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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
1953réf. 88242Paris: Éditions du Seuil 1953. First French Edition. Softcover. Octavo 19cm; pictorial paper wrappers; fore-edge untrimmed; 120pp. Publisher's purple wrap-around band laid in. Text in French. Some pages of text unopened. Soil and foxing to spine with light ripple effect to wrappers; Very Good. Laid in wrap-around band is torn into two pieces with tiny chips and tears; Good. Collection of essays with themes of Catholicism. 88242. Éditions du Seuil unknown books
1984réf. 88227New York: St. Martin's Press 1984. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 222pp; map illustration. Light shelf-wear with faint creases to upper margins; Very Good. Dustwrapper designed by Michael Booth unclipped priced $12.95 with mild shelf-wear and light rubbing to extremities; Very Good. First published in German 1981; this translation originally appeared in Great Britain in 1982. Science fiction featuring time travel and a battle for world domination. A nice copy of Jeschke's first published novel. 88227. St. Martin's Press unknown books
1898réf. 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
1971réf. 88333New York: Praeger Publishers Inc 1971. First English Language Edition. Octavo 23cm; black cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; 67-210pp; black-and-white photographs throughout with concluding fold-out of photo credits. Light shelf-wear with previous ownership inked to front endpaper; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped priced $12.50 with modest shelf-wear light peeling to lamination 1" tear to upper spine fold and tiny tears and chips to extremities; Very Good. German art historian focuses on artwork of the 1960s including underground film living theater dance and conceptual art. 88333. Praeger Publishers, Inc unknown books
1986réf. 88358n.p.: Privately Published 1986. Softcover with A.L.s. dated 1986 from translator laid in. Quarto 28cm; yellow paper wrappers with mylar overlay to front wrapper; printed on recto only; 112pp. Trivial surface wear else Near Fine. Collection of verse by Sutzkever and Manger translated to English by Wolfe includes "Song About an Ant" "I Know Now the Taste" "On the Kolomay Station" and "In the Smoke of My Grandfather's Pipe". This is a typed manuscript sent in advance to Nathaniel Tarn the noted poet translator and anthropologist 1928-2024. The laid-in letter discusses this work requested by Tarn and Wolfe's plans for them to meet again soon. 88358. Privately Published unknown books
2012réf. 88610Ostfildern Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag 2012. First Edition. Publisher's bilingual catalog order form laid in. Quarto 28.5cm; green paper-covered boards with titling stamped in black to spine and front cover; 767pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations. Modest shelf-soil with light wear; Very Good. First of three volumes of dOCUMENTA 13 preceding The Logbook and The Guidebook. This catalog includes essays by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Chus Martinez and information on art exhibition held in Kassel. 88610. Hatje Cantz Verlag unknown books
1973réf. 88509Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1973. First Edition Thus. First Printings. Two octavo volumes 21cm; light gray cloth blocked and titled in black and gilt on spines; dustjackets; viii1-3813; xii23-8502pp; with parallel text in Italian and English. From the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with Vol.2 bearing his neat pencil markings and notations throughout the text. Vol.1 is Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $30.00 with some light wear along the upper edge and the errata sheet laid in. Vol.2 has a bit of a reverse lean some softening to spine ends light finger-soil to text edges; Very Good in a VG unclipped dustjacket gently spine-sunned edgeworn lightly dust-soiled with tiny nicks to spine ends. Singleton's translation of Purgatorio with Vol.1 containing the text and translation and Vol.2 containing commentary. Part of the Bollingen Series. 88509. Princeton University Press 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
1970réf. 88508Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1970. First Edition Thus. First Printings. Two octavo volumes 20.75cm; dark gray cloth blocked and titled in black and gilt on spines; dustjackets; viii1-3822; xii23-6831pp foldout map; with parallel text in Italian and English. From the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate mounted to front pastedown of Vol.2 and that volume bearing his neat pencil markings and notations throughout the text. Near Fine in Very Good dustjackets unclipped priced $25.00 lightly edgeworn and dust-soiled spines gently sunned with a few tiny tears and creases and a few faint splash marks. Singleton's translation of Inferno with Vol.1 containing the text and translation and Vol.2 containing commentary. Part of the Bollingen Series. 88508. Princeton University Press unknown books
1976réf. 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
1954réf. 88651St. James's Place London: Collins 1954. Octavo 20cm; navy blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; illustrated map endpapers; dustjacket; 511pp. Light shelf-wear with trace foxing to edges of textblock and faint off-setting to endpapers; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped priced 15s net with modest shelf-wear foxing and tiny tears to extremities; Good. Originally published in two parts as Röde Orm 1941 and 1945 and later received an Anglo-Yugoslav film adaptation 1964 directed by Jack Cardiff. 88651. Collins unknown books
1997réf. 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
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
1968réf. 88645Middletown CT: Wesleyan University Press 1968. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22cm; dark gray cloth with titles stamped in silver and orange on spine; dustjacket; 1011-112pp. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dustjacket priced $4.50 with some very light wear to extremities. Buccheim's book addresses totalitarian rule as it has risen and fallen in the 20th century. "Drawing its examples largely from Hitler's Germany and Communist Russia with some consideration of the less-than-totalitarian Fascist Italy it leads through specific events to broad principles that may be applied to any political-social system anywhere" from front flap. 88645. Wesleyan University Press unknown books
1930réf. 88744New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1930. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22.25cm; black cloth with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; yellow topstain; decorative endpapers; dustjacket; vi23-314pp with color pictorial frontispiece of Xerxes and black & white illustrations and vignettes throughout. Slight forward lean touch of dust-soil to topstain and spine; contemporary owner's ink name and date 1932 to upper front endpaper and on p.3; Very Good and sound. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $3.00 edgeworn spine-sunned and lightly dust-soiled with several tiny nicks tears and attendant creases and faint foxing on verso; Very Good or better. Fictionalized biography of ancient Persian king Xerxes I by noted Dutch novelist and poet Couperus 1863-1923. Originally published in 1919 under the title Xerxes of de hoogmoed. 88744. Farrar & Rinehart, Inc unknown books
1977réf. 88810Paris France: Gallimard 1977 1982 1991. Three volumes all softcovers. Three Octavos 22.5cm; white paper wrappers; 535pp; 578pp; 563pp. Text in French. All three volumes from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his embossed pictorial bookplate to half-title page of vol. 3. Vol. 1 has light shelf-wear with soil to wrappers and edges of textblock and bookshop sticker to lower rear wrapper; Good. Vol. 2 and 3 have light shelf-soil; Very Good. Originally published as Das Prinzip Hoffnung 1954 1955 1959 Marxist philosopher explores utopianism in religion art and literature. 88810. Gallimard 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
1998réf. 85326New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1998. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 23.5cm; black cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards with titling stamped in metallic blue on spine and author's initials stamped in black on front cover; dustjacket; 259pp; illus. Signed by author on title page. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper designed by Susan Mitchell unclipped priced $23.00 with crease to front flap else Near Fine. First published in Spanish as Los Cuadernos de don Rigoberto Llosa's novel is set in Lima and focuses on an incestuous love triangle. 85326. Farrar, Straus and Giroux 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
2004réf. 85321New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2004. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 24cm; black cloth spine over red paper-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 425pp. Signed by author on title page. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper designed by Chip Kidd unclipped priced $26.00 with light wear to upper spine panel else Near Fine. First published in Turkey as Kar 2002 Pamuk's novel follows a young poet as he navigates politics and religion in modern Turkey. 85321. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1966réf. 85293London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1966. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 20cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling and blocking stamped in gilt and red on spine; dustjacket; 239pp. Signed by author with 2009 date on title page. Light sunning to board edges with indentation to upper front board and ripple effect to upper margin of first pages; Very Good. Dustwrapper designed by Juliet Kindersley unclipped priced 21s. net lightly tanned with tiny scratch to front wrapper titling and tears and creases to extremities; Very Good. First published in France as La Fièvre 1965 this collection of tales includes "Fever" "It Seems to Me the Boat is Heading for the Island" and "The World is Alive". 85293. Hamish Hamilton Ltd unknown books
2012réf. 85323New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2012. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 23.5cm; gray paper-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 358pp. Light sunning to lower board margins else Fine. Dustwrapper designed by Eric Fuentecilla unclipped priced $27.00 with small surface scratch to rear panel else Near Fine. Llosa's novel focuses on Roger Casement 1864-1916 an Anglo-Irish diplomat. 85323. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
1993réf. 85261Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press 1993. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; red cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; ix2211pp; illus. Signed by author with 2009 date on title page. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper unclipped priced $22.50 with trivial surface wear else Near Fine. First published as Le Rêve Mexicain ou la Pensée Interrompue 1965 Clēzio explores 16th century Mesoamerica and the disappearance of indigenous cultures. 85261. The University of Chicago Press unknown books
1972réf. 85257New York: Atheneum 1972. First American Edition. Octavo 21cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; 67-3191pp. Signed by author with 2009 date on title page. Lightly faded topstain with trace shelf-wear else Near Fine. Dustwrapper designed by Stanley Chapman unclipped priced $6.95 tanned with peeling to upper rear corner light folds to flaps and creases and tiny tears to spine ends and extremities; Very Good. First published in France as Le Livre des Fuites 1969 Clēzio's novel focuses on Young Man Hogan and his adventures through danger. 85257. Atheneum unknown books
