Francisco Mejia Guinand
by Ana Maria Escallon
Bogota, Colombia: Villegas Editores, 2002. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 2002 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Folio, rich, high-quality color illustrations thruout.
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Professional French Pastry Series -- Vol. 1: Doughs, Batters, and Meringues
by Roland Bilheux and Alain Escoffier
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1988. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1988 1st American edition of Vol. 1, the maiden volume, of this wonderful "Professional French Pastry " series issued by Van Nostrand Reinhold. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, hundreds of color photographs throughout. Filled with technical... Read More
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Mi Baile
by Vicente Escudero
Barcelona: Montaner Y Simon, S.A., 1947. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Very Good. The 1947 1st edition, #269 of 1,000 copies issued. VG in its light-green boards, with wear at the spine crown and light soiling to the panels. Quarto, 128 pgs., including wonderful sepia-tone photographs thruout.
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Manga Reva: The Forgotten Islands
by Robert Lee Eskridge
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Robert Lee Eskridge. A handsome copy of the 1931 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with one small, neat inscription at the verso of the front free endpaper. And in a crisp, price-intact, easily VG+ dustjaket, with light scuffing along... Read More
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Mexican Folk Ceramics
by Carlos Espejel
Barcelona: Editorial Blume, 1975. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1975 1st English language edition, translated from its original Spanish by DIORKI. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with several very small closed tears at the panel edges and one thin horizontal crease running across the rear panel. Square quarto, rich black-and-white (and occasional... Read More
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Quaestio #9: Origins and Developments of Ontology (16th-21st Century)
by Edited by Costantino Esposito
Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2009. Original wraps. Fine. An all-but-immaculate copy of the 2009 1st edition of issue #9 in the "Yearbook of the History of Metaphysics" series. Clean and Fine in its mustard-yellow pictorial wrappers. Thick octavo, text in English, Italian, French and German.
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The Reading of That Famous and Learned Gentleman, Robert Callis, esq.; Sergeant at Law, Upon the Statute of H. 8. Cap. 5. of Sewers: As it was delivered by him at Grays-Inn, in August, 1622
by Robert Callis Esq
London: William Leak, 1647. Full calf. Very Good +. Bound in an elegant, early 20th century full dark-calf, with 5 raised bands and bright-gilt leather title-label along the spine. Offsetting at the new pastedowns and endsheets, the original title page (lacking 15% along its bottom-edge and 5% along its top-edge) has had tasteful, professional repair work to make... Read More
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Traite Elementaire D'Architecture Comprenant L'Etude Complete Des Cinq Ordres, Le Trace Des Ombres et Les Premiers Principes De Construction
by Pierre Esquie
Paris: H. Laurens, Editeur. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. First Edition. Lavish late 1800s French study of classical elements in architecture. Bound in dark boards with gilt-lettering at the spine. 76 plates --detailed engravings by Strasmann--make up the body of the book. Tall quarto, clean and well-preserved and VG+.
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Traite Elementaire D'Architecture -- Comprenant L'Etude Complete Des Cinq Ordres, Le Trace Des Ombres et Les Premiers Principes De Construction
by Pierre Esquie
Paris: H. Laurens, Editeur. Boards. Very Good +. Pierre Esquie (Strasman). The original edition, cicra 1890s, of Pierre Esquie's important study of "traites elementaire d'architecture". The original sheets clean and entirely intact. Rebound in dark pebbled boards, with new endsheets and pastedowns as well. Very light foxing at the preliminaries, otherwise clean as could be. Tall quarto, includes... Read More
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Ursula von Rydingsvard: On an Epic Scale
by Essay by Patricia C. Phillips, Curated by Dede Young
Neuberger Museum of Art (Purchase College), 2002. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST URSULA VON RYDINGSVARD on the half-title. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the catalogue based on the January-May 2002 exhibition at the Neuberger Museum at SUNY's Purchase College. Clean and Near Fine in its dark pictorial wrappers, with excellent color reproductions throughout.... Read More
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David Wiseman
by Essay by Brooke Hodge, Edited by Evan Snyderman and Zesty Meyers
New York: R 20th Century Gallery, 2012. Boards. Near Fine. The catalogue based on the 2012 exhibition at New York's R 20th Century Gallery. Tight and Near Fine in its laminate gold boards. Square quarto, high-quality color reproductions thruout.
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All Tomorrow's Parties: Billy Name's Photographs of Andy Warhol's Factory (Inscribed by Billy Name to Victor Bockris)
by Essay by Dave Hickey, Interview by Collier Schorr
London: frieze, 1997. Pictorial boards. Fine. A major Association copy: INSCRIBED BY BILLY NAME --THE PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF ANDY WARHOL'S FACTORY AND ITS ARCHIVIST FROM 1964 TO 1970-- TO VICTOR BOCKRIS, THE GREAT WARHOL AND VELVET UNDERGROUND BIOGRAPHER AND FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR TO WARHOL'S INTERVIEW MAGAZINE on the half-title. A pristine copy to boot of the 1997 1st edition.... Read More
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Mira Lehr: Arc of Nature (Signed by the Artist)
by Essays by Eleanor Heartney, Interviews by Irving Sandler
Stockbridge, MA: Hard Press Editions (Hudson Hills Press), 2014. Cloth. Fine/Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MIRA LEHR on the half-title. A lovely copy to boot of the 2014 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, beautiful color reproductions throughout. Major monograph on American artist Mira Lehr (1934-2023).
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Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist
by Edited and Written by Peter Hall (With Many Contributing Essays)
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1998. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1998 stated 1st edition of this celebration of American graohic designer Tibor Kalman (1949-1999). Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its wonderful pictorial boards, with just a touch of very faint scuffing at the rear panel. Thick octavo, visual stimulation (and... Read More
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Arboles de Nicaragua
by Juan Bautista Salas Estrada
IRENA (Instituto Nicaraguanese de RecursosNaturales y del Ambiente), 1993. Laminate boards. Near Fine. A bright, very well-preserved copy of the 1993 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial laminate boards. Quarto, very nicely illiustrated color plates along the rectos (with well-detailed descriptions at the facing versoes). Plus a scholarly, very informative Glossary and Index.
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This Quarter--#3 (The Ernest Walsh Issue)
by Ethel Moorhead, Ed
Monte Carlo: Ethel Moorhead, 1927. Magazines. Very Good. A solid copy of the 1927 "Ernest Walsh" issue, re-bound in wine-red cloth over marbled boards, with the magazine itself --including its front cover-- bound inside. The magazine is clean and sharp, with some (inevitable) browning to the paper. The boards show light fading at the panels, very mild wear... Read More
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A Sung Bibliography (Bibliographie Des Sung)
by Etienne Balazs and Yves Hervouet, Eds
Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1978. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A clean, well-preserved copy of the 1975 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, VG+ dustjcket with very light creasing at the spine extremes. Thick quarto, 598 pgs.
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The Sistine Chapel Before Michelangelo: Religious Imagery and Papal Primacy
by L.D. Ettlinger
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press (The Clarendon Press), 1965. Cloth. Very Good +/Near Fine. A tight, very presentable copy of the 1965 1st edition. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine (former owner bookplate at the front pastedown) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, "photographs of the frescoes by H.O. Fein". Part of the "Oxford-Warburg Studies" series. ... Read More
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La Civilite: Puerile et Honnete
by L'Oncle Eugene
Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie. Pictorial boards. Very Good +. M.B. De Monvel. Lovely turn-of-the-century French children's book, beautifully illustrated in color and pen and ink by M.B. De Monvel. Bright and VG+ in its decorative gilt-panels. Oblong quarto, 47 pgs. Small, neat 1923 father-to-daughter inscription on the verso of the half-title.
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Kassak: Irodalma es Festeszete
by Bori Imre and Korner Eva
Budapest: Magveto, 1988. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Impressive 1988 monograph on the avant-garde work of Hungarian painter Lajos Kassak (1887-1967). Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light chipping and several small closed tears along the panel edges. Square 12mo, dozens of black-and-white reproductions, text exclusively in Hungarian.
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
by James Agee and Walker Evans
London: Peter Owen, 1965. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1st UK edition of this landmark Depression-era collaboration between James Agee and the great Walker Evans. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light fading at the spine. Thick octavo, 471 pgs.
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Pattern: a Study of Ornament in Western Europe, 1180 to 1900 (2 Vols.)
by Joan Evans
Oxford University Press, 1931. Hardcover. A handsome 2 vol. set produced by Oxford. 1931 first editions, both vols. VG+ in their rich navy-blue, gilt-decorated and letttered cloth. Both vols. as well in bright, VG+, price-clipped examples of the dustjackets. Tall 4to., 428 pgs.,
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Wildfire
by Evans G. Valens, Jr.
Cleveland: World Publishing Co, 1963. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A nice copy of the 1963 stated 1st edition, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ILLUSTRATOR CLEMENT HURD on the verso of the front free endpaper. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket with very minor chipping at the foot of the spine. Tall, thin quarto. Signed by Illustrator. ... Read More
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Chess Catechism (Review Copy)
by Larry Evans
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1970 stated 1st printing. A Review Copy to boot, with the S&S Review Slip laid-in. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing along the front panel's top-edge. Octavo, "Including the ten best games of the... Read More
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Modern Chess Brilliancies: 101 Games Selected and Annotated by International Grandmaster Larry Evans
by Larry Evans
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The uncommon 1970 stated 1st printing. Solid and VG+ (very light spotting along the panels) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with a bit of streaking at the front panel, light creasing along the spine crown and one small closed tear to the front panel's top-edge. Octavo,... Read More
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