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2023Best.-Nr. 38300Barcelona: Associacio de Bibliofils de Barcelona 2023. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 10 of 50 copies of the English edition of which twenty-two are numbered 1 to 22. There were three deluxe copies marked as A B and C; There were 25 copies numbered 26 to 50 for the Catalan edition. This is a powerful and ever relevant history of the development and evolution of the concept and adoption of the tenets of freedom of the press. "The French Revolution led to modern democracy. Terms like left-wing and right-wing revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements freedom censorship and silencing intellectual discourse were introduced and remain relevant. The texts of Condorcet 1776 and Bonald 1826 allow us to comprehend the debate that occurred in those times. Historian Albert Corbeto provides a background for the facts and contrasts them recounting from a neutral standpoint the historical events that had a substantial impact on French and European society. There are many parallels between the past and present controversies. In today's geopolitically volatile world there is a renewed and disturbing discussion about the nature and limits of various liberties including freedom of the press.The French Revolution led to modern democracy. Terms like left-wing and right-wing revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements freedom censorship and silencing intellectual discourse were introduced and remain relevant." Stanford University Library Albert Corbeto is a professor of Typography and Book History in the Postgraduate degree on Advanced Typography and Typographic creation in Design Degree. He is in charge of publishing and other cultural activities at the Reial Academia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona and also cooperates with the Associació de Bibliòfils de Barcelona. He has published several articles and monographs on Spanish typography as well as on other aspects of printing and book history. The illustrator Elies Plana is a Barcelona based book artist and printer who has been working in the field for the last 15 years. After studying fine arts at the art school of Olot he joined the workshop of his father Miquel Plana. He learned the craft and the different techniques by helping and assisting his father in the production of over 100 fine books. He not only learned the love for the books but also for the craftsmanship involved in every stage of producing them. In 2008 he started his own projects that vary from editions book prints and special commissions. He works with different techniques from linocuts and woodcut to etching and uses lead and wood types to print the texts Bound with marbled paper boards with brownish orange spine and cover edges. Title in black to spine and with a title lable affixed to the front cover. The book is printed ono Fredigoni paper at Gràfiques Marti. The text has been composed with the font families Linotype Didot and Adob Garamond. Housed in a slipcase covered with the same orange cloth as the book's spine which is in turn housed in a brown cardboard folder with brown fabric ties. It is in fine condition. Measures 8.8 x 13 inches. 160 numbered pages. ARTB/030226. Associacio de Bibliofils de Barcelona hardcover books
2008Best.-Nr. 38069New Castle DE: Oak Knoll Press 2008. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Limited to 300 copies of which 275 were for sale.The title page of this interesting work states that it is a facsimile reproduction and translation into English of the earliest extant German treatise on paper marbling and decoration together with an introductory discussion of the earliest specialized literature in Germany on the marbling and decoration of paper. Following an introduction by Wolfe the book displays the facsimile on the left page and its translation into English on the opposing page. In the historical introduction to the facsimile reproduction and his translation of this work Richard J. Wolfe summarizes the professional literature on marbling and paper coloring that began to appear in Germany at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Bound with a cover-paper reproduction of an early German decorated paper with a blue cloth spine with gilt titling. In fine conditiion. Measures 5.25 x 7.5. 180 pages. BOB/062325. Oak Knoll Press hardcover books
1970Best.-Nr. 56117Paris: André Sauret / Boston Book and Art Publisher 1970. First American edition. Softcover. Very good to near fine condition. Quarto. 299 1pp. Half gray book board over gray flexible paper boards in original three color illustrated dustjacket with black and orange lettering on spine in original mylar jacket and housed in publisher's heavy gray paper slipcase. Design and typography by Claude Verne. "The artist never submits to his material; he makes it the instrument of his will." Parmelin. Laid in a reproduction of a photograph showing one of Gjon Mili's iconic images 10 x 8" of Picasso drawing with a small flash light a figure into the air in a dark room. Mili as a pioneer in stroboscopic and action photography using a slow shutter while Picasso drew an abstract figure into the air. The photos were intended for LIFE Magazine and taken in Picasso's ceramics studio in Vallauris. There are numerous photographs of this event posted in various collections though we have not been able to identify this particular image. A near fine copy of this homage to Picasso depicting 407 reproductions of his lithographs created between 1919 and 1930 presented in color b/w duotone and sepia. Contains two pages on the lithographic process and a complete list of Picasso's lithographs at rear. Dustjacket with very light wear along edges slightly more pronounced at head of spine small closed tears and mylar jacket here with two small closed tears plus 2 1/2 inch tear at bottom foredge of back cover. mylar jacket. André Sauret / Boston Book and Art Publisher unknown books
1675Best.-Nr. 1408768Lyon: Antoine Cellier Fils 1675. Revised Corrected and Augmented Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 18 385 25 with all 46 Part I plates and both Part II plates present plus an engraved title page. In Very Good minus condition. In full leather binding; spine paneled with gilt titling and decoration. Boards are moderately bowed. Cracking to leather on covers along joints and on spine. Chipping and exposed board at fore corners and on head/tail of spine. Text block shows moderate wear and soiling along edges. Lightly age toned and foxed throughout; somewhat darker toning near ends of the book. Engraved title page is loose and laid-in to the front of the book. Faint penciling on title page and on following leaf with some ink lettering in the top margin of page 4. Shelved in Room A. 1408768. Special Collections - Upstairs. Antoine Cellier Fils hardcover books
1734Best.-Nr. 1409656Amsterdam: Janssons à Waesberge 1734. First French Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 14 227 7 pages plus frontispiece and plates iii-xvi xviii-xxii xxiv-xxvi xxviii 24 total. In Very Good minus condition. In plum leather quarter binding with marbled paper boards; spine with gilt fillets ant titling. Mild shelf wear to boards with some rubbing along edges of leather elements and shallow chipping to the head of the spine. Text block shows light wear along edges. Lightly age toned and sparsely foxed throughout. Faint stain on front endpaper with some other scattered faint stains throughout. Shelved in Room A. 1409656. Special Collections - Upstairs. Janssons à Waesberge hardcover books
1853Best.-Nr. 1409953Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea 1853. First American Edition. Hardcover. Folio viii 13-100 pages plus 12 engraved plates. In Good condition. In full brown cloth binding with gilt titling to front cover sympathetically with modern cloth and new endpapers; paper label with black lettering to spine. Boards show moderate wear and soiling with scuffs and stains to covers. Rubbing and chipping to all edges and at fore corners with sections of exposed board. Text block shows Moderate wear soiling and toning along edges. Age toned and heavily foxed throughout with faint smudging. Heavy age toning to plates. Bottom corner of half title page has been torn away with archival repair. Shelved in Room F Oversize. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1409953. Special Collections - Upstairs. Blanchard and Lea hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 43935Amsterdam: En Casa de Joris Trigg/ D. Efraim Bueno y Jona Abravanel 5412. Hardcover. g- to vg-. Duoecimo. 7x4.5". 478pp. Original dark brown leather with blind-stamped ruling and tooling on the covers and spine. Raised bands on the spine. Metal clasps. Red-speckled edges of the book block. An early Spanish-language edition of the complete Jewish High Holiday prayer book Machzor based on the original translation by Abraham Usque originally printed in Ferarra Italy in 1553. This edition contains some added material not previously present including most prominently Solomon ibn Gabirol's famed philosophical poem "Keter Malkhut" Royal Crown which over the years has come to be read as part of the Yom Kippur service in some Jewish traditions. Published by Dr. Efraim Bueno and Jona Abravanel to serve members of the then sizable Sephardic Jewish community in Amsterdam. A significant portion of the community were former Conversos Jews who had outwardly converted to Catholicism during the inquisition in Spain who then emmigrated and were able to reestablish their Jewish identity and thus were unable to read Hebrew hence the text's publication in Spanish. As stated in the foreword this edition includes some additions to the text not included in previous versions and omits some material deemed to have been unnecessary. The prayer book starts with the penitential prayers Selichot p.3-47 which includes decorative head and endpeices. This section is followed by the Rosh Hashanah service p.48-195 and then the Yom Kippur service including the "Keter Malkhut" p.254-289. Title page is has a decorative vignette printed in woodblock and is printed with the Hebrew date "5412". Pages 305-352 are misprinted as "321-368" with their correct numbers handwritten above in ink. All text in Spanish. Binding with some rubbing and scratches to extremities and to the covers. Front hinge starting to split slightly at the head and tail of the spine. Missing one of the metal clasps on the back cover. Starting at interior covers. Some minor to light sporadic damp staining and foxing throughout the text. Period signature of the previous owner "Silva" in ink on on the title page and p.200. Name of another previous owner in ink on the interior back cover. Book block tight overall. Binding in good- interior in very good- condition overall. Quite scarce. Dr. Efraim Ephraim Bueno aka Martin Alvarez 1599-1665 was a Portuguese-born Jewish physician in Amsterdam of the famed Iberian-Jewish Bueno medical dynasty and prominent member of the city's Sephardic community. He served for many years as the personal physician to famed artist Rembrandt van Rijn who in fact depicted Bueno in two of his works one an etching and the other a painted portrait. He received his medical education and degree in Bordeaux and was known to have practiced medicine in Amsterdam until the time of his death. In addition to his medical practice Bueno was an accomplished biblical scholar who along with Jona Abravanel published numerous Jewish works the on the bible and Jewish Law. Jona Abravanel 1593-1667 was a Sephardic Jewish poet in Amsterdam from the prominent Abravanel family. He was the nephew of Famed Portueguse-Dutch Rabbi and printer Menasseh ben Israel. Together with his uncle and Dr. Efraim Bueno he was responsible for publishing numerous works of Judiaca in the 17th century. In this edition the title page was mistaken printed with the word "Kuyper" which was then correct via a scrap of paper pasted on top. References: KAYSERLING 1890 p. 7 31 61 under Abravanel Bueno and Liturgy PALAU 1923 under 202415 with an incorrect dat of 1662 PEETERS 1933 1037. This publication follows an edition with same title also from Amsterdam in 1630 but printed by David Pardo and Salom ben Yosseph Menasseh ben Israel with different pagination. En Casa de Joris Trigg/ D. Efraim Bueno y Jona Abravanel hardcover books
1787Best.-Nr. 1411730Germantaun Germantown: Michael Billmeyer 1787. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 537 5 pages. In Good condition. In full contemporary leather binding with paneled spine; metal clasps to fore edge. Boards show moderate scuffing with rubbing along edges and cracking along joints. Small areas of exposed board at fore corners. Chipping to head and tail of spine. Cracking to leather of clasps. Text block is darkly age toned and moderately worn and soiled along edges. Age toning and foxing throughout with scattered stains. Contemporary ink doodles on front and rear endpapers; small areas of chipping along fore edge of front flyleaf. Splitting to hinges. Some sparse small dog-ear creases present in top corners. Shelved in Room X. 1411730. Special Collections - Downstairs. Michael Billmeyer hardcover books
2010Best.-Nr. 1406153Norwalk New York: Easton Press Sterling 2010. Easton Press Edition First Thus First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto xix 557 pages profusely illustrated. In Very Good plus condition. Bound in dark blue genuine leather with gilt decoration and titling; spine paneled with gilt titling; text block edges gilt with silk moiré endpapers and bound-in ribbon bookmark. Very light shelf wear to boards with some mild rubbing along the bottom board edges. Text block edges show light scuffing and wear. Interior clean. Shelved in Room X. 1406153. Special Collections - Downstairs. Easton Press [Sterling] hardcover books
1961Best.-Nr. 613690New York: The Julian Press 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. Second printing. Fraying on the spine with chips at the crown and a tiny tear at the foot very good lacking the dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front fly: "For Gene Nameche with very warm regards. Ira Progoff." "A new translation of a classic guide to spiritual experience revealing the dynamics of the inner life from a particular historical and religious point of view. The Julian Press hardcover books
1898Best.-Nr. 440539London: Macmillan and Co 1898. Hardcover. Good. Second edition revised. xxi 111pp. Blue cloth gilt-stamped spine. Some offsetting and pencil marginalia on a couple of pages and owner's name penned on title front hinge starting gash in front board and bleached areas on rear board spine ends and corners worn and bumped good only without dustwrapper. Laid in is a typed and Signed letter dated June 2 1971 from journalist and author George Seldes to his niece the Tony Award winning actress Marian Seldes along with some newspaper clippings. He sends this book as a gift for his niece stating ". it is a second - but it is bound and printed like the first and may be a rare book - - at any rate it is the first and still the best statement on tragedy. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1952Best.-Nr. 380622New York: The Macmillan Company 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition thus. Revised with translation and notes by Wilmer Cave Wright. 362pp. Fine in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with modest edgewear. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1985Best.-Nr. 351842Albédo 1985. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. This is number 88 out of 135 copies. Gray wrappers with unbound pages laid in. 41pp. Text in French and Russian. Light wear to wrappers else near fine. Scarce. Albédo unknown books
2011Best.-Nr. 71639Stanford CA: Stanford University Press 2011. Later printing of the Pritzker Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good. First 6 volumes only. Quarto 26 cm 1/2 brown cloth with tan cloth over boards. Extremities gently bumped here and there. Internally fresh and bright. Books in very good to near fine condition. In dust jackets with general mild surface wear. A foundational work of Jewish mysticism. "This is the first translation ever made from a critical Aramaic text of the Zohar which has been established by Professor Daniel Matt based on a wide range of original manuscripts. The work spans twelve volumes. The extensive commentary appearing at the bottom of each page clarifies the kabbalistic symbolism and terminology and cites sources and parallels from biblical rabbinic and kabbalistic texts." - Stanford University Press. Stanford University Press hardcover books
1994Best.-Nr. 233311The Easton Press 1994-01-01. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Full black leather with gilt board design and page edges. Sic raised bands to the spine. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Includes the Easton Press Collector's Notes sheet. 394 pages. The Easton Press hardcover books
1987Best.-Nr. CNJL2627Cambridge Massachusetts: The MIT Press 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First edition by this publisher small quarto size 418 pp. From the jacket flap: per an article by Sunil Khilnani "this is Castoriadis's 'most important work to date' providing a theoretical argument made from the Left for breaking with Marxism and laying the foundation for Castoriadis's own original political philosophy." Incredibly relevant in today's world perhaps even more so than when originally published. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full textured blue paper with gilt lettering on the spine copius section of endnotes and an Index binding small quarto size 9 1/4" by 6 1/4" 418 pp. In the publisher's dust jacket unpriced and unclipped summary of the work on the front flap short author bio on the back flap. publisher's ad for another work by this author on the back panel. ___CONDITION: Volume fine the boards clean straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean crisp and as new. The jacket near fine clean and without noticeable wear; a hint of sunning to the top quarter-inch of the jacket else fine. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note the following: i additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details; and ii any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The MIT Press hardcover books
1949Best.-Nr. CNJL2616Princeton: Princeton University Press 1949. Hardcover. Near fine/good . Small quarto size 311 pp. in dust jacket. Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl 1885-1955 "had major significance for theoretical physics as well as purely mathematical disciplines such as number theory. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century and an important member of the Institute for Advanced Study during its early years" n.b. per Wiki. This a revised and augmented edition with new appendices "on such subjects as Foundations of Mathematics Ars Combinatorioa Quantum Mechanics Physics and Biology and Evolution." per jacket flap. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full green cloth over boards "label" in black with gilt lettering stamped onto the spine binding small quarto size 9 1/8" by 6 1/4" 311 pp. In the publisher's dust jacket with a summary of the book on the front flap and publisher's ads on the back flap and back panel. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine the boards clean straight corners with minimal rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright the sole prior owner marking being a name and date and one other small annotation at the top of the front free endpaper; light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and light toning to the margins of the text. The dust jacket somewhat better than good while all parts are present and attached there is overall light soil overall edgewear the printed price was roughly torn out not cleanly cut and a ring on the verso of the front panel not visible from the front. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note the following: i additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details; and ii any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Princeton University Press hardcover books
1998Best.-Nr. CNJL2583Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing large octavo size 290 pp. From the jacket flap: "Schmitt examines medieval religious culture and the signficance of the widespread belief in ghosts asking who returned to whom from where in what form and why." ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full black cloth over boards gilt lettering on the spine a short section of reproductions of artwork mostly in colour; large octavo size 9 1/4" by 6 1/4" 290 pp. Dust jacket with summary of the book on the both flaps and short author bio on back flap. ___CONDITION: Volume fine the boards clean straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean as new. Dust jacket also fine clean and without wear. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note the following: i additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details; and ii any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The University of Chicago Press hardcover books
1828Best.-Nr. 1409024Philadelphia: John Grigg 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto x 272 pages. In Good condition. In full contemporary leather binding with gilt roll to board edges; spine with gilt titling on a black leather label. Scuffing stains and shelving wear to boards. All edges rubbed. Exposed board at bottom fore corners. Water damage along fore edge of rear board. Text block is moderately worn and soiled along edges. Foxed throughout heaviest at endpapers more moderate towards the center of the book. Faint penciling on front flyleaf. Water damage affects the corners of p. 135 onward growing in severity toward the end. Top margin of title page is trimmed with inscription still partially present: "by the Author". Shelved in Room A. . This translation of Bayle and Hollard is the first publication of renowned American surgeon Samuel Gross. 1409024. Special Collections. John Grigg hardcover books
1983Best.-Nr. 25061502Paris: Club du Livre under the direction of Philippe Lebaud with Master Printers Jean Paul Vibert for the text and Jacques Mourlot for the lithographs 1983. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Matton-Pascalini Charles. One of 295 numbered copies folio size 164 pp. signed by Charles Matton-Pascalini with cloth chemise and slipcase all text in French. One of the "Collection Gravure Contemporaine" published by the Club du Livre this highlighting the work of Charles Matton-Pascalini 1931-2008. Matton who also went by Gabriel Pasqualini was an artist in many fields: painting sculpture photography and even film. This work with twenty lithographs by the artist. The Club du Livre's mission in the "Contemporary Engraving" collection sought "to bring together through original engraving and the artists who use it some of the characteristic aspects of contemporary art" n.b. from preface as translated by Google Lens. They continue: "If we like to give prints a decorative role in wall ornamentation it seems ultimately that we experience a more refined pleasure in discovering them between the leaves of a book alongside the words that inspired them." ibid Not only is the artwork visually stunning but the binding in true French style is impeccable. Designed by Dominque Amat and executed in full leather by Paul Figarola the glossy red grey and black leather creating an abstraction that perfectly complements the text. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full grained leather with the abstract design of black grey and red inlaid and outlined with gilt title on spine in gilt black cloth endpapers with black leather hinges top edge gilt title page in red and black frontispiece one of twenty bound in throughout each with their tissue guard dramatis personae in red throughout; limited edition of 295 copies on Arches paper this number 215 the number printed not written total edition 380 binding folio size 13" by 10 1/4" pagination: 1-10 11-160 4 signed in pencil by Charles Matton-Pascalini at the colophon. Covered with a chemise of black cloth lined with black felt black leather spine with gilt lettering. Housed in a slipcase covered in black cloth line with black felt the opening with black leather. ___CONDITION: Volume is fine the leather smooth and supple clean and without wear straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings. The chemise near fine clean with very light wear; the slipcase structually is fine strong and and sturdy with no splits to the seams the cloth covering with some light wear including a small spot worn through. ___POSTAGE: Note that this is an extremely large and heavy volume and additional postage will apply; please inquire for details. International customers please also note that any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Club du Livre [under the direction of Philippe Lebaud, with Master Printers Jean Paul Vibert for the text and Jacques Mourlot fo unknown books
1922Best.-Nr. 583701London: Macmillan and Co 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. Fourth edition revised. xxviii 111pp. 4pp. Blue cloth gilt-stamped spine. Owner gift inscriptions on front pastedown and front fly some pages roughly opened edges rubbed else very good. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1970Best.-Nr. 18061001New York: The Macmillan Company 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First U.S. edition first printing octavo size 221 pp. signed by Maurice Chevalier. Perhaps one of the best-known French actors of the first half of the 20th century Maurice Chevalier 1888-1972 was nominated for the Academy Award in 1930 for Best Actor for his roles in "The Love Parade" 1929 and "The Big Pond" 1930 which secured his first big American hit "Livin' in the Sunlight Lovin' in the Moonlight" N.B. from Wiki. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in sky blue cloth gilt lettering on the front and spine plain endpapers M. Chevalier's signature boldly written with in blue on the front free endpaper one section of black and white photographs bound in; octavo size 8.5" by 5.75" pagination: 1-6 7-221. The dust jacket shows the original price of $5.95 pictorial head shot of M. Chevalier with red and white lettering on the front panel and spine quotes from the book on the back panel summary of book on both flaps. ___CONDITION: Volume is fine overall with a strong square text block solid hinges three corners are perfectly straight and one is gently bumped all with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings. The dust jacket is not price-clipped there is some extremely light edgewear particularly at the head of the spine and one short one inch closed tear where the head of the spine meets the front panel; the rest of the jacket is crisp and clean with the red lettering on the spine strong and true not sunned. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1967Best.-Nr. 42683Chicago: The University of Chicago Press 1967. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio 19 x 15 1/4": portfolio 12 x 9": booklet. xvii 1 39 1pp Booklet. 49 plates 6 figures loose as issued Portfolio. Original printed wrappers with publisher's logo on front cover. Booklet housed in its half burgundy cloth over printed paper covered portfolio with string ties. Archaeological survey of the Temple of Beit el-Wali a rock-cut Ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia which was built by Pharaoh Ramesses II and dedicated to the deities of Amun-Re Re-Horakhti Khnum and Anuket. It was the first in a series of temples built by Ramesses II in this region; its name Beit el-Wali means 'House of the Holy Man' and may indicate its previous use as by a Christian hermit at some point in time. The text in the booklet comprises the following: - The architecture and construction of the temple by H. Ricke. - The epigraphic record by G.R. Hughes. - The superimposed cartouches in the entrance hall by E.F. Wente. The plates featured in the portfolio contain numerous photographic reproductions including 5 in full color 6 figures of plans and sections and drawings of murals found in the Temple. Ex-library copy with bookplate on inside of both front covers booklet and portfolio and stamp at verso of title page booklet. Wrappers portfolio interior and plates in very good condition. "In March 1960 the United Arab Republic appealed to the world through the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO to send archeologists to Nubia in order to save the antiquities - discovered or undiscovered - threatened with destruction by submersion under the great new lake to be created by the High Dam under construction on the Nile south of Aswan. The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago was one of the first institutions to respond. Before March was ended a team was in Cairo arranging for the use of a boat to make a hasty preliminary survey of the Nile Valley in Egyptian Nubia in order to select sites and plan field operations. A four-year concession was granted from 1960 to 1964. The initial plans for areas to be surveyed excavated changed a few times as documented in the preface and the project eventually recorded materials in several areas from Abu Simbel south into the Sudan." From the Publishers. The University of Chicago Press hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 12199Original Wraps. Very Good. Original Wraps. From the Library of Oliver Sacks. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver's incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. Books include: The Future of an Illusion 1960. An Outline of Psycho-Analysis 1969. Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality 1962 On Creativity and the Unconsciousness Harper Touchstone 1958. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. "Due to volume and weight of these collections a shipping surcharge may be calculated upon packing. Any shipping cost increase will be submitted for approval before the order is processed.". Various states of wear moderately shelfworn chipped and toned with elements of dampstaining. Mostly 8vo. Illus. b/w wrappers. unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 242010New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1973. First. hardcover. near fine. Color illustrations throughout. Slim folio red cloth with inset calligraphic label on cover board slipcase lightly rubbed. New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art 1973. Ownership signature on front endpaper otherwise a near fine copy in a very good slipcase. Metropolitan Museum of Art unknown books
