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1995ref. 627194New York: Carol Southern Books 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. Quarto. 248pp. Heavily illustrated in color. Tiny bit of rippling in the top and bottom margins else fine in lightly worn near fine dust jacket with the spine faintly sunned. Signed by coauthor Estelle Ellis on the half-title. Carol Southern Books hardcover books
ref. B228963-1New York Thames & Hudson 2004. 304pp. Prof. illus. numerous color. Lrg. 4to. Wraps. Published in conjunction with exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art Washington D.C. April-July 2004 and the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco California Palace of the Legion of Honor San Francisco Sept. 2004-Jan. 2005 curated by Kathleen Berri. New York (Thames & Hudson), 2004. paperback books
1979ref. 597815Santa Cruz California: Kayak Books Inc 1979. Softcover. Very Good. Issue 51. Slim octavo. 72pp. Illustrated. Stapled wrappers a bit rubbed page edges foxed very good. Contributions by David Ignatow David Wagoner Wendy Bishop and many others. Kayak Books, Inc unknown books
1904ref. 84904Sevilla: Imp. de F. de P. Diaz 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 plates 2 color xi 372p. Rebound in contemporary 1/2 leather. 26 cm. Front joint tender. Backstrip darkened. Text slightly age-toned. Bookplate George T. Lincoln. No Jacket. Spanish text. Imp. de F. de P. Diaz hardcover books
1790ref. 81557Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale 1790. Paperback. Very Good. 40p. Pamphlet. 21 cm. No separate wrapper present. Old stitch marks. French text. de l'Imprimerie Nationale paperback books
1928ref. 80627London: Peter Davies; NY: Harper & Brothers 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. xix 1 15p. plus 122 typographic plates. Original patterned boards backed in art vellum. dj. 34cm. Jacket browned around edges and chipped along top edge. Other minor browning. Bookplate of William T. Timmons. Peter Davies; NY: Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1988ref. 109671Rochester:: Inner Traditions International. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Translated from the French by Kit Currie and Sean Konecky. First printing thus. Remainder dot on top edge else about fine in like dust jacket. . 1988. 0892812168 . Inner Traditions International, hardcover books
1951ref. 55760London & Bournemouth: The Soncino Press 1951. Second edition. Hardcover. very good to near fine. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". 10 volumes. Original blue buckram with gilt publisher's device on cover and gilt lettering on spines. Gilt top edges. Collection of classical Rabbinic literature and commentary organized around the layout of the bible. The Midrash can be considered the essence of Judaism a minute examination and interpretation of the bible. It includes history legend allegory scientific observations rabbinic homilies and folklore moral and practical advice in various spheres and non-legalistic exegetical texts. Light wear and very llight sunning along edges and spines. The Soncino Press hardcover books
2011ref. 53060Leuven: Peeters 2011. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Quarto 12" x 8-1/2". xii 419 3pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated throughout with statistical diagrams photos and maps 1 in color. An ex-library copy with minimal rubber stamps on title page & at bottom of text block otherwise fine. In this work the author presents an original analysis of palaeoecological and archaeological data from Southern Georgia demonstrating how past societies and environments interacted in this region of high biodiversity and ancient culture. New pollen records including the first fire histories for the Caucasus region are analysed using novel statistical techniques providing insights into the region's climatic and vegetation history that challenge preconceived notions about the evolution of Georgia's diverse landscapes. Readers with an interest in the region's archaeology will find the synthesis of archaeological and palaeoenvironmental data in the chapter on human impact to be of great value whereas those interested in Georgia's biogeography will find in the text and appendix a wealth of information much of which has never before appeared in the English language. The text is thoroughly illustrated including maps and descriptive notes on the present and past distribution of each of the major pollen types and vegetation units. Publisher Contents: Introduction -- Background -- Methods -- Modern pollen-vegetation relationships -- The Tbilisi area -- The Tsalka plateau -- 7. Holocene palaeovegetation maps of Georgia -- Human impact on the vegetation of southern Georgia -- Conclusion -- Appendices. A. Present and past pollen maps of Georgia -- B. Correlations with weighted averaging trends -- C. Pollen preparation method -- D. Radiocarbon dating -- E. Complete pollen diagrams. OCLC Supplement 34 of the Peeters series "Ancient Near Eastern Studies. Peeters hardcover books
1580ref. 49122Geneva: Jean de Laon 1580. First edition. Hardcover. Nearly Fine. Three volumes octavo.Vol. I: π2 3 4 π3-4 blank π4 6 a-3k8 3l4 blank 3l4 3m8 3n4 = 476 leaves. 24 901 27pp. Vol. II: A8 2A-3F8 3G2 3H8 3I3 blank 3I2 and 3I3 = 437 leaves. 16 836 22 indexpp. Vol. III: π1 B2 3 B4 A1 C2 Au lecteur π2 blank 2A-3G8 3H4 2A4 2B2 258 leaves 16 480 8 index 12 erratapp. N.B.: while the text is complete and continuous collations of preliminary leaves in volumes 1 and 3 are irregular.; printer's device at each title; 6 errata leaves for the entire work at the end of the third volume. Complete with all four blanks noted in Adams and one additional vol. 2: 3I3. Later polished calf; richly gilt spine with gilt-stamped lettering piece; triple gilt filets at covers; board edges ruled; edges stained red; inner dentelles; marbled endleaves. Occasional mild foxing. Tiny worm hole sometimes obscuring a letter in early leaves of the first volume. A nearly fine handsomely bound set. First edition of the celebrated 'Livre d'Or du Protestantisme français'. It is of primordial importance for the period 1521-1563 and among of the chief source books for the history of French- and Swiss Protestantism during the sixteenth century. Long attributed to the Calvinist theologian Théodore de Bèze 1519-1605 it is now generally assumed to have been written by his fellow Calvinist theologian humanist translator and writer Simon Goulart 1543-1628 based on materials gathered by de Bèze since 1565. Provenance: With a wonderful bookseller's handwritten bill Mr. Scherff libraire Ave de l'Oratoire S. Honoré No. 6 dated 1 Décembre 1821 offering the set for fr. 39. Full title and imprint: Histoire ecclesiastique des eglises reformees au royaume de France en laquelle est descrite au vray la renaissance & accroissement d'icelles depuis l'an M.D.XXI. iusques en l'annee M.D.LXIII. leur reiglement ou discipline Synodes persecutions tant generales que particulieres noms & labeurs de ceux qui ont heureusement trauaillé villes & lieux où elles ont esté dressees auec le discours des premiers troubles ou guerres ciuiles desquelles la vraye cause est aussi declaree. Divisee en trois tomes ayans chasque Tome leurs tables. De l'Imprimerie de Iean Remy. A Anvers 1580. References: Adams B 917 under Beza. Index Aureliensis 118.737 under Bèze De. BM STC Dutch p. 77 under: France - Refored Churches "ascribed to T. de Bèze and N. des Gallars". Belgica Typographica 1457 under: Histoire "Toegeschreven aan S. Goulart ook wel aan Th. De Bèze". Chaix-Dufour-Moeckli 98: "Ouvrage collectif faussement attribué à Th. de Bèze et mis en oeuvre par Simon Goulart. Mlle Droz a démontré que l'imprimeur était en réalité J. de Laon". Gardy De Bèze 222: "Ainsi que l'a établi Geisendorf cette histoire a été compilée en partie avec des matériaux que Bèze prenait soin de réunir dès 1565 et le travail de compilation semble s'être déroulé à Genève sous sa haute direction; mais Bèze n'a jamais cessé d'en parler dans sa correspondance comme d'une oeuvre anonyme". Jean de Laon hardcover books
2006ref. 50146New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Large octavo. 3071pp. Index. Black leather spine over blind stamped ribbed dark blue cloth. Small photo inset on front cover. Illustrated with over 130 color plates based on the artists work from 1984 to 2006. A fine as new copy still in publisher's shrinkwrap. "An essential and beautifully designed publication about one of today's most important and influential artists. Covers every object made by Hamilton including sculptures and other three-dimensional objects photographs and prints. Major essay plus texts on each work by Joan Simon. Includes extensive biography and bibliography." OCLC. Gregory R. Miller & Co hardcover books
1682ref. 47526La Haye Paris: Adrian Moetjens 1682. Third French edition. Hardcover. vg to vg. Sextodecimo 5 1/2 x 3 1/2". 48 188 4 166 12pp. Original full vellum with gilt lettering and ruling on brown leather label on the spine. Additional engraved title page. Publisher's device on title page. Decorative head and tailpieces. Decorative initials. Contains catalog of books by Adrian Moetjens. Title translation: "Ceremonies and customs which are observed today among the Jews and translated from the Italian of Leon de Modena; with a supplement concerning the sects of the Karaites and the Samaritans of our time. Third edition revised corrected & augmented by a second part entitled 'Comparison of the ceremonies of the Jews and of the discipline of the Church: with a discourse concerning the various masses or liturgies which are in use in all the world' by the Sieur de Simonville." Early publication of the scholar Richard Simon containing his French translation of "Historia degli riti hebraici" by Rabbi Leon of Modena 1574 - 1654 Yehudah Aryeh Mi-Modena. An important source for the history of European Judaism. Modena's work was originally published in Italian first in Paris in 1637 and then in Venice in 1638. Both of these editions included Modena's supplement on the heretical Jewish sects the Karaites and the Samaritans as well as several other chapters on divinations and spells. The book was significant in that was the first work of the modern era aimed at non-Jewish readers to educate them on Jewish religious practice and customs. It was quite popular in the period went through numerous internationally translated editions. Simon's French edition of the work was first issued in 1674 including the supplement by Modena. In 1681 he issued both the second edition of his translation to which was added his work on comparative religion "Comparaison des Ceremonies des Juifs" and that work published separately. It suffices to recall that the work allowed among other things the rediscovery of the East and of non-Christian religions through an almost ethnographic vision which objectively described Judaism independently of the religious prejudices of the 17th century thus inaugurating what will make all the vocation of the great Oratorian. Table of contents a the rear. The final page contains an advertisement for the publisher at the bottom. Decorative bookplate of French author and economist André Morellet 1727 - 1819 pasted on the interior front cover. Binding with minor rubbing to covers and extremities. Brown label on the spine lightly chipped along the edges. Minor sporadic water stains and/ or foxing to a few pages throughout. P.23 torn along the side margin with no loss of text. Binding and interior both in very good to very good condition overall. Adrian Moetjens hardcover books
1930ref. 48212Berlin and Leipzig: Verlag von Klinkhardt & Biermann 1930. First edition. Hardcover. G to very good condition. Octavo. 20pp. 32 plates 1 page. Original brick red quarter-cloth over tan boards with JK debossed in green and red and reversed lettering on cover black lettering on spine. Color frontispiece. First edition of "Young Art" of Max Beckmann with rare color cover design by Georg Salter. Fourteen page essay on Max Beckmann by Heinrich Simon one page with Beckmann's biographical data a list of public galleries with Beckmann paintings and bibliography at end of text pages. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of Max Beckmann paintings from 1909 to 1929 with frontispiece "A Peruvian Soldier Drinks" in color. Advertisement at rear contains list of Junge Kunst publications up to 1930 and announcements of 1931 releases by Klinkhardt & Biermann. Text in German. Binding with some sunning along edges mainly at top of front and back cover. Some foxing of bibliography and first b/w plate as well as last b/w plate in margins only. Verlag von Klinkhardt & Biermann hardcover books
1945ref. 45784Paris: Published by the author 1945. First edition. Softcover. g. Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/4". 78pp. Original printed wrappers with red and black lettering to front cover. This work is one of the earliest documentation on the extermination camps of Auschwitz Birkenau and Majdanek. It contains the detailed testimony of a Polish officer interned at Auschwitz and a detailed testimony by two inmates in the camps of Auschwitz Birkenau and Majdanek. The book contains 5 plans of the various death camps. Wrappers slightly age-toned. Pages evenly age-toned throughout. Previous owner's signature dated Dec. 1945 at upper margin of front free endpaper. Text in French. Wrappers and interior in overall good condition. Published by the author unknown books
1941ref. 41150London; New York; Toronto: Oxford University Press 1941. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Folio 15 1/4 x 12". XVI 279 1pp Text 56 leaves Plates; 10pp Supplement. Original gilt-stamped olive cloth with gold lettering to spine. Title page with printed Chinese seal in red. A printed 10-page supplement published in 1941 laid in at rear. "The volume begins with an Introduction and a general description of the collection. These are followed by a description of each painting and the translation of its seals and inscriptions. At the end of the book is a chapter on seals their carving and use together with the photographic reproduction of 115 seals and a key with their translation and the identification of their owners and Biographical Notes on the painters commentators poets and seal-owners connected with the paintings. There are also an Index of Chinese names words terms and seals with their Chinese characters and English Indexes of proper names seals in translation and miscellanea covering such subjects as calligraphy its styles and use as an art form; discussion of paper and silk and of signatures; duties of officials legends and stories connected with the paintings; paintings ancestral animals birds flowers and plants religious subjects and their use on special occasions and for special purposes symbols and symbolism; technique brush strokes materials used and preparation of and methods used for Buddhist paintings buildings flowers etc and by individual painters" from the publishers. Of the 56 collotype plates featured in this work 48 deal with paintings and are composed of 36 full-page monochrome plates 3 full-page color plates 7 manifold monochrome plates and 2 manifold color plates. The remaining plates are composed of 5 full-page plates of calligraphy and 3 full-page plates of seals. The paintings in the collection date from pre-T'ang times to the Ch'ing Dynasty some of them among the greatest Chinese paintings known. Among them are the great landscape by Hsia Küei and such recorded paintings as "An Assembly of Birds on a Willow Bank" attributed to Huang Ch'üan; "Snow River and Returning Boat" by Emperor Hui Tsung; "An Orchid in Autumn" by Chêng Ssu-hsiao; "Mountains and Water" by Mi Fei; "A White Prunus in Blossom" by Wang Mien etc. Minor to moderate shelf wear. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1949ref. 41015New York: Farlag Matones 1949. Third edition. Hardcover. g. 4to. 112pp. Blue cloth with pasted illustration of a man on horse back confronting a Jew in the woods. Illustrated Yiddish title-page and English title-page. Yiddish novel first published in 1931 about the adventures of a simple beggar named Shmerl who has marvelous luck. Includes linocut illustrations by Aaron Goodelman. The author Solomon Simon is also known for his "Wise Men of Helm." Text in Yiddish. Cover stained. Head of spine slightly bumped. Overall in good condition. Farlag Matones hardcover books
1963ref. 36970Paris: Société d'Histoire de la Médecine Hébraïque 1963. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. Original tan cloth with gold lettering on spines. Original wrappers bound in. Complete collection of all the 62 issues published during the first 16 years of the "Revue d'Histoire de la Médecine Hébraïque." Each issue contains important studies on the history of medicine among Jews. With prestigious contributions by Harry Friedenwald Mark Dworzecki Esti Freud Salomon R. Kagan Roger Cattan Lazare Mayersohn Prof. F. S. Bodenheimer Henri Baruk Rabbi Elie Munk Meyer Sal Prof. Mayer A. Halevy Prof. Walther Riese Jean Choukroun Hadas I. Achel Rachel Minc Prof. Werner Silberstein Jacques Launay etc. The first volume gathers all the issues published between 1948 and 1953 No 1 to 15 bis the second volume contains all the issues published between 1953 and 1956 No 16 to 34 issues No 35 to 50 for the third volume and issues No 51 to 62 for the last volume. Binding of first volume sunned and slightly foxed. Minor shelf wear. Moderate age-toning along paper margin. Text in French. Bindings and interior in overall good condition. Société d'Histoire de la Médecine Hébraïque hardcover books
1923ref. 31840Nuremberg: J. Bulka 1923. First edition. Hardcover. g. 4to. 816pp. 2 85pp. 1. Quarter brown cloth over brown paper boards with black lettering and design on spine. Top edge red. Hebrew and German title-pages. Machsor Vitry by R. Simcha of Vitry a student of the 11th century Jewish scholar R. Shlomo Yitzhaki. Includes a collection of piyut poems. Text in Hebrew. Wear to spine; tail of spine split but still holding. Edges and corners rubbed. Overall in good condition. J. Bulka hardcover books
2009ref. 27500Paris; Louvain: Peeters 2009. First edition. Softcover. vg. Quarto. 502pp. Original printed wraps with printer's device on front cover and title-page. This volume collects essays on polytheistic and monotheistic realities in antiquity for studying the subject of "religious identities" - the perception of the self or others as singular based on the representation of a reference viewed as superior. Text in French. As new condition. Peeters unknown books
1999ref. 26525Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1999. Reprint. Softcover. g. Sm. quarto. xxiv454pp. Original illustrated wraps. Comprehensive survey looking at more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome covering the foundation of the city to its rise to world empire and its conversion to Christianity. Illustrated with b/w photographic reproductions. Minor rubbing creasing and scuffing on wraps. Sidelining in blue and black ink throughout. Overall good condition. Cambridge University Press unknown books
1918ref. 25059Washington D.C.: Byron S. Adams 1918. Second edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. 18 464pp. Original cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by Simon Wolf. Two original typed letters signed by author pasted on fly leaf and on last page. Both letters are addressed to Mrs. Purvin critic at the "Sentinel". An hand-written errata letter also from Simon Wolf is pasted on inside of back board. Frontispiece portrait. Fascinating work written by Simon Wolf who was a lawyer and judge in Washington D. C. He was also an advocate for the rights of Jews especially Jews in Eastern Europe. Often Wolf would advise Presidents on Jewish matters. This volume covers presidential terms from James Buchanan to Woodrow Wilson followed by a chapter on humorous incidents. Some age wear on binding with spine age toned with remnants of sticker at lower part and minor abrasion on central part of spine. Previous owner's stamp on free front endpaper Rabbi William Mordecai Kramer. Slight age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Byron S. Adams hardcover books
1904ref. 24268Des Moines Iowa: Koch Brothers Printing Co 1904. First edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. XVI 359pp. Original cloth with black lettering on front board and spine. Fascinating account of the history of the Jewish settlers farmers shop owners of Iowa. Ex-library copy. Library stamp on title-page and blind stamp on dedication page. Some soiling/discoloration on covers and spine. Closed tear on inner margin of title-page. Age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall good interior in good to very good condition. Koch Brothers Printing Co hardcover books
1938ref. 20828Budapest: Löwinger Sámuel 1938. First edition. Softcover. g. 8vo. 351 pp. in Hungarian 194 pp. in Hebrew. Frontispiece displaying b/w facsimile photograph of Blau Lajos. Fully annotated. Includes bibliographical references. Age wear to wraps and browning to outer edges of pages due to age otherwise book is in good - very good condition. Löwinger Sámuel unknown books
1858ref. 22573Lemberg: David Zevi Schrenzel 1858. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 103 pages. Quarter leather over black paper covered boards tooled with a beautiful ornate floral pattern. Age wear on biding heavy age wear on spine bottom part of backstrip missing. Simon Duran's 1361-1444 commentary on 613 commandments based on Solomon ibn Gabirol's 1020-1057 azharot a genre of liturgical poetry read on the holiday of Shavuot first printed in Constantinople 1515. Blue endpaper pasted and free front and back. Small sticker of P. Feldheim Hebrew Bookstore one of the oldest Jewish publishing companies in America founded by Philip Feldheim in 1939 on inside of front board. Small stamp of previous owner on top of title page not affecting text. Signiture of previous owner on top corner of title page affecting image. Hinges starting. Pages 102-103 and back free endpaper detached. Pages 99-100 stuck together due to damp exposer. Beginning of book a list of the commandments. Text in Hebrew. Binding in fair interior in overall very good condition. One other copy found in worldcat. David Zevi Schrenzel hardcover books
1931ref. 17027Rotterdam: W. L. en J. Brusse's Uitgeversmaatschappij N.V. 1931. Softcover. g. 8vo. 75pp. Original wrappers designed by Piet Zwart. Inside edges of front wrapper have been repaired with clear tape. Backstrip missing. Abrasions and creasing on front wrapper. "No. 5 van de serie monografieen over filmkunst onder redactie van C. J. Graadt van Roggen." Profusely illustrated with reproductions of b/w photographs. Text in Dutch. Wraps in fair interior in very good condition. W. L. en J. Brusse's Uitgeversmaatschappij N.V. unknown books
