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New York: The Heritage Press, 1965. Hardcover. Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fredrik Matheson. Three of Henrik Ibsen's plays (An Enemy of the People; The Wild Duck; Hedda Gabler) are published here in omnibus form up to usual Heritage Press standards, introduced by John Gassner, and augmented with the illustrations of Fredrik Matheson. Bound in Imperial octavo format, decorated paper over boards, brown cloth-backed. Housed in a simple cardboard slipcase. xii [2], 327 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Nearly flawless interior, bound simply in gray cloth, with gilt lettering to spine, sturdy, clean, and unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. Acknowledgements, Notes to the Reader, four chapters discoursing upon the engineering of Robert Rauschenberg's art as it went global, especially culminating in Monogram, shown in Stockholm, and then with interviews in Tokyo. Conclusions. Then an Appendix recounting his exhibition history. Notes, bibliography, Index. [vii], [1], 8-177 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Abo, Finland: Abo Akademi, 1986. Softcover. Fine. 12mo 7" - 7. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. Number 14 of the Religionsvetenskapliga Skrifter. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Finnish language text, simple printed stiff card wraps, a Finnish perspective on the Holocaust. 145 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Paris: Bibliotheque Internationale D'Edition, 1903. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Scarce in the trade, there being currently two copies available on-line in this state and no copies showing up in American libraries according to Worldcat dot org. Extracts drawn from a larger work of French-language 17th-century erotic poetry. Bound in printed brown wraps, with a black-and-white illustration to front cover, wraps now protected by stiff Mylar. Moderately worn and mildly soiled wraps, sunned page edges, some light foxing here and there. else clean and neat and unmarked of interior. French language text. From the personal library of Gershon Legman as from his widow Judith Legman. 50 pp. including a Table of Contents.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Paris, France: XXe Siecle , 1973. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Robert Indiana. Scarce in the trade, an original lithograph pulled from the pages of the French modernist art journal XXe Siecle, No. 41, for Robert Indiana, printed in 1973. Measures 12 1/4" x 9 1/2" high and wide, respectively. Fine condition, suitable for framing and hanging. In full, glorious color. A Wikipedia entry devoted to him notes that Robert Indiana was born Robert Clark, was born in 1928 and died in 2018, and was an American artist associated with the Pop Art movement. Well known for creating works in media including paper (silk screen) and Cor-ten steel. One of a Limited Edition of 2000 unnumbered, unsigned lithographs, but pulled by Mourlot of Paris.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Rutland, Vermont / Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle , 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at the first free endpaper, being warmly inscribed Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 49 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Boston: Scriptural Tract Repository, 1867. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. A perfectly serviceable reference copy, bound in printed softpaper wraps; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, a bit soiled of covers, a chip missing, light foxing throughout, generally clean and unmarked of interior. Pious advice for the Christian convert to Christian principles about love, home, marriage and family. 64 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Koln, Germany: Benedikt Taschen, 2007. Softcover. Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Pablo Picasso. Sterling condition softcover copies, complete in two volumes, with tight bindings and clean internals, showing neither shelf- nor edge-wear. Light furling to short range of pages to one volume. Includes 962 full-colored and 474 black-and-white illustrations. Comprehensive index, chronology and bibliography. Big, tall, Imperial octavo-sized volume, though perfect-bound, the original German edition, German language throughout. Brilliant interiors, brilliant, full-colored card-stock wraps, unmarked interiors. Housed in an illustrated paper cardboard slipcase in nearly Fine condition. Apparently unread, spines still crackle. The Spanish artist, Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a "painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France" (Wikipedia) and is seen as having founded or co-founded the Cubist… Read More

Utica, New York / Rochester, New York: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute / The Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 83 pp. on heavy card stock, printed card stock wraps, five ink-stamps from previous owner, plus faint residue from former sticker at front cover top, another at bottom. Light soiling to, wear of front cover, else with a clean and tightly bound, unmarked interior, replete with black-and-white reproductions of Eastern and Western landscape painters, one per page with captions and artist biographies opposite, including Ma Yuan, Ni Tsan, Chao Yuan, Peter Brueghel, both Younger and Elder, Joos de Momper, Jan van Goyen, Rembrandt de Rijin, and others. .Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Chicago: R.S. Johnson International, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Marcel Gromaire. An "extensive retrospective exhibit of paintings, watercolors, drawings, etchings and tapestries, including an exceptional group of works from the estate of the artist." A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Illustrated card stock wraps beginning to separate from text-block, wraps being moderately worn, crimped bottom tip, but interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Jean Cassou provides an Introduction, Gromaire provides his artist statement. 103 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Typis Jacobi Flesher, prostant apud Guilielmum Morden Bibliopolam Cantarigiensen, 1670. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Greek text and Latin translation of the Enchiridion in 79 chapters, in parallel columns. Still handsome, stands easily on the shelf by itself. Bound in full leather, appears to be contemporary (see Julia Miller, Books Will Speak Plain), blind-stamped rectangular panels, four fleurs-de-list stamped to corners front and rear, four raised bands to spine, gilt and black horizontal ruling, rubbed, barely visible, slight bowing to front board. Penned inscription inside front flap: E.L.G.S.A.S.S. 1692. Red-stained all around. Chipping to leather at tips, edges, spine. A few page edges torn, unobtrusively so, slight damp-staining to a few edges but with no signs of odor or moisture, light soiling to endpapers, else mildly toned interior, paper being quite fine, clean, unmarked. Two title pages, one printed in red and black, another in black. Double column text, Latin… Read More

Tokyo, Japan, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. M. Tanaka T. Inukai. Sumptuously bound in pumpkin-colored linen cloth over boards, Kanji characters to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Only English language denotes that this is a fine work of photography by M. Tanaka and T. Inukai. 67 pp. of Kanji and Hiragana character text, and then 129 fine, full-page, full-color photographs of Buddhist temples, the Japanese countryside. Original tariff tickets laid in, denoting that the book was published/sent overseas in 1975.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Reprint Library. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Particularly sturdy, handsomely produced four-volume set, bound in blue buckram cloth, with rubbed gilt lettering and ruling to spines, clean interiors, tightly bound, unmarked. A reprint edition of the 1924 Teubner edition published in Leipzig, Germany. From the personal library of the noted English historian of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, Professor Peter Morris Green, now of Iowa City, Iowa, 99 years old, nearly blind, but still working, in this case on a new translation and with annotations, of Herodotus, his favorite historian. The set is comprised of Zeno et Zenonis Discipluni (l, 1-142 pp.); Chrysippi Fragmenta Logica et Physica (vi, 1-348 pp.); Chrysippi Fragmenta Moralia Fragmenta Successorum Chrysippi (iv, 1], 4-269 [10] pp.); Quo Indices Continentur (vii [1]-221 pp.); Texts in Latin and Greek. All in, a fine and fine-looking set.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the… Read More

New York: The Lefebre Gallery, 1966. Softcover. Good. Square 12mo 7" - 7. Pol Bury. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog from a show sponsored by The Lefebre Gallery. Minor wear of glossy covers, less to text-block, but previous owner's ink-stamps to covers. Replete with reproductions of the best art works from the beloved sculptor and painter. A perfectly readable, usable copy. One page unexploded. Unpaginated, but roughly 14 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Graficas Reunidas, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear but some mild soiling along edges. Near pristine interior, 120 pp. and 54 black-and-white and full-color reproductions of fine tapestries, texts being in Spanish by Enrique Iparaguirre and Carolos Davila. Stiff card wraps, heavy card stock endpapers. A lovely copy.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: The Jewish Museum, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Unusually well preserved museum exhibit catalog to augment the show held in New York at The Jewish Museum October 17, 1968 to January 5, 1969. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy, shiny illustrated heavy card stock wraps, double-columned text, replete with black-and-white reproductions of Jewish-themed ritual art. 247 images, captioned and detailed in context.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Ulster, Ireland: Collins . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Handsome little tome, bound in burgundy cloth over boards, sturdy, brilliant gilt lettering to spine. Intact dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond light chipping to spine foot, not price-clipped. No other Ulster-set novel has sold so many copies as this, and this edition adds The Souls of Poor Folk, gratis. This novel investigates the author's childhood and youth, and introduces the reader also to his mother, Anna. Fine woodcut engraving of Dr. Alexander Irvine, by John Luke, is tipped in at frontis. Undated, but appears to be 1930s. 248 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Belfast, Ireland: H.R. Carter Publications Ltd, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. William Conor. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. viii, 24, [2] pp. Featuring four full-page charcoal illustrations by Conor, one color frontispiece, and laid in is a Centenary Exhibition brochure from a 1981 show of William Conor's oeuvre, held at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. Bound in publisher's original green cloth boards, lettered in yellow, bowed a bit, sunned and discolored a bit along spine and top edges. Dust jacket is present but chipped and ragged and with some splits. A suitably good introduction to the poetry of the much beloved Irish writer John IrvineMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Selected Poems (Belfast, Ireland: The Arden Press, 1948), First Edition, Near Fine short 12mo hardcover in a like stiff paper printed dust wrapper, and SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper, "For Dr. Breene with all good wishes from John Irvine, August 1949," and then pasted onto thesame page is a short, warmly inscribed note to the same recipient, dated July 29, 1949, folded over, quite nice, written on the poet's letterhead from Belfast, at 124 pp.; Selected Poems (same as above, but sans dust wrapper, in Very Good condition; A Voice in the Dusk (Belfast, Ireland: the Quota Press, 1932), a Good condition little hardcover, with a full-page gift inscription at first free endpaper, 45 pp., hand-sewn, and with some foxing at rear endpapers; Willow Leaves (Dublin, Ireland: the Talbot Press, Ltd., 1941), Very Good condition, blue cloth over boards, 34 pp.; With No Changed Voice (Belfast, Ireland: William Mullan & Son, 1946), Very Good condition… Read More

New York: Random House, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, just a touch of smudging at bottom rear paenl. Stated First Edition, First Printing, "1" in number line present. 316 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.