Search Results: Titles starting with J from DuBois Rare Books

New York: Pace Gallery, 1974. Artist's Proof/Limited Edition of 150. Screenprint. Very Good. Screenprint. Paper size: 31 3/4 x 31 3/4 inches. Image size: 25 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches. On heavy stock pure rag paper. From the "Images" series, number 3 of what was a grouping of 6 prints in the "Images" series; issued by Pace Prints in a limited edition of 150. This particular example is an Artist's Proof signed and dated as such by the artist, Jack Youngerman, with Atalier Laage blindstamp. Condition: An uneven toning showing for most of right margin including artist's signature and as very light darkening to portion of right hand edge of print. Damp stain to the extreme bottom right corner of margin, well out print area. Generally near fine throughout the print surface with two very superficial abrasions visible only upon very close examination with raked side lighting. In total, a pleasing Artist's Proof example of a desireable limited editon Jack Youngerman work. Never folded, rolled or framed. Shipped… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown And Company, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 240pp. Author's first novel after well received first book of short stories.

[New York]: Estate of Jack Rabinowitz, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Staplebound. Very Good +. 36 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. Small, squarish 4to; staplebound wraps. Condition: Very Good+ with light wear to extremities including bent tips. An impassioned treatise, retrospective monograph, memorial tribute to "a painter's painter" strikes a familiar but welcome chord. Hard are the fields of art to those who toil there and though many are called, few are chosen. Copiously illustrated with pictures of the hard evidence as well as many effusive testimonials from the cognescenti of the New York city 1960's-70's art scene. Worldcat locates just two institutions holding copies, U of Pennsylvania and Seatle Art Museum Libraries.

Venezia: Galleria Multigraphic, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. About Fine. Unpaged. introductory essay in Italian, English and German: 18 full color plates, artist's CV. 26 cm. 4to. Softcover. French wraps. Book condition: About fine with faint wear to extremities. Pristine, bright and vibrant. Scarce. Worldcat locates just one institutional holding at George Washington University in the nations capital.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Very Good+. 68pp. illus. some color. 24cm. Squarish 8vo. Stiff wraps with photograph inset to front panel. Condition: Very good+ at least. Exhibition to benefit MOMA library, held at M. Knoedler and Co. gallery Feb 1-Feb 25 1961.

New York: Haverly's 5th Avenue Theatre, 1882. First Edition. Loose_leaf. About Fine. Single leaf folded to create 4 pages. 33cm. Large 4to. Theatre Program for Haverly's 5th Avenue Theatre, Jan 9, 1882. Condition: faint creasing and wrinkling, some light finger soiling, else fine. Featuring Catherine Lewis in the lead role of Olivette. Also, take note of the great Sarah Bernhardt in her role as proto-influencer for something called "American Face Powder" on the front page of the program. A scarce piece of theatrical ephemera.

London: Ellipsis, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Very Good/None Issued. 272 p. ; 11 cm. Square 48mo. Photo pictorial wraps. Book condition: Bonked around a bit, rear panel lamination loose in spots, a little fatigue. Interior top notch.

Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Very Good+/Lacking glassine jacket. 12 mo. ( 7.75" x 5.25") 111 pp. including appendix of 150 proverbs not quoted in text. Copiously illustrated with color reproductions and b&w photographs. Wraps. Front panel features color reproduction tipped in, black lettering. Book Condition: Very Good. Frayed at spine ends, stain at bottom edge of front cover, edges yapped, binding very sound and interior pristine. One of our favorite titles of this series. Order quickly, "Tukihi ni sekimori nasi." ("Time and hour are not tied with rope.").

Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1936. Second edition. Wraps. Very Good+. 133 pp. including appendix (Noted Old Buildings in Japan) and bibliography. 12 mo. ( 7.75" x 5.25") Copiously illustrated with color reproductions and b&w photographs. Wraps. Black lettering to spine and front cover with color illustration inset on front cover. Book Condition: Very Good+ at least. Edges of covers yapped, mild signs of wear, else fine. Glassine dust jacket lacking. The Tourist Library series is completely charming in its esthetic and its sensibility. The color reproductions are especially well done. This copy is almost certainly unread.

New York: Walton H. Rawls, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Lacking. xix, 292 pages, 9 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color, folded), maps, portrait, plans ; 32 cm. Folio. Errata laid-in. Hardcover. Publisher's original black raw silk over boards, silver lettering to leather spine label. Book Condition: Spine and approx. an inch of top edges of cover faded, spine label chipped. Interior pristine lacking the jacket. A nice association inscribed by author to Martin Gutzwiller, the famed physicist responsible for the Gutzwiller wavefunction among other things. Gutzwiller was a well known book collector whose collection was sold at auction in 2014. A lavish production of sound scholarship and bookcraft. [Not to be confused with the 1983 Abbeville reprint].

Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1935. Second edition. Stiff Wraps. Very Good+. 67 pp. including short bibliography and Noh calendar. 12 mo. ( 7.75" x 5.25"). Copiously illustrated with color and b&w photographs. Front panel features color reproduction tipped in. Book Condition: Very Good+ at least. Edges a bit yapped, light finger soiling, else fine. This copy is almost certainly unread.

New York: Leo Castelli Gallery, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover Spiral Bound. Near Fine. 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. Book Condition: faint offsetting to upper cover else fine. Edited by Susan Brundage ; essay by Judith Goldman ; design by Smatt Florence.

Helsinki: Kustamnusosakeybiö Otava, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. p 137 [5] illus. 4to. Spine backed with olive cloth over lighter shade green paper, gilt lettering. Book Condition: Very Good+. Owner's name neatly on ffep. Some offsetting to paste downs, bit musty, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Pretty much 100% there with minor chipping to spine ends and some tears not quite closed along the spine. Light toning to edges. A dignified, very sound copy with a text block that appears unread. In Finnish.

Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 63 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm. Tall 4to. Navy wraps perfectbound, white cardboard dust jacket with decoration to front panel. Book Condition: Faint signs of handling else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Faint signs of handling else fine. Catalog to accompany the exhibition "MOCA Focus: Jennifer Bornstein" held at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Nov. 3, 2005-Jan. 9, 2006. Series Title: MOCA focus.

New York: Jewish Book Council of America, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 179pp. 23cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: prior owner's bookplate to ffep, light wear to extremities, else fine. Binding very sound, interior unmarked. A nice copy.`.

Cincinnati: The Center, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. 119 pp.: illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. 4to. Wraps. Book Condition: Very Good+. Light finger soiling to covers, small ding to top edge, else fine. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Contemporary Arts Center, Mar. 11-May 7, 1988 and other institutions through Feb. 11, 1990.

New York: Pace Gallery, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 43pp. illus. color. 28cm. Square 4to. Black boards, pink lettering. Book Condition: Fine. Conversation between Ruth and Jim Dine. 14 plates (cheifly color). A sharp copy of a particularly beautiful example of minmalist bookcraft. Catalog of an exhibition held February 22 - March 23, 2013, at the Pace Gallery, New York. "Speaking About The Here and Now: Jim Dine and Ruth Fine in conversation, Walla Walla, Washington State, August 2012" pages 5-9.

New York: Pace Gallery, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine. 62 unnumbered pages (some folded) : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. 4to. Softcover Stiff printed wraps. Book Condition: Salt and pepper wear to extremities else fine. Approximately 30 full color plates, 1 folding. The catalog for the Pace Gallery's 1990 exhibition of recent work by Jim Dine.

West Hollywood, CA: St. Ann's Press, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. 128 pp., 59 tritone illustrations, 9½x11¾". 4to. Red cloth over boards, tritone photograph inset to front cover, lettering blindstamped to spine and front cover. Book Condition: Fine. A virtually pristine copy. Dust Jacket Condition: None issued. "This first monograph of Almond's work is printed in tritone to replicate the platinum printing process so integral to the viewing of her photographs." This first trade edition was limited to 1500 copies. Signed by the artist [Joan Almond] and dated by her "December, 2001"; a month before the official publication date.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Fine. 60 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. 8vo. Photo-illustrated wraps. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, October 5-December 31, 2005, and at Atlanta College of Art, January 26-March 5, 2006. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. Book Condition: Fine. Exhibition material from Atlanta College of Art laid in. A sharp copy.