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1998ref. 810901998. Beauvoir Simone de; Algren Nelson. A Transatlantic Love Affair: Letters to Nelson Algren. New York: The New Press 1998. 559 pp. illustrations. Publisher's original hardcover with red stamped spine. Light wear to spine ends else very good. In a near fine dust jacket. $35. "While Simone de Beauvoir gave all her talks and interviews in the United States in fluent English she spoke with a thick French accent. She later credited her written fluency to her long correspondence with Algren." Editor's Note p.5. unknown books
2001ref. 202805Bonn: Landschaftsverbandes Rheinland 2001. First edition. Softcover. 31 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 15 2001 through January 20 2002. Text in German with a foreword by Frank Gunter Zehnder and an essay by Christoph Schaden in Geman and English as well. Includes 17 color images by Simone Nieweg and a list of previous exhibitions. A fine copy in French style wrappers. Landschaftsverbandes Rheinland unknown books
2010ref. WELLER9780307277787Vintage 2010. New. New book. Vintage unknown books
1952ref. 89965New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1952. First American Edition. First printing. Black cloth hardcover stamped in deep red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xv1-302pp. Mild dusting to upper edge of text block else a tight very Near Fine copy free of markings or notable wear. In the original dustwrapper all four corners clipped by publisher with printed price of $4.00 on front flap. Quite bright and clean the spine free of fading but rear panel scuffed costing a few characters of text with a bit of wear to extremities including small chips at spine crown and lower front panel - Very Good. Preceded by the U.K. first edition the same year. Quite presentable copy of Weil's posthumously-published masterpiece written in London the year before her death from self-inflicted starvation published in French as L'Enracinement: prélude à une déclaration des devoirs envers l'être humain Paris: Gallimard 1949. Perhaps owing somewhat to Eliot's effusive preface this rather difficult work of social theory begun as an analysis of France's capitulation to the Nazis during the Vichy period achieved a large English-language readership though as with its clear analogue Arendt's The Human Condition it's unclear how much the book was actually read by those who discussed it. Regardless The Need For Roots remains one of the essential works of the post-war period. Never out of print but quite hard to find in the first edition. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1972ref. 88677Cremona: Libreria del Convegno 1972. First Edition. First printing. Large quarto. Publisher's simulated leather over boards hardcover with gilt titling to spine and front cover; dustjacket; xvi261pp; illus; color photographic frontispiece. A Near Fine copy mildly bumped at board corners otherwise clean tight and unmarked. In the original dustwrapper Near Fine but for a few clear tape reinforcements to verso. Text entirely in Italian. A pretty copy of this essential work on Stradivari's techniques written by the master Italian luthier Simone Sacconi 1895-1974 considered one of the greatest modern copyists of the work of Stradivari and Guarneri. Libreria del Convegno unknown books
2007ref. 85799Paris: Editions du Seuil 2007. First Edition. First printing. Large octavo 26cm; pictorial wrappers 398pp. As new in the publisher's folding card slipcase. Documentation of a remarkable artistic collaboration in which Ellia a Tunisian Sephardic Jew living in Paris invited hundreds of individuals artists and non-artists alike to alter pages from an original edition of Hitler's Mein Kampf. The remarkable results are gathered here in book form; an exhibition of the original works took place at the Contemporary Jewish Museum San Francisco in 2010. Editions du Seuil unknown books
1974ref. 9031919New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1974. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in silver and blue. Book is fine. Dust jacket looks great front interior flap has a date written in ink very minor rubbing to corners a few small spots on the spine smaller than 1/8 of an inch. Spine of dust jacket heavily sun faded. 6 x 8 3/4 inches. 463 pages. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1965ref. 9032196New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1965. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Translated by Howard. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with spine stamped in black and gilt cover stamped in gilt. Book is fine dust jacket has wear to extremities mild sunning to spine. 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches. 658 pages. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
2007ref. 9030192Koln: Evergreen 2007. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. English translation by Matthew Clarke. Bound in publisher's original illustrated paper flaps. Profusely illustrated. 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches. 378 pages. Evergreen hardcover books
1960ref. 159886New York: Village Gate 1960. Vintage flyer announcing a series of performances by Nina Simone Geoffrey Holder Bill Harris the Ramsey Lewis Trio and Elly Stone at the Village Gate and a concert by Simone at Hunter College 1960. The Village Gate performances ran from September 8 through September 17 1960 and from September 19 through October 11 1960 with an additional announcement of a Nina Simone concert on October 21 1960 in the Main Hall at Hunter College. A arts polymath Geoffrey Holder was a dancer choreographer actor composer musician designer and painter. He made his Broadway debut in 1954 in the Truman Capote musical "House of Flowers" and was the principal dancer for the Metropolitan Opera in 1955-1956. Holder began his film career in 1957 and his best known as the villainous Voodoo henchman Baron Samedi in the 1973 James Bond film "Live and Let Die" directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Roger Moore. 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine with faint toning to the extremities. Village Gate unknown books
1984ref. 190318New York: Pantheon Books 1984. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A memoir of the de Beauvoir's last ten years with her longtime partner Jean Paul Sartre. Translated from the French by Patrick O'Brian. A clean near fine copy in red printed wrappers. Uncommon in this format. Pantheon Books unknown books
2003ref. 178624New York: Blind Spot 2003. First edition. Softcover. Includes images by Jan Dibbets Luis Lambri Vera Lutter Chema Madoz Abelardo Morrel Shirin Neshat Simone Nieweg and Toshio Shibata. Features text contribution by Kim Zorn Caputo and "An Anatomy of Romance" by Meg Wolitzer. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Blind Spot unknown books
1967ref. 32779Kassel: Bärenreiter 1967. Softcover. Fine. Octavo. Wrappers. 156 pp. Bärenreiter unknown books
2010ref. 160923Los Angeles CA: Kopeikin Gallery 2010. First edition. Small softcover. Number 150 of 600 copies. Published in conjunction with an exhibition that ran September 18 through October 25 2010 at the Kopeikin Gallery and then January 27 through May 15 2011 at the Musee de la Photographie in Belgium. Includes 17 color images of women. A fine copy in wrappers. Signed by Lueck on the verso of the rear cover. Kopeikin Gallery unknown books
1947ref. 140806N.p.: N.p. 1947. Vintage borderless press photograph of American actress Linda Darnell with French actress Simone Simon during a visit to France by former in 1947. With the AGIP agency stamp of photographer Robert Cohen and a French-language mimeo snipe on the verso. 6 x 5.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1989ref. 120657New York: Nohra Haime Gallery 1989. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 1-18 1989. Essay by Timothy Maliqalim Simone. Illustrated with color plates. A fine copy in wrappers. Nohra Haime Gallery unknown books
ref. 51711bdString Letter Publishing 2000. Quarto softbound slick full-color photo. illus. stiff wrappers 151 pp. Fine. From lower cover: Ours is the new Golden Age of Lutherie -- a time of unprecedented innovation in guitar design and unparalleled accomplishment in guitar construction. What makes this Golden Age all the more remarkable is that today’s custom guitars are well within the financial reach of many players not only collectors and connoisseurs. Custom Guitars is the only reference work to document this remarkable era in both words and stunning pictures and to introduce guitarists and guitar enthusiasts to the remarkable craftsmen and women who design and build these instruments. For all enthusiasts of the artistry of handcrafted acoustic guitars. Lavishly illustrated with more than 200 full-color plates of custom guitars. Profiles of 200 leading guitar designers and builders including complete contact information. An indespensable visual reference when considering the purchase of a custom guitar. From the publishers of Acoustic Guitar magazine. paperback books
2001ref. qms29Rotterdam: Tagungsband Elefantenpflegertreffen 2001. Octavo softbound stiff white printed wrappers 57 pp. Fine As New. Illustrated with b&w photos. Text in English and German. Contents: Breeschoten Marcel Elefanten-Training; Dorresteyn Anton Forward Planning and EEP Management for Elephants in EAZA Institutions; Flugger Michael Bewertung einiger physiologischer Daten zu den Geburten von 31 Asiatischen Elefanten Elephas maximus in 6 europaischen Zoos; Hinke Angelika & Dietmar Kulka Medicinal immobilization and narcosis of elephants; Hinke Angelika & Johannes Wiplinger Pockeninfektion beim Asiatischen Elefanten - ein Fallbericht; Kurt Fred Das Weben bei Asiatischen Elefanten - Symptom sozialer Vereinsamung uter Kettenhaltung; Nicjboer Joeke & M. Casteleijn Elefanten-Ernahrung; Schaftenaar Willem Successufl Treatment of Subadult Asian Elephant Bull Elephas maximus Infected with the Endotheliotropic Elephant Herpes Virus. Tagungsband Elefantenpflegertreffen, 2001. paperback books
1969ref. 25709Geneve: Poesie Vivante 1969. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated wrappers. Collection Pinacotheque No. 2. Text in French. Fine. Geneve: Poesie Vivante, unknown books
2014ref. USIMLEG00acmfDynamite Comics 2014. Very Good. Simone Gail. Legends of Red Sonja. DeConnick Kelly Sue. Mount Laurel NJ: Dynamite Comics 2014. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light rubbing. Dynamite Comics paperback books
1998ref. UBEATRA00fpThe New Press 1998. Fine. Beauvoir Simone de. Transatlantic Love Affair : Letters to Nelson Algren. New York: The New Press 1998. 559pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine. The New Press paperback books
1953ref. 583397New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First American edition. Edited and translated by H.M. Parshley. Quarto. xxx 732 xiv pp. Faint paperclip impression on a couple pages of the introduction a bit of gilt spine rubbed off bottom corner of rear board lightly bumped very good or better in a good only dust jacket with several tears creases and toning. Owner name of Clifford Sellers Henderson on front fly dated 1953 with the inscription: "Most disappointing limited point of view. C.S.H." Henderson was a founding editor of the Reader's Digest Book Club and was married to Ralph Ernest Henderson who was the creator and first editor in chief of The Reader's Digest Condensed Books. The book was possibly being considered for the book club or the condensed books as there is also a laid in note addressed to Ralph from someone named Harry possibly another editor with the initials "REH" at the top that reads: "Ralph: Goodness! I'm afraid I was misled by the ads. At any rate there is more in here about women than I think I want to contemplate on vacation. Thanks just the same. Harry. 2/3." The author's controversial book which was banned by the Vatican was considered a groundbreaking work of feminist philosophy and laid the groundwork for the second wave of feminism. Originally published in two volumes as Le Deuxième Sexe: I. Les Faits et les Mythies II. L'Expérience Vécue. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1953ref. 140944911New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1953. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition and first in the English language. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in blind over quarter dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light edge wear and pages tanned with upper corners lightly bumped. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning light soiling and light wear to the extremities. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
2010ref. UELKRUL00CCWWalker and Company 2010. Very Good. Elkeles Simone. Rules of Attraction. New York: Walker and Company 2010. 324pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Walker and Company hardcover books
2007ref. USIMALL01NJDC Comics 2007. Very Good. Simone Gail. All New Atom : Future / Past. New York: DC Comics 2007. Un-Numbered Pagespp. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. DC Comics paperback books
