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Collection des plus beaux numeros de comoedia illustre et des programmes by DE BRUNOFF Maurice DE BRUNOFF Jacques

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Title
Collection des plus beaux numeros de comoedia illustre et des programmes
Author
DE BRUNOFF Maurice DE BRUNOFF Jacques
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1922. First Edition. DE BRUNOFF, Maurice, and DE BRUNOFF, Jacques, editors. Collection des plus beaux numéros de Comoedia Illustré et des Programmes consacrés aux Ballets & Galas Russes depuis le début a paris 1909-1921. Paris: M. de Brunoff, [1922]. Small folio, period-style full green morocco, gilt decorated spine and boards, original patterned endpapers, original color pictorial cover illustration laid down internally, uncut. $13,500.First edition of this homage to the Ballets Russes by French publisher de Brunoff, consisting of covers and pages from the French magazine Comoedia Illustré and from Ballets Russes programs, and featuring 42 full-page color plates, 12 two-page color spreads, and hundreds of black-and-white photographs and illustrations depicting sets, costumes, dancers, composers and artists and covering the years 1909 through 1921. Beautifully bound preserving the original pictorial cover illustration and patterned endpapers.""The programmes for the Diaghilev Ballet seasons in Paris and London were published by Maurice de Brunoff. He was the French editor of Comoedia Illustré, probably the greatest of all theatrical magazines. De Brunoff devoted many pages to the early Diaghilev seasons in his magazine. Eventually he began to publish the equally lavish souvenir programmes which contained articles, photographs and reproductions of the designs for the new ballets, all reproduced to the highest quality… They are now highly prized collector's items"" (Victoria & Albert Museum Theatre Collections). Includes illustrations and designs by Bakst, Picasso, and Derain, and photographs of Nijinsky, Pavlova, Rubinstein, Karsavina, and Fokine. ""This deluxe volume is an indispensable source for the best in graphic, stage, and costume design of the period; early photographs of performers attired for their roles; and commentaries on the ballet by Maurice Ravel, Jean Cocteau, Guillaume Apollinaire, M.D. Calvocoressi, and Michel Georges-Michel. Among the elegant drawings and pastels are those by Georges Lepape, Jean Dulac, Georges Tribout, Andre Marty, Jean Cocteau, and Valentine Gross… The drawings and pastels by Valine Gross are especially interesting because the document, in a charming style, Nijinsky's dance interpretations during actual performances before photographs in the theatre became commonplace"" (Roadcap, The Book of Dance in the 20th Century, 28). No articles appear for the years 1916 or 1918, when performances were halted during WWI. An introductory note by dance critic Valérien Svetlov appears before each season's articles. Text in French. Front cover illustration by painter and ballet designer Natalia Gontcharova preserved on the front free endpaper. Just a few programs with a hint of marginal dampstaining to bottom edge. Color plates, spreads, photographs and illustrations bright and beautiful.
I, Robot

I, Robot by Asimov, Isaac

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Title
I, Robot
Author
Asimov, Isaac
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Gnome Press, 1950. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. 253 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in black. Near Fine with light wear at spine ends, slight lean to binding, and light foxing to text block edges. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with modest fading to spine panel, light wear, stray mark to front panel at right edge. Price crossed out with pen at front flap, slight foxing to blindside. A superlative copy, uncommon in such excellent shape. Asmiov's sci-fi classic that explores the ethics of artificial intelligence.
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La Quinta Triennale di Milano, by Rivista Illustrata del Popolo d’Italia

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La Quinta Triennale di Milano,
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Rivista Illustrata del Popolo d’Italia
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1933. RIVISTA ILLUSTRATA DEL POPOLO D'ITALIA. La Quinta Triennale di Milano. 198 pp., illustrated throughout with photographs. Folio, 334 x 26 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Milan: 1933. A monographic issue of this important magazine (Anno XI n. 8) dedicated to the Fifth Triennial of Milan, primarily devoted to architetcure, and with Illustrations of work by Campigli, Carrà, Casorati, De Chirico, Depero, Funi, Manzù, M. Marini, A. Martini, Nizzoli, Prampolini, Severini, Sironi e altri. Architetture di Albini, Baldessari, B.B.P.R., Bordoni, Bottoni, Carminati, Figini, Griffini, Lingeri, Moretti, Pagano, Palanti, Pollini, Portaluppi, A.D. Pica, Gio Ponti and others. OCLC lists MOMA, NYPL, Getty and 1 in Italy.
Stavrogin's Confession and the Plan of the Life of a Great Sinner. With introductory and explanatory notes. Translated by S[amuel]. S[olomonovitch]. Koteliansky and Virginia Woolf.

Stavrogin's Confession and the Plan of the Life of a Great Sinner. With introductory and explanatory notes. Translated by S[amuel]. S[olomonovitch]. Koteliansky and Virginia Woolf. by Dostoevsky, F[yodor] M[ikhailovich]

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Title
Stavrogin's Confession and the Plan of the Life of a Great Sinner. With introductory and explanatory notes. Translated by S[amuel]. S[olomonovitch]. Koteliansky and Virginia Woolf.
Author
Dostoevsky, F[yodor] M[ikhailovich]
Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Richmond [Surrey, England]: The Hogarth Press, 1922 First edition, first binding. . Publisher's blue and white patterned cloth, with light blue spine and paper label title to front board and spine. . Octavo. Pages 1-6 are publisher's ads, normally bound at the end. Mild shelf wear to board extremities. Light staining at board edges. Some chipping and staining to spine label. Pencil annotations to text throughout, indicating edits and re-pagination for subsequent edition. Otherwise, pages bright. Archival tape applied to gutter of half-title. A very good copy, with a unique place in Hogarth publication history The present work contains several fragments of works by Dostoevsky: "Stavrogin's Confession" (a chapter from the novel Besy, known in English as Demons); "The Plan of The Life of a Great Sinner," a sketch for a novel that Dostoevsky never completed; and an unpublished chapter from The Possessed. The gathering and publication of these fragments is explained in the Translator's Note and the additional prefatory note "New MSS. Of Dostoevsky," attributed to the Russian Government, which detail the recent discovery of several of Dostoevsky's notebooks in the Russian State Archives. Additionally, the Hogarth collection includes commentary by V, Friche and N. Brodsky (whose remarks were likewise initially published by the Russian Government), as well V. Komarovich, previously published in the periodical Builoe. From the commentary titled "The Unfulfilled Idea" — "An analysis of The Life which reveals the autobiographic substratum lets us see with greater certainty the personal traits in those other novels of Dostoevsky's into which The Life of. Great Sinner split off."
The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death : in The Grave

The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death : in The Grave by Blake, William. Blair, Robert. (separate plate)

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The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death : in The Grave
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Blake, William. Blair, Robert. (separate plate)
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, trimmed to the image, recently cleaned. ß From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A.
Marbling: A History and a Bibliography

Marbling: A History and a Bibliography by Easton, Phoebe Jane

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Marbling: A History and a Bibliography
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Easton, Phoebe Jane
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Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
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Los Angeles: Dawsons Book Shop, 1983. Hardcover. Fine. 6 marbled paper samples tipped-in, plus a sample inset into the front boards. Crash canvas binding. A fine copy, without dj., as issued. The first of the modern landmark books on marbled papers, with a significant bibliography. The samples comprise Suminagashi, Beninagashi, Borjeson, Cockerell, Hatip Ebru and Ebru. One of 850 numbered copies. A fine copy. .
Die Hohe Jagd

Die Hohe Jagd

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Die Hohe Jagd
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition
Fine Condition
Description
Berlin: Paul Paren, 1906. 2nd. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Herausgegeben von Oberltleutnant c. Alberti in Berlin, K. Brandt in Osterode, K. Eilers in Rostock, M. von Hohenberg, H.P. von Holdt in Hooge, Dr. O. Horn in Berlin, Prof. J. Knotek in Bruck, a. M.A. Martenson in Malup in Livland, and others. Mit 215 Tertabbildungen und 29 Dollbildern in farbigem Kunstdruct. Second edition. A fine copy.
IN PHARAOH'S ARMY

IN PHARAOH'S ARMY by Wolff, Tobias

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IN PHARAOH'S ARMY
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Wolff, Tobias
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780679402176
Condition
Fine
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NY: Knopf, 1994. Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Printed wraps. Publisher's material w/color reproduction of the trade edition dustjacket stapled to the inside of the front wrap. Signed by Wolff on the title page. Very shallow crease at one corner; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition. The least common of the pre-publication issues for this title. Wolff's second memoir.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Galley/Proof.
LOWBOY

LOWBOY by Wray, John

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LOWBOY
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Wray, John
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
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9780374194161
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Fine
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NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Wray on the title page. "Autographed Copy" sticker on the dustjacket front panel; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket witrh an archival cover. Wray's third novel.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Bamboula Danse de Negres. [Op. 2]. [Piano solo]

Bamboula Danse de Negres. [Op. 2]. [Piano solo] by GOTTSCHALK, Louis Moreau 1829-1869

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Bamboula Danse de Negres. [Op. 2]. [Piano solo]
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GOTTSCHALK, Louis Moreau 1829-1869
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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New York: William Hall & Son, 239 Broadway, 1849. Folio. Disbound. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 3-17, [i] (blank) pp. Lithographed, with "Lith of Sarony & Major, N. Y." to lower inner corner of title. With fine three-quarter-length lithographic portrait of the composer to title. Very slightly worn and browned; some minor showthrough. First American edition, later issue. Doyle-13, p. 264. Offergeld 20. Dedicated to Queen Isabella II of Spain, " 'Bamboula' was the composer's first great success. ... The main theme of 'Bamboula' is based on the folksong 'Quan patate la cuite,' well known in New Orleans, and perhaps brought there by West Indian slaves." Doyle p. 265. Gottschalk was an American composer and pianist. "His considerable reputation as a composer and performer of virtuoso piano music did not long survive his death, but a renewed interest in his life and works began in the 1930s, and he is now generally acknowledged as one of the most significant 19th-century American musicians, particularly for his nationalistic and exotic compositions." Irving Lowens, revised by Frederick Starr and Laura Moore Pruett in Grove Music Online.
THE RADIO TRADE DIRECTORY, Volume 1, August, 1925, Number 4

THE RADIO TRADE DIRECTORY, Volume 1, August, 1925, Number 4

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THE RADIO TRADE DIRECTORY, Volume 1, August, 1925, Number 4
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Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: McGraw-Hill Co., Inc, 1925. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. A classified directory of the radio and allied industries published quarterly. Illustrated, 188(1)pp., illustrated endpapers are ads; bound in gray cloth stamped in black and red, spine lettering black; a few small spots to cloth. A very good clean copy.
The Individual in the Animal Kingdom

The Individual in the Animal Kingdom by Huxley, Julian S.

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The Individual in the Animal Kingdom
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Huxley, Julian S.
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Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1912. First edition. INTRODUCTION OF THE "ARMS RACE" METAPHOR FOR COEVOLUTIONARY ADVANCES--BY A FOUNDER OF THE MODERN SYNTHESIS. 12x17 cm hardcover, red cloth binding, illustrated title to cover, frontis figure of Volvox, i-ix, [3], 167 pp, 4 pp publisher's book list. Spine faded, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, very good in custom archival mylar cover. Cited in Reiss & Ruse The New Biology (2023): "The inevitability of biological progress became the leitmotif of all of Huxley's subsequent writings, despite the fact that he tried to remain, at least in part, true to Darwinian mechanism. In The Individual in the Animal Kingdom (1912), he drew an interesting cultural-biological analogy, using the turn-of-the-century naval arms race between Britain and Germany as the example. First, the cultural: "Halfway through the century, when guns had doubled and trebled their projectile capacity, up sprang the 'Merrimac' and the 'Monitor, secure in their iron breast-plates; and so the duel has gone on". Concluding: "Each advance in attack has brought forth, as if by magic, a corresponding advance in defence" Then, the biological: "With life it has been the same: if one species happens to vary in the direction of greater independence, the inter-related equilibrium is upset, and cannot be restored until a number of competing species have either given way to the increased pressure and become extinct, or else have answered pressure with pressure". Adding: "So it comes to pass that the continuous change which is passing through the organic world appears as a succession of phases of equilibrium, each one on a higher average plane of independence than the one before, and each inevitably calling up and giving place to one still higher."
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The Tale of Tai by Young, Evelyn

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The Tale of Tai
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Young, Evelyn
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
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The Tale of Tai, Oxford University Press, 1940, first edition, fine in near vg color pictorial dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear and chipping. Profusely illustrated in full color by the author.
Forgettables.
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Forgettables. by ACTON, Jay.

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Forgettables.
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ACTON, Jay.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780690000887
Condition
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Description
NY:: Thomas Y. Crowell,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 069000088X . First printing. Very good in a very good dust jacket. .
The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel.
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The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel. by ABBEY, Edward.

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The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel.
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ABBEY, Edward.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780805009217
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description
NY:: Henry Holt,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0805009213 . Abbey's finest novel. First printing. Light foxing on top edge, else near fine in a near fine first state (uncorrected errors on front and rear flaps) dust jacket. ; 485 pages .
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European Paintings: Catalogue of Collection by Zeri, Federico and Ksenija Rozman

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European Paintings: Catalogue of Collection
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Zeri, Federico and Ksenija Rozman
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
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VG
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Ljubljana, Slovenia: Narodna galerija, 2000. Softcover. VG. Color illus. wraps; 333 pp.; 84 color plates, many bw figures. A guide to the collection of European paintings held at Narodna galerija in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Extensive text about the artists and works.
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The Master: A Novel. by TÓIBÍN, Colm.

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The Master: A Novel.
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TÓIBÍN, Colm.
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Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
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NY: Scribner, (2004).. First US edition.. 338 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Studies in Medieval Cistercian History Presented to Jeremiah F. O'Sullivan
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Studies in Medieval Cistercian History Presented to Jeremiah F. O'Sullivan

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Studies in Medieval Cistercian History Presented to Jeremiah F. O'Sullivan
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
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9780879078133
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Spencer, MA: Cistercian Publications, 1971. xi, 204 [1]p., dj. Contains ten English-language essays by various scholars, plus a bibliography of the honoree (Cistercian studies series, 13).
John and Mary's Spring-Cleaning Day

John and Mary's Spring-Cleaning Day by Ashley, E.

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John and Mary's Spring-Cleaning Day
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Ashley, E.
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lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
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Color illustrated paper covered heavy cards. Very good
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Huddersfield, England: Scholield & Sims, c. 1950's. Pictorial boards. Color illustrated paper covered heavy cards. Very good. 14 x 11 cm. A charming mid-century English children's book featuring John and Mary and their toys. Illustrated throughout. Light soiling to covers, interiors clean and crisp.
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Building The British Empire; To the End of the First Empire by ADAMS, James Truslow

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Building The British Empire; To the End of the First Empire
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ADAMS, James Truslow
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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New York: Abbeville, 1938. hardcover. 438pp. 8vo, cloth. N.Y., 1938.

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