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Circa 1910. Ephemera. 14 cm x 9 cm. More
Circa 1910. Ephemera. 14 cm x 9 cm. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. First American edition. Hardcover. 204pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Light blue boards with title stamped in copper on spine. "These are splendid, searching stories, written in Jhumpa Lahiri’s adopted language of Italian and seamlessly translated by the author and by Knopf editor Todd Portnowitz. Stories steeped..... More
New York: Penguin Press, 2023. First American edition. Hardcover. 792pp. Octavo [24.5cm]. Blue boards with title stamped in gilt on spine. "From the internationally bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a sprawling and deeply human novel that questions the responsibilities we have toward one another and ourselves—and the limits of what..... More
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1976. Third edition. Hardcover. 238pp. Quarto [28cm]. Yellow cloth with title elaborately stamped in gilt and black ink on spine and front board. Touch of rubbing to extremities. Ex-library, with two bookplates affixed to front pastedown. No other markings present. In a...... More
New York: Crown, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 289pp. Octavo [22.5cm]. Bound in printed brown paper. Spine ends very lightly bumped. In a mildly soiled dust jacket, with a "signed edition" sticker affixed to the front panel. Signed by the author on a tipped in page following front free endpaper..... More
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2007. First edition. Paperback. Thick quarto [25 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. The spine ends are a bit dinged. The pop-ups are all in wonderful working order. With over 35 stunning pop-ups! The third and final book of the best-selling Encyclopedia Prehistorica series. More
New York: Penguin, 2023. Second edition. Hardcover. 454pp. Octavo. 1/4 white and orange paper over boards with title stamped in black on spine. "The instant New York Times bestseller! A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 Named a Best Book of 2023 by Publishers Weekly “A book of big..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 400; 528pp. Octavo [24cm]. Bound in black cloth, with gilt-stamped title on spine. Turquoise topstain. The textblock of volume 2 has cracked at the title page, but pages are very secure. In a protective mylar dust jacket with scattered closed..... More
New York: Doubleday, 2023. First edition. Hardcover. 467pp. Octavo. Black paper over boards with title stamped in silver on spine. "From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of..... More
Portland, OR: Tin House, 2023. First edition. Hardcover. 199pp. Quarto [26cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. No dust jacket, as issued. "Acclaimed artist Allen Crawford beautifully illustrates over eighty animals that embody the spirit, legacy, and commitment of the Endangered Species Act. In his trademark inventive style, Crawford’s full-color illustrations and..... More
New York: Ten Speed Press, 2023. First edition. Hardcover. 327pp. Folio [31cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. No dust jacket, as issued. "Featuring behind-the-scenes stories from Dolly Parton’s life and career, and the largest reveal of her private costume archive, this gorgeously photographed book spotlights her most unforgettable looks from the..... More
New York: Penguin Press, 2023. First American edition. Hardcover. 355pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. 1/4 blue paper over gray boards. Title stamped in silver ink on spine. "Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of his epic artistic career in a long-awaited memoir that is..... More
New York: Penguin Press, 2023. Second printing. Hardcover. 354pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. 1/4 ivory paper over dark gray boards. Title stamped in black on spine; author's initials stamped in black on front board. "A prodigy whose gifts terrified the people around him, John von Neumann transformed every field he touched, inventing..... More
Ithaca, NY: Andrus, Woodruff, & Gauntlett, 1844. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 416pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] in decorative blindstamped brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. With the folding map at front. The spine is rolled, and there are small losses from the ends of the backstrip, with the larger loss measuring 1/4"..... More
Sirius, 2023. Hardcover. 160pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Bound in red cloth, with title stamped in gilt on spine and front board. Gilt stamped illustration on front board. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. "Richly illustrated with more than 50 facsimile images from his notebooks and several of his most famous works of art."..... More
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1969. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 110pp. Quarto [25cm]. 1/4 red leather over marbled boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Touch of rubbing to extremities. Textblock composed of the author's own hand made 15 x 20 course laid paper. Copy number 159/375. A detailed..... More
New York: Perigee, 1980. Paperback. 237pp. Octavo. Pictoral wraps. Previous owner's name written on front free endsheet in red ink. Kobe Abe author of "The Woman in the Dunes," brings an intense psychological story asking what it truly means to be oneself. More
Paris: Dorbon-Ainé, 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Sextodecimo [16.5 cm] Quarterbound in parchment vellum with gray paper over boards. Top edge trimmed; other edges untrimmed. With French text. The extremities are minimally bumped and rubbed, and the boards are just a hair warped. A very attractive copy. The author's masterpiece..... More
Brno: [Graficky klub pro Moravu], 1925. SIGNED. Folio [42 cm x 32 cm]. In a recent gray portfolio with the title and author stamped in gilt on the front panel. Each etching is signed by the artist in pencil. Helena Bochorakova-Dittrichova (1894-1980) was the first female wordless novelist and the..... More
Praha: Orbis, 1929. Hardcover. SIGNED. Sextodecimo. Patterned red cloth over boards. There are a couple of small stains on the fore-edge of the text block, and the pages are toned. Else, very attractive. In a thin card slipcase with the title and author written in pen on the spine. Signed..... More
Nákladem Vlastnim, 1927. First edition. 28 loose leaves [24 cm x 16 cm] housed in publisher's envelope and printed paper folder [24.5 cm], with a number of tears to the edges. Bochorakova-Dittrichova's 28 drawings of young girls. The prints are occasionally very lightly foxed. Overall in very good condition. Complete..... More
Brno: Exod, 1934. Second edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 165pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] in French wraps. Light edgewear to wraps; creasing to spine, textblock completely disbound; interior is unmarked. Illustrated with 15 woodcuts by the author, each protected by a laid-in sheet of glassine. Signed by Bochorakova-Dittrichova in pencil on limitation page..... More
Brno: Exod, 1935. Third edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 165pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] in light brown cloth. Boards are crisp and unworn, with a tiny red smudge to front board. This appears to be a rebound copy of the paperback original, with original wraps present within (French flaps apparently trimmed off). It..... More
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 8pp. Sextodecimo [15 cm] Yellow and brown printed wrappers. From remarks made at the dedication of the Swiss Temple, and other sources. More
Salt Lake City, UT: Paragon Press, 2023. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 206pp. Folio [32.5cm]. Brown cloth over boards, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Glossy paper title label on front board. Brown satin page marker. With a miniature silkscreen print of Grand Teton National Park (the first in the..... More