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2009Best.-Nr. 727Chestertown Md: Chester River Press 2009. First thus. Hardcover. New/New. Lawrence Avery. New still in publisher's shrink-wrap. This scarce two-volume set of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" a 2009 first edition/first printing is the very definition of a "fine edition" and it might be the very definition of "luxury item" as well. It was published by Chester River Press a firm that specializes in bespoke books that are designed in cooperation with the individual commissioning a publication. In this case that anonymous individual went all out with separate hardcover folio copies for each text with the original Homeric Greek edited by Barry B. Powell Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in parallel columns with the great Alexander Pope translation. Steven Shankman Professor Emeritus at the University of Oregon and UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies Interreligious Dialogue and Peace wrote a two-part introduction that tells the reader first about Homer then about Pope. It may be the illustrations that make these volumes especially distinguished however. Most of the approximately 55 original prints produced by Avery Lawrence are in the form of full-page recreations of red-and-black Greek pottery that illustrate the stories being told.if "recreations" is the right word for images that follow the exacting artistic forms but still spring from Lawrence's imagination. The facing captions provide the applicable quotes for the action being depicted but also the date and even the artist or collector of the vessel used as a prototype. The print is dignified and sized to be easy to read and the paper is sturdy without being overly thick in a cream color that is gentle on the eyes. They are bound in identical black Dutch cloth with differences in their decoration and obviously their lettering but following the same format. "The Iliad" has an ancient Greek plumed helmet in profile stamped in gold on its front cover. A smaller copy of that helmet is at the top of the spine with the publisher's name at the bottom. The title in large Greek letters is between. All are stamped in bright gold. "The Odyssey" is similar in appearance. Instead of a helmet its cover is decorated with an ancient Greek ship and the title is again in Greek lettering. Unlike many books that come in slipcases these volumes have dustjackets made of sturdy glossy black paper. The spines of the dustjackets match the spines of the binding of the volumes only with orange printing instead of gold but the covers are quite different from the covers of the volume bindings. Here the Greek titles are printed in large orange letters with the titles repeated in smaller orange letters beneath along with Homer's and Alexander Pope's names. Shankman's and Lawrence's names are beneath those even smaller again in orange. We have described the text block to some extent above but we did not mention that each volume has a bright gilt top edge and comes with double black and gold satin ribbon bookmarks. The two volumes share a single slipcase and in this case even that slipcase is extraordinary - black sturdy with an attached broad satin ribbon that is serves as a booklift to help take the volumes out without damage. There are also small blocks built into the bottom of the interior of the slipcase that serve as supports for the text blocks so they don't drag on the binding helpful as the volumes are substantive and large: 15"x13"x1.75" to 2". These books won't be easy to cuddle up with but they will be volumes to be treasured as exemplars of the book arts. That is likely why institutions as far afield as the National Library of New Zealand and as prestigious as the Wren Library at Trinity College Cambridge University have copies. Now you can possess one too. Ours are new and still in shrink wrap as delivered by the publisher. See attached photos. Happy to address any questions. For overseas shipments please consult with us on mailing costs. Postage free with the US. Chester River Press hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 49766Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co. Ltd 1895. Connoisseur Edition. One of 25 sets numbered and specially bound this being no.8. Eight octavo volumes 23.75cm; full black crushed morocco spines in six compartments with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spines and triple gilt-ruled border on covers; marbled endpapers; top edges gilt; xiv2255; xiii226-4335; x2384; x239-4475; xii2384; xii2394624; xii2264; xiv227-4764pp with frontispieces and 58 plates. Light wear to joints and extremities touch of dustiness finger-soil and a few scuffs to covers with faint foxing to text edges; contents relatively clean with hinges sound; Very Good. Handsome edition of the French critic and historian's landmark work on English literature published first in France in 1863 and translated into English in 1871. Gebbie published this set in a variety of issues the Connoisseur Edition representing the smallest available limitation. The Gebbie Publishing Co. Ltd unknown
1969Best.-Nr. 38378Northampton Massachusetts: The Gehenna Press 1969. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 34 of 200 copies signed by the famed illustrator and founder of the press Leonard Baskin. Leonard Baskin 1922 - 2000 was an American sculptor draughtsman and graphic artist as well as founder of the Gehenna Press 1942-2000. One of America's first fine arts presses it went on to become "one of the most important and comprehensive art presses of the world" often featuring the work of poets such as Sylvia Plath Ted Hughes Anthony Hecht and James Baldwin side by side with Baskin's bold stark energetic and often dramatic black-and-white prints. Called a "Sculptor of Stark Memorials" by the New York Times Baskin is also known for his wood limestone bronze and large-scale woodblock prints which ranged from naturalistic to fanciful and were frequently grotesque featuring bloated figures or humans merging with animals Wikipedia. Euripides was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles he is one of the three authors of Greek tragedy for whom any plays have survived in full. His play Hippolytos is an Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides based on the myth of Hippolytus son of Theseus. The play was first produced for the City Dionysia of Athens in 428 BC and won first prize as part of a trilogy. The text is extant. This may be one of the most stunning of the many fine works published by this famous press. It is accompanied by a separate folder of ten prints with illustrations taken from the text. Bound in brown cream and black marbled paper boards with a brown leather spine with the author and title names in small gilt letters. The types are Monotype Centaur and Arright. The pressman was the well known printer Harold McGrath. Baskin's etchings were printed from the plates by Emiliano Sorini. In the colophon thanks are given to John Moore of Amherst College George Dimock of Smith College and Wililiam Arrowsmith James Hynd and Thomas Gould of the University of Texas for their comments on the text. The text was taken frin W.S. Barrett's edition of the play as published by the Oxford University Press. Housed in a slipcase that also holds the folder of prints. The slipcase has the same marbled papers that were used on the book.It also has a brown leather spine with the titling in gilt. There are two small stains on the leater spine. Other than that this work is in fine condition. Measores 13 x 20 inches. Unpaginated. PRI/080326. The Gehenna Press hardcover
2012Best.-Nr. 932700Seattle WA: Ouroboros Press / Ars Obscura Bookbinding 2012. NEW / Rosencreutz Edition - Full scarlet leather with raised spine bands gilt title and Rose Cross device. Handmarbled endsheets and silk ribbon bookmark. Limited to 120 copies only. Title in Full - "The Rosicrucian Manifestos : The Foundation Documents Of The Brotherhood Of The Rosy-Cross Being the Fama and Confessio Fraternitatis to which is appended A Letter from the Brothers of R. C. Concerning the Invisible Magical Mountain & the Treasure therein Contained." From the Publisher see image - "Early in seventeenth century Germany two anonymous manuscripts were in circulation which would cause a stir in intellectual and spiritual communities in Europe with calls for reformation and a focus on the Hermetic-Cabalist tradition. The manuscripts were finally printed as the Fama Fraternitatis and Confessio Fraternitatis and told the story of the founding of a mysterious society; the Brethren of the Rosy Cross which eschewed religious dogma and called for the study of Alchemia Magia and Cabala. Considered a ludibrium by many including the supposed author Johann Valentin Andreae who later said he wrote them as a 'youthful jest' the Manifestos nonetheless ignited a firestorm of controversy which resulted in the rise of many forms of Rosicrucianism. Some of these movements have come down to us today in the form of magical orders such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn the Builders of the Adytum or AMORC now based in San Jose California. As the Master Therion wrote in Liber LXI vel Causae concerning purported Rosicrucian manuscripts; "You will readily understand that the genuineness of the claim matters no whit such literature being judged by itself not by its reputed sources." Seventeenth century Europe was expectant of political and religious change as two new stars appeared in firmament as discussed by Johannes Kepler in his De Stella nova in pede Serpentarii; De Stella incognita Cygni which was printed in Prague two years after the stars appeared in 1604. This unique celestial event depicted in the Temple of the Rosy Cross print fortified the call for political and spiritual renewal 'trumpeted' by the manifestos. This invisible college as the Rosicrucian Order was sometimes refered to is represented in the print as a temple on wheels 'under the shadow of the wings of the Lord.' Schweighardt was a supporter of Rosicrucian ideas but he was by no means alone in these endeavours as his reference to Julianus de Campis wielder of the sword shows. Of course there were other supporters such as Michael Maier Robert Fludd and Thomas Vaughan the latter causing to be printed the first English edition of the Manifestos. The Rosicrucian Manifestos describe the early life of Christian Rosencreutz his pilgrimage to the East in search of occult knowledge and his eventual founding of the mysterious Brothers of the Rosy Cross. The enigmatic and axiomatic writing style places the texts firmly into the western esotericism and includes critiques upon the 'closed minds' of society be it political religious or intellectual and includes the legend of the founder CRC and gives very detailed descriptions of the Hidden Symbolical Vault wherein the secrets of the order were secured along with the body of Christian Rosencreutz laid in restful repose under an Everburing Lamp. The appended Letter from the Brothers of R.C. describes the Invisible Magical Mountain of the Adepts how to get there and what to expect while 'visiting'". Limited Edition. Hard Cover/Full Leather/Sewn. New. Illus. by Frontis Portrait of Andreae and 2 Engraved Plates Entirely Reset In Classic Typefaces. Small 8vo - over 7¼" tall. Ouroboros Press / Ars Obscura Bookbinding hardcover
Best.-Nr. 51-5564Paris: Les 100 bibliophiles de France et d'Amérique 1953. 4to. 21.5 x 29cm. Sheets loose as issued in original wraps with woodcuts silk covered chemise and slipcase. One of 147 numbered copies. Some pages with foxing. Monod 10167 ; OCLC Number 459365245.Signed by the artist and bythe Marquise de Lubersac la présidente le la Société des Bibliophiles. Second book published by the „100 bibliophiles“ and last illustrated book by Henri Laurens 1885–1954. Translation and introduction by Anne Green sister of the French-American author Julien Green 1900–1998.Contains 3 translated stories from de "My name is Aram : l'EteÌ du beau cheval blanc; le Voyage à Hanford; le Cirque."LAURENS Henri & SAROYAN William. Contes. In-4 en ff. couv. illustrée par H. Laurens rempliée sous chemise et étui. 11 bois originaux de H. Laurens. Tirage à 147 ex. ; n°74 sur vergé à la cuve signé par l'artiste et la présidente de la Société. Qqs petites rousseurs par endroits à l'intérieur et sur l'emboîtage sinon très bon ex. Paris: Les 100 bibliophiles de France et d'Amérique, 1953 paperback
1972Best.-Nr. 82762Ediciones Poligrafa S. A 1972-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Large format hardcover in jacket with text in Spanish light chip to head of spine of the jacket. All 11 original lithographs are intact. Tight binding no marks. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Ediciones Poligrafa, S. A hardcover
1976Best.-Nr. 2091502135202139Misuzushobo 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 21 Misuzushobo paperback
1927Best.-Nr. 40636Tel Aviv: Devir Dvir 1927. First Hebrew Edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Small Folio. Unpaginated 17pp. White buckram spine over brown boards. Gold leaf debossed lettering on lithographic illustrated plate on front cover. The beautifully produced children's book is the Hebrew language translation of "Der Vogel Wandelbar" by German poet Richard Dehmel originally published in 1923. The book is illustrated with seven gorgeous full-page color lithographs cover image by J. Gleitsmann. The poem uses the image of the bird metaphorically to describe the trials and tribulations of growing up and being handicapped. Text in Hebrew. Binding with some staining to front and back with a 3 x 1/2" stain to upper left corner of front cover and a 1 1/2 x 1/2" stain to upper right corner of back cover. Corners lightly rubbed. Minor water stains to front lithograph else fine. Crease to upper right corner of front cover. Interior with some minor smudges. Binding in overall good- interior in very good condition. Devir (Dvir) hardcover
1791Best.-Nr. 59297Printed For J. Johnson N.72 St. Paul’s Church Yard 1791. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Solid Copy Some Wear and loss At Extremities Generally Very Clean Each Volume Has At The Front Paste Down The Amusing Bookplate Of Lewis Perry Curtis an Apparent Bibliophile and perhaps the Yale Historian of that name. Two Quarto Volumes Contemporary Mottled Calf Gilt Color Decoration And Lettering At Spine Six Compartments with Two with Original Leather Lables Laid Onto Newer Calf Reback Original Covers Have a Gilt Color fern Motif Edging alternating with Tapering Bubble pattern and inner edge with floral and diamond alternating decoration Marbled End Papers. Illiad complete in Vol. I and Odyssey in Vol. I I; ; This Homer Translation is Considered a Classic Contribution to English Speaking Readers Cowper Wrote a Poem The Negro’s Complaint in 1788 as an Anti-Slavery Advocate Printed For J. Johnson, N.72, St. Paul’s Church Yard hardcover
1609Best.-Nr. 625650Ginevra: Apud Iohan 1609. Hardcover. Very Good. Thick 32mo. 8 894pp. 40 index. Contemporary vellum flexible boards with the title faintly written on the spine. Parallel text in Greek and Latin. Boards worn and rubbed some soiling to the page edges pastedowns worn with some contemporary writing in pen minor edgewear to the pages and two pages of the index with tears still very good with the binding sound. Apud Iohan hardcover
1723Best.-Nr. 47525Lugduni Lyon: Jacobum Certe 1723. Editio Novissima New edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Quarto. 20 412 62 table and indices 11 plates 10 folding bound in 1 folding alphabet 11 plates at rear. Full vellum with brown lettering on spine. Title page with publisher's device. Decorative head- and endpieces historiated initials. In this work Bernard Lamy the renowned French Oratorian mathematician and theologian calls in question the historical character of the book of Tobias and book of Judith and maintains that even after the Council of Trent a difference of authority should be recognized between the proto-canonical and deutero-canonical books of the Bible. This study examines also such subjects as the history of the Hebrews and the Holy Land a description of the Tabernacle and Temple a history of the scriptures and a great many tangential matters like the plants animals minerals diseases and customs mentioned in the Bible. This book is exquisitely illustrated with 22 fine copper plate engravings ten of them folding in block one folding plate with Greek and Hebrew alphabet and eleven plates bound at rear. The eleven plates at rear depict animals and plants the others include two maps a plan of Jerusalem a detailed temple plan a priest with garments a rabbi with tefillin and 3 charts of coinage and measurements. Text in Latin. Binding with some wear few small chips slightly wavey some staining and light scuffing at spine. Some parts of book with stains at top margins due to water exposure. Binding in overall good- interior and plates in very good condition. About the author: Bernard Lamy 1640-1715 was a French Oratorian mathematician and theologian. Jacobum Certe hardcover
Best.-Nr. BB110256Two volumes with identical half leather bindings bindings with damages but still attractive. Goldprint and decorations on the spine. In -4 25 x 21 cm. Complete set of two volumes. From the female author Naatje van Streek-Brinkman. With provenance Museum Willem Twee initiated by bookdealer Anthony van Tetroode in The Hague. 12 songs of Virgil's Aneis with explanations Aanteekeningen.First volume with stamp on the flyleaf of Museum Willem Twee 's Gravenhage and the name A.J. van Tetroode. Stamp on the titlepage top right of Bibl. Gymn. Soc. Jesu Amstelodam IHS Jesuits Jezuïeten.Second volume with stamp on the flyleaf of the same former museum but then in French: Musée Guillaume-Deux à La Haye.NL Museum Willem Twee was een museum in Den Haag. Het museum werd opgericht door boekhandelaar Anthony A.J. van Tetroode Toon Tetteroo ook wel Tetterode die een bewonderaar was van deze koning. Het museum was gevestigd aan de Lange Voorhout en werd geopend in 1856 zeven jaar na de dood van de koning. Het museum heeft op die locatie slechts een jaar bestaan. Baron van Brienen kocht in 1858 het perceel en bouwde er een grote woning een paleis dat het latere Hotel Des Indes zou worden. Van Tetroode adverteerde voor zijn commerciële activiteiten met de aanduiding ""Museum Willem Twee"" soms met de Franstalige naam Musée Guillaume-Deux. Wat er gebeurde met de inboedel van het museum is niet bekend.Dichteres Naatje van Streek-Brinkman werd geroemd om haar nauwgezette vertaling van de oorspronkelijke tekst door Virgilius waarbij ze dicht bij de oorspronkelijke tekst bleef. In een recensie uit 1809 in DBNL staat dat zij de oude dichter weer terug gegeven heeft zoals hij is met alle schone vindingen en nu en dan schrik-verhevene beschrijvingen. Vooral de vertaling van het stuk waar Aeneas langs de Italiaanse kunst Sicilië nadert de beschrijving van de vuurbrakende Etna en de bedolven reus Encelades worden geroemd. Naar algemeen oordeel waren de vertalingen van Vondel en Westerbaen niet geheel gelukt en was dit de beste vertaling in het Nederlands. Naatje Brinkman Anna Catharina Brinkman 1760-1828 trouwde 1784 met Coenraad van Streek en berijmde ook de vertaling van de Fransche Catechismus. Ze was in 1800 redactrice van de Constitutioneele opregte Woensd. Bataafsche Courant. Ze gaf in 1804 een roman in 2 delen uit: Charakaters en lotgevallen van Adelson Heloïse en Elius nabootsing van La Nouvelle Heloïse van Rousseau en van de romans van Wolff en Deken. Zij dichtte op de ramp van Leiden 1807 en begroette koning Lodewijk met een welkomstgroet na de watersnood in 1809 en in 1813 De Souvereine Vorst enz. hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 118455Paris : Philippe Gonin 1937 - 1948 - 1950. VIRGILE P. VIRGILIUS MARONIS. - DELILLE Abbé Jacques traduction de. - MAILLOL Aristide illustrations de.Les Géorgiques. P. Virgilii Maronis Georgica. Texte latin et version française de l’Abbé Jacques Delille gravures sur bois d’Aristide Maillol. Tome I et tome II. 2 Volumes. Paris Philippe Gonin1937 - 1948 - 1950 335x250mm édition bilingue : français - latin collation effectuée : titre gravé - 2 pages de titres illustré - 174 pages avec 5 lettrines gravées 7 petites vignettes in texte et 45 gravures sur bois in texte titre gravé - 2 pages de titres illustré - 154 pages avec 5 lettrines gravées et 53 gravures sur bois in texte complet des 120 gravures en feuille couverture rempliée sous chemise demi-parchemin avec emboîtage cartonné. Justification du tirage : J’ai tiré moi-même les gravures à la presse à bras sur les bois qu’Aristide Maillol avait dessinés et gravés de sa propre main. Le texte latin des Géorgiques et la version française de l’abbé Delille collationnés et revus par madame Michel Roussier archiviste paléographe ont été composés avec une fonte nouvelle de caractères du XVème siècle. Le papier créé pour cette édition est de pur chanvre et lin à grandes fibres exempt de produits chimiques. Le livre a été composé à Paris dans la Typographie Dumoulin sous ma direction puis imprimé avec la collaboration de Henry Barthélemy. Philippe GONIN. Un des 750 exemplaires numéroté n.° 463. Hormis rousseurs marginales des pages 6 à 10 du tome II très bel exemplaire. Achevé d’imprimer le 21 mars 1950 premier jour du printemps. For shipments to the U.S.A. with a value exceeding 800 USD VAT is not included. Please contact us via our website if needed. Philippe Gonin unknown
1967Best.-Nr. 023589Madison: The Sixties Press 1967 First printing of the first Sixties Press edition with Spanish/English text. Faint toning to spine and a tiny crimp to bottom front corner else book in fine condition; dust jacket with light toning to spine a tiny closed tear to upper back cover and minute edge wear a touch of rubbing to upper back corner and a tiny nick to upper back cover else fine. A lovely copy. The Sixties Press hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. L3 box59 aStatistical Thermodynamics First English Edition Volume 1: General Foundations; Theory of Gases. By Arnold Münster. Translated by Dr. Veronica Hall and Scitran Scientific Translation Service. Published by Springer-Verlag and Academic Press in 1969. Brown cloth hardcover 692 pp. Springer-Verlag and Academic Press. hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. L3 boxtemp juMichael Maier: Atalante Fugitive 2 edition French Edition. Traduction francaise d'Etienne Perrot. Librairie de Medicis 1970. Hardcover 382 pp. Le tirage de cet ouvrage a ete limite a 500 exemplaires numerotes de 1 a 500 et exemplaires hors commerce. Exemplaire No 392. d'Etienne Perrot wrote and signed on front page. Librairie de Medicis. hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. L3 box754 b1Titi Lvcreti Cari: De Rervm Natvra: Libri Sex Complete Three Volume Set. Edited with Prolegomena Critical Apparatus Translation and Commentary by Cytical Bailey. Volume 1. Prolegomena Text and Critical Apparatus Translation; Volume 2. Commentary Books 1-3; Volume 3. Commentary Books 4-6 Addenda Indexes Bibliography. First published 1947 Oxford University Press at the Clarendon Press Reprinted photographically in Great Britain at the University Press Oxford 1950 from corrected sheets of the first edition. Blue cloth hardcover complete 3 volumes total 1798 pp. Oxford University Press at the Clarendon Press. hardcover
1978Best.-Nr. L3 3vA Dream of Red Mansion Complete Three Volumes. By Tsao Hsueh-Chin and Kao Ngo. English translation from the Chinese by Yang Hsien-Yi and Gladys Yang. First Edition published in 1978 Volume 1 Volume 2 1980 Volume 3 by Foreign Languages Press. Blue cloth hardcover toal 1908 pages: xiv599 pp Volume 1 iv701 pp Volume 2 iv586 pp Volume 3. Foreign Languages Press. hardcover
1868Best.-Nr. L3 box672 b9Oeuvres de Virgile; Traduction nouvelle accompagnee du texte Latin et precedee d'une notice biographique et litteraire. Quatrieme Edition. Tome 1 & Tome 2. Par Emile Pessonneaux. 1868 Charpentier Libraire-Editeur. Partial leather bound hardcover two volumes total 856 pages: 424 pp tome 1 432 pp tome 2. The books are in poor condition but no missing pages. Charpentier, Libraire-Editeur. hardcover
1781Best.-Nr. 1357586London: J. Walker 1781. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xiii 418 pages. In Good condition. Bound in full contemporary leather. Boards show some surface marks to covers cracks to hinges and light wear to edges and corners. Boards slightly shaken binding otherwise tight. Text block has minor age toning and several instances of light staining to edges and light age toning and foxing to pages throughout interiorly. Three plates present and intact. Previous owner bookplate to inside front pastedown: "Ex Libris Julius Friedenwald". An English language translation of Person's Nouveaux elemens d'anatomie raisonnée first published in 1749. MF consignment. Reference: ESTC T114740. 1357586. Special Collections. J. Walker hardcover
1848Best.-Nr. 42797Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman 1848. 1st edition original cloth boards 8vo viii pages 243 242 2 leaves; 24 cm. In Hebrew and English. Hebrew and English on facing pages with duplicate foliation. Singerman 1024. Rosenbach 636 Deinard 959 Goldman-Kinsberg 37. Vinograd Philadelphia 18. The first English translation of the Ashkenazi prayer book published in America. “To unite Ashkenazic Jews in America using different prayer books and to provide them with an error-free text Leeser issued this work the first Ashkenazic prayer book published in America"--Goldman 37. During the mid-19th century IsaacLeeser was the most prominent leader of American Orthodox Judaism and his writings show a defense of traditional Judaism against the changes in doctrine proposed by the growing Reform movement. Starting with Jewish publications in the 1830s Leeser is considered to have laid the foundation for a consistent Jewish printing industry in America. “Practically every form of Jewish activity which supports American Jewish life today was either established or envisaged by this one man” Bertram W. Korn “Isaac Leeser: Centennial Reflections” in American Jewish Archives Vol. XIX 1967 page 136. Hebrew text is chiefly after Rabbi Wolf Heidenheim's celebrated Sapha Berurah. The most recent copy offered at major auction sold for $1250 in 2023. SUBJECTS: Siddurim -- Texts. Judaism -- Liturgy. Prayers and devotions. Ashkenazim. Germany. Poland. OCLC: 13891018. Wear on spine and cover spine internally fixed some pencil marks. Good Condition. A nice solid copy in original binding. BK5 AMR-69-3-. Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman unknown
1973Best.-Nr. 1401039New York: Harper & Row 1973. First U.S. Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 172 pages. In Very Good plus condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine of jacket is dark purple with pink lettering. Dust jacket is sleeved in a protective mylar cover and shows mild shelf wear on covers. Single small closed tears in top and bottom edges of jacket front. Very small area of chipping in top corner of jacket front near spine. Boards show mild rubbing wear and light sunning along bottom edges. Text block shows negligible shelf wear. Inscribed in black ink by Joseph Brodsky to Myra Sklarew on title page: "Joseph Brodsky / For Myra Sklarew from guess who" followed by a small drawing of a heart. Shelved in Room X. Joseph Brodsky was a Nobel-prize winning Jewish Russian-American poet who served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1991-1992. This book is inscribed to Myra Sklarew another Jewish poet and professor who was a prominent figure within the Washington D.C. literary scene alongside Brodsky. 1401039. Special Collections - Downstairs. Harper & Row hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 131772NY: Covici Friede Publishers. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1938 verso. 1st Edition. paperback. 9x12"OVERSIZED". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN fair UNCLIPTS2.50 DUST JACKET. Clean solid bright hardcovers & book. DJ has 1" strip across top edge front panel & dj torn away.removes tops on some of title letters. Back dj panel has 3x3" chip top near spine & 1" chips at back fold of dj. Inner flaps are fine.Bottom DJ spine strip missing 3". OW quite clean book & DJ.with some minor wear along edges of DJ. DRAMATIC DJ COVER PHOTO IS CLEAN & COMPLETE. HAS 2" CLOSED TEAR INTO GREY SKY COMING DOWN FROM WORD IN TITLE "DEATH". ; Tan titles on Black spine & cover boxes.TAN CLOTH HARD COVERS. all very nice as are endpapers and text papers.text is on Matte textured paper not glossy.Inner front gutter & entire binding is very sturdy but does show a bit of coloring due to nature of binding glue.very limited .dj IS NOW UNDER PROTECTIVE VINYL COVER & HAS A MUCH NICER APPEARANCE. ; Classic Cover Photo Of Dying Soldier In White. . Covici Friede Publishers paperback
1962Best.-Nr. 81278New York: George Braziller 1962. First English Language Edition. First Printing. Folio 33.5cm; red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; photo-illustrated endpapers; publisher's dustjacket and original acetate overlay; publisher's slipcase; 1011-2106pp; illus. Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket priced $35 showing some trivial wear at the crown; acetate overlay is a bit wavy else Near Fine; gentle sunning to slipcase extremities else very Near Fine. Pre-eminent modern artist Marc Chagall was nearly 70 when he began working on his first major stained glass projects during the mid-to-late 1950's. In 1959 he was commissioned to create a set of stained glass windows for Abbell Synagogue at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem. Upon completion the Jerusalem Windows enjoyed two short exhibitions in Paris and New York before their permanent installation in the synagogue in 1962. These twelve masterpieces in stained glass each representing one of the twelve tribes of Israel are showcased in this lush folio which also includes two original lithographs Chagall created exclusively for this publication. Readers may observe the development of the windows through a procession of preparatory sketches in pencil ink and watercolor; the final models are represented on full page color plates 36 total. Additional commentary by Jean Leymarie explains the religious significance of each subject as well as Chagall's artistic intentions. An additional chapter details the assembly of the windows themselves and the book concludes with a selection of sketches and paintings related to the project. George Braziller unknown
2010Best.-Nr. 5457Tokyo: Hayakawa Books 2010. First Edition. A key translation by Haruki Murakami of Chandler's sixth novel - the apex of 20th century detective fiction winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1955 and basis for Robert Altman's 1973 film starring Elliott Gould and Sterling Hayden. While Murakami is world-renowned for his fiction and essays he has enjoyed a parallel career doing translation work including translations of Raymond Carver F. Scott Fitzgerald J.D. Salinger Ursula K. LeGuin and Truman Capote. His biographer and primary translator Jay Rubin notes Murakami developed a fondness for hard-boiled literature while attending high school in Kobe devouring works by Chandler Ross Macdonald and Ed McBain and Murakami himself acknowledged his debt to Chandler's influence on his novel A Wild Sheep Chase: "The structure of A Wild Sheep Chase was deeply influenced by the detective novels of Raymond Chandler. I am an avid reader of his books and have read some of them many times. I wanted to use his plot structure in my new novel. This mean first of all that the protagonist would be a lonely city dweller. He would be searching for something. In the course of his search he would become entangled in various kinds of complicated situations. And when he finally found what he was looking for it would already have been ruined or lost. This is obviously Chandler's method and it is what I wanted to use in A Wild Sheep Chase. One West Coast reader saw the connection. Referring to Chandler's The Big Sleep he called my novel The Big Sheep. I felt honoured by this" Rubin Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words p.81. Uncommon one of a few signed copies offered through Japanese bookstores to promote the new translation. Hubin p.76. First Impression. Octavo 15.75cm; pale grayish-green wrappers with titles printed in dark purple; dustjacket and publisher's original wraparound advertising band; 67-64511pp; text is entirely in Japanese. Signed by Murakami in Japanese on the title page directly above his English-language rubber-stamp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket and wraparound band. Hayakawa Books unknown
