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1985Best.-Nr. 107049New York: E. P. Dutton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0525243216 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in alike dust-jacket; The Blue Star is the story of a young girl named Lina who is forced to flee her home in the middle of the night after her mother is killed by the military. Lina is taken in by a group of rebels who teach her to fight and how to use her powers. She joins up with a group of other rebels who are fighting against the military and their dictator.; 8vo; 244 pages; $6.00 . E. P. Dutton hardcover books
2016Best.-Nr. 172042New York: David Zwirner Books 2016. Hardcover. New in shrinkwrap. Cream and color-illustrated boards with black lettering. 179 pp. Color and illustrations. Published to accompany the exhibition held at David Zwirmer New York 2015. David Zwirner Books hardcover books
1988Best.-Nr. 51458Paris: Herscher 1988. Very good in very good jacket. Later printing of this illustrated monograph on Jean-Jacques Waltz the great Alsatian illustrator and satirist. 13.5'' x 10.25''. Original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original pictorial dust jacket. 206 2 pages. Text in French. Hinges cracked still holding. Light edgewear and bumping to boards. Minor chipping and creasing to jacket with a few tiny closed tears. Herscher unknown books
1992Best.-Nr. 277008Rome: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato / Libreria Dello Stato 1992. Hardcover. The pair in fine shape. 289p. hardbound in 12x8.5 inch decorated boards accompanied by the maps volume - 18 folded maps in colors also hardbound. Same dimensions same decoration the two volumes complete in a sturdy slipcase: matching boards with a raw linen backstrip. Books and slipcase are without blemish or any soil or any markings. FYI: spine titling of Text states it to be "Volume III" and so it is but of a larger set devoted to Italian discovery of America. Ministry of Cultural and environmental assets. Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato / Libreria Dello Stato hardcover books
1983Best.-Nr. 346884New York: E. P. Dutton 1983. Hardcover. 244p. personal inscription to Randy Alfred signed by Ferro first edition first printing stated hardcover bound in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Publisher's letter to Randy Alfred laid-in signed by publicist Darlene Watson and with copious notes in Randy Alfred's handwriting on both sides. Randy Alfred was co-founder of The SF Bay Times and had an interview show on KSAN. E. P. Dutton hardcover books
1988Best.-Nr. 100696Charlottesville:: Iron Crown Enterprises. Very Good. 1988. Paperback. Black and white illustrations. Second American edition paperback. Very good in oversize illustrated stapled wraps. . Iron Crown Enterprises, paperback books
1995Best.-Nr. 143670Chicago IL: Museum of Contemporary Art 1995. First edition. Softcover. 96 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran June 24 through August 20 1995 in Chicago and then traveled to Paris Helsinki and London for additional dates. Text in English and French by Jean-Francois Chevrier and Briony Fer. Includes numerous color images by Wall a list of previous exhibitions and selected bibliography. A tight near fine copy in French style wrappers with a small sticker abrasion to the bottom corner of the rear cover. Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
2017Best.-Nr. 179140London: Tate Publishing 2017. First edition. Softcover. 240 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 12 2017 through January 21 2018 at the Tate Britain and then traveled to three other locations for additional dates. Features text contributions by Ann Gallagher Molly Donovan Harald Krejci Lynn Zelevansky Briony Fer Linsey Young Brian Dillon along with a conversation between Rachel Whiteread James Lingwood and Ann Gallagher. Includes numerous illustrations bibliography biography and list of exhibited works. A fine copy in French style wrappers. Tate Publishing unknown books
1963Best.-Nr. 391139New York: The Spiral Press 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. Black and white illustrations. Rubbing on the edges else near fine. Interpretations in crystal of thirty-one new poems by contemporary American poets. The Spiral Press hardcover books
1997Best.-Nr. 264338Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato Libreria Dello Stato 1997. Hardcover. 216p. an expensive production courtesy government monies dozens of very crisp clean folding color reproductions of maps: in color sepia whatever is called for. Folio hardbound 12x8 inch buff papered boards overprinted in sepia map element and black titling of volume in hand. Upper cover yawns slightly we see no other structural flaw and no other flaws of any kind. Nuova Raccolta Colombiana. Produced by the Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets National Commission for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the Discovery of America. A copyright warning straight out of a bad 1990s web translator but I repeat myself: "It is forbidden the reproduction with any proceedings of this work or of some sides of it. As well as the possession and the sale of abusive copies of it. Each abuse will be persecuted by the law. Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato Libreria Dello Stato hardcover books
1985Best.-Nr. 124602New York: E. P. Dutton Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0525243216 . A first Printing of the First Edition in Fine condition housed in an equal dust-jacket; This book is about a boy named Billy who is adopted by a family in Maine. Billy is very excited about his new home and family but he is also scared because he has never been away from his mom and brothers. One day Billy goes for a walk with his adoptive family and he sees a blue star in the sky. He is amazed by how big the star is and he wonders what it is. His adoptive family tells him that the star is the sun and that it is going to set soon. Billy is very excited to see the sun set and he promises to always look up at the sky and see the stars.; 8vo; 244 pages . E. P. Dutton, Inc. hardcover books
1985Best.-Nr. 55196New York: E. P. Dutton Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0525243216 . A first printing of the first edition in unblemished condition housed in a mildly shelfworn yet Fine dust-jacket; In The Blue Star Robert Ferro tells the story of three generations of a family of rabbis in New York City. The first two generations are Orthodox rabbis and the second generation is their children and grandchildren. Ferro skillfully weaves together the stories of the rabbis and their congregants as well as of the city in which they lived and worked. He provides a vivid and moving portrait of a community that is both familiar and strange to us.; 8vo; 244 pages . E. P. Dutton, Inc. hardcover books
1985Best.-Nr. 107050New York: Dutton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Review Copy with publisher's promotional letter and review slip laid in; The Blue Star is a gripping and suspenseful novel that tells the story of two brothers who are forced to flee their home country of Syria after the outbreak of the war. They end up in Lebanon where they are hunted by the Assad regime. In a daring and heart-wrenching escape they make their way to Sweden where they begin a new life as refugees. The Blue Star is a story of hope determination and courage.; 8vo; $7.00 . Dutton hardcover books
1970Best.-Nr. 141943N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. Text in French. Green untitled wrappers. Title page present with credit for screenwriter Eric Ferro. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver binder clips. Pagination available upon request. N.p. unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 162104Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1973. Vintage color studio still photograph from the American release of the 1973 Italian film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An erotic comedy about a beautiful young housekeeper working for a lustful widower and his three equally lustful sons. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown books
1885Best.-Nr. 27883Boston: Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co. Boston & New York 1885. Business card 3" x 5" printed on white card stock on both sides using several different typesettings. Front of card has detailed engraving of the Phenix Iron Foundry buildings with people and carriages along the streets surrounding the foundry and water and ships in the background. Quite clean. Very attractive Near Fine. The Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company moved to Chelsea Mass. in the early 1880s. This business card was probably engraved and printed within the several years preceding that move. The Phenix Iron Company was established in 1830 and incorporated as a stock company in 1832. The foundry produced some of the earliest American textile-printing machines including the first American-made calico printing machine. Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co., Boston & New York unknown books
Best.-Nr. 239457Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 8.75" x 12". This charming map of Dunkirk shows the city as it sits on the coast of the southernmost part of the North Sea here labeled as the Sea of Flanders. Working circa 1705 De Fer has represented the city with a schematized drawing of its exterior walls. Canals connecting the city to nearby towns and churches are also depicted and labeled. Sand bars are drawn and mountains are represented pictorically and a decorative compass rose at the upper left points due north. The map is in very good condition with no chips or tears and minor staining. Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 was a French cartographer engraver and publisher. He became official geographer to the French Dauphin 1691 and to the Spanish King 1702 and was renowned particularly for his maps of the French coast of which this is a fine example. unknown books
2004Best.-Nr. 203716London: Phaidon 2004. Softcover. VG: Exlibary book. Sticker at the base of the spine. Stamp on the first page. Stamp on the last page. A softcover book with French flaps. The title is in white down a gray spine. Pages: 7 8-160. Profusely illustrated with a majority black-and-white images. Phaidon paperback books
2004Best.-Nr. 208584London: Phaidon 2004. Softcover. VG. Clean and unmarked. Close to new. Quarto. Softcover with French flaps. The title is in white down a gray spine. Pages: 7 8-160. Profusely illustrated with a majority black-and-white images. Phaidon paperback books
1893Best.-Nr. 28094London: T. Fisher Unwin 1893. Pseudonym Library edition narrow 12mo pp. 93; original yellow wrappers spine worn and chipped shaken still a good sound copy. Three short stories by the author of Dreams and The Story of an African Farm. T. Fisher Unwin unknown books
1885Best.-Nr. 8436New York: Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Co.; Macgowan & Slipper Printers 30 Beekman Street 1885. Booklet stapled in wrappers 15.5 x 12 cm. 136 pages. Illustrated throughout. Title from cover. Date from page of medals received. Stated "Fourth Edition". There were at least three distinctly different works with this title issued by the corporate author: 1890 72 pages with the Lalance and Grosjean Manufacturing Co name; 1891 32 pages an almanac not a trade catalogue; and this one undated ~136 pages a trade catalogue. Promotional combined trade catalogue and cookbook for Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Company manufacturers of kitchen ware. Illustrated descriptions of the wares typically two to a page face recipes. The recipes are decidedly Anglo-French not American and they lean towards more elegant fare. Illustrations include the Agate Iron Ware manufacturing plant on front wrapper verso an assortment of medals and awards and an image of a homemaker sitting in her kitchen surrounded by Agate Ware while consulting this cookbook. The front panel bears the printed promotional statement "Compliments of F. A. Walker & Co. Cornhill". In original chromolithograph wrappers decorated in a Japonisme-style. Small stain along bottom edge of text block bit of bumping to the corners. Wrappers worn at corners and with some wear to the bottom of the spine panel. Overall near very good. Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Co.; Macgowan & Slipper, Printers, 30 Beekman Street unknown books
2016Best.-Nr. 172920London: Marian Goodman Gallery 2016. Hardcover. VG. Color-illustrated cloth boards with yellow lettering. 264 pp. Color illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition held at Marian Goodman Gallery London June 12 - August 7 2015. Marian Goodman Gallery hardcover books
1725Best.-Nr. 204942Paris: de Fer Nicolas 1725. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 5.25" x 6.25". Charming miniature map of Denmark with the Coat of Arms incorporated in the cartouche. Map includes both Schleswig and Holstein while today part of the former and all of the latter are northern Germany. Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 was a French cartographer engraver and publisher. He became official geographer to the French Dauphin 1691 and to the Spanish King 1702. de Fer, Nicolas unknown books
2004Best.-Nr. 39487New Haven CT: Yale University Press 2004. Very Good /Very Good . New Haven CT: Yale University Press 2004. First Edition. Quarto 26cm; 222pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket; boards bound in black cloth with white stamping to spine; illustrated endsheets. Illustrations throughout. Dust jacket lightly bumped; barcode sticker at rear panel. Boards clean with sharp corners; spine slightly cocked. Binding sound. Textblock endsheets and interior pages clean. Very Good or better. A reinterpretation of minimalist seriality through a study of the works of many conceptual artists of the 1950s and 60s including Rothko Manzoni Agnes Martin Dan Flavin Eva Hesse and more. Yale University Press unknown books
1904Best.-Nr. 34468Madrid: Imprenta del Asilo de Huérfanos del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús 1904. First edition. Full mottled calf raised bands red morocco lettering pieces marbled endpapers. A very good or better copy with minor edgewear and light browning to leaves. 347 pp. Sm. 4to. OCLC locates only one copy in the Americas at UC Berkeley. Not in Palau. Imprenta del Asilo de Huérfanos del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús hardcover books
