Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street

Melville, Herman · 1997

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1997. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, heavy Mylar dust jacket as protector. Long range of black-and-white photographs up front between half-title and title page. This ...

La Cerimonia Delle Cose (the Ceremony of Things)

Cucchi, Enzo; Mario Diacono, ed.; Franco Martinelli, translator · 1985

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Peter Blum Editions , 1985. 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 to the printed card-stock wraps, protected in or...

Judeo-Spanish Ballads from Bosnia

Samuel G. Armistead and Joseph H. Silverman, eds., with the collaboration of Biljana Sljivic-Simsic · 1971

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A lovely survey by two acknowledged masters, and with the collaboration of Biljana Sljivic-Simsic, ; 8vo; green wrappers. Preserving f...

Uncommon Clay

Cardozo, Sidney B. and Masaaki Hirano; Juliet Winters Carpenter, translator · 1987

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

TOkyo, Japan, Kodansha International, 1987. First Edtion Thus. 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. Published first as The Art of Rosanjin. ...

Hans Burkhardt the War Paintings - a Catalogue Raisonne

Jack Rutberg · 1984

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

Northridge, California, Santa Susana Press, California State University, Northridge, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. SIGNED by the noted painter, at first free endpaper. Essay by Dr. Eugene Anderson and an interview by Colin Gardner and with the illu...

Varieties of Visual Experience: Art As Image and Idea

Feldman, Edmund Burke · 1971

$27.20 (€24.68 | £20.58 | ¥4,344)

New York, Prentice Hall Press / Harry N. Abrams, 1971. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Massively heavy, oversized volume. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, clean, lightly toned at page edges at worst, minimal rubbing to ...

Hispanic Studies in Honor of Joseph H. Silverman

Ricapito, Joseph V., ed. · 1988

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

Newark, Delaware, Juan de la Cuesta, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarcely available in the trade, there being only two additional copies on-line currently. Another fine contribution to the series, Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic monographs, this being a...

Popular Culture and Elite Culture in France, 1400-1750

Muchembled, Robert; Lydia Cochrane, translator · 1985

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University Press, 1985. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Marred only faintly by the remains of a staple at first free endpaper, else a superior copy, near gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible w...

The Catalan Vengeance

Lowe, Alfonso · 1972

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

London, England , Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Purple cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spin...

Kanaanaer Und Hebraer

Bohl, Franz · 1911

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

Leipzig, Germany, J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Extremely scarce in the trade, there being only one additional copy available on-line currently. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover exemplar of a German language...

The Ballad and the Folk

Buchan, David · 1972

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition and a nice exemplar of a fine study in ethnomusicology in which the author surveys the nature of the ballad and its meaning to the people of Northeast Scotland. He argues th...

Hispanic Medieval Studies in Honor of Samuel G Armistead

Gerli, Michael E. and Harvey L. Sharrer, eds. · 1992

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Madison, Wisconsin, Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover exemplar of a second festschrift for Samuel G. Armistead. Little discernible wear to...

Oral Tradition and Hispanic Literature: Essays in Honor of Samuel G. Armistead

Mishael M. Caspi, ed. · 1995

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.95 | ¥3,577)

New York, Garland Publishing Co., 1995. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being only one additional copy available to the trade currently. Not many scholars get more than one festschrift dedicated to them. Another fine contrib...

The Strangers Gaze: Travels in County Clare 1534-1950

O Dalaigh, Brian, ed. · 1998

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

County Clare, Ireland, Clasp Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound simply in maroon cloth over boards, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny...

History of the Origin and Establishment of the Inquisition in Portugal

Herculano, Alexandre; John C. Branner, translator · 1926

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A stated First Edition, being a Stanford University Publications, University Series volume, the second in their series, History, Economics and Political Science. Translat...

The Judeo-Spanish Ballad Chapbooks of Yacob Abraham Yona

Silverman, Joseph H., Armistead, Samuel G. · 1971

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Berkeley, California , University of California Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. The inaugural contribution to the series, Folk-Literature of the Sephardic Jews. A big, tall, fat, oversized Imperial octavo hardcover format text, brown cloth over...

The British Traditional Ballad in North America; with a Supplement by Roger Dev. Renwick

Coffin, Tristram Potter · 1977

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

Austin, Texas, University of Texas Press, 1977. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Bibliographical and Special Series Published Through the Cooperation of The American Folklore Society. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcov...

Judeo-Spanish Ballads from New York, Collected by Mair Jose Benardete

Armistead, Samuel G. and Joseph H. Silverman, eds. · 1981

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" in "number" line present. Trilingual in English, Hebrew and Spanish, a fine compendium of the texts of the thirty-nine ...

Judeo-Spanish Ballads from New York, Collected by Mair Jose Benardete

Armistead, Samuel G. and Joseph H. Silverman, eds. · 1981

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" in "number" line present. Currently, the only SIGNED copy available on-line. Laid in is a signed notecard from one edit...

British Broadside Ballads of the Sixteenth Century: A Catalogue of the Extant Sheets and an Essay

Livingston, Carole Rose · 1991

$140.00 (€127.02 | £105.95 | ¥22,359)

New York, Garland Publishing, 1991. . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently only two additional copies available on-line. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, a big, fat, thick octavo format volume, clean, minima...