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1974rif. 171802N.p.: N.p. 1974. Original transparency showing the exterior of the Midi-Minuit "Noon-Midnight" theatre in Paris advertising the 1974 sexploitation film. The Midi-Minuit opened in 1939 in the Grands Boulevards district of Paris. The theatre started screening adult films in 1975 and would close a decade later in 1985. 4 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Bier 1759. N.p. unknown books
1976rif. 159153N.p.: N.p. 1976. Seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 adult film. After being kidnapped a doctor and his lover plan to shoot the pornographic film of their dreams at a remote French chateau. Four photographs 9.5 x 7 inches three photographs 7 x 5 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. Bier 849. N.p. unknown books
1978rif. 159950Various cities: J. Leitienne 1978. Two vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs and a program from the 1978 French adult film. The erotic adventures of a scantily-clad nurse at a doctor's office. Photographs 11.25 x 9.25 inches. Program 9.5 x 11.5 inches single leaf. All materials Near Fine. Bier 1606. J. Leitienne unknown books
1989rif. 9030034New York: Harry N. Abrams 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original white cloth with spine and front cover stamped in silver. 325 illustrations including 85 plates in full color. Remainder mark on bottom edge. 10 x 10 1/2 inches. 432 pages. Harry N. Abrams hardcover books
1970rif. 9025850New York: Abrams 1970. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/very good. In publisher's original linen cover with spine stamped in black. Dust jacket has one small quarter inch x half inch chip at the head of the spine otherwise very good. Original 1972 press release laid-in. Abrams hardcover books
1989rif. 000676New York: Abrams 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Andy Warhol. Quarto. Illustrated with color and black-and-white plates. Abrams hardcover books
1970rif. 5620New York: Harry N. Abrams 1970. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Fine. INSCRIBED BY CHRISTO on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1970 1st edition. Tight and VG in a bright clean Near Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto hundreds of crisp black-and-white and color photographs thruout. One of the great early monographs on Chrsito. ALSO INCLUDES A VG EXAMPLE OF PUBLISHER'S UNCOMMON ORIGINAL SHIPPING CARTON. Harry N. Abrams unknown books
1790rif. 1245071Paris 1790. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 167pp. Hardcover without jacket as issued. Bumping and shelf-wear. Light rubbing to red leather-bound boards. Head-edge gilt. Stamp to front paste down endpaper; offsetting from gilt filigree to both front and rear free endpapers. Mild foxing throughout text. Front hinge cracked. Includes two plates: frontispiece and portrait of La Marquise de Pompadour. Text is in French. Good copy only. Spine is red leather with gilt text and five raised bands. 1245071. Special Collections - Downstairs. hardcover books
1650rif. 1414051C. 1650. Image measures 7.75 in. x 11.25 in. Matted in frame measuring 14.5 in. x 17.5 in. In Very Good condition with light age toning. Shelved at Rockville PS1101-VII. 1414051. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown books
1822rif. 1897Paris: Rey et Gravier Baudouin Freres 1822-1831. First edition. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND 17-VOLUME ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATURAL HISTORY WITH BRILLIANT COLOR PLATES: COPY OF THIS EDITION INCLUDED IN DARWIN'S LIBRARY ON HIS VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 17 hardcover volumes 12.5x21.5 cm full green calf binding gilt rulings with dentelles spines with raised bands gilt titles and decorative compartments marbled endpapers small engraved book label bottom of each front paste-down of "Prof. W. Vrolik." vol.1 2 xvi 604 pp double-sided folding table; Vol. 2 4 621 pp; Vol. 3 4 592 pp; Vol. 4 4 628 pp 2 folding tables 1 double-sided; Vol. 5 4 653 pp 1 errata; Vol. 6 4 593 pp 1 errata; Vol. 7 4 626 pp 1 errata; Vol. 8 4 viii 609 pp 1 errata; Vol. 9 4 596 pp; Vol. 10 4 642 pp 1 errata 2 folding tables; Vol. 11 4 615 pp 1 errata; Vol. 12 4 634 pp 1 errata; Vol. 13 4 648 pp; Vol. 14 4 710 pp; Vol. 15 4 754 pp including half-page table p 103 1 folding table; Vol. 16 4 iv 748 pp includes errata; Vol. 17 4 vii color frontispiece 141 pp intercalated with 159 plates and 1 folding map. Overall very good condition with only occasional scratches to leather covers; corners and spine ends are worn scattered light foxing to several volumes; handstamps of Royal College of Surgery in Ireland to title pages no other library marks. Hinges cracked on Vol. 17 Atlas volume but joints and boards are secure plates unmarked clean and 150 of them are brilliantly colored. As noted for the Hathi Trust copy there are 160 plates including the map. JEAN-BAPTISTE GENEVIÈVE MARCELLIN BORY DE SAINT-VINCENT 1778-1846 was a French naturalist officer and politician. Biologist and geographer he was particularly interested in volcanology systematics and botany. A student of geologist and mineralogist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu at the Paris School of Mines Bory came into contact with many established naturalists. In 1799 Bory learned about the upcoming departure of a scientific expedition to Australia and obtained the position of chief botanist. After several stops in Madeira the Canary Islands and Cape Verde and then rounding the Cape of Good Hope towards the middle of the trip Bory suddenly left the ship of Captain Baudin with whom he was in conflict and explored several islands of the African seas including Mauritius Réunion and Saint Helena. In 1804 he published his Voyage dans les Quatre Principales Iles des Mers d'Afrique. An officer in the army from 1805 to 1814 Bory followed the greater part of Napoleon's campaigns within the Grande Armée. Having been promoted to major Bory was mainly involved in military reconnaissance thanks to his skills in graphic work. After the first abdication of Napoleon in April 1814 and his exile to the island of Elba Bory moved to Paris. He then saw the abdication of Napoleon I and the return of King Louis XVIII and he was condemned to exile in Liège. He finally managed to reach Holland disguised as a brandy merchant and with a false passport. On 1 January 1820 Bory was finally allowed to return to France. It was during this productive period in 1822 that Bory along with most of the scientists of his time including Arago Brongniart Drapiez Geoffroy de Saint-Hilaire von Humboldt de Jussieu de Lacépède and Latreille began the writing of one of his greatest works the Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle offered here. In 1832 Bory published the report of his exploration in Greece for which he was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences. Bory wrote on several branches of natural history including the study of reptiles fish microscopic animals and plants all represented in the magnificent plates of the Dictionnaire Classique. Bory was a proponent of the theory of the transmutation of species alongside among others Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck. According to historian Adrian Desmond Bory was a leading anti-Cuvierian materialist who blended the best of Lamarck's philosophy with Geoffroy's higher anatomy. His Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle already contained information about Lamarck and the species debate. FROM THE DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHY: "Bory de Saint-Vincent is remembered as the leader of successful botanical collecting expeditions and for his contributions to the theory principles and knowledge of island faunas; the zoogeography of the seas; and the classification of man. As a disciple of Bufton and Lamarck he accepted the idea of change in the natural world. He suggested that in earlier times the oceans had covered the globe and that fish were therefore the most ancient inhabitants. The continents emerged in their turn and finally and recently the volcanic islands. He accepted spontaneous generation but believed that after initial creations species changed under the influence of the environment. Developing the ideas of Butron he argued that on continents species were relatively old and fixed in type but on recent volcanic islands such as Reunion they were still in a state of flux polymorphic. After many generations the stability of the environment would lead to a stable monomorphic species. Bory de Saint-Vincent was the first to notice that oceanic islands were without amphibia and speculated on the reasons for flightless birds occurring independently on different islands. While accepting that the Mascarene Islands had emerged from the ocean he considered the Atlantic islands to be the remains of a continent the lost Atlantis. He referred to the formation of coral reefs and many years later he attempted one of the first biogeographical classifications of the oceans." Documented on Darwin Online Darwin included the newly published Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle in his library aboard the Beagle. During the nearly 5-year voyage 1831-1836 young Darwin in his 20s would have had ample time to process the ideas of transmutation of species and island biogeography contained in these volumes. The numerous French titles in his library reveal that he was able to read the language. PROVENANCE: WILLEM VROLIK 1801 – 1863 was a Dutch anatomist and pathologist pioneer in the field of vertebrate teratology. He studied medicine at the University of Utrecht and furthered his studies in Paris where he received his degree in 1823. In 1829 he became a professor of anatomy and physiology at the University of Groningen and in 1831 a professor of anatomy physiology and natural sciences at the University of Amsterdam where he remained for the rest of his career. Vrolik made contributions in the fields of comparative anatomy and comparative zoology and also did important research of skeletal disorders such as osteogenesis imperfecta. Along with specimens collected by his father he had amassed an impressive anatomical collection during his career. The "Museum Vrolikianum" consists of various human and zoological body parts fetuses and plaster casts that exhibit different aspects of embryology pathology and anatomyas well as congenital malformations. He was also the author of highly regarded treatises on the chimpanzee 1841 Hyperoodon 1847 and Manatus americanus 1852. Vrolik became a correspondent of the Royal Institute in 1829 and a member in 1832. When the Royal Institute became the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1851 Vrolik became a member. Rey et Gravier, Baudouin Freres hardcover books
1876rif. 1414618Paris: V. Adrien Delahaye et Cie 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo vi 742 2 pages plus 1 plate. In Very Good condition. In modern gray-blue cloth quarter binding with blue paper boards; spine with white paper label and black titling. Boards show light rubbing along the edges and some very faint scrapes to the rear board. Small scratch on white paper label to spine. Text block is moderately age toned and lightly worn with faint foxing to the fore edge and dust soiling to the top edge. Light age toning and foxing throughout. Light pencil marginalia throughout. Shelved in Room F. 1414618. Special Collections - Upstairs. V. Adrien Delahaye et Cie hardcover books
1989rif. 626628New York: Harry N. Abrams 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 432pp. With 325 Illustrations including 85 plates in full color. A couple small spots on rear board top corner bumped slightly cocked binding very good in a near fine dust jacket with light edgewear. Harry N. Abrams hardcover books
rif. 140949112Cologne: Taschen 1996. First Edition. Fine. Deluxe first edition "Special Edition" with fabric swatch mounted to back pastedown. 696 pp. profusely illustrated with color photographs. Oblong quarto bound in publisher's silver cloth lettered in blue on spine. Fine. Housed in the original slipcase printed paper and silver cloth with spot of soiling to upper edge. The story of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 24-year quest to wrap Germany's historic parliament building in woven silvery cloth held with blue rope. The two artists were known for their monumental fabric installations of which this was the most iconic. The installation subverted the imposing dignity of the famous building a Neo-Renaissance behemoth left in ruins by the Battle for Berlin in 1945. The building was stripped and restored by the West German government during the 1960s then further repaired and crowned with a new glass dome in time for the new millennium. Before the new construction began Christo and Jeanne-Claude finally gained permission to wrap the building after decades of lobbying. The effort was seen as a symbol of reunification drawing millions of Germans to physically interact with what would once more be the seat of their government for the first time since 1933. Taschen unknown books
1845rif. 206407New York: A. S. Barnes & Co 1845. Hardcover. VG-: Wear to edges and corners; small cracks and tears in the leather. Notes on end pages most in pencil but with some doodles in pen. Tanning to the margins of the pages. A tan leather casebound book with gilt text on a black plate on the spine. 368 pages. A. S. Barnes & Co hardcover books
1978rif. 194766New York: Harry N Abrams 1978. Hardcover. Good/Good tanning to cloth edges. dense spotted & speckled foxing to board edges. light scuffs smudges to cloth. spine tanned/darkened & foxed. slipcase cloth scuffed & smudge; top panel hash rubbing to edges & corners w/ erosion to one edge; gloss scuffed & scratched. cream cloth w/ silver spine printing. 694 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations some fold-out. glossy illustrated black cloth slipcase. Spine top spongey though textblock and pages remain firm/intact. Signed by Christo; number 918 of 2159. Harry N Abrams hardcover books
1972rif. 174197NY: Harry N. Abrams 1972. Hardcover. VG- some soiling to covers and lacking the acetate jacket offsetting inside front covers where acetate jacket formerly was. Contents solid. White cloth with printed acetate jacket. 321 pp. 84 color 236 bw plates. An excellent copy of this scarce title. Includes a biographical outline and selected bibliography. A nice copy. Harry N. Abrams hardcover books
1996rif. 165532Taschen 1996. Signed by artist. Softbound. VG. Slight wave to volume possibly from sitting on shelf. Some kind of printing anomaly to last 20 pages or so uncut and not bound at the very bottom spine corner. Color illustrated glossy wraps. Around 700 pages total - numbered 311 pp. 1000 bw and color plates. Very heavy 9 lbs. In English and German. Signed in blue ink or marker by both Christo and Jeanne-ClaudeOne of the 5000 regular copies of this book apparently but it is not numbered. Two photoprints of installation are laid-in. A fabulous behind-the-scenes look at the conception and execution of installations. Taschen paperback books
1984rif. 163817Roslyn Harbor New York: Nassau County Museum of Art 1984. Paperback. G. Cover is discolored contains soiling; spine is yellowed. Except for age toning contents are clean and tight. Ivory wraps with color illustration; blank spine. 47 pp. 27 BW 4 color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition held February 7-April 8 1984. Essay by David Bourdon. Nassau County Museum of Art paperback books
1990rif. 16256New York New York: ACA Galleries 1990. Softcover. VG some slight wear to covers-- 2 vertical creases near spine top cover only. Black glossy wraps. 30 pp. 1 bw 8 color plates. Includes essay by David Bourdon a chronology and list of exhibitions. ACA Galleries paperback books
1990rif. 128636New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc 1990. Hardbound. VG/VG. Tan cloth inside color illustrated cloth slipcase. 588 pp. over 1000 color and bw plates illustrations and reproductions. A stunning copy with remnants of shrink wrap still on case. Opened only to verify edition otherwise new. Includes a piece of the fabric. Harry N. Abrams, Inc hardcover books
1996rif. 103791Taschen 1996. Softbound. VG. Color illustrated glossy wraps. Around 700 pages but whose counting Well-over 1000 bw and color plates but who can count them all This copy not numbered is signed in blue ink or marker by both Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Noty hardcover and not slipcase apparent or present. One of the 5000 regular copies of this book apparently but it is not numbered and there is no piece of cloth present. Taschen paperback books
1989rif. 287307New York: Abrams 1989. paperback. very good. Warhol. More than 300 illustrations many in color. 432 pages large 4to pictorial wrappers; minor shelf wear. New York: Abradale Press Harry N. Abrams 1989. A very good copy. Abrams unknown books
1920rif. 87637Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils 1920. paperback. good. Folding plate plus Musical notations. 132pp. slim 12mo original printed wrappers; light dampstaing ink notes in margins. Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils 1920. A good copy. Maison Alfred Mame et Fils unknown books
1737rif. 122383Paris: Ratopolis 1737. First. hardcover. very good. 2 plates t.p. vignette. 140pp. index and errata. Slim 8vo contemporary mottled calf; some scattered light foxing spine ends worn front hinge starting at top and bottom interior is fine. A Ratopolis Paris 1737. First Edition. Very good. Scarce. Author's first book. A work of satire partly written as a reaction to Moncrif's Histoire des Chats. This edition is not listed in the Bibliotheque National On-Line catalogue. Ratopolis unknown books
1989rif. 200572New York: Abradale Press 1989. hardcover. fine/very good. warhol. 325 illustrations including 85 plates in full color. Square 4to grey cloth with silver lettering on cover and spine d.w. spine evenly faded New York: Abradale Press 1989. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper Abradale Press unknown books
