1961ref. 140946816New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1961. First Edition. Very Good. First edition stated first printing. Bound in publisher's original white cloth boards with red and blue Fleur-de-lis pattern; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with fading to spine light soiling and minor wear to cloth. Minor staining to topstain and to 540-544 pp. A nice copy of this culinary classic. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
ref. 017126Paris France: No publisher 1978. Book. Near fine condition. Unbound. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Quarto 4to. A hand letterpress book with original text and a facsimile-style printing of the text of the 5th Sonnet of an early French edition of Petrarch. The third line of this sonnet reads "Le laurier digne." which has been printed to read "Le LAUrier digne. and has been combined in the same fashion with line 7 "Votre noble REgard." to offer an apparent omage to LAURE. Most pages of text face a color etchings by an artist identified as Signore Fiorini; there are a total of 12 etchings. Each sheet measures 11.5" x 15.5" 29cm x 39cm and is folded in half forming 4 pages. There are nine such sheets 36 pages enclosed in a decorated paper portfolio and protected in a linen-covered clamshell box with "L" printed on the spine. Each etching is protected by glassine. Hand-numbered 12 of 50 copies signed by Simone' Piccone and Fiorini. The colophon reads "Cette edition des vers de PETRARQUE dedies a Laure Bissiere est la seule connue a ce jour. Elle comprend 50 exemplaires imprimes sur Auvergne a la main de Richard de Bas par l'artiste lue-meme; soit un exemplaire numerote 1 a Laure quatre exemplaires numerotes HC II a HC V; quarante cinq exemplaires numerotes 6 a 50." The condition is excellent with a few sheets with tiny spots of foxing probably inherent in the manufacture by Richard de Bas. The title page contains the phrase "Sic Itur Ad Astra Hic Et Nunc Plus Ultra." Another sheet reads "Acheve d'imprimer a Paris le 15 Mai 1978." Very little about this unusual publication can be found by research except that Laure Bissiere may be also knows as Madame Laure Loutre Bissiere. The artwork of Roger Bissiere 1886-1964 and B. Louttre 1926-2012 sold at Post War and Contemporary Art auctions has been accompanied by a certificate from Madame Laure Loutre Bissiere. An interesting and beautifully made book. No publisher Paperback
ref. 140947495New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1971. Reprint. Very Good. Twentieth printing. Signed by Julia Child and Paul Child on the half-title page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original white cloth boards with red and blue Fleur-de-lis pattern; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with light toning faint staining and light soiling to all textblock edges. Price written in grease pencil on the front free endpaper heavy creasing along the bottom edges of 285-308pp. A nice signed copy of the universally adored chef's culinary classic. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
ref. 140947718New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1970. Reprint. Very Good. Nineteenth printing. Signed by Julia Child on the half-title page. xvi 684 xxxii pp. Bound in publisher's white cloth printed with red and blue Fleur-de-lis pattern; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with light wear and toning slight bumping to lower corner of rear board and scattered staining to textblock edges. Light foxing to endpapers and adjacent leaves small mark to title page. A nice signed copy of the universally adored chef's culinary classic. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1949ref. 39494Paris: Gallimard 1949 later printing. A PRESENTATION SET WITH BOTH VOLUMES SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR. Two volumes complete. 510 2; 504 8 pp. Later printing. AN OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATION COPY OF ONE OF THE UNDISPUTED MASTERPIECES OF 20TH-CENTURY FEMINIST THOUGHT. Both volumes inscribed to Edith Sorel 1933-2015 a Transylvanian Jewish refugee who became a noted French journalist. 8vo. Original wraps. Cover of first volume with two creases paper slighly darkened. Else a pristine set of this extremely important milestone of feminist thought. Gallimard paperback
1968ref. 11155New York: Alfred A Knopf 1968. Second-hand hardcover. Child Julia & Bertholle Louisette & Beck Simone. Mastering the Art of French Cooking. 17th Imp Alfred A Knopf: New York 1968. 8vo 260x185mm illust dj & bds xv1684xxxii2pp. SIGNED CHILD Julia née McWilliams 1912 - 2004 & BERTHOLLE Louisette 1905 - 1999 & BECK Simone 'Simca' 1904 - 1991 Mastering the Art of French Cooking. New York : Alfred A Knopf May 1968. Seventeenth Impression. First published 1961. Printed by Rae Publishing Co. Illustration by Sidonie Coryn. Typography binding and jacket design by Warren Chappell. Octavo 260x185mm illustrated dust jacket illustrated white cloth boards top edges stained red xxxix 1 684 xxxii 2pp. Signed to the half-title "Julia Child".¹ Dust jacket lightly soiled edges worn and rubbed small chips to top and bottom edges small loss; several edge tears a few archivally repaired; small droplet mark to top edge; internal text block crisp and fine. ¶ The authors met in Paris in the 1950s when Julia Child was studying at Le Cordon Bleu. They established their own cooking school L' Ecoles des Trois Gourmands to give French cooking lessons to American women living in Paris. Bertholle and Beck had already self-published a small cookbook "What's Cooking in France " and together with Julia they planned to write a "great big book" of French cooking for an American audience. The book took almost ten years to write with Child and Beck doing almost all of the writing and recipe testing. Grand in scale the manuscript was refined reworked and finally condensed into one very large volume. Houghton Mifflin who had originally optioned the work turned it down as too large and complex. Eventually Knopf's literary editor Judith Jones convinced Alfred Knopf to publish it as a working French cookbook incorporating the traditions of cuisine bourgeoise with touches of haute cuisine demystifying dishes that Americans had only dreamed about savoring in French restaurants and providing the means to prepare those dishes with detailed instruction in a modern American kitchen. Mastering the Art of French Cooking was published to critical acclaim in September 1961. Craig Claiborne called it "probably the most comprehensive laudable and monumental work on the subject" written "without compromise or condescension." Michael Field said it surpassed every other American book on French cooking already in print. And when the British edition was published Elizabeth David opined "A very remarkable work indeed dealing mainly with the finer French cooking. The techniques explained and more authentically and fully explained than in any previous cookery book in the English language are applicable to all French cooking of whatever category. The book is illustrated with instructive line drawings. An important reference book for every serious cook amateur or professional." The already strong sales for what was at the time an expensive book increased exponentially with Julia Child's appearance on Boston's public broadcasting TV station WGBH in 1962 and her ensuing TV programme The French Chef. The increased exposure lead to Knopf commissioning a second volume written by Child and Beck but without Bertholle and published 1970 and all three authors individually publishing further cookery books. Notwithstanding the joint ownership Mastering the Art of French Cooking is most closely associated with Julia Child. By the end of her long life Child had become an icon of culinary excellence and expertise. Her support led to the establishment of several of the USA's most important culinary foundations: the American Institute of Wine and Food; Copia: The American Center for Wine Food and the Arts; and in 1986 after the death of her friend James Beard the conversion of his town house in Greenwich Village into a nonprofit foundation now the influential James Beard Foundation. In recognition of her achievements she was the first woman inducted into the Culinary Institute of America's hall of fame. In 1965 she won the George Foster Peabody Award; in 1966 she won an Emmy for The French Chef; and in 1980 the National Book Award for Julia Child and More Company . In 2000 she was awarded the Legion of Honour from the French government; and in 2003 the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000 and she received honorary doctorates from Harvard University Johnson & Wales University Smith College Brown University and several other universities. In 2007 she was inducted into the USA's National Women's Hall of Fame An excellent signed copy of one of the most significant books on French cooking in English in the twentieth century. ¹ Invitation to attend a special book signing 5 June 2002 at the California School of Culinary Arts Pasadena laid in. Alfred A Knopf unknown
1981ref. 84322Paris: Gallimard 1981. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1981 14.50 x 20.50 cm broché First edition one of 42 numbered copies on Holland paper deluxe copy. Very light worming to spine otherwise handsome copy. Gallimard unknown
1981ref. 2111902154800448VERLAG DAS MUSIKINSTRUMENT 1981. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 237 pages Size: 30.5x22.5 cm VERLAG DAS MUSIKINSTRUMENT paperback
1551ref. BTETM0002693Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino 1551. 1st Edition. Vellum. Very Good. quarto 4to 9 12 × 12 in 241 נ305 mm . Please email for Photographs or further information.1551 First EditionAN HOMO BONUS VEL MALUS VOLENS FIATBy Simone PorzioKEY DETAILSCondition: Very GoodFormat: Vellum Quarto 4to; Later full vellum over boardsPublished By: Lorenzo Torrentino Florence 1551Language: LatinCollation: Pagination: 67 1 pp.; Signatures: ag h.; Complete.; The additional blank leaves at the beginning and end belong to the later binding and are therefore not included within the bibliographical collation.SKU: BTETM0002693Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5 L: 30 W: 25 Units: cm W: 2KgTracked Shipping Insurance Coverage as per Customer RequestDESCRIPTIONAN HOMO BONUS VEL MALUS VOLENS FIATSimonis Portii disputatio ad Laelium Taurellum iurisconsultiss. Duci Florentinorum à Secretis.First edition of Simone Porzio's important Renaissance philosophical disputation on free will moral responsibility and the formation of human character published at Florence in 1551.The title An homo bonus vel malus volens fiat approximately Whether a Man Becomes Good or Bad Willingly poses one of the central ethical questions of Renaissance philosophy: to what extent does an individual freely choose to become virtuous or viciousPorzio approaches the question through the Aristotelian tradition examining the relationship between reason appetite deliberation habit voluntary action and necessity. Stoic and Platonic positions are considered alongside the Peripatetic tradition as he explores whether moral character truly lies within human control.Although ostensibly defending human freedom Porzio arrives at a substantially qualified conception of free will. The resulting argument therefore occupies a particularly interesting position between Renaissance Aristotelian ethics moral psychology and contemporary theological debates concerning freedom grace and necessity.The work was sufficiently significant to receive an Italian translation by the Florentine humanist Giambattista Gelli in the same year extending Porzio's argument beyond the normal Latin scholarly readership.Dedicated to Lelio Torelli 14891576 jurist and senior administrator in the service of Cosimo I de' Medici the work belongs firmly to the intellectual culture of mid-sixteenth-century Florence.A scarce and intellectually substantial first edition dealing with questions of human freedom and responsibility that remain immediately recognisable nearly five centuries after its publication.CONDITION COLLATION & COPY NOTESCOLLATIONPagination: 67 1 pp.Signatures: ag h.Complete.The additional blank leaves at the beginning and end belong to the later binding and are therefore not included within the bibliographical collation.Two large woodcut initials including a striking figurative initial opening the first chapter.Later plain full vellum over boards the vellum naturally mottled and lightly marked with age. Binding sound and well preserved. Textblock edges stained red.Internally a notably well-margined copy printed in a strong clear Roman type. The leaves remain generally clean and well preserved with scattered light age-toning spotting and foxing somewhat more noticeable to the title page and occasionally towards the outer margins.Two large decorative woodcut initials are present including an especially attractive figurative historiated initial at the opening of the first chapter.No significant worming tears or textual loss observed in the leaves examined.Please see Photos as part of condition report.REFERENCESAdams: P1957.British Museum Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in Italy 14651600: p. 537.Moreni Domenico: Annali della tipografia fiorentina di Lorenzo Torrentino p. 92 no. XVII.Folger Shakespeare Library: An homo bonus vel malus volens fiat Simonis Portii disputatio Florence 1551.SYNOPSISPorzio begins with an apparently straightforwa - For full description please contact the seller [Lorenzo Torrentino] hardcover
1961ref. 603314New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1961. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Sidoine Coryn. Very Good in boards. Tanning on spine and top text block edge. Bumping at spine crown and heel.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 717 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1965ref. 225520New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1965. First edition tenth printing. Fleur-de-lis patterned cloth boards. Lacking dust jacket. Lower rear hinge slightly pulled and tender faint wear tips some spots of soiling fore edge a very good sound copy in custom cut mylar cover. Lacking dust jacket. Illustrations by Sidonie Coryn. When Julia Child entered the world cooking stage with her first book published in 1961 she brought with her a sense of joie de vivre the kitchen had rarely seen before. Reading Child's enjoyable dissertations on making an omelette or sole meuniere opened up unexplored and often intimidating terrain to the American cook. One can only imagine the back and forth between purist Simone Beck and the affable Child as she literally and physically translated for the first time the essentials of French cooking for an American audience. Groundbreaking taste making captivating! One can never resist superlatives when speaking of Julia Child. Briefly inscribed and signed on the half-title page by both Julia Child and Paul Child. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1964ref. 83623Paris: Gallimard 1964. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1964 12 x 18.50 cm broché First edition a Service de Presse advance copy. Small rust stains on the first endpaper small stains to the upper right corner of the title page otherwise a handsome copy. Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to photographer Serge Tamagnot. Gallimard unknown
ref. 149861New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1970. First edition of the second volume of this classic work. Folio original illustrated boards illustrated. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "For Loretta - Julia Child." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a small area of removal to the front panel. Illustrations by Sidonie Coryn based on photographs by Paul Child. Technical drawings by Paul Child. The beloved sequel to the bestselling classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking Volume II presents more fantastic French recipes for home cooks. Working from the principle that “mastering any art is a continuing process” here Julia Child and Simone Beck have gathered together a brilliant selection of new dishes that will bring you to a yet higher level of culinary mastery. They have searched out more of the classic dishes and regional specialties of France and adapted them so that Americans working with American ingredients in American kitchens can achieve the incomparable flavors and aromas that bring up a rush of memories—of lunch at a country inn in Provence of an evening at a great Paris restaurant of the essential cooking of France. From French bread to salted goose from peasant ragoûts to royal Napoleons recipes are written with the same detail exactness and clarity that are the soul of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1949ref. 140942835London: Secker and Warburg / Lindsay Drummond 1949. First British Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with spine lettered in gilt; folded prospectus for The Second Sex laid in. Near Fine with toning and foxing to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning and foxing; tape repairs/reinforcements made to the verso along the top edge at the spine and flap folds. A much nicer copy than normally encountered. Secker and Warburg / Lindsay Drummond unknown
1964ref. 140947665New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1964. Reprint. Near Fine/Very Good. Eighth printing. Signed by Julia Child and inscribed "Bon Appetit!" on the half title page. Bound in publisher's red and blue Fleur-de-lis patterned white cloth. Near Fine in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine light dampstains chipping to edges heaviest at crown creasing to front flap. A nice signed copy of the iconic cookbook. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1948ref. 150076Paris: Editions Paul Morihien 1948. First edition of this travel narrative and cultural critique of the United States. Octavo written in French original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy inscribed Simone de Beauvoir on the half-title page. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. Simone de Beauvoir 1908–1986 was a French philosopher writer and feminist theorist whose work played a central role in twentieth-century existentialism and modern gender studies. Closely associated with Jean-Paul Sartre she developed a distinctive philosophical voice that combined existential ethics with social analysis most notably in 'The Second Sex' 1949 which examined the historical and cultural construction of womanhood. 'L’Amérique au jour le jour' recounts Simone de Beauvoir’s observations during her 1947 journey across the United States where she traveled for lectures and personal visits. Through a series of episodic reflections she describes American cities landscapes and social customs while critically examining issues such as racial segregation gender roles political attitudes and mass consumer culture. Editions Paul Morihien unknown
1962ref. 45773Paris: Gallimard 1962. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1962 14.50 x 21 cm broché First edition one of 125 numbered copies on pure thread the only deluxe paper copies. Illustrations. A fine copy. Gallimard unknown
1981ref. 83731Paris: Gallimard 1981. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1981 14 x 21 cm broché First edition on ordinary paper. Small light angular stains on the covers otherwise a handsome copy. Pencil annotations by the dedicatee on the rear endpaper. Signed autograph inscription from Simone de Beauvoir to photographer Serge Tamagnot. Gallimard unknown
1967ref. 83707Paris: Gallimard 1967. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1967 13.50 x 19.50 cm broché Edition from the same year as the original. Handsome copy. Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to Madame Gousseau. Gallimard unknown
ref. 2025SSPortland OR: NO REPLY PRESS 2025. Edition ltd to 70. Hardcover. NEW/NEW. With artwork by CONTENT IS USING ME. Portland manually printed and bound by NO REPLY PRESS 2025 102 pages 11.15 x 7.9 inches translated by Bernard Fechtmann Edition of 70 45 standard 25 DeLuxe. This is no. 45. With artwork by CONTENT IS USING ME --- --- Types: Weiss and Gill Sans Paper: Mohawk Hahnemuehle Ingres and handmade Khadi. The press is a manually operated Vanderkook I. The bookmakers are Griffin Gonzales and Claire McArthur. Work commenced in Jan. 2021 and was completed in July 2025. --- --- Each copy is unique with individual artwork. The collectors of this book were presented with three suites of by pseudonymous artists. Ester Kärkäinen CONTENT IS USING ME and Vincent Van Villain who created their art in response to Beauvoir's text. The artist is making twenty artworks but the edition has only room for ten of them. Each collector was invited to privately view the whole suite of twenty and decide for themselves which ten will be included in their copy. The permutations of possible arrangements are such that no two copies will be the same. In this way even within the uniqueness of an edition of fifty each copy will be truly unique.unique. --- --- With a separate Introduction by Jacob Roundtree xii pages 11.5 x 7.6 inches in wrappers NO REPLY PRESS hardcover
2011ref. 96540Ashgate Pub Co. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 170 pp. ; 5 illus. -- with a bonus offer--; In planning debates culture is often treated as a fixed element either as a quasi-economic resource cultural capital or arts activities or as a category of behaviour in opposition to rationality. Yet a wealth of research and analysis is available that moves the spotlight from the question of what culture is towards understanding what we are doing when we talk about culture. This book brings that focus to planning research examining culture as a socio-historical concept and introducing a line of scholarship both established and recent to show what 'culture' does and why. Illustrated by a wide range of case studies from planning contexts it addresses the materialisation of abstract concepts magic ownership performance and embodiment citizenship bodies in politics and social categorisation house-society the public. In doing so it shows how a deeper understanding of culture can offer new insights into the challenges that planners and planning theorists face. While "Planning and Culture" is aimed primarily at planning theorists professionals and students it has equal relevance for students of human geography or sociology and is accessible to a wider readership. In effect it opens up the field of planning to a new realm of research enabling readers to think beyond the bounds of what they know about planning and to think about what they may or may not know about culture. . 2011. 0754677222 . Ashgate Pub Co hardcover
2016ref. 120944Koenig Books. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2016. 3863359690 . Koenig Books hardcover
2016ref. 121089Koenig Books. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- with a bonus offer-- . 2016. 3863359690 . Koenig Books hardcover
2013ref. 108297Edizioni Polistampa. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - Text in Italian. -- with a bonus offer--; Italian Edition . 2013. 8859613019 . Edizioni Polistampa hardcover
2004ref. 81415George Braziller; Et Al. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- xiii 1 222 pages 100 color illustrations. -- with a bonus offer--; The combination of the woodcut—a print method devised early in the fifteenth century—with Johannes Gutenberg's revolutionary invention of printing with moveable type resulted in a powerful explosion of information and ideas. For the first time it was possible to use a mechanized system to print identical copies of books containing both text and images. Featured in A Heavenly Craft are the earliest surviving examples of these books from throughout Western Europe all printed within the first century after Gutenberg's invention. The contributors bring these rare books to life exploring the evolution of the technique composition and coloration of the woodcut beginning with the earliest publications. Many of the woodcut designs grew out of the tradition of manuscript illumination in which book illustrations were painstakingly executed by hand. The authors also present the distinguishing features of national style and taste treating the reader to examples from Germany Italy France Spain and the Netherlands. In addition A Heavenly Craft describes the provenance of these volumes providing an account of how Lessing J. Rosenwald purchased them from the heir to the Lea and Perrins fortune and later donated them to the Library of Congress. These early printed volumes are the predecessors of today's illustrated books. A Heavenly Craft celebrates these origins making these early publications available to bibliophiles and print lovers. 100 color illustrations. . 2004. 0807615366 . George Braziller; Et Al hardcover
