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La Escultura Del Mexico Antiguo. Colección de Arte, 1

Westheim, Paul · 1956

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1956. First edition. Cloth. 124 pp. Illus. with 91 plates most b/w with some color. 8vo. By the well respected art scholar, Paul Westheim. One of 3500 copies printed in Spanish. A very good copy with lightly rubbed boards.

The Presidency of Martin Van Buren

Wilson, Major L. · 1989

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Laurence, Univ. of Kansas, 1989. Fourth printing. Cloth. 252 pp. 8vo. A fine copy. Issued without dust jacket.

A History of Japanese Colour-Prints

Seidlitz, W. [Woldemar] von · 1920

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1920. Later printing. Cloth. Color frontis, xvi, 207 pp. Illus. with 16 color plates captioned on the tissue and 79 b/w illus. some folding. Sm. 4to. Originally published as Geschichte des Japanishchen Farbenholzschnitts (Dresden, G. Kuh...

Shuhga: Images of Spring: Essay on Erotic Elements in Japanese Art

Grosbois, Charles · 1964

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Geneva, Nagel, 1964. First edition. White linen boards with gilt titles. 157 pp. 93 b/w & tipped-in color illus. 4to. Edges of leaves aging else a near fine copy with bright sumptuous boards in a very good soiled just jacket.

Kabuki. The Popular Stage of Japan

Kincaid, Zoe · 1925

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

London, Macmillan Company, 1925. First edition. Publisher's black buckram with gilt illustration and title, beveled edges. Top edge gilt. xvi, 385 pp. Illus. 1 color and 50 b/w plates plus in-text drawings. Sm. 4to. A detailed and thorough early study of the Kabuki covering: a...

Who's There. Open the Door

Munari, Bruno · 1957

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Cleveland, World Publishing, 1957. First printing. Cloth. Illus. 4to. Wonderful book by the Italian artist and designer. Boards soiled, a few small stains, owner's name on front board twice, once on verso and final three leaves, and thrice on rear board, crossed out twice, sma...

Japanese Sword-Mounts in the Collections of the Field Museum

Gunsaulus, Helen C. · 1923

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1923. First edition. Library cloth. 195 pp. + plates [61]. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Field Museum of Natural History Publication 216, Anthropological Series, Volume XVI. Signed by the author on the title page, who was assistant cura...

The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868

Watson, William · 1981

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, Alpine Fine Arts, 1981. First American edition. Tan silk. 363 pp. Illus. with 412 color & b/w photos. 4to. An exhibition mounted at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1981-2 covering the decorative and fine arts of the age of the Tokugawa shoguns. Silk stained at lower cor...

Topographical and Sporting Prints, Caricatures and Maps. The Properties of the French Hospital of la Providence

Christie's (Christie, Manson & Woods) · 1978

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

London, Christie's (Christie, Manson & Woods), 1978. First printing. Paper wrappers. Unpaged. Illus. with 42 b/w photos. Trade format. Description of 371 lots with estimates and 14 multi-photo plates. A few check marks else a very good+ tight clean copy.

The Charm: Early and Uncollected Poems

Creeley, Robert · 1967

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.44 | ¥27,949)

[Mt. Horeb], The Perishable Press, 1967. First edition. Quarter blue-green morocco over maroon cloth boards. Title blind-stamped on spine. 77 pp. 8vo. Number 94 of 250 copies numbered and signed by the author. Handset and printed in Palatino on Medway paper. Hamady 14. A very ...

Thirty One Sonnets

Eberhart, Richard · 1967

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

New York, Eakins Press, 1967. First edition. Brick red cloth with stamped title in matching cloth slipcase. 31 pp.; [4]. 16mo. Number 59 of 99 specially bound copies signed by Eberhart. Printed on Wookey Mould in Monotype Bembo italic by The Stinehour Press of Lundenburg, Verm...

Some Notes on a Bill

Kipling, Rudyard · 1920

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Little Rock, The Incunabula Bookshop, 1920. First edition. Gray paper wrappers. Unpaged [12 pp.]. 8vo. (8 1/2 x 6 in). Number 44 of a limited edition of 100 copies. Originally published in "The Author" London, July 1, 1891. A satire directed at the American copyright bill. Liv...

Dalmatia

Brown, Horatio F.; painted by Walter Tyndale · 1925

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

London, A. & C. Black, 1925. First edition. Blue cloth with a repeated design of shields within double ruled boxes blocked in blind on the front and spine; publisher's monogram blocked in blind on the back; title blocked in black on the front and in gilt on the spine. xii, 187...

Das Sexualproblem in Der Modernen Literatur Und Kunst. Versuch Einer Analyse Und Psychopathologie Des Kunstlerischen Schaffens Und Der Kulturentwicklung Seit 1800

Lewandowski, Herbert · 1927

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Dresden, Pail Aretz, 1927. First edition. Cream colored cloth with black and gilt designs. 319 pp. Illus. with 250 b/w and color drawings. 8vo. Spine soiled tears and fraying to head and heel, hinges tender, but otherwise still a good copy with a clean interior.

Sittengeschichte Des Hafens Und Der Reise. Eine Beluchtung Des Erotischen Lebens in Der Hafenstadt, IM Hotel, IM Reisevehikel; Die Sexualität Des Kulturmenschen Während Des Reisens Und in Fremden Milieu

Schidrowitz, Leo, ed · 1927

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Wien / Leipzig, Verlag für Kulturforschung, 1927. n.ed. Cream colored cloth with black and gilt designs. 319 pp. Illus. with 200 b/w and color drawings. 8vo. Sixth in the series: "Sittengeschichte der Kulturwelt und ihrer Entwicklung in Einzeldarstellungen". Interesting erotic...

Dynamo

O'Neill, Eugene · 1929

$135.00 (€122.48 | £102.17 | ¥21,560)

New York, Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. Polished green cloth. 8vo. Called "A drama of overwhelming stature" by Brooks Atkinson in "The New York Times. Slight rub to head of spine otherwise a fine copy in a very good+ fresh dust jacket with a few tiny tears.

The Swordbearers. Supreme Command in the First World War

Barnett, Correlli · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, William Morrow, 1964. First American edition. Cloth. 392 pp. Bibliography, Appendix, Index. With 44 maps and 32 pp. of photos. 8vo. Analysis of Helmuth Von Molke, Sir John Jellico, Philippe Petain, and Erich Ludendorff. A very good+ tight clean copy in a very good- d...

Illustrated English Social History. Four Volumes in Two

Trevelyan, G. M. · 1952

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1952. Later printings. Red cloth in slipcase. Illus. with b/w photos and drawings. 8vo. Lightly rubbed, spines sunned, a very good+ set in like slipcase.

Herbert Hoover

Burner, David · 1996

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

Norwalk, CT, Easton Press, 1996. First edition thus. Full chocolate brown leather with gilt decorations, raised bands, satin bookmark. All edges gilt. xii, 432 pp. 8vo. Library of Presidents. Collectors edition. Note laid in. A fine copy. As new with shrink wrap.

Life of Daniel Webster. Two Volumes

Curtis, George Ticknor · 1870

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

New York, D. Appleton and Co. 1870. Second edition. Full calf with morocco spine labels, raised bands, all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. xvi, 589 pp. adv. [2]; vii, 729 pp. adv. [6]. Illus. with b/w drawings. 8vo. Chips to lower spines, heavy rubbing and scuffing to boards...