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New Delhi, India: Manohar Publications, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities, slightly forward cocked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond price-clipped, protected by a plastic coat. Stated First Edition, First Printing. The author was then Professor of Linguistics and Literature University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 161 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.

New York: Metropolitan Books, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall. In 1921 the New York Yiddish-language daily news-magazine Forverts commissioned the Polish photographer Alter Kacyzne to document Jewish history and culture throughout Poland--Poyln, as it was pronounced in Yiddish. Edited by Marek Web and augmented with stunning black-and-white photography and told with a gripping story of Kacyzne's life and demise. 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 beyond a faint crease to bottom front corner, 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.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical… Read More

New York: Lefebre Gallery, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Square 12mo 7" - 7. Julius Bissier. Published for the exhibition in 1965 at the Lefebre Gallery devoted to Julius Bissier, and with an opening essay by Erhart Kaestner. Scarce in the trade, a sturdy, attractive, softcover copy of an artist catalog, being a retrospective of the works of the artist, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial wraps. Replete with sharp and distinct illustrations of the French artist. Unpaginated, but with roughly 14 pp. and complete with artist biography and chronology. Two copies available.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: Viking Press, 1974. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. More than 350 photographs by the major photographers from the early days of Talbot, Hill and Adamson, to Strand, Weston, Brassai, Kertsz, Adams, Stieglitz, Steichen, Walker Evans, Cartier-Bresson, and many others, augment this fine and accessible survey. Stated First U.S. Edition, translated from the original German by Brian Tubb. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, unmarked interior, bound in black cloth over boards, silver lettering to spine, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat, and sunned along edges. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [8], 9-232 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.

Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Marie Laurencin. From the personal library of the feminist art historian extraordinaire, Dr. Whitney Chadwick, a giant across many fields. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxxii, 1-212Member, 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: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1957. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Juan Gris. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being only one additional copy available currently on-line of an art gallery exhibit catalog that was augmented by an original lithograph! Good looking, structurally sound artist exhibit catalog, featuring a bright, clean, unmarked interior, minor wear and tear to the colorful exteriors, a bit of soiling to rear panel, light rubbing thereto. Nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 4 - Serie A) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 15 Octobre 1957," nothing that "La lithographie original qui orne la couverture a ete executee specialement part A. Beaudin et imprimeriee par Mourlot Freres." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, then 54 illustrations, mostly… Read More

Paris, France: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Juan Gris. Nice-looking, structurally sound art gallery exhibit catalog that was augmented by an original lithograph comprising front cover, and featuring a bright, clean, unmarked interior, minor wear and tear to the colorful exteriors. Nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 20 - Serie A) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 11 Juin 1965," nothing that "La lithographie original qui orne la couverture a ete imprimeriee par Mourlot Freres." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, then 72 illustrations, mostly black-and-white but a few in color, printed on high-gloss paper, and then exhibit check-list at rear. The show ran from June 17-July 1965.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest… Read More

Koln, Germany: DuMont, 1961. Softcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Previous owner's gift inscription, neatly rendered at title page. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Illustrated, printed stiff wraps, in gate-fold. 156 pp., plus notes, index, and voluminous publisher ads. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and some photographs, printed on high-gloss paper. The author of this fine autobiography and social history, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884 – 1979), became a leading French art dealer and broker and gallery owner when very young and championed the works of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and the Cubist movement in art more broadly.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.

Istanbul, Turkey: Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arst, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Scarcely available to the trade, there being currently no copies on-line. Fine-looking, structurally sound copy of an exhibition catalog bound in printed wraps, featuring Turkish language and English language explorations of Turkish student artists, with Preface and Foreword by Mustafa Kalemli and Omer Faruk Batirel, respectively. 125 pp., and with full-page artist biographies and reproductions in full color of their work.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: Galerie St. Etienne, a Studio Book, with the Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. One hundred fine illustrations, 29 in full-color, augment this special volume of some brilliant self-taught artists. The author is the Director of the St. Etienne Galerie and a world renowned expert in art history. 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. Bound handsomely in blue cloth, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Foreword by Dr. Robert Bishop. [5], 6-100 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.

Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Max Jacob. 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. Mustard-colored cloth binding, burgundy lettering to spine. 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, including a full bibliography of the works of Max Jacob. Frequent reference made to Surrealist and Dadaist writers and artists such as Ionescu, Beckett, Duchamp and others. xxviii [1], 1-182 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.

Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Leon Supraner. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs but for crease to a single endpaper; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining, and quite bright of interior. Bound in blue cloth, with silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Lovely photographs by Leon Supraner to augment this fine collection of poetry. [2], 3-149 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.

New York: Bergin & Garvey Publishers, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Handsomely bound hardcover format copy, bound in blue cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine. 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. [4], 5-240 pp. 193 illustrations overall, 16 in full color, including that at front cover, a Marc Chagall, "Time is a River Without Banks." and Hannah Orlof, "Mother and Child." Special focus on Jewish artists such as Marc Chagall, Max Beckmann, Max Weber, Louise Nevelson, El Lissitzky, Ben Shan, Chaim Soutin, Seymour Lipton, Mark Rothko, Anna Ticho, 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.

Reno, Nevada: Sheppard Art Gallery, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine looking exhibit catalog for a show that ran from November 1 - December 31, 1996, curated by Suzanne Kanatsiz, Bonnie Grossman and Susan C. Larson and with a long essay by the latter. Brown printed wraps, staple-bound, tissue-guard to title page and to Acknowledgments in the rear, and with artist biographies for and works of artists such as Roger Armstrong, Leland Holiday, Eddie Arning, Dorothy Binger, Michael Davis, Martha Douglas, Fatisha, Keith Goodhart, Julio Garcia, Anne Grgich, Nicholas Herrera, Tyrome H. Jordan, Rosemary Pittman, Barry Simons, Helen Valdez, and many others. 48 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.

Gold River, California: European American Publishing, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at half-title, being inscribed warmly to Richard L. Press, the Sacramento-based arts book seller. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. A fine and accessible memoir of the author's life post World War Two and his flight from Communist Hungary to America. A gripping memoir. x + 449 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.

New York: Hogarth, 2019. First U.S. Edition. As New/As New. 12mo 7" - 7. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear beyond a small red remainder dot along bottom edge, unobtrusive, bright interior, unmarked. Bound simply in oatmeal paper over boards, oatmeal cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Stated First Printing, with "1" in number line present, of the First U.S. Edition, the South Korean Han Kang having been short-listed for the Man Booker International Prize; she was born in South Korea in 1970 and ruminates here on the color white and its absence to spin a haunting tale. 153 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.

New York: Hogarth, 2019. First U.S. Edition. As New/As New. 12mo 7" - 7. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound simply in oatmeal paper over boards, oatmeal cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Stated First Printing, with "1" in number line present, of the First U.S. Edition, the South Korean Han Kang having been short-listed for the Man Booker International Prize; she was born in South Korea in 1970 and ruminates here on the color white and its absence to spin a haunting tale. 153 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.

Dorset, England: Blandford Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the The Art of World Religions series, Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. From the publisher's blurb, "offers a concise and interesting account of the development of Jewish art from the formative times of Judaism to the beginning of the twentieth century. It discusses the relationship between Judaism and art in the light of the Second Commandment,and demonstrates that Judaism's supposed antipathy to art is not supported by Jewish sources or by archaeological or other historic evidence." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Prelims, 2-160 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… Read More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" 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. Blue cloth bindings, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Faint remains of a small remainder remark along bottom edge. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing less than moderate wear, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. Stuffed with black-and-white and full color reproductions printed on fine, glossy paper. Preface by Louis Finkelstein. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 270 photographs, 25 being in full-color. [8], 9-252 [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.

Moscow, Soviet Union: Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Masterpieces of Jewish Art series, followed by a fine biography of the work of Marc Chagall. Most of the pieces here have yet ever been published. 319 pp. Many, many score illustrations in duotone (gilt and white) and in full color, printed on high-gloss paper. No date of publication given, but a low I.S.B.N. suggests the very early 1970s. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound handsomely in a light tan, textured leatherette, ruled in gilt and with fleurs-de-lis to match, pictorial illustration of an ornate work in Bronze to front panel. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat.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.