-edged critique of the Soviet regime and the totalitarian legacy of its founders. Columbia University Press unknown books
1965réf. 9011570New York: Abrams 1965. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The acetate dust jacket has minor chips. Abrams hardcover books
2016réf. 88568New York: Rizzoli International Publicaions Inc 2016. First American Edition. First Printing following First Edition published in Milan 1984 and Rizzoli's 2016 Italian publication. Folio 35cm; pictorial cloth hardcover; unpaginated; illus. From the library of noted zoologist and marine biologist James Glen Mead with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Trace shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good. Similar to Serafini's previous artist book Codex Seraphinianus with this text including the Neapolian character Pulcinella and comic illustrations. 88568. Rizzoli International Publicaions, Inc unknown books
1969réf. 85415New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc. / Borzoi Book 1969. First American Edition. Octavo 22cm; green cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in metallic light green purple and orange; purple topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 550pp. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper designed by Paul Bacon unclipped priced $6.95 lightly tanned with 0.5" triangular chip to upper front panel 1" closed tear to lower front panel and 0.5" tear to upper rear spine fold; Very Good. First published in Portuguesse as Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos 1966 Amado's novel received a Brazilian film adaptation 1976 directed by Bruno Barreto which starred Sǒnia Braga José Wilker and Mauro Mendonça. 85415. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. / Borzoi Book unknown books
1967réf. 86679Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1967. Second Printing. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's black buckram spine over blue boards titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. xv; 1; 662pp.Very light wear to edges and extremities strong and tight; internally clean and fresh; in a strong handsome dustjacket with a little marginal wear and scuffing with some minor sunning to the spine. A very good copy indeed. The Bollingen Series #XXXVI an academic attempt to follow the thread of Western culture through ancient antiquity to more modern times concentrating on the alterational and concretizing nature of Medieval Latin interpretations of literature from earlier times. Princeton University Press unknown books
1899réf. 163806Boston: Little Brown 1899. Hardcover. Good. Good Rear hinge cracked and re-glued spine ends and panel corners bumped and rubbed cloth on spine and panels rubbed--faded and soiled large round stain on front cover some very light water stains on edges of some pages outer edges of pages roughly cut and lightly worn with some very short tears light browning of page edges some light smudgy soiling on pastedowns and end papers red cloth with yellow stamping top page ends gilded gold. Little, Brown hardcover books
1956réf. 87975Kolkata India: University of Calcutta 1956. Authorised English translation edition Second Edition softcover. Octavo 24cm; pale green paper wrappers; xvi12-250pp. Title is cut from title page and laid in with tape adhered previously attached to spine. Lightly tanned with modest shelf-wear trace soil and tape residue to spine; Good. Glassine dustwrapper lightly tanned with trace soil; Very Good. First published in German as Pali Literatur und Sprache 1943 this English translation includes a preface by the translator. Sections are on Pali Literature and grammar with attention to phonology word formation and unmodified roots. 87975. University of Calcutta unknown books
1991réf. 561696Alice Goodman 1991. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 34pp. Stapled wrappers. Small sticker offsetting on rear wrapper else fine. "A new translation by Alice Goodman commissioned by Glyndebourne for the production directed by Peter Sellars 1991. Alice Goodman unknown books
1991réf. 164877London: Faber and Faber 1991. First UK Edition. A collection of the author's film reviews initially penned under the nom de plume G. Cain. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has a small chip on the right edge of the rear panel and light toning overall. Faber and Faber unknown books
1987réf. 88138New York: Kodansha International/USA Ltd / Harper & Row Publishers Inc 1987. First American Edition. Quarto 26.5cm; green and black paper-covered boards with titling stamped in white on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 67-204pp; colorful and black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Japanese Arts Library 15. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Lower corners gently nudged with 1" scratch to front cover and light rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped priced $29.95 with 2" tear to front wrapper and trivial surface wear; Good. Originally published in Japanese as MikkyÅga volume 33 in the series Nihon no bijutsu 1969 this edition includes the translator's introduction on the Esteric tradition. 88138. Kodansha International/USA Ltd / Harper & Row Publishers, Inc unknown books
réf. 84923New York: Harcourt Brace and Company n.d. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo 23.5cm; peach stapled paper wrappers; ii211pp. Light creases and tiny tears to upper front wrapper with tiny tears to lower front wrapper and margins; Very Good. Text includes addresses by Erik Axel Karlfeldt and Sinclair Lewis. As the first writer in the U.S. to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature Lewis explores Americans' gradual ability to receive criticism and the positive effect it can have on the writing community. 84923. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown books
1932réf. 84456London: Cassell & Company Limited 1932. Octavo 19.5cm; black cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and blind ruling to front cover; 309pp. Shelf-soil to boards with rubbing to board edges and trace foxing to edges of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper spine-faded with nicks to spine panel and rear flap fold 2" tear and soil to front panel and tiny chips tears and creases to extremities; Good. Collection of essays organized into "Part 1: England and Other Matters" "Part II: Present and Futures" and "Part III: America" with journal accounts and advice given to Frenchmen. 84456. Cassell & Company Limited unknown books
1981réf. 88597Córdoba México: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia / SEP 1981. Quarto 32cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and illustration stamped in gilt on front cover; dustjacket; ii89-1882pp; colorful illustrations. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. A Near Fine copy. Dustwrapper has trivial surface wear else Near Fine. Explores the Coyolxauhqui with discussed artifacts including conch shells carved miniature fish and serpents. 88597. Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia / SEP unknown books
1995réf. 349429St. Petersburg: Pushinsky Fond 1995. 270p. text in English illustrated throughout by b&w dance photos illustrated endpapers introduction memoirs by various dancers and choreographers articles from the Soviet Press roles performed first edition hardcover bound in brown buckram cloth and gilt lightly-worn dust jacket. Pushinsky Fond unknown books
réf. 28731New York: Bloch Publishing Co 5705. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. XXIII XXXVI 80 VI 110 X 190 8 4pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on covers and spine. The Mishnah is the core text of rabbinic literature second only to the Hebrew Bible as the basic text of rabbinic Judaism. This edition contains the complete tractates of Berakoth Peah and Demai in the original Hebrew with an excellent English translation. Minor shelf wear. Text in Hebrew and English. Binding and interior in overall good to very good condition. Bloch Publishing Co hardcover books
2003réf. 89250Kobenhavn and Los Angeles: Green Integer 2003. Bilingual Edition softcover. Small Octavo 15cm; white photographic paper wrappers; 407pp. Text in Italian and English. The Marjorie G. Perloff Series of International Poetry. From the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his inked ownership to half-title page. Trivial surface wear with trace soil to right edge of textblock; Very Good. Collection of verse includes "Simone e Giovanna" / "Simone and Giovanna" "Tappa e ricovero" / "Stop and Shelter" and "San Sebastiano" / "Saint Sebastian". 89250. Green Integer unknown books
1971réf. 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
1971réf. 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
1988réf. 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
