1897ref. 190078Berlin: W. Buxenstein 1897. Hardcover. VG- light scuffing to boards leather worn pages are lightly age toned but otherwise very clean and clear. Oversized 3/4 brown leather and gray cloth boards gilt stamped design on front cover 5 raised bands and gilt lettering on spine gray and white illustrated end papers; 157 pp 34 unnumbered leaves of plates bw illustrations throughout. Text is in German. The Oscar Hainauer Collection. 15"x12"x 1.5" W. Buxenstein hardcover books
1914ref. 190422Berlin: Photographische Gesellschaft 1914. Hardcover. VG- shelfwear and soiling to covers spine torn pages and plates are clean and clear. Bound in 3/4 off-white leather-like material and off-white cloth boards top edge gilt pages untrimmed paged 55-88 and plates 96-194. Each plate has a descriptive guard sheet. This copy is no. 163 of the German Edtiion on Van Gelder hand paper. the life and works of Frans Hals. Volume 2 only of a 2 volume set. 16x12x3" Photographische Gesellschaft hardcover books
1901ref. 190396Paris: Charles Sedelmeyer 1901. Softcover. Good- heavy shelfwear and tears to front cover missing spine and rear cover light smudging to text pages light age toning to pages all plates are present and otherwise clean. Brown wraps with gilt printing bw portrait mounted on front cover with gilt frame; 29 text pages plates numbered 401-485 each with descriptive text page and tissue guard sheet. Printed in edition of 75 numbered copies on Japan paper this being number 68. Text by Wilhelm Bode from the German by Florence Simmonds. 18x14x2.5" Charles Sedelmeyer paperback books
ref. 10407San Francisco CA 2006. Unique. Fine. Unique. Phil Frank original cartoon drawing Shield of St. James done in pen and ink and signed with inscription by Frank "To Margo - Long may your banner wave!" Sex Pots Extension "Text: Margo St. James signed by Mark Bode. Sex Pot: A True Story signed by Bode and St. James. From Margo's private library. Margo St. James founded the organization C.O.Y.O.T.E. Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics. The bulk of COYOTE's records are archived at Harvard University in the Schlesinger Library. An American self-described prostitute and international activist on and for sex workers rights. Founder and headliner of the infamous "HOOKERS' MASQUERADE BALLS" in San Francisco. St. James ran for President of the United States as a Republican in 1980 and for San Francisco Board of County Supervisors in the late 1990s. She was married to Paul Avery investigative journalist notably of Zodiac killer and Patti Hearst until his death in 2000. She was instrumental in founding the St. James Infirmary a medical and social service organization serving sex workers in San Francisco. A remarkable and powerful figure in the women's movement and sex workers' rights. One shows mount tabs in the corners else tight bright and unmarred. Two in black and white one in full color. 13.25x10" Sex Pot: A True Story; 11x8.5" Sex Pot Extention; 4.75x13.25" Shield of St. James. Signed by artists and Sex Pot by Margo as well. unknown books
1922ref. 34359München: Oskar Beck 1922. Second edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. 6 55 1pp. 4 XVI plates. Original illustrated paper covered boards with black lettering on cover and spine protected by modern mylar. Blue endpapers. Fascinating work on gymnastic expression and one hundred and fifty exercises. Profusely illustrated with fifty-eight striking b/w photographs on sixteen plates demonstrating expressive movement exercises. The photographs are by A. Stiffel A. Steiger and the Anthropological Institute of the University in Munich. Text in German Gothic script. Sporadic spotting to paper boards rear boards scuffed. Lightly starting at plate XIII. Binding in overall good interior in very good near fine condition. Oskar Beck hardcover books
1925ref. 34360München: C H Beck 1925. Later printing. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. VI 2 55 2 pp. XVI 4 plates. Original illustrated orange paper covered boards with black lettering on spine and dancers on front cover. Fascinating work on Gymnastics methodology and bodily expression profusely illustrated with 20 b/w photographic plates. Text in German Gothic script. Top and bottom of spine paper reinforced. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. C, H, Beck hardcover books
1926ref. 29800München: C. H. Beck 1926. Neue Ausgabe. Softcover. fair. Quarto. 45 3pp. Original illustrated wrappers with front cover drawing by Adolf Löhrmann. Scarce work with guidelines and essays on physical education. This book is illustrated with 5 b/w photographic reproductions of gymnasts in action. Age wear on wrappers with head and tail of spine chipped and sporadic chipping along edges of covers. Book block detached from wrappers. Previous owner's signature sticker and stamp on half-title page. Text in German gothic script. Wrappers in overall poor to fair interior in good to good condition. C. H. Beck unknown books
ref. 37047BODE Wilhelm. VORDERASIATISCHE KNUPFTEPPICHE. Leipzig: Hermann Seemann Nachfolger 1902. 4to. Publisher's cloth. iv 136 4 pages 1 colored plate. Part of the Monographien des Kunstgewerbes series. A study of oriental carpets with numerous black and white illustrations. Hinges internally strengthened else very good. unknown books
1968ref. 140944571Multiple locations: Various Publishers 1968. 17 issues of four different American Tolkien fanzines sold as a lot. All staplebound. Very Good or better condition overall. Numerous illustrations. Entmoot. Crystal City MO: Entmoot 1965-1966. Three issues. Issue #2 3 & 4. Issues 2 & 3 folded vertically for mailing with mailing label and postmark on rear cover. Tolkien fanzine published by Greg Shaw who would go on to start the music fanzine Bomp! and its record label. Niekas. Livermore CA / Center Harbor NH: Niekas Publications / Tolkien Society 1962-1968. Ten issues. Issue #9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 20. Issue #11 has the Philip K. Dick piece "Schizophrenia and the Book of Changes." Issue #20 includes a one-page piece by Philip K. Dick & Vaughn Bode illustrations. Palantir. Los Angeles: The Fellowship of the Ring 1966. Issue #4. Tolkien Journal. Brooklyn NY: Tolkien Society of America 1966. Three issues. Vol. II Nos. 3 & 4; Vol. III No. 2. Horizontal fold to two issues in Vol. II. [Various Publishers] unknown books
1971ref. 01267JUNKWAFFEL #1 The Print Mint Berkeley CA 1971 first edition a near fine copy. Adult comic book. Print Mint unknown books
1969ref. 01268THE GOTHIC BLIMP WORKS LTD. Volume 1 #1 East Village Other / Peter Leggieri 1969 first edition some light wear and tear as only natural for a near 40 year old newspaper else a vg/near fine copy of this historic underground publication. Printed in both color and black & white. Quite uncommon. East Village Other / Peter Leggieri unknown books
1921ref. 62772Leipzig: Seemann 1921. hardcover. very good. Numerous illustrations. 4to vellum-backed marbled boards rubbed Leipzig: Seemann 1921. Very good . Seemann unknown books
1990ref. 214580New York: Paragon House 1990. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers. Front of paperback slightly warped publisher's information laid in. Paragon House unknown books
1974ref. 131729New York: Dover 1974. Softcover. Very Good. Revised. Very good in wrappers. Some underlining. Cover rubbed. Dover unknown books
1972ref. 185954IL: Southern Illinois University Press 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Hardcover has lightly rubbed dust jacket. Southern Illinois University Press hardcover books
1986ref. 25926Trumansburg NY: The Crossing Press 1986. 67p. very good first trade paperback edition in decorative wraps. Feminist Series. The Crossing Press unknown books
1960ref. 2481Dutton 1960. BODE Carl. THE MAN BEHIND YOU. NY: Dutton 1960. 8vo. cloth in dust jacket. Limited to 750 copies. Brief signed presentation from Bode on title page. Fine; lightly used minor browning d/j. $10.00. Dutton unknown books
1905ref. 200866Munchen: F. Bruckmann 1905. Hardcover. Good Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; covers are starting; inner hinges are cracked; light pencil markings on front pastedown and ffep; interior is toned as expected with age and lightly foxed; title page is detached and chipped around the edges. Light brown and marbled brown paper boards with gilt lettering; 53 pp. Text in German. F. Bruckmann hardcover books
1922ref. 198843Berlin & Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Good Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; signature on ffep; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean but toned and occasionally scuffed/smudged; binding is solid. Color-illustrated boards with mounted brown title card with gilt lettering; 207 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in German. W. de Gruyter hardcover books
1914ref. 194331Berlin 1914. Hardbound. Good- in original cloth bindings which are shaken worn and somewhat loose. An excellent reference set. Blue linen cloth with new endpapers. Shown in Berlin this features the Cologne collection of the Baron each work displayed in an exquisite bw plate with its annotation in German on the preceding page. A two-volume set Volume I is entirely paintings preceded by an introduction in German English and French while Volume II is devoted to ceramics after a similarly pangloss introduction. hardcover books
2005ref. 171613London: Film and Video Umbrella 2005. Hardcover. VG- light wear to edges and corners lacks dust jacket. Gray cloth boards with darker gray stamped lettering. 95 pp. Color illustrations. "Published to coincide with an exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery London this book with essays by Jeremy Millar and Steven Bode explores the representation of history and catastrophe in photography film and literature and the possibility-or impossibility-of bearing witness to such events. A major new publication on one of the most thought-provoking young artists in Britain today this book will appeal to those concerned with the importance of remembrance and in the representation of history and place in contemporary culture." -Amazon. Film and Video Umbrella hardcover books
1926ref. 165000Berlin / Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt Stuttgart 1926. Hardcover. VG-. Shelf wear to covers. Tanning to page edges; generally clean contents. Red-designed boards with red 3/4 leather; 10 raised bands with gilt accents and lettering. Top gilt page edging. xlii; 151 pp. 155 BW plates. Part of the series Klassiker der Kunst in Gesamtausgaben Dreissigster Band 30th volume. Text in German. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt Stuttgart hardcover books
1922ref. 152202New York: E. Weyhe 1922. Third Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good and tight with clean text. Bw plate pages are glossy and have varying degrees of foxing from none to moderate the most being the back pages and top margin of color frontis. Art museum ex-research lib. bookplate bar code and spine sticker along with bookplate of a major donor to the museum. One signature comprised of Preface Contents and first two pages of the Introduction is detached but in place. Brown mottled paper/boards; dark brown title block with white lettering and border; tan cloth spine with white lettering. 66 pp. with color frontis and 95 bw plates. With a preface and notes by the translator R.M. Riefstahl. Includes a lengthy introduction and sections on Persian Animal Rugs Persian Rugs with floral patterns Persian so-called Polish rugs Indo-Persian rugs So-called Armenian Rugs Early Anatolian rugs So-called Ushak rugs from Asia Minor Rugs from Asia Minor so-called Holbein rugs and So-called Damascus rugs. E. Weyhe hardcover books
1919ref. 15177Leipzig Germany: E. A. Seemann 1919. Zweite Vermehrte Auflage Second and enlarged edition. Hardcover. G some fading of cover average to moderate wear at edges of spine and covers; pages are generally clean. Marbled paper boards with cream vellum spine gilt letters and decorations on spine gilt top edges 455 pp. Numerous bw plates. Text is in German. Provides a comprehensive overview of the Dutch and Flemish masters including Rembrandt Steen Ostade Ruysdael Rubens Van Dyck and many more. Nice bw plates throughout. E. A. Seemann hardcover books
2011ref. 135625Moscow Russia: Kolo 2011. Hardcover. VG- Ex-library with few markings cover at top spine has a few small dents otherwise in Like New condition. Shaded green & illus. paper boards 352 pp. some BW photos & drawings. Text is in Russian. Full title refers to "Wooden Architecture Issue 2. New materials and discovery." An academic compilation of 13 essays. "This collection explores the history and architecture of individual monuments of wooden architecture of the buildings or groups with common features highlights the issues of formation and development of local traditions." book description translated It is intended for use by architectural historians art historians architects and anyone interested in traditional cultures. Kolo hardcover books
