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Muttenz, Switzerland: Paper Art, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Signed by Author. A lovely copy of a precious item, authored by Fred Siegenthaler, published in Muttenz, Switzerland, in 1996, extremely rare in the trade, there being only one additional copy, being a Fine condition copy in oblong softcover format, measuring 7” x 9” x 1”, featuring stab-binding to spine, with textured, hand-made paper wraps, folded over stiff card stock, printed title and author thereto, with textured, handmade paper endpapers, thin and beautiful, and with a fascinating text and sample of Saa papers of Thailand. SIGNED by the author and paper-maker at Page of Limitation, this being copy #116 of 150 copies of this "Normal Edition." Remaining leaves are folded over, vertically, and bound in. The anatomy and physiology of the Saa tree and learned disquisitions on all of the fibre-dying aids, forming aids, manufacturing methods, and the like. Chapters… Read more

Bridgeport, Connecticut / New York: Hartmore House / The Burning Bush Press. Softcover. Near Fine. Two fine-looking trade paperback copies, The Sabbath having been published in 1970 (94 pp. including index), while Between the Generations was published in 1971 (80 pp. including index and notes. Each is bound handsomely in printed stiff paper wraps. Samuel Hayim Dresner (1923–2000) was a U.S. Conservative rabbi, activist, scholar, and author, born in Chicago, educated at the University of Cincinnati then the Hebrew Union College. Ordained in 1951, and was a much beloved, influential writer on Jewish themes. 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.

Sacramento, California: Sacramento County Historical Society, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, brightly illustrated with a period photograph from Sacramento, California in the 1870s, with minor wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Volume 15, No. 2, January, 1969 issue of the Sacramento County Historical Society. 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.

Olympia, Washington: The Welsh Hill Press & Forge, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Signed by Other. This is Copy #148 of a Special Limited Edition of only 250 copies, printed on fine paper. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the printed blue wraps. Blind-stamped with a likeness of a seal at front cover, with multiple other illustrations. 16 pp., including full notes section. The colophon notes the inspiration provided by Elspeth Pope. Laid in is a lovely typed script from Ms Pope to the former owner of the item, Mr. Richard L. Press of Sacramento, California, signed by her. 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.

Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1974, 1974. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A brilliant and sumptuously illustrated social history of Vienna's late 19th-century "Sacred Spring," a burst of social, intellectual and artistic creativity. 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. Bound handsomely in pumpkin cloth, and with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Stated First U.S. Edition, being published first in the same year in Great Britain. 24 full-color plates and with 117 black-and-white illustrations. [5], 6-224 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… Read more

Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Tom Rankin. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy pictorial covers, and with Foreword by Charles Reagon Wilson. Tri-column text, and then greatly arresting black-and-white and duotone photographs of religious themes and settings in the Mississippi Delta. [6], 7-83 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.

Madison, Wisconsin: Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. As New. A fine and engaging museum exhibit catalog of then recent revivals of Lithuanian woodcarving styles. Lithuanian art history is told through this medium as edited by Ruta T. Saliklis, and with additional contributions by Russell Panczenko, Ruta Saliklis again, Beverly Gordon, Ale Pociulpaite, and Milda Baksys Richardson. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Complete with checklist. 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: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1972. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. John Held, Jr. . Sterling condition hardcover copy of this stated First Edition Thus, protected in a stiff Mylar coat, 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. Engraved throughout, including at frontis, by John Held, Jr. An interesting Preface about the history of the saga by Carl J. Weinhardt. Handsomely bound in a two-tone cloth over boards format, 49 pp., and the engravings really are quite arresting. 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.

Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 1990. Softcover. As New. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Idah Meacham Strobridge comes alive as Nevada's first Woman of Letters, as edited by Richard A. Dwyer and Richard E. Lingenfelter, presenting her Sagebrush Trilogy. Facsimile reprint of three previously-published works, with photo-decorated wraps. 129 pp.; 142 pp.; 134 pp. + ads. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and 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.

Berkeley, California: University of California Museum, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. As New. No copies available currently on-line in this condition, being a fine and compelling monograph devoted to the Sufi arts in Urban Senegal, a fine contribution to African art history by Allen F. Roberts and Mary Nooter Roberts, and with assistance by Gassia Armenia and Ousmane Gueye. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy, illustrated wraps, in gate-fold. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [8], 9-284 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.

Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Saint-Simon. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy pictorial covers, with an Introduction by Edmond Pognon and a set of Acknowledgments by Georges Le Rider, followed by a stirring, comprehensive catalog in black-and-white and in double-column text, in French, with a few illustrations being in full-color. xix [2], 2-155 [1] 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.

Sacramento, California: E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Sterling condition softcover copy, perfect-bound in printed, illustrated wraps, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Double-columned texts, with full index of Ancient Names and Places. 53 pp. Italian, Flemish, German, Danish, French and Dutch artists are represented here. Replete with black-and-white illustrations. 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.

Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 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. Bound in blue cloth covers and with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and 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.

Paris: Aux Trois Ecus, 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. One of a Limited Edition of 867 copies, this being numbered 724, one of 251-875 examples done that feature heliogravures. Soft cover. Condition: Good. Unpaginated, but in sheets, moderate wear of and light soiling to illustrated, folded covers. Comprised of 20 songs with free illustration in color, in animation, many being bawdy of nature, and each named, e.g., Les Trois Orfevres, De Profundis Morpionibus, La Digue du Cul, Les Filles de Camaret, and so on. Quite scarce in the trade, and complete with music, amorous nuns, policemen et le mousquetaire. 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.

Paris: Aux Trois Ecus, 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. One of a Limited Edition of 867 copies, this being numbered 381, one of 251-875 examples done that feature heliogravures. Soft cover, being stiff wraps in gate-fold, being very lightly soiled, but protected in publisher's original glassine wraps. Unpaginated, but in sheets, moderate wear of and light soiling to illustrated, folded covers. Comprised of 20 songs with free illustration in color, in animation, many being bawdy of nature, and each named, e.g., Les Trois Orfevres, De Profundis Morpionibus, La Digue du Cul, Les Filles de Camaret, and so on. Quite scarce in the trade, and complete with music, amorous nuns, policemen et le mousquetaire. 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.

Lyon, Mississippi: Derrydale Press, 1994. Special Limited Edition. Fine. Sterling condition hardcover copy of another fine publication by Derrydale Press, reprising classics in hunting and fishing and sport generally, this being contribution XI to the series Fly Fisherman's Gold, published in a Special Limited Edition of 2500 copies. 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 handsomely in brown cloth over over boards, ornately stamped lettering and illustrations in gilt and gray to front cover and spine. All edges gilt, decorated endpapers, tank-like in appearance. Apparently unread, spine still crackles. Blank publisher's personalized bookplate laid in. xvi [2], 4-305 pp. and with a few black-and-white engravings. 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,… Read more

Francofurti ad Moenum (Frankfurt and Moen), German: Georgium Henricum Oehrlingium, 1713. Hardcover. Good. Published in 1713, bound in full vellum, mottled and soiled a bit, with hand-lettering title and author at spine, hand-sewn and with strings protruding at front and rear joints nicely. Title page is double-page, but with a portion of right-hand page snipped out. Previous owner's inked inscription at first free endpaper, but spelled both H. Meyer and H. Meier. Inside front flap is an accession sticker from the New-Church Theological School, denoting that the tome was a gift in 1898 from Reo S.M. Warren, and then a fabulous bookplate from Samuel Farmer Jarvis, D.D., with the adage,"Hora e Sempre," and "Sola, Salus, Servire, Deo." Scattered pencil notes presumably from the school librarian. Comprised of various "sacred texts" from multiple authors, including Io. George Pritius, and then "Grammatica Sacra de Nomine," then "Grammatica Sacra de… Read more

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1995. First English Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Vera Sudeikin-Stravinsky. 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. Absolutely gorgeously produced hardcover copy, bound in two-tone, brick-red and gray cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and to spine.Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 114 pp. with over 170 illustrations in color and back-and-white. From the dust jacket blurb, "Before meeting Igor Stravinsky in 1921 in Paris, Vera Sudeikin-Stravinsky (1888-1982) was already know as the "Muse of the Muses" in what had been the bohemian, intellectual life of St.… Read more

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985. First English Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Salvador Dali. A particularly handsome copy of the work translated from the original by Eleanor R. Morse, a work by the definitive biographer and friend of Dali, both Salvador and Gaia. Bound in brown cloth and with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Only just the faintest signs of sunning along edges, else a clean, tightly bound and unmarked copy, and with brilliant reproductions in black-and-white and color printed on high-gloss paper. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond a bit to edges, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 128 illustrations, including 40 plates in full color. Original price-sticker on front flap inside. 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, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, very lightly bumped spine head and foot, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in gray cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. 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. 71 illustrations, 40 being in full color. [5], 6-128 pp. Double-column text. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and 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.