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1922Best.-Nr. 76394London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1922. 1st trade ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. frontis illustrations 146p. Original cloth. Partial dj. 32cm. Jacket lacks most of backstrip panel and is edge-worn. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover books
1982Best.-Nr. 12774Philaldelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1982. Hardcover. xv 249p. illus. dj spine faded small remainder mark on text block edge in good condition. University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover books
1850Best.-Nr. 54009Belfast: Marcus Ward & Co 1850. Second edition. Softcover. Good- to fine condition. Folio. 6 6pp. 5 plates with tissue guards. Bound in black half-cloth over stiff turquoise wraps with triple-framed black lettering and Royal emblem on cover; protected by modern mylar. Gilt edges. Turquoise endpapers. Title page in red blue and black lettering with decorative augmentation framed in red with tissue guard. Dedication page to the Queen. "In presenting to the public the present work the publisher had to objects in view; first to bring under their notice one of the most ancient curious and valuable reliques of Irish Antiquity at present in existence by accurately drawn and coloured representations and secondly to produce a specimen of Irish Lithography at once tasteful elegant useful and instructive and if the present work attains these objects they will consider themselves fully repaid." Preface. Contains essay providing the historical context for the Ecclesiastical Bell and five chromolithographs protected by tissue guards depicting the bell and four views of the shrine. Wraps with some discoloration and light scuffing al corners and foredge. Light scuffing from removed plate on inside front cover. Endpapers lightly wavy due to water exposure. Previours owner's name inked to front free endpaper. Binding in overall good- interior in very good title page and lithographs in near fine to fine condition. Marcus Ward & Co unknown books
1925Best.-Nr. 47367Paris: Imprimerie V. Jilek 1925. First edition. Softcover. g- to vg. Inscribed to his student "Miss Hardy" signed Paul Raymond front free endpaper. Quarto. 126pp. Original gray wraps with publisher's device and black lettering on cover and spine protected by modern mylar. Publisher's device on title page. Printed to cream handmade paper. Preface by Dr. L. L. Paris with anatomical illustrations. Elaborate dance instructions by Paul Raymond illustrated with numerous drawings showing various dance positions and movements with accompanying scores by J. Wilhem. Dance instructions written on request of Raymond's students to facilitate the option to work at home and practice steps and exercises learned during the classes. Text in French. Wraps with light wear along edges some staining along bottom of back cover and lightly rubbed along edges. Lightly starting at inside front cover but firm. Wraps in overall good- interior in very good condition. Imprimerie V. Jilek unknown books
1952Best.-Nr. 45541London: British School of Egyptian Archaeology 1952. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio 12 1/4 x 10". vi 2 26 2pp Text 27 leaves Plates as issued. Original 3/4 red cloth over printed paper covered boards with gold lettering to spine and black lettering to front cover. Frontispiece. This work deals with Hilda Petrie's partial excavation of seven mastaba tombs of the Pyramid Age back in 1905. It contains striking facsimile copying of their wall scenes. Minor shelf wear to binding. Ex-library stamp to top and bottom edges bookplate on inside of front cover and library pocket on inside of back cover. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. British School of Egyptian Archaeology hardcover books
1925Best.-Nr. 44706Paris: Published by the author 1925. Limited First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Folio 16 1/2 x 14 3/4". Unpaginated. 8pp Title Preface Table of Contents Limitation page 10 leaves Plates 10 leaves Suite of the plates. Original gilt-tooled full vellum with gold lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. Title page in red and black lettering. Jean Auscher's striking series of 10 wash drawings highlighted in pochoir render a vivid joyful pittoresque and at times acerbic vision of people dancing at Parisian nightclubs in the 1920s. The ten drawings are followed by a suite of the same plates without the pochoir highlighting. Each illustration measures appr. 8 1/2 x 11" and is tipped in onto heavy cardstock. Text pages on Japan paper. One of the 50 Hors Commerce copies this being the only known HC copy printed on Japan Nacre from a total edition of 1178. Minor and sporadic rubbing along edges of binding. Covers slightly warped. Text in French. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. About the artist: Jean Auscher 1896-c. 1950 was a 20th century French artist caricaturist and illustrator. Auscher was a pupil at l'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. His work was exhibited at Le Salon d'Automne and Le Salon des Tuileries between 1923 and 1933. His most characteristic work recorded the life "des Années Folles" in the Paris of the 1920s including scenes in the casinos gambling clubs and dance halls evoking the decadence of the demi-monde. He also recorded the theatrical community with portraits of actors some in their famous roles such as Louis Jouvet as "Le Trouhadec indigne" and the clown Grock. His best-known work appeared in limited edition folios published by the artist himself "La Faune des Dancings" 1925 and "Le Baccara" circa 1926. Many copies of the lithographs contained in these were heightened with watercolor. He contributed to the satirical journal "Le Rire"; he also illustrated works by Irène Némirovsky who was rediscovered when "Suite Française" was republished in 2004. Andre Haguenauer "Les Amertumes" 1925 and Alfred Machard "Printemps Sexuel" provided Auscher with subject matter that was again towards the margins of conventional attitudes to sexuality. From Wikipedia. Published by the author hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 4671PORNOGRAPHIC WATERCOLORS. Album. 9pgs. 7 x 5. No date circa 1950s. Cleveland. A scrapbook of nine pornographic watercolors probably dating from the 1950s. On the back of the last page is a pencil note Drawn by an artist named Ganzman of Cleveland. Without giving away too many details the illustrations concern a relationship between Elsie May and Zeke and the drawings get more obscene as the book progresses. Finally Elsie Mays father a farmer shows up with a shotgun on the last page. Based on the misspellings the artist either wasnt a native English speaker or a poor speller. I do not believe this is the work of a teenage boy. The scrapbook is held together by two clasps and the edges have some wear and folds. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 22662DESSIN Charles. LE BOURG DE BLERANCOURT. Saint-quentin: Guetteur de l'Aisne 1926. 8vo. Half-red morocco. 143 6 pages 12 plates. First edition. A history of the region with twelve plates of buildings and ruins in the area. The cheap paper is browning. The surface leather to the front hinge is rough else a very handsome copy in a bright red leather binding. unknown books
1944Best.-Nr. 1414298New York: Machmadim Art Editions Inc 1944. Limited Edition #37/100. Hardcover. Octavo unpaginated. In Very Good condition. Bound in green cloth boards with illustrated label to front board. Protected in clear plastic dust jacket torn. Spine cocked. General shelf wear. Light age toning with minor foxing to textblock. Enumerated on copyright page. Text in Yiddish reads right to left. Shelved in Case 12. 1414298. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Machmadim Art Editions, Inc hardcover books
1942Best.-Nr. 1372836Princeton: Princeton University Press 1942. Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo x 291 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is gray with a black box and gilt lettering. Boards have minor shelf wear and a library identification sticker on the spine. Text block has pen writing on the front end page and minor foxing on some pages. Ex-Library. 1372836. Special Collections - Downstairs. Princeton University Press hardcover books
1995Best.-Nr. 1412831London: Arms and Armour Press 1995. Reprinted. Softcover. Octavo 127 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback binding. Spine red with white and black lettering. Covers have slight wear including minor edge wear. Text block has slight plus wear including mild age toning to the edges. Profusely illustrated. Reprinted. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Column CC. 1412831. FP New Rockville Stock. Arms and Armour Press unknown books
2005Best.-Nr. 1406524New York: A Tin House Bloomsbury Book 2005. First U.S. edition. Softcover. Octavo unpaged In Very Good condition. In clear plastic sleeve. Spine is white with brown print. Cover is white with brown print. Illustrated: b&w drawings. Signed in ink by the author on the half-title page and on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #5. 1406524. FP New Rockville Stock. A Tin House Bloomsbury Book unknown books
Best.-Nr. 1406573New York: Journeyman Press 12970. Saddle-stitched. Octavo unpaged. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is staple bound. Price unclipped: "$2.00". Cover is grey black print illustration; light peripheral toning. Illustrated: b&w drawings. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #5. 1406573. FP New Rockville Stock. Journeyman Press unknown books
1979Best.-Nr. 103437New York: Star Dist 1979. Paperback. 180p. explicit drawings price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Rough Trade RT-475. Star Dist paperback books
1979Best.-Nr. 46058Berkeley: Tonatiuh International 1979. Paperback. 185p. paperabck; illustrated with drawings by Dennis Martinez covers rubbed and somehwat shelfworn a crease on the front wrapper corner else good. Tonatiuh International paperback books
1970Best.-Nr. 271432New York: Dover 1970. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Unabridged republication of the 1937 edition. Quarto. In card covers. Near fine. Rear cover beginning to darken on edges. Dover unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 30707Dallas TX: Tom Reamy. Good. 1965. Number 1. Magazine. nice clean copy externally fine but with small rectangular pieces cut out at the top and bottom corners of pp. 23/24 impacting the two film-related articles see Notes but none of the other content. pen & ink drawings B&W photographs The rare debut issue of this important sci-fi/fantasy-oriented fanzine which represented the editor's return to the publishing field after an earlier publication "CriFanAc" had crashed and burned in the late 1950s after the publication of a half-dozen issues. Some of this background a lot having to do with the early travails and infighting that plagued the Dallas Futurian Society of which editor Reamy was a co-founder is covered in his opening editorial screed which includes numerous references to various personalities who are no doubt long-gone-and-forgotten. "Trumpet" itself lasted for ten issues and was nominated a couple of times for a Hugo Award as Best Fanzine; Reamy himself died in 1977 at the age of 42. This issue is conspicuously fiction-heavy containing the following short stories: "The Altruist" by Charles Portis a Korean War tale which I believe is uncollected; at least it doesn't appear in the 2013 anthology of his work "Escape Velocity"; "The Cosmic Dancers" by James Twiggs; "The Demolished Fan" by Richard Koogle; "The Sisters" by Leonora Carrington a reprint of a 1945 story; and "The Traveling Salesman and the Farmer's Daughter" by Arthur Norman. Also in this issue: "I'm Not Afraid" an article by Marion Zimmer Bradley; a portfolio of Christmas card designs by Hannes Bok; "Existential Da-da Pop Art Funnies" several comic-strip features by Gilbert Shelton; two film-related pieces "Somebody Out There Likes Us!" by Al Jackson a survey of 50s and early 60s science fiction films and a reassessment of the 1954 giant-ant classic THEM! by Reamy both these articles are incomplete due to the corner-clipping of pp.23/24; "Le Sacre du Printemps" a portfolio four pen-and-ink drawings of a crone-like woman in various guises by Reamy; additional retro film reviews by Reamy of ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES 1959 HAND OF DEATH 1962 and THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF 1961. An amazing amount of content really for a 40-page covers included magazine. . Tom Reamy unknown books
1922Best.-Nr. 197922New York: William Helburn Inc 1922. Hardbound. VG covers some foxing to endpapers interior VG with very occassional smudging. A tight and clean set overall. Publishers red cloth decorated with gilt lettering and designs. Vol. 1: 9 pp. text followed by a detailed listing of the 100 bw plates that follow which illustrated well over 100 items. Vol. 2: Detailed listing of plates plates 101 to 200. Vol. 3: Detailed listing of plates Plates 201-300. Volumes 1-3. The photographs are divided into two basic groups: Interiors furnished; and individual furniture pieces. No date except at the end of the introduction in Volume 1 which is dated 1922 in Madrid. William Helburn, Inc hardcover books
1966Best.-Nr. 181303New York: Marlborough Gerson Gallery 1966. Softcover. G Some spotting and age toning on cover. Interior pages clear. White paper waps with black and white photograph. 29 pages : chiefly illustrations some color. Exhibition catalog. Marlborough Gerson Gallery paperback books
1929Best.-Nr. 122388London: Constable Publishers 1929. Hardbound. VG with the lightest of foxing here and there. Art Deco designed and colored printed board covers with faux vellum spine. 159 pp. 9 full-page color plates including title-page and many other illustrations within the text. 1000 copies printed. Constable Publishers hardcover books
1880Best.-Nr. 114416Paris: J. Hetzel 1880. Hardbound. Good wear to outer hinges and bands book is tight and fresh with slight foxing. Vull red leather with 4 raised bands and bordered design in each compartment. All edges are gilt. 260 pp. 4 color chromolithographs and 58 bw engravings. A splendid copy internally and outside is nice except where it has worn through the red of the leather to the tannish leather below. The gilt edges and the tightness of the book make it a pleasure to hold. J. Hetzel hardcover books
1974Best.-Nr. 320935New York: Saturday Review Press 1974. Hardcover. 84p. very good first limited edition #342/350 copies black cloth & gilt hand-numbered and signed by Moss & Gorey on front free endpaper illustrations by Gorey in a stiff mylar jacket with a split at spine. Young 2798 S Toledano B-56a. Short biographies written in a parody of the subject writer's style illustrated with Gorey cartoons. Saturday Review Press hardcover books
1975Best.-Nr. 344413Moscow: Progress Publishers 1975. Pamphlet. 16p. stapled wraps 8.5x11 inches illus. wraps lightly worn staples rusted importer's sticker on rear wrap bookstore rubberstamp on front blank else very good condition. Children's book. Progress Publishers unknown books
1958Best.-Nr. 2020First Edition. 185 pp. in blue cloth covered boards and printed dust jacket. 4to. Fair. Jacket with general discoloration and chipping several closed tears at spine and some loss to the rear. See below for interior description. 2020 A well-worn personal copy of The Blue and Brown Books which belonged to renowned philosopher and art critic Arthur C. Danto with his ownership inscription "Ar. Danto Dept of Philosophy Columbia University Ny. Ny." on the first endpaper. Additionally the "Blue Book" section bears Danto's underlining and annotations in ink and blue pencil throughout. More notably however the book also contains a few sketches by Danto: on page 62 there is a small head in the margin and partially overlapping the text and on the rear endpapers another head and a full figure below a pencilled note indicating the location of the first appearance of "language games" in the text all drawn in blue pencil. While he was an undergraduate Danto had intended to become an artist and apparently still indulged an occasional impulse in this direction even after his turn to philosophy. As such this copy is a unique testament to Danto's early ambitions and the development of his career. Harper and Brothers books
1958Best.-Nr. 297395Austin Texas: University of Texas Press 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s black cloth binding with dusjtacket; viii 2 3-70 pages; there are a couple of small spots ink on the front flap and the flap has been price-clipped;. this copy signed by the sometime Poet Laureate of Virginia and novelist. Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. University of Texas Press unknown books
