Search Results: Titles starting with P from Modern Rare

Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2017. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2017. Softcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 68 pages. Artist Book. Commemorative collection of photographs. One of the most moving photography books of our time. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a one-time-only print run as a saddle-stitched softcover original only. An austerely elegant production by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio and Chris Pichler: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover, as issued. Photographs by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio. Poem by David Huerta. Excerpt of "Mexico: The Murder of The Young" by Alma Guillermoprieto. Printed on newsprint uncoated stock paper. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Pablo Ortiz Monasterio's "Desaparecen?". A harrowing document and a poignant elegy of a quintessential tragedy.… Read More

Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2017. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2017. Softcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 68 pages. Artist Book. Commemorative collection of photographs. One of the most moving photography books of our time. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a one-time-only print run as a saddle-stitched softcover original only. A few copies come with a brown paper bag that was provided and hand-titled by the artist/photographer himself. An austerely elegant production by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio and Chris Pichler: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover, as issued. Photographs by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio. Poem by David Huerta. Excerpt of "Mexico: The Murder of The Young" by Alma Guillermoprieto. Printed on newsprint uncoated stock paper. Artist's original brown paper bag, with… Read More

Miami, FL: Kendall Campus Art Gallery, 2001. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Miami, FL: Kendall Campus Art Gallery, 2001. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 10 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Catalog is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Pablo Soria: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover, as issued. Photographs by Pablo Soria. Essay by Fernando R. Castro. Contribution by Jorge Luis Borges. Printed on glossy stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition held at the Kendall Campus Art Gallery in 2001. Presents a selection of Pablo Soria's memorial photographs. An immigrant-American of Argentine descent (and sensibility) , his work is about the active recovery of memory… Read More

New York City, NY: Arcade Publishing, 2011. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Arcade Publishing, 2011. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 210 pages. The author's eighth book to be translated into English. One of the greatest novels of our time. Special "Collector's Edition" of 1500 copies. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the regular trade edition. They have the same ISBN. The Limited Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Arcade: Regular-sized volume format. Red cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on the cover and spine and photographic reproduction neatly pasted in front, as issued. Text by Ismail Kadare. Printed on 100 gsm Chinese Yulong Cream paper, with cream ribbon marker. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in an elegant collectible format, Ismail Kadare's "Nepunesi ipallatit te endrrave" in a… Read More

Gottingen, Germany: Gerhard Steidl Druckerei Und Verlag, 2011. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Gottingen, Germany: Gerhard Steidl Druckerei Und Verlag, 2011. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 40 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the most beautiful collections in the Steidl "Robert Frank Project". The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial cloth boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Robert Frank. Printed in tritone on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is… Read More

New York City, NY: Atheneum, 1997. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Atheneum, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 50 pages. Children's book classic. One of Robert Sabuda's finest achievements as a visual artist/illustrator rather than the Master Pop-up Artist he is now known to be. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run by Atheneum Press as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Marguerite W. Davol's and Robert Sabuda's "The Paper Dragon". Dazzling. "Mi Fei is a humble painter of scrolls. Although the scrolls bring him fame, Mi Fei is content to live in his village, surrounded by the people he loves. One day, a messenger enters the village with terrible news: The dragon Sui Jen has awakened from its hundred years' sleep and is destroying everything in… Read More

New York City, NY: The Dial Press, 2001. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: The Dial Press, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 360 pages. The author's second novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Allegra Goodman's "Paradise Park". One of her best books. "Goodman's marvelous new novel involves a woman's tragicomic search for spiritual meaning, a journey as physically peripatetic as it is emotionally migratory. As always, the key to enjoying Goodman's fiction is gradual immersion. Her narratives do not feature razzle-dazzle plot twists or melodramatic peaks, just quietly eddying waves of emotions and events that slowly build to a tsunami of insight" (Publishers… Read More

New York City, NY: Pantheon Books, 2002. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Pantheon Books, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 186 pages. Collection of essays and interviews. One of the most important and valuable books on music of - and for - our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are many. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Daniel Barenboim's and Edward Said's "Parallels And Paradoxes: Explorations In Music And Society". Sweeps across and delves into a wide expanse on music and culture. Edited with a Preface and an Afterword by Ara Guzelimian. Introduction by Edward Said. The still-controversial essays, "Germans, Jews, And Music" by Daniel Barenboim and "Barenboim And The Wagner Taboo" by Edward Said are reproduced at… Read More

New York City, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2011. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2011. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 1133 pages. The author's fourth novel to be translated into English. One of the greatest novels of our time. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Peter Nadas' "Parallel Stories" in a felicitous English translation. A massive, 1133-page novel that only he, with characteristic irony and modesty, would have diminutively called "stories". It took him eighteen years - off and on - to write, and four non-stop years to translate with Imre Goldstein (Nadas is fluent in English, making translation of his work a genuine… Read More

London, England: Enitharmon Editions, 2011. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. London, England: Enitharmon Editions, 2011. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 135 pages. Retrospective collection of original art on subject. One of the most beautiful art books of our time. Limited Edition of 1500 copies. The first and only edition. Published as a hardcover original in the United Kingdom only. There is NO American Edition. The Limited Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Peter Blake and Enitharmon Editions: Oversize-volume format. Pale gray cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on spine, as issued. Art and commentrary by Sir Peter Blake. Text by Marco Livingstone. Printed on pristine-white, 170 gsm Arctic Volume stock paper in the United Kingdom to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is outstanding in every respect. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Peter Blake's "Paris… Read More

Gottingen, Germany: Gerhard Steidl Druckerei Und Verlag, 2008. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. Gottingen, Germany: Gerhard Steidl Druckerei Und Verlag, 2008. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 110 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the most important titles in Robert Frank's oeuvre. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the 2010 Reissued Edition, which has the same ISBN as well as the Facsimile Edition in English. Published as part of the Steidl "Robert Frank Project", the French-Language Original was issued especially for France only, as a courtesy to the artist and his subject. None of the copies was commercially issued in the United States. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with red titles embossed on spine, as issued.… Read More

New York City, NY: The Paris Review, 1995. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: The Paris Review, 1995. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 297 pages. Rare Susan Sontag collectible item. A fine copy of the Winter 1995 (Volume 137) Paris Review Interview Issue. Presents the most in-depth Interview with the controversial American intellecutal-writer, which appears in published form for the very time and has not been collected in book form. Celebrated for its brilliance and tenacity as one of the world's greatest literary publications, The Paris Review is perhaps the most influential and most important of its kind. The Paris Review is best-known for its Author Interviews, which are indispensable to an understanding and appreciation of 20th-century and contemporary literature. But the magazine has also published fiction and essays of the highest quality. Susan Sontag's reputation as THE essayist par excellence… Read More

New York City, NY: The Paris Review, 1998. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: The Paris Review, 1998. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 242 pages. Rare Jose Saramago collectible item. A fine copy of the Winter 1998 (Volume 149) Paris Review Interview Issue. Presents the most in-depth Interview with the Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998, which appears in published form for the very time and has not been collected in book form. Celebrated for its brilliance and tenacity as one of the world's greatest literary publications, The Paris Review is perhaps the most influential and most important of its kind. The Paris Review is best-known for its Author Interviews, which are indispensable to an understanding and appreciation of 20th-century and contemporary literature. But the magazine has also published fiction and essays of the highest quality. Saramago was an anomaly who came out of nowhere,… Read More

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 478 pages. Retrospective collection of short stories. Advance Reader's Edition/Limited Slipcased Edition of 500 copies. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade edition. The Limited Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Alfred A. Knopf: Regular-sized volume format. Blue hard boards with matching blue cloth overboards and gilt titles embossed on the spine, as issued. Glossy illustrated slipcase featuring a detailed reproduction of Lincoln Perry's dazzling semi-abstract painting. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Ann Beattie's "Park City". Some of Ann Beattie's finest and most representative short stories, written over a twenty-five… Read More

London, England: Granta Press, 2021. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. London, England: Granta Press, 2021. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 295 pages. The author's second novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a bookplate. Published in a small and limited first print run in the United Kingdom by Granta Press as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Anuk Arudpragasam's "A Passage North". An ambitious and innovative twist on the soi-disant "war novel". The Sri Lankan Civil War is evoked and remembered from an anguished distance by Krishnan, the protagonist, who did not take part in it and harbors survivor's guilt about it. As such, its themes and concerns are similar to yet depart considerably from his (astonishingly beautiful) debut,… Read More

New York City, NY: Metropolitan Books, 2021. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Metropolitan Books, 2021. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 270 pages. The definitive version of the author's debut novel, first published in 1938. The single most valuable literary re-discovery of our time. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out upon publication. The First Edition is now rare. Re-presents, in its restored version, Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz's "Der Reisende" in the definitive English translation by Philip Boehm. Prefaced by Andre Aciman. The novel that anticipated Nazi Germany in all its nightmarish, diabolical reality. Even more important, it mirrors the harrowing personal journey of the ill-fated author himself,… Read More

London, England: Quartet Books, 1993. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. London, England: Quartet Books, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 65 pages. The author's autobiographical novel. One of Annie Ernaux's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United Kingdom. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are many. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that promptly disappeared. The book is now known as "Simple Passion", the title chosen by her American publisher in 1993, and has stuck ever since, particularly in its 2021 Reissued British and American Editions. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Annie Ernaux's "Passion Perfect" in a felicitous English translation. Recounts the year and a half she had a passionate and secret love affair with an un-named career diplomat, a much younger… Read More

Vienna, Austria: BAWAG Foundation, 2003. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Vienna, Austria: BAWAG Foundation, 2003. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. Unpaginated. Exhibition Catalog, presented as an Artist Book. One of the most beautiful erotic art photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Catalog is now rare. A brilliant production by Sam Taylor-Wood and FUEL: Oversize-volume format. Red cloth boards with black titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Sam Taylor-Wood. Afterword by Hripsime Visser. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in Vienna, Austria to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the BAWAG Foundation Vienna from September 19 through November 30, 2003. Presents Sam Taylor-Wood's… Read More

London, England: The Serpent's Tail, 1989. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. London, England: The Serpent's Tail, 1989. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 95 pages. The author's first novel to be translated into English. One of the greatest literary debuts of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United Kingdom. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. There is no American Edition. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Herta Muller's "Der Mensch ist ein Grosser fasan auf der Welt" in a felicitous English translation. A fable-novel on her beloved fellow Romanians of German descent. They were persecuted twice in Ceausescu's totalitarian regime: As a despised and mistrusted minority and as implacable anti-Communists. The defiance takes its toll as the… Read More

Paris, France: Memento Films/Sony Film Classics, 2013. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Paris, France: Memento Films/Sony Film Classics, 2013. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 100 pages.