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1996rif. 23008New York: Harry N. Abrams 1996. Decorative Cloth. Fine. A pristine copy of the 1996 catalogue raisonne of Paul Cezanne's paintings complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes tight and Fine in their dark pictorial cloth. No dustjackets as issued. Quartos also includes an immaculate copy of the pictorial card slipcase. Volume 1: The Texts; Vol. 2: The Plates. Harry N. Abrams unknown
1975rif. 36110909London: Victor Gollancz 1975. 1st edition so stated. Collaborators include Walter Blankenburg Torben Schousboe Robert Stevenson Watkins Shaw Ludwig Finscher Georg Feder and Adam Adrio. Foreword by Paul Henry Lang. Blue cloth. Owner's name in magic marker on endpaper else clean tight copy: VG/Good dj with edge tears and small missing pieces. 8vo. Illustrated in black and white Victor Gollancz hardcover
1989rif. 2432BJorge Getulio Veiga Brazil 1989 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover with dust jacket; 24.6 x 32.5 cm; 2.4 Kg; 344 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket shows wear marks edge wear scuffs and scratches. The edges are slightly chipped and show minor tears. Interior with signs of wear the first and last pages show some yellowing. The blue front free endpaper shows some wear marks. Cracked hinge but the binding remains firmly attached. Wear marks throughout.; Limited edition of 1000 copies of which this is number 705.; First english edition.; Distributor: Han-Shan Tang Ltd. London.; Large format book with colour illustrations of fine porcelain made for Chinese export and held in Brazilian collections.; "What struck me the most were the beautiful porcelains above all the so-called "Imperial" pieces dating from the King John VI of Portugal to my grandmother Princess Isabel of Brazil. It was she who saved the pieces in the famous "Mail Service" from neglect. Represented in your display cabinets are the illustrious table services that ornamented the Royal and Imperial Palaces of Brazil's Bragantine court. Also present are the faithful servitors of the Monarchy in lovely Chinese export porcelain decorated with family crests or initials." excerpt from the presentation by Prince Pedro de Orleans e Bragança addressed to Jorge Getulio Veiga. Jorge Getulio Veiga, Brazil hardcover
2015rif. 106836San Francisco: Documatica Research LLC 2015. Second ed. Hardcover. New. In original cardboard box as issued. Large very heavy quarto cloth & dust jacket two volumes 465pp printed on thick glossy acid-free paper sewn signatures with hundreds of illustrations many of which are full page and in color including Renaissance paintings old woodcuts early printed books charts and maps plus a cloth portfolio of 20 rare Medieval and Renaissance broadsheets posters 11” x 8” suitable for framing and a facsimile of a 17th century coin representing a legendary round shield from the sky everything contained in a stout Saifu cloth slipcase each copy signed and numbered by the authors limited to 500 copies and never to be reprinted. 9 lbs 10 oz. Scarce. A monumental work by arguably the world's most respected authority. Our last copy. Large very heavy quarto cloth & dust jacket two volumes 465pp printed on thick glossy acid-free paper sewn signatures with hundreds of illustrations many of which are full page and in color including Renaissance paintings old woodcuts early printed books charts and maps plus a cloth portfolio of 20 rare Medieval and Renaissance broadsheets posters 11” x 8” suitable for framing and a facsimile of a 17th century coin representing a legendary round shield from the sky everything contained in a stout Saifu cloth slipcase each copy signed and numbered by the authors limited to 500 copies and never to be reprinted. This is entirely different from the 2010 Tarcher paperback edition greatly revised and expanded. A gorgeous production of the highest quality a rare blending of world-class scholarship and exceptional book arts. Great care has been taken to produce both a beautiful book and one that will last down through the ages. A large heavy item. Weighs 9 lbs 10 ounces before packing. Documatica Research LLC hardcover
1989rif. 1563BJorge Getulio Veiga Brazil 1989 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover without dust jacket; 24.6 x 32.5 cm; 2.4 Kg; 344 pages with colour illustrations.; Lacks the dust jacket. Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The exterior shows edge wear and wears marks on the hardcover cloth front cover spine and back cover. Interior with some yellowing throughout. The first page show sings of some pencil writing removed at the top. The hinge is slightly loose at the end but the binding remains firm. Good readable/working copy.; Limited edition of 1000 copies of which this is number 673.; First english edition.; Distributor: Han-Shan Tang Ltd. London.; Large format book with colour illustrations of fine porcelain made for Chinese export and held in Brazilian collections.; "What struck me the most were the beautiful porcelains above all the so-called "Imperial" pieces dating from the King John VI of Portugal to my grandmother Princess Isabel of Brazil. It was she who saved the pieces in the famous "Mail Service" from neglect. Represented in your display cabinets are the illustrious table services that ornamented the Royal and Imperial Palaces of Brazil's Bragantine court. Also present are the faithful servitors of the Monarchy in lovely Chinese export porcelain decorated with family crests or initials." excerpt from the presentation by Prince Pedro de Orleans e Bragança addressed to Jorge Getulio Veiga. Jorge Getulio Veiga, Brazil hardcover
1986rif. 1475BPhilip Wilson Publishers London for Sotheby's Publications 1986 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover cloth with top edge gilt with dust jacket in slipcase.; 28 x 39 cm; 17 Kg.; 1381 pages with 5000 black-and-white and colour illustrations including 200 large-size colour plates.; 3 volumes comprising: Volume 1-Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadon Wares; Volume 2-Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains; Volume 3-Qing Dynasty Porcelains.; Used with minor signs of wear on the dust jackets and on the interior. The slipcases show minor wear marks scuffs and scratches except the slipcase of volume 3 which shows a bump at the top right side of the back. The dust jackets show minor edge wear scuffs and scratches. Except volume 2 which shows a scratch on the left side of the front cover from below the title until almost the bottom the scratch created a tiny punch without creating a hole the punch is seen from the rear of the dust jacket only if it is removed. The front cover of volume 3 show signs of have been slightly bent. Interior with minor signs of wear except for volume 2 which shows tiny wear marks on a few pages.; OUT OF PRINT SCARCE REFERENCE CATALOGUE. LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 168.; 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 three-volume 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. Each entry is accompanied by one or more monochrome illustrations scaled in size according to importance and many are also shown in colour. The work contains 5000 illustrations in all of which 200 are large-size colour plates. The volumes divide the catalogue into three major sections "Celadon Wares" "Yuan and Ming Porcelains" and "Qing Porcelains". These sections and their sub-divisions are arranged chronologically and are prefaced by extensive introductions by Regina Krahl and John Ayers. Virtually all the celadon wares are products of the famous Longquan kilns and the majority date from the 14th and 15th centuries; numbering in all some 1350 pieces they comprise the most extensive body of such material in existence. In blue-and-white and white wares of the 14th and early 15th centuries too which are widely regarded as the finest products of the Yuan and early Ming the group of 125 pieces has no rival in size or quality while the representation of later Ming export blue-and-white is rich in the extreme; the polychrome and monochrome classes of Ming ware also including some notable rarities. As for the Qing wares of all categories these two comprise a uniquely extensive range of designs still virtually unpublished and of great value to students of Chinese porcelain. The first volume is introduced by a series of essays surveying the background to the collection and various aspects of the ceramics themselves. Dr. Unsal Yucel and Dr. Julian Raby throw new light on how porcelains both entered and left the palace in what quantities and at what dates; Dr. Raby also contributes a penetrating examination of the nature of Ottoman taste in this field showing how porcelain was regarded at the Court and for what purposes and on what occasions it was used. Further important articles examine in detail the use of Chinese and Arabic marks on the porcelains. A full working bibliography a concordance and a thorough index complete the work. Philip Wilson Publishers, London for Sotheby's Publications hardcover
1986rif. 1511BPhilip Wilson Publishers London for Sotheby's Publications 1986 Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover cloth with the top of the text block gilt with dust jacket in slipcase.; 28 x 39 cm; 17 Kg.; 1381 pages with 5000 black-and-white and colour illustrations including 200 large-size colour plates.; 3 volumes comprising: Vol. 1-Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadon Wares; Vol. 2-Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains; Vol. 3-Qing Dynasty Porcelains.; Used with signs of wear on the slipcases dust jackets and on the interior. The dust jackets show edge wear scuffs and scratches and are faded on the spines namely: Vol. 1 has a scratch on the middle of the back cover and is chipped on the edges Vol. 2 is slightly loose due to wear and shows edge wear scuffs and scratches on the front cover spine and back cover. Vol. 3 is loose due to wear shows edge wear scuffs and scratches on the front cover spine and back cover and shows also minor chips on the edges a tear at the bottom of the spine and a scratch on the middle of the back cover. All volumes with signs of wear on the interior.; Signed by the author including written dedication on title page of Volume 1.; OUT OF PRINT SCARCE REFERENCE CATALOGUE. LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 55.; 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 three-volume 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. Each entry is accompanied by one or more monochrome illustrations scaled in size according to importance and many are also shown in colour. The work contains 5000 illustrations in all of which 200 are large-size colour plates. The volumes divide the catalogue into three major sections "Celadon Wares" "Yuan and Ming Porcelains" and "Qing Porcelains". These sections and their sub-divisions are arranged chronologically and are prefaced by extensive introductions by Regina Krahl and John Ayers. Virtually all the celadon wares are products of the famous Longquan kilns and the majority date from the 14th and 15th centuries; numbering in all some 1350 pieces they comprise the most extensive body of such material in existence. In blue-and-white and white wares of the 14th and early 15th centuries too which are widely regarded as the finest products of the Yuan and early Ming the group of 125 pieces has no rival in size or quality while the representation of later Ming export blue-and-white is rich in the extreme; the polychrome and monochrome classes of Ming ware also including some notable rarities. As for the Qing wares of all categories these two comprise a uniquely extensive range of designs still virtually unpublished and of great value to students of Chinese porcelain. The first volume is introduced by a series of essays surveying the background to the collection and various aspects of the ceramics themselves. Dr. Unsal Yucel and Dr. Julian Raby throw new light on how porcelains both entered and left the palace in what quantities and at what dates; Dr. Raby also contributes a penetrating examination of the nature of Ottoman taste in this field showing how porcelain was regarded at the Court and for what purposes and on what occasions it was used. Further important articles examine in detail the use of Chinese and Arabic marks on the porcelains. A full working bibliography a concordance and a thorough index complete the work. Philip Wilson Publishers, London for Sotheby's Publications hardcover
1986rif. 1105BPhilip Wilson Publishers London for Sotheby's Publications 1986 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover without dust jackets in slipcases.; 28 x 39 cm; 17 Kg.; 1381 pages with 5000 black-and-white and colour illustrations including 200 large-size colour plates.; 3 volumes comprising: Volume 1-Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadon Wares; Volume 2-Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains; Volume 3-Qing Dynasty Porcelains.; Used books with signs of wear on the exterior of the slipcases hardcover cloths and outside text block. Lacks the dust jackets. Interior in good condition apart a block of pages 363 to 374 in volume 1 that are loose from the hinge. Good readable copies.; OUT OF PRINT. SCARCE REFERENCE CATALOGUE. LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES. UNNUMBERED SET.; 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 three-volume 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. Each entry is accompanied by one or more monochrome illustrations scaled in size according to importance and many are also shown in colour. The work contains 5000 illustrations in all of which 200 are large-size colour plates. The volumes divide the catalogue into three major sections "Celadon Wares" "Yuan and Ming Porcelains" and "Qing Porcelains". These sections and their sub-divisions are arranged chronologically and are prefaced by extensive introductions by Regina Krahl and John Ayers. Virtually all the celadon wares are products of the famous Longquan kilns and the majority date from the 14th and 15th centuries; numbering in all some 1350 pieces they comprise the most extensive body of such material in existence. In blue-and-white and white wares of the 14th and early 15th centuries too which are widely regarded as the finest products of the Yuan and early Ming the group of 125 pieces has no rival in size or quality while the representation of later Ming export blue-and-white is rich in the extreme; the polychrome and monochrome classes of Ming ware also including some notable rarities. As for the Qing wares of all categories these two comprise a uniquely extensive range of designs still virtually unpublished and of great value to students of Chinese porcelain. The first volume is introduced by a series of essays surveying the background to the collection and various aspects of the ceramics themselves. Dr. Unsal Yucel and Dr. Julian Raby throw new light on how porcelains both entered and left the palace in what quantities and at what dates; Dr. Raby also contributes a penetrating examination of the nature of Ottoman taste in this field showing how porcelain was regarded at the Court and for what purposes and on what occasions it was used. Further important articles examine in detail the use of Chinese and Arabic marks on the porcelains. A full working bibliography a concordance and a thorough index complete the work. Philip Wilson Publishers, London for Sotheby's Publications hardcover
1987rif. 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
1992rif. 035778Cape Town: Fernwood Press 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. pp. 272 pages colour frontispiece numerous colour plates and maps. Dust jacket near fine with just some fading to the spine now protected in a removable sleeve. Contents clean and tight owners attractive plate to the reverse of the front free endpaper no inscriptions no marks. A near fine clean copy. Fernwood Press Hardcover
1942rif. 82387New York:: Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill Book Company 1942. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in beige cloth with dark brown lettering on the spine in a good dust jacket with a long chip at the bottom edge of the front cover wear to the ends of the spine tape reinforcement to interior of dj price-clipped. Some shelfwear to the bottom edges of the boards. Uncommon in the first edition in dustjacket. . First edition. The Autobiography of a World-famous Locksmith. From the jacket: "Charles Courtney's fingers which have been insured for $100000.00 have led him into adventures as fantastic entertaining and nerve-tingling as any in our day. Mr. Courtney is the world's highest paid 'legal Jimmy Valentine' a safe-cracker. His jobs take him wherever there is a safe no one else can crack. The safes of Kaiser Wilhelm the chests that held the crown jewels of the Romanoffs the strong-boxes that ex-King Alfonso of Spain brought with him when he escaped to France are but a few which have yielded to Mr. Courtney's fingers. Some of his most spine-chilling adventures have been on the floor of the sea. he unlocked the safes of the Egypt topedoed during WWI with a cargo of gold and diamonds and was hired by sir Basil Zaharoff to work on the wreck of the British cruiser Hampshire. The team of divers found the gold she was carrying but met a catastrophe that killed his companions." Illustrated with photographs. 335 pp. Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill Book Company, hardcover
1998rif. 1001150NEW ~ An early title in the CIESAS ethnohistorical collection "Historia de los pueblos indigenas de Mexico" 340 pp. Illustrations. Maps. Bibliography. Primary source appendix - Apendice Documental. Edition of 2000 / 2000 ejemplares. "En este libro Barbara Cifuentes a traves de un recorrido por la historia aborda algunos aspectos que han caracterizado al multilinguismo en Mexico tales como los interpretes la introduccion de la letra latina la evangelizacion las lenguas generales la legislacion y la educacion y la ciencia entre otros de tal manera que encontramos que un buen numero de las preocupaciones actuales en torno a las lenguas indigenas se derivan de los acontecimientos y las ideas de los siglos anteriores." CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES Y ESTUDIOES SUPERIORES EN ANTROPOLOGIA SOCIAL paperback
2012rif. 546BUmberto Allemandi & C. Turin 2012 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 2.1 kg 24.5 x 32.5 cm; 2.1 Kg; 348 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear namely on the exterior which has edgewear and signs of wear on the front cover spine and back cover. The interior is in good condition except for a dedication on front free endpaper from the authors to a previous owner.; This volume illustrates the remarkable collection of East Asian ceramics put together by Luigi Anton and Nera Laura during fifty years of passionate research. For the first time a selection of the most representative pieces from a historical/artistic viewpoint of this collection which is to be counted among the most important in Italy are presented to both experts in the sector and the interested public alike: Chinese ceramics and porcelain produced from the Song to the Qing dynasty from about the tenth to the nineteenth century as well as items from Korea Japan and other South-East Asian countries. Alongside the ceramics the volume offers an overview of the principal artworks that make up the "section of East Asian art" in Vila San Luca at Ospedaletti Imperia in western Liguria Italy the splendid house/museum that the Lauras with great far-sightedness donated to FAI-Fondo Ambiente Italiano and that is destined to become a leading museum of decorative arts open to the public. Umberto Allemandi & C., Turin paperback
2011rif. DADAX3642221157Springer 2011-09-30. 2011. hardcover. New. 8.25x0.75x11.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Springer hardcover
1970rif. 13776Los Angeles California: Bun-Bmp Publishing 1970. 9.5 x 4.5" two leaves of card stock including illustrated cover plus 32 leaves of thick colored paper printed to rectos only for a total of 36 pp ring bound at upper corner. An unusual Chinese cookbook written by a "Mrs. Bun" in collaboration with Davis Lee the proprietor of the Golden Dragon restaurant in Los Angeles. Undated but the introduction references the 1972 trip to China by President Nixon. The recipes are accompanied by illustrations done by "Geza Rolly and Christine Lam." Recipes include Thousand Year Old Egg Omelet Peking Duck Crab Omelet Bunn Style pigeon's egg soup and more. There is also a reference page of Chinese cooking tools a glossary of Chinese cooking terms and a list of companies selling Chinese ingredients. Seven in OCLC. Wear to covers couple of tears to front cover bit of soiling to rear cover area of old sticker residue to front cover. Bun-Bmp Publishing unknown
1924rif. 620541New York: Republic Publishing Company 1924. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 200pp. Printed wrappers. Tiny chip at bottom margin of approximately the first 40 pages small chips at edge of of wraps very good. An exposé on the practice of hiring spies to infiltrate labor unions. Republic Publishing Company unknown
1969rif. 553789New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Large quarto. 599pp. Remainder mark corners lightly rubbed very good being Antonio Alfredo Giarraputo's copy with his name and date penned on the front fly in a very good lightly rubbed dust jacket with short tears and neat internal tape repair. Giarraputo was a gay Boston poet who went to Harvard with Frank O'Hara and Robin Blaser. Although he did not become a well-known poet he did teach poetry to the young black community which the mayor of Boston eventually proclaimed a day named in honor of Giarraputo. McGraw-Hill Book Company hardcover
1923rif. 562780Altoona Pennsylvania: Times Tribune Company 1923. Softcover. Very Good. Second edition. Octavo. 228pp Table of Contents. Frontispiece portrait. Printed illustrated gray wrappers. Small creases and tears on the wrappers very good or better. Times Tribune Company unknown
1992rif. 540296Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. 183pp. Fine. Daniel Hoffman's copy with a typed letter laid in with an Inscription by Harteis and Signed by Harteis and Meredith. Carnegie Mellon University Press unknown
1936rif. 421381London: John Hamilton 1936. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 276pp. Pages moderately foxed lacking the rear fly owner's name marked out on front pastedown spine sunned good only lacking the dustwrapper. The Australian 67 Squadron in Palestine during WWI. John Hamilton hardcover
2020rif. 24797London/New York: Phaidon Press Limited 2020. hardcover illustrated boards. no flaws or wear.clean. no markings. no bumps tears creases. tight binding.; english text.; 239pp. over 250 color illustrations of space-race era soviet graphics posters books ephemera covering several decades. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Phaidon Press Limited Hardcover
2003rif. 24174Paris/Gottingen: Musee D'art Moderne De La Ville De Paris and Steidl Publishers 2003. seven softcover books in slipcase as issued. negligible hand-soiling to white slipcase. no flaws or wear. no markings. no bumps tears creases. sewn bindings. complete set. english text with some french . none are paginated. illustrated in color. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Multi-Volume Set. Musee D'art Moderne De La Ville De Paris and Steidl Publishers Paperback
2001rif. 24175Gottingen: Steidl 2001. hardcover pale green linen covered boards in cardboard slipcase with publisher's label. very slight wear to slipcase negligible impact. no flaws or wear to book. clean. no markings. no bumps tears creases. tight binding.; this copy is number 837 from the edition of 4000 and is pencil signed by tacita dean and dated 2001; unpaginated. photos reproduced throughout including at least one gatefold. Signed by Artist. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Artists' Book. Steidl Hardcover
1985rif. R4677France: Librairie Larousse 1985 Ouvrage abondamment illustré surtout de photographies en couleurs et de quelques fac-similés. « Perles pierres aux couleurs vives pierres étincelantes ont toujours été associées à une notion de trésor et représentaient autrefois la richesse d'un État que ses chefs exhibaient dans les grandes occasions. Ramsès impressionnait les ambassadeurs assyriens par ses lapis-lazuli et ses turquoises; Louis XIV éblouissait les représentants du chah de Perse par ses diamants . Mais la révolution industrielle du XIXe siècle a fait prévaloir les réalisations techniques. Si les empires de la Renaissance envoyaient leurs galions chercher or et pierres précieuses dans le Nouveau Monde les grandes nations modernes envoient leurs fusées dans l'espace à la recherche d'une précieuse technologie. Ce sont leurs trésors actuels aussi les nomment-elles parfois «diamant>> «saphir» .». Illus. by Bariand Nelly. Couverture rigide. Très bon. Librairie Larousse hardcover
2001rif. R4511Québec: Les Éditions de l'Homme 2001 ÉPUISÉ mais DISPONIBLE. Pages de garde illustrées. Ouvrage abondamment illustré de fac-similés et de photographies en couleurs et en n.& b. dans le texte et hors-texte. Documentation très étoffée. Couverture rigide. Neuf/Neuf. Les Éditions de l'Homme hardcover
