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1953réf. 32180New York: Broadcast Music Inc 1953. First Edition. Quarto. Gray cloth boards; dustjacket; 67pp; illus. A clean tight VG to Near Fine copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper which is darkened on spine with a small ca 1/2" triangular chip at crown not affecting text; Very Good. Collection of Appalachian mountain songs and ballads as sung by Jean Ritchie on her various iconic folk albums of the Fifties here arranged for piano by Hally Wood Gordon. The illustrations are by Alberta Sordini and the book was designed by Merle Armitage -- one of the great modernist designer's lesser-known works. A somewhat uncommon title especially in such nice condition. Broadcast Music, Inc unknown books
1959réf. 32204New York: Roving Eye Press 1959. First Limited Edition. Small octavo. Rust cloth hardcover; 63pp. Limited to 1000 copies. A clean and unmarked copy in a moderately dusted spotted dustjacket about VG. Jacket illustration by Rockwell Kent. Inscribed on front endpaper: "This advance copy for Mike / who knows I have never lost confidence in her and I hope it is vice versa / Walter" datemarked Weymonk 1958. The inscribee is possibly Michal Lowenfels the poet's oldest daughter who was married to American bookseller Norman Kane from whose estate the current volume was obtained. Lowenfels 1897-1976 was a key figure in the Paris avant-garde during the 1930s where he was a close friend of Henry Miller and Anais Nin and was in fact the model for the character Jabberwhorl Kronstadt in Miller's Tropic of Cancer . Returning to the US he became a central Communist Party organizer and an editor of the Philadelphia Daily Worker. He was arrested tried and convicted under the Smith Act in 1953 but later exhonerated for lack of evidence. Roving Eye Press unknown books
1965réf. 31794New York: Sheed and Ward 1965. First Edition. Octavo 21.5cm; jade green cloth with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 214pp. Fine in a Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket with a bit of mild shelfwear. Study of woman's role in western society "how modern woman can find fulfillment even in "the split-level trap" and can keep her mind alive and her spirit growing in grace and wisdom" from front flap. Dustjacket designed by Ellen Raskin. Sheed and Ward unknown books
1937réf. 30789Moscow: State Publishing House of Graphic Arts 1937. Folio 41.5cm; photo-illustrated card wrappers stapled; 36pp; illus; text is in English. Minor wear and a few creases to spine fold and extremities with dustiness to rear wrapper; occasional thumbing to margins; Very Good. 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 theme of the present issue is dedicated entirely to the production of Gold in the USSR detailing the rise of production from pre-revolutionary Russia 1910 through 1937 when Russia ranked second in the world due to their industrial machinery superior engineering and large working populace. Front wrapper features a metallic cover photo of a large tower of neatly-stacked gold bars. State Publishing House of Graphic Arts unknown books
1937réf. 31077Moscow: State Publishing House of Graphic Arts 1937. First Edition. Folio 41.5cm; photo-illustrated card wrappers stapled; 36pp; illus. with three illustrated plates tipped onto thicker stock in-text and three panoramic fold-out plates designed by Es and El Lissitzky; text is in English. Light wear along spine fold and extremities else Near Fine with all plates intact. 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 devoted to the various people groups of the Caucasus region their history industries and accomplishments. A superior copy of a desirable issue. State Publishing House of Graphic Arts unknown books
1934réf. 31017New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1934. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; lime green cloth titled in gilt on spine and front panel; dustjacket; 542pp. Sunning to cloth at spine and extremities else a fresh Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.75 gently spine-sunned and lightly dusty with a few short closed tears; Very Good. Frank's sequel to Dark Mother a strike novel in which a tobocco company executive searches for social order among farmers and workers. A much better example than usually seen of this wear-prone title. HANNA 1299 BLAKE p.252 RIDEOUT p.296. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
2000réf. 27747New York: Aperture 2000. First English Language Edition. Folio 33.5cm.; original cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; 431pp.; chiefly photographic illustrations. Text pamphlet laid into clear plastic chemise mounted to rear pastedown. Very Near Fine. Photographic documentation of mass-migration covering six years in 40 countries in Eastern Europe the Middle East Africa Latin America and Asia. Aperture unknown books
1952réf. 30259Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1952. First English Language Edition. 12mo 17cm.; original cloth in green pictorial dust jacket; 157pp.; photographic frontispiece pictorial title page printed in red and black head- and tail-pieces throughout. Some edge wear to jacket extremities minor dust-soil foxing to textblock edges else Near Very Good overall. The author's first book a novella set within a scouting unit during WW2 and awarded the Stalin Prize in 1947. Foreign Languages Publishing House unknown books
1981réf. 29903Cincinnati: Program for Cincinnati 1981. First Edition. Square quarto 26cm.; original cloth in red pictorial dust jacket; 227pp.; color photo-frontispiece illus. throughout. Dime-sized loss to top edge of upper jacket panel additional chips and short closed tears else Fine in About Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed by the designer to half title: "For Bernarda -- a Buckeye who once was a packet boat pilot -- from Noel & Charles ." From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with their estate label tipped to front pastedown. Program for Cincinnati unknown books
1929réf. 23581New York: Macmillan Company 1929. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; navy blue vertical-ribbed cloth with titling and decorations stamped in light green on spine and front coverl dustjacket; 390pp. Text edges and endpapers foxed else Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket unclipped with edge wear light spine sunning nicks and several tears with attendant creasing one of which is mended with clear tape on verso. Occupational novel of the technical side of the radio industry written by a radio engineer. Dustjacket with striking design by George Carlson. HANNA 3393. Macmillan Company unknown books
1973réf. 26219Havana Cuba: S.i. 1973. Original poster silkscreened in black red and blue on off-white stock measuring 51cm x 76cm 20.25" x 30". Professionally linen-backed with expert touch-up along lower margin and a small area near the center image; Near Fine. Film poster for Cuban director Santiago Alvarez's 16-minute documentary film depicting the injustices commited in Chile in the 1970's under the fascist dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. It featured music by Chilean folk singers Violeta Parra and Victor Jara; shortly after the Chilean coup in 1973 Jara was arrested tortured and shot to death with 44 bullets from machine gun fire his body later thrown out into the street of a shantytown in Santiago. Designed by Cuban artist Eduardo Muñoz Bachs prominently featuring a cartoonish image of Pinochet whose nose is puncturing a guitar painted the colors of the Chilean flag. Not found in OCLC. S.i. unknown books
1958réf. 21433Dallas: Bradburn Books 1958. First Thus. Limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 216. Octavo 20.5cm.; original pale grey pictorial staplebound wrappers printed in red and black; 625pp.; photographic illus. & engravings by John McIntosh throughout. Facsimile edition of a work originally published in the "Rodeo Town" of El Paso Texas 1926. Compilation of short biographies of famous Western criminals and law officers including Billy the Kid Dallas Stoudenmire and John Wesley Hardin "Super Killer. Bradburn Books unknown books
1985réf. 22255Rochester: Press of the Good Mountain 1985. First Edition. Limited to 100 copies of which this is no. 51. Octavo 24.5cm.; original tan cloth-backed boards printed paper label mounted to upper cover; mounted frontispiece plate and one poem p. 19 printed on different stock mounted to textblock. Extra cover label laid in as usual. Signed by the author on colophon. Signed and inscribed by Lorczak on half title "To U.T. Summers a most generous teacher. I greatly enjoyed my two classes a decade apart! with you. Best wishes - David Lorczak. Press of the Good Mountain unknown books
1955réf. 25981New York: Cameron & Kahn 1955. Second Edition. Thick octavo 22cm; brown paper and tan cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 672pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket unclipped with some trivial wear at the crown. Lacking the publiser's decorative slipcase. A penetrating and definitive study of the Rosenberg-Sobell case. An attractive copy with Kent's superb jacket design bright and unmarred. Cameron & Kahn unknown books
1932réf. 20354London: Jonathan Cape 1932. First U.K. Edition. First Impression second state with copyright date of 1932. Octavo; rust-colored cloth with titling and decorations stamped in bright green on spine and front panel; dustjacket designed by Theyre Lee-Elliott; 326pp 1 ad leaf. Touch of dustiness to top edge else a tight Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 7s. 6d. net lightly spine-sunned with a few small chips and tears none affecting titles and two stray marks to rear panel; Very Good or better. O'Flaherty's ninth novel a story involving murder sex and Christian fanaticism. Jonathan Cape unknown books
1929réf. 20233New York: Horace Liveright 1929. First Edition. First Printings. 2 octavo volumes; mint green cloth titled and blocked in black and yellow on spines and front panels; black topstains; dustjackets; 356 426pp. 8pp publisher's catalog for Fall 1929 laid in. Minute wear at crowns trifle rubbing to front panel of vol.2 else Fine. Jackets are lightly sunned at spines with some minor edgewear a few short tears and a small nick at the crown of vol.2; small triangular snag to rear panel of vol.1; Very Good overall nicely preserving the attractive cover art by Paul Wenck. Lacking the publisher's original slipcase. One of the last of the German dramatist's novels translated into English by Eden and Cedar Paul and published by Horace Liveright the year after his death. "Sudermann portrays the conflict between a man's craving for unlimited freedom and the longing for a soul-mate and the cheerful anchorage of a home. Horace Liveright unknown books
1934réf. 20426New York: The John Day Company 1934. First Edition. Octavo; orange and black illustrated cloth boards; orange topstain; dustjacket; 361pp. Some trivial rubbing to extremities else Fine in a Very Good dustjacket unclipped with chipping and tears along the edges none affecting lettering some general dustiness to covers and a few tiny splash marks. A novel told through the eyes of an architect who is charged with erecting a new skyscraper after the foundations of its predecessor have crumbled. A particularly well-preserved copy of the book with decorative boards featuring a towering skyscraper in the art-deco style. The John Day Company unknown books
1929réf. 22809New York: Horace Liveright 1929. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm; red vertical-ribbed cloth blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; 407pp. Previous owners name neatly rubber-stamped to front endpaper and rear pastedown; light oxidation to spine gilt with some minor rubbing to boards; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 spine-toned with overall wear chipping and tears to extremities and dustiness to panels; Very Good. The Austro-Hungarian author's first novel detailing his imprisonment by the Russians in 1915 after which he spent nearly six years in various Siberian prison camps during the Czarist regime and the subsequent Russian governments. A brutally detailed picture of prison life touching on the sex problem within the prison camp shortages of food and clothing killings and the maddening silly games invented to escape lunacy. Horace Liveright unknown books
1971réf. 19762New York: New York Committee To Free Angela Davis / Afro-Arts Inc 1971. Original poster lithographed in three colors on white stock measuring 58.5cm x 76cm 23" x 30". A Fine copy / A. An original poster designed and produced by Richard McCrary for the NY Committee to Free Angela Davis. The poster prominently features an image of Davis with her fist clenched and a poem by McCrary printed at upper left corner: "Angela yes you are a black woman - and I want it to be known; The only thing you're guilty of is being a black woman to the bone / For such beauty to be held captive is really no mystery; It is because you are a black woman truly black enough for me." We note a single example at auction Swann 2014 - $7500 with the only other example known to us held in the Rossman Family Collection at the Oakland Museum of California. Not located in OCLC. A1. New York Committee To Free Angela Davis / Afro-Arts Inc unknown books
1929réf. 20013New York: Graphic Literary Press 1929. First Edition. Octavo 22cm; purple cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; purple topstain; dustjacket; 230pp. Hint of sunning to upper board edges and topstain else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with light wear and a few small nicks to extremities and gentle sunning to spine. A novel based on events from the author's life woven around the motion picture industry in modern Russia with a dash of romance and a Tsar-like Trust which dominates the cinema field. Abramson was a Polish-born filmmaker and screenwriter in the U.S. with little fiction to his credit. An uncommon book particularly in attractive condition. Graphic Literary Press unknown books
1932réf. 17718New York: Viking Press 1932. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm; maroon cloth with titling and decorations stamped in black and gilt on spine and front panel; peach topstain; dustjacket; 298pp. Gently nudged and faded at spine ends else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped lightly worn at joints and extremities with some shallow chipping at spine ends and corners; Very Good. "The story of conflict between a small conservative settlement in the Tennessee mountains and a man who tried to rebuild the town only to meet with hate and resentment." A scarce piece of Tennessee fiction especially in dustjacket. COAN p.69 HANNA 664 BOGER 77. Viking Press unknown books
1951réf. 1002738Chicago: Beckley-Cardy Company 1951. Complete set of midcentury classroom posters designed to be colored by students. The twelve fruits and vegetables featured here are apples beets carrots cherries grapes peaches pears radishes strawberries sweet corn tomatoes and wax beans each depicted on the tree vine or stalk. As a footnote each image offers specific instructions on which colors the children should choose. Beckley-Cardy 535. A fine set of vintage classroom materials with pomological appeal. Complete set of twelve black and white posters measuring 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Housed in publisher's pictorial envelope printed in black and red. Light wear and smudging to envelope posters fine. Beckley-Cardy Company unknown books
1930réf. 1002556Springfield Massachusetts: McLoughlin Brothers 1930. Vintage coloring book featuring thirty different subjects from individual toys to full-page seaside landscapes issued in the shape of a traveling trunk covered with international hotel labels. The preface offers an introduction to mixing colors and technical tips for young painters. Subjects vary widely from realistic animals including a striking lobster to a dressed-up family of anthropomorphic mice from nursery scenes to depictions of outdoor sports and play. A charming survival. Single volume measuring 7 x 10 inches: 124. Original blue cloth spine stiff paper boards upper board color-printed to resemble a three-dimensional traveling trunk book trimmed in that shape. Text printed on one side only with thirty uncolored scenes facing their colored counterparts. Light shelfwear and soiling to binding with minor loss to spine; hinges starting; closed tear to one uncolored scene. McLoughlin Brothers unknown books
1950réf. 1002760Bramsche: Gebr. Rasch & Co 1950. Scarce sample of wallpaper by Laetitia Cerio Capri-based artist renowned for her spare whimsical line drawings. Founded in the late nineteenth century German wallpaper firm Rasch won an international reputation through its collaborations with modernist designers from the Bauhaus and Vienna Secession. In the 1950s and 1960s owner Emil Rasch commissioned wallpaper designs from artists across Europe including Salvador Dalí and Bruno Munari for the International Artists Collection. Cerio's "Spain" paper featuring delicately tinted views of a Spanish fishing village dates from this period. A fine example of midcentury popular design. Pictorial wallpaper sample printed in muted colors on an ivory ground measuring 18 x 15.5 inches. Stamped on verso: "Rasch Waterfast Spain 1 R 2012 $4.50 single roll.". Gebr. Rasch & Co unknown books
1950réf. 1001713Bramsche: Gebr. Rasch & Co 1950. Scarce sample of wallpaper signed in the print by "Letizia Cerio" more often spelled "Laetitia" Capri-based artist renowned for her spare whimsical line drawings. Founded in the late nineteenth century German wallpaper firm Rasch won an international reputation through its collaborations with modernist designers from the Bauhaus and Vienna Secession. In the 1950s and 1960s owner Emil Rasch commissioned wallpaper designs from artists across Europe including Salvador Dalí and Bruno Munari for the International Artists Collection. Cerio's "Amsterdam" paper dates from this period. A fine example of midcentury popular design. Color pictorial wallpaper sample measuring 15.5 x 18.5 inches printed in gold and ivory. Stamped on verso: "RASCH WATERFAST / Amsterdam WT 10 / R 2076 / $3.95 PER SINGLE ROLL.". Gebr. Rasch & Co unknown books
