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2023ref. 215247New York: Robert Simon Fine Art 2023. Softcover. VG. Octavo. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 55 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Robert Simon Fine Art New York New York September 5-29 2023/ 'Reception : Thursday September 14th 5:30-8:30PM' - gallery website/ Includes bibliographical references. Robert Simon Fine Art paperback books
1999ref. 258221East Sydney Australia: Studio Magazines 1999. Magazine. 144p. 9.5x13 inches profusely illustrated with both color and b&w physique and homoerotic photography very good first printing oversized bi-monthly magazine in color pictorial wraps. Studio Magazines unknown books
1940ref. 34099New York: Behrman's Jewish Book House 1940. Hardcover. g. Inscribed. 8vo. 117pp. Original brown cloth with blue lettering on cover and spine. Author's inscription on front free endpaper. Head and tail of spine bumped. Overall in good condition. Behrman's Jewish Book House hardcover books
1940ref. 5127New York: The Elbert Printing Company Inc. 1940. Hardcover spiral bound. Red and cream boards wire ring spine. Good. 72 pages. Published by and for the Benefit of The New York Exchange for Woman's Work. Wine Notes by Peter Greig Edited by Ann R. Silver. The exchange was founded in 1878 by Candace Wheeler an interior designer and Mary Atwater Choate a prominent New Yorker who also founded Choate Rosemary Hall the preparatory school. The Civil War had made widows of a number of well-off women who needed to earn a living but were to genteel to leave home for work - baked goods and hand made items were sold through the exchange to help ward off poverty. The exchange made its name with its restaurant known for the bittersweet chocolate cake home-baked crab cakes codfish balls and wedding cakes. This copy features Menus and Recipes along with advertisements from local New York City businesses such as Rosedale Fish & Oyster Market Hammacher Schlemmer Louis Sherry's and more. Interior stains. Lower bottom corner 1 cm. water marks cover edges rubbed. The Elbert Printing Company, Inc. hardcover books
1970ref. 576814Boston: Little Brown and Company 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. 315pp. Illustrated from photographs. Small soil spot on topedge near fine in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear and modest rubbing. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
2012ref. 194683London England: Jonathan Clark & Co 2012. Softcover. VG light scuffs marks to wraps. light rubbing to corners. tightly bound. pictorial & white wraps w/ white printing. approx 80 unpaginated pgs w/ color plates. Illustrated throughout; vibrant color plates. Jonathan Clark & Co paperback books
1969ref. 145482Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1969. Five vintage single weight reference photographs from the 1968 UK film released in the US in 1969. The photographs represent ad mockups featuring collages of starring actors Phillips and Page. One image is shown. To see others please inquire. Based on Waugh's debut novel "Decline and Fall" 1928. Paul Pennyfeather Phillips is unjustly dismissed from Oxford University for indecent behavior and finds employment at a boys' private school in Wales where he meets Margot Page. The two are set to married until Paul is arrested for involvement in Margot's white slavery operation. Set and shot on location in England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1992ref. 30911East Granby CT: Book Express. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0861015398 . A bright first edition/first printing in Very Good condition in alike dust-jacket with light edgewear; This book is a comprehensive guide to wine from North and South America. The authors cover all of the wine-producing regions in detail discussing the history geology viticulture and winemaking techniques. The book is full of beautiful full-color photographs and detailed tasting notes making it an excellent resource for anyone interested in wine.; 4to ; 160 pages; FSA . Book Express hardcover books
2005ref. 193921Vancouver British Columbia Canada and Berkeley CA: Vancouver Art Gallery and Douglas & McIntyre 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 159 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 29 through December 31 2005 at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and then traveled to Vancouver and Montreal for additional dates. Features texts by Daina Augaitis Cuauhtemoc Medina Trevor Smith Ralph Rugoff and the text of a conversation between Jungen and Simon Starling. Includes numerous color illustrations biographical information bibliography and a checklist. A near fine copy in illustrated boards with some minor wear. No dust jacket as issued. Vancouver Art Gallery and Douglas & McIntyre unknown books
1996ref. 212648New York / Munich: Museum for African Art / Prestel 1996. Hardcover. VG. Jacket has some wear along the top edge and bumping to the rear fore edge corner. Book itself is clean and unmarked. Quarto. Hardcover. Tan cloth in illustrated jacket. 267 pages : illustrations some color color maps ; 31 cm. Art of the Baga: A Drama of Cultural Reinvention traces the art and cultural history of these very special African people from their legendary flight from the mystical highlands of the interior of Guinea to the coast in their attempt to conserve their own religious ritual to the eventual destruction of their traditions at mid century with the conversion to Islam and with independence from France the establishment of the Republic of Guinea under an iconoclastic Marxist regime. In the book the Baga voice is heard prominently in the direct testimony of three Baga writers and forty Baga consultants of all ages and background experience from ten-year-old boys to elders and ritual leaders of over 100 years of age. Artistic creation and reinvention form the core of issues raised throughout the art historical drama. Museum for African Art / Prestel hardcover books
1997ref. 1391712Tahoma CA: L&L Publishing 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 242 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good plus dust jacket. Spine has red boxed white letters on white background. Dust jacket is in a mylar sleeve no tears folds or missing pieces. Bound in green boards with gold lettering on the spine. Book is cocked. Illustrated. Shelved in Alcove. 1391712. Special Collections. L&L Publishing hardcover books
1988ref. 42004NY: Knopf 1988. First edition. 128 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Two sample photographs and promotional flyer laid in. NY: Knopf, unknown books
1979ref. 003901Rand McNally 1979 1979. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beautiful copy.Fine copy in like jacket. Rand McNally, 1979 Hardcover books
1973ref. 157613New York: Random House 1973. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine and unread in a Very Good plus price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket with light toning to the extremities. Random House unknown books
1959ref. 43283New York: Farrar Straus and Cudahy. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in a Very Good- little chipped dust-jacket. Previous owner's name on front paste down.; Personalities who emerged during the first 3000 years of Jewish history. Moses David Jeremiah Philo Akiba Saadie Halevi Maimonides Rashi Abravenel Baal Shem Tov and Vilna Gaon; 8vo; 351 pages; FSA . Farrar, Straus and Cudahy hardcover books
2014ref. 188143Trenton New Jersey: Africa World Press 2014. Softcover. VG light edge-wear to wraps; small nick to upper spine edge. glossy illustrated & white wraps w/ white printing. book xxiii 327 pages w/ bw & select color illustrations. Miranda Olayinka Burney-Nicol who signed her work OLAYINKA was a pioneer in modern African art. She belonged to the first generation of African artists who did not follow indigenous art practices but drew on a variety of European media while experimenting with them yet her images were generally drawn from Africa. Born in 1927 into Creole Krio society in the capital city of Freetown Sierra Leone West Africa she was raised in an Africanized version of British culture studying in a missionary school.--from The Publisher. Africa World Press paperback books
2004ref. 60639NY: St. Martin's Press 2004. First US edition first prnt. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Fourth volume in Scarrow's Marco and Cato series. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. St. Martin's Press Hardcover books
2006ref. 628137New York: Ecco / HarperCollins 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. 478pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Fine in a fine bellyband. Signed by the author. Ecco / HarperCollins hardcover books
2002ref. 176989London: Simon Ray Gallery 2002. Softcover. VG corners lightly bumped. Color illustrated wraps with silver lettering 145 pp profusely illustrated in color. Price list tipped in. Catalogue of exhibition held Monday 22nd April 2002 to Friday 17th May 2002. Includes bibliographical references. Simon Ray Gallery paperback books
1963ref. 555820New York: The Citadel Press 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Octavo 190pp. Owner name penned and decorative bookplate on front fly topedge lightly soiled near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with spine a touch sunned and light offsetting on rear panel. Ex-James Gabler. Gabler G38940. The Citadel Press hardcover books
1955ref. 4325London: Newman Neame 1955. Hardcover. Gray cloth covered boards embossed and illustrated in gilt. Near fine in good dust wrapper. 76 pages. 19 x 13 cm. This book presents a gourmet's opinion of English foods in relation to French wines that have been chosen to partner and enhance them. Dishes are arranged alphabetically under such headings as Fish Flesh Fowl Game Birds Cheese and English Sauces. The Wines that are listed range from the most expensive aristocrats to the less expensive ordinaires. Beautifully illustrated with woodcuts by Zelma Blakely. Interior and boards clean and crisp. Dust wrapper rubbed at edges. Covered in protective mylar. Newman Neame hardcover books
1971ref. 284231London: Octopus Books Limited 1971. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with light edgewear. Octopus Books Limited hardcover books
ref. 70303New York Toronto And London: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. N.D. Fourth Printing. Cloth. Edition in Fine condition in a clipped Near Fine dust-jacket; The Noble Grapes and the Great Wines of France is a book that covers the history and the production of wine in France. It is written by Andre L. Simonand it was published in 2009.; 8vo; 180 pages . McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. hardcover books
1967ref. 408464London: Paul Hamlyn 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Quarto 194 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Rear corner bumped near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Written by the prolific author and founder of the Wine and Food Society. Paul Hamlyn hardcover books
1967ref. 408821London: Paul Hamlyn 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Quarto 194 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Spine ends rubbed near fine in near fine dustwrapper with short tears on spine ends. Written by the prolific author and founder of the Wine and Food Society. Paul Hamlyn hardcover books
