1991réf. 163221New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux FSG 1991. First Edition. First Edition. Association Copy INSCRIBED on the title page to author Chris Offutt: "July 97 / To Chris / with admiration and in hopes of having a real conversation one of these days / Luc." About Fine in a price-clipped Near Fine dust jacket. Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG] unknown books
1935réf. 46327Warsaw: Towarzystwa im. Elizy Orzeszkowej 1935. Softcover. vg- to vg. Octavo. xxii 2 285pp. 1. Brown wrappers with decorative art deco design and lettering in silver on the covers and spine. Pages uncut and unopened. The work a modernist Polish epistolary novel was originally published in 1904 and initially only credited to the acclaimed writer Eliza Orzeszkowa 1841-1910. Many years later it was discovered that the book had been secretly co-written with Polish writer zoologist and professor Tadeusz Garbowski 1869-1940 with this critical edition to be the first properly crediting his contributions. The book takes the form of an ongoing romantic correspondence between a man and a woman which is used as an examination of the two different philosophies of its characters. It has been revealed that in the collaboration of the two authors Orzeszkowa was responsible for writing the female character Seweryna Zdrojowska while Grabowski wrote the male character Tomasz Rodowski. The initial pages of this edition contain a foreword examining of the writing process of the novel and contain correspondence between the two authors. Cover design by Roman Kłopotowski. Text in Polish. Wrappers with some light rubbing bumping and/or creasing to extremities. Interior with some small stains at the bottom of the half-title. Starting at a few pages throughout including p.145 and 272 as well as the gutter of the interior back cover. Wrappers in very good interior in very good- condition overall. Scarce. Protected by modern mylar. Towarzystwa im. Elizy Orzeszkowej unknown books
1934réf. 43367Krakow: Polonia-Film Polonjafilm 1934. First edition. Softcover. vg- to vg. 48mo. Measures approx. 2.5x3.5". Unpagianted 16 leaves. B/w photo-illustrated stapled wrappers. The publication is a very small softcover Polish-language promotional booklet for the Soviet musical film ВеÑёлые ребÑта known in English as "Jolly Fellows". Profusely illustrated throughout with photomontage in b/w photogravure featuring stills from the film and close-ups of the stars. The cover features leading actress Lyubov Orlova. The film which was directed by Grigori Aleksandrov for Mosfilm was an extremely popular comedic musical in its time and garnered international critical acclaim. Included in the booklet are some main credits from the film and a short essay/review of the film by Polish artist and graphic designer Stanisław Rzecki. The booklet was distributed at the "Grazyna" movie theater in Lviv now Ukraine and bears its name stamped on the front cover. At the time of the inter-war period Lviv was part of the Second Polish Republic. Text in Polish. Minor rubbing to the edges and corners of the wrappers. Staple rusted. Wrappers in very good interior in very good condition. Protected by modern mylar. Extremely scarce. Polonia-Film (Polonjafilm) unknown books
2004réf. 84881Makati City Philipines: Louis-Paul Heussaff / Supply Oilfield Services Inc 2004. Quarto 32.5cm; black cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 235pp. Inscribed on front endpaper 6/22/2004 by publisher Louis-Paul Heussaff who wrote the introduction and his daughter Vanessa Heussaff who created the design: "Mon ami Geoffrey Last June 6 you would have been proud of our show we introduced the best it was not Broadway but I'm sure you've inspired me it was great and we missed you there - I hope you will like the book - All the best from your French friend from Manila / Louis-Paul Heussaff" and "Hi Geoffrey hope you like the book.Lots of kisses See you soon. / Vanessa" with their stamps at each signature. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners else Near Fine. Dustwrapper has trivial surface wear and trace shelf-soil and tiny residue to front flap from signature stamp on front endpaper; Very Good. In publisher's slipcase with black paper-covered boards and titling stamped in silver and light shelf-wear; Very Good. Presumably Geoffrey Holder's copy a Trinidadian-American actor and dancer with projects completed with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. This book's projector coordinator is Hélène Ratier with introduction by F. Sionil Jose and afterword by Carmen N. Pedrosa. Collection by professional and amateur photographers focuses on Filipino women in various roles judge; mother; model; police officer; dancer with sections including "Elegance" "Determination" and "Individuality". Publisher Louis-Paul Heussaff is the father of three children including internet influencer Erwan Heussaff and Filipino actress and model Solenn Heussaff. He had lived in the Philippines for 25 years at the time of this publication and contributed photographs to the collection. 84881. Louis-Paul Heussaff / Supply Oilfield Services, Inc unknown books
1888réf. 221661888. Original patent documentation for Edmond Verstraete's innovative 1888 railway car design an uncommon surviving artifact from the era of rapid industrial expansion and technological advancement in American rail transport. Verstraete Edmond. Railway Car. Washington D.C.: U.S. Patent Office July 24 1888. Patent No. 386512. First edition. 2 printed lithograph sheets measuring 9" x 7". Signed by inventor and witnesses. Includes two detailed mechanical drawings by Verstraete with formal submission details signed by the inventor and his attorney. This patent filed during a period when the U.S. railroad network was transforming American commerce and mobility documents Verstraete's reconfiguration of the passenger car interior and structural layout. The diagrams show side and overhead views of a self-contained passenger railcar marked by articulated platform entries segmented internal seating and a defined vestibule region. Of note are the annotated elements marked "x" in red ink labeled as "Lower entries" and "Passengers" likely indicating areas of operational focus or examiner queries. The first sheet offers a longitudinal cross-section while the second presents a plan and elevation revealing design emphasis on safety comfort and structural balance. The late 19th century witnessed a proliferation of railway car patents as inventors sought to enhance efficiency passenger experience and operational safety in the context of growing urban transit systems and long-haul travel routes. Verstraete's work fits within this inventive surge paralleling the emergence of Pullman cars electric trolleys and elevated rail networks. As cities like New York Chicago and San Francisco expanded rail-based infrastructure designs such as this laid the groundwork for more integrated mass transit and intercity rail travel. Light toning minor smudge at lower margin of first sheet archival notations in red and pencil at margin; "EXAMINER" hand-stamped at top. Overall very good condition. A scarce and compelling primary document reflecting the ingenuity and regulatory mechanics of the Gilded Age railroad boom ideal for researchers in industrial history transportation technology and the evolution of public transit. unknown books
1933réf. 877691933. DESIGN NAITO Ryoji. SOSHOKU KATTO GASHU. Tokyo Sosaku Zuan Kankokai Showa 8 1933. Western bound in incised leatheroid over boards. 26.8 x 19.5 cm. 78 bw images mostly full page of "Decorative Cuts" drawing on the female form - flappers vamps and decadent androgynous beauties in many roles pirates a cowgirl a nun etc. etc. Ero-guro meets Beardsley. Very good condition in the original publisher's slipcase. Very unusual showing a different side of the decorative impulse in the Japanese 1930s. unknown books
réf. 91071RokÅ no Hiketsu 露光ã®ç§˜è¨£ The Secrets of Photographic Exposure Sawa KurÅ ä½å’Œä¹éƒŽ author Onchi KÅshirÅ æ©åœ°å四郎 book design ARS アルス Arusu-sha アルス社 publisher ShÅwa 29 昭和29 1954 Hardcover volume 21.3 x 15cm bound and opens Western style. Yellow front cover with black geometric design and silver line accent and printed title and black rear cover. Vol 1 in a series by the publisher entitled Sawa Shashin Gijutsu KÅza ä½å’Œå†™çœŸæŠ€è¡“講座 Sawa Course in Photography Techniques by author Sawa KurÅ ä½å’Œä¹éƒŽ. 240pp of Japanese text and reproduced photos. Colophon has a publisher’s seal and a photo negative with in glassine tipped in. Author Sawa KurÅ ä½å’Œä¹éƒŽ was employed as an engineer in a job related to electrical engineering when he took up photography as hobby. In 1921 he opened the photography shop Hinomaru ShÅsha æ—¥ã®ä¸¸å•†ç¤¾ in Ginza; the same year he founded the photo magazine Kamera カメラ Camera. He went on to write numerous books on the subject of cameras and photography. Book design by Onchi KÅshirÅ æ©åœ°å四郎 1891–1955. The accomplishments of Onchi KÅshirÅ æ©åœ°å四郎 throughout the first half of the 20th century begin with his eminence as a printmaker. He was an innovator who domesticated the ideals of abstraction and "creative printmaking" in Japan when still in art school. From his early years working with Takehisa Yumeiji 竹久夢二 among others he began a long career as a printmaker book designer and book illustrator. From the very beginning of his life in the arts he was the center and focus of the Creative Print Movement SÅsaku Hanga 創作版画 surrounding himself with fellow artists who took inspiration from his dedication to the cause of self-expression. His works are held in institutions internationally. Publisher sheet folded to 18.3 x 12.7cm laid in. The title of the publisher sheet is Dokusha to Chosha èªè€…ã¨è‘—者 Reader and Author and the text on the first page is by the author. The inside pages feature essays by two university professors in the field of photography and information about the course. The rear page features a photo illustration and ad for the next book in the series カメラã¨ãƒ¬ãƒ³ã‚º Cameras and Lenses. Housed in a yellow and black case 21.7 x 15.6cm with printed title author and publisher that opens Japanese style with the opening to the left. Wear and dust staining to case and stain on front cover of book as well as a chip. unknown books
1951réf. 174311Cincinnati OH: Zebra Press 1951. First edition. Softcovers. The third and final issue of this legendary magazine which was edited by Frank Zachary and George S. Rosenthal and with art design and direction by Alexey Brodovitch. This issued featured articles on Ben Shahn stereoscopy but lacking the 3-D glasses Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographs of Asia Jackson Pollock as photographed by Hans Naumuth and a look at Alexander Calder with images by Herbert Matter. An about very good copy in wrappers with the spine missing soiling to the wrappers some tears and some wear to the corners and edges. Internally a clean copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Zebra Press unknown books
1972réf. 49830New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence 1972. Very Good /Very Good. New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence 1972. First Edition stated first printing. Octavo 21cm; quarter-bound black and silver boards in publisher's dust jacket with $7.95 price intact grey endsheets; 276pp; black-and-white photographs throughout. Dust jacket rubbed toned and scratched. Boards bumped; spine slightly cocked. Binding sound. Textblock endsheets and interior pages toned. Former bookseller's price in green pencil at half-title page. Very Good or better. The complete "experimental television script" to a program which aired on March 13 1972 generously illustrated with stills from the program. Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence unknown books
2011réf. 96713N. P.:: N. P. Fine. 2011. Hardcover. Color photographs throughout. First edition. Fine in a fine slipcase. . N. P., hardcover books
1991réf. 1372130New York: Vrej Baghoomian Gallery 1991. First Edition Limited Edition 1/1000. Softcover. Thin Quarto unpaginated. In Good plus condition. Spine is black. Cover has some scraping and scuffing minor bumping to corners and some chipping along the edges. There is a small booklet tucked into the back with more Warhol drawings. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Oversized Ephemera Shelves. 1372130. FP New Rockville Stock. Vrej Baghoomian Gallery unknown books
1933réf. 54109Moscow: The State Publishing House of Graphic Arts 1933. First Edition. Folio 42cm; printed wrappers saddle-stitched; 32pp; illus. Light wear to extremities some faint dust-soil and foxing to wrappers with a few tiny nicks and tears; Very Good or better. Well-preserved issue of this landmark Soviet art magazine issued from 1930 to 1941 to celebrate the achievements of the first two Five Year Plans and through various foreign-language editions to propagandize the stark contrast between the vibrant Soviet economy during this period and the stagnation of Western economies under capitalism. "All the visual strategies of the propaganda photobooks designed by Lissitsky Rodchenko and others.were developed in USSR in Construction one of the most beautifully produced magazines of the twentieth century" Parr-Badger The Photobook I:148. The present issue is entirely devoted to the socialistic development of the White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic. The State Publishing House of Graphic Arts unknown books
1990réf. 8972Logan UT: Herald Printing 1990. Poster 68 cm x 54 cm / 26.75" x 21.5" printed in color and in a plain black frame 70 cm x 57 cm /27.5" x 22.5" 'A' condition. Colors are bright. This has not been examined out of the frame. Bob Bissland designed poster featuring a map of Utah with portraits of twelve notable Utah writers superimposed over. Printed to the left and right of the map is a list of 118 local authors arranged alphabetically by place. At each margin are quotes from Edward Abbey Wallace Stegner Juanita Brooks and Maurine Whipple. Produced for the Utah Council of Teachers of English Utah Endowment for the Humanities and Utah State University. Printed by Herald Printing. A very cool thing. "Literary Utah reflects a surprising diversity and number of poets dramatists novelists and essayist. The terrain includes writers who were born in the state raised here or set their work here. [Herald Printing] unknown books
1958réf. 194528Tokyo: The Asahi Shimbun 1958. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 270 pages. Divided into three sections: The Surroundings of the House The Function of the House and The Structure and Furnishings of the House. Text in English and Japanese with commentary by Kumihiko Yamakosi and Masaru Katsumi. Includes some color and numerous black and white images by Shingo Yamaji. A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Uncommon. The Asahi Shimbun unknown books
1885réf. 980Freiburg: F Wagner 1885. First Edition. Contemporary cloth backed boards. Very good; small early institutional ink stamp on the title but no other accessioning. 4to 8 1 - 52 29 lithographic plates mostly folding of sections plans and details of prisons. An exceedingly interesting work on prison architecture and design. The plans show cell designs and interior appointments of prisons right down to the windows locks and railings. The book was the result of a series of committee meetings between the Prussian government officials and the organization of prison directors. F Wagner hardcover books
réf. 1002576France: no publisher no date early twentieth century. Striking hand-colored sheet of six "images d'Épinal." Inexpensive broadsides like these were hugely popular in France in the nineteenth century: naïve woodcuts brightly colored featuring images of Catholic saints Napoleonic battles and storybook characters. By the turn of the twentieth century lithography had emerged as the primary printing process and the range of subjects had greatly expanded but there was still a market for images printed in the old style a graphic tradition that influenced modernists from Henri Rousseau to Alfred Jarry. This group of six separate images printed from blocks on a sheet of Ingres d'Arches paper may be a publisher's proof. The domestic and religious subjects include a young woman reaching for a flower the devotional image of Christ in the winepress and an angel watching over the city gates. A fine example. Single sheet of six woodblock prints printed recto only and colored en pochoir measuring 14.75 x 19 inches. no publisher unknown books
réf. 1002574France: no publisher no date early twentieth century. Striking hand-colored sheet of six "images d'Épinal." Inexpensive broadsides like these were hugely popular in France in the nineteenth century: naïve woodcuts brightly colored featuring images of Catholic saints Napoleonic battles and storybook characters. By the turn of the twentieth century lithography had emerged as the primary printing process and the range of subjects had greatly expanded but there was still a market for images printed in the old style a graphic tradition that influenced modernists from Henri Rousseau to Alfred Jarry. This group of six separate images printed from blocks on a sheet of Ingres d'Arches paper may be a publisher's proof. The military and religious subjects include uniformed soldiers on horseback the Madonna and child and Saint Hubert's encounter with Christ in the form of a stag. A bright fine example. Single sheet of six woodblock prints printed recto only and colored en pochoir measuring 14.75 x 19 inches. no publisher unknown books
1937réf. 892151937. DESIGN Azuma Dojin. Koutashirabe AZUMA KOROMO. Unsodo Kyoto & Tokyo Showa 12 1937. A large folding album 34.0 x 24.8 cm 10 pages 15 designs of superbly printed color woodblock images by the "Companions from the East" The margins and facing pages have browning and foxing. This the "spring" volume appears to be one of two volumes published. The covers are detached. Sold with all faults. unknown books
1958réf. 34102New Haven CT: Holland R. Melson Jr. 1958. Very Good . New Haven CT: Holland R. Melson Jr. 1958. First Edition from a run of 600 copies. Octavo; 94pp. Photo-illustrated boards; lacks glassine wrapper. Light wear to edges and joints; mild toning to spine; binding sound and pages unmarked; Very Good or better. Includes Lustig's thoughts on typography the role of the designer and California Modern among others. Holland R. Melson, Jr. unknown books
1937réf. 49068Berlin: Comité Nacional para el Fomento del Turismo en Alemania/ Reichausschuss für Fremdenverkehr 1937. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Folio. 26pp. Illustrated orange and brown wrappers with brown lettering on the front cover. This Spanish-language publication was issued by the German government during the years of the Third Reich to promote tourism in the county. The publication is profusely illustrated throughout with photographic reproductions and drawings in b/w. This issue includes articles promoting the wintery landscape and winter sports of the area of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Bavarian Alps where the then recent 1936 Winter Olympics were held as well as the 20th anniversary of the German railway catering company Mitropa the anniversary of the death of English-German racial philosopher Houston Stewart Chamberlain and articles on the Carnival celebrations in the country. Include images taken by infamous Nazi photographer and publisher Heinrich Hoffmann. Striking art deco front cover design by German designer Ottomar Anton back cover by Edwin Henel. Wrappers with light foxing to the front cover and moderate foxing the back cover. Book block dis-bound from wrappers. Interior wrappers with foxing as well as title page. The rest of the pages are quite clean save for some minor sporadic smudges and minor age toning. Wrappers in good interior in very good condition overall. Comité Nacional para el Fomento del Turismo en Alemania/ Reichausschuss für Fremdenverkehr unknown books
2012réf. 51616Singapore: Work 2012. First edition. Softcover. Fine. 1/1000.Small folio. Unpaginated approx. 300 pages. Printed beige wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. Orange spine. Front and back wrappers intentionally "individually and uniquely aged" and torn for the publication by the creators. The 20th issue of the scarce Singaporean avant-garde art and photography periodical. The series was published semi-annually starting in 2000 under the direction of acclaim graphic designer Theseus Chan and continuing until the present. This issues examines the design of the previously released issues of the magazine and explores themes relating to printed materials. Each issue was printed in a limited run of only 800 to 1000 copies. The magazine won a D&AD Wood Pencil Award in 2013. In fine condition and protected in modern mylar. Work unknown books
1973réf. 45441New York: New York Avant Garde Festival 1973. Very Good. New York: New York Avant Garde Festival 1973. First Edition. Large pictorial poster 77x50.5cm printed offset in red and black on white stock. Previous folds else a Near Fine example. Small printed note "Last Year's Brochure" mounted to verso. Beautiful example of the photomontage poster accompanying this pseudo-annual avant garde festival founded by the cellist and performance artist Charlotte Moorman 1933-1991. The Festival which ran fifteen times in eighteen years featured the musical offerings of the Fluxus movement as well as kinetic and video art. Among the artists whose work was featured in 1973: Ay-o the Gorilla Action Group Video Free America Jud Yalkut Jackson Mac Low Bernadette Mayer Jim McWilliams John Cage Yoko Ono and many many others. New York Avant Garde Festival unknown books
1998réf. 47146New York: Harry N. Abrams 1998. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Harry N. Abrams 1998. Second Edition Revised and Expanded. Quarto 30cm; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 367pp.; full color illus. throughout. Light edge wear and faint surface scratches to dust jacket corners nudged else a Very Good or better example. Inscribed and signed by the leading American glass artist Dale Chihuly on half title page accompanied by a brief stick figure sketch. Harry N. Abrams unknown books
1958réf. 154419Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1958. First Edition. First Edition. Cover art designed by Andy Warhol produced in the early stages of his career during his brief tenure as a commercial and advertising artist. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Stray pen mark on the front endpaper and faint foxing to the top page edge. Jacket lightly edgeworn and rubbed with a short closed tear to the bottom front hinge. J.B. Lippincott unknown books
1927réf. 004758Detroit: Fisher Body Corporation Fleetwood Body Corporation General Motors 1927. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. An extraordinarily beautiful sales catalogue organized around vivid colors as the title suggests. Folio 33 by 25 cm. xxx 30 2 pp. plus wraps. The colors are "Bird of Paradise" "Midnight Blue" "Angel Fish" "Morpho Menelans" emerald curite "Forest Green" "Th Grand Canyon" "Rose Coral" "Italian Waters" "Orchid" "Autumn" and the cars are all Cadillacs. All the cars have in fact two colors both of which are suggested by the color designation and each color and car receives a luxuriant two-page spread with three color illustrations: one for the inspiration for the particular color one of the car interior and one for the outer body. Accompanying the illustrations are fluid intoxicating descriptions that conjure up the imagery the sensate experience the fantasy with only passing mentions of some of the design specifics. The cars include Cabriolets a Roadster a Phaeton Imperials a Brougham a Town Sedan and a Convertible Coupe. One can see designs that both reach back to the fine coaches of a quickly receding era and the more comfortable sleeker cars to come. The brochure was released in conjunction with a road show showcase of the vehicles staged at fine hotels in New York Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco the Commodore the Drake the Biltmore and the Palace respectively. Wear to the edges of the dust jacket the decorative paper covering the bound card-stock wrap0 with a few scratch lines on front soiling on rear and a few minor closed tears along edges. A hole to the white front fold-in of this jacket. Other than some light pencilled lettering a child's hand clean and bright within. Fisher Body Corporation, Fleetwood Body Corporation, General Motors unknown books
