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Gorod: stikhi [The city: verses] by Gontcharova, Natalia and Aleksandr N. Rubakin

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Seller: Bernett Rare Books Inc

Title: Gorod: stikhi [The city: verses]
Author: Gontcharova, Natalia and Aleksandr N. Rubakin
Seller: Bernett Rare Books Inc (United States)
Description: Paris: [Aleksandr Rubakin], 1920. Octavo (25.5 × 16 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Nataliia Goncharova; [6], 54 pp. and nine leaves of plates. Illustrated with full-page lithographs and vignettes by Goncharova. A very good copy, with the usual light wear to the overlapping wrapper edges, but else bright and apparently unread. Reproduced entirely by lithography, the book combines Rubakin's poems, written in an elaborately stylized script, and Goncharova's full-page lithographs and vignettes (altogether 42 illustrations). The poems reflect Rubakin's emotional turmoil after the death of his wife in 1918, as well as his intense experience of urban life, strikingly interpreted by Goncharova. Her drawings "complement the text providing insights into the scope of her work up to 1920, ranging from Neo-Primitivism to Futurism to theatrical lyricism" (Ryan, Letter Perfect: The Art of Modernist Typography, p. 62). Each pair of facing printed pages is followed by two empty pages, creating a rhythmic experience that accentuates her contrast-heavy drawings. The choice of avoiding letterpress printing and other forms of mechanical reproduction in favor of lithography reflects the Futurist attempt to convey a more immediate and spontaneous type of artistic expression. Together with her companion, Mikhail Larionov, Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) left Russia in 1915 and permanently settled in Paris in 1917. After training and exhibiting widely in Western Europe, she had developed a highly original style that incorporated Russian iconography, folk culture (lubki), as well as cubofuturism and abstract "rayonism," a tendency she pursued together with Larionov. Building on her successful career as a Russian avant-garde painter, she was primarily active as a stage and costume designer for the Ballets Russes, both in Paris and internationally. A highlight of Russian futurist book design. One of 325 copies printed; this copy out-of-series and unnumbered. Getty 686. MoMA 292.

The Mars Project by Von Braun, Wernher

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC

Title: The Mars Project
Author: Von Braun, Wernher
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Urbana, Ill: The University of Illinois Press, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. The first edition, first printing of The Mars Project by Wernher Von Braun. This copy is from the library of Dr. James W. Fitzgibbon, who along with Buckminster Fuller, designed geodesic domes, critical to human exploration of mars.. Octavo, [6], 91pp, [3]. Beige paper boards, title printed in black on spine, technical illustrations on the front board. The first printing, with no additional printings noted. Faint foxing to title page, otherwise a clean copy. Light toning along top quarter of boards, rubbing to lower tips. In the publisher's dust jacket, price clipped, chipping along top edge, some loss on front panel, a few closed tears, a very good example of this scarce jacket. James Walter Fitzgibbon (1915-1985) was an American architect and educator, noted for his innovations in geodesic architecture.

Back From The Dead by Walton, Bill

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC

Title: Back From The Dead
Author: Walton, Bill
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. The first edition of Back From The Dead, signed by Bill Walton.. Octavo, viii, 327pp. Black hardcover, title stamped in gilt on the spine. The first printing, with a full number line. Appears unread. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, $27.00 retail price on the front flap. Signed by Bill Walton on the title page. Full title: Back From The Dead: Searching For The Sound, Shining The Light, And Throwing It Down.

A Hebrew Grammar, Without Points; Designed to Facilitate the Study of the Scriptures of the Old Testament, In the Original.. by Smith, John

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Title: A Hebrew Grammar, Without Points; Designed to Facilitate the Study of the Scriptures of the Old Testament, In the Original..
Author: Smith, John
Seller: Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Boston: Printed by David Carlisle for John West, 1803. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First printing, octavo size, 56 pp. The author, John Smith (1752-1809) took his Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Dartmouth, eventually becoming their first professor of learned languages (Chaldee, Hebrew, Latin and Greek). This work, "A Hebrew Grammar", was written during Smith's junior year at college, and published later (1803). He also wrote grammars on Chaldee (Aramaic), Latin and Greek that were never published (n.b. above information from the web site of Dartmouth College). The reason for issuing this Grammar "without points" (the vowel marks in the Hebrew language) was explained by Smith by use of a quote from "Wilson's 'Elements of the Hebrew Grammar' "(p. 55): "Every one acquainted with Hebrew knows, that the whole structure of the language is independent of them, and can be much more easily learned, and much better understood, without than with them." ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in marbled paper over boards with a leather spine, simple rules on the spine in gilt, several charts throughout; octavo size (8 5/8" by 5 3/8"), pagination: [1-5] 6-56. ___CONDITION: Near fine, with clean boards, straight corners with minimal rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior mostly clean (a few scattered spots of foxing and a few pages with light soiling), the book entirely free of prior owner markings; we had a professional restore the leather spine with is now sturdy, some light wear to the board edges, and off-setting to the endpapers from the leather turn-ins. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

POP-UP MINNIE MOUSE by DISNEY, Walt

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Title: POP-UP MINNIE MOUSE
Author: DISNEY, Walt
Seller: Boston Book Company (United States)
Description: 1933. (DISNEY, Walt). THE "POP-UP" MINNIE MOUSE. Story and Illustrations by the Staff of Walt Disney Studios. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, (1933). Three bright double-page color pop-ups and many black and white text illustrations. [26] pp. Small quarto, color-illustrated paper boards. Some light soiling in margins. The binding is lightly soiled all over, slightly rubbed along the spine and at corners, and gently bunped at heel. Nonetheless, this is a very good, pleasing copy.

NOCTURNAL NOTEBOOK by (MASSON)

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Title: NOCTURNAL NOTEBOOK
Author: (MASSON)
Seller: L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Description: New York., Curt Valentin., 1944. Thin 4to. 6pp, 14 reproductions of drawings, 1 vignette in colophon. Original decorative wraps. 36 pp. including 14 illustrations of drawings. One of the ed. of 600 copies, 50 were signed with an original etching and 15 had an original drawing. Mint cond.

FOX AND WISCONSIN RIVERS by Wisconsin

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Title: FOX AND WISCONSIN RIVERS
Author: Wisconsin
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: 29th Cong., 1st Sess. H. Rep. 551, 1846. 18pp, Disbound, three folding maps + seven folding plates. Light foxing. Very Good. A study of a project "to connect the navigation of the great lakes with the Mississippi river at the point where the waters of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers almost mingle together, the most easy and cheap route by which these great national thoroughfares can be united, commencing at Green bay, on lake Michigan, and connecting with the navigable waters of the Wisconsin, emptying into the Mississippi." FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin, Graff, Eberstadt, Decker.

Type-Faces: A Photographic Study of Ward Ritchie [SIGNED limited edition; incomplete copy (see notes)] by Blanco, Amanda; with a foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell

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Title: Type-Faces: A Photographic Study of Ward Ritchie [*SIGNED* limited edition; incomplete copy (see notes)]
Author: Blanco, Amanda; with a foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Northridge CA: Santa Susana Press. Near Fine. 1988. Limited Edition. Hardcover. [brown cloth clamshell box has some minor scuffing to the underside; mounted plates are in Fine condition]. (B&W photographs) SIGNED by the subject, master printer Ward Ritchie, on the title page and also on Plate 12, latterly with an inscription "For old friends from the 1930s -- the Petits"; additionally SIGNED by Lawrence Clark Powell on the limitation page. "Designed, printed and produced by D'Ambrosio, using hand set Della Robbia type and a Vandercook No. 4 proof press . . . under the direction of Norman E. Tanis, Director of Libraries, California State University, Northridge." Contents: ii [title page]; iii-v (Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell); followed by Plates 1 (WR at work, 1984), 2 ("The 'burden' of printing by hand on an antique Albion press"), 3 ("Setting the frisket"), 4 ("The man and his press"), 5 ("Anticipation"), 7 (Grant Dahlstrom, Jake Zeitlin, WR, and LCP -- the Zamorano 'Compadres' -- at the Clark Library, 1980), 9 (Irving Block, Norman Tanis and WR at an exhibition of WR's books at the Oviatt Library, 1985), 10 ("A good sport"; WR with a tennis racket), 11 ("Gosh! Isn't this fun?"), 12 ("Ward Ritchie: A man for past, present, and future centuries," 1986). Each of the photographic plates is a 4x6 black-and-white print mounted on 2-ply archival board; the text is printed on the same type of boards. [NOTE that Plates 6 and 8 are not present.] The plates are followed by two boards containing "About the Photographer," plus the limitation page stating this to be No. 24 of sixty-five copies; these latter three boards all un-numbered. NOTE also that two of the plates have the previous owner's address label on the verso. NOTE also that there may be another missing board; the order was jumbled when I acquired this, and I'm not certain if the limitation page belongs at the end (where I've placed it) or at the beginning. (There is no page numbered "i", which makes me slightly suspicious.) At any rate, the set IS incomplete, with only 10 of the original 12 plates present, and is commensurately bargain-priced. [Another NOTE: the scanned image is of Plate 1.] Signed by Collection of Signatures .

(Photo Post Cards): New York World's Fair 1939 Actual Photos. 12 for 50 Cents

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Title: (Photo Post Cards): New York World's Fair 1939 Actual Photos. 12 for 50 Cents
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1939. Unbound. Near Fine. 12 photo postcards measuring 5.5" x 3.5" in a die-cut folder. Rubbing on the folder, near fine; the post cards are fine.

The Natural House by Wright, Frank Lloyd

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Title: The Natural House
Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Description: Wright, Frank Lloyd. THE NATURAL HOUSE. New York, Horizon Press, 1954. 1st edition. Dust jacket slightly chipped, book near fine.

Zhyttia vinok sonetiv (Living Wreath of Sonnets) by Tarnavskyi, Ostap

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Title: Zhyttia vinok sonetiv (Living Wreath of Sonnets)
Author: Tarnavskyi, Ostap
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Filiadelfiia (Philadelphia): Kyiv, 1952. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [4], 7-21, [2]; pictorial, card stock wraps; gray dust jacket, printed in blue; illustrated with one drawing, identical to that on the front wrap - both designed by Iakiv Hnizdovskyi; book with very light wear to corners and tips of spine; DJ with small nicks at folds and a bit of sun-fading to margins; in very good condition.Ostap Tarnavskyi (1917 - 1992) was a Ukrainian-American poet, literary critic, translator, and librarian. His career in literature began early, during the interwar period, with some of his poems being published in several authoritative journals and newspapers in Ukraine. After escaping, first to Germany, then to the US in 1949, he joined the Ukrainian-American Relief Committee of Philadelphia, eventually becoming its Executive Director, and was head of department at the library of City College of Philadelphia. He published memoirs and poems, including the current poetry collection, which was his second overall and the first to be released in the US.

Regulation of Railway Rates. Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, In Special Session, Pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 288, Fifty-Eighth Congress, Third Session. April 17, 1905-May 6, 1905. Volume II. (Pages 773-175 by No Author

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Title: Regulation of Railway Rates. Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, In Special Session, Pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 288, Fifty-Eighth Congress, Third Session. April 17, 1905-May 6, 1905. Volume II. (Pages 773-175
Author: No Author
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition: Good +
Description: Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1906. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. Good+ full brown leather covered boards. Black, brown, and red labels w/gilt to spine. Both hinges are cracked through and loose, though boards are still attached. Peeling to leather at head and foot of spine. leather has been treated and polished. Interior is in lovely condition, tightly bound and clean w/bright text. Ex libris. American Railroad History. RAIL/4253.

Athena and High Voltage. by ZANES, John P.

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Title: Athena and High Voltage.
Author: ZANES, John P.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: Fredericton: New Brunswick Chapbooks, (1969).. First edition.. 25 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. A NEW Brunswick Chapbook, Volume Five.

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