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Foirades / Fizzles: Maquette by JOHNS, JASPER; BECKETT, SAMUEL

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Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company

Title: Foirades / Fizzles: Maquette
Author: JOHNS, JASPER; BECKETT, SAMUEL
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, Paris, New York: Editions de Minuit and Petersburg Press S.A., 1976. First edition. Wrappers and box. Very Good. UNIQUE MAQUETTE FOR ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED ART BOOKS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. With all the etchings, aquatints, and lithographs of the completed book, plus additional versions of the double-page illustrations. From the estate of Rudolf Rieser who designed and created the binding for Fizzles. Fizzles, the magnificent collaboration between Samuel Beckett and Jasper Johns, was recognized early as one of the most beautiful and significant artists’ books of the 20th century. It was exhibited in 1977 (only a year after publication) at the Whitney Museum of American Art and included in the landmark 1994 -1995 Museum of Modern Art exhibit: A Century of Artists’ Books. The first edition, limited to 250 numbered copies (plus 30 artist’s proofs and 20 HC copies), was issued with original prints by Johns, comprising 33 etchings and aquatints in- and hors-texte, including two double page color illustrations. This maquette was the copy used by Rudulf Rieser for the Petersburg Press, as a model for the published copies. (As noted in the colophon: “The binding was conceived and executed by Rudolf Rieser in Cologne.”) It contains all the text and illustrations, with the individual sheets loose in folders. The printed texts are laminated and pasted on the correct pages, with notes, corrections, and annotations in Rieser’s hand. The book is very much in an “assembly” stage, with the in-text illustrations on loose slips, titles on each folder identifying the pages and illustrations inside, and glue residue on the slips and paper folder edges giving insight into how the book was assembled. The hand-written titles supplied by Rieser for the illustrations are particularly helpful for understanding John’s somewhat abstract images. (The titles were not included in the published version.) There are some notable differences between this maquette and the published book: –The box pastedowns and first color spread of the final published Fizzles contains a beautiful double-page lithograph by Johns of multi-colored lines at different angels – perhaps the most famous image in the book. In this maquette there are three such spreads. Two are somewhat larger than the ones in the published book and box, with lines extending beyond the borders of the final images and one is much larger, with many additional lines visible. – There are two versions of the double-page color lithograph featured at the end of the book (only one in the published book), both larger in the maquette – one significantly larger, with the individual shapes larger and richer in color. –While the text appears mostly the same, it is not exact: there is at least one place with a different word choice. Also, one page of text is repeated in the maquette (on an extra sheet, with a few tears) and the date is excised on the English title page. –Like the published edition, the maquette contains the colophon; it does not, however, have a limitation page signed by Beckett and Johns. –Instead of the canvas box with tassel of the original, the maquette is housed in a hard chemise of thick board. London, Paris, New York: Editions de Minuit and Petersburg Press S.A., 1976. (The maquette, though, is pre-publication.) Oblong folio (13 x 10 in.; 330 x 254 mm); loose sheets in board chemise. A UNIQUE ITEM, OFFERING INSIGHT INTO THE CREATION OF A LEGENDARY ART BOOK.

A Song of Ice and Fire by Martin, George

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Seller: Biblioctopus

Title: A Song of Ice and Fire
Author: Martin, George
Seller: Biblioctopus (United States)
Description: London: voyager, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 vols. 1st editions. Near fine (1 faint crease, 1 small dent) in fine dustjackets, more satisfying than an unsolicited hug from a child. Vol. 5 is signed. Every book in the series that’s been published so far (A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons). These precede Bantam’s U. S. editions, the lame placebos often sold as 1st editions, raising a query. What should you expect from your bookseller’s or auction house’s portrayal of a book? Well, the connection of description to book is like that of bikini to surfer girl. It should cover the requisite imperatives but leave little to the imagination. And many ABAA booksellers, and some outside ABAA, and some auctioneers too, do color within the lines, but the rest would be better engaged keeping rabbits, so you’d be judicious to test them. And how might I test them you inquire? The most thoughtful collectors ask the seller when they don’t know, and sometimes when they do (Book Code). A cult of insatiable groupies waits on Martin’s rewrite of HBO’s ending. Melisandre: “What do we say to the God of death?” Arya: “Not today”.

Santa Monica Pier, California by Dahl, Anton

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Seller: De Simone Company, Booksellers

Title: Santa Monica Pier, California
Author: Dahl, Anton
Seller: De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description: 1954. Oil painting on board. 250 x 297 mm. (9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches). Signed in lower left corner in black paint and in black ink an inscription reads "Santa Monica, Calif. / A. Dahl 1954". Label of Wallace Gallery, East Hampton, New York. Anton Dahl (1894-1967), Swedish painter who emigrated to the States and taught at the Detroit Museum of Art in the 1940's. In 1948 he moved to Los Angeles where he continued his teaching career at the Los Angeles Art Institute and lived in the Highland Park section of the city. It was while at LAAI that he produced this painting of the Santa Monica Pier set against a rich blue sky and calm ocean, with the earth tones of the beach in the foreground. Signed in the lower left.

Govierno Eclesiastico pacifico y union de los dos cuchillos Pontificio y Regio. Compuesto por el Illmo Señor Don Fr. Gaspar de Villarroel, del Orden de nueftro Padre San Auguftin, del Confejo de su Magestad, Obispo de las Iglesias de Santiago de Chile. by Gaspar de Villarroel (1587-1665)

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Title: Govierno Eclesiastico pacifico y union de los dos cuchillos Pontificio y Regio. Compuesto por el Illmo Señor Don Fr. Gaspar de Villarroel, del Orden de nueftro Padre San Auguftin, del Confejo de su Magestad, Obispo de las Iglesias de Santiago de Chile.
Author: Gaspar de Villarroel (1587-1665)
Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition: Good to very good
Description: 2 Volumes. [51]+812 pages; [11]+732 pages. Folio (12 1/4" x 8 3/4") bound in leather with raised bands and red label with gilt lettering to spine. First published in 1656-7 (Madrid), Domingo Garcia Morras. This is the second edition. Fray Gaspar de Villarroel joined the order of Saint Augustine in 1607 and occupied a chair of Theology at the University of San Marcos, where he published biblical commentaries and sermons. He was bishop of Santiago, Chile, from 1638 to 1652. He wrote his principal work in Chile, the Govierno eclesiastico pacifico, which describes the different functions of Church and State and includes a wealth of historical information concerning the Spanish American world, (including an extensive description of the disastrous earthquake of 1647). When discussing controversial issues such as polygamy and cannibalism among the Araucan Indians, bishop Villarroel examined different points of view and reached surprisingly tolerant conclusions while also displaying a curious cultural relativism. The Govierno eclesiastico and the Politica Indiana by Solorzano Pereira are the two most important books on canon law and jurisprudence in colonial America. His first work, Comentario sobre el Cantar de los Cantares, was lost before it could be published. Between 1631 and 1633, Villarroel published his first theological treatise, Comentarios, dificultades y discursos literales y místicos sobre los Evangelios de la Cuaresma. In 1636, a year before his elevation to the bishopric, he published Comentarios al libro de los Jueces. Between 1656 and 1657 he published his most important work, a reconciliation of monarchical and pontifical authority titled Gobierno Eclesiástico-Pacífico y Unión de los Dos Cuchillos Pontificio y Regio. Villarroel returned to theology in his last two works, Historias Sagradas y Eclesiá sticas Morales, con Quince Misterios de nuestra fe (1660) and Primera parte de los comentarios, dificultades, y discursos literales, morales y místicos, sobre los Evangelios de los Domingos de Adviento, y de los todo el año (1661).Condition:Worming to volume I mainly in the gutter margin of the index, occasionally affecting text. Volume II worming more extensive occasionally affecting text. Leather boards scuffed, spine ends chipped. A good copy of a rare work on colonial America.

Beautiful and Early Pearl Bailey Signed Photo by PEARL BAILEY

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Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.

Title: Beautiful and Early Pearl Bailey Signed Photo
Author: PEARL BAILEY
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: PS. Bailey, an African American entertainer, made her Broadway debut in 1946's St. Louis Woman and went on to win the prestigious Tony Award for the titular role in Hello, Dolly!. PS. 1pg. 8" x 10". No Date. No Place. An early photograph signed "To You My Best Pearl" in blue ink. There is a small tear in the lower right margin, but it is in fine condition

The Floating Light Bulb (First Edition) by Woody Allen

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Title: The Floating Light Bulb (First Edition)
Author: Woody Allen
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780394524153
Description: New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition. First Edition. Fine and unread in Near Fine lightly rubbed dust jacket.

Dating Big Bird--Advance Reading Copy by ZIGMAN, Laura

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

Title: Dating Big Bird--Advance Reading Copy
Author: ZIGMAN, Laura
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Dial Press, 2000. Softcover. Fine. Uncor. proof. Fine in wrappers. Uncorrected Proof, paperback in Fine Condition.

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