11.915 Ergebnisse
1991Best.-Nr. 81976London: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd 1991. Advance proof in printed wrappers. Octavo; 311pp. Mild rubbing to covers else tight and clean - a Very Good copy. An uncorrected proof in certain need of correcting as the author's name is misspelled "Shcoeman" on both cover and title page. A mid-career work by the acclaimed South African novelist originally published in Johannesburg as 'n Ander Land in 1981. Translated from the original Aafrikans by David Schalkwyk. Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 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
1955Best.-Nr. 62843New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1955. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.75cm; black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; vi23-3433pp. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Light wear to extremities some trivial dust-soil to upper edge of textblock; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $4.00 gently spine-sunned with modest external wear and a few tiny nicks tears and attendant creases; Very Good. With the business card of Asa B. Elliott V.P. at G.P. Putnam's Sons laid in. A novel set during the Old Testament presaging the arrival of the Messiah. Uncommon signed. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 63271Duluth MN: Finnish Daily Publishing Co. by Arrangement with Coward-McCann Inc 1929. First American Edition. Finnish Daily Pub. Co. Issue. Octavo 19.75cm; green cloth with titling and decorations stamped in black and yellow on spine and front cover; decorative endpapers; dustjacket; vi23-4091pp. A few faint spots of foxing to upper board edges else a fresh very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 gently spine-sunned and lightly dust-soiled with a faint shallow stain along the lower edge of the rear panel; Near Fine. Well-preserved American edition of the first significant novel in the Finnish language originally published in Finland in 1870. This issue bound contemporaneously with but preceded by the Coward-McCann issue with the binding and dustjacket nearly identical with minor variations. Finnish Daily Publishing Co., by Arrangement with Coward-McCann, Inc unknown books
1940Best.-Nr. 259995New York: Workers Age Publishers 1940. Pamphlet. xii 56p. 4.75x7 inches wraps slightly discolored with a few small stains else very good condition. Workers Age Publishers unknown books
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 books
1991Best.-Nr. 45005Lanham MD: University Press of America 1991. First Printing of this edition. Octavo 22.25cm; hunter green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xvi1546pp. Family association copy inscribed by the translator to his sister on the front endpaper: "2/25/92 / To my beloved sister Sophie - on her birthday - with gratitude for the abiding presence of her translators genius which has been a constant source of inspiration / Love / Ephraim." Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket with some trivial wear along the flap folds. Important English-language translation of Ginsburg's work on the history of Russian Jewry under Tsar Nicholas I based on archival and other primary sources gathered in St. Petersburg at the turn of the century. University Press of America unknown books
1911Best.-Nr. 41840New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1911. First American edition with Robinson's illustrations. Small quarto 26cm; blue cloth with titling and decorations stamped in gilt gray and green on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; xvi2111pp with 25 inserted leaves bearing tipped-in color illustrations. Armorial bookplate of Dorothy Peck Clark to front pastedown; light wear to spine ends and corners top edge gilt a bit dulled with a faint diagonal crease to first illustration; hinges sound; Very Good lacking the original glassine and publisher's box. Handsome edition of this dramatic work by the Belgian playwright and poet adapted into film six times between 1910-2011. Dodd, Mead and Company unknown books
1911Best.-Nr. 34109Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1911. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20cm; light brown cloth with titling and decorations stamped in white dark yellow and hunter green on spine and front cover; dustjacket; x339pp; frontispiece and 14 plates of illustrations. Brief contemporary 1914 pencil inscription to front endpaper spine ends gently nudged with rubbing to white spine lettering else a fresh Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is lightly edgeworn and gently spine-sunned with some dustiness to panels a few small chips to upper edge several tears and a few small moisture stains to spine; Very Good. Second volume featuring Lagerlöf's best-known character Nils Holgersson "whose chief delight was to eat and sleep and after that he liked best to make mischief." This together with its predecessor The Wonderful Adventures of Nils would become Lagerlöf's most popular and enduring work. Lagerlöf was the first female author and first Swede to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909. Scarce in dustjacket. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 26590New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind on front cover; dustjacket; 120pp. Fine in a Near Fine First State dustjacket One Hundred Days of Solitude printed on front flap unclipped with mild wear to extremities. The Nobel Prize-winning author's powerful short novel about "a spectacular wedding a sudden scandal a perhaps reluctant murder to which an entire town appears to be an accessory before the fact and the exotic manifestations of guilt. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1919Best.-Nr. 25375New Haven: Yale University Press 1919. First Edition. Octavo 18.5cm; 3/4 blue paper over yellow cloth with blue title label printed in black applied to spine; dustjacket; 159pp. Touch of dustiness to upper board edges and upper edge of text with a hint of offset to endpapers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is edgeworn spine-sunned with a few small nicks and short tears; $1.35 price on front panel struck through with blue pencil; Very Good only. Scarce assemblage of poems by the Swedish winner of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature and only the second of Von Heidenstam's works to be translated into English. With an introduction by translator Charles Wharton Stork. Uncommon in dustjacket. Yale University Press unknown books
1933Best.-Nr. 25423New York: Liveright Inc. Publishers 1933. First American Edition. Octavo 19.5cm; chickpea-colored cloth with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; 463pp. Fine in a Very Good dustjacket; unclipped priced $2.50 gently spine-sunned with light edgewear overall dustiness and a few short tears. Danish author's novel about a young girl's rise from humble surroundings to the sophisticated upper class after marrying the son of a wealthy ship-owner. Scarce in dustjacket. Liveright, Inc., Publishers unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 18838New York: Living Hand 1976. First Edition. First Printing one of 500 numbered copies. Octavo; pale gray wrappers with French flaps with titles printed in crimson on spine and front panel; 75pp. Signed by Auster on the title page. A Fine copy without flaws. Collection of poems by Du Bouchet translated by Auster from the original French. Living Hand unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 9013398Norwalk Connecticut: Heritage Press 1965. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Heritage Press hardcover books
1969Best.-Nr. 9014499University Alabama: University of Alabama Press 1969. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition / Near fine condition dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor wear to the extremities. University of Alabama Press hardcover books
1965Best.-Nr. 9011570New York: Abrams 1965. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The acetate dust jacket has minor chips. Abrams hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. acs324Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Department of Anthropology 1990. University of Pittsburgh Latin American Archaeology Reports No. 1. Octavo softbound stiff illus. brown wrappers 97 pp. All text presented in both English and Spanish. From Introduction: In 1986 the INAH’s Yucatan Regional Center was funded by the State of Yucatan’s Regional Development Program and the Agreement of the Programming and Budget Secretariat to carry out two archaeological projects at Uxmal. The first project was devoted to restoring most of the northern portion of the Great Platform of the Palace of the Governor and all the southern stairways leading to the Nunnery Quadrangle. The second one dealt with the ecological preservation of the area between the Palace of the Governor and the Nunnery Quadrangle and adjacent areas. University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology, 1990. University of Pittsburgh Latin American Archaeology Reports No. 1. paperback books
1887Best.-Nr. 81552Benares: Kama Shastra Society for Private Subscribers 1887. First edition. vi 183 pp. Previous owner’s inked name and note to first leaf else very good plus in full vellum that is a little soiled with a vertical crease down the spine. English translation by Burton with his introduction. One of several translations done by Burton for the Society founded by him and others to circumvent the Obscene Publications Act of 1857. Benares: Kama Shastra Society for Private Subscribers, hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 44043Amsterdam: Yshak de Cordova 5466. Fifth printing. Hardcover. poor to g-. 16mo. 3.5x6". 167pp. missing final page. Original brown calf boards. The book is a complete Spanish-language translation of the biblical book Song of Songs Song of Solomon and Perkei Avot Ethics of the Fathers the famed collection Jewish ethical sayings taken from the Talmud. Both of these works feature Moses Belmonte's translations which had been printed in Amsterdam since 1644. The translations are interlinear with each passage printed in Hebrew followed by the Spanish and in the case of Song of Songs the translation is followed by Spanish-language commentary. These works are related in their connection to the Jewish observance of Passover. Song of Songs is read on the Sabbath during Passover and chapters from Perkei Avot are traditionally read one each week between Passover and Shavuot. Pages 1-91 contain Song of Songs and 92-167 contain the text of Perkei Avot. As stated in the preface this is the "Quinta Imprension" Fifith printing of the work based on Belmonte's translation and that it was printed for the congregation of Rabbi Jacob de Mesa in Amsterdam. Title page bordered with a decorative woodblock motif. Decorative head and endpeices at the beginning and end of sections. Some of the translated text of Perkei Avot contains numerous in-text hand-corrections and Hebrew marginal notes in ink from the period. Text in Spanish with passages in Hebrew and some Ladino. Binding with spine missing rubbing and light chipping to extremities. Covers with some creasing scratches and abrasions. Starting at interior covers and some other pages throughout. Some sporadic water stains foxing and smudges throughout. The final section of Pirkei Avot is wormed in the upper corner with minimal loss of text overall. Page 103-104 with a vertical closed tear. A few pages have notes in ink. The final page p.167 containing the final passage of Perkei Avot verse 14 in Hebrew and Spanish is missing. Interior back cover is partially torn away from the board. Name of the previous owner in ink on the interior covers and the bottom of the title page. Binding fairly tight overall. Binding in poor interior good- condition overall. Moses Belmonte 1619 - 1647 Amsterdam was a poet and translator of Portuguese Jewish origin. Alternative titles: "Paraphrasis Caldayca en los Cantares de Selomoh con el Texto Hebrayco y Ladino traduzida en lengua Española" "Paraphrasis Caldaica en los cantares de Selomoh: con el Texto Hebrayco y Ladino traduzida en lengua Española" This copy belonged to Jacob Alvarez-Pereira 1684-1754 who was a prominent Sephardic Jewish merchant. References: Kayserling p.181 under bible; Silva-Rosa 18. Yshak de Cordova hardcover books
2024Best.-Nr. 38301Barcelona 2024. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 16 of 40 numbered copies. There were also four copies numbered I through IV for the "Heirs of Joana Raspall." Printed in parallel text on Gmund cotton paper. It is a leporello structure which is an accordion- or concertina-style folded book booklet or pamphlet where a continuous sheet of paper is folded in alternating front and back pleats. In original black cloth lettered in gray to upper board in a white card portfolio with ribbon ties. The poem by Joana Raspall is a meditation on war illustrated ingeniously by printer Elies Plana using contrasting wood typefaces to recreate warring factions that advance in opposite directions to reach an inky melée at the central point. In fine condition. Measures 9 x 13 inches. Unpaginated. PRI/092426. hardcover books
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 books
1940Best.-Nr. 60949Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1940. First edition. Royal octavo. xi 319 pp. Burgundy cloth stamped in gilt spine and front board. Spine slightly faded else very good. Contents include Governor Vargas's campaign journals correspondence and reports on the economy of New Spain. University of New Mexico Press unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. UPRUCAR00hcManfred Editions 1986. Very Good. Prudek Wolfgang M. Carrying the Message: An Introduction to Iroquois Stone Sculpture. Laganiere French translation Manon. Ontario Canada: Manfred Editions 1986. Illustrated. Square 8vo. Stapled wraps. Book condition: Very good with rubbing and bumping. Previous retailer's stamp on title page. Manfred Editions paperback books
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 books
1932Best.-Nr. 013984NY: The Limited Editions Club 1932. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Printed at Verona Officina Bodoni. 4to xxi 1 491 3. Floral-patterned cloth gilt spine titles. Limited to 1500 copies this copy 1219 signed by Hans Mardersteig book designer on the colophon. A fine copy in cardboard slipcase with paper label missing its top panel. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
