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1967rif. 588995New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Fifteenth printing. Quarto. Illustrations by Sidonie Coryn. 684pp. Slight toning else near fine in a very good dust jacket with tears chip and toning. "The only cookbook that explains how to create authentic French dishes in American kitchens with American foods. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1979rif. 449087New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Remainder stripe on topedge else about fine in fine dustwrapper. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
rif. 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
1972rif. 369764Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishing Division 1972. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile reprint. Gilt titles. 366pp. Translated from the French of M. Le Page Du Pratz. Owner's name and a small shadow from sticker removal on the front pastedown else fine. Limited edition of 500 copies. Part of the Louisiana Classic Series. Claitor's Publishing Division hardcover books
2001rif. 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
1972rif. 622760New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Small quarto. Illustrations by John Wallner. 326pp. Page toning and some foxing thus very good in a very good dust jacket with toning and tiny tears. Beck is the co-author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1984rif. 624427New York: Pantheon 1984. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. Red printed wrappers. Lightly toned spine near fine. An account of the last decade of Jean-Paul Sartre's life. Pantheon unknown books
1956rif. 614650Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Translated from the French by Leonard M. Friedman. Jacket art by Laszlo Matulay. Small sunned spots on the boards corresponding to small chips on the jacket near fine in very good or better dust jacket with rubbing and small chips and tears. World Publishing Company hardcover books
1961rif. 34200New York: Dutton. Very Good. 1961. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Wraps very good wear around the edges. First published in France by Lafont in 1959. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 209 pp . Dutton paperback books
1948rif. 31534New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1948. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1948. First American Edition. Octavo. 292 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Orange boards stamped in purple; orange topstain. Possibly remaindered with purple "R" stamped to rear pastedown. Unclipped dust jacket chipped at extremities; a few short closed tears; touch of wear to folds and spine a trifle faded. Boards show a bit of shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good copy of de Beauvoir's novel surrounding characters in the French Resistance. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1956rif. 583340Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Translated from the French by Leonard M. Friedman. Jacket art by Laszlo Matulay. Light offsetting on flyleaves near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips and tears a lightly sunned spine and interior toning. World Publishing Company hardcover books
1969rif. 28540London: Collins 1969. Very Good/Very Good -. London: Collins 1969. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; 255pp. Illustrated dust jacket over publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Price-clipped jacket shows a good-sized dampstain to front panel and flap -- staining mainly visible to interior but with some external cockling to front panel and running / separation to laminate along front fold; jacket also rubbed along edges and corners with a vertical crease to rear flap. Boards and textblock unaffected by dampstaining showing just some bumping at top corners and spine ends. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Triptych of novellas by the author of The Second Sex each an examination of a different facet of female vulnerability: aging loneliness rejection. Collins unknown books
1957rif. 002740Longmans Green and Co 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover green cloth boards under green DJ 8vo 298 pp. Large but faint dampstain to bottom of front DJ panel. Founded in Paris in 1872 by Alfred Prunier the restaurant achieved international fame for its seafood. Madame Prunier was the granddaughter of the founder and moved it to London before WWII. Longmans, Green and Co hardcover books
1982rif. 582103New York: Pantheon Books 1982. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Red wrappers. Translated by Patrick O'Brian. Fine. Pantheon Books unknown books
1970rif. 5154New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Color illustrated cream boards. Very good in very good dust wrapper. Coryn Sidonie. 555 pages. 26 x 18.5 cm. Stated First Edition. Recipes from Julia Child and Simone Beck - their sequel to the cooking classic that inspired a whole American generation to new standards of culinary taste and artistry. illustrations by Sidonie Coryn based on photographs by Paul Child Technical Drawings by Paul Child. Interior crisp and clean covers clean dust wrapper lightly rubbed at corners. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
2018rif. 72156Heidelberg: Universitatsverlag Winter 2018. 8vo pp. 434; text in German; blue printed boards; fine. Universitatsverlag Winter unknown books
1965rif. 20581Edinburgh & London: Oliver & Boyd 1965. First English edition 8vo pp. 12 176; black & white photographic plates maps; fine in original red cloth dust-jacket with some wear. Oliver & Boyd unknown books
1976rif. 13326New York: Pantheon 1976. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Underlining and annotations on pp 404 496-472 by Oliver Sacks. Dr. Sacks often made comments in the margins or had conversations with the author in the text. 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. Shelfwear/toning else tight bright and unmarred. Pictorial wrappers. 8vo. xiv 363pp. All underlining emphasis and notations are in the hand of Dr. Oliver Sacks. Pantheon unknown books
2009rif. 12525Boston MA: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences 2009. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. Original Wraps. With posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver's incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. 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. Light shelfwear else tight bright and unmarred. 8vo. xi 569pp. index illus b/w charts. Original color glossy wrappers. Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences unknown books
1949rif. 140949823Paris: Gallimard 1949. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition limited issue in two volumes. Numbers 292 and 1117 of 2050 numbered copies on Alfama Marais paper. 395 5; 577 6 pp. text in French. Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards with striking color-stamped designs by Mario Prassinos. Near Fine with light rubbing to extremities and small bump to upper edge of Volume 1 rear board. Light foxing to textblock edges prelims and margins. Creasing and short edge tear to first 15 pages of Volume 2 with 1 inch tear to half-title page repaired with tape to verso. An attractive copy of the groundbreaking feminist work in which the author describes and analyzes the subordination of women to men. Gallimard unknown books
1969rif. 25709Geneve: Poesie Vivante 1969. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated wrappers. Collection Pinacotheque No. 2. Text in French. Fine. Geneve: Poesie Vivante, unknown books
1959rif. 1417942London: Nicholas Kaye 1959. First English Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo 170 pages 150 plates of photos 2 fold-out plates. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket is mostly grey and is an image of cathedral arches. Spine of dust jacket is red with white lettering. Volume in entirely bound in white cloth with gilt etching of two animals on cover; lettering on spine is also gilt. Textblock is dyed red on top edge. End papers are red and white reproductions of stained glass windows. Interior of dust jacket shows moderate age toning and moderate shelf wear especially on bottom edge. One large open tear on interior front cover flap but does not impact text. Volume shows wear on spine and light soiling on back cover. Textblock is also lightly age toned. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Netdesk Column QB ND-QB. 1417942. FP New Rockville Stock. Nicholas Kaye hardcover books
1992rif. 109927NY:: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Volume One only. Sixth printing of the revised updated edition. SIGNED by Julia Child on the half-title page. Some damp staining to the top edge of the text block resulting in a small ripple at the top of some of the pages else very good in a very good light damp staining along the top edge of the rear panel dust jacket.; 684 pages; Signed by Author . 1992. 0394533992 . Knopf, hardcover books
2005rif. 1417049Paris: Les Belle Lettres 2005. Softcover. Octavo lxvii 254 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in soft red covers with black lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear with light creasing to corners. Light creasing and scuffing to spine. Textblock clean. Shelved in Ancient Greek & Latin. 1417049. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Les Belle Lettres unknown books
1974rif. 2350671New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1974. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. First American edition. Very good in good jacket. Jacket spine faded with two 1/2 inch chips from base minor publisher mistrimming of first couple page corners. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1974 Hard Cover. 463 pp. The celebrated feminist and existentialist looks back on her later years reevaluates incidents in her past and shares her outlook on life. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
