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1953réf. 565282New York: Random House 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with rubbing mostly at the spine ends. A nice copy of this memoir by a Greenwich Village resident of his addiction to heroin and cocaine from 1910 to the early 1920s. After he overcame his addiction he became a commercial artist. A bright copy of a scarce title. Random House hardcover
1978réf. 47775Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 4to. Pp. xvii 442 p.369-398 is comprised of Notes Glossary extensive Biography and Index. Richly illustrated throughout with more than 300 illustrations. Navy blue cloth with gilt titles. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title-page "To mt good friend Donald MacRae" and dated January 1979. Donald Alexander MacRae was Director Emeritus Dept of Astronomy University of Toronto and was the Director of the David Dunlap Observatory. Includes an 8vo size single-fold glossy promo brochure for the book and a photocopy of MacRae's review. This is a comprehensive reference work and is based on "personal examination of numerous machines instruments and clocks exhibited in public collections in Europe and North America and on a study of those described in scientific literature." It is not only concerned with the machines themselves "but also with the craftsmen who made them and the uses to which they were put. It draws together related areas in astronomy horology applied mechanics scientific instrument technology and the history of adult science education in what is ultimately a record of human endeavour and achievement." -from the flap. University of Toronto Press hardcover
2011réf. 014669Boston: Bromer Booksellers 2011. Limited to 50 signed numbered copies with an added gift inscription from the author. Book measures 23.5x15.5.cm. 408pp. Bound in original publishers yellow cloth with blue leather title label gilt lines and lettering marble endpapers. Binding in very good clean near fine condition. Internally pages clean throughout. House in original publishers blue slipcase. A very nice copy. F . Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Bromer Booksellers Hardcover
1995réf. 48817New York NY Weatherhill & The Saint Louis Art Museum 1995. Hardcover First Edition 1995 so stated. First Edition 1995 so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book shows just a hint of bumping at the upper corner tips; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; text clean. Free of any ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps plates or labels. Virtually 'As New'. The DJ shows only a touch of wear to the corner tips and the mildest rubbing to the panels with a hint of toning along the front hinge and backstrip no doubt due to sunning; unclipped. Overall very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. Folio. 11.8 x 9.35 x 1.3 inches. 350 pages. Weight: 4 pounds 3.5 ounces. Hardback with DJ. A lavishly illustrated study in both colour and black and white. 'Nihonga: Transcending the Past' is a valuable addition to the literature on Japanese arts. 'Nihonga' is a very broad field and this book its essays and illustrations demonstrates very well the breadth of that artistic field. Especially from looking at the illustrations I now have a better understanding of how Nihonga painting relates to contemporaneous post-Ukiyo-e printmaking in Japan. The accompanying scholarly essays by Ellen P Conant and others are excellent. The charting of the complicated relationships between Western and Japanese modernism at the institutional levels as well as in terms of individual artists is very revealing. The complexity of the 'mutual interference' of Western and Japanese cultural and associated political and economic interests is made very clear. Weatherhill & The Saint Louis Art Museum, hardcover
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1894réf. 53698Paris; Boussod Valadon Et Cie. 1894. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in half contemporary aniline calf over matching buckram boards. Raised bands gilt-blocked titles with slim gilt borders. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy; scans etc. On request. ; 224 pages; Steel-engraved plates tissue-guarded with descriptive letterpress. Added t. P. Vignette. - Edition Originale. Paris; Boussod, Valadon Et Cie. hardcover
réf. 72376Q4. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Harper & Brothers New York 1929 I-D; September 1929. 2 volumes. 1036 pgs. Illustrated. Slipcase is chipped and worn. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities DJ is lightly chipped and worn to th extremities. Bound in red cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The biography of Thomas Edison one of history's most renowned and productive inventors had a profound impact on modern life. He created groundbreaking inventions like the incandescent light bulb the phonograph and the motion picture camera while also enhancing technologies such as the telegraph and telephone. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
1994réf. 95092Harvard University Press: Cambridge Massachusetts 1994. First edition of Phelps' important contribution to understanding the business cycle. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Edmund Phelps on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gwen Frankfeldt. Dissatisfied by the explanations of the business cycle provided by Keynsian monetarist New-Keynsian and real business cycle schools Edmund S. Phelps developed a radically different theory to account for the long periods of unemployment that have occurred in both the United States and Western Europe since the early 1970s. Through the construction of three stylized general equilibrium models Phelps explains in the present volume how the natural rate is disturbed by real demand and supply shocks and the adjustments they set in motion. Cambridge, Massachusetts hardcover
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réf. 008613Paris. Imprimerie Priesler Nd. o. J. about 1968. Softcover. Gut. D5 --- 2 folded poster measuring 50 x 65.3 cm 19.625 x 25.7" printed in neon green 1 and orange 2 ink on thin white stock text in French a poster by the French artist writer critic and teacher who was only active as an artist for a few years in the late 1960s alongside Henri Chopin Jean-François Bory Julien Blaine Paul-Armand Gette and Christiane Frougny. Together with Yves Charnay Claude Portail Georges Aperghis Gérard Frémy and Luc Boyer he was one of the founders of the interdisciplinary art group Meta-Art which focused on the avant-garde folded in two cardboards printed on both sides folded in two and glued to each other on the right half in order to make a case for a self adhesive sleeve with six circles printed with purple letters and four sleeves of vellum paper printed with different compositions of letters on orange ink and for 2 further sleeves compare fotos good copy Paris. Imprimerie Priesler Nd. o. J. (about 1968) paperback
1983réf. 360378Paris France: Claude Duthuit 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Henri Matisse. For the Matisse lover and completists displaying 389 works of illustration in the first volume and another 439 black-and-white plates and six black-and-white photographs in the second; decriptions of 829 works by Matisse all in. A lovely set bound in rust-orange cloth over boards and from a printing of 5000 sets only. Texts are wholly in French. These exemplars are superior copies complete in two volumes gift-quality conditions inside and out no discernible wear to the cloth over boards sharp and distinct black lettering to spine facsimile of the artist to front covers. Slight smudging to the bottom fore-tips of both volumes else virtually pristine. Preface by Jean Guichard-Meili and with collaboration in mounting the catalogue raisonne by Francoise Garnaud. Tome I Engravings: xxvii1 2-311 pp. Tome II Lithographs: ix 1 2-379 pp. and with a Table of Contents and full list of the aquatints linogravures prints drawings and etchings.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Claude Duthuit hardcover
1979réf. 5593London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1979. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Pp. 287. Amply illustrated with black-and-white and color photography. Index. Bound in white cloth with red and black lettering stamped on spine. Dust jacket with a bit of age-toning to edges and slightly more to to spine. Signed by Hicks in his distinctive style on the front free endpaper. A fine contribution to Hicks' body of work presenting a continuation of his deployment colors and patterns mixed in a brazen and often arresting richness. Although he published some-eight or nine books in both England and the US signed copies are scarce. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a removable clear archival sleeve. Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover
1838réf. 23375New York: Wiley and Putnam 1838. First edition. Hardcover. fair. Sm. 4to. xii148pp. Half cloth over paper-covered boards. "A Critical Grammar of the Hebrew Language" by the same author preceded this work. Isaac Nordheimer 1809-1842 was a German-Jewish author. After emigrating to America in 1835 he became a professor of Hebrew and Oriental languages at the University of New York. His other main work besides contributions to the "Biblical Repository" was "The Philosophy of Ecclesiastes." Heavy age wear staining and chipping on binding. Hinges starting. 2" x 1" of bottom edge of front board missing affecting first 12 pages. Foxing throughout. Binding in poor interior in fair to good condition. Scarce. Bibliographical reference: Singerman 656. Rosenbach 430. Wiley and Putnam hardcover
1871réf. 2110502150909080Kansendo version 1871. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kansendo version paperback
réf. 4514-0074Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York et. al. 1987. Org.-Hardcover. Quart XXXVII 469; XLV 617; XVI 697; LI 791; XLI 405 S. einwandfreies frisches Exemplar. Vol. II: Wolfgang Rautenberg ed.: Non-Classical Logics. Vol. III: Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus ed.: Model Theory. Vol. IV: Peter G. Hinman ed.: Recursion Theory. Vol. V: Andreas R. Blass ed.: Set Theory. Vol. VI: Jane E. Kister Dirk van Dalen Anne S. Troelstra eds.: Proof Theory. Constructive Mathematics. - ENGLISH: In-quarto xxxvii 469; xlv 617; xvi 697; li 791; xli 405 pp. clean fresh copy. Vol. II: Wolfgang Rautenberg ed.: Non-Classical Logics. Vol. III: Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus ed.: Model Theory. Vol. IV: Peter G. Hinman ed.: Recursion Theory. Vol. V: Andreas R. Blass ed.: Set Theory. Vol. VI: Jane E. Kister Dirk van Dalen Anne S. Troelstra eds.: Proof Theory. Constructive Mathematics. - ENGLISH: In-quarto xxxvii 469; xlv 617; xvi 697; li 791; xli 405 pp. clean fresh copy. Vol. II: Wolfgang Rautenberg ed.: Non-Classical Logics. Vol. III: Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus ed.: Model Theory. Vol. IV: Peter G. Hinman ed.: Recursion Theory. Vol. V: Andreas R. Blass ed.: Set Theory. Vol. VI: Jane E. Kister Dirk van Dalen Anne S. Troelstra eds.: Proof Theory. Constructive Mathematics. - ENGLISH: In-quarto xxxvii 469; xlv 617; xvi 697; li 791; xli 405 pp. clean fresh copy. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York et. al. 1987 hardcover
1923réf. 71297Berlin Germany: Verlegt bei Bruno Cassirer 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. 541 495 675 558 643 552 468 604 467 403 and 448 pp. Small quarto sized volumes 24 cm in full grey/brown buckram cloth with lettering and decorative designs stamped on spines. All volumes solid and squarely bound unmarked throughout. Cloth quite faded including to the stamping to spines and volumes lightly dusted. Minor general shelfwear overall including some scuffing to spine ends. Light foxing and toning throughout. Complete in eleven volumes. Extra shipping charges will apply due to size and weight. The complete works of the great Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant in the original German. Band 1 Volume 1: Vorkritische Schriften Band I. Band II: Vorkritische Schriften Band II. Band III: Kritik der Reinen Vernunft. Band IV: Schriften von 1783–1799. Band V: Kritik der Parktischen Vernunft. Erste Einleitung in die Kritik der Urteilskraft. Die Kritik der Urteilskraft. Band VI: Schriften von 1790–1796. Band VII: Die Metaphysik der Sitten: Der Streit der Fakultaten. Band VIII: Anthropologie. Fortschritte der Metaphysik: Vorlesungen Kants Uber Padagogik. Vorlesungen Kants Uber Logik. Band IX: Briefe von und an Kant. Erster Teil: 1749–1789. Band X: Briefe von und an Kant. Zweiter Teil: 1790–1803. Band XI: Kants Leben und Lehre. Verlegt bei Bruno Cassirer hardcover
1946réf. 84Providence: Buffalo Book Company 1946. First Edition. 8vo pp. 303. Smith's first book preceded only by the novel's appearance as a three-part serial in Amazing Stories magazine. Just 500 copies were published; the Hadley 1947 edition is a reprint. Slightly cocked with some soiling and rubbing at the extremities very good in a bright dust jacket with rubbing small chips splits and tape reinforcements to the rear flap fold. Although earlier fiction had touched the edges of what would become space opera The Skylark of Space is the modern template-the first significant development in science fiction since Wells establishing the genre's foundational elements: the vast interstellar setting despotic alien civilizations and ongoing conflict with technologically advanced enemies. Its descendants include Asimov's Foundation Herbert's Dune Roddenberry's Star Trek and Lucas' Star Wars. You should read this because every space opera you have ever loved begins here. Buffalo Book Company unknown
1941réf. 76025New York: Reynal & Hitchcock Inc 1941. Limited Edition. Hardcover. very good. Octavo. 8 1/2' x 6". Red leather backed over cloth cover.Gilt lettering and design to spine. TEG. This edition is limited to 500 copies of which this is copy #200. SIGNED by Contran de Poncins. Light crease to the imitation page. Illustrations by Poncins with some in color and black and white photographs. Very light edge rubbing at head and tail of spine. Reynal & Hitchcock, Inc hardcover
réf. 240506079The Sazama Institute of Color. unknown_binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed by author Anitah Sazana The Sazama Institute of Color unknown
1873réf. 43745Chalon-sur-Saône; Paris: J. Dejussieu; Maisonneuve et Cie 1873. First edition. Hardcover. g to g. Quarto 10 1/4 x 7". 6 285 3pp Vol. 1; 2 ii 317 1pp Vol. 2. Uncut. Modern olive cloth with gold lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Publisher's logo to each title. Lavishly illustrated throughout with 30 plates mostly folded this third series of Chabas' "Mélanges Égyptologiques" comprises the latest studies on Egyptology. Some articles written in collaboration with Egyptologists Samuel Birch Charles Wycliffe Goodwin Rev. P. J. de Horrack and Eugène Lefébure. Minor shelfwear to binding. Ex-library copy with bookplate on inside of front cover reference number at rear and stamp at upper and lower paper edges. Some foxing and age-toning to very first leaves. Previous owner's name at upper margin of the first two title pages. Titles slightly brittling along edges. Sporadic annotations in pencil throughout easily erasable. Text in French. Binding and interior in overall good to good condition. About the author: François Joseph Chabas 1817-1882 was a French Egyptologist who came from a modest background studied at Chalon and became a wine merchant. Self-taught Chabas learned Latin Greek and other languages. Interested in anthropology he turned to study Old Egyptian languages. Chabas was a member of several learned societies and later president of the Conseil departemental of Saône-et-Loire. Between 1876 and 1880 he edited the journal "L'Égyptologie." His works have contributed much to elucidate the history of the invasion and repulsion of the Hyksos in Egypt. Chabas was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1865. From Wikipedia. J. Dejussieu; Maisonneuve et Cie hardcover
1926réf. 106j3076Garden City NY: Garden City Publishing Co. Inc. Good with no dust jacket. Reprint. Hardcover. "The effect of the volume is less that of a written book than it is that of a man sitting near you at his ease and talking earnestly and with a curious sort of impersonal objective attitude about his life the principles of living and working upon which he has based his success his convictions about how the work of the world might be done with more efficiency and more happiness." - New York Times. "I believe that the business man who reads this book understandingly with an open mind and with a resolute adjournment of all prejudice will find in it the key to a great public servant and a great private fortune - a guidebook of sound business principles." - Edward A. Filene in The Nation. 8 289 pp. Index. Black and white photographic frontispiece portrait of Mr. Ford. While copyright page states 1922 this is a reprint probably 1926 of the 1922 Doubleday Page & Company first edition. Tight and unmarked with moderate wear to the original black cloth. Includes replica dust jacket in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example of this the life story of probably America's greatest industrialist. A special gift for any aspiring magnate. Weems p. 148; Star Series; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall . 1926. Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. hardcover
1996réf. L3 box687 a11The Law of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. By M. Cherif Bassiouni; With the Collaboration of Peter Mauikas. 1996 by Transnational Publishers Inc. Hardcover 1126 pages. Transnational Publishers, Inc. hardcover
réf. L1 b106, L3 b72, b110 m8uThe Molecular Theory of Solutions by I. Prigogine with the Collaboration of A. Bellemans and V. Mathot. 1957 North-Holland Publishing Co. Hardcover 448 pp. In L1 box106 L3 box72 L3 box110. North-Holland Publishing Co. hardcover
1987réf. 825BKodansha Ltd. Japan 1987 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Japanese text.; Hardcover leather deluxe edition 2 Volumes in slipcase - inside a carton box; 26.5 x 37 cm without slipcase. Slipcase 28.5 x 39.5 x 10 cm; 9 Kg.; Volume I - ISBN 4062008130 278 pages.; Volume 2 -ISBN 4062008149 248 pages.: Colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; As new with minor handling signs. The carton box show some handling signs namely some bumps. The slipcase shows minor signs of wear on the exterior. Interior of both volumes looks new.; LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 688. SCARCE AND VERY HARD TO FIND.; Japanese edition of Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul: A Complete Catalogue which was published in 3 VOLUMES in English by Philip Wilson Publishers London for Sotheby's Publications in 1986. The Japanese edition was supervised by Rakuji Hasebe and condensed in 2 volumes. The Japanese edition includes a few colour illustrations that were not included in the English edition. The texts included in the Japanese edition were carefully selected and adapted from the English edition considering the interest of the Japanese readers all changes were made with the permission of the authors. The Japanese edition right was arranged with Philip Wilson Publishers through Motovun Tokyo.; The Topkapi Saray Museum collection of Chinese Ceramics is one of the largest and most important in the whole world yet comparatively little of it has ever been published. The wares assembled here present a continuous review of porcelains made for export from the 13th century to the 19th century which in its range of styles and designs is without equal in any other surviving collection. With some 4500 pieces dating from the Yuan and Ming dynasties and a further 5500 from the Qing the present work covering the entire collection constitutes the most extensively illustrated book on Chinese ceramics yet published and provides an unrivaled source for dating and the study of design. The main part of the work consists of a complete and definitive catalogue in which every piece is itemised. Kodansha Ltd., Japan hardcover
1924réf. 61389Lutherville MD: Chesacroft Kennels 1924. First edition apparently the first book devoted solely to the Chesapeake Bay Retriever. 12mo. 31 pp. Illus. from photos; 3-pages of show records from Chesacroft dogs 1922-1923. Not in Jones "Bibliography of the Dog" listing only two titles on the Chesapeake Bay Retriever the earlier from 1933. OCLC locates one copy Mariners Museum Newport News VA. Very good copy of a rare book. Original decorated brown wrappers stapled. #8436. Chesacroft Kennels unknown
