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Syracuse, New York: Everson Museum of Art, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. The inaugural issue of this influential journal of art published by the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. Dark green printed wraps, emblazoned in bright and distinct gilt lettering of title. Contributions by Richard Zakin, Kenneth Trapp, Vickie Halper,Warren Mackenzie, Steven Inglis and Thomas Piche. Lots of illustrations in black-and-white. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 47 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Shocken Books, 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine collection of letters from Franz Kafka to his fiance, Felice Bauer the breakup with which allegedly spurred him on to write The Trial. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Two-tone, red paper over boards, oatmeal cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 121 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at title page, and that rare novel that features illustrated (map) endpapers. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 470 [2] pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Tokyo, Japan / Birmingham, Alabama: Tokyo: The National Museum of Modern Art - Birmingham Museum of Art - The Asahi Shimbun, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Kamisaka Sekka. A fine and due homage to the Japanese artist Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942) for a show that was held in The National Museum of Modern Art (Kyoto) from August 30 to October 13, 2003, the Sakura City Museum of Art from November 8 to December 21, 2003, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from January 29 to April 25, 2004, and the Birmingham [Alabama] Museum of Art from May 23 to August 1, 2004. Edited by Donald A. Wood and then contributed to in both English and Japanese by Yuko Ikeda, Kurt A. Gitter, Sakakibara Yoshio, Sato Keiji, Tanya Ferretto Steel, Shimizu Aiko, Audrey Yoshiko, Higa Akiko and others. Big, tall quarto format size, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustrated wraps, in gate-fold, beyond diagonal crease to rear panel, and three… Read more

London: Sotheby Publications, 1982. First English Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Vasily Kandinsky. Massively heavy, oversized volume [8], 9-558 pp., measuring 10 3/4" x 11 3/4" in size. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with one bruised tip, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Smudging to bottom foretips, else clean and bright of interior. Bound handsomely in black cloth with gilt lettering to cover and to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear and sunning along four edges and spine, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Hundreds of beautiful images. English-language First Edition. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Delhi, India: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. From the personal library of Raymond A. Hare, whose black-and-white bookplate graces inside front flap, and apparently a presentation copy to Arthur Hare from Arthur [KROK illegible]. Stated First Edition of a just, due homage to the Kangra Valley painting tradition of the Rajput region of India. Bound simply but sturdily in tall quarto hardcover format in light brown buckram cloth, tips bruised but unbroken, blind-stamped title to cover and spine, a bit soiled along edges, text a bit wavy, but clean and bright of interior. Replete with 40 fine full-color Kangra Valley paintings, tissue-guarded and with printed captions. Decorated endpapers front and rear. Foreword by W.G. Archer, with an Introduction by M.S. Randhawa. A collection of still-vibrant painting reproductions delightful to look at. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required… Read more

Bratislavia, Slovak Republic: Artimo / Meulensteen Art Museum, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. Karel Appel. A gorgeous copy bound in quarto hardcover format, 144 pp., with 150 full-colour and 15 monochrome illustrations. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial covers; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. The volume looks mostly at Appel's post-war work, when he rebelled against his studio training and founded several avant-garde art movement groups including Cobra but having come out of Expressionism. Introduction by Appell's longtime friend, Gerard H. Meulensteen. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1984. First American Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy of the First American Edition of the work published first in Germany in 1980, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound simply in burgundy colored buckram cloth. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. viii, 1-276 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Fromm International, 1983. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Laid in to this fine copy is a publisher's review notice, a note of compliments from the publisher, and also a fine black-and-white photograph of the author. Stated First American Edition. Extensive frontis matter + 547 pp. Good-looking, structurally sound thick octavo. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear to rear panel in terms of creasing and tearing, protected now by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. An engrossing novel of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg leading up to the proletarian revolution in Germany at the end of World War I. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Harry N Abrams, 1988. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Kate Greenaway. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy in reprint state, but based upon the 1881 original publication, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Fine-looking reproductions of her most beloved artistry. Introduction by Rodney Tengen, and a Foreword by Bernard McTigue. 95 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Published for the author, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. An uncommonly handsomely produced little tome in short octavo hardcover format, and SIGNED by the author at first endpaper. Brick-red cloth covers, white lettering to cover and spine, tri-color illustration to front cover depicting the Oregon Trail and perhaps Mt. Hood. Illustrated paper dust jacket, protected in Brodart, fully intact, not price-clipped, but with chipping at spine head, minor nicks to spine foot. "The names of the actors in this romance are fictitious; but the characters are as the writer knew them", as the author/publisher writes. Ezra Meeker wrote this work at the age of 95. Plentiful drawings and even photographs of the Oregon Trail, including of river-crossings by floating one's "wagon-box," and a nice-looking map. He became Mayor of Puyallup, Washington. Meeker was an American pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail by ox-drawn wagon from the east to the Oregon Territory. In… Read more

Hamburg, Germany: Kruse, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. Katharina Bosse. Stiff glassine wrapper, tape-repaired, and with an additional short, closed tear, over a virtually As New condition pictorial cover, with a single small ding along upper top edge, to this arresting, provocative array of glossy, erotic photography. First edition, first printing. Photographs by Katharina Bosse. Texts (in English and German) by Neal Leach and Reinhold Misselbeck. 112 pp., with 157 full-color plates. Measures 12 1/2" x 9 1/4" in height and width, respectively. From the publisher: "The antinomian forces of the mundane and the bizarre find a delicate balance in Surface Tension, photographer Katharina Bosse's first monograph. This New York-based, German-born artist's work is a striking meditation on public space, private speculation, identity, and desire. Her cleverly surreal work consists of individual portraits as well as images of vacant interiors. In her portraits,… Read more

Long Beach, California: Jake Zeitlin Bookshop and Gallery, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Sponsored by the Jake Zeitlin Bookshop and Gallery and The Art Museum and Galleries, California State University at Long Beach, this is a sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Single crimp to front upper tip. Plain brown wrappers with a stamped, embossed illustration to cover. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Museum and Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, November 26 to December 19, 1979. Acknowledgements, Introduction, "Jake Zeitlin: Bookseller," "Kathe Kollwitz: Biography," "Kathe Kollwitz: Germany in the 1930s," plus a catalogue, bibliography. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Japan: Editions Treville, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Katsuya Terada. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Laid in are the original tariff tickets! Bright and shiny illustrated cut-out, open-ended sleeve, showing no appreciable wear, gift-quality condition inside and out. Katsuya Terada is a bright, well-known, influential Japanese artist who claims European influences such as Jean Giraud (a.k.a. Moebius). Probably best known as the character designer for the Japanese animated film Blood: The Last Vampire, but also for Iron Man and Hellboy and then also for films, video games and television series. His Wikipedia entry says that Terada is known for "a style of drawing, in which one draws a little everywhere, all the time, without thinking too much, on notebooks etc. He… Read more

New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000. Thirty-sixth printing. As New/Fine. Hilary Knight. Signed by Illustrator. A book for precocious grownups. Scarce in the trade, being SIGNED by Hilary Knight, and "me, Eloise," at first free endpaper. Brilliantly bound in white cloth over boards, fanciful black illustration over front cover, red and black lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Raspberry, white and black illustrations galore. Thirty-sixth printing of this fabulously fun title for juveniles. 64 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Kegan Paul International, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. A superior copy inside and out of this fine biography of Henry S. King and Charles Kegan Paul, businessman and pastor, respectively, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. xxvi pp. including several fine black-and-white illustrations and photographs, then 2-218 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

San Diego: Sunbelt Publications, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Foreword by Mary A. Miller, bound handsomely in brick-red cloth covers in oblong format. Sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine and illustration to front cover. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear beyond a range of dog-eared pages at rear that suggests a binding error; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xi + 234 pp. Replete with several score gorgeous photographic plates in black-and-white. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hereford, England: Hereford & Worcester County Libraries, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. As New. William Morris. An exhibition arranged as part of the Kidderminster Library Inaugural Festival, a most Fine exemplar of a catalog featuring the illustrations of William Morris, scarce and in First Edition state, with 17 pp. Features two offset illustrations reproducing pages from "The Well at the World's End." Foreword by Michael Messenger, and then John Dreyfus's engaging essay on the Kelmscott Press by John Dreyfus. Catalog checklist, 20 bibliographies. Special Limited Edition of only 150 copies, hand-sewn into a wrapper of mould-made Somerset Velvet paper, says the colophon, fine letterpress title in red, black woodcut relief block illustration. Printed for the Libraries quite finely by the Five Seasons Press, Hereford. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Kennedy Graphics, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Black wraps, printed, with crimp to bottom tip, unpaginated, but roughly 50 pp. of fine reproductions in both black-and-white and full color of the work of Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Paul Guiramand, Alex Katz, and Ben Shahn among others. Artist biographies, annotated plates, printed on high-gloss paper virtually suitable for framing, and an Introduction by Lawrence A. Fleischman. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Andre Emmerich Gallery. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Keith Noland. Date of publication of this fine exhibit catalog is not stated but is almost certainly 1983, having been a show that ran for a month in 1983. Oblong softcover format, stiff card stock wraps, and then an unusually sumptuous interior with eight illustrations in full color and printed on high-gloss paper: Flame, Aloft, Push, In-Vital, Seclude, Ambitend, Yearn, Solar Salute, and A-Flown. Complete with a list of exhibitions and lenders. A fine introduction to the work of Keith Noland. Foreword by Andre Emmerich. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.