Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Books Illustrated by Painters and Sculptors from 1900

1980

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Introduction by James M. Wells to this catalog of an exhibit held from September to November of 1980 by the Arts Club of Chicago. Simple printed wraps in square format, stap...

Trance & Recalcitrance: The Private Voice in the Public Realm--20 Years of Poltroon Press

Butler, Frances and Alastair Johnston · 1995

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

San Francisco, Edizione Velocissime Faville, for the Pacific Center for the Book Arts in Association with the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and due catalogue-format homage to Poltroon Press's work o...

Modern Scribes and Lettering Artists

Gullick, Michael and Ieua Rees · 1980

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Boston, David R. Godine, 1980. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Big, tall, quarto softpaper format with a glossy illustrated front cover, light wear to bottom tips, else easily Fine condition. With 160 pp. Reprint edition of the first edition, and with a...

The Pivot of the World: Photography and Its Nation

Stimson, Blake · 2006

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, The MIT Press, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Maurice Merleau-Ponty, "My body is the pivot of the world." Near pristine interior, crimped rear panel bottom tip, front panel furled, else tightly bound, clean and unmarked of in...

Encyclopedia of Photography

Jones, Bernard E. · 1974

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, Arno Press, 1974. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Reprint Edition of the 1911 original edition by Bernard E. Jones, with a new Introduction by Peter C. Bunnell and Robert A. Sobieszek, augmented with a new picture portfolio. Sturdy, attractive, ...

Judios & Argentinos: Judios Argentinos

Wolff, Martha; Zago, Manrique, ed. · 1988

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Buenos Aires, Manrique Zago ediciones, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover bound handsomely in a tall, quarto oblong format, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacke...

Printing Progress - a Mid-Century Report

The National Association of Printing House Craftsmen · 1959

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Cincinnati, International Association of Printing House Craftsmen, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, a big, fat, heavy tome, with little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked, housed in a simple, Good c...

High Bonnet

Idwal Jones · 1945

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Prentice-Hall, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Rubbing to extremities, scuffing to spine head, dealer stamp, neatly affixed, previous owner's inscription inside f...

Music in the Old Testament

Cornill, Carl Heinrich · 1909

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Chicago, The Open Court Publishing Company, 1909. First English Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Simple printed wraps, with prelims ...

Geschichte Der Judischen Munzen Gemeinfasslich Dargestellt

Levy, M[oritz] A[braham] · 1862

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Breslau, Schletter's Buchhandlung (H. Skutsch), 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete. Marbled paper over boards, leather over tips and spine, but considerable scuffing thereto, and front board i...

Prophet

Hareven, Shulamith; Hillel Halkin, translator · 1990

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

San Francisco, North Point Press, 1990. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Translated from the origin...

The Deputy

Hochhuth, Rolf; Winston, Richard and Winston, Clara, translators · 1964

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, The Grove Press, 1964. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean interior but for previous owner's inscription at first free endpaper, with minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, ...

Altars of My Fathers

Rubenovitz, Mignon L. · 1957

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, The National Women's League of the United Synagogue of America, 1957. Second Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in blue cloth over boards, sharp...

Isaac Bashevis Singer: The Magician of West 86th Street

Kresh, Paul · 1979

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, The Dial Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Slight torque to spine, else handsomely bound in gray linen cloth, sharp and distinct blue lettering...

Jewish Children's Literature: Proceedings of a Conference on April 2, 1984

Benziman, Hagit, Havah Yassour, Sandra Parker and Inabeth Miller · 1985

$8.80 (€7.98 | £6.66 | ¥1,405)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Library, 1985. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Publis...

Job

Korn, Richard · 1982

$7.20 (€6.53 | £5.45 | ¥1,150)

Berkeley, California, Oyez, 1982. Special Limited Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Special Limited Edition, one of 200 copies given as a holiday gift by the publisher, of 1000 copies printed. Comprised of a single poem by Richard Korn, surrounded by the lovely line...

The Little Zaddik: A Play in Three Acts on the Baal Shem Tov and the Wolf

Newman, Louis I. · 1961

$7.20 (€6.53 | £5.45 | ¥1,150)

New York, Bloch Publishing Company, 1961. . Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of simple printed covers, even less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. 77 pp. plus an A...

Habima": The Moscow Theatre "Habima

Ben-Ari, R. · 1942

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Chicago, L. M. Stein Publisher, 1942. Second Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Yiddish language text, being the Second Enlarged Edition and a Presentation Copy by the author, who inscribes the first free endpaper in Hebrew, dated to 1942. 404 pp., bound in ...

Three Centuries of Children's Books in Europe

Hurlimann, Bettina · 1968

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Cleveland, Ohio, World Publishing Company, 1968. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in brick-red cloth over boards, with sharp and distinct gilt ...

The Master's Hand: Drawings and Manuscripts from the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

Cara Durour Denison · 1998

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.96 | ¥3,577)

New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Stated First Edition, First Edition, bound handsomely in a big, tall quarto hardcover format, light tan cloth over boards, sharp and distinct burgundy lettering to front cover and spi...