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Book Concluding With As A Wife Has A Cow. A Love Story by STEIN, Gertrude

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Title: Book Concluding With As A Wife Has A Cow. A Love Story
Author: STEIN, Gertrude
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description: Paris: Editions de la Galerie Simon, 1926. GRIS, Juan. . A Book Concluding With As A Wife Has A Cow. A Love Story.. Orne De Lithographies Par Juan Gris Paris: Editions de la Galerie Simon, 1926. Full Description: STEIN, Gertrude. GRIS, Juan, [artist]. A Book Concluding With As A Wife Has A Cow. A Love Story. Orne De Lithographies Par Juan Gris Paris: Editions de la Galerie Simon, 1926. Limited edition, one of 90 copies printed on Arches paper and signed by Gertrude Stein and Juan Gris on the limitation page, from a total edition of 112. This copy being number 81. Small quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches; 240 x 185 mm). 22 pp. With four lithographs by Juan Gris, one of which is in color. Title printed in red and black. Publisher's printed paper wrappers. In the original glassine dust jacket. Glassine is lightly browned and chipping. A small closed tear repair to title-page, not affecting text. Some minor creasing to wrappers. Otherwise an about copy. "Stein was an American novelist, born in 1874 into an affluent upper-middle-class Jewish family. She studied psychology and medicine before moving to Paris in 1904. There she became one of the foremost connoisseurs of modern art and an early champion of Cubism. She was especially close to Picasso, and it is likely that she met Gris sometime in 1910 through their mutual friend; however, she did not start collecting Gris's work until 1914, when she bought the first painting from the artist's gallerist, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler... ris valued Stein's feedback, and he trusted her taste in and opinions on art. They visited each other frequently and were known to engage in deep and intellectual conversations. She appreciated the artist especially for the exactitude of his Cubism and his intricate compositions. When Gris's sales and self-esteem were low, Stein tirelessly promoted his work by sending journalists to his studio, publishing texts about him, and collecting his works. In 1926 they collaborated on a project, with Gris contributing four lithographs to Stein's publication A Book Concluding with as a Wife Has a Cow: A Love Story... When Gris died in May 1927, Stein was heartbroken. Two months later, she published a personal epitaph in the magazine Transition. In her Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Stein would later acknowledge Gris's importance to Cubism by elevating him to the same level as Picasso, where in her eyes he belonged: 'T]he only real cubism is that of Picasso and Juan Gris. Picasso created it and Juan Gris permeated it with his clarity and exaltation.'" (Christine Burger, Dallas Museum of Art). HBS 69576. $8,500.

In Dubious Battle by STEINBECK, John

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Title: In Dubious Battle
Author: STEINBECK, John
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description: New York: Covici Friede, 1936. Full Description: STEINBECK, John. In Dubious Battle. New York: Covici Friede, [1936]. First edition, one of ninety-nine copies signed by the author of which this is number 57. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 205 x 137 mm). 349, [3, blank] pp. With the signed limitation page inserted at rear. Original black cloth over grey buckram boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge dyed red. Some minor rubbing to bottom of spine. Previous owner's ink inscription dated 1940 on half-title. In the original black paper slipcase with paper spine label. Some very minor rubbing to slipcase. A bright, fine copy. Goldstone & Payne A5a. HBS 69028. $6,500.

East of the Sun West of the Moon by Nielsen, Kay (illustrator)

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Title: East of the Sun West of the Moon
Author: Nielsen, Kay (illustrator)
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. First edition. Fine. Attractively bound in half brown morocco over marbled paper boards. Quarto. 206 pp. With twenty-five beautiful color plates (including frontispiece) from illustrations by Kay Nielsen. Small chip to paper on upper board and slight toning to endpapers. Still a bright, Fine copy of Kay Nielsen's best work and one of the most desirable books from the Golden Age of Illustration. "By general consent, Nielsen's most spectacular and celebrated book is East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales from the North, translated from the Norwegian of Peter C. Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe (devoted collectors of Scandinavian folk lore in the mid-nineteenth century). First published in 1914, this beautiful volume has been reprinted many times up to the present day... Nielsen's unique style and talent for combining the eerie and fantastic with beautiful decorative effect was at its peak with this set of illustrations" (Dalby, The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration, p. 90) East of the Sun and West of the Moon was Nielsen's second illustrated book, preceded by In Powder and Crinoline in 1913. Nielsen was the son of the director of the Royal Danish Theater and, after World War I, himself became principal designer for the Danish State Theater. His theater background led to years of artistic involvement in the Walt Disney Company, where his art was used in Fantasia. He also provided concept art for iconic films like Sleeping Beauty (1959) and The Little Mermaid (1989), which was not released until decades after his death; and he was credited as inspiring the visual development of Disney films as recent as Frozen (2013). Grolier Children's 100, 66. Fine.

Death Valley in '49. Important Chapter of California Pioneer History by Manly, William Lewis

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Title: Death Valley in '49. Important Chapter of California Pioneer History
Author: Manly, William Lewis
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: San Jose, Cal: The Pacific Tree and Vine Co, 1894. First edition. Near Fine. A Near Fine copy. 498 pp., complete with four plates (including frontispiece). Publisher's mustard yellow cloth. A bit of fading to spine and darkening to edge of upper board. Some toning to endpapers at gutter. Shallow nick to edge of front endpaper and to edge of preliminary blank. An excellent, clean and fresh copy. William Lewis Manly's Death Valley in '49 is a "classic account, by a survivor, of dire sufferings endured by an emigrant party on a short-cut from Salt Lake to California through the Valley called ever after by this fearful name" (Howes M-255). Manly was a guide for the Death Valley '49ers, a group of Gold Rush pioneers attempting to make the overland trip from Utah to California. Ater the party got lost in the area that would later become known as Death Valley, Manly and John Haney Rogers embarked on a perilous three-hundred-mile journey on foot to secure relief and supplies for their party, who waited in Death Valley for their return for twenty-six days. Manly and Rogers eventually rescued the party and led them to safety in California. The book is now considered a crucial entry in the bibliography of California history and a landmark work on the Death Valley region: "No other book that has ever been written about Death Valley can even remotely approach the Manly in historic importance. It is unlikely that one ever will" (Graff 2670). Near Fine.

Sea Purse & Sand Piper by [PAILLOU, Peter (1720-1790)]

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Title: Sea Purse & Sand Piper
Author: [PAILLOU, Peter (1720-1790)]
Seller: Donald Heald Rare Books (United States)
Description: [London, 1780. Watercolour and gouache drawing, on laid paper. Titled and signed on verso. Peter Paillou was a British painter best known for his works of natural history. He worked for two leading 18th-century naturalists, Taylor White and Thomas Pennant, painting bird pictures, many of which were engraved and used as plates in Pennant's books.

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) to Lewis Mumford by AUDEN, W. H

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Title: TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) to Lewis Mumford
Author: AUDEN, W. H
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Crease from folding, otherwise about Fine
Description: Birmingham, 14 September 1938. Letter. Crease from folding, otherwise about Fine. Superb 1-1/2 page TYPED LETTER SIGNED on both sides of an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of paper to American historian, philosopher, and literary critic Lewis Mumford. In part: "I nearly wrote you a fan letter once before, when I read CIVILIZATION AND TECHNICS, and now, having just finished THE CULTURE OF CITIES, I feel I must say that, to me, they are two of the most interesting books of our time. The only criticism I can make is that in places, and I am sure that this was not your intention, you give the impression if being a tiny bit puritanical about such things as domestic decoration, and the wish to express one's personality." Auden talks about the depressing experience of having lived in a sterilized "modern" flat and the importance of people "bolstering themselves up with ornaments and decoration." Annotated in pencil by Mumford "Ans 8 Oct 38."

Dégradé. Suivi de Théâtre des marionnettes, avec une composition de Jean Marembert by Jausion, Jean

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Title: Dégradé. Suivi de Théâtre des marionnettes, avec une composition de Jean Marembert
Author: Jausion, Jean
Seller: Bernett Rare Books Inc (United States)
Description: Paris: Éditions Réverberes, 1938. Octavo (21 ×13.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; unpaginated (33 pp.) including a frontispiece after a drawing by Jean Marembert. Overall very good condition. Limited edition of 300 copies. Rare volume of poems published by the neo-Dadaist group Les Réverbères, which was founded in December 1937 by Michel Tapié, Jean Marembert, Jacques Office, Pierre Minne, and Henri Bernard, and which promoted Dadaist exhibitions, jazz concerts, stage performances, and published literary works. Among the exhibitors were: Louis Cattiaux, Marembert, Pierre Minne, Tapié, as well as members of the "La Main à plume" surrealist group: Noël Arnaud, Marc Patin, Jean-François Chabrun, and others. Among other events, the group also organized "Tribute to Dada" soirées, which featured readings of texts by Tristan Tzara, Ribemont-Dessaignes, and others. In "Art of the Defeat: France 1940-1944," Laurence Bertrand Dorléac asserts that the group still met for several gatherings retaining the spirit of the 1930s even after the German occupation of France in June 1940. The Neo-Dadaist activities around Michel Tapié have not been explored to any significant degree and are rarely mentioned in passing in the literature on Dada and Surrealism. One exception is Michel Fauré's book "Histoire du surréalisme sous l'Occupation", published in 1982. The reason for the sparse state of research is probably that the experimental, elaborate avant-garde prints, most of which were produced in very small editions, are hardly accessible due to their rarity. Very scarce; as of December 2023, OCLC lists only 2 copies in North America.

Des Faisanderies particulières by [QUINGERY, de]

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Title: Des Faisanderies particulières
Author: [QUINGERY, de]
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris: Mme. Huzard, 1837. 5 engraved plates. Original printed blue wrappers. Presentation inscription on the title from the author to M. Lafayette de Beaurepaire. Some light foxing, but otherwise in excellent, original condition. Only French edition, a guidebook to pheasant farming after Bohemian traditions. Originally published in German, this edition was expanded to include information about raising pheasants in France. According to the translator in his avis, the Germans had cultivated the best pheasant farms in the world, so the French should employ their methods. The text covers the building of coops, arrangement for mating, feeding, different varieties of pheasants and their particular needs, costs and revenue to expect, troubleshooting problems, and veterinary care. The illustrations show how to plot land for a farm and a properly built coop. One physical copy in the U.S. (Berkeley). Van Bragt, Bib. des traductions françaises (1810-1840) 5115 ; Quérard VI : 109.

Poster: "...this widened war has narrowed domestic welfare programs, making the poor, white and Negro bear the burdens both at the front and at home..." Honor His Memory April 2, 3, 4, - Stop the War Now! by KING, JR., Martin Luther

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Title: Poster: "...this widened war has narrowed domestic welfare programs, making the poor, white and Negro bear the burdens both at the front and at home..." Honor His Memory April 2, 3, 4, - Stop the War Now!
Author: KING, JR., Martin Luther
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Washington DC: National Peace Action Coalition, [1971]. First Edition. Original poster, with text and photo offset printed in black on white stock, measuring 28cm x 43.25cm (11" x 17"). Horizontal fold at center, some mild wear and toning to extremities, with holograph date (in ink) on verso; Very Good+. Striking poster produced by the National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC) for the April 24, 1971 March on Washington and San Francisco, prominently featuring a photographic portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. with an accompanying quote. Not separately listed in OCLC.

Ketsutokukin no hi shakubun [Ch. Que te qin bei shi wen] 闕特勤碑釋文 [Explanations to the Text of the Kül-Tigin Inscription] by SUZUKI, Yoshitake 鈴木吉武, ed

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Title: Ketsutokukin no hi shakubun [Ch. Que te qin bei shi wen] 闕特勤碑釋文 [Explanations to the Text of the Kül-Tigin Inscription]
Author: SUZUKI, Yoshitake 鈴木吉武, ed
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: 13 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. wrappers, title-slip (a little defective), orig. stitching. Tokyo: Suzuki shi sankikuken 鈴木氏餐菊軒, 1935. An edition of the Chinese text of the Kül-Tigin inscription along with related texts. The Kül-Tigin inscription is one of the Khöshöö Tsaidam or Orchon inscriptions, thus named after the location where they were found. These bilingual inscriptions are in ancient Turkic and classical Chinese. The stele with the inscription covered in our book was erected in 732 CE by Bilge qaγan (d. 734) to commemorate his brother Kül-Tigin. The stele was discovered in 1889. In addition to the Chinese text of the stele, our book contains a note (ji 記) by Qing imperial clansman and bibliographer Sheng-yu 盛昱 (1850-1900), one by historian of Mongol rule Ke Shaomin 柯劭忞 (1850-1933), and one by antiquarian [Wang] Yirong [王]懿榮 (1845-1900). There is a colophon by Suzuki Yoshitake. Our book is rare; WorldCat records only one copy in North America. Nice copy.

Chaos in Asia by Abend, Hallett

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Title: Chaos in Asia
Author: Abend, Hallett
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dj
Description: New York: Ives Washburn, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1939). First Edition. Hardcover. [a nice solid copy, light shelfwear to bottom edge and at top of spine, one-time owner's name scrawled at top of ffep; jacket has a couple of tiny chips at top of front panel, a few nicks elsewhere along top and bottom edges, very shallow paper loss at spine ends]. "Written out of deep understanding and with the authority of over 13 years first-hand knowledge of the situation in East Asia, this book by the famous New York Times correspondent is hugely informing and definitely exciting. [The author] knows personally and intimately the leaders of both countries in the Chinese-Japanese conflict and here presents his personal -- and factual -- account of their objectives, their methods and the conditions which now obtain in China as a result of their strategies." Abend (1884-1955) reportedly worked briefly in the film industry (as a title-writer and scenario reader, although I've been unable to uncover any actual credits for him), followed by stints on various newspapers; he went to China in 1926 as the NYT chief correspondent in Peking, and ended up spending the next fifteen years there, despite an effort by the Chinese government to deport him in 1929 when they took exception to some of his columns. He covered the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, and essentially was on the ground for the Sino-Japanese War for the rest of the decade. In 1937 he was wounded during a Japanese artillery bombardment, and later beaten by Japanese military police; he repaid the favor with his reporting on the "Rape of Nanking," which exposed the extent of Japanese atrocities in that city. After returning to the U.S. in 1941, he embarked on a career as a freelance writer and lecturer; during the 1940s he turned out approximately a book a year, and also wrote extensively for The Saturday Evening Post, Look, Reader's Digest, and other such popular magazines. .

Grandsons: A Story of American Lives by Adamic, Louis

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Title: Grandsons: A Story of American Lives
Author: Adamic, Louis
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dj
Description: New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1935. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, some age-toning to edges of text block, light dust-soiling to top edge; the jacket is a bit edgeworn, with small tears and some associated short creasing at the bottom corners of the front panel]. "This is the story of two brothers, Peter and Andy Gale, and their cousin Jack, three young Americans of today. Their grandfather, Anton Galé, came to the United States sixty years before, an immigrant from Carniola, and was killed in a Chicago riot in 1886. Their grandmother was part Indian, part Yankee. The father of Peter and Andy was a small business man and Jack's father was a steel worker. This is their background, but their lives and problems are representative of millions of young Americans today, regardless of racial heritage. They are products of America: America's problem." ***This book is among the nearly 150 items offered in ReadInk's new Catalog Number 4, "Booking Passage: Books on the Immigrant Experience." You can access this catalog and its contents in any one of three ways: (1) email us to request a PDF to be emailed to you; (2) view or download the catalog from the link on our website's main page; (3) browse the books individually (including a few that didn't make the cut for the catalog) on our website under these two subject headings: "Immigration: Fiction" and "Immigration: Non-fiction." .

A Fools Errand: By One of the Fools by Tourgé, Albion Winegar

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Title: A Fools Errand: By One of the Fools
Author: Tourgé, Albion Winegar
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1880. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo., 4((6)361(4)pp. Beautiful Second Edition with press notices before the title page. The First Edition was 1879 and has the same date on both the title page and copyright page, Bound in original decorated brown cloth with titles in gilt on spine and stamped in black, with borders and decorations, on the front board. Patterned end-papers. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of toning to page edges but paper is clean and supple. Some gentle bumping to spine ends. Mild rubbing to surface and edges. Very well-preserved. A sharp copy of this anti-KKK novel. (Wright #5520).

The Child Stars by ZIEROLD, Norman

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Title: The Child Stars
Author: ZIEROLD, Norman
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Coward-McCann, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 250pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slight toning on the boards else near fine in a very good dust jacket with tiny tears and some creasing. Advance Review Copy with publisher's material laid in.

The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times by Waters, D.W

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Title: The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times
Author: Waters, D.W
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Yale University Press, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Full blue cloth boards in yellow dust jacket, 10" tall, 696 pp. Fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket with slight edge wear. Well illustrated, foreword by Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Extra postage required for international or priority shipping.

ARNALDO COEN; Lo demás es silencio

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Title: ARNALDO COEN; Lo demás es silencio
Seller: Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
Description: Tijuana, B.C., Méx: Centro Cultural Tijuana, CECUT, 1997. color plates, port., bio./chron., cat., plus 2 loose color plates, pict. wrps. Retrospective exhibit of 21 surrealist paintings by Coen (b.1940, México).

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF WALTER H. PATER by Wright, Samuel

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Title: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF WALTER H. PATER
Author: Wright, Samuel
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: New York: Garland Publishing Co, 1975. cloth. Pater, Walter H.. 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 190 pages. First edition. Reproduced from typescript. Front cover spotted.

The Death of Captain Marvel; Marvel Graphic Novel by Starlin, Jim

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Title: The Death of Captain Marvel; Marvel Graphic Novel
Author: Starlin, Jim
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780939766116
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Marvel Comics Group, 1982. Paperback. Very Good. Second Printing. Near Fine. Wraps faintly rubbed. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.

The Air War: the myth of de-escalation by Air War Action Committee

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Title: The Air War: the myth of de-escalation
Author: Air War Action Committee
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: San Francisco: Air War Action Committee, 1972. 6p., staplebound pamphlet, minor handling wear, very good condition, 7x8.5 inches, illustrated with photos and drawings. Argues that the Vietnam War is detroying the people and culture of Southeast Asia while absorbing billions of dollars that could be used to fight poverty and other problems in the US.

The American Guide; A Source Book and Completer Travel Guide for the United States by ALSBERG, Henry G., ed

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Title: The American Guide; A Source Book and Completer Travel Guide for the United States
Author: ALSBERG, Henry G., ed
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Description: New York: Hastings House, 1949. hardcover. maps. 1348pp. 8vo, cloth. New York: Hastings, (1949). vg

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