Rare books from Pistil Books Online

Bologna: Grafis edizioni D'arte, 1978. Oversize Hardback. Near Fine/Good. XL. A clean, unmarked copy. Previous owner's name (Victor Brosz, retired Dean of Fine Arts, University of Calgary who was later murdered by his partner) inside and Carlo Zauli business card paper clipped to front endpaper. Carlo Zauli (1926-2002) won the grand-prix of the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza three times, is of world-wide renown; as the standard-bearer of the Italian ceramic art world, he has produced highly dynamic scupltures made of ceramics through an exhaustive pursuit of the possibilities of earth as a medium. His talents have also shined in such fields as fine and elaborate architectural fa�ades and tile design, and his non-ceramic designs and lithographs have also received high acclaim. 150 pages. Text in Italian and English. Many black and white photos.

Bologna: Grafis edizioni D'arte, 1973. Oversize Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Inscribed By Author. Presentation copy, inscribed in Italian to Victor (Victor Brosz, retired Dean of Fine Arts, University of Calgary who was later murdered by his partner) by Zauli, dated August 1973. Carlo Zauli (1926-2002) won the grand-prix of the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza three times, is of world-wide renown; as the standard-bearer of the Italian ceramic art world, he has produced highly dynamic scupltures made of ceramics through an exhaustive pursuit of the possibilities of earth as a medium. His talents have also shined in such fields as fine and elaborate architectural fa�ades and tile design, and his non-ceramic designs and lithographs have also received high acclaim. 163 pages. Many black and white photographs. 9 1/4""w x 11 1/4""h.

Munchen: Prestel-Verlag, 1987. Hard Cover. Very Good. Ex-library book with usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and interior is clean of highlighting, marking or marginalia. 514 pages, lavishly illustrated with often many photos and prints per page, depicting costuming (drawings & photos of stage sets with players,) furniture, tapestries, vases, religious icons, along with many portraits, paintings, interiors of the time. Text is in German. Previously owned by private library and very well cared for. Dust jacket is adhered to boards with clear mylar sheeting.

China: China Pictorial Publications, 1990. First Edition. Oversize Paperback. Near Fine. A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 64 pages. Full color reproductions. 8 1/2"" x 11 1/4"".

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Counterpoint, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed By Author. Incscribed, ""For Jeff, 6/3/00, Wendell Berry,"" on the title page. Edges of dust jacket slight worn.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1991. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author. Signed by author. Second impression. Slight spine tilt with slightly bumped top and bottom of spine. Page ends are slightly soiled. Dust jacket has several small tears and is scuffed and a bit soiled on spine. Gordianus is hired by the great orator and advocate Cicero in 80 BC. Like several novels in the series, this one is based on a trial oration by Cicero, in this case In Defence of Sextus Roscius of Ameria (Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino).

Purnima Productions, 1990. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. #1602 of a hardbound limited numbered edition. This book has two sections. One is on the city of Calcutta, the other on art and art history, with special reference to Calcutta in the persuasion of the theme. The other is a gallery of about 80 contemporary artists from the region with a color plate for each, often with an inset of the artist's depiction of themself, in full color. Book shows no wear of any kind, back cover may have light staining to rustic cloth boards -- hard to tell if it's orginal or not. Dust jacket worn at top of spine with general scuffing, tiny edge tears. 8 5/8"" x 11 1/4"". Many color prints.

Madison, WI: Iguana Press, 1981. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Escalante, Maria Moss. Letterpress copy number 127 of 190. Printed on handmade paper. Slight fading to spine. One of the leading female poets of the American Southwest.

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: Sun & Moon Press, 1987. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Very light shelf wear to covers, sharp corners, no creasing of covers, text/interior is spotless. 102 pages. Marked ""first edition""

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Clean and unmarked; tight binding. 389 pages. Very slight edge wear to cover at lower corner, creaseless spine and cover, sharp corners, perfect text/interior.

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: Sun & Moon Press, 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very clean book with no creasing to covers or spine, slight curl to front cover with very very slight edge wear, sharp corners, very light scuffing. Interior/text is clean (save small mark on half-title page) and free of marking of any kind. 326 pages. Smells like an old book.

Rombaldi Editeur, 1989. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. XL. Twelve volume set of graphic erotica by numerous artists bound in red leather (possibly leatherette) with embossed strip tease occurring successively on the cover of each book. Gilt lettering and numbered spine. Each book is 9 X 11 3/4 "" and 240 pages with color and b&w art: mostly in comic format with some individual plates and occasional photos. Volumes #8 and 12 suffer light damage: # 8 shows a tear at the top of spine, # 12 has a chewed corner at lower back cover, damaged area about 1"" . Otherwise all other volumes, all bindings, all pages are Near Fine, showing very little edge wear if at all. The set includes an advertising brochure of 16 pages with color and b&w illustrations in a loose-leaf folder as well as a copy of what appears to be a monthly ""Rombaldi Club"" newsletter/flyer from January 1988 (#11) that came with the monthly volume a customer subscribed to. This is on newsprint and is Fine. The collection contains… Read More

Leipzig: Verlag Von Alphs Du�rr, 1884. Oversize Hardback. Good/No Jacket. XL. Large oblong format in paper-covered boards with red cloth spine shows wear and stains. 15 3/4""w x 11 7/8""h. Asmus Jacob Carstens' drawings of the Argonauts are reproduced here in eleven etchings and 13 collotypes, along with a likeness of Carstens, by J.A. Koch. Plates are printed heavy creamy paper on one side of page only, with some foxing to pages, which are in Very Good condition. Twenty-four pages of introductory text in German with descriptions of each plate.

India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1962. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. XL. Six volume set bound in blue cloth. Dust jackets show light wear, ink smudges, discoloration, and small tears at edges, with volume six having a large closed tear. Volume I: Cosmogenesis. Volume 2: Cosmogenesis Parts 2 & 3. Volume 3: Anthropogenesis Part 1. Volume 4: Anthropogenesis Parts 2 & 3. Volume 5: [No Title]. Volume 6: Index and Glossary.

Taschen, 2015. Oversize Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. XL. A clean, unmarked book. Front hinge appears fragile, with small tears (see photos). Does not include slipcase. ""To mark the 50th anniversary of the Pirelli Calendar's first publication in 1964, this chronological compilation of images reproduces the complete Pirelli Calendar collection from 1964 through 2015, featuring beautiful women in glamorous settings; also includes the unpublished 1963 calendar, behind-the-scenes images from various years' calendar photo shoots, and an interview with the art directors Derek Forsyth and Martyn Walsh by Ben Olins."" [publisher]