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Knopf, New York, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Signed by person(s) connected with book. COURTNEY WHITNEY. MacArthur, His Rendezvous With History, New York: Knopf, 1956.Tall octavo, first edition, pp. xi, 547, xiii (index), 1 (note), orange cloth boards quarter-bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blind-stamped lettering and pattern on front, top edge tinted red, signed on the free front endpaper by Douglas MacArthur and the author, who was a general serving under MacArthur. Begins in 1941 in the Philippines and takes us through MacArthur's experience in World War II and Korea.Condition of this book:Jacket chipped at edges, book near fine with minor edge-rubbing. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped… Ler mais

Rizzoli, New York, 1991. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. DEMORNEX, JACQUELINE. Madeleine Vionnet, New York: Rizzoli, 1991.Folio, English-language edition of a 1990 Paris release, pp. 305, black cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering on spine and upper panel, extensive halftone and color illustration. A reference and a biography; best book available on this innovative French designer of the early and mid-20th century.Condition of this book:Jacket moderately worn, spine has a slant, interior very good, images fine. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Fashion, Fabrics & Style; France; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0847813878. ISBN/EAN: 9780847813872. Pictures of this item not… Ler mais

Hachette, Paris, 1932. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. PIERRE BENOIT. Mademoiselle de la Ferte, Paris: Hachette, 1932.Octavo, edition ne varietur, pp. 275, 1 (colophon), vellum boards with decorative gilt borders and gilt lettering and decoration inside 6 compartments on spine, top edge gilt, illustrations by L.-M. Myr, text in French.An unusual and attractive binding, stamped ENO. REGINA on front pastedown.Condition of this book:Darkening at boards' edges, else fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text is in French. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; France; French Language; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53796. .

Harcourt Brace, New York, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. GEORGES SIMENON. Maigret and the Madwoman, New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1972.Octavo, first American edition (French original appeared in 1970), pp. 176, orange cloth-covered boards with silver and black lettering to spine. Maigret tangles with the Riviera mob.Condition of this book:Fine in fine jacket. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; 1970s; Fiction. ISBN: 0151551383. ISBN/EAN: 9780151551385. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55349. . 9780151551385

Scholar, Japan, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Near Fine. About 100 color plates, some double-page, using a Japanese model. Size: Quarto. unpaginated. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; Japan; 1980s; Erotica. ISBN: 4061749382. ISBN/EAN: 9784061749382. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50784. . 9784061749382

Heinrich Keller, Frankfurt, 1892. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. FERDINAND LUTHMER [editor]. Malerische Innenraume aus Gegenwart und Vergangenheit [Picturesque Interiors Present and Past], Frankfurt: Heinrich Keller, undated (1892).Large folio, about 19x15 inches or 48x38cm, 25 collotype plates, brown cloth boards, from the library of William Baumgarten's Fifth Avenue design firm, with his stamp. Only text is the captioning, in German. Baumgarten designed the Vanderbilt Mansion on Fifth Avenue and some of the rooms at the Plaza Hotel.The photos here show richly appointed interiors from houses all over Germany. These prints are extremely scarce: Worldcat locates only 2 copies of the book, in Switzerland, with just 10 plates. They are actually a mix from 2 of Luthmer's books, the one named on the title page plus Malerische Innenraume Moderner Wohnungen, another design book. Avery Catalogue, first edition, p. 614, describes a copy with 50… Ler mais

Crown, New York, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/As New. JEAN M. AUEL. The Mammoth Hunters, New York: Crown, 1985.Large octavo, first edition, pp. x, 645, paper-covered boards quarter-bound in beige cloth with gilt lettering to spine, old bookstore price sticker on front flap. Third installment in Auel's ice-age series Earth's Children.Condition of this book:Fine, faint darkening at the edges. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; 1980s; History. ISBN: 0517556278. ISBN/EAN: 9780517556276. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55340. . 9780517556276

Thames & Hudson, New York, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Fine. [Exhibition catalog.] Man Ray Photographs, New York: Thames and Hudson, 1981.Quarto, first English-language edition, pp. 256, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, silver logo on front, duotone photos from an exhibition at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. Covers the wide range of Man Ray's photo career.Condition of this book:Top edge foxed, all else fine. This is the first USA edition. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Parenting & Childcare; Art & Design. ISBN: 0500540799. ISBN/EAN: 9780500540794. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53614. . 9780500540794

Government Printing Office, Washington, 1923. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. FRANCES DENSMORE. Mandan and Hidatsa Music, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1923.Tall octavo, pp. xx, 192, green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, halftone photos, music notation. Based on studies of songs at a reservation in North Dakota.Condition of this book:Discoloration to covers, overall very good, clean inside. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Music; United States; Indigenous Cultures. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55314. .

Metropolitan Museum, Melbourne, 2003. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. [Exhibition catalog.] Manet/Velazquez, The French Taste for Spanish Painting, New York: Metropolitan Museum, 2003.Large, heavy quarto, pp. xvi, 592, wraps, color and halftone illustration. Covers the first half of the 19th century, with a focus on Manet's so-called Spanish paintings, but wanders into the work of various Americans.Condition of this bookFaint crease in spine, else fine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Reference. ISBN: 1588390403. ISBN/EAN: 9781588390400. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53275. . 9781588390400 This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra… Ler mais

Yamada, Japan. Early Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI. Manga, one volume of a 15-book series, Japan: Naosaburo Yamada, early 1900s.Octavo slightly larger than 9x6 inches, unpaginated with 29 woodblock-printed leaves, stab binding, paper label on front. Part of a series that was done between 1900 and 1915 (the artist died in 1849), with light coloring. Hokusai, best known for his "Great Wave" image, is a sort of patron saint of manga. Wikipedia: "The first volume of Manga (meaning random drawings) was published in 1814 and was an immediate success. By 1820, he had produced twelve volumes (with three more published posthumously) which include thousands of drawings of objects, plants, animals, religious figures, and everyday people, often with humorous overtones."Condition of this book:Near fine with a touch of dust at the edges. Prints fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). One volume of the 15-volume set. Text… Ler mais

Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. HAROLD DONALDSON EBERLEIN. Manor Houses and Historic Homes of Long Island and Staten Island, Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1928.Tall, heavy octavo, limited edition of unspecified limit, pp. xi, 318, printed beige cloth boards, gravure frontispiece and 75 photos printed in so-called Doubletone, a halftone process that looks almost as good as a gravure. Author includes Brooklyn and Queens as part of Long Island. 33 Long Island houses discussed, with another 9 on Staten Island.Condition of this book:Bottom and top edges dust-darkened, clean inside, overall very good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Architecture; United States;… Ler mais

Abbevile, New York, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). As New/As New. MICHELE CORDARO [editor]. Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi, New York: Abbevile, 1993.Quarto, first U.S. edition, pp. 268, olive cloth boards with black lettering to spine, illustrated slipcase, color illustration. Analyzes Mantegna's Mantua fresco cycle and its restoration.Condition of this book:Fine, no flaws. This is the first USA edition. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Italy; Reference. ISBN: 1558595813. ISBN/EAN: 9781558595811. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53759. . 9781558595811

Inland Printer, Chicago, 1902. Later Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. JENKINS, HARRY. A Manual of Photoengraving, Chicago: Inland Printer, 1902.Octavo, second edition, pp. 169, 5 (ads), blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and upper panel, 5 color frontis plates demonstrating the four-color process, numerous other illustrated plates, 2 former owners' names on free front endpaper, Inland Printer catalog attached to rear pastedown. This edition added chapters on halftone color work by Frederick Ives and Stephen Horgan. Roosens/Salu 8334 erroneously credits the entire edition to Ives and Horgan.Condition of this book:Boards lightly worn but both hinges cracked.Dampstain at top edge has bled into the upper margins of the leaves without touching text block, images fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and… Ler mais

Griffin, London, 1853. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. HUNT, ROBERT. A Manual of Photography, London and Glasgow: Griffin and Co., 1853.Octavo, third edition enlarged, pp. 8 (ads), x, 321, 2 (ads), 15 (Griffin's Scientific Circular dated March 1852), rebound in quarter calf and orange cloth, color frontis, two title pages, the second identifying this book as a volume of Coleridge's Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, engraved illustrations. See Gernsheim's Incunabula of British Photographic Literature, 714, which says this is the third edition of Hunt's 1841 Popular Treatise on the Art of Photography. The Truthful Lens, p. 17, says Hunt, as editor of The Art-Union, "was more than any other individual responsible for the subversion of Talbot's monopoly." William Henry Fox Talbot at that time had a patent on the most significant photographic process to date.Condition of this book:Boards lightly worn with minor loss at… Ler mais

Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. The Marble Faun: or, The Romance of Monte Beni, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860.12mo, first edition, early printing but not the first, pp. xiv, 15-283; vi, 8-288; brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines, blind-stamped decoration and frames on covers. This set has early-state points including the typo on p. 225, V1, and the incorrectly arranged preface and contents, but because the conclusion is present, these books cannot be first-state and likely are the fourth printing or later.Condition of this set: Covers scuffed and discolored in spots, minor losses at spine ends. V2 has a thin dampstain running along the edge of numerous leaves starting at the rear endpaper. Overall very good. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. Size: 12mo. 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner… Ler mais

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, unknown. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. JOHNSTON McCULLEY. The Mark of Zorro, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924.Octavo, dated 1924 but this resembles 1930s reprints and is certainly not a first edition, pp. viii, 300, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front, top edge tinted red. First book appearance of a swashbuckling hero of old California, with the scarce dust jacket.Condition of this book:Good in good jacket. Jacket is chipped at edges and spine ends, crease in front panel. Boards show a few darkened areas and the cloth in the front joint is getting threadbare, overall sound. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight:… Ler mais

Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). As New/No Dust Jacket. LESLIE ANN NASH (pseudonym). Martini Diaries, San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997.Oblong quarto in aluminum slipcase, first edition, unpaginated, rough brown cardboard covers with silver lettering on front, aluminum screw binding. Text includes 25 recipe leaves separated by pages of commentary and quotes from various members of the drinking class. Most of this book is a hoax: The Paris club it is based on, Aerobleu, never existed, although I wish it had. The famous quotes presented here are legit, and the martini recipes sound OK although I have not tried any. The slipcase and the book itself are an unusual presentation that connoisseurs of book design will find interesting. Also a good bar-side conversation piece.Condition of this book:Fine, no flaws. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting.… Ler mais

1998. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Printed Boards). New Book/New. RAZDOLSKAYA, VERA. Martiros Saryan, 1880-1972, Bournemouth, England: Parkstone Press, 1998.Folio, pp. 174, illustrated boards, color artwork reproductions. Comprehensive review of the career of this major Armenian artist.Condition of this book: Fine, no flaws. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). 174. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Armenia; 1990s; Farming & Rural Life. ISBN: 1859953204. ISBN/EAN: 9781859953204. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50597. . 9781859953204

Abrams, New York, 1989. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Near Fine. [Exhibition catalog.] Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints, New York: Abrams, 1989.Quarto, accompanied a traveling exhibition, pp. 207, errata slip laid in, gray cloth boards with maroon stamped lettering to spine, color and halftone illustration. Shows the prints in various states.Condition of this book:Minor indents in dust jacket, else fine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; 19th century; Reference. ISBN: 0810910497. ISBN/EAN: 9780810910492. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55072. . 9780810910492