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Katz, Israel J.. ABRAHAM ZVI IDELSON (1882-1938) A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS COLLECTED WRITINGS
NY 1976. In Musica Judaica, Journal of the American Society for Jewish Music, Vol. I, No. 1 at pp.1-32, printed in double column. Complete issue has several articles. 8vo., wraps. VG++. (a33548a)
$49.00Thompson, Olive. A GUIDE TO READINGS IN CIVIC EDUCATION
1922 first edition. University of California. octavo wraps. 58p. Study no. 11 Department of education. A bibliography. Good plus.no owner marks. (a106535)
$25.00Leibowitz, Herbert (ed). PARNASSUS: POETRY IN REVIEW , SPRING/SUMMER 1977
NY 1977 first edition. Parnassus. Thick octavo wraps. 536p. ads at end. Good plus, text clean and binding secure; cover lightly worn. no owner marks. (a106534)
$25.00Burford, William; Gordon Mills, Bertram Rota, and Ann Bowden. T. E. LAWRENCE AS WRITER; LAWRENCE OF ARABIA AND SEVEN PILLARS; T E LAWRENCE COLLECTION AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - 3 articles in original presentation in one complete issue of TEXAS QUARTERLY, Autumn 1962
Austin 1962 first edition. University of Texas. sm4to wraps. Articles (and Burford poem) on pp. 33-64. Other articles on other subjects in issue as well. VG+. no owner marks. just slight wear. (a106533)
$39.00Harss, Luis. THE BLIND
NY 1963 first edition (stated) . Atheneum. Hardcover octavo. 403p. Near Fine, very slight toning on closed page ends; no owner marks, no wear. in Good dj, dj is worn and toned, with edge wear, a few closed tears, a few small edge chips. (a106532)
$37.00Allingham, Margery. THE CHINA GOVERNESS, A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE
NY 1962 first edition. Doubleday. Hardcover octavo. 282p. Near Fine, no faults, slight toning of end paper; no owner marks; binding secure; hinges not cracked. Good + dj, dj lightly toned; no tears or chips on dj; price unclipped. (a106531)
$33.00Hahn, Pauli, Schroediner, Born; others . PHYSIKALISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT TOME 27 - 1926 (Januar - Dezember , complete year)
Leipzig 1926 first edition Hirzel. Full year of Physikalische Zeitschrift - Januar to Dezember 1926 - bound in one volume without original issue covers. In German. Hardcover. 4to., 874p. Mit zehn Tafeln. Includes work by Otto Hahn "Was lehrt uns die Radioaktivitat ueber die Geschichte der Erde?"; W. Pauli "Ueber die Dielektrizitatskonstante von Dipolgasen nach der Quantenmechanik"; Schroedinger "Zur Einsteinschen Gastheorie", and much more. Half black cloth with black and ivory marbled boards. Mounted red leather spine label (leather rubbed but title in gilt still legible.) VG, light board edge wear; binding very secure, no cracked hinges, no ownership marks; text clean and bright. (a106530)
$215.00Houlson, Jane Harvey. BLUE BLAZE - DANGER AND DELIGHT IN STRANGE ISLANDS OF HONDURAS
Indianapolis 1934 first edition (stated). Bobbs Merrill. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. 305p. Many bw photo illustrations. end paper maps. Internally Fine and cover has no wear and no fault except that blue cover is lightly covered with tiny white spots; hinges not cracked inor out; text clean; no owner marks. VG++. no dj. Quite scarce book. (a106529)
$109.00Lovejoy, Esther Pohl. CERTAIN SAMARITANS (signed by the author)
NY 1933 first edition of the Revised and reset edition. Macmillan. History of American Women's Hospitals in Turkey. Hardcover. Octavo, 344p. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. End paper maps. Photo illustrations. ***Signed presentation copy from Lovejoy. VG, rear blank end pages have glue stains. no DJ. (a106528)
$59.00Szarkowski, John and Maria Morris Hambourg ( Atget, Eugene ). THE WORK OF ATGET VOLUME II. THE ART OF OLD PARIS. VOLUME 2 ONLY!
London 1982 first edition. Fraser. Hardcover. Large 4to. maroon cloth. 190p. Fully illustrated in 117 sepia-toned photo illus plates and 95 bw text illustrations (85 are bw illustrations of Atget photos and 10 are photo illus which accompany the introduction.) Near Fine, no faults, no owner marks. Text clean and unused. no dj. (a106527)
$44.00Szarkowski, John and Maria Morris Hambourg ( Atget, Eugene ). THE WORK OF ATGET VOLUME II. THE ART OF OLD PARIS. VOLUME 2 ONLY!
New York 1982 first edition. Museum of Modern Art. Springs Industries. Hardcover. Large 4to. maroon cloth. 190p. Fully illustrated in 117 sepia-toned photo illus plates and 95 bw text illustrations (85 are bw illustrations of Atget photos and 10 are photo illus which accompany the introduction.) Near Fine, small very faint darkened spot on front cover o/w Fine. no dj. (a106526)
$55.00Szarkowski, John and Maria Morris Hambourg ( Atget, Eugene ). THE WORK OF ATGET VOLUME II. THE ART OF OLD PARIS. VOLUME 2 ONLY!
New York 1982 first edition. Museum of Modern Art. Spring Industries. Hardcover. Large 4to. maroon cloth. 190p. Fully illustrated in 117 sepia-toned photo illus plates and 95 bw text illustrations (85 are bw illustrations of Atget photos and 10 are photo illus which accompany the introduction.) VG+ publishing process seems to have left a dribble of glue along top half of front panel gutter - there is no break in the cloth or the hinge at all. Otherwise book is verynear Fine. no dj. (a106525)
$49.00Szarkowski, John and Maria Morris Hambourg ( Atget, Eugene ). THE WORK OF ATGET VOLUME II. THE ART OF OLD PARIS. VOLUME 2 ONLY!
London 1982 first edition. Fraser. Hardcover. Large 4to. maroon cloth. 190p. Fully illustrated in 117 sepia-toned photo illus plates and 95 bw text illustrations (85 are bw illustrations of Atget photos and 10 are photo illus which accompany the introduction.) Fine except for publisher omitted final blank end paper - otherwise complete. no dj. (a106524)
$44.00Hansen, Millard and Henry Wells (editors). PUERTO RICO A STUDY IN DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
Philadelphia 1953. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 285, January 1953. 8vo,m 246pp., wraps. VG no owner marks. (a37182)
$29.00Kuijer, J. M.. HET VOCALISME VAN VALDEMARS SAELLANDSKE LOV
Haarlem 1918. Octavo, 143pp., index, wraps. In Dutch. VG, light wear. (a33549)
$43.00Thomson, Joan L.. GIACOMO MEYERBEER: THE JEW AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH RICHARD WAGNER
NY 1976. In Musica Judaica, Journal of the American Society for Jewish Music, Vol. I, No. 1 at pp.55-86, printed in double column. Complete issue has several articles. 8vo., wraps. VG++. (a33548c)
$49.00Eisenstein, Judith K.. MEDIEVAL ELEMENTS IN THE LITURGICAL MUSIC OF THE JEWS OF SOUTHERN FRANCE AND NORTHERN SPAIN
NY 1976. In Musica Judaica, Journal of the American Society for Jewish Music, Vol. I, No. 1 at pp.33-54, printed in double column. Complete issue has several articles. 8vo., wraps. VG++. (a33548b)
$49.00Potter, Howard Eugene. ABILITIES AND DISABILITIES IN THE USE OF ENGLISH FOUND IN THE WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS OF THE ENTERING FRESHMEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
1922 first edition. University of California. octavo wraps. 51p. Study no. 12 Department of Education. Good+ , No owner marks. (a106536)
$25.00Mach, Ernst. ON THE STEREOSCOPIC APPLICATION OF ROENTGEN'S RAYS (w/ one of earliest examples of actual x-ray) - article in one complete issue of THE MONIST, April 1896
Chicago 1896 first edition. Monist vol 6 no. 3. octavo wraps. Mach article pp. 321-323 with two fullpage photo illustration plates of an x-ray of a hand and of a young plaice fish. Roentgen discovered the x-ray in November of 1895. These two are among the very first examples of x-rays to be shown in the United States. Good, backstrip reinforced, cover toned and rear cover panel frayed and lightly chipped on edges. no owner marks. (a106537)
$200.00Stawell, F. Melian. SUGGESTIONS TOWARDS AN INTERPRETATION OF THE MINOAN SCRIPTS - article in one complete issue of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY , April/June 1924
Concord, NH. 1924 first edition. Rumford. Issue of American JOurnal of Archaeology , vol XXVIII no 2. octavo wraps. Stawell article on pp. 120-141 with two large illustrated foldout plates of script. Other articles on different subjects in issue as well. Good, cover somewhat worn but no tears and no chips. Text clean, binding secure and no owner marks. (a106538)
$45.00Carre, Marie. AA 1025 THE MEMOIRS OF AN ANTI-APOSTLE
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada 1988 Editions Saint Raphael. 12mo wraps. 109p. In English. A dramatization designed to show how the communism has infiltrated and subverted the Catholic Church as a tool in their plans for world domination. Owner signed. Near Fine. (a106553)
$25.00. CONGRES INTERNATIONAL THEATRE MUSICAL CONTEMPORAIN - HAMBOURG 16-23 JUIN 1964
Paris 1964 first edition. Conseil International de la Musique. sm octavo wraps. 182p. In French. VG+ light toning of backstrip. no owner marks. clean and tight. (a106552)
$25.00Cross, R C. LOGOS AND FORMS IN PLATO - article in one complete issue of MIND A QUARTERLY REVIEW, October 1954
Edinburgh 1954 first edition. Nelson. sm octavo . original grey printed wraps. Cross article pp. 433-450. Other articles in issue as well. VG. no owner marks. (a106551)
$25.00Grillo, Rosemary (essay). MICHAEL ABRAMS
NY 1991 first edition. Exhibit catalogue for show at The Gallery Three Zero. 14p. 4 works shown in color. VG front cover panel creased. (a106550)
$29.00. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1940
Washington 1941 first edition. US GPO. Hardcover. red cloth. 555p. Near VG, owner signed; spine lettering mostly faded away. no dj. (a106549)
$35.00. STEFAN TANASESCU - DIBUJOS DRAWINGS DESSINS DESEMNE DISEGNI (signed by Tanasescu)
Mexico 1963 first edition. Author. Talleres de Grafica. royal octavo wraps. Limited to 1000 copies. Limitation page signed "Stefan". Six-line manuscript ink inscription by artist and signed by Dr. Horia Tanasescu in 1964. Fully illustrated with 100 reproductions of Tanasescu drawings. Newspaper article on Tanasescu laid in. Good plus, light cover wear; text VG+. no owner marks. (a106548x)
$39.00. MERLYN EVANS - EVENTS AND ABSTRACTIONS
NY March 1968 first edition. Marlborough. Art exhibit catalogue. sq sm4to wraps. Photography. (a106548)
$24.00. BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
Manchester, NH 1978 first edition. Exhibit catalogue for Currier Gallery of Art. 4to wraps. Photography. 16p. One color and many bw illus. VG+ Photos taken along highways. (a106547)
$28.00. MARK MENNIN - CONFESSIONS FROM PERE LACHAISE
NY 1992 first edition. Kouros Gallery. octavo wraps. 23p. 8 works shown in full color. Fine. (a106546)
$24.00. MARG BERMOND (1911-1991) - DESSINS, AQUARELLES, PEINTURES
Paris. 1992 first edition. vente Drouot Richelieu. 4to wraps. 29p. Auction catalogue. Many color and bw illus. VG= (a106545)
$35.00Robinson, David M. SOME ROMAN TERRA-COTTA SAVINGS BANKS - article in one complete issue of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY , July-September 1924
Concord, NH. 1924 first edition. Rumford. Issue of American JOurnal of Archaeology , vol XXVIII no 3. octavo wraps. Robinson article pp. 239-250 with 5 photo illustrations in the text of Roman "piggy banks". Other articles in issue as well. VG except the tip of top righthand front cover panel is gone. Text clean, binding secure and no owner marks. (a106539)
$27.00Kraemer, Casper J. A GREEK ELEMENT IN EGYPTIAN DANCING - article in one complete issue of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY , April-June 1931
Concord, NH. 1931 first edition. Rumford. Issue of American Journal of Archaeology , vol XXXV no 2. octavo wraps. Kraemer article pp. 125-138 with 4 photo illustrations in text. Other articles on different subjects in issue as well. Good plus. Text clean, binding secure and no owner marks. (a106540a)
$27.00Shear, Theodore Leslie. A HOARD OF COINS FOUND IN THE THEATRE DISTRICT OF CORINTH IN 1930 - article in one complete issue of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY , April-June 1931
Concord, NH. 1931 first edition. Rumford. Issue of American Journal of Archaeology , vol XXXV no 2. octavo wraps. Shear article pp. 139-151 with 7 photo illustrations in text and one fullpage photo plate of coins. Other articles on different subjects in issue as well. Good plus. Text clean, binding secure and no owner marks. (a106540b)
$27.00Carpenter, Rhys, Stanley Casson, Gisela Richter et al ( Hermes of Praxiteles ). SYMPOSIUM ON THE HERMES OF PRAXITELES - special issue of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY , July-September 1931
Concord, NH. 1931 first edition. Rumford. Issue of American Journal of Archaeology , vol XXXV no 3. octavo wraps. Symposium on the Hermes of Praxiteles pp. 247-297 with 11 photo illustrations of the statue in text. Other articles on different subjects in issue as well. Good plus. Text clean, binding secure and no owner marks. Good, 4 tiny staple holes in front cover panel and first dozen pages or so. No loss of text at all. Binding secure; text clean ; no owner marks. (a106541)
$33.00Newhall, Agnes. THE CORINTHIAN KERAMEIKOS - article in one complete issue of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY , January - March 1931
Concord, NH. 1931 first edition. Rumford. Issue of American Journal of Archaeology , vol XXXV no 1. octavo wraps. Newhall article pp.l 1-30 with 2 photo plates and 25 photo illus in the text. Other articles on different subjects in issue as well. VG original front cover panel remounted on later wrap. Binding secure; text clean; no owner marks. (a106542)
$29.00de Waele, Ferdinand Joseph and Theodore Leslie Shear and Ess Askew ( Corinth). THE GREEK STOA NORTH OF THE TEMPLE AT CORINTH; THE EXCAVATION OF ROMAN CHAMBER TOMBS AT CORINTH ; A PORTRAIT OF CARACALLA IN CORINTH - 3 articles in one complete issue of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY , October - December 1931
Concord, NH. 1931 first edition. Rumford. Issue of American Journal of Archaeology , vol XXXV no 4. octavo wraps. de Waele article pp. 394-423 with 11 photo illus in text and one double foldout plate of coins. Shear article pp. 424-441 with 14 photo illus in the text. Askew article pp. 442-447 with 4 photo illus. VG original front cover panel remounted on later wrap. Binding secure; text clean; no owner marks. (a106543)
$37.00Van Deman, Esther Boise. THE HOUSE OF CALIGULA - article in one complete issue of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY , October - December 1924
Concord, NH. 1924 first edition. Rumford. Issue of American Journal of Archaeology , vol XXVIII no 4. octavo wraps. Van Deman article pp. 368-398 with 8 photo illus in text and 2 plates, one of which is foldout diagram. VG original front cover panel remounted on later wrap. Binding secure; text clean; no owner marks. (a106544)
$29.00Cary, Joyce. THE AFRICAN WITCH
NY 1936 first edition. Harper. Hardcover octavo. Brown boards with bright orange cloth spine. 313p. Fine , bright and crisp. in Near Fine dj. no owner marks. Humor and pathos in Africa. (a106518)
$22.00Janowitz, Tama. SLAVES OF NEW YORK (signed by author)
NY 1986 first edition. Crown. Large octavo hardcover. 278p. Very Fine. ****Signed by Janowitz on front end paper. Fresh and bright. in Near Fine dj (price is clipped.) ISBN 0-517-56107-7 (a106517)
$38.00Kazakov, Yuri. GOING TO TOWN AND OTHER STORIES
Boston 1964 first edition (first printing). Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover octavo. 325p. Stories about the collective famrs and city streets and factories of Soviet Russia compiled and traslated byt Gabriella Azrael. Fine in VG++ dj (no wear, no tears, no chips on dj; price unclipped.) (a106516)
$24.00Bates, H E. THE POACHER
NY 1935 first US edition. Macmillan. 273p. Hardcover octavo. VG uneven fading of cover cloth. Good dj ( no major faults on dj, just light overall wear, a few short closed tears; price is clipped.) (a106515)
$25.00Szarkowski, John and Maria Morris Hambourg ( Eugene Atget ). THE WORK OF ATGET VOLUME II. THE ART OF OLD PARIS. VOLUME 2 ONLY!
London 1982 first edition. Fraser. Hardcover. Large 4to. maroon cloth. 190p. Fully illustrated with 117 sepia-toned photo illus plates and 95 bw text illustrations (85 of which are bw illus of Atget photos and 10 are photo illus which accompany the introduction.) Mint except tiny publisher's fault of lower left corner inside front board the end paper tip is cut off. no dj. (a106519)
$59.00Szarkowski, John and Maria Morris Hambourg ( Eugene Atget ). THE WORK OF ATGET VOLUME II. THE ART OF OLD PARIS. VOLUME 2 ONLY!
London 1982 first edition. Fraser. Hardcover. Large 4to. maroon cloth. 190p. Fully illustrated in 117 sepia-toned photo illus plates and 95 bw text illustrations (85 are bw illustrations of Atget photos and 10 are photo illus which accompany the introduction.) Fine except slight discoloration on front cover cloth (very faint) . no dj. (a106520)
$59.00Szarkowski, John and Maria Morris Hambourg ( Eugene Atget ). THE WORK OF ATGET VOLUME II. THE ART OF OLD PARIS. volume 2 only!
New York 1982 Museum of Modern Art. Springs Industries Series on the Art of Photography. ISBN 0-87070-212-2. Hardcover. Maroon cloth. Lg.4to., 190p., 117 sepia-toned photo illustration plates and 85 b/w illustrations of his work and 10 additional bw photographic illustrations which accompany the introduction. hardcover. Absolutely beautiful photography. Near Fine (faint publisher's scratch along front inner hinge. ) No dj. (a106521)
$59.00Keon, Michael. THE TIGER IN SUMMER
NY 1953 first edition (stated) Harper. Hardcover octavo. 314p. Very light toning to text. VG++. no owner marks. Hinges not cracked. in Vg dj. "A novel of love and violence in China today." (dj) (a106522)
$49.00. FRIEDRICH BRUTSCH ( BRUETSCH ) - SCULPTURES 1975-85
Schaffhausen. no date likely 1985. Meier. 4to wraps. 70p. Fully illustrated with bw photos. Text in both German and English. One word written on titlepage in ink, possibly a signature, possibly by the artist? VG light cover wear. text Fine. Scarce. (a106523)
$45.00McCready, William D.. PAPAL PLENITUDO POTESTATIS AND THE SOURCE OF TEMPORAL AUTHORITY IN LATE MEDIEVAL PAPAL HIEROCRATIC THEORY
1973. Article at pp.654-674 in Speculum. Part of whole issue with several additional articles. Lg.8vo., original printed wraps. VG+ clean, no owner marks. (a61362b)
$35.00Tai-yi, Lin. KAMPOON STREET
Cleveland and NY 1964 first edition (stated) World Publishing. Hardcover octavo. 284p. Novel about contemporary Hong Kong. Near Fine, uneven toning on end papers. no owner marks. text clean. in VG+ dj (no tears, no chips on dj; price unclipped.) (a106514)
$37.00Vailland, Roger. THE TROUT
NY 1965 first edition (stated) Dutton. Hardcover octavo. 253p.Translated to English by Peter Wiles. White boards with blue-grey cloth spine. VG+ just light toning of white boards; no owner marks. VG dj.(no tears, no chips on dj; price unclipped.) (a106513)
$22.00Kuncewicz, Maria. THE OLIVE GROVE
NY 1963 first edition. Walker. Hardcover octavo.240p. Fine in VG dj (dj lightly toned, no tears, no chips, price not clipped.) (a106512)
$30.00Ross, Kip. PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE FREELANCE
1941 Little Technical Library Ziff Davis. Hardcover. 12mo., 122pp., illustrations, boards. VG++ no faults, no owner marks. In Good DJ , worn but no chips and only short closed tears. (a12981)
$22.00Simon, Sidney (introduction). GERHARD MARCKS
Minneapolis 1953. Exhibtion Catalogue, Walker Art Center, October 11 through November 14 1953. Sm.4to., 23pp., photo illus., wraps. VG. (a38634)
$25.00Kuspit, Donald (essay). TXOMIN BADIOLA
Madrid 1993. Exhibit 9 Marzo-10 Abril 1993. Essay in Spanish and English. 4to., 42pp., color plates, stiff wraps. VG. (k1192x)
$30.00Hollister, C. Warren. THE STRANGE DEATH OF WILLIAM RUFUS
1973. Article at pp.637-653 in Speculum. Part of whole issue with several additional articles. Lg.8vo., original printed wraps. VG+ clean no owner marks. (a61362a)
$35.00Renna, Thomas J.. KINGSHIP IN THE DISPUTATIO INTER CLERICUM ET MILITEM
1973. Article at pp. 675-693 in Speculum. Part on complete issue several other articles. Lg.8vo., original printed wraps. VG+ clean, no owner marks . (a61362c)
$35.00Kirshner, Julius. CIVITAS SIBI FACIAT CIVEM: BARTOLUS OF SASSOFERRATO'S DOCTRINE ON THE MAKING OF A CITIZEN
1973. Article at pp. 694-713 in Speculum. Part on complete issue several other articles. Lg.8vo., original printed wraps. VG+ clean, no owner marks. (a61362d)
$35.00. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE...CONTAINING A STATEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS...(1) THE ACT TO REGULATE THE LAYING OUT AND MAKING A ROAD FROM CUMBERLAND IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND TO THE STATE OF OHIO -and- (2) STATEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE ACT TO REGULATE...A ROAD FROM CUMBERLAND (etc)
Washington City 1815 first edition. Two pamphlets one for January 2, 1815 and other for January 24, 1815. Printed by Roger C. Weightman. octavo. disbound. 7p. 6p. Good, not much wear at all. no owner marks. Original documents. Two articles: (a106504)
$45.00Moore, G E and Gilbert Ryle (eds). MIND A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY - 8 individual issues 1937 - 1962
London 1937 to 1962 first edition. Macmillan. octavo wraps. Issues in the group: October 1937, July 1943, October 1948, July 1949, April 1950, July 1955, April 1956, January 1962. Many articles in each issue. All in Good to Good Plus condition (except for April 1956 issue which lacks about half of rear cover panal. Bindng secure; text clean; no owner marks. Group of 8 issues: (a106505)
$95.00. RICHARD MORTENSEN
Paris. juin 1962 first editon. Galerie Denise Rene. sm4to wraps. Art exhibit catalogue. 34p. Text in French. Several full color and many bw illustrations of his paintings. VG slight uneven fading of cover. no wear. no owner marks. (a106511)
$35.00. PETER SOLOW - PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS
NY 1989 first edition. catalogue for exhibit at Gallery Moos. square octavo wraps. Brief text with 6 color reproductions and a postcard with color reproduction laid in. Fine. (a106510)
$29.00. DAVID BOMBERG 1890 - 1957 - MARCH 1964
London 1964 first edition. Marlborough Gallery. square sm4to wraps. 23p. Catalogue listing of 82 works by Bomberg. One color and many bw illustrations in text . Mounted color reproduction on front cover panel. VG no owner marks; slight wear. (a106509)
$39.00. BRETT WHITELEY - RECENT WORK
NY show May-June 1968 Marlborough Gerson Gallery. sq octavo wraps. The photo portrait of the painter has his mouth stapled shut with 3 actual staples attached to the page ("Oh Brett - would you make a statemnt for your catalogue...you know, what you think art is...") . 23p. Fully illustrated in color and bw. One double sheet with 4 additonal bw illustrations is laid in. VG light wear on cover. no owner marks. (a106508)
$45.00Reilly, Paul. AN EYE ON DESIGN , AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
London. 1987 first edition. Max Reinhardt. Hardcover octavo. 173p. Fine (just a dot of black marker pen on front blank end paper. no owner marks. in Near Fine dj (dj is very lightly rubbed; no tears, no chips, no wear; price is clipped. ) (a106507)
$25.00Lerner, Robert E. A COLLECTION OF SERMONS GIVEN IN PARIS C. 1267 INCLUDING A NEW TEXT BY SAINT BONAVENTURA ON THE LIFE OF SAINT FRANCIS - article in one complete issue of SPECULUM
Cambridge, Mass. 1974 first edition. Speculum issue for July 1974. sm4to wraps. Lerner article p. 466-498. Other articles in issue as well. VG+, no owner marks. clean. (a106506)
$30.00Morante, Elsa. HISTORY A NOVEL
NY 1977 first American Trade edition . Knopf. Large octavo hardcover. Black cloth with silver lettering. Very Near Fine, no faults at all. 562p. Translated from Italian to English by William Weaver. no owner marks. in red dj VG, price not clipped, no tears, no chips just light wear. (a106496)
$27.00Morante, Elsa. ARACOELI
NY 1984 First edition. Random. Hardcover large octavo. 311p. Translated from Italian to English by William Weaver. Fine in Fine dj, no faults but one neat red remainder line drawn on closed bottom page ends. price not clipped. no owner marks. (a106497)
$24.00Ferrante, Elena. THE LYING LIFE OF ADULTS
NY 2020 first edition thus. Europa. Hardcover octavo. Trans to English from Italian by Ann Goldstein. Fine in Near Fine. no owner marks. clean. (a106498)
$20.00Hughes, Richard E. THE PROGRESS OF THE SOUL, THE INTERIOR CAREER OF JOHN DONNE
NY 1968 first edition. Morrow. Hardcover octavo. 316p. Fine in VG price clipped dj. small closed tear on rear dj panel. no owner marks. (a106499)
$25.00Watson, Fletcher. A STUDY OF FIREBALL RADIANT POSITIONS; APPARENT DISTRIBUTION OF METEOROID ORBITS; A STUDY OF TELESCOPIC METEORS - 3 articles by Watson appearing in one complete issue of PROCEEDINGS OF AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, September 25, 1939
Philadelphia 1939 first edition. American Philosophical Society. sm4to grey-green printed wraps. Watson articles pp. 473-504 with a few text figures and charts. A few other articles by different scientists in same issue. Near Fine, no owner marks; clean; binding secure; no wear. (a106500)
$85.00Schalkwijk, J C. PRECISE ISOTHERMALS - parts I through V bound in 3 octavo wraps volumes
Leiden. 1900 and 1901. first edition. communications from the Physical Laboratory at University of Leiden. 67 and 70. Part I: Measurements and calculation on the corrections of the mercury meniscus with standart gas-manometers (with 1 plate) 29p. art II: Accuracy of the measurement of pressure by means of the open manometer of Kamerlingh Onnes, part III A water jacket of constant ordinaryt temperature (with 1 plates); part IV: Calibration of piezometertubes - these 3 parts 25p. Part V , The isothermal of hydrogen, 21p. All in English; all VG or better; no owner marks. 5 articles in 3 pamphlets: (a106501)
$75.00Latvia. COLLECTION OF 85 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF FAMILY, possibly IN LATVIA , likely in 1920s
All photos are mounted on black stiff card stock. Pages of stock are not bound together. The photographs are various sizes, modt 3x4 and 2x3 inches. Location appears to be Latvia; family possibly Jewish; famly appears to be somewhat well-off. Some images have date and title written on image itself but the photos do not appear to be professional photographs. All photos VG. no clear identification found. (a106502)
$100.00(medicine). ANNALES MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGIQUES...RELATIFS A L'ALIENATION MENTALE AUX NEVROSES Mai-Juin 1898, single issue
Paris 1898 first edition. Masson. Medical journal in French. Issue for Mai-Juin, 1898. Octavo, original pale blue wraps. Good. Text slightly toned; cover lightly worn; owner initial on front cover - no other owner marks. binding secure. (a106503)
$27.00Colton, Rev. Walter. LAND AND LEE IN THE BOSPHORUS AND AEGEAN OR VIEWS OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND ATHENS
NY 1860 D. W. Evans. Edited from the notes and manuscripts of the author by Rev. Henry T. Cheever. Hardcover. 8vo., 366pp., steel engraved frontispiece, original maroon blind stamped cloth. Owner signed. Good, light soiling on cover; cover worn; light spine end fraying, just a few pages have very light foxing. Hinges not cracked. (a53694)
$75.00Mariano, Nicky (compiler). THE BERENSON ARCHIVE AN INVENTORY OF CORRESPONDENCE COMPILED BY NICKY MARIANO ON THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF BERNARD BERENSON 1865-11959
Florence and Cambridge 1965 1st Villa I Tatti. Sm.4to., 122pp., photo illustrations, original hardcover. VG++, no wear, very light fading of cover cloth. no Box. (a61552)
$22.00Mal, Dr. Sobhag. FORMS OF STATIFIED CLOUDS - article in one complete issue of BEITRAGE ZUR PHYISK DER FREIEN ATMOSPHARE 1930
Leipzig 1930 first editon. Akademische Verlag. sm 4to wraps. Beitrage XVII Band, Heft 1. Mal article pp. 40-68 with 49 figures (most of which are photo illustrations of clouds) and 2 plates of photo illustrations of clouds. Mal article is in English but other articles in issue are in German. Small old German library stamp on first page of text. no other owner marks. Good, some light cover wear. (a106489)
$33.00Muller, H J and Prokofyeva, A A . THE INDIVIDUAL GENE IN RELATION TO THE CHROMOMERE AND THE CHROMOSOME - article in one complete issue of PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, January 1935
Easton , Pa. 1935 first edition. Proceedings vol 21 no. 1. Original printed wraps. Large octavo. Spine reinforced. Muller article pp. 16-26 with 3 figures. Muller won the Nobel in 1946. VG date stamp on cover but no other owner marks. (a106490)
$65.00Friesner, Ray C. SIX ARTICLES BY FRIESNER - all in issues of BUTLER UNIVERSITY BOTANICAL STUDIES 1929 - 1940
Indianapolis, Indiana. 1929 - 1940 first edition. Butler University. Six individual pamphlets (some have two articles by Friesner; some have articles by Friesner and others as well) , blue printed wraps, octavo. Titles: The Genus Trillium in Indiana and Some Ecological Factors in Secondary Succession Upland Hardwood; Key to Genera of Ferns and Fern Allies; Chromosome Numbers inTen Species of Quercus; Quantitative Study of the Phytokplankton of White River Canal; Study of Asymmetrical Growth from stump sections of Quercus velutina and Effectiveness of Root Pressure in the Ascent of sap; Key to Species and Varieties of Ferns and some Necessary Nomenclatorial Changes in Genus Solidago. Two owner signed on cover; rest no owner marks. VG to VG+. 6 pamphlets: (a106491)
$65.00Punin, N ( Nikolay Nicholai). NOVEISCHIE TECHENIYA V RUSSKOM ISKUSSTVE ( CUBO-FUTURISM IS EVERYWHERE - NEWEST MOVEMENTS IN RUSSIAN ART )
Leningrad. 1927 first edition. Izd. Gos. Russkogo museia. 12mo wraps. 14p. Entirely in Russian. Stiff stock cover. Cover shows V. Tatlin's picture of "Fishermen" done in Cubist style. Punin, an art scholar who lived 1888 - 1953, wrote this pamphlet on Cubism while living with Anna Akmatova. VG cover lightly , evenly , toned. Almost no wear at all. Rare. (a106492)
$395.00Pavlova, Ivana. UGOLKI MOSKOVY. MINIATJURY IVANA PAVLOVA (CORNERS? OF MOSCOW) (entirely in Russian)
Moscow 1922 first edition. sm8vo wraps. Book of text with many small pictures of Moscow by Pavlova. 109p. plus 3 p. Table of Contents. Entirely in Russian. Good plus, light chipping of spine ends; light cover wear; binding secure. Occasional very light foxing in text. No owner marks. Scarce. (a106493)
$175.00. I E REPIN
Leningrad 1925 first edition. 64p. wraps. Illustrated with some bw pictures of work by Ilya Repin. Cover toned and worn on all edges. Binding secure; no tears or chips. Fairly Good. (a106494)
$55.00Marshak, S. VOT KAKOJ RASSEYANNYI ( THAT IS SUCH A STRAY )
Moscow 1937. Children's book. octavo wraps. 13p. Fully illustrated in color. Good, some light edge chipping; lightly toned throughout. (a106495)
$45.00Neuda, Fanny. STUNDEN DER ANDACHT
Prag-Breslau. no date. c. 1910? Jakob Brandeis. 12mo. hardcover. Black cloth . 176p. In German. Ein gebet- und Erbauungs-Buck fur Israels Frauen und Jungfrauen zur offentlichen undhauslichen andacht sowie fur alle Verhaltnisse des weiblichen Lebens. Gilt title on front cover. Good, worn, text pages toned around all margins ; hinges secure. no owner marks. Laid in: Old original photograph of 3 people walking in Israel (looks like Jerusalem.) no dj. (a106485)
$24.00( juvenile in Russian ). KROLIK ("RABBIT") - picture book entirely in Russian
no date. c. 1933 (found with other similar dated material). 4-1/2 x6 inches. wraps. Tzena = 40 kop. (Price = 40 kopeks). 8p. All pages in color. All pages show a different rabbit with name in Russian. Staple binding. VG a few very short closed edge tears. Excellent condition overall. no owner marks. (a106488)
$75.00Bernatz, J. M. PAL�STINA PALASTINA ; NEW ALBUM OF THE HOLY LAND...FROM NATURE BY J M BERNATZ AND OTHER ARTISTS...WITH DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY DR G. H. V. SCHUBERT, DR J. ROTH AND DR. O. FRAAS.
Stuttgart 1868 Steinkopf. Text in English, German and French. Hardcover. Oblong sm.4to., not paginated, 48 tinted lithograph illustrations , almost all with original tissue guards; 2 original photographs (Beirut and Damascus), descriptive letterpress, foldout map at end, original red stamped boards with full and bright gilt landscape pictured on front and later paper spine. Top edge gilt. Institution name and cancel stamp on title page-no other marks. Good Plus, some light board wear, later paper- reinforced backstrip and reinforced inner hinges; occasional light stains and light foxing. Binding secure. Scarce. (a41545)
$675.00Hook, Sidney ; Calvin Hoover; William Langer Phillip Moseley et al. IDEOLOGY AND REALITY IN THE SOVIET SYSTEM - one complete issue of PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY January 27, 1955
Philadelphia 1955 first edition. vol 99 no 1. 4to wraps. Complete issue paginated 1-38. Articles include: Historical Determinism and Political Fiat in Soviet communism; Stalin's Vision of Utopia; Soviet Style Economic Aspects; Russian Research Center at Harvard; Russian Institute at Columbia University. Fine, no owner marks. (a106484)
$45.00. BIBLIOTEKA POETA. ANNOTIROVANNAIA BIBLIOGRAFIIA 1933 - 1965 OBSHII PLAN
Mockba 1965 first edition. Sovetskii Pisatel. Sostaviteli V M Abramkin. Hardcover small octavo. 307p. Some photo illustrations of the poets. Text moderately toned. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Binding secure; hinges not cracked. Properly de-accessioned from library. Library stamp inside front cover. no other library marks. no dj. Entirely in Russian. (a106476)
$120.00Belyavyj, Sergej (Sergey). KOLYMA RABOCHAYA RREKA ( KOLYMA WORKING RIVER )
1975 first edition. Magadan. Hardcover Blue cloth with silver lettering. square octavo. Lovely color end papers; text almost fully bw photo illustrations. 118p. Entirely in Russian. VG++, no faults except an inventory number tag is mounted on rear end paper and has been covered by a piece of white paper and transparent tape. No owner marks. no dj. Scarce. Wonderful study of Russian life along the Kolyma. (a106477)
$165.00Federov-Davydov, A A. ISAAK ILICH LEVITAN - 2 volume set: ZHIZN I TVORCHESTVO -and- LEVITAN BIBLIOGRAFIYA (entirely in Russian)
Mockba 1966 first edition. Two matching hardcover oblong 4to volumes. Entirely in Russian. White cloth with gold lettering. Both have djs. Vol 1 - Life and Creation - 404p. numerous bw illustratons and mounted color plates in the text of Levitan's art . Vol 2: Levitan Bibliography, 239p. Both volumes are VG with light wear; slighting foxing. Volume 1 has a few slightly rippled pages. No hinges are cracked; bindings quite secure. Both DJs are VG, toned but not worn, just a few short closed edge tears, no chips. No owner marks. Musty smell to volume vol 1 (but not vol 2). Quite Scarce set. Hard to find. (a106479)
$480.00Finkelstein, Heinrich. DER LAUBENSTEIN BEI HOHEN-ASCHAU. EIN BEITRAG ZUR KENNTNISS DER BRACHIOPODENFACIES DES UNTEREN ALPINEN DOGGERS
Stuttgart 1889 First edition. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie. VI Beilage band. Schweizerbart'sche. Octavo. pp. 36-104 with 3 plates on heavy stock plus large color foldout map of Hohen-Aschau. Later plain wraps. VG no owner marks. (a106481)
$75.00Goller, Erwin. DIE LAMPROPHYRGANGE DES SUDLICHEN VORSPESSART
Stuttgart 1889 first edition. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie. VI Beilage band. Schweizerbart'sche. Octavo. pp. 485-569 with 1 color plate and one color foldout map of Vorspessart. VG no owner makrs. Later plain wraps. (a106482)
$75.00Koken, E. UEBER DIE ENTWICKELUNG DER GASTROPODEN VOM CAMBRIUM BIS ZUR TRIAS
Stuttgart 1889 first edition. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie. VI Beilage band. Schweizerbart'sche. Octavo. pp. 305-484 with 5 plates on heavy stock. Later plain wraps. VG no owner marks. (a106483)
$75.00Burr, Hilda V. FIELD HOCKEY FOR COACHES AND PLAYERS
NY 1930 first edition. Barnes. Athletics for Women series. Hardcover. sm octavo. red cloth. 194p. Drawings and some photo illus. no owner marks. VG light cover wear. no dj. (a106475)
$25.00Pal, Auer. FEL EVSZAZAD, ESEMENYEK, EMBEREK
Washington 1971 first edition. Occidental Press. Hardcover octavo. entirely in Hungarian. 443p. Fine. no owner marks. in Good + dj. light top edge fraying. Scarce. (a106480)
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