Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Artistic and Intellectual Trends from Rubens to Daumier As Shown in Book Illustrations

Benesch, Otto · 1943

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Department of Printing and, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor unde...

Cornelia Schleime: Love Affairs

Hellmold, Martin · 2008

$39.20 (€35.57 | £29.67 | ¥6,260)

Munich, Geman, Prestel Publishers, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" 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...

View: Parade of the Avant-Garde--an Anthology of View Magazine (1940-1947)

Ford, Charles Henri, ed. · 1991

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, Thunder's Mouth Press., 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Edited by Charles Henri Ford, a nice-looking copy in structurally sound square hardcover format, bound in blue paper over boards, with sharp and distinct silver lettering to spin...

Mikhail Larionov and the Russian Avant-Garde

Parton, Anthony · 1993

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1993. . Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Big, tall, heavy copy bound in illustrated...

Avantgarde Osteuropa 1910 1930

Roters, Eberhard · 1967

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Berlin, West Germany, Ausstellung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, 1967. First Edition. 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...

Avant Garde Russe, 1905-1925: Chefs-D'Oeuvre Des Musees de Russie

Lang, Jack and Rland Dumas et al., eds. · 1993

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

Paris, Connaissance des Arts, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy bound in tall format, measuring 8 1/2" x 11" in size, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wea...

Willelmine, ã©Bauche Inachevã©E; Fac-Similã© Du Manuscrit Autographe Et Texte Typographiã©, Prã©Cã©Dã©S D'Extraits Des ã©Crits de Clotilde de Vaux Et D'Auguste Comte

Clotilde de Vaux · 1929

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

Paris, Edition Positiviste, 1929. Special Limited Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. This is a Special Limited Edition, being #479 of 2000 copies printed sur velin, published in Paris by Édition positive, 1929, couverture souple in Very Good. Original First Editio...

Artistry in Ink

Noma, Seiroku, ed. · 1957

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Crown, 1957. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Translated by Edward Strong from the original Japanese, and edited by Seiroku Noma, this is a sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy. Bound in white cloth, a bit soi...

Butterfly's Sisters: The Geisha in Western Culture

Kawaguchi, Yoko · 2010

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-...

The Shogun's Painted Culture: Fear and Creativity in the Japanese States, 1760-1829

Screech, Timon · 2000

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

London, Reaktion Books, 2000. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Several dozen black-and-white illustrations and even several in full-co...

Blaise Cendrars

Miller, Henry · 1951

$96.00 (€87.10 | £72.65 | ¥15,332)

Paris, Denoel, 1951. Special Limited Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Published in a Limited Edition, this being #357 of 910 copies printed on Johannot paper and with a Johannot watermark, by Denoel, Paris, 1951, and measuring 11" x 9" in size. 72 pp. Quite lovel...

Contemporary Japanese Prints: Symbols of a Society in Transition

Smith, Lawrence · 1985

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, Harper & Row, 1985. First U.S. Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy, pictorial wraps. Volume contains scholarly a...

Japanese Design: A Survey Since 1950

Hiesinger, Kathryn B. and Felice Fischer, eds. · 1995

$16.80 (€15.24 | £12.71 | ¥2,683)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, bound in a big, tall square quarto format, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight she...

Fantaisies Theologiques

Morin, A.-S. · 1872

$84.00 (€76.21 | £63.57 | ¥13,415)

Paris, Armand Le Chevalier, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarcely available to the trade in this condition and state, being a perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Very rare first edition of an occult book. Bo...

The Theatrical Prints of the Torii Masters: A Selection of Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Ukiyo-E

Link, Howard A. · 1977

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Honolulu, Hawai'i, Honolulu Academy of Arts in association with Honolulu Printmakers, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, s...

Essai Historique Sur la Liberte D'Ecrire Ches Les Anciens Et Au Moyen Age, Sur la Liberte de la Pressed Depuis le Quinzieme Siecle...

Peignot, Gabriele · 1832

$128.00 (€116.13 | £96.87 | ¥20,442)

Paris, L'Imprimerie de Crapelet, 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A reasonably scarce title in the trade in this state and condition. Handsome little volume, produced in First Edition in 1832 by Crapelet, but rebound at some point, decorated marbled pap...

Le Perroquet Vert

Bibesco, Princesse · 1947

$30.40 (€27.58 | £23.01 | ¥4,855)

Paris, Librairie Arthème Fayard , 1947. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A lovely ode, a paean to the real parrot, and with 33 original engravings by Ch.-J. Hallo. Printed, illustrated wraps, quite lovely, moderately worn, mildly soiled, a bit chipped at spine head and f...

A Rod for the Back of the Binder: Some Considerations of Binding with Reference to the Ideals of the Lakeside Press

The Lakeside Press · 1929

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Chicago, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, by the Lakeside Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The finest looking copy of this book that I've ever seen. Brown textured linen cloth over boards, no lettering to spine, but a most handsome black cloth labe...

Source and Inspiration: A Continuing Tradition

Miele, Frank J.; Hirschl & Adler Folk Gallery · 1988

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Hirschl & Adler Folk, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition copy in softcover format of an exhibit catalog, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Held from Januar...

4. Documenta - Kassel '68. Katalog; 4. Documenta - Kassel '68. Katalog 2

Hessen, Land and Willi Becker, Curator and Procurer · 1968

$56.00 (€50.81 | £42.38 | ¥8,944)

Germany, Kassel, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no additional copies available on-line, nor listed in the Worldcat dot org database. Two good-looking, structurally sound, tall quarto format volumes bound in pict...