Search Results: Titles starting with O from Modern Rare

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. Unpaginated. Retrospective collection of photographs, presented as an Artist Book. One of the most beautiful photography books of the 20th century. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a tall softcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Bruce Weber and Sam Shahid: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 4 pounds. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Bruce Weber. Drawings by Richard Giglio. Printed in multi-toned palette on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Bruce Weber's "O Rio de Janeiro: A Photographic… Read More

New York City, NY: Pantheon Books, 1992. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Pantheon Books, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 326 pages. The author's first novel to be translated into English. One of the most important novels of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Bernardo Atxaga's "Obabakoak" in a felicitous English translation. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa, the finest translator of Spanish and Portuguese literature of our time, from the Spanish Language Version that the author himself wrote after his novel's Basque original. He has gratefully embraced the English translation as definitive. Subsequent editions have since been helpfully re-titled as… Read More

London, England: Rocket Press/Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2007. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. London, England: Rocket Press/Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2007. Softcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 72 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. Limited Edition of 1500 copies. The first and only edition. 750 copies were distributed in the United States, the other 750 in Europe. There is no ISBN. The Limited Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Martin Parr and John Gossage: Oversize-volume format. Copper softcovers with titles on the cover and stapled at the spine, as issued. Photographs by Martin Parr (as "Obvious") and John Gossage (as "Ordinary") . There is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United Kingdom to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published by The Rocket Press London in conjunction with The Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago. Presents Martin… Read More

London, England: Rocket Press/Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2007. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. London, England: Rocket Press/Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2007. Softcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 72 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. Limited Edition of 1500 copies. The first and only edition. 750 copies were distributed in the United States, the other 750 in Europe. There is no ISBN. The Limited Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Martin Parr and John Gossage: Oversize-volume format. Copper softcovers with titles on the cover and stapled at the spine, as issued. Photographs by Martin Parr (as "Obvious") and John Gossage (as "Ordinary"). There is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United Kingdom to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published by The Rocket Press London in conjunction with The Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago. Presents Martin… Read More

New York City, NY: Aperture Foundation/Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago, 2012. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Aperture Foundation/Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 145 pages. New And Expanded Edition of the artist/photographer's masterpiece. One of the most brilliant Conceptual art photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition Thus is now scarce. A brilliant production by Aperture and Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial hard boards with titles on spine, as issued. Photographs by Lynne Cohen. Text by Britt Salvesen and David Byrne. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Singapore to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every… Read More

New York City, NY: Seaver Books, 1986. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Seaver Books, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 219 pages. Landmark collection of the author's literary essays. Now considered a late-modern classic. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Octavio Paz's "On Poets And Others" in a felicitous English translation. Writings of the great Mexican poet and essayist from the past three decades: Acute and penetrating critical pieces on Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams as well as such great figures as Luis Bunuel, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Charles Baudelaire, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Andre Breton. "Each chapter is an adventure of the mind"… Read More

New York City, NY: Persea Books, 1990. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Persea Books, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 80 pages. The author's breakthrough debut collection of poems. One of Wayne Koestenbaum's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Wayne Koestenbaum's "Ode To Anna Moffo And Other Poems". Lyrical odes to passions (artistic, erotic) , devotions, and loves. "It is The Low that allows him to exult in the lavish heights of the Metropolitan Opera, idolizing a diva who rises above the physical world in her performances: 'I think that Anna / Moffo sings, / to this day, in a second, / parallel Met, a hologram of the original / projected in air, /… Read More

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 147 pages. The author's seventh novel to be translated into English. One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are many. Published in a regular first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "Del amor y otros demonios" in a felicitous English translation by Edith Grossman. An unsettling and indelible account of a doomed love affair between a seductive young woman and a priest, a coupling that seems to be something of a Latin-American specialty, pointing to the larger theme of the encounter and collision between Indigenous sensuality and erotic… Read More

London, England: Hamish Hamilton Press, 1995. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. London, England: Hamish Hamilton Press, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 147 pages. The author's seventh novel to be translated into English. One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United Kingdom. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are many. Published in a regular first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "Del amor y otros demonios" in a felicitous English translation by Edith Grossman. An unsettling and indelible account of a doomed love affair between a seductive young woman and a priest, a coupling that seems to be something of a Latin-American specialty, pointing to the larger theme of the encounter and collision between Indigenous sensuality and… Read More

Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2007. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2007. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 152 pages. Collection of color photographs. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Olaf Otto Becker: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 3 pounds. Aquamarine cloth boards with photographic reproduction pasted on the recessed cover and titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Olaf Otto Becker. Text by Gerry Badger, the co-author of "The Photobook", and Christoph Schaden. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Germany to the highest… Read More

Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2007. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2007. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 152 pages. Collection of color photographs. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Olaf Otto Becker: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 3 pounds. Aquamarine cloth boards with photographic reproduction pasted on the recessed cover and titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Olaf Otto Becker. Text by Gerry Badger, the co-author of "The Photobook", and Christoph Schaden. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Germany to the highest… Read More

Berlin, Germany: Distanz Verlag Berlin, 2014. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Berlin, Germany: Distanz Verlag Berlin, 2014. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 416 pages. Collection of photographically-sourced images, presented as a massive Artist Book. One of the most beautiful creations by Olafur Eliasson. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. An Import title, none of the copies was sold commercially in the United States. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Olafur Eliasson: Massive oversize-volume format. Pale-gray and white linen cloth boards with white titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographically-sourced art by Olafur Eliasson. Aside from the Credit and Captions appended at the end, there is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Berlin, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction… Read More

New York City, NY: Free Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Free Press, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 194 pages. The author's second novel. One of David Mamet's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents David Mamet's "The Old Religion". Revisits his Jewish identity from his singularly (and despite the title, secularly) American perspective. David Mamet has mined his "Jewishness" before, with increasing interest and genuine pathos; his second novel is a continuation of that productive mining. "Only David Mamet could take us on this mesmerizing journey inside the mind of a Southern Jew falsely accused of murder and produce a masterpiece of imaginative philosophy, religion, and… Read More

New York City, NY: Flatiron Books, 2018. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Flatiron Books, 2018. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 395 pages. The author's third novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Stefan Merrill Block's "Oliver Loving". All in all, his best novel thus far: Tragic, sometimes depressingly so, yet authentically uplifting at the same time. "One reason we read fiction is to know the lives of others as well as our own. Stefan Merrill Block writes about a West Texas family and community so wholly and honestly, and with such poetic beauty, that their dreams and sorrows become ours. A dazzling, psychologically astute, scientifically engaged novel about love, loss, and the mysteries of the mind.… Read More

New York City, NY: Riverhead Books, 1996. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Riverhead Books, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 255 pages. The author's book-length account on subject. One of Harold Bloom's finest achievements. Review Copy. Review Materials laid-in. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Harold Bloom's "Omens of Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, And Resurrection". Ominous beginnings. As the 21st century (abysmally) unfolds, Western culture is fascinated once again with angels, aliens (that is, bad angels or demons) , and other otherworldly beings. Harold Bloom pulls us back to show with characteristic clarity and insight that our current longings are atavistically derived… Read More

New York City, NY: Riverhead Books, 1996. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Riverhead Books, 1996. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 255 pages. The author's book-length account on subject. One of Harold Bloom's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Harold Bloom's "Omens of Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, And Resurrection". Ominous beginnings. As the 21st century (abysmally) unfolds, Western culture is fascinated once again with angels, aliens (that is, bad angels or demons) , and other otherworldly beings. Harold Bloom pulls us back to show with characteristic clarity and insight that our current longings are atavistically derived… Read More

Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 1975. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 1975. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 93 pages. Book-length Essay on subject. One of the greatest literary and philosophical texts of the 20th century. Deluxe Slipcased Edition of 225 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the regular trade edition. The Deluxe Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by David R. Godine: Regular-sized volume format. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on spine, as issued. Text by William H. Gass. Brown-and-blue slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents William H. Gass' "On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry". His brilliant and beautifully written essay on the particular… Read More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2015. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2015. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 225 pages. Book-length account on subject. One of the finest Contributions to Princeton University's brilliant "Writers On Writers" Series. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only by a University Press. The First Edition is now scarce. The DJ Cover shows a lovely vintage portrait of Elizabeth Bishop from Bettman Archives. Presents Colm Toibin's "On Elizabeth Bishop". A gem of a book: The mirror-portrait of the subject and her author. "A compelling portrait of a beloved poet from one of today's most acclaimed novelists. Offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most important… Read More

Athens, GA: University Of Georgia Press, 1996. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Athens, GA: University Of Georgia Press, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 235 pages. Book-length account on subject. One of the finest accounts on not just one but three major areas of interpretation (the law, psychoanalysis, and literature) ever written. The First Hardcover Edition. Published simultaneously with the Softcover Edition in a small and limited print run by a University Press. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Patrick Colm Hogan's "On Interpretation: Meaning And Inference In Law, Psychoanalysis, And Literature". Literary theory par excellence. "Challenges a number of entrenched assumptions about being and knowing that have long kept theorists debating at cross purposes. He sets forth a theory of meaning and interpretation and then develops it in the context of the practices and goals of the law, psychoanalysis, and… Read More

London, England: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. London, England: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 185 pages. Valedictory collection of essays, published posthumously. One of Edward Said's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are several. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Edward Said's "On Late Style: Music And Literature Against The Grain". One of the most poignant literary texts of our time, a terminally ill writer's reflections, against all odds, on the true meaning of art and literature, as reflected in particular writers' and artists' "late style". Shortly after he completed his book, Said died of inoperable leukemia (in 2003), which he had endured during the… Read More