1981réf. 100810Franklin Center:: Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1981. Hardcover. 2201015570 . Translated from the French by George Holden. Limited edition "The100 Greatest Books of All Time". Octavo fully bound in blue leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon bookmark. About fine.; 509 pages . Franklin Library, hardcover books
1988réf. 95092London:: Collins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0002159899 . 208 black and white photographs. Selected and compiled by Francois Emile-Zola and Massin. Translated from the French by Liliane Emery Tuck. Revised edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Collins, hardcover books
1948réf. UZOLNAN03acmfLimited 1948. Very Good. Zola Emile. Nana. Lamotte Bernard. NY: Limited 1948. 409pp. 4to. Red cloth. Book condition: Very good with yellowed edges. Signed by Lamotte on rear leaf. Limited hardcover books
1976réf. 289709Norwalk: Easton 1976. hardcover. near fine. Bernard Lamotte. Illustrated by Bernard Lamotte. xxvi 409 pages tall 4to gilt-decorated tan leather a.e.g.; some loss of gilt on front cover. Norwalk: Easton Press 1976. A near fine copy. Easton unknown books
1930réf. 109702New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine. Fifth printing. Introduction by Burton Rascoe. Near fine with some offsetting on the end papers and a tiny tear at the crown. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1895réf. 2345305Boston: Copeland and Day 1895. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boards soiled pages foxed. 1895 Hard Cover. 368 pp. With his usual talent Zola recounts the life of a family of Parisian artisans during the siege of Paris the Commune and the 3rd Republic until 1880. Copeland and Day hardcover books
1961réf. 10701London: The Folio Society 1961. g. Vertès. Large 8vo. 387pp. Slightly faded blue satin cover with gilt lettering. Head and tail of spine and edges slightly bumped. Translated by Charles Duff with b&w etchings by Vertès. Good condition. The Folio Society unknown books
1900réf. 56253New York: Doubleday Page & Co. Very Good. 1900. Hardcover. 487pp. hinges just starting green boards gilt stamping some scuffing and discoloration to covers good. . Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
1913réf. 214169Paris France: H. Laurens 1913. Softcover. Reading copy only - poor condition. Gray wraps with blue and red text. 182 pp. 38 bw plates on 19 leaves. Text in French. Illustrated book of 39 off-text plates. H. Laurens paperback books
1921réf. 79290Paris: Bibliotheque-Charpentier. Very Good. 1921. 1/2 Leather. Two volumes present measuring 7 1/2 x 5 inches bound in 1/4 leather and marbled boards and end pages and tender gutter to one volume with the front free end-page loose laid-in. See photos. Contents are complete but pages are toned. . Bibliotheque-Charpentier hardcover books
1948réf. 021882New York: Limited Editions Club 1948. Hardcover. Dampstain to bottom of spine with no evidence of staining inside the book. At least Very Good lacking the slipcase. Bernard Lamotte. Quarto 8-1/4" x 11" bound in raspberry watered-silk covers with a French blue linen gilt-stamped spine label. Translated by F. J. Vizelelly with an introduction by Lewis Galantiere and a preface by Henry James. Illustrated with drawings by Bernard Lamotte reproduced in collotype by George Duval in Paris. Copy #1085 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1976réf. 015101Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1976. Al;l edges gilt. Covers and spine designed and lettered in gilt. Silk sewn-in bookmark. Illustrations by Bernard Lamotte. Several areas of underlining and marginal notes in the Preface only. Text block is crisp and clean throughout. First published in 1880 this is the ninth installment in Zola's epic 20-volume "Les Rougon-Macquet" series. It chronicles Nana's rise from common streetwalker to a high-class prostitute. Zola lived from 1840-1902. 409pp. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Light Brown Leather. Fine/No Dudst Jacket. Demy Quarto. The Easton Press Hardcover books
1976réf. 102463Norwalk:: Easton Press. Fine. 1976. Hardcover. Translated from the French by E. A. Vizetelly. Collector's edition. Quarto fully bound in red leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along the spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Fine. . Easton Press, hardcover books
1910réf. 163234Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated by Wolf Bergen Gpener. Very good hardcover. In pictorial boards. Illustrated in color and in black and white. Pages light brown clean text. Small ink mark inside rear cover near seam. Corners on cover lightly rubbed. Spine ends rubbed. In German. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt hardcover books
1928réf. 611980London: T. Werner Laurie Ltd 1928. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Translated from the French and with an introduction by Arthur Symons. Slightly cocked spine toning and wear on the corners thus good only. Copy 978 of 1000 copies Signed by Symons. T. Werner Laurie Ltd hardcover books
1982réf. 505Montevideo: Universidad de la República Dirección General de Extensión Universitaria División Publicaciones y Ediciones 1982. 8 color illus. bibliographical references wrps. LIMITED EDITION OF 500. A general synthesis of the fundamental ideas and concepts that artist Torres-García expressed in his books texts papers and lectures and particularly in his landmark theoretical book Universalismo Constructivo 1943 by presenting each topic in individual chapters that allows a better understanding of the artist's whole intellectual legacy. CONTENTS: Introducción -- CAPITULO PRIMERO. Primera distinción básica: orden real y orden estético -- 1. Distintos papeles de la materia plástica -- 2. Lo concreto y lo abstracto -- 3. Imitar y Crear -- 4. El punto de partida y la actitud del artista -- CAPITULO SEGUNDO. Los medios usados por el artista o elementos de abstracción -- A - El tono y el color -- 1. El tono. Sus dos significados -- 2. Trascendencia de ambos conceptos -- 3. Colores puros y mezcla de colores -- 4. La mezcla para el agrisamiento -- 5. Tono local -- 6. Tono y abstracción -- 7. Sentir el tono -- B - La Línea -- C - La Estructura -- 1. Estructura y obra de arte -- 2. Reglas de la estructura -- 3. Ancho campo de su aplicación -- CAPITULO TERCERO. Distinta manera de ver la realidad: los dos mundos -- 1. La distinción de Torres en su fuente -- 2. Sintetizando y comparando con la distinción de Wölfflin -- 3. Opción de Torres -- 4. Razón de su opción -- 5. Tentativas de conciliación entre las dos visiones -- 6. Conciliación en la pintura luz -- 7. Ubicación de Torres en el proceso evolutivo general del arte -- CAPITULO CUARTO. Actitud frente al objeto -- 1. Imitación figuración abstracción creación -- 2. Realismo -- 3. Humanismo y deshumanización del arte -- CAPITULO QUINTO. Universalismo -- 1. Ideas básicas -- 2. Universalismo constructivo -- 3. Elementos plásticos en pro de un orden universal -- A- Geometría y estructura -- B- La medida: regla de oro -- C- La idea -- D- El símbolo -- 4. Un constructivismo americano -- 5. Decálogo del constructivismo -- CAPITULO SEXTO. Ingredientes de la creación artística -- 1. Inteligencia y sentimiento -- 2. La pintura acto vital -- 3. Subjetivismo la norma y el subconsciente -- 4. Estructura y emoción -- 5. El tema -- CAPITULO SEPTIMO. Actitud del artista -- 1 - Conexión con el público -- 2. Dedicación total -- 3. Prepararse para crear: estado receptivo -- 4. Mentalidad del artista -- 5. Originalidad y sinceridad -- 6. Sinceridad y verdad -- 7. Fe y misticismo -- 8. Arte y moral -- 9. Necesidad de cambio -- 10. Firmeza e intransigencia -- 11. Inversión de los términos -- CAPITULO OCTAVO. Torres García y las distintas corrientes pictóricas -- 1. Criterio básico -- 2. Renacentistas venecianos -- 3. El Greco -- 4. Velázquez -- 5. Goya -- 6. De Goya al Impresionismo -- 7. Impresionismo -- 8. Post impresionismo -- 9. Movimientos aferentes -- 10. Cubismo -- 11. Neoplasticismo -- 12. Otros movimientos modernos -- 13. Con relación al Uruguay -- Epilogo. Universidad de la República, Dirección General de Extensión Universitaria, División Publicaciones y Ediciones unknown books
1928réf. D11465London: Privately Printed for Subscribers by T. Werner Laurie 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Blue cloth backed in parchment with paper spine label; 8vo; pp. 468 with frontispiece after Toulouse Lautrec. Number 749 from a limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the translator Arthur Symons. Boards rubbed; spine tips and corners bumped; spine cracked with old repairs but holding. Internally nice and clean. Pages uncut. Sold as is. Privately Printed for Subscribers by T. Werner Laurie hardcover books
1901réf. 65488New York: Harper and Brothers. Good. 1901. Hardcover. This is an ex-library copy with usual library marks. Covers are soiled with scuffed spine ends. The contents are bright and complete in 604 pages plus ads. Good. . Harper and Brothers hardcover books
1988réf. 187074Frankfurt Germany: Athenaum 1988. Hardcover. VG light rubbing to corners & spine edges. tightly bound. dustjacket has light toning creasing to spine top & slight tear to lower corner. black boards w/ white spine printing. 294 pgs. glossy white dustjacket w/ orange & maroon printing illustration. text in German. Appears lightly read or unread. Athenaum hardcover books
1896réf. 165971London: Chatto & Windus 1896. Good. New. Good minus. Soil bumps and rubs at edges and corners w. Fraying at corners and spine ends/ some yellowing to text. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1963réf. 35248Washington DC: Foreign Service Institute 1963. First edition. Paperback. g. Quarto. XXV 1 470pp. Original printed wrappers with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. Previous owner's name on title Herbert H. Paper and dated 1964. This scarce work is an introduction to the essentials of the Kitouba language. Also known as Kikongo ya Leta and Munukutuba the Kitouba is a vehicular or trade language spoken along the lower reaches of the Congo and its tributaries. Spine sunned. Moderate foxing along edges of covers. Upper back corner bumped thus slightly affecting pages throughout. Wrappers in overall good- interior in good to good condition. Dr. Herbert Harry Paper 1925-2012 was Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and near Eastern Languages and the Editor of the Hebrew Union College Annual HUC-JIR/Cincinnati. He received a doctorate from the University of Chicago. Dr. Paper taught at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and joined HUC-JIR as the Dean of Graduate Studies. His specialties were Persian studies concentrating on the history of the Persian language and on the ancient languages of Iran and Yiddish literature. Foreign Service Institute paperback books
1948réf. 018838New York: Limited Editions Club 1948. Hardcover. Spine sunned as often the case. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with a short split. Bernard Lamotte. Quarto 8-1/4" x 11" bound in raspberry watered-silk covers with a French blue linen gilt-stamped spine label. Translated by F. J. Vizelelly with an introduction by Lewis Galantiere and a preface by Henry James. Illustrated with drawings by Bernard Lamotte reproduced in collotype by George Duval in Paris. Copy #1221 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1994réf. 24878Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press 1994. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. XV 284pp. Original pictorial dustjacket over red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Colored endpapers. Fascinating work which is more than a biography of Isaac Harby 19th century Charleston educator playwright critic journalist and religious reformer. It is also an analysis of Jews in the new United States wrestling with the issue of their ethnicity. This study is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w in-text photographic reproductions of portraits and views. Previous owner's inscription in Hebrew on fly-leaf. Dustjacket binding and interior in near to fine condition. The University of Alabama Press hardcover books
1935réf. 33279Japan: The Hokuseido Press 1935. First edition. Hardcover. 96pp. Duodecimo 18.5 cm Black cloth covered boards with the title stamped in orange ink on the spine. Very good. The extremities are very slightly rubbed and bumped. There are a handful of very small stains on the front endsheet and there is a bookseller's tiny label on the front free endsheet. Bookseller's label on the title page. The dust jacket is in good condition. Age-toned and lightly soiled and rubbed. There are a couple of small losses from the paper at the ends of the spine. The larger loss is from the paper at the head of the spine and measures 1 inch wide by 1/2 of an inch deep. There are also 5 large chips in the edges. The spine of the jacket is darkened. Edited with a preface by Albert Morell. Contents include: Emile Zola- A Note The Fight at the Mill A Peasant's Death A Rich Man's Death. The Hokuseido Press hardcover books
1947réf. 74055New York: Samuel French 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a very near fine dustwrapper with the slightest of tanning on the spine and a couple of tiny tears. A play adapted from Zola's Therese Raquin. A very attractive copy. Samuel French hardcover books
