Structure, Verses, Agency Books

French Rococo Book Illustration

Holloway, Owen E. · 1969

$68.00 (€61.69 | £51.46 | ¥10,860)

London, Alec Tiranti, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A fine exemplar of a presentation copy of the true First Edition of an important book, the only SIGNED copy available currenly on-line, with unbruised tips, tight binding of blue cloth and gilt let...

Horace Liveright: Publisher of the Twenties

Gilmer, Walker · 1970

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, David Lewis, 1970. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An accessible, engaging, well-written but terribly sad story in Second Printing state about the Horace Liveright publishing company, and complete with fine frontis black-and-white portrait of the...

L'Art Du Livre

Malo-Renault, Jean · 1931

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Paris, France, Librairie Garnier Frères, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. An exceedingly handsomely bound book, the only copy currently available on-line in hardcover format, bound in two-tone, marbled linen paper over boards, three-quarters red cloth, hand...

Cyril Connolly's One Hundred Modern Books: From England, France and America 1880-1950

Hirth, Mary · 1971

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Austin, Texas, The Humanities Research Center / The University of Texas, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition hardcover copy bound in in oblong format in blue cloth with sharp and distinct lettering to spine, with unbruised tips, tight ...

Victorian Illustrated Books

Muir, Percy · 1989

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

London, Portman Books, 1989. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Handsomely bound in an Imperial octavo hardcover format, bound in burgundy cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price...

Grand Street No. 71: Danger

Stein, Jean, ed. · 2003

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

New York, Jean Stein & Torsten Wiesel, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. The publisher says "More than any other magazine, Grand Street invites its readers into the truly cosmopolitan world of literature and art. Our mission is to offer a distinctive em...

Resistance of the Heart: Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Nazi Germany

Stoltzfus, Nathan · 1996

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 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 highlig...

The Circle of Montparnasse: Jewish Artists in Paris, 1905-1945

Silver, Kenneth · 1985

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Universe Publishing, 1985. . Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. From the publisher's blurb, "Here is a sensitive portrait--in words and pictures--of the large group of Jewish artists who came to Paris early in the 20th century and the works they created in a uniqu...

Fiber

Breivik, Bard · 1981

$24.80 (€22.50 | £18.77 | ¥3,961)

Malmo, Sweden, Kalejdoskop Forlag, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition hardcover copy bound in short oblong format, printed brown paper over boards, virtually gift-quality condition, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean intern...

Japanese Erotism

Soulie, Bernard · 1987

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Crescent Books, 1987. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Good-looking copy of an early reprint of a volume published originally in 1981, and publication date is not listed. First Edition Thus, with "a" in "number line." Sturdy, attractive, tightly ...

Theater of Acculturation: The Roman Ghetto in the Sixteenth Century

Stow, Kenneth R. · 2001

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Seattle, Washington, University of Washington Press, 2001. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Penned by an acknowledged expert on the social history and fate of Italian Jews especially in the heavily segregated towns and villages in Italy. A superior copy inside and out, be...

Thursday the Rabbi Walked out; Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet

Kemelman, Harry · 1978

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, William Morrow and Company, . Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A good-looking, structurally sound set of two (2) Harry Kemelman mystery novels, featuring the incomparable Rabbi detective David Small. Book Club Editions, each bound in short octav...

Partisans: Marriage, Politics, and Betrayal Among the New York Intellectuals

Laskin, David, ed. · 2000

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and compelling, accessible social history of literary circles in New York, including about Mary McCarthy, Edmund, Jean Stafford, Diana Trilling, Caroline Gordon, Philip Rahv, All...

Printed in the Memory: Literary Treasures in the National Library of Finland

Parssinen, Leena and Esko Rahikainen, eds. · 2004

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

Helsinki, Helsinki University Library, 2004. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An extraordinarily pretty book, being handsomely bound in burgundy cloth over boards, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, ...

The Decorative Arts of the Forties and Fifties: Austerity / Binge

Hillier, Bevis · 1975

$13.60 (€12.34 | £10.29 | ¥2,172)

New York, Clarkson N. Potter, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A fine, engaging and accessible work by an acknowledged expert on Art Deco movements and artists. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals,...

Coupure No. 7, Janvier, 1972

Legrand, Gerard, Jose Pierre, Jean Schuster, eds. · 1972

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

Paris, France, Editions Le Terrain Vague, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Scarce in any condition and state, an influential if short-lived chronicle of French social and art history. Produced handsomely and colorfully in folio format, horizont...

Coupure No. 6, Avril, 1971

Legrand, Gerard, Jose Pierre, Jean Schuster, eds. · 1971

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

Paris, France, Editions Le Terrain Vague, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Scarce in any condition and state, an influential if short-lived chronicle of French social and art history. Produced handsomely and colorfully in folio format, horizont...

Coupure No. 5, Novembre 1970

Legrand, Gerard, Jose Pierre, Jean Schuster, eds. · 1969

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

, Editions Le Terrain Vague, . . Softcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Scarce in any condition and state, an influential if short-lived chronicle of French social and art history. Produced handsomely and colorfully in folio format, horizontally folded, but measuring 12 ...

Coupure No. 3, Mai 1970

Legrand, Gerard, Jose Pierre, Jean Schuster, eds. · 1970

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

Paris, France, Editions Le Terrain Vague, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Scarce in any condition and state, an influential if short-lived chronicle of French social and art history. Produced handsomely and colorfully in folio format, horizont...

Coupure No. 2, Janvier 1970

Legrand, Gerard, Jose Pierre, Jean Schuster, eds. · 1970

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

Paris, France, Editions Le Terrain Vague, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Scarce in any condition and state, an influential if short-lived chronicle of French social and art history. Produced handsomely and colorfully in folio format, horizont...