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Paris, France: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. S. Hadengue. Sturdy softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the two-color, original lithographic covers, in gate-fold. Ink stamp from former owner to front cover, artist name Nice-looking, structurally sound catalog. Nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 19 - Serie A) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 7 Mai, 1965," noting that "La lithographie original qui orne la couverture a ete imprimeriee par Mourlot Freres." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by the author/artist, then 63 illustrations, mostly black-and-white but four in color, printed on high-gloss paper. Exhibit check-list at rear. Text in French.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and… Read More

Paris, France: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. S. Hadengue. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the two-color, original lithographic covers, in gate-fold. Nice-looking, structurally sound catalog. Nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 19 - Serie A) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 7 Mai, 1965," noting that "La lithographie original qui orne la couverture a ete imprimeriee par Mourlot Freres." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by the author/artist, then 63 illustrations, mostly black-and-white but four in color, printed on high-gloss paper. Exhibit check-list at rear. Text in French.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards.… Read More

Paris, France: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1974. First Edition. Very Good. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. S. Hadengue. Good-looking, structurally sound but for scuffing to paper at spine bottom, a colorfully illustrated artist gallery catalog of paintings, drawings and objets d'art by S. Hadengue. Bound in stiff, thread-stitched wrappers with tri-color. 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 5 - Serie B) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 4 Novembre, 1974." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by Julien Besancon, then 45 illustrations in black-and-white, printed on high-gloss paper. Exhibit check-list at rear. Text in French. 48 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional… Read More

Paris, France: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1974. First Edition. Good. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. S. Hadengue. Good-looking, structurally sound but for scuffing to paper at spine bottom, a colorfully illustrated artist gallery catalog of paintings, drawings and objets d'art by S. Hadengue. Bound in stiff, thread-stitched wrappers with tri-color. 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 5 - Serie B) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 4 Novembre, 1974." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by Julien Besancon, then 45 illustrations in black-and-white, printed on high-gloss paper. Exhibit check-list at rear. Text in French. 48 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional… Read More

Paris, France: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1974. First Edition. Very Good. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. S. Hadengue. Nice-looking, structurally sound condition softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog following from the 1985 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 5 - Serie B) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 4 Novembre 1974." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by Julien Besancon, then 45 illustrations in mostly black-and-white, many more in duotone and a few being in color, printed on high-gloss paper. Exhibit check-list at rear. Text in French.… Read More

Muttenz, Switzerland: Paper Art, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Signed by Author. A lovely copy of a precious item, authored by Fred Siegenthaler, published in Muttenz, Switzerland, in 1996, extremely rare in the trade, there being only one additional copy, being a Fine condition copy in oblong softcover format, measuring 7” x 9” x 1”, featuring stab-binding to spine, with textured, hand-made paper wraps, folded over stiff card stock, printed title and author thereto, with textured, handmade paper endpapers, thin and beautiful, and with a fascinating text and sample of Saa papers of Thailand. SIGNED by the author and paper-maker at Page of Limitation, this being copy #116 of 150 copies of this "Normal Edition." Remaining leaves are folded over, vertically, and bound in. The anatomy and physiology of the Saa tree and learned disquisitions on all of the fibre-dying aids, forming aids,… Read More

Bridgeport, Connecticut / New York: Hartmore House / The Burning Bush Press. Softcover. Near Fine. 12mo 7" - 7. Two fine-looking trade paperback copies, The Sabbath having been published in 1970 (94 pp. including index), while Between the Generations was published in 1971 (80 pp. including index and notes. Each is bound handsomely in printed stiff paper wraps. Samuel Hayim Dresner (1923–2000) was a U.S. Conservative rabbi, activist, scholar, and author, born in Chicago, educated at the University of Cincinnati then the Hebrew Union College. Ordained in 1951, and was a much beloved, influential writer on Jewish themes.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: G. P. Putnam, 1982. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear to covers, bright interior, unmarked. Particularly handsome exemplar, #155 of 750 signed, limited, first edition copies, and SIGNED by John Barth at the limitation page. 366 pp. Bound simply in black cloth (appropriate for this absurd novel involving intelligence officers, a biker gang and sailing the Chesapeake Bay), with gilt spine titling. No dust jacket, as issued, but housed in a fine, simple slipcase, with broken, original publisher's shrink-wrap just now removed. 366 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.

Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, 1943. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fetching inscription at title page, to a future reader, the gift-givers marveling at the growing name of Sacajawea. Taped recto of title page are two black-and-white photographs, one of the statue of Sacajawea, another of the man, Dr. Roberts, who allegedly buried Sacajawea in 1909. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in red cloth over boards, red lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn but still colorful, protected by a plastic coat. 16 pages of black-and-white stills from the popular Hollywood film, Far Horizons, starring Fred McMurray, Charlton Heston and Donna Reed. 312 pp. plus full bibliography. Illustrated endpapers front and rear., Portland, OR, 1943.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required… Read More

Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, 1943. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author opposite title page, with a fetching inscription to a future reader, the author marveling at the growing name of Sacajawea. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in orange cloth over boards, red lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 16 pages of black-and-white stills from the popular Hollywood film, Far Horizons, starring Fred McMurray, Charleton Heston and Maureen O'Hara. 312 pp. plus full bibliography. Illustrated endpapers front and rear., Portland, OR, 1943.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.

Sacramento, California: Sacramento County Historical Society, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, brightly illustrated with a period photograph from Sacramento, California in the 1870s, with minor wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Volume 15, No. 2, January, 1969 issue of the Sacramento County Historical Society.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: HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Illustrated dust wrapper, fully intact. Bound handsomely in a two-tone cloth over boards, cloth-backed and with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Stated First Edition. Another fine novel set on the Navajo Nation reservation and involving tribal police and especially Joe Leaphorn. 305 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: HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine Tony Hillerman novel set on the Navajo reservation and featuring Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 305 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: HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, little discernible wear, with a bright and shiny dust jacket. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" in number line present. Bound handsomely in a two-tone, paper over boards, cloth-backed format, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine, stamped illustration to front cover. Another wonderful mystery featuring Navajo Indian lifeways and the indomitable Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. From the personal library of two Pacific Northwest booksellers of several decades' duration, Acornbooks Northwest. 305 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: HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine Tony Hillerman novel set on the Navajo reservation and featuring Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 305 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: HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine Tony Hillerman novel set on the Navajo reservation and featuring Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 305 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.

Olympia, Washington: The Welsh Hill Press & Forge, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Signed by Other. This is Copy #148 of a Special Limited Edition of only 250 copies, printed on fine paper. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the printed blue wraps. Blind-stamped with a likeness of a seal at front cover, with multiple other illustrations. 16 pp., including full notes section. The colophon notes the inspiration provided by Elspeth Pope. Laid in is a lovely typed script from Ms Pope to the former owner of the item, Mr. Richard L. Press of Sacramento, California, signed by her.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.

Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1974, 1974. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. A brilliant and sumptuously illustrated social history of Vienna's late 19th-century "Sacred Spring," a burst of social, intellectual and artistic creativity. 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 pumpkin cloth, and 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. Stated First U.S. Edition, being published first in the same year in Great Britain. 24 full-color plates and with 117 black-and-white illustrations. [5], 6-224 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize… Read More

New York: Random House, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound in black cloth over boards, sharp and distinct copper lettering to spine. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "2" or in "number" line present as is fitting for Random House. Frank Bidart was born in Bakersfield, California, in 1939 and was educated at the University of California at Riverside and at Harvard, author of two previous and several additional volumes of poetry. 62 [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.

New York: Random House, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Ex-library copy with usual markings to spine, endpapers, etc.; dust jacket flaps affixed to inside covers. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "2" or in "number" line present as is fitting for Random House. Frank Bidart was born in Bakersfield, California, in 1939 and was educated at the University of California at Riverside and at Harvard, author of two previous and several additional volumes of poetry. 62 [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.