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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
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
1966réf. 85480New York: Something Else Press Inc 1966. First American Edition. Octavo 21.5cm; white cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in copper and black on spine; black topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; 214pp; illus. Some pages of text unopened. Light sunning to lower spine and lower board margins else Near Fine. Dustwrapper unclipped with illustrations printed on verso price sticker to front flap light soil tiny tears and creases to extremities and trace interior wear; Very Good. First published in France as Topographie Anecdotée du Hasard 1962 a realism lens is applied to explore objects from the author's life including a carton of socosel a glazed earthenware bowl and a white shirt button. Table of Contents may be used as a key for the illustrated map on the verso of jacket and endpaper. 85480. Something Else Press, Inc unknown books
2022réf. 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
1983réf. 85376New York: Monthly Review Press 1983. First American Edition. First Printing cloth issue. Octavo 21.5cm; navy blue paper-covered boards with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 1011-194pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "From Eduardo to David / Seattle / April 27/88." Base of spine gently bumped else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $16.00 with light wear to extremities; Near Fine. "Days and Nights of Love and War is the personal testimony of Uruguayan-born writer and political activist Eduardo Galeano. It is both journal and history spanning more than two decades of the lives and struggles of the Latin American people from Guatemala and Cuba in the north to Chile and Argentina in the south" from front flap. Uncommon signed. Monthly Review Press unknown books
1998réf. 85364London and New York: Verso 1998. 1990s reprint softcover. Octavo 23cm; pictorial paper wrappers; 251pp. Inscribed by author on title page: "Le Deseo Mucha Salud Rigoberta". Bookshop sticker to rear wrapper else a Fine copy. First published as Me Llamo Rigoberta Menchú Y Asi Me Nació La Conciencia 1983. Menchú's landmark autobiography written with Elisabeth Burgos-Debray describes in detail the atrocities committed against indigenous peoples during the Guatemalan Civil War. Menchú was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992. Ann Wright's English translation has never been out of print and the book is now considered a canonical work of Native American writing. 85364. Verso unknown books
1996réf. 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
2006réf. 85734New York: Universe Publishing / Rizzoli International Publications Inc 2006. First American Edition. Softcover. Folio 34cm; paper photographic wrappers; 56-2551pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and colorful illustrations. Light rubbing to extremities else Near Fine. First published in France as Free Press La contre-culture vue par la Presse Underground 2006 this collection includes full-page illustrations of previously published artwork for the Underground Press. Concludes with history of the Underground Press Syndicate as told by Bizot and an index. 85734. Universe Publishing / Rizzoli International Publications, Inc unknown books
1978réf. 85756Notre Dame Indiana: University of Notre Dame Pres 1978. First English Language Edition. Octavo 23.5cm; green boards with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 596pp. Light soil to covers with foxing to edges of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper designed by Cae Esworthy spine-faded with shelf-soil 0.5" tear to upper rear panel and tiny tears chips and creases to spine panel edges and extremities; Very Good. First published as Forét Interdite 1955 and then as Noaptea de Sânziene 1971 this novel is set in European cities and focuses on a man's romantic obstacles with two women. 85756. University of Notre Dame Pres unknown books
1995réf. 85943New York: Pantheon Books 1995. English language Uncorrected Proof copy softcover with contact card belonging to publicity manager Marian Brown of Pantheon Books stapled to front cover. Octavo 23.5cm; pale green paper wrappers; vi276pp. Lightly spine-tanned with trace soil to front cover and light staple impression mark to first page; Very Good. First published in 1985 this English language proof is a collection of short stories organized by "Fables and Stories 1943-1958" and "Tales and Dialogues: 1968-1984" and includes "The Man Who Shouted Teresa" "Nocturnal Soliloquy of a Scottish Nobleman" and "The Petrol Pump". 85943. Pantheon Books unknown books
1988réf. 85942San Diego and New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers / A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book 1988. English language Uncorrected Proof copy softcover. Octavo 21cm; blue paper wrappers; x12-673pp. Designed by Michael Farmer. Publisher's sticker to front cover. Light sunning and rubbing to wrapper margins else Near Fine. Collection of three short stories this first English translation proof includes "Under the Jaguar Sun" A King Listens" and "The Name the Nose" and its later First Printing includes a publisher's note. 85942. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers / A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book unknown books
1968réf. 86025New York: Atheneum 1968. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; off-white canvas cloth boards and beige cloth backstrip with titles stamped in green and orange on spine and front cover; blue-grey topstain; dustjacket; viii3004pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a Very Good dustjacket unclipped priced $5.95 showing mild surface wear two spots of bubbling to the laminate along the front joint with some wear tiny nicks and small tears and creases to spine ends. The French Nobel Prize-winner's second novel originally published as La Déluge in 1966. "It is a meditation on death anguish and the disintegration of human possibility a fantasy in the mind of Francois Besson the disengaged youthful hero of the novel as he descends deeper in the everyday world where the demarcations between reality and hallucination slowly dissolve through his experiences love crime vagabondage" Kirkus Reviews January 25 1967. 86025. Atheneum unknown books
1973réf. 86024New York: Atheneum 1973. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.5cm; black paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; pink topstain; dustjacket; 67-288pp. Signed by the author on the title page dated 2007. Pink topstain very slightly dulled else a fresh Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $6.95 showing light wear to spine ends and corners; Near Fine without the usual fading to the spine. The French Nobel Prize-winner's fifth novel originally published as La Guerre in 1970. "In War he has a young female heroine Bea B. wander through a maze of peace war and the mess of modern cities. As we read Bea B.'s wonderful wide-eyed internal babble and her scraps of poetry jottings and letters in a diary she carries in her air-travel tote bag Bea B. becomes the perfect foil for the modern apocalypse she stumbles through.as Bea B. wanders through a territory that is presumably Vietnam - and permanent legacy of ten thousand years of war - at the same time she is emotionally walking through France and Europe" Solomon Barbara. "Only the words intact." The New York Times July 15 1973. 86024. Atheneum unknown books
2007réf. 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
1984réf. 86005London: Verso 1984. First Edition. Softcover issue simultaneously issued in cloth. Octavo 23cm; pictorial paper wrappers; 251pp. Inscribed by author on title page: "Con Corazón / de Rigoberta" undated. Slightly rubbed at joints and wrapper edges; text clean tight and unmarked: a Very Good copy. Originally published in Spanish as Me Llamo Rigoberta Menchú Y Asi Me Nació La Conciencia 1983. Menchú's landmark autobiography written with Elisabeth Burgos-Debray describes in detail the atrocities committed against indigenous peoples during the Guatemalan Civil War. Menchú was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992. Ann Wright's English translation has never been out of print and the book is now considered a canonical work of Native American writing; early printings whether in cloth or wrappers are notably uncommon. 85364. Verso unknown books
