Search Results: Authors starting with J from Cole & Contreras

New York: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (but never published), 1963-1964. LIKELY THE ONLY COMPLETE COPY OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY (and extraordinarily rare!) PUBLICATION, THE MASTER COPY OF THE FIRST MANUAL FOR PURSUING CIVIL RIGHTS CASES, PRESERVED BY JACK GREENBERG, WHO CONCEIVED OF THE PROJECT. Volume I: viii, 1-198, 198/1-14, 199-375 pp; Volume II: vi (misnumbered viii, but complete), 377-487, 487/1-78, 488-606, 606/1-24, 607-723; 725-817, 602/1-58. Jack Greenberg initiated this project shortly after taking the reins of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (which, being non-profit, had already detached itself from the for-profit N.A.A.C.P.) As Greenberg notes in the preface, civil rights law was becoming a specialty, like other branches of the law, and thus needed specialized guidebooks. The Fund's lawyers, guided by the principles set forth in these manuals, went on to win virtually all of the important cases of the civil rights era. Only a few dozen copies were issued, and most of them lack… Read More

Paris: NRF (Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise), 1929. AN OUTSTANDING HORS-COMMERCE COPY ON JAPANESE PAPER. A sardonic look at the French bourgeoisie on the eve of economic collapse and world war, illustrated with 10 original full-page lithographs (and numerous drawings) by Jacob himself, a French Jew who would later be murdered by the Nazis. From a total edition of 348 copies, this is AN HORS-COMMERCE COPY PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. 4to. Original wraps. Uncut. FINE AND BRIGHT. Copies on Japanese paper are extremely rare.

Paris: Adolphe Delahays, 1859. First edition of this important compilation of medieval comedies, most of which are practically impossible to find elsewhere. Beautifully printed on fine laid paper. 8vo, publisher's cloth. Uncut. Near fine. Bossuat 5846 and 5904; Gay III, 953; Brunet IV, 1147; Graesse VI(1), 48.

Paris: H. Delloye / Vor Lecou, 1838. FIRST EDITION. Four historical novels by "Le Bibliophile Jacob". 728 pp. 4to. Contemporary quarter calf and decorated boards. A bit of wear to binding, internally clean.

Tokyo: Keiso Semiotics, 1985. First printing in Japanese of this classic. A unique copy: laid in is a letter from the publisher to Jacobson informing him about the particulars of this edition. What makes this especially unusual is that when this letter was written, Jacobson had been dead for many years. 8vo, publisher's cloth. Fine in a fine dj with a design by El Lissitzky on the cover. An attractive book.

Frankfurt am Main: Städel Museum, 2008. The standard and definitive catalogue raisonné of Elsheimer's drawings, resoundingly superseding all previous monographs. 419 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Dustjacket. FINE AND BRIGHT, like new.

Paris: Aux dépens de Camille Bloch, 1921. Jean-Emile Laboureur. A wonderful livre d'artiste with SIX ORIGINAL BURIN ENGRAVINGS BY JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR. From a total edition of 575 copies printed on fine laid paper, this is ONE OF 20 NUMBERED COPIES WITH AN EXTRA SUITE OF THE BURIN ENGRAVINGS, BEFORE NUMBERS AND BEFORE STEELFACING ("aciérage"), PRINTED ON EXTREMELY FINE BLUISH LAID PAPER PRODUCED IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Large 8vo. Original wraps, with printed label affixed to front cover. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS.

Paris: Societe des Anciens Textes Francais, 1936. FIRST CRITICAL EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT ROMANCE. Beautifully printed on fine laid paper. Published by the Societe des Anciens Textes Francais. Large 8vo, original cloth. Uncut. FINE AND BRIGHT. Bossuat 1162.

Paris: Edouard-Joseph, 1919. First edition of this short story by Jammes, illustrated with five original woodcuts by A. Roubille. From a total edition of 1,109 copies, this is one of 130 on violet wove paper. Printed in black and purple. Huge margins. At the end, a suite of the woodcuts on Arches wove paper. Large 8vo. Original wraps. Light wear to wraps, internally clean.

Paris: Edouard-Joseph, 1919. First edition of this short story by Jammes, illustrated with five original woodcuts by A. Roubille. From a total edition of 1,109 copies, this is one of 75 on Japanese paper (tete). Printed in black and purple. At the end, a suite of the woodcuts on Arches wove paper. Huge margins. Large 8vo. Original wraps. Light wear to wraps, internally clean.

Paris: Bloud & Gay, 1931. First edition of this most unusual literary work. One of ten lettered copies on holland paper. 8vo. Fine, uncut, and unopened in publisher's wraps.

Amsterdam: Prometheus, 1998. WITH BEAUTIFULLY-FORGED SIGNATURES OF PICASSO, MATISSE, MIRÓ, AND APPEL (and the authentic signature of the forger himself). 273 pp. The memoirs of prodigious forger Geert Jan Jansen, in the original Dutch. This copy has FIVE SIGNATURES OPPOSITE THE TITLE-PAGE, all in different colors, including four forged signatures of major artists and Jansen's own signature. 8vo. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, AS NEW.

Amsterdam: Prometheus, 1998. WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING. 273 pp. The memoirs of prodigious forger Geert Jan Jansen, in the original Dutch. This copy has a fine double-page pencil drawing signed "H. Matisse" on the title-page and the blank page opposite (SPOILER ALERT! It's a fake by Jansen.) 8vo. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, AS NEW.

Braine-Le-Comte: Nunumi hia i te nunumiga no Zech e no te hanauga ûa, 1908. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this translation of the Lives of the Saints into Mangareva (or Mangarevan). 519 pp. PRINTED ENTIRELY IN MANGAREVA (the title-page has a few words in French, as transcribed above). Janeau (1859-1944) was a picpucien missionary in French Polynesia. Printed on very good wove paper. This volume covers the saints whose days fall through June 30; the second volume was never published. Small 8vo. Bound in original cloth-backed boards. Decorative endpapers. Boards a bit worn, but still structurally solid. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects. EXTREMELY RARE: WorldCat locates only two copies, both in the South Pacific (Oceania and Hawaii).

Braine-Le-Comte: Nunumi hia i te nunumiga no Zech e no te hanauga ûa, 1908. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this account of Biblical history--from the Creation to the Resurrection--in Mangareva (or Mangarevan). 415 pp. PRINTED ENTIRELY IN MANGAREVA (the front board has a single phrase in French, "Histoire sainte en langue mangarévienne"). Janeau (1859-1944) was a picpucien missionary in French Polynesia. Illustrated with several small and very dramatic wood engravings. Printed on very good wove paper. Small 8vo. Bound in original cloth-backed boards. Decorative endpapers. Boards a bit worn, but still structurally solid. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects. EXTREMELY RARE: WorldCat locates only four copies, one at Yale and three in the South Pacific (Oceania and Hawaii).

Scatopolis (i.e., Paris), 1849 (reprint). The standard bibliography of asses, farting, and excrement. xxxi, 144 pp. A well-researched and precise bibliography, yet still great fun. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth. New.

Scatopolis (i.e., Paris): Chez les Marchands d'Aniterges, 1849. FIRST EDITION of the standard bibliography of asses, farting, and excrement. xxxi, 144 pp. A well-researched and precise bibliography, yet still great fun. Printed on good wove paper. Large 8vo. Bound in 19th-century cloth-backed marbled boards. Light wear to extremities of binding, a bit of minor spotting, but still a very good, clean, and attractive. EXTREMELY RARE.

Barcelona : Els Llibres de les Quatre Estacions, 1952. A collection of mystical poems, illustrated with SEVEN FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ORIGINAL AQUATINTS (printed in sepia) and numerous wood-engraved ornaments (printed in red) by Joan Palet. One of 215 numbered copies printed on fine Royal Annam wove paper. Large 4to. Loose as issued in wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. Housed in the original board chemise and (lightly worn) board slipcase.

Paris: F. Schoell, 1808. Two volumes, complete. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION--dedicated to Talleyrand--OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND MOST IMPORTANT WORKS ON THE CONNOISSEURSHIP AND HISTORY OF PRINTS, PAPER (including watermarks), MANUSCRIPTS (including calligraphy), AND BOOKS. [8], ii, 4, [2], 407 pp + 21 folding plates (one hand-colored); [4], 373 pp. Printed on fine laid paper. With the early-19th century engraved label of Edouard Frère, the leading bookseller in Normandy, in volume I. Armorial bookplates of eminent Italian jurist Luigi Majno (1852-1915) in both volumes. 8vo. COMPLETELY UNCUT, IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. Joints chipped but solid, boards a bit soiled. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT. Bigmore & Wyman I, 368; Hunter, p. 12; Bourcard, p. 83: "Ouvrage extrêmement recommandable et abondant en documents de toutes sortes...". Very rare complete with all plates.

Paris: printed by the Imprimerie d'Everat for the Société de Géographie, 1825. An offprint from the second volume of the "Recueil de Voyages et de Mémoires" published by the Société de Géographie. 14 pp. Printed with huge margins on fine laid paper. Some very elegant Arabic type in the notes. 4to. Later unprinted wraps. UNCUT, UNOPENED, FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare, especially in such pristine condition.