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2014réf. 195563New York: G.P. Putnam's & Sons 2014. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Pelzman's first novel. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Pelzman on the title page. G.P. Putnam's & Sons unknown books
1729réf. 782111729. with striking engraved frontispiece. with striking engraved frontispiece. Scarce Treatise on Exchange in the Holy Roman Empire with Striking Engraved Pictorial Frontispiece Beck Johann Adam 1686-1751. Tractatus Novus vom Wechsel-Recht: In Sich Begreiffend So Wohl die Persohnen Welche Diesem Recht Unterworffen Sind Als Auch die Verschiedene Arten und Gattungen Derer Wechsel und Wechsel-Brieffen Ingleichen was in- Order bey Ausstell- Verfertig- Versend- Und Versicherung der Wechsel-Brieffen Oder Sonst Insgemein . Zu Observiren ist Alles aus Denen Durchaus mit Allegirten Neuesten in- Und Ausser dem H. Romis. Reich Erfindlichen Vielen Wechsel-Ordnungen Mandaten und Decreten Wie Ingleichen Denen Best- Und Bewahrtesten Autoribus Mit Allem Flei Zusammen Getragen Nicht Minder mit Verschiedenen Kauffmanns Parere Auch Practicablen Casibus Illustrirt. Und Absonderlich Einer Lobl. Kauffmannschafft So Dann Richtern Advocaten Procuratoribus Notariis Solicitatoribus Und Andern die mit Wechseln Umgehen Zum Besten Verfa t Und cum Indice Rerum & Verborum Locupletissimo Auch Noch Einem Appendice Heraus Gegeben. Nuremberg: Verlegis Johann Georg Lochner 1729. xii 512 pp. Title in red and black copperplate pictorial frontispiece typographic folding table. Quarto 8" x 6-1/4". Contemporary mottled calf blind rules to boards gilt spine with raised bands and red and green lettering pieces marbled endpapers edges rouged silk ribbon bookmark. Light rubbing and minor scuffing and scratching to boards moderate rubbing to extremities somewhat heavier to joints chipping to spine ends front joint starting at foot corners bumped and lightly worn front hinge starting rear hinge cracked later bookplate of Otto Zeilinger to front pastedown. Woodcut head and tail-pieces. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing. $1500. First edition. This treatise discusses the law of exchange in the Holy Roman Empire with attention to bills of exchange promissory notes and foreign exchange. The frontispiece shows the busy work taking place in a Baroque exchange office with wooden paneling cornice statutes and pictures as well as the figure of Mercury famously the Roman god of trade and patron saint of merchants with a caduceus winged shoes and winged helmet. Apparently a well-received work a second edition was published in 1751. OCLC locates 5 cop. unknown books
2002réf. 195289Santa Fe NM: Twin Palms 2002. First edition and first printing. Large hardcover. An often ethereal collection of 26 tritone and four color plates. A fine copy in blue cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some very light wear. Signed by Fuss facing the colophon page. Twin Palms unknown books
2000réf. 191311San Francisco CA and New York: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Thames & Hudson 2000. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 215 pages. Monograph published in conjunction an exhibition that ran June 10 through September 3 2000 at Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco California Palace of the Legion of Honor and then traveled to Fort Worth Washington DC and New York for additional dates. Features text by Steven A. Nash and Adam Gopnik. Inclues 120 color illustrations and some additonal illustrations a chronology by Nash list of previous exhibitions and selected bibliography. A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards in a near fine dust jacket. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Thames & Hudson unknown books
2013réf. 185921Washington DC: National Gallery of Art 2013. First edition. Hardcover. 239 pages. Published in conjunction an exhibition that ran September 1 2013 through January 5 2014 at the National Gallery of Art and then January 28 through May 17 2015 at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio. Includes numerous illustrations of works by the likes of Richard Diebenkorn John Cage Chuck Close and others commentaries exhibition checklist and an index. A clean very near fine copy in very near fine. National Gallery of Art unknown books
1708réf. 746351708. Leipzig : Verlegt von Johann 1708. Folio. Leipzig : Verlegt von Johann 1708. Folio. Beyer's Rare 1708 Folio Edition of Volckmann's Notariat-Kunst Guide to Notaries in the Holy Roman Empire With a Handsome Title Page Volckmann Adam 1612-1664. Beyer Georg 1665-1714 Editor. Volckmannus Emendatus Sive Manuale Advocatorum et Notariorum: Hand-Buch vor Advocaten und Notarien So Bisshero unter dem Titul: Adam Volckmanns Notariat-Kunst zu Vielen Mahlen Edirt und Gebessert Nunmehr aber Durch und Durch Geandert. Leipzig : Verlegt von Johann Grossens seel. Erben und Johann Friedrich Braun 1708. Three parts in one volume. Folio 13 1/4" x 8 1/4"; 33.5 cm x 21 cm. x 522 i.e. 514; ii 416; 14 200 22 pp. Sections of text in parallel columns. Second and third parts have title pages. Main title page preceded by copperplate pictorial title page featuring a court scene and Lady Justice. Contemporary calf gilt spine with raised bands and gilt title reading Volkmanni Notariat Kunst speckled edges. Moderate rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards somewhat heavier rubbing to extremities chipping to head of spine front joint cracked corners bumped upper corners moderately worn hinges partially cracked small recent owner inkstamp to front pastedown. Main title page printed in red and black. Moderate toning to interior faint dampstaining to fore-edges of rear quarter of text block spark burns to a few leaves light soiling and fading to pictorial title page offsetting to margins of preliminaries final leaves of text and rear endleaves. A very good crisp copy structurally sound. $2000. Later edition of this foundational manual of early modern civil practice in the Holy Roman Empire. First published in 1624-1625 under the title Informatio Notariorum Volckmann's treatise served as the definitive encyclopedia for Central European notarial practice for well over a century. Unlike common-law notary publics a notary within the Holy Roman Empire was a highly trained jurist of immense stature responsible for drafting complex public instruments codicils and commercial treaties. This 1708 edition is particularly significant due to the extensive textual overhaul by Georg Beyer a towering legal scholar at Wittenberg who is historically celebrated for delivering the first academic lectures on indigenous German law Jus Germanicum separating it from the domi. unknown books
2006réf. 187289Gottingen Germany: Steidl / Dangin 2006. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. Features a preface by Geoff Dyer. Includes 59 color images by Bartos. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Still in the publisher's shrinkwrap slit open to verify edition. Steidl / Dangin unknown books
1968réf. 178001968. Powell Adam Clayton Jr. Harlem fundraiser handbill 1968 documents Black electoral politics entertainment and community mobilization in Harlem during a turbulent period in Powell's congressional career. Powell a Baptist pastor and Harlem congressman was the first African American elected to Congress from New York and the first from the Northeast; by 1968 he remained a nationally known civil rights spokesman after his 1967 exclusion from Congress and before the Supreme Court's 1969 decision in Powell v. McCormack. The handbill documents grassroots political fundraising through a community event combining a Powell appearance soul music a dance contest and cash prizes. Alfred E. Isaac Club for Democrats. Handbill for Adam Clayton Powell Jr. event. New York: Alfred E. Isaac Club for Democrats November 3 1968. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. The event was held at Harlem's Renaissance Ballroom an African American owned entertainment complex opened in 1921 and used for music boxing film social clubs and political meetings. The handbill situates Powell within a Black public venue deeply associated with Harlem cultural life and civic gathering. The Renaissance Ballroom's history as a "Rennie" community institution gives the handbill added value as evidence of how Harlem politics operated through entertainment spaces clubs and neighborhood fundraising. Minor creases and small ink scribble; very good. A compact Harlem political handbill linking Powell's late-1960s civil rights politics to the social infrastructure of Black New York. unknown books
1961réf. 183003Los Angeles CA: Ward Ritchie Press 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 127 pages. A monograph on photographer Adam Clark Vroman edited by Ruth I. Mahood. Features an introduction by Beaumont Newhall. Includes over 100 black and white images. A very near fine copy in a very near fine acetate dust jacket. A fresh copy. Ward Ritchie Press unknown books
1994réf. 180008New York: Random House 1994. First edition. Softcover. First printing of the simultaneous paperback issue. Edited by Mary Shanahan. A monograph published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Whitney Museum that traveled to Minneapolis. A fifty-year retrospective look at Avedon's long career. Essays by Jane Livingston and Adam Gopnik. Includes many of Avedon's most iconic images. A fine copy in wrappers. As new and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Random House unknown books
1999réf. 180327Durham NC: Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University 1999. First edition. Softcover. Spring 1999. 144 pages. Features contributions by Seamus Heaney Nicholas Nixon Cheryl Strayed Adam Bartos Philip Levine Mary Oliver john Berger and numerous others. A clean near fine copy in wrappers. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University unknown books
1997réf. 154222New York: Matthew Marks Gallery 1997. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Matthew Marks Gallery on October 9 through December 24 1997. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Matthew Marks Gallery unknown books
2002réf. 154058New York: Gagosian Gallery 2002. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Gagosian Gallery from May 10 through June 15 2002. Fine and unread in illustrated boards with no dust jacket as issued. Gagosian Gallery unknown books
2002réf. 167545Sacramento CA: Crocker Art Museum 2002. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 4 2002 through January 12 2003. Text by Elizabeth Adan. Includes 7 color illustrations. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers and with laid in exhibition postcard. Uncommon. Crocker Art Museum unknown books
1988réf. 168433Woodstock NY: Center for Photography at Woodstock 1988. First edition. Softcover. 30 pages. Features articles by Gretchen Garner Julia Ballerini and John Matturri. Also Includes a portfolio and text by Shelby Lee Adams. A fine unused copy in stapled wrappers. Center for Photography at Woodstock unknown books
2003réf. 168487New York: Cheim and Read 2003. First edition. Softcover. 103 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show from September 2003. A collection of 104 images. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Cheim and Read unknown books
2006réf. 157038New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2006. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Another memoir from Gopnik. A near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and warmly inscribed by Gopnik on the title page: "For Victoria- A wonderful hour that felt like home. Adam G. A nice association copy as the recipient was a long time interviewer for NPR and had her own show on WFMT in Chicago. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1749réf. 677611749. 1749 Treatise on the Game Laws of Bavaria Austria and Mainz Ickstatt Johann Adam von 1701-1776. Klett Johann Friedrich Editor and Translator. Grundliche Abhandlungen von den Jagdrechten: Wie sich Solche aus den Allgemeinen Naturlichen Und Besondern Staatsrechten Erweisen Lassen. Mit einer Vorrede von dem Verschiedenen Zustande der Jagden bey den Romern und Deutschen und einem Anhang von den Neuesten Mehrentheils Ungedruckten Churmaynzischen Churbayerischen Erzherzoglich-Oesterreichischen Und Andern Jagdordnungen. Nebst einem Entwurf von einer Vorteilhaft Eingerichteten Waldordnung. Herausgegeben und mit einem Register Versehen von Johann Friedrich Klett. Nuremberg: Auf Kosten Johann Georg Lochners 1749. xlvi 428 16; 172 pp. Two parts each with title page. Title page of second part with title beginning Wald-Ordnung dated 1748. Quarto 7-3/4" x 6-1/4". Contemporary speckled calf blind rules to boards raised bands and lettering piece to spine marbled pastedowns. Light rubbing and a few minor worm holes to boards moderate rubbing to extremities light chipping to spine ends corners bumped and somewhat worn later library bookplate to front pastedown later owner bookplate to front free endpaper. Title page of first part printed in red and black attractive woodcut head and tail-pieces. Light toning to text light foxing in places early owner signatures to verso of front free endpaper illegible and head of title page "Collegii Diessensis" later library stamp to title page's verso. A handsome copy. $850. Only edition Part II a reissue of a work first published in 1748. The first part is an overview of Bavarian forestry hunting and fishing laws from 1664-1742 followed by similar sets of laws promulgated in Austria in 1743 and in Mainz in 1744. The second part is a translation of the Bavarian laws with editorial commentary by Klett who also translated Part I. Early game and land laws record the earliest attempts to preserve the environment. They also offer fascinating insights into social history due to their relevance to topics ranging from class structure to foodways. Das Verzeichnis Deutscher Drucke des 18. Jahrhunderts 14598590-006. unknown books
1998réf. 149960New York: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller Inc 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Number 195 of only 200 copies printed on Mohawk Vellum and Dulcet Papers at the Stinehour Press. Concept and book design by Adam Fuss and Andrew Roth and with typography by Jerry Kelly. Includes 7 color and black and white images. A fine copy in Japanese black cloth boards and in a the publisher's folded red glassine wrapper that is very near fine condition. Signed by Roth on the colophon page in red ink. A beautiful production. Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc unknown books
2001réf. 143286New York: Princeton Architectural Press 2001. First edition. Oblong hardcover. A fascinating and often intimate collection of color photographs of parts of the Soviet space program. Essay by Svetlana Boym. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Bartos and uncommon as such. Princeton Architectural Press unknown books
2008réf. 131924Glen Ellyn IL: Gahlberg Gallery College of DuPage 2008. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 24 through March 1 2008. Essay by curator Dominic Molon. Includes 8 black and white images. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Scarce with no copies listed in OCLC or anywhere else. Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage unknown books
1924réf. 130267New York: G.P. Putnam's & Sons 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 184 pages. A book of poems with a foreword by Rev. John A Hutton D.D. and with drawings by Adam. A tight close to near fine copy with some slight wear. No dust jacket. G.P. Putnam's & Sons unknown books
1972réf. 127264New York: Interim Books 1972. First edition. Softcover. Single poem illustrated with 2 black and white photographs of Helen Adam. A near fine copy in string tied wrappers. Interim Books unknown books
2011réf. 119729Raleigh NC & New York: The Gregg Museum of Art & Design distributed by D.A.P. 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Monograph for a show that ran September 15 through December 17 2011. A very fine copy in cloth binding without dust jacket as issued. Still in the original shrinkwrap. The Gregg Museum of Art & Design distributed by D.A.P. unknown books
1993réf. 109045London: Chatto & Windus 1993. First British edition. Hardcover. His fourth novel. A very near fine copy with the usual darkening to the pages in a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Lively on the title page. Chatto & Windus unknown books