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Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Erasmus Studies series. Bound handsomely in brown cloth over boards, brown lettering and illustrations to front cover and spine. From the personal library of Mr. Robert Allen as conveyed to me by his widow, Ms Priscilla (Brownie) Allen, he having been a noted bookseller and appraiser and also editor of a number of volumes of the The Eighteenth Century: a current bibliography series in a project headed at the University of Southern California. Moderate pencil notations by him throughout, unobtrusive. xiii [2], 4-211 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, France: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1980. First Edition. Very Good. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A. Beaudin. Nice-looking, structurally sound condition softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog, an extremely rare catalog at that, following from the 17 Mai -17 Juin 1961 show in Paris, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated wraps, in gate-fold. Louise Leiris Gallery displayed and sold fine art works from leading artists of the 1940s and 1950s all the way into the 1980s. Nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 8 - Serie B) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, 22 avril 1980." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by M.J., then 94 illustrations in mostly black-and-white, many more in duotone and a few being in color, printed on high-gloss paper. Exhibit… Read More

Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still pretty sturdy. Bound in a large, heavy, quarto format hardcover, olive-green cloth covers, bruised tips, some scuffing to tips, edges and extremities, some light cracking to endpapers, splitting to joint tops, very lightly shaken binding, else a clean, unmarked copy that is unmarked of interior which is quite bright. The gilt illustration of a Native American man to front cover is quite nice, with some rubbing to gilt illustrations and lettering to spine. Essays by and/or summaries of the work of J.W. Powell, John W. Swanton, and others, and then features an ethnological monograph, Frank Russell, "The Pima Indians," The volume features particularly fetching in-text illustrations and black-and-white illustrations galore. xxxi [3], 3-512 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical… Read More

Geneve, Switzerland: Galerie Gerald Cramer, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Marc Chagall. Sumptuous gallery catalogue to augment the Galerie Gerald Cramer exhibit that ran from June to October of 1975. Scarce in the trade, only one additional copy available currently on-line. Unpaginated, but complete with checklist of the lithographs, engravings, monochromes and aquatints represented, in roughly 30 pp., and printed on high-gloss paper, quite fine, with illustrated heavy card stock covers, protected in heavy plastic jacket, easily Fine condition. Virtually As New condition internally.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.

Oxford, England: Oxford University, at the Clarendon Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining, though with previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered, at top of title page. Bound in black cloth over boards, one faint diagonal abrasion to front cover thereof, else with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Printed dust jacket is moderately worn, mostly along the top edge, not price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xii + 643 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.

Oxford, England: The Clarendon Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Embossed stamp of previous owner at first free endpaper. Stated First Edition. Blue cloth covers, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Special focus on early-mid 19th-century writers such as Crabbe, Blake, Austen, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey and others. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.xii [1], 2-643 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, Massachusetts: The Roberts Brothers, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Fine publisher's vignette to title page augment this cute little tome published by the inimitable Roberts Brothers in First Edition state, they having published the so-called "No-Name" or "Anonymous" series that favored women authors who wouldn't otherwise be published. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, bound in teal cloth over boards, moderately rubbed and with scuffed tips, but complete and sturdy, and gilt lettering to covers and spine and gilt illustration. Red-stained all around. Lightly toned throughout, gift inscription from Anna L. to Cousin Anna, August 22, 1888. The author Helen Jackson (Maria Fiske) was born in 1830 and lived 55 years, reared in her native Amherst, Massachusetts, and was born in the same year as her dear friend Emily Dickinson, who became the model for her anonymously penned novel Mercy Philbrick's… Read More

Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, 1999. Softcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Extensively pencil-notated, and from the personal library of a noted sex researcher himself, Michael A. Weidemann. Contributions by the two editors and by Chris Lyttleton, Andrea Whittaker, Jiemin Bao, Scot Barme, Nicola Tannenbaum, Craig J. Reynolds, Penny Van Esterik, Prudence Borthwick, and many others. From the publisher's blurb, "Many foreign observers of the "Land of Smiles" are familiar with a narrow range of gender relations and sexual practices in Thailand, from the fanciful portrayal of 19th-century harem life in The King and I, to recent media coverage of sex tourism and AIDS. Yet serious study of patterns of sexuality, femininity, and masculinity in Thailand is relatively new. This book is a rare collection by scholars from around the world and across social disciplines who are tackling these issues.… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Donald Dale Jackson has penned an accessible, interesting, well researched account of Gold Rust California and Colorado and the '49ers of 1849 California Gold Rush times. Light diagonal crease to bottom of first few endpapers else a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xvi [1], 4-361 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.

Bristol: Arnolfini, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Dorothy Cross. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustrated card stock wraps. Stuffed with fine reproductions in full color, printed on high-gloss paper, of the best paintings of Ms Dorothy Cross (born 1956), an Irish artist. Her Wikipedia entry summarizes her thus: "Working with differing media, including sculpture, photography, video and installation, she represented Ireland at the 1993 Venice Biennale. Central to her work as a whole are themes of sexual and cultural identity, personal history, memory, and the gaps between the conscious and subconscious." Still considered one of Ireland's leading artists. First Edition, First Printing state. Fine sculptural works and photographs by Dorothy Cross. Essays by Tessa Jackson, Paul Bonaventura, James Conway and Marian Dunlea. Includes a… Read More

Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Foreword by Savoie Lottinville. Some black-and-white illustrations and facsimile letters. 136 pp., with full notes, bibliography and index and appendixes.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.

Berkeley, California: Serendipity Books, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. The rear panel says "This facsimile of a manuscript volume by Ian Jackson and Ann Arnold is published by Serendipity Books in an edition of 500 copies in November 1996. It is inspired by the Indian maharaja and cricketer Ranjitsinhji (1872-1933), who was noted for the simplicty of his private life and for the extravagance of his taste in public ceremony . . . " The lovely little tome was "a mere impromptu to amuse a five-year-old child, a jeu d'esprit written in half-and-hour and illustrated in two."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: Rizzoli, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Big, tall, heavy quarto in format. From the publisher's blurb, "The only comprehensive reference book regarding internationally produced glassware for the home, '20th Century Factory Glass' is required reading for glass collectors and enthusiasts alike. Featuring every great designer, from Louis Comfort Tiffany to Alvar Aalto, as well as companies from Baccarat to Steuben, this volume provides clues to identifying marks, codes, and labels." Particular focus on the works in 20th-century glass design: Josef Hoffmann, Nils Landberg, Keith Murray, Paolo Venini, Wilhelm Wagenfeld, and Tapio Wirkkala. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 276 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts: Roberts Brothers , 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; neither highlighting nor underlining. Short octavo in format, bound in moderately rubbed and soiled gray cloth, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed, front cover lettered in red; floral pastedowns and endpapers quite nice and intact fully. Ex- Pacific Union Club library (Shelf 276, Book 8572) with their bookplate at front pastedown; presentation inscription to the Pacific Union Club Library by Mr. W.H. Crocker (13 January 1861 – 25 September 1937), an American banker, the president of Crocker National Bank and a prominent member of the Republican Party. Small clipping from book catalog entry affixed to front pastedown throwing offset to front endpaper. Helen Jackson (Maria Fiske) was born in 1830 and lived 55 years, reared in her native Amherst, Massachusetts, and was born in… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts: New York Graphic Society, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Square 4to 9" - 11" tall. James Pipkin. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound handsomely in green buckram cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond scuffing to, light tearing to spine bottom. Luminous photographs by James Pipkin. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 223 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.

Washington, D.C: National Gallery of Art, 1989. Softcover. Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine contribution to the series, Studies in the History of Art, being Volume No. 25, comprising the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Contributions by Henry A. Millon, John Harris, Pierre Du Prey, John Wilton-Ely, Damie Stillman, Brinsley Ford, St. John Gore, Francis Russell, John Cornforth, Oliver Impey, and Anny Somers Cocks, among others. [6], 7-417 pp. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.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.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1991. First English Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine but scarcely-available-to-the-grade contribution to the French Modernist Library series, translated and edited by Moishe Black and Maria Green. First English Edition. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. xxi [1], 3-226 [1] 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.

Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. From the personal library of the feminist art historian extraordinaire, Dr. Whitney Chadwick's painter-husband, Robert Bechtle, a giant in California's Bay Area art scene for years.Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Mary Jane Jacob writes the Introduction to this exhibit catalog Evan H. Turner, a Foreword, Anne E. Wardwell, the Acknowledgments, and Mildred Constantine a long essay, "Beyond Craft: curating for change."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.

Tel Aviv: Dvir, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Jacob Pins. Collated as complete, all eight numbered, titled woodcut plates present, cut by the German-Israeli artist Jacob Pins, and with an Introduction by Eugene Kolb, Director of the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art. Laid in to an illustrated portfolio in wing-fold, protected by stiff Mylar jacket. Splendid condition, inside and out, and each woodcut is suitable for framing. Very slight wear to the single-folded, folio-sized wraps, very light wear to, smudging of interior of portfolio,else nearly gift-quality condition.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.

Rotterdam, The Netherlands: NAi Publishers, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Bilingual texts in double-column, Nederlansch and English, and with sumptuous gray, black and white pictorial wraps, in gate-fold, being a fine homage to the line-drawings of a futuristic architecture by an influential artist in the Netherlands, the draughtsmen, Robbie Cornelissen (born 1954. This exhibition showed pencil drawings and interpretations of viewings of libraries, waiting rooms, circuses, arenas and factories, shopping centers and department stores. 128 pp. and with over 100 illustrations in black-and-white and duotone. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Very light crimping to upper tips, else nearly As New.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.