1961rif. 6446London: Abelard-Schuman 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth price-clipped dust jacket. 254pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a trifle edgeworn. Handsome first edition of this author's first book a tale of the American Dream set in small town Illinois. Nicely inscribed by the author on the title page "To HVP a salt-of-the- / earth person who helped break / me in at Compton's. / With all best wishes / Don Lawson." Lawson served as managing editor of "Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia.". Abelard-Schuman hardcover
1963rif. 19435William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California Los Angeles CA 1963. 8vo. First Edition thus; original buff wrappers printed in black wire-stitched as issued a near fine copy. Augustan Reprint Society Publication No. 100. This facsimile is a high-quality photographic reprint of the copy in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. VERY SCARCE. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles CA, unknown
1999rif. RO40047462Au bureau du journal. 1999. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 57 pages augmentées de quelques photos en couleurs dans et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 708-Galeries, musées, collections d'art
1999rif. 004344Chattanooga Tennesse:: Hunter Museum of Art 1999. 10" wide by 11.25" tall. Clean square tight and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Beautifully illustrated with nearly 150 art reproductions 44 in striking full-color. This is the uncommon hardcover catalogue of the collection with brief descriptions of nearly 1000 works. Of them 141 are featured by illustrations accompanying explanatory text and biographical profiles of the artists. Includes a Short History of the Hunter Museum of Art by Kay S. Parish. Bound in the original blue cloth lettered in white. Sharp corners. This is a heavy oversized book that may require extra shipping charges depending on destination. 1999 edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition./No Dust Jacket. 290pp. Hunter Museum of Art Hardcover
1973rif. 12639Washington DC: The Corcoran Gallery of Art 1973. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 204pp. Index. Illustrations 8 color plates. Red cloth with gilt lettering in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket; a beautiful copy. Includes works by artists Maurice Brazil Prendergast Milton Avery Norman Rockwell Josepf Albers Hans Hoffmann Marsden Hartley Patrick Henry Bruce Ernest Lawson and many others. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. The Corcoran Gallery of Art hardcover
1909rif. 47058London: Bernard Quaritch 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. 349 pages listing 4401 items in six catagories; Painting & Ingraving Architecture Christian Art Classical Art & Architecture Decorative & Industrial Art and The Practical Arts plus addenda and supplement. plus 23 pages of ads bound in the rear and four more on the front and rear endpapers. Bound in original red cloth with lettering on the spine in gilt. Gilt dulled and cloth lightly soiled. Library plate on the front paste-down endpaper Vassar Collage Library perforation on the title page and a withdrawn stamp at the bottom of the contents page. No other library markings plates or pockets were ever present. Offsetting to the endpapers. A very good copy. Bernard Quaritch hardcover
1971This is a fine hardcover copy in a very good glassine wrapper as issued. Completely clean inside and out, no marks anywhere. A slight closed tear to the rear corner of the glassine wrapper. This is the original edition, not the reprint. Introduction by Henry Russell-Hitchcock. This compilation surveys the holdings of over forty institutions and individuals in the area of British drawings relating to architecture and landscape design. Illustrated in black & white. 13.5" high X 10" wide, 355 pages. A fine unused copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
1999EXTREMELY RARE catalogue of ninety-eight Roman and Byzantine lead coffins, whole or fragmentary, acquired in Israel through 1995, and three coffins found in 1996. Contains 51 full-page b&w plates and 184 b&w figures. 305x210mm. X+189 pages. Bordeaux cloth embossed Hardcover with plastic dust-jacket. Spine edges bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare catalogue, of immense interest to archaeologists, classicists, medievalists and historians of art, is in very good condition!
2000Minor stain to 1 page. Includes review of book by Jenifer Neils tipped in. A couple of corners lightly bumped. DJ has a few light scratches and 1 small tears and creasing. ; The catalogue of the University of Melbourne's superb collection of Greek vases is now published as a sumptuous, fully colour-illustrated, cloth-covered volume which will suit the needs of students, researchers and interested readers. This richly illustrated book is a collectors' item, designed and produced to library specifications. It offers the complete scholarly apparatus for study of the vase collection, one of the finest in the country and comparable with others around the world. It will prove valuable as a reference text wherever classics, archaeology or art are studied. The book is a product of one of the most outstanding Classical Studies departments in Australia and is destined for libraries throughout the world. It is the first volume in a series planned to feature various aspects of the University's wider collection. Each vase, fully described and documented, appears in rich colour and detail. Styles and periods are introduced by contextualising photographs presented as dramatic double-page spreads. No effort has been spared to publish this collection as beautifully as these unique artifacts deserve. ; Series 1; 12.6 X 9.8 X 1.2 inches; 208 pages
2003rif. 24378The Nasher Foundation 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 11x9x1. Unmarked. Signed by Ray Nasher to previous owner. Dust jacket has a closed tear on the back cover. 152 works by 62 artists are illustrated. Measures 10x11.75 inches. This expanded edition was published on the inauguration of the Nasher Sculpture Center in 2003. Essays by Carmen Gimenez Michael Brenson and Steven A. Nash. Artists include Degas Brancusi Noguchi Serra Segal di Suvero Stella Puryear Long and others. The Nasher Foundation hardcover
1992CONTAINS 24 COLOR PLATES. 275x215mm. 74+118 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Spine slightly bumped. Pencil and pen inscriptions on few pages - no damage to text. Pages slightly wavy. Else in good condition.
2011rif. 56013Washington DC: Central Intelligence Agency 2011. First Edition. First Printing. very good. Quarto 46 DVD wraps illus. maps fold-out timeline. DVD in pocket inside rear cover. This document was released in conjunction with a symposium given on 27 October 2011 at the National Archives and Records Administration Washington DC. The Berlin Wall collection features CIA memorandums summaries and estimates; Department of the Army documents and summaries; documents from the historical collections of SHAPE and the Department of State; and materials from the presidential libraries of Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Central Intelligence Agency paperback
1993rif. 10768Livingston: Clark City Press 1993. First edition first prnt. Stapled wraps. No hardcover issue. Publisher's promotional booklet containing advance excerpts of then-forthcoming books including Matthiessen's Red and Blue Days: Writing on the American West which was to appear in 1993 but was not published and most likely will not be published. This copy is signed by Matthiessen on the title page. Other selections by Cutler Gilfallen and Jackson. Unread copy in Fine condition. Not commonly available signed. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. Advance Reader's Excerpt. Clark City Press Paperback
1993rif. 10768Livingston: Clark City Press 1993. First edition first prnt. Stapled wraps. No hardcover issue. Publisher's promotional booklet containing advance excerpts of then-forthcoming books including Matthiessen's Red and Blue Days: Writing on the American West which was to appear in 1993 but was not published and most likely will not be published. This copy is signed by Matthiessen on the title page. Other selections by Cutler Gilfallen and Jackson. Unread copy in Fine condition. Not commonly available signed. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. Advance Reader's Excerpt. Clark City Press Paperback books
1965rif. 30061965 - 2008. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Novels1. Fair Game. N.Y.: Harcourt Brace & World 1965. First Edition. Signed by the author on title page. 8vo; cloth in moderately soiled white dust jacket. Bookplate on front endpaper. Near fine condition in like dust jacket in mylar wrap. 3010 2. Loving Hands at Home. N.Y.: Harcourt Brace & World 1968. First Edition. Signed by the author on title page. 8vo; cloth in orange dust jacket. Jacket spine faded else very crisp. Fine condition in Very Good or better jacket in Mylar Wrap. 3007 3. Burning. N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. First Edition. 8vo; cloth in price clipped red dust jacket. Small area of what appears to be glue residue from sticker on front pastedown offsetting to endpaper; jacket rubbed at edges faded at spine with light soil to back panel. Near fine condition in very good jacket with protective mylar wrap. 3008 4. The Shadow Knows. N.Y.: Knopf 1974. First Edition. 8vo; cloth in price clipped dust jacket. Fine condition in Near Fine jacket with mylar wrap. 3009 5. Lying Low. N.Y.: Knopf 1978. First Edition. 8vo; cloth backed boards in lightly soiled white dust jacket. Erasure smudge upper right corner of front endpaper. Near Fine condition in Near Fine jacket with mylar wrap. 3011 6. Persian Nights. N.Y.: Knopf 1987. First Edition. 8vo; cloth backed boards in dust jacket. Minor wear to corner tips of jacket; minor soil to white back panel. Fine condition in Near Fine jacket with mylar wrap. 3012 7. Health and Happiness. N.Y.: Knopf 1990. First Edition. 8vo; cloth backed boards in dust jacket. Fine condition in Fine jacket with protective mylar wrap. 3013 8. Le Divorce. N.Y.: Dutton 1997. First Edition. 8vo; cloth backed boards in dust jacket. Fine condition in Fine jacket with protective mylar wrap. 3014 9. Le Mariage. N.Y.: Dutton 2000. First Edition. 8vo; cloth backed boards in dust jacket. Fine condition in Fine jacket with protective mylar wrap. 3015 10. L'Affaire. N.Y.: Dutton 2003. First Edition. 8vo; cloth backed boards in dust jacket. Fine condition in Fine jacket. 3016 Non-Fiction11. The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser Lives. N.Y.: Knopf 1972. First Edition. 8vo; cloth in price clipped jacket; black & white photographs. A few nicks to jacket at edges. Fine condition in Near Fine jacket with mylar wrap. 3017 12. Dashiell Hammett A Life. N.Y.: Random House 1983. First Edition. 8vo; cloth backed boards in price clipped jacket; black & white photographs. Fine condition in Near Fine jacket with mylar wrap. 3018 13. Terrorists & Novelists. N.Y.: Knopf 1982. First Edition. 8vo; cloth backed boards in white jacket with minor tanning at top edges. Fine condition in Near Fine jacket with mylar wrap. 3019 14. Natural Opium Some Travelers' Tales. N.Y.: Knopf 1993. First Edition. 8vo; cloth backed boards in white jacket. Fine condition in Fine jacket with protective mylar wrap. 3020 15. Uncorrected Proof Copy: Natural Opium Some Travelers' Tales. N.Y.: Knopf 1993. First Edition. 8vo; printed gray wrappers. Fine condition. 3021 16. Into a Paris Quartier. Reine Margot's Chapel and Other Haunts of St.-Germain. Washington DC: National Geographic Society 2005. First Edition. 8vo; cloth backed boards in dust jacket. Double page map; black & white photographs. Fine condition in Fine jacket. 3022 Biographical Anthologies17. Yalom Marilyn. Women Writers of the West Coast. Santa Barbara: Capra Press 1983. First Edition. 8vo; salmon wrappers; black & white portrait photographs by Margo Davis. Wraps faded at extremities. Very Good condition. Section with photograph from a conversation with Johnson and Susan Groag Bell Historian April 28 1983. 3023 18. Olson Diane. The Book That Changed My Life. Interviews with National Book Award Winners & Finalists. N.Y.: The Modern Library 2002. 8vo; wrappers. Black & white portrait photos. Fine condition. Interview with Diane Johnson. 3024 19. 2 Volumes Darnto; Signed by Authors . 1965 - 2008 hardcover
201025x21.5cm. 67+XIII pages. Softcover. In good condition.
2006This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's London on Wednesday March 29, 2006. The sale consisted of G.A.H. Buisman's collection of Rembrandt etchings and prints. 55 lots in the sale. All illustrated in black & white. Introductory essay. 11" high X 8" wide, 84 pages. Prices realized sheet included.
rif. 156694Leiden etc. E.J. Brill 1994. XXI424 p. Cloth. 24 cm Mnemosyne Supplement 141 Including dustjacket hardcover
2011rif. 42614Oxford University Press. Very Good. Softcover. Underlining in pencil to a few pages. Minor creasing to spine.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 800 pages . 2011. 0199639361 . Oxford University Press paperback
1998rif. 37032Walter De Gruyter & Co. . Near Fine with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Minor shelfwear to boards. Gift inscription from Braswell to Bonnie MacLachlan on ffep in pen.; Includes greek text translation and extensive commentary.; Texte Und Kommentare. Eine Altertumswissenschaftliche Reihe 19; 204 pages; Signed by Author . 1998. 3110161249 . Walter De Gruyter & Co. hardcover
1981rif. 37598E. J. Brill. Very Good. Paperback. Very minor shelfwear to wraps. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber.; Mnemosyne. Bibliotheca Classica Batava. Supplementum; 219 pages . 1981. 9004065024 . E. J. Brill paperback
1994rif. 36774E. J. Brill. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber. Very faint shelfwear to book and DJ. Very minor bumping to corners of rear board.; Mnemosyne Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum; 6.75 X 1.5 X 10 inches; 448 pages . 1994. 9004101586 . E. J. Brill hardcover
1981rif. 19156E. J. Brill. Near Fine. Paperback. Very faint shelfwear else fine.; Mnemosyne. Bibliotheca Classica Batava. Supplementum; 219 pages . 1981. 9004065024 . E. J. Brill paperback
2002rif. 37034Franz Steiner Verlag. Very Good. Softcover. Minor spotting to wraps. Gift inscription from author to Bonnie MacLachlan on ffep.; Hermes. Einzelschriften Heft 87; 170 X 6 X 241 millimeters; 94 pages; Signed by Author . 2002. 3515080929 . Franz Steiner Verlag paperback
rif. 116918Oxford Clarendon Press 1928. 2 volumes: XII456; VIII444 p. Cloth. 19 cm hardcover