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Books Condemned to be Burnt
London Elliot Stock 1892 12mo (18 cm), XII, 206, [6] pp. Publisher's cloth gilt over bevelled boards, bottom and fore-edge untrimmed (binding stained, browning of end-papers). A history of book burnings in England from the 16th to the 18th Century.
Hardcover Very Good
Bibliography of the Writings of Charles and Mary Lamb: A Literary History
Hull J. R. Tutin 1908 12mo (19.5 cm), XIV, 141 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (spine little sunned). A bibliography of Mary Anne Lamb. She is best known for the collaboration with her brother Charles on the collection Tales from Shakespeare.
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Pepys Ballads: Facsimile volumes I - V. Ed. W. G. Day (Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge) [complete set]
D. S. Brewer 1987 5 volumes 4to (28 cm), XVI, 550 pp; XII, 375 pp; XII, 391 pp; XII, 372 pp; XII, 576 pp. Publisher's cloth gilt. Published as a part of the "Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge" edited by Robert Latham. The Pepys Library of Magdalene College, Cambridge, is the personal library collected by famous English diarist Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) which he bequeathed to the college following his death in 1703. This set is intended to provide as legible as possible a facsimile of each of the single sheet ballads in the library. It reproduces the five volumes of the Pepys Ballad Collection. Appended are those single sheet ballads which Pepys inserted into other books.
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Private Libraries in Renaissance England. Vol. I - VI
Marlborough Adam Matthew Publications 1992 6 volumes 8vo (23.5 cm), XXIII, 324 pp; XXXIV, 284 pp; XXXII, 285 pp; XXXII, 349 pp; XXXIV, 389 pp; XXXIV, 325 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spines and front boards (ownership signatures on the front free end-papers). A collection and catalogues of Tudor and early Stuart book-lists. Private Libraries in Renaissance England (PLRE) is the major ongoing editorial project devoted to the history of private book ownership in early modern Britain. The first six volumes contains PLRE 1 - 150. Vol. 7 was published in 2009 completing 162 Renaissance book-lists contained in Oxford University inventories.
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Bibliografia Storica delle Città, e luoghi dello Stato Pontificio Opera Utile agli Storici, Antiquarj, Giuristi, Naturalisti, ed ogni altro Amatore delle Belle Arti
Rome Stamperia Giunchiana 1792 In-4, VIII, 319, [1] pp. Cont. vellum over pasteboards, gilt-lettered spine, marbled edges (binding and end-papers little stained, little crack of velum at bottom edge of front board, old bookseller's pencil inscriptions on end-papers, very light foxing). Very good copy of a bibliography of the Papal State (Rome, Lazio, Emilia, Marche, Umbria). Arranged alphabetically according to places with 751 entries devoted to Rome.
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Dictionnaire bibliographique, historique, et critique, des livres rares, precieux, singulieurs, curieux, estiméts, et recherchés. Vol. I - III [complete set]
Paris Cailleau et Fils 1790 3 volumes in-8, XXIV, 552 pp; [4], 551, [1] pp; [4], 544 pp. Cont. gilt mottled sheep, covers with gilt ornamental border, gilt flat spine, burgundy morocco labels, marbled end-papers (bindings little rubbed, corners scuffed, tail of the spine of vol. I missing), A survey of rare books and their value by Abbé Duclos was based on nearly 300 sales catalogues. This work is the foundation on which Jacques Charles Brunet's built his "Manual du Libraire", a standard 19th century general bibliography. In 1802 Brunet published a supplement.
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A Monetary History of Poland
Twigger 2005 8vo (25 cm), 296 pp. Publishers laminated boards. "This book is much more than a tale of the history of Polish money, however attractively written that might be. It is at the same time a profound, and also precise, analysis of historical tendencies in Poland, against the backdrop of Europe, as these have been manifest in monetary developments." (Leszek Balcerowicz)
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Principes élémentaires de morale, ou traité abrégé des devoirs de l'homme dans la société ; suivi de la Science du Bonhomme Richard, et du Sifflet, opuscules moraux de B. Franklin
Paris [Allais] 1809 12mo (17.5 cm), [XVI] 104 pp. Demi-veau fauve, dos orné, tranches mouchetées (reliure du XIXe siècle). Édition originale, tirée à 750 exemplaires. Quelques annotations dans le catalogue des ouvrages de l'auteur. De la bibliothèque Chapuis, avec ex-libris. (Fine copy of the first edition in cont. calf backed marbled boards. From the Chapuis' library (bookplate). Included translation of "The Whistle" by Benjamin Franklin. PP. 96-104 is a catalogue of Peignot's published works with some contemporary notes.)
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Claudio Lorenese Disegni
La Nuova Italia Editrice 1968 Folio (44 cm), [4], 16 pp, 74 plates, [20] pp. Publisher's cloth and paper boards (binding little rubbed at extremities).
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T'Ang Pottery & Porcelain (Faber Monographs on Pottery and Porcelain)
Faber & Faber 1981 4to (25.5 cm), 151 pp, plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little sunned). "During the rich and colourful T'ang dynasty, which lasted from 618 to 906, Chinese civilization reached one of its high peaks, some would say its highest peak of all. Territorial expansion and international trade led to an unprecedented influx of foreign merchants and diplomats, of new ideas and fashions. There was a fresh and open delight in the arts, in painting, poetry, music, and not least in ceramics. Scarcely ever before had the world seen such virtuosity, variety and sheer joie de vivre in their production. It is remarkable that Margaret Medley's T'ang Pottery and Porcelain is the first major book to have been solely devoted to the subject. It will be of the greatest value to anyone with an interest in Chinese history and ceramics." (from the publisher's description)
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Derby Porcelain (Monographs on Pottery & Porcelain)
Faber & Faber 1971 4to (25.5 cm), front., XV, 206 pp, 177 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj frayed at extremities). An exhaustive survey of the Derby china factory, the product of assiduous research into large corpus of documents. Many substantial extracts from these documents are reproduced together with the numerous Derby marks and a definitive list of figures attributed to Andrew Planché. Included biography of the factory's artists.
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Yuan Porcelain and Stoneware (The Faber Monographs on Pottery and Porcelain)
Faber & Faber 1974 4to (25.5 cm), XII, 159 pp, 125 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). "During the short period of hundred and fifty years in the 13th and 14th centuries when they ruled in China as the Yuan dynasty, the Mongols can now be seen to have acted as a catalyst there in the field of the arts. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the realm of ceramics to which this book is devoted. In the history of Chinese ceramics the period is marked by richness of invention, both aesthetic and technical, which changed the whole direction of the art and craft. One of the most important features of the age was the impact of Near Eastern artistic influences, which became for a time a predominant stimulus for the experimentalism seen especially in the early fourteenth century. Miss Medley's aim in her book has been to see the evolution of Chinese porcelain and stoneware against the background of social change." (from the publisher's description)
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Wedgwood Ware
Faber & Faber 1956 4to (25.5 cm), front., XV, 55 pp, 96 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj rubbed and frayed at extremities). "This is a selection of masterpieces of Wedgwood ware of all periods down to the present day. In choosing and introducing them, Mr Honey has shown the various classes for the first time in proper perspective, giving due prominence to the fine colour-glazed earthenwares and other early Staffordshire types which Wedgwood made at Burslem for ten years before the building of his famous factory at Etruria; some of these are newly identified as Wedgwood ware. It is also shown that Josiah Wedgwood's true greatness lay less in his achievements in blue-jasper and other decorative stonewares, exquisite though they are, than in his work in cream-coloured ware, made principally for use." (from the publisher's description)
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Ancient Chinese Bronzes
Faber & Faber 1962 4to (25.5 cm), front., 177 pp, 104 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities, few pencil marks in the text). "This is an account of the bronzes of Ancient China from the earliest time to the Han Dynasty, and especially of the ritual bronze vessels which are the most important examples of the earliest phases of Chinese art. The introduction discusses the stylistic development and the dating of the bronzes, and gives a brief account of recent scholarship on this subject and of discoveries in China since 1950. The illustrations, of which there are more than 150, show a number of pieces recently excavated, but the majority of the material comes from private and public collections in Great Britain." (from the publisher's description)
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English Silver At Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg Fdn. 1976 4to (28.5 cm), VIII, 256 pp. Printed wrappers. The Williamsburg collection of English silver includes both exceedingly rare and every day examples. Examples illustrated and described are primarily from the 17th and 18th centuries and marks are photographed, making the book particularly useful. Descriptions are excellent and a comprehensive bibliography is included.
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Goldsmiths and silversmiths of England
Hutchinson 1975 8vo (24 cm), front., 256 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). The first book which brings together in one volume careers and achievements of the important goldsmiths of the whole period from the Huguenot influx onward, in London and in the chief provincial centers.
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Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Work
London Methuen and Co. 1907 4to (25.5 cm), front., XX, 292 pp., 11 plates. Publisher's cloth, gilt front cover and spine, top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed (binding little rubbed, light foxing and darkening of paper to few pages inside).
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Silver
Victoria and Albert Museum 1996 4to (27.5 cm), 144 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "This rich social history of silver from the Middle Ages to the present draws on the world-renowned collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, to offer a fresh perspective on this beautiful and virtually indestructible metal. An indispensable guide for collectors and connoisseurs, Silver includes such valuable and practical information as how to recognize fakes and forgeries, care and cleaning, the techniques of making and embellishing silver, and how to read hallmarks.The wealth of illustrations, which show silver in many styles and contexts, include paintings, engravings, historic photographs, designs, and outstanding examples of ceremonial and domestic silver, including superb objects created in the past 10 years." (from the publisher's description)
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Arent de Gelder (1645-1727). Rembrandts laatste leerling
Dordrechts Museum 1999 4to (29 cm), 280 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. The catalogue of an exhibition in Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht and Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Keulen. A retrospective of Arent de Gelder, one of Rembrandt’s last pupils.
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Women Silversmiths, 1685-1845: Works from the Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts
Thames & Hudson 1990 4to (30 cm), 176 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). "This elegant catalog of works from the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts highlights the careers of 36 women silversmiths from the late 17th to the early 19th centuries in Britain and Ireland. Glanville's opening essay focuses on the goldsmiths' trade, which included silversmiths, and on the role of such women as Hester Bateman, Louisa Courtauld, Rebecca Emes, Elizabeth Godfrey, Dorothy Langlands, and others in this "gentleman's" profession. Goldsborough then discusses the artifacts these women produced, from drinking vessels, to flatware, to tea and coffee services. Brief biographical listings of approximately 300 women who had registered marks or who have been identified as artisans include their trade classification, location of activity, husband's name and classification, and other pertinent information. The volume concludes with illustrations of the registered marks of the women in this collection." (from the publisher's description)
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British Silver Monteith Bowls: Including American and European Examples
Manor House Press 1978 4to (28.5 cm), 116 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear, common inscription on the front free end-paper.
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Giotto to Dürer: Early Renaissance Painting in the National Gallery
Yale University Press 1994 4to (28 cm), 408 pp. Laminated wrappers. This beautiful book provides a survey of European painting in northern and southern Europe between 1260 and 1510. It is based largely on the collection of early Renaissance paintings in the National Gallery in London, one of the finest and most comprehensive collections in the world.
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Van Dyck: Paintings. Drawings [2 volumes]
Fonds Mercator 1990 2 volumes 4to (33.5 cm), 384 pp; 294 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jackets. The catalogues of exhibitions in National Gallery of Art, Washington (paintings) and the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the death of Anthony Van Dyck, the great Flemish artist. 102 paintings and 91 drawing were exhibited and are reproduced in the catalogues and are fully annotated.
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A Bibliography of the Village Press 1903-1938: Including an Account of the Genesis of the Press by Frederick W. Goudy and a Portion of the 1903 Diary of Will Ransom, Co-Founder
Oak Knoll Books 1981 8vo (23.5 cm), [10], 20, [7] pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Reprint of the 1938 edition. From the blurb: "The bibliography documents the career of The Village Press with meticulous detail and insight. In a short memoir at the beginning of the book, Frederic W. Goudy gives an account of the vicissitudes of a printer's life. The brief section from the diary of Will Ransom, co-founder of the press, gives some idea of the magnitude of the initial problems that were encountered. Despite these difficulties, they were still able to produce books that were an able tribute to William Morris, in many ways Goudy's chief inspiration in book design."
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The Würzburg Schottenkloster-Spencer-Liverpool copy of the 36-line Bible
London Christie's 1991 4to (27 cm), 90 pp. Laminated wrappers. Price list loosely inserted. Lot 50 from a sale of an important early printed books, illustrated books and illuminated manuscripts conducted in London at Christie's on 27 November 1991. Sold to Kraus for GBP 1,100,000. Now in the Scheide Library at Princeton.
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The Last Will and Testament of The Late Nicolas Jenson, Printer, Who Departed this Life at the City of Venice in the Month of September, A. D. 1480.
Chicago Ludlow Typograph Company 1928 4to (29.5 cm), 15 pp. Publisher's blind-stamped boards and cloth dust jacket, untrimmed (light foxing to the title, bookplate mounted on the front free end-paper). The will of Nicholas Jenson (ca 1420 - 1480), a printer and type designer, one of the first Venetian printers. Printed using Jenson type on Rives paper by Ludlow Typograph Company.
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Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance
Harvard University Press 2007 8vo (24 cm), XI, 304 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "The rise of global financial markets in the last decades of the twentieth century was premised on one fundamental idea: that capital ought to flow across country borders with minimal restriction and regulation. Freedom for capital movements became the new orthodoxy. In an intellectual, legal, and political history of financial globalization, Rawi Abdelal shows that this was not always the case. Transactions routinely executed by bankers, managers, and investors during the 1990s - trading foreign stocks and bonds, borrowing in foreign currencies - had been illegal in many countries only decades, and sometimes just a year or two, earlier. How and why did the world shift from an orthodoxy of free capital movements in 1914 to an orthodoxy of capital controls in 1944 and then back again by 1994? How have such standards of appropriate behavior been codified and transmitted internationally? Contrary to conventional accounts, Abdelal argues that neither the U.S. Treasury nor Wall Street bankers have preferred or promoted multilateral, liberal rules for global finance. Instead, European policy makers conceived and promoted the liberal rules that compose the international financial architecture. Whereas U.S. policy makers have tended to embrace unilateral, ad hoc globalization, French and European policy makers have promoted a rule-based, "managed" globalization. This contest over the character of globalization continues today."
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America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity
Belknap Press 2009 8vo (22 cm), [6], 439 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. The Cold War dominated world affairs during the half century following World War II. It ended in victory for the United States, yet it was a costly triumph. In a brilliant new interpretation, Campbell Craig and Fredrik Logevall reexamine the successes and failures of America's Cold War. The United States dealt effectively with the threats of Soviet predominance in Europe and of nuclear war in the early years of the conflict. But in engineering this policy, American leaders successfully paved the way for domestic actors and institutions with a vested interest in the struggle's continuation. Long after the USSR had been effectively contained, Washington continued to wage a virulent Cold War that entailed a massive arms buildup, wars in Korea and Vietnam, the support of repressive regimes and counterinsurgencies, and a pronounced militarization of American political culture.
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The Decadents: Masterworks of Ukiyo-E
Kodansha International 1982 8vo (24 cm), 95 pp. Laminated wrappers. The first book in the series which gather together the full panorama of ukiyo-e, from its inception in early genre paintings to the versatile genius of such masters as Hiroshige. The little-known ukiyo-e of the last years of the Edo period show a striking change in style when compared with earlier works. This new style (iki) consisted in an elaboration of details, use of brighter colors, a distortion in the body form of the women of the bijin-ga, and a general trend toward realism and heaviness of atmosphere
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The Crisis of Capitalist Democracy
Harvard University Press 2010 8vo (22 cm), VI, 402 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards and just jacket. Following up on his timely and well-received book, A Failure of Capitalism, Richard Posner steps back to take a longer view of the continuing crisis of democratic capitalism as the American and world economies crawl gradually back from the depths to which they had fallen in the autumn of 2008 and the winter of 2009.
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Experiments in Ethics (Mary Flexner Lectures of Bryn Mawr College)
Harvard University Press 2008 8vo (21 cm), XII, 274 pp. Laminated wrappers. "In the past few decades, scientists of human nature - including experimental and cognitive psychologists, neuroscientists, evolutionary theorists, and behavioral economists - have explored the way we arrive at moral judgments. They have called into question commonplaces about character and offered troubling explanations for various moral intuitions. Research like this may help explain what, in fact, we do and feel. But can it tell us what we ought to do or feel? In Experiments in Ethics, the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah explores how the new empirical moral psychology relates to the age-old project of philosophical ethics." (from the publisher's description)
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Revolution on My Mind: Writing a Diary under Stalin
Harvard University Press 2009 8vo (21.5 cm), XI, 436 pp. Laminated wrappers. "Revolution on My Mind is a stunning revelation of the inner world of Stalin's Russia. We see into the minds and hearts of Soviet citizens who recorded their lives during an extraordinary period of revolutionary fervor and state terror. Writing a diary, like other creative expression, seems nearly impossible amid the fear and distrust of totalitarian rule; but as Jochen Hellbeck shows, diary-keeping was widespread, as individuals struggled to adjust to Stalin's regime." (from the publisher's description)
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The World of Japanese Ceramics
Kodansha International 1983 4to (25 c), 267 pp, plates. Laminated wrappers. "This is a very valuable boo dealing more thoroughly with the techniques of the Far Eastern potter, more especially Japanese, than any book hitherto published." (Bernard Leach)
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Hiroshige (Great Japanese Art)
Kodansha International 1982 Folio (37 cm), 48 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "The last great master of the Japanese tradition of woodblock printing known as ukiyo-e was Utagawa Hiroshige (1797--1858). In the Japan of his day, Hiroshige's landscape prints, deeply poetic, genial, intimate, fostered in the common man a new appreciation for nature in art. To such Western artists as Whistler, Cézanne and Gaugun, his work presented a vision of nature that was revolutionary." (from the publisher's description)
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Ukrainian Art Digest = Notatky z mystectva. No. 22, 1982
Ukrainian Artists Association in USA 1982 4to (27 cm), 80 pp. In Ukrainian. The "Ukrainian Art Digest" was an art journal published by the Philadelphia branch of the Ukrainian Artists' Association in the USA from 1963 to 1991. It contained articles on the history of Ukrainian art, reviews of exhibitions and book designs, and a chronicle of important events in the Ukrainian art world. The managing editor was Petro Mehyk.
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Ukrainian Art Digest = Notatky z mystectva. No. 23, 1983
Ukrainian Artists Association in USA 1983 4to (27 cm), 80 pp. In Ukrainian. The "Ukrainian Art Digest" was an art journal published by the Philadelphia branch of the Ukrainian Artists' Association in the USA from 1963 to 1991. It contained articles on the history of Ukrainian art, reviews of exhibitions and book designs, and a chronicle of important events in the Ukrainian art world. The managing editor was Petro Mehyk.
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Ukrainian Art Digest = Notatky z mystectva. No. 24, 1984
Ukrainian Artists Association in USA 1984 4to (27 cm), 80 pp. In Ukrainian. The "Ukrainian Art Digest" was an art journal published by the Philadelphia branch of the Ukrainian Artists' Association in the USA from 1963 to 1991. It contained articles on the history of Ukrainian art, reviews of exhibitions and book designs, and a chronicle of important events in the Ukrainian art world. The managing editor was Petro Mehyk.
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Ukrainian Art Digest = Notatky z mystectva. No. 25, 1985
Ukrainian Artists Association in USA 1985 4to (27 cm), 80 pp. In Ukrainian. The "Ukrainian Art Digest" was an art journal published by the Philadelphia branch of the Ukrainian Artists' Association in the USA from 1963 to 1991. It contained articles on the history of Ukrainian art, reviews of exhibitions and book designs, and a chronicle of important events in the Ukrainian art world. The managing editor was Petro Mehyk.
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Ukrainian Art Digest = Notatky z mystectva. No. 27, 1987
Ukrainian Artists Association in USA 1987 4to (27 cm), 80 pp. In Ukrainian. The "Ukrainian Art Digest" was an art journal published by the Philadelphia branch of the Ukrainian Artists' Association in the USA from 1963 to 1991. It contained articles on the history of Ukrainian art, reviews of exhibitions and book designs, and a chronicle of important events in the Ukrainian art world. The managing editor was Petro Mehyk.
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Ukrainian Art Digest = Notatky z mystectva. No. 30, 1990
Ukrainian Artists Association in USA 1990 4to (27 cm), 80 pp. In Ukrainian. The "Ukrainian Art Digest" was an art journal published by the Philadelphia branch of the Ukrainian Artists' Association in the USA from 1963 to 1991. It contained articles on the history of Ukrainian art, reviews of exhibitions and book designs, and a chronicle of important events in the Ukrainian art world. The managing editor was Petro Mehyk.
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Eternal Russia: Yeltsin, Gorbachev, and the Mirage of Democracy
Harvard University Press 1995 8vo (23.5 cm), XVIII, 427 pp. Laminated wrappers. "Here is an eyewitness account of the six years of turbulent change from the Soviet Union to Russia. Jonathan Steele's three decades as a journalist covering that eternal nation have given him a keen and deeply informed perspective on the democratic revolution and the issues still threatening the new nation. What does the future hold for Russian democracy under Yeltsin? Can market reform work? Under all the news and confusion, how much has the country really changed? Eternal Russia draws on Steele's interviews with key figures, including Gorbachev and the former Communist Party Politburo, as well as senior members of the Yeltsin inner circle." (from the publisher's description)
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The Somme
Yale University Press 2006 8vo (23.5 cm), VIII, 358 pp, plates. Laminated wrappers. Published in a new edition on the centenary of the seismic battle, this book provides the definitive account of the Somme and assigns responsibility to military and political leaders for its catastrophic outcome.
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The history of Polish diplomacy: from the 10th century until 1918 (from the origins of the Polish state to the restitution of indipendence)
BOSZ 2010 4to (30 cm), 336 pp. Publisher's boards and dust jacket. Printed in color. An introduction by Zbigniew Brzezinski. "Three different, yet complementary points of view coincide in this book, to tell the story of Polish diplomacy. Acknowledged authorities on the subject, Marek K. Barański, Teresa Chynczewska-Hennel and Andrzej Szwarc, present the main directions and strategies defining Polish foreign policy since the birth of the Nation, to the year 1918, when Poland regained independence. The richly illustrated book contains a great variety of reproductions of valuable documents, works of art, treasures of national heritage and photographs of Polish historical landmarks. The unique graphic design was created by prof. Maciej Buszewicz." (from the publisher's description)
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Russian Constructivism
Yale University Press 1985 4to (26 cm), VIII, 328 pp. Laminated wrappers. One of the most exciting movements in 20th century art, Russian constructivism radically reassessed the role of the artist and his work. Here, Lodder provides a detailed account of this complex movement and the reverberations it had on Western culture.
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Excavations at Tepe Yahya, Iran, 1967-1975, Volume I: The Early Periods (American School of Prehistoric Research Bulletins)
Peabody Museum Press 1986 4to (27 cm), XVIII, 346 pp. Printed wrappers (minor shelfwear). Excavations at Tepe Yahya describes the geographical and paleoenvironmental setting of Tepe Yahya and details the earliest architecture at the site, the production of ceramics and metallurgy, and the excavation's small finds. Interpretive essays examine settlement patterns, change and development over time, and the community's setting in the wider context of core-periphery interaction in the fifth and fourth millennia B.C.
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Shell Gorgets: Styles of the Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric Southeast (Peabody Museum)
Peabody Museum Press 1996 4to (29 cm), XVI, 526 pp. Laminated wrappers. "Engraved shell gorgets are found throughout prehistoric southeastern North America. The artistic sophistication of these gorgets lends itself to the sensitive stylistic and chronological analysis offered here. In part one of this volume, the gorgets are classified into styles; in part two, described archaeological sites are analyzed for associations and chronology; and in part three, information about the gorgets is correlated with other artifactual evidence, and patterns of intersite distribution are examined for chronological insights and dynamic interpretations." (from the publisher's description)
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Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks (Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks, No. 2)
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 2004 4to (31 cm), 250 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks presents the Olmec portion of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. It illustrates all thirty-nine Olmec art objects in color plates and includes many complementary and comparative black-and-white illustrations and drawings. The body of Pre-Columbian art that Robert Bliss carefully assembled over a half-century between 1912 and 1963, amplified only slightly since his death, is a remarkably significant collection. In addition to their aesthetic quality and artistic significance, the objects hold much information regarding the social worlds and religious and symbolic views of the people who made and used them before the arrival of Europeans in the New World. This volume is the second in a series of catalogues that will treat objects in the Bliss Pre-Columbian Collection. The majority of the Olmec objects in the collection are made of jade, the most precious material for the peoples of ancient Mesoamerica from early times through the sixteenth century. Various items such as masks, statuettes, jewelry, and replicas of weapons and tools were used for ceremonial purposes and served as offerings." (from the publisher's description)
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Greek Ritual Poetics (Hellenic Studies Series)
Center for Hellenic Studies 2005 8vo (23 cm), IX, 482 pp. Laminated wrappers. "Investigating ritual in Greece from cross-disciplinary and transhistorical perspectives, Greek Ritual Poetics offers novel readings of the pivotal role of ritual in Greek traditions by exploring a broad spectrum of texts, art, and social practices. This collection of essays written by an international group of leading scholars in a number of disciplines presents a variety of methodological approaches to secular and religious rituals, and to the narrative and conceptual strategies of their reenactment and manipulation in literary, pictorial, and social discourses. Addressing understudied aspects of Greek ritual and societies, this book will prove significant for classicists, anthropologists, Byzantinists, art historians, neohellenists, and comparatists interested in the interaction between ritual, aesthetics, and cultural communicative systems." (from the publisher's description)
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Surrealism and the Spanish Civil War
Yale University Press 2006 4to (28 cm), VIII, 261 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "How might artistic practice offer unique insight into the cataclysmic debacle of war? Surrealism and the Spanish Civil War plumbs this provocative question through an ambitious account of a pivotal period in European cultural history. The book focuses on the relation between artistic endeavor and politics during a period of social crisis. By scrutinizing the widely varying responses to the Spanish Civil War in the work of Miró, Dalí, Caballero, Masson, and Picasso, the author investigates Surrealism's efforts to bridge the divide between political thought and political act." (from the publisher's description)
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Przeglad filozoficzny.1913 R. XVI, Zeszyt II i III
Warszawa Polskie Towarzystwo Filozoficzne 1913 8vo (25 cm), PP. 129-432. Printed wrappers (untrimmed and partly uncut, wrappers discolored, little stained and frayed at extremities). In Polish. Przegląd Filozoficzny (The Philosophical Review), the first Polish philosophical journal, has been published from 1897. This double issue included studies by Benedykt Bornstein, Bronislaw Biegeleisen, Tadeusz Kotarbinski, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz.
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The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle
Amsterdam Nico Israel 1976 Folio (35 cm), 256 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "This is the first work in English on the entire production of an early illustrated book. The survival of page by page layouts for a book of the incunabula period, as well as the original contracts for its illustration,for its printing and for the allotment of profits and unsold books is unique to the Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493. Furthermore, the astonishing discovery in 1972 of preliminary woodcut drawings and layouts reveals the first steps in how the book was planned. 'The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle', which gathers into one volume all these factors, is a landmark in the study of incunabula." (from the publisher's description). Fine copy.
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Leopold Levyc'kyi
Rodovid 2006 4to (32 cm), 288 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. In Ukrainian. A monograph on the art of Leopold Levyc'ky (1906 -- 1973), an influential Ukrainian modernist artist. Introduction by Mar'ian Besaha. Included prints, paintings, sculptures and documents and photograps.
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L'vivs'ki vydannia XVI -- XVIII st.: Katalog
L'viv 1970 8vo (20.5 cm), [2], 49 pp. Printed wrappers (browning of paper). In Ukrainian. A bibliography of books printed in L'viv in 16 - 18 th centuries.
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Bibliografia utworów Adama Mickiewicza do roku 1855
Warszawa PIW 1958 8vo (24.5 cm), 228 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little sunned, library stamp and marks at the back of the title). In Polish. The second and definitive edition of a bibliography of Adam Mickiewicz' life-time editions.
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The Eternal City: A History of Rome in Maps
University of Chicago Press 2020 4to (29 cm),VII, 199 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "The first English-language book to tell Rome’s rich story through its maps, 'The Eternal City' beautifully captures the past, present, and future of one of the most famous and enduring places on the planet. Jessica Maier considers Rome through the eyes of mapmakers and artists who have managed to capture something of its essence over the centuries. Viewing the city as not one but ten “Romes,” she explores how the varying maps and art reflect each era’s key themes. Ranging from modest to magnificent, the images comprise singular aesthetic monuments like paintings and grand prints as well as more popular and practical items like mass-produced tourist plans, archaeological surveys, and digitizations. The most iconic and important images of the city appear alongside relatively obscure, unassuming items that have just as much to teach us about Rome’s past. Through 140 full-color images and thoughtful overviews of each era, Maier provides an accessible, comprehensive look at Rome’s many overlapping layers of history in this landmark volume." (from the publisher's description)
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Essai d'une Bibliographie Francaise Méthodique & Raissonée de la Sorcellerie et de la Possession Démomiaque
Martino Pub 2003 8vo (24 cm), XVI, 254, [2] pp. Publisher's cloth. A facsimile reprint of 1900 original edition. Supplement to De Graesse's La Bibliotheca and catalogue by Sepher, Ouvaroff, D'Ourches and Guldenstubbe.
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Fifteenth Century Bibles: A Study in Bibliography
Martino Pub 2001 8vo (23 cm), 96, VIII pp. Publisher's cloth. Facsimile reprint of 1888 edition. Included chapters on block books, the Gutenberg Bible, the Mentz Psalter, 1457, the Bamberg Bible, the Mentelin bible, the first dated Bible, Latin vernacular Bibles,
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Annali di Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, da Trino di Monferrato
Martino Publishing 2006 Two volumes in one 8vo (24 cm), CXIII, 511 pp; 542 pp. Publisher's cloth. A facsimile reprint of the classical bibliography of books printed by Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari (c. 1508 -- 1578), famous Italian printer active in Venice in the middle of 16th century. Original edition was published in 1890 -- 1895.
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Livres anciens de Droit d'origine étrangère imprimés aux Pays-Bas
Amsterdam Stadsdrukkerij 1953 8vo (24.5 cm), VIII, 72 pp. Printed wrappers. Essai de bibliographie et catalogue de l'exposition organisée à l'occasion des Journées d'histoire du droit de la Société d'histoire du droit des Pays Flamands, Picards et Wallons.
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The Miniatures of the Manuscripts of Terence Prior to the Thirteenth Century [The Text & The Plates, complete set]
Princeton University Press 1930 2 volumes folio (38.5 cm), front., XI, 241 pp, 69 illustrations; front., [14] pp, 796 illustrations. Publisher's cloth with gilt centerpieces on upper boards and gilt-lettered spines (binding of text volume very lightly stained, glue stain to the top of a page from the plates volume). Illuminated Manuscripts of the Middle ages Series. The text volume includes The Genealogy of the Terence manuscripts; The Illustrated manuscripts and their makers; Previous reproductions of the miniatures of Terence; Partial list of later illustrated manuscripts. The plates volume contains all the miniatures to be found in the existing manuscripts of Terence which antedate the thirteenth century.
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The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
Belknap Press 2008 8vo (24 cm), VIII, 360 pp, 21 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Yet it is also one of the most puzzling, with an intriguing and sometimes violent history, from the sixth century BCE to the present day. Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman Empire. But the eruptions are only part of the story. In The Fires of Vesuvius, acclaimed historian Mary Beard makes sense of the remains. She explores what kind of town it was -- more like Calcutta or the Costa del Sol? -- and what it can tell us about ''ordinary'' life there. From sex to politics, food to religion, slavery to literacy, Beard offers us the big picture even as she takes us close enough to the past to smell the bad breath and see the intestinal tapeworms of the inhabitants of the lost city. She resurrects the Temple of Isis as a testament to ancient multiculturalism. At the Suburban Baths we go from communal bathing to hygiene to erotica. Recently, Pompeii has been a focus of pleasure and loss: from Pink Floyd’s memorable rock concert to Primo Levi’s elegy on the victims. But Pompeii still does not give up its secrets quite as easily as it may seem. This book shows us how much more and less there is to Pompeii than a city frozen in time as it went about its business on 24 August 79."
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Goya's Last Works
Yale University Press 2006 4to (26.7 cm), 324 pp. Publisher's cloth and dj. From the blurb: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) spent the last four years of his life living in Bordeaux with other political émigrés from Spain and South America. In those years he created small-scale, intimate pieces, including uncommissioned portraits of friends and family, miniature paintings on ivory plaques, and numerous drawings and lithographs. These works attest to the artist’s continuing vitality in his old age and also offer insight into his life in Bordeaux. This beautiful book presents fifty-one key works from Goya’s late period along with two essays that illuminate his works of that time. Jonathan Brown retells the story of Goya’s difficult years in exile when he nevertheless continued to make art, experimenting with the new medium of lithography, inventing a technique of miniature painting on ivory, and painting remarkable portraits of friends and supporters. Susan Grace Galassi describes the rich historical and cultural milieu of Bordeaux and establishes a biographical context and sense of place that underscore the triumph of Goya’s final achievement.
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Printing and the Mind of Man: Catalogue of the Exhibitions at the British Museum and at Earls Court, London 16-27 July 1963
Messrs F W Bridges & Sons 1963 8vo (23.5 cm), 166 pp, 32 plates and 16 plates. Printed wrappers (about 30 pages and a plate at the beginning water damaged at the top, underlinings in the second part). Two catalogues published together: "Catalogue of a display of printing mechanisms and printed materials, arranged to illustrate the history of Western civilization" and "Printing and the mind of man, an exhibition of fine printing in the King's Library of the British Museum, July-September 1963, published by the Trustees of the British Museum". The second exhibition became a milestone in the book world. There were exhibited 193 printed books which for ideas they brought were of prime importance to the mind of man and crucial to the whole evolution of western civilization. Expanded catalogue, referred as PMM, was published in1967.
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The Tourist City
Yale University Press 1999 8vo (24 cm), VIII, 340 pp. Publisher's boards. An investigation of tourism and its transforming impact on cities, by urban experts from a variety of disciplines. They examine such tourist meccas as Las Vegas, Orlando and Boston, and take up themes such as the marketing of cities and how tourists perceive places.
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The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany
Yale University Press 1995 4to (26.5 cm), XX, 420 pp. Laminated wrappers. A detail examination of the craftsmanship and lives of German woodcarvers from 1475 to 1525 discusses their artistic styles, techniques of carving, and place in society.
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Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics
Harvard University Press 2005 8vo (21.5 cm), VIII, 292 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "In this book, Michael Sandel takes up some of the hotly contested moral and political issues of our time, including affirmative action, assisted suicide, abortion, gay rights, stem cell research, the meaning of toleration and civility, the gap between rich and poor, the role of markets, and the place of religion in public life. He argues that the most prominent ideals in our political life--individual rights and freedom of choice--do not by themselves provide an adequate ethic for a democratic society. Sandel calls for a politics that gives greater emphasis to citizenship, community, and civic virtue, and that grapples more directly with questions of the good life. Liberals often worry that inviting moral and religious argument into the public sphere runs the risk of intolerance and coercion. These essays respond to that concern by showing that substantive moral discourse is not at odds with progressive public purposes, and that a pluralist society need not shrink from engaging the moral and religious convictions that its citizens bring to public life." (from the publisher's description)
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A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty
Harvard University Press 2010 8vo (24 cm), VI, 344 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards and dust jacket. "In May 1835 in a Sydney courtroom, a slight, balding man named John Dow stood charged with forgery. The prisoner shocked the room by claiming he was Edward, Viscount Lascelles, eldest son of the powerful Earl of Harewood. The Crown alleged he was a confidence trickster and serial impostor. Was this really the heir to one of Britain's most spectacular fortunes? Part Regency mystery, part imperial history, A Swindler's Progress is an engrossing tale of adventure and deceit across two worlds―British aristocrats and Australian felons bound together in an emerging age of opportunity and individualism, where personal worth was battling power based on birth alone. The first historian to unravel the mystery of John Dow and Edward Lascelles, Kirsten McKenzie illuminates the darker side of this age of liberty, when freedom could mean the freedom to lie both in the far-flung outposts of empire and within the established bastions of British power." (from the publisher's description)
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Ireland in the New Century: Politics, Culture & Identity
Four Courts Press 2003 8vo (24 cm), 238 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Although in its embryonic form Irish Studies was largely bipolar, emphasizing literature and history, it has evolved, taking in not only its traditional mainstays but also film, language, sociology, dance, music and the visual arts. This volume bring together many of the leading scholars in the field to contemplate Ireland at the start of the new century." (from the publisher's description)
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Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement (Dallas Museum of Art Publications)
Yale University Press 2010 4to (31 cm), 272 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement accompanies the first nationally touring exhibition of Stickley’s work and explores his dual roles as a visionary business leader and enthusiastic proselytizer of design reform. The full range of Stickley’s workshops is illuminated, including more than 100 objects of furniture, metalwork, and textiles, as well as architectural drawings and related designs, many of which are previously unpublished. Essays by distinguished contributors provide diverse viewpoints on the Arts and Crafts movement and Stickley's evolving role as tastemaker, and the often contradictory messages conveyed through the construction and promotion of his designers’ works." (from the publisher's description)
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Moche Art and Archaeology in Ancient Peru (Studies in the History of Art Series)
NGW-Stud Hist Art 2006 4to (28 cm), 344 pp. Laminated wrappers. Centuries before the rise of the Inca, the Moche created impressive monumental architecture and precious metal objects (c. A.D. 100-800). New discoveries about this ancient coastal civilization have recently been uncovered at several sites in Peru--including the richest unlooted tomb ever discovered in the New World. This fascinating book examines these records and analyzes connections between the visual arts and political representation in Moche culture.
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E. W. Godwin: Aesthetic Movement Architect and Designer
Yale University Press 1999 4to (31.5 cm), 432 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "One of the great figures in nineteenth-century English architecture and design, E. W. Godwin (1833-1886) began his career as an architect, later turned to furniture design and decoration, and finally focused on Victorian theater, assuming the roles of costume designer, designer-manager, and critic. In the first section of this book, ten scholars examine Godwin’s multifaceted life and career, discussing his diverse contributions as a design reformer. The second section of the book presents a fully annotated selection of over 150 items that represent the formation and flowering of Godwin’s oeuvre. Beginning with an overview of Godwin’s life, the book then examines the antiquarian and Japanese sources of his styles. Separate chapters discuss his architectural achievements, from early church restorations to the design of avant-garde house/studios; his contributions to design reform through writings as an architectural journalist; his role as an interior designer and the importance of furniture in his commissions; and the changing nature of the critical attention he received in life and after his death. In subsequent chapters, the contributors focus on particular products Godwin designed, his own work in the Victorian theater, and the achievements of his son, theatrical designer Edward Gordon Craig." (from the publisher's description)
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Extremities: Painting Empire in Post-Revolutionary France
Yale University Press 2002 4to (28 cm), XII, 393 pp. Publisher's cloth. "In the decades following the French Revolution, four artists -- Girodet, Gros, Gericault and Delacroix -- painted works in their Parisian studios that vividly expressed violent events and issues in faraway, colonial lands. This examination of six of these paintings argues that their disturbing, erotic depictions of slavery, revolt, plague, decapitation, cannibalism, massacre and abduction chart the history of France's empire and colonial politics. Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby shows that these paintings about occurrences in the West Indies, Syria, Egypt, Senegal and Ottoman Empire Greece are preoccupied not with mastery and control but with loss, degradation and failure, and she explains how such representations of crises in the colonies were able to answer the artists' longings as well as the needs of the government and the opposition parties at home. Empire made painters devoted to the representation of liberty and the new French nation confront liberty's antithesis: slavery. It also forced them to contend with cultural and racial difference. Young male artists responded, says Grigsby, by translating distant crises into images of challenges to the self, making history painting the site where geographic extremities and bodily extremities articulated one another." (from the publisher's description)
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Eric Fischl
Moderne Kunst Nürnberg 2014 4to (28 cm), 140 pp. Publisher's cloth backed wrappers and dust jacket. American painter, sculptor and printmaker Eric Fischl (born 1948) is internationally known for his unusual nude paintings, featuring couples and families, which explore tensions between sexuality and power. Many of his works specifically address coming-of-age moments, blossoming sexual awareness and voyeurism--the paintings "Bad Boy" (1981) and "Birthday Boy" (1983) both depict young boys looking at older women in provocative poses on a bed. A charged, oppressive sexual atmosphere often permeates his scenes and overshadows the relationships depicted. In contrast to the bizarre and often unsettling content of his work is Fischl’s bright color palette, with its lurid deep yellow and red tones. This catalogue focuses on Fischl’s graphic work, showing a cross-section of his substantial printoeuvre. Also included is an interview by Lawrence Weschler.
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La libraria del Doni fiorentino. [together with] La seconda libraria del Doni
Venice Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari 1550 In-12, 70, [2] ff including last blank, bound before Doni, Anton Francesco. La seconda libraria del Doni. Venice: Francesco Marcolini, June 1551. 112, [7] ff, lacking final black). 19th cent. calf backed boards and marbled paper, spine gilt, paper label with number top of the spine, edges painted yellow (title of the first books stained, title of the second frayed at the bottom corner with some loss of paper but without loss of text, some foxing). The first edition of both parts. A list of Italian authors and their works, mostly contemporary including the author himself.“The first bibliography in a vernacular and the first attempt to describe books in Italian, with the special section of printed music. In continuation, “La seconda libraria”, issued the following year, is somewhat marred by the inclusion of few fictitious titles” (Breslauer & Folter). Both volume printed using (mostly) beautiful but different Italic types by two major 16th century Venetian printers: Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari and Francesco Marcolini. The book is not in its first binding with margins cut little close (13 cm), but without shaving of the text and overall good copy. Adams D-819, D-822; Fumagalli 604; Breslauer & Folter 18.
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Glamour: Fashion, Design, Architecture: Fashion, Industrial Design, Architecture
Yale University Press 2004 4to (30 cm), 192 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj rubbed at extremities, couple of tears to dj's inner fold, binding and text fine). "As one of the most alluring yet elusive concepts in contemporary style, glamour is an ideal that permeates our visual culture. This lavishly illustrated book radically revises our understanding of glamour in fashion, industrial design, and architecture. The volume traces glamour's trajectory from its historical middle-class origins to its present-day connotations of affluence and elegance. Following a general introduction on the culture and consumption of glamour, three essays explore the concept as it has evolved in the fields of fashion, design, and architecture. Valerie Steele examines the construction of glamour from nineteenth-century fashion through the golden age of Hollywood and beyond, addressing the creations of Adrian, Christian Dior, Chanel, Gucci, and Versace, among others. Phil Patton discusses the industrial designs of Bentley, Jakob + MacFarlane, Marc Newson, Greg Lynn, and more, linking postwar culture's fixation on consumer goods to the establishment of class identity and the intricacies of branding and marketing. Joseph Rosa identifies the roots of glamour in projects by postwar architects such as Philip Johnson and Paul Rudolph, exploring their influences on contemporary architects such as Herzog and de Meuron, Bernard Tschumi, and Neil Denari. Presenting a diverse array of striking couture, design objects (from cars to watches), and buildings (both built and unbuilt), this beautiful book is essential for anyone interested in fashion, design, or architecture." (from the publisher's description)
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Cento legature romantiche piemontesi: Legature del periodo romantico in raccolte private
Centro studi piemontesi 1998 8vo (24 x 21 cm), 116 pp, 6 ff o plates. Printed wrappers (notes written verso of the penultimate page).
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Le monete d'argento della Repubblica Romana
Pavia Edizione numismatica Varesi 2005 8vo (24.5 cm), 168 pp. Laminated boards. List of prices loosely inserted.
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Beginning Chinese, Second Revised Edition
Yale University Press 1976 8vo (25 cm), XXXV, 566 pp. Laminated wrappers. An introduction to spoken Pekingese or standard Mandarin, the most widely used Chinese dialect.
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Encuadernación y Bibliofilia en la Associació de Bibliòfils de Barcelona: Imprenta Municipal - Artes del Libro. Madrid 17 de septiembre de 2015 al 10 de enero de 2016
Milenio Publicaciones S.L. 2015 8vo (24 cm), 252 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps. The catalogue of an exhibition of Catalan bookbindings, Madrid, 17 September 2015 -- 10 January 2016.
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Kurs funktsionalnoho analizu: Linijni operatsii
Kyiv Radians'ka shkola 1948 8o (22 cm), [4], 216 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards (faint number on the upper board, library stamp on the title, some browning of end-papers but fresh unused copy). Ukrainian translation of the Banach's classic monograph on the linear metric spaces, the foundation work of functional analysis. The book was published in 1931 in Polish under the title "Teorja Operacyj. Operacje Linjowe" and in 1932 in French ("Théorie des opérations linéaires" as the first volume of "Monografie Matematyczne" series). Included Banach's photograph and his biography.
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Vedere i classici: L'illustrazione libraria dei testi antichi dall'età romana al tardo Medioevo
Fratelli Palombi Editori 1996 Folio (35 cm), XXIV, 598 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). Sumptuous catalogue of an excellent exhibition of illuminated and illustrated manuscripts of classical authors held in the Vatican library 9 Oct, 1996 -- 19 Apr. 1997. 157 items described from 4th century Vatican Virgil to magnificent Italian renaissance manuscripts. Included essays "La ricezione figurata dei classici. Genesi e struttura di una mostrai" by Marco Buonocore, "La parola dipinta. Teorie e forme della visualizzazione dei classici latini" by Giorgio Brugnoli, "L'illustrazione libraria di età ellenistica e romana e i suoi riflessi medievali" by Antonio Giuliano, "Commentare per immagini. Dalla rinascita carolingia al Trecento" by Villa Claudia, "Vedere la natura. Dal ritratto strumentale al ritratto d'ambiente" by Giulia Orofino, "Da glossa a commento. Ornamento e illustrazione degli antichi nel tardo medioevo" by Silvia Maddalo, "Gli autori classici illustrati in Francia dal XIII al XV secolo" by François Avril, "L'immagine dell'autore "classico" nei manoscritti del Quattrocento" by Giovanna Lazzi, "Eterno monumento di arte e di ingegno" by Massimo Miglio and Luisa Miglio. 552 illustrations in color.
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Prefaces to Shakespeare
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2010 8vo (24 cm), XI, 825 pp. Cloth-backed boards and dust jacket. From the blurb: "When Tony Tanner died in 1998, the world lost a critic who was as sensitive a reader of Jane Austen as he was of Thomas Pynchon, and who wrote with a warmth and clarity that belied his fluency in literary theory. In the final ten years of his life Tanner tackled the largest project any critic in English can take on--writing a preface to each of Shakespeare’s plays. This collection serves as a comprehensive introduction for the general reader, the greatest and perhaps the last in the line of great introductions to Shakespeare written by such luminaries as Samuel Johnson and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Tanner brings Shakespeare to life, explicating everything from big-picture issues such as the implications of shifts in Elizabethan culture to close readings of Shakespeare’s deployment of complex words in his plays. Although these prefaces are written for a general audience, there is much value for the scholar as well. Tanner introduces some of the most significant recent and historical scholarship on Shakespeare to show the reader how certain critics frame large issues in a useful way. This scholarly generosity permits Johnson, Hazlitt, Emerson, Thoreau, Ruskin, Pater, and many others to enter into conversation. The Independent said of the project, “All of Tanner’s life and education had prepared him for this task and the results are magnificent--both accessible and erudite.”"
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Ruling America: A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy
Harvard University Press 2005 8vo (21 cm), X, 368 pp. Laminated wrappers. "How have tiny minorities of the rich and privileged consistently exercised so much power in a nation built on the notion of rule by the people? In a series of thought-provoking essays, leading scholars of American history examine every epoch in which ruling economic elites have shaped our national experience." (from the publisher's description)
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Sto samyh dorogih knig i avtografov Rossii : katalog
Sneg 2018 8vo (21.5 cm), 224 pp. Laminated boards. In Russian with 3 page afterworld in English. A catalogue of 100 most expensive Russian books and manuscripts recently sold at Litfund auction in Moscow in2015 -- 2018. Original title: 100 самых дорогих книг и автографов России. Пятигорск: Снег, 2018.
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The Origin of Rus', Vol 1: Old Scandanavian Sources Other than the Sagas
Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University 1982 8vo (23.5 cm), XXXII, 928 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Who were the Rus', where did they come from, how was the Kievan state founded? To answer these centuries-old questions, the author analyzes Old Icelandic, Anglo-Saxon, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Syriac, Greek, Latin, Slavic, Turkic, and Chinese sources and presents a brilliant synthesis that will revolutionize our understanding of the problem." In this first of six volumes Professor Pritsak offers an exposition of the entire work. This is followed by a detailed analysis of the Scandinavian phase of the problem." (from the publisher's description)
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Eucharisterion: Essays presented to Omeljan Pritsak on his Sixtieth Birthday by his Colleagues and Students [Part I - II, complete set]
Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University 1979 2 volumes 8vo (23.5 cm), front., XIV, 496 pp; [10] pp, PP. 497 - 972. Printed wrappers. Published as Harvard Ukrainian Studies, Volume III/IV, 1979-1980. For contents see scans.
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The Paterik of the Kievan Caves Monastery (Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature)
Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University 1989 8vo (23.5 cm), LIV, 262 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. The Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature, Volume I. "The Kievan Caves Monastery was for centuries the most important Ukrainian monastic establishment. It was the outstanding center of literary production, and its monks served throughout the territory of Rus' as bishops and monastic superiors. The most detailed source for the monastery early history is its Paterik, a thirteenth-century compilation containing stories reaching back to the monastery's foundation in the mideleventh century. Muriel Heppell now makes available the first complete English translation of the Paterik. With an introduction, map, and several appendices, Muriel Heppell discusses the work's Byzantine background and also sets it in its historical context." (from the publisher's description)
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Lev Krevza's 'Defense of Church Unity' (1617) and Zaxariya Kopystens'kyj's 'Palinodiya' [Part 1 - 2, complete set]
Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute 1995 8vo (23.5 cm), XLII, 912 pp; XV pp, PP. 913 - 1165. Publisher's cloth. " Lev Krevza’s A Defense of Church Unity (1617), on the Uniate side, and Zaxarija Kopystens’kyj’s Palinodia (1621), a monumental defense of the Eastern Church, are arguably the most erudite, comprehensive, and persuasive works on the ecclesiastical debate between these two groups. This two-volume work illuminates the intense struggle ignited when, at the time of the Union of Brest (1596), a large part of the Ruthenian ecclesiastical hierarchy declared itself in communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Bohdan Struminski provides English translations from the original Ruthenian and Middle Polish texts." (from the publisher's description)
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William Morris and Kelmscott Press: Rare Books from the Library of Elmer and Eleanor Andersen
Saint Paul, Minnesota Rulon-Miller Books 1993 8vo (23 cm), [32] pp. Printed wrappers. 227 items. The Elmer and Eleanor Andersen Library, Part II.
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Polskie superexlibrisy XVI-XVIII wieku w zbiorach Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej w Warszawie
Warsaw Pax 1988 8vo (24.5 cm), 267, [4] pp. Publisher's cloth with tipped in illustration, spine gilt. In Polish with the preface in French. Described and illustrated 112 supralibros 16th-18th century from the collection of the Library of Warsaw University. In separate sections included books with coat of arms of Polish kings from Zygmunt August to Stanisław August Poniatowski.
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Five Centuries of English Bookbinding
London Scolar Press 1978 8vo, 232, [10] pp. Publisher's cloth & dust jacket. 100 articles from The Book Collector each illustrated with full-page photograph.
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The Officina Bodoni, Montagnola, Verona: Books printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the hand press, 1923-1977
London The British Library 1978 4to (26 cm), 96 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. The catalogue of an exhibition held in the King's Library, British Library Reference Division, 9 August - 22 October 1978. From the blurb: "The Officina Bodoni, the distinguished private press founded and operated by Giovanni Mardersteig (1892-1977), has over the last half century produced books of outstanding quality which are admired and collected by connoisseurs of fine book printing. In Montagnola and since 1927 in Verona, Mardersteig, following the tradition of the scholar-printers of the Renaissance, printed on the hand press close on two hundred books, most of which are discussed in this detailed study. Some were edited by Mardersteig himself; some illustrated by noted modern artists; all are remarkable for their impeccable presswork, carried out either by the printer himself or under his close supervision. This tribute to Mardersteig is published in connection with the British Library's commemorative exhibition which drew on the largest public and private collections in Britain of the Press's work."
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Seven pillars of wisdom : a triumph
London Jonathan Cape 1935 4to (26 cm), front., 672 pp. 48 plates, 4 folding maps and 6 other illustrations. Publisher's cloth gilt, top edge painted, fore- and bottom-edges untrimmed (binding little stained, bookplate and blind collector's stamp on the title, common inscription of the front free end-paper). Sixth impression, october 1935. The edition for general circulation of an abridgment of the autobiographical account of British soldier T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918. The book was written in 1922. The first edition was privately printed in 1926 for subscribers only. Lawrence was killed in a motorcycle accident in May 1935 and within weeks of his death, the 1926 abridgment was published for general circulation. Illustrations by Eric Kennington, Augustus John, Paul Nash, Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes.
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A Century for the Century: Fine Printed Books from 1900 to 1999
The Grolier Club & David R. Godine 2004 4to (31.5 cm), LXII, [2], 110 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "This catalogue contains 100 of the most beautiful, finely printed books produced during the twentieth century. To choose just 100 out of an immense number of books, the selection was limited to books printed in England and America containing the Roman alphabet. Books as objects and more sculptural books are not included in the publication. The introduction is divided into two parts including: The Resurgence of Fine Printing: Tradition and Change, 1900-1949, and The Advance of Technology and the Continuity of Tradition: Fine Printing 1949-1999. The book contains 100 full-page examples of title-pages, facsimiles, and illustrations, as well as a list of illustrations, authors and titles, designers and presses, and a bibliography." (from the publisher's description)
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The Painted Page: Italian Renaissance Book Illumination 1450-1550
Prestel 1994 4to (30 cm), 280 pp. Laminated wrappers. The catalogue of an exhibition at Royal Academy of Art, London, 27 October 1994 - 24 January 1995 and Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 15 February - 7 May 1995. "This book documents the first comprehensive exhibition of Italian Renaissance illuminations from collections in Europe and the United States. 137 manuscripts, printed books with hand-painted illustrations and single pages are illustrated in full color, ranging from small prayer books to large choir books, and from Greek, Roman, and Italian literature to collections of fables and historical treatises. Many of these volumes were commissioned by powerful wealthy, and discriminating patrons who included members of the ruling Italian families as well as cardinals and popes and many of whom were also prominent bibliophiles. Among other fascinating issues, the mechanics of patronage, patterns of production, and formation of libraries are discussed in three essays and in the catalogue entries - the latter divided into eight thematic sections - written by noted specialists in the history of Renaissance manuscripts and books. And, of course, we are introduced to the artists themselves - their working habits, characteristic styles, and interrelationships." (from the publisher's description)
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Renaissance Painting in Manuscripts: Treasures from the British Library
Hudson Hills Press 1983 4to (30.5 cm), XIV, 210 pp. Laminated wrappers (bookplate and common inscription on half-title). The British Library is one of the great collection of manuscript illumination. This selection focuses on a single period in the history of manuscript illumination, 1450 to 1500, and its three major schools: Flemish (an essa by Thomas Kren), Italian (by Mark Evans) and Flemish (by Janet Backhouse). The book was published in conjunction with an exhibition held at The J. Paul Getty Museum, October 6, 1983 - January 8, 1984, The Pierpont Morgan Library, January 20 - April 29, 1984 and The British Library, May 25 - September 30, 1984.
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Treasures from the Bodleian Library
Columbia University Press 1976 Folio (37 cm), 160 pp. Publisher's cloth, slip-case. 36 manuscripts from the Bodleian Library are described and illustrated in colour. "An unusual contribution of this book to scholarship, education and pleasure lies in its large format, its colour and its bibliographical references to the Bodleian Library's colour transparencies of the chief miniatures in the treasures in the Western Manuscript Department." (from the Foreword)
Hardcover Fine
The Lessing F. Rosenwald Collection: A Catalog of the Gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975
Library of Congress 1977 4to (30 cm), XXI, 517 pp, tipped in illustrations. Publisher's cloth. Inscribed to Hilde Rosenthal verso of the free end-paper. The Lessing J. Rosenwald magnificent collections of illustrated books and manuscripts and books from celebrated presses came to the Library of Congress in a series of gifts, beginning in 1943 and culminating in 1980 when the entire collection was delivered to Washington after Mr. Rosenwald's death the previous year. The donation to the Library of Congress included 2,653 titles, described in this catalogue. Works about or derived from Rosenwald Rare Book Collection listed in appendix.
Hardcover Fine
Private Press, Illustrated, Typographical and Fine Printed Books, including Books on Bindings, Paper, Lettering, &c; together comprising Catalogue 1286 of Maggs Bros Ltd
London Maggs Bros 2000 8vo (21.5 cm), unpaginated. Printed wrappers. 330 entries including books printed at Ashendene Press, Cuala Press, Doves, Golden Cockerel Pess, Gregynog, Nonesuch press and many others, Beardsley and Blake, bindings.
Soft cover Fine
Catalogue 1297 of Maggs Bros Ltd
London Maggs Bros 2001 8vo (24 cm), 64 pp. Printed wrappers (manuscript note top of the front wrapper). 111 entries, books printed at Ashendene Press (33 items), William Morris and the Kelmscott Press (Including illuminated copy of The Roots of the Mountains), large selection of book printed at the Officina Bodoni, bindings and calligraphy.
Soft cover Fine
