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2021rif. 199554New York: Acquavella and Rizzoli 2021. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 120 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 5 through June 18 2021. Features a foreword by Eleanor Acquavella and an essay by Adam Kirsch. Includes numerous illustrations a checklist list of previous exhibitions and a list of selected collections. A fine copy in blue cloth boards. No dust jacket as issued. Acquavella and Rizzoli unknown books
1977rif. 193149New York: Kulchur Foundation 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 120 pages. Includes numerous poems and illustrations by Adam. An about very good copy in pictorial paper covered boards with some darkening to the top of the rear board some light wear and some tape marks to the endpapers where the fair only acetate dust jacket was affixed and with some large chips and wear. Uncommon. Kulchur Foundation unknown books
1844rif. 4032London: Smith Elder and Co 1844. First Edition. Very good. 8vo. 44 pp. Stitched as issued without wrappers. First and last pages a trifle dusty p. 44 with blemishing SEE IMAGES. AGAINST AMERICAN CONTROL OF THE OREGON TERRITORY WHICH AT THAT TIME ENCOMPOSSED WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WAS HELD JOINTLY BY BRITAIN AND AMERICA. "Thom was personally familiar with the country and here ably sets forth the British claims to it. An important work when studying the Pacific Northwest" Jenkins. There is also a brief summary of the discovery exploration and settlement of the region from 1543 to 1812. Sabin 95370. Howes T161. Eberstadt 497. Decker 516. Tremaine 5287. Smith, Elder and Co unknown books
2005rif. 193820Los Angeles CA and Santa Fe NM: Michael Dawson Gallery and Andrew Smith Gallery Inc 2005. First edition. Softcover. 79 pages. Features essays by Jennifer A. Watts and Andrew Smith along with the travel diaries of Vroman. Includes numerous illustrations a checklist and a bibliography. A near fine copy in wrappers with some sunning to the spine and edges. Internally a clean copy. Michael Dawson Gallery and Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc unknown books
2021rif. 194155New York: The Frick Collection in association with DelMonico Books 2021. Hardcover. 168 pages. Features a foreword by Adam Gopnick. Includes numerous illustrations and text contributions about them. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. The Frick Collection in association with DelMonico Books unknown books
2014rif. 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
1729rif. 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
2002rif. 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
2013rif. 196136Syracuse NY: Lightwork 2013. First edition. Softcover. 48 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 14 through March 22 2013 and then traveled for additional dates. Features text by Hannah Frieser and with a brief artist statement by Magyar. Includes some color and numerous black and white images with some fold out plates. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Lightwork unknown books
1987rif. 196344New York: The Pace Gallery 1987. First edition. Oblong softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 31 through November 28 1987. Features an essay by Adam Gopnik. Includes numerous color illustrations. A very good plus fine copy in French style wrappers with some light soiling to the rear panel. The Pace Gallery unknown books
2000rif. 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
1830rif. 333547Montreal: Printed at the Office of the Herald and New Gazette 1830. First Edition. xii 13-216pp. Without the frontispiece portrait. 12mo. Bound in contemporary black straight grained morocco. gilt flat spine a.e.g. hole with loss at pp. 91/92. First Edition. xii 13-216pp. Without the frontispiece portrait. 12mo. Sabin 37700; Dionne III 22; Gagnon I 1864; Lande 1882; TPL 1585; Watters p. 104 Printed at the Office of the Herald and New Gazette unknown books
2013rif. 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
1708rif. 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
2006rif. 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
1985rif. 47249New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1985. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket. Unique association copy first edition of the Polish New Wave poet's early works inscribed by Robert Hass - thanked in the translator's note - to American poet Stanley Plumly. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Translated by Renata Gorczynski. Preface by Czeslaw Milosz. Original white cloth. In original unclipped $12.95 dust jacket. 83 1 pages. Ink inscription on half-title page: "For Stan in Washington in February with friendship and affection / Bob Hass Feb 21 86." Minor edgewear; jacket toned. Farrar Straus Giroux unknown books
1989rif. 45643San Diego New York London: Harcourt Brace 1989. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. First printing of this collection of songs to sing to and with young children including classics like "Eensy Weensy Spider" "Patty-Cake Patty-Cake" and "Hickory Dickory Dock" - with a tipped-in bookplate signed by Jane Yolen. Jane Yolen is a literary all-rounder. From Nebula-winning SF short stories to historical fiction to cookbooks to poetry Yolen has found success and accolades. Picture books are no exception: among her numerous works in the genre are two Caldecott Medal winners beautiful collaborations with some of the most pre-eminent illustrators and beloved bedtime story staples. In 2021 at age 83 she published her 400th book and showed no signs of slowing down - "my eye is on 500!" she gleefully reported discussing her ongoing projects Scalzi. 8.5'' x 11''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped $15.95 color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. 32 pages. Bookplate signed by Yolen tipped onto verso of front flyleaf. Jacket with a hint of edgewear tiny spot of soil to rear flap. Binding with a touch of soil to edges. Sharp and bright. Harcourt Brace unknown books
1986rif. 45644San Diego New York London: Harcourt Brace 1986. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Inscribed first printing of this collection of classic sleepy-time songs including "Hush Little Baby" "Bye Baby Bunting" and "Rock-A-Bye Baby." Jane Yolen is a literary all-rounder. From Nebula-winning SF short stories to historical fiction to cookbooks to poetry Yolen has found success and accolades. Picture books are no exception: among her numerous works in the genre are two Caldecott Medal winners beautiful collaborations with some of the most pre-eminent illustrators and beloved bedtime story staples. In 2021 at age 83 she published her 400th book and showed no signs of slowing down - "my eye is on 500!" she gleefully reported discussing her ongoing projects Scalzi. 8.5'' x 11''. Original red cloth boards. Original unclipped $13.95 color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. 32 pages. Inscribed by Yolen Mikolaycak and Stemple to front flyleaf dated 1986. Jacket with a touch of edgewear a bit of sunning to spine. Binding with a couple tiny bumps to tail edge tiny spot of soil to rear board. Sharp and bright. Harcourt Brace unknown books
1968rif. 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
1961rif. 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
1994rif. 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
1999rif. 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
1877rif. 36437Paris: G. Charpentier 1877. Half mid-tan leather with textured cloth boards. 1f. recto half-title verso publisher's notes 1f. recto blank verso half-title 1f. recto title verso blank 4ff. letter to Rostand and Adam autograph letter facsimile 370 pp. Edges uncut. Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Some internal wear and foxing; edges dusty; frontispiece browned and detached split inside right platemark not affecting image. G. Charpentier unknown books
2012rif. 44616New York: Random House 2012. First edition stated. Fine in fine jacket. Inscribed first printing of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set in North Korea. Handsome copy of this ambitious novel winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize and finalist for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award inscribed by Johnson in the year of publication. Described by the author as a "sort of North Korean Casablanca" THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON was praised by Michiko Kakutani as "harrowing and deeply affecting." 9.25'' x 6.25''. Original black boards. In original unclipped $26.00 dust jacket by Lynn Buckley. 443 7 pages. Signed by Johnson and dated Jan 20 2012 on title page. Light edgewear. (Random House) unknown books
1818rif. 320164Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson & Son 1818. First edition. xxvii 1 803pp. Uncut. 4to. Original paper-backed boards letterpress label on the spine. Some losses to spine front joint starting. Minor toning and light dampstaining in the rear. Inscription on the front pastedown: "Presented to the German Society by Dr. Henry Seybert July 13/39. First edition. xxvii 1 803pp. Uncut. 4to. "Prior to the adoption of the present governement of the United States of America it was not practicable to collect the facts and data for a statistical account of our country; the more important civil institutions were then exclusively under the control of the states respectively and each state was soverign and independent of the confederated government . Our character and interests demanded the proofs to correct the numerous errors and misrepresentations industriously circulated concerning the nature of our government the condition of our institutions and the general progress of the United States . The views presented in the following pages embrace all the permanent subjects of national importance from the commencement of the government in 1789 to the 20th of April 1818 ." Advertisement. The thick quarto work which begins with a printing of the Constitution comprises a profusion of tables of statistical data divided into the following sections: Population Commerce Navigation Fisheries Public Lands the Post Office Revenues the Mint the Military the Navy Expenditures and Public Debt. "Especially useful on early financial history" Howes. Howes S309; Sabin 79631; Goldsmiths 22031; Kress C.169; Shaw & Shoemaker 45692; Rink 337 Thomas Dobson & Son unknown books
