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AMANJAKU DEN: A PERVERSE EROTIC JAPANESE LEGEND. [A Bizarre and Unque Erotic Jap

AMANJAKU DEN: A PERVERSE EROTIC JAPANESE LEGEND. [A Bizarre and Unque Erotic Jap by [MORONOBU or SUKENOBU SCHOOL]

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AMANJAKU DEN: A PERVERSE EROTIC JAPANESE LEGEND. [A Bizarre and Unque Erotic Jap
Author
[MORONOBU or SUKENOBU SCHOOL]
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Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY (United States)
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[Edo ? c.1700-50, n.p.]. Brown & silver covered boards, very clean, 7 double-page b.w. erotic woodblock illustrations, mounted on mica flecked paper, 18 x 25 cm., accordion folded illustration size: 31 x 12 cm. FIRST & ONLY UNRECORDED COPY! . *** *** *** . . . A VERY RARE UNRECORDED EARLY BOOK . . . A BIZARRE & UNIQUE EROTIC BOOK . . . UNSIGNED, BUT CLEARLY THE WORK OF A MASTER ARTIST . *** BY SUKENOBU OR HIS :SCHOOL: . A unique and hitherto unfound odd and most unusual erotic book of the early-mid-18th century. One of the most bizarre erotic books ever done in Japan. . The graphically explicit work portrays men and women with genitals on their foreheads, engaged in heterosexual and homosexual intercourse. There is no other book with such unusual and strange illustrations. . *** . THE TITLE: THE LEGEND OF AMANJAKU or AMAN NO JAKU: [Chinese Title: TIAN XIE GUI YUN] . THE MEANING OF AMANJAKU: Japanese Buddhist literature is abundant with variations on the theme of "Aman-No-Jaku," aka. "Amanjaku," "Manojaku," commonly understood to be a "Heavenly Evil Spirit." . This spirit or demon-like creature in Japanese folklore is usually depicted as being a male during the day and female at night. The demon is usually depicted as a kind of small Oni [devil], and is thought to be able to provoke a person's darkest desires and instigate him into perpetrating wicked deeds. . Amanjaku is also depicted in Chinese and Japanese mythology, the AMANOJAKU is a changeling, a water spirit that infiltrates the human world to play cruel tricks on people, by reading their minds and twisting their requests or desires to be used against them. . The "AMANOJAKU" is also known the "Lord of the River" and in Japan serves Bishamonten, one of the four Deva kings of Buddhism as a minor demon. See Wikipedia below. . In Japanese, the term "Amanojaku" also refers to a person who is deliberately contradictory, someone who argues for the sake of arguing, or can be used in common Japanese conversation to refer to someone who is a "Perverted Demon." . *** THE ILLUSTRATIONS: THE BUDDHIST THEME:. This work is unusual in that the genitals of common people are located on their foreheads. A symbolist meaning can be in Buddhist concept, that sex and sexual hedonism is openly on the minds of 'lay' people. The Buddha and his disciples on the other hand do not have sex organs on their foreheads, meaning their organs are covered and in a different [usual] location. This can symbolize 'self control' over such biological energies. Devout Buddhist disregard sex as a pleasurable pastime, and devote themselves to monastic focus. By contrast, "lay" people are distracted with hedonistic pleasure, a path away from, rather than towards the Dharma, or teachings of Buddhism. . In a sense, this work illustrates the overwhelming force of evil, or the "Amanojaku" and how it distracts people from the "Righteous Path" towards the Dharma, and the ultimate goal of attaining Nirvana. It can be posited, that this work is designed to give understanding to "lay" people by way of visual example of what forces direct their energies away from the Buddhist teachings, in an effort to redirect them towards the "Righteous Path" and life style. . *** EXCEPTIONALLY RARE, UNIQUE WORK: . The work is exceptionally RARE, unusual and erotic, there are no other example showing genitals on the foreheads of any other Japanese book cited anywhere in the bibliographic literature, or record. . This work is certainly RARE in subject, content and quantity. Though it was woodblock printed, and unsigned which was usual for Japanese erotic works which were banned by the Shogun, we have not found anything similar or recorded anywhere in the bibliography. Being woodblock printed one assumes there are other copies in existence. The average printing from woodblocks were somewhere between 100-200 copies. However in this instance, no others exist. We have the strong feeling, the book could have been the production of a famous Japanese illustrator, and perhaps financed by a Buddhist temple, again there are no known facts about this rarity. . *** THE EROTIC ILLUSTRATIONS: . Number 1: This work begins showing the Buddha flanked by two of his disciple monks. The title is written in four Japanese Kanji in [Kambun] & Chinese characters. The Buddha and his two disciples listen to two elderly Buddhist believers: one is a male, he has and erect penis on his forehead. The other is a woman, she has a vagina on her forehead. Neither the Buddha, nor his two disciples monks show genitals on their foreheads. The couple have come to consult with the Buddha about their grievances. . * Number 2: Shows a man and a woman in a Tatami matted room, both wear lovely 18th century decorated Kimono. They embrace each other, and are engaged in making love from their foreheads, which show an erect penis and testicles, inserted into the woman's forehead where her vagina is located. Adjacent to the young couple is an older woman, who has become aroused by the adjacent couple's making love. The old woman uses a dildo tied to a post which she hugs while inserting the dildo into the vagina on her forehead. . * Number 3: Shows a couple laying on a blanket, their Kimono pulled down and opened and used as a top cover. They engage in love-making and kiss. The man has an erect penis on his forehead, the woman a vagina on hers. There is some used Chirishi [toilet paper] just above her head on the floor, used to wipe the love fluids. There is a folded package of yet unused Chirishi in readiness. Chishiri shown in Japanese Shunga [erotic prints] prints & paintings is an 'erotic symbol' indicative of sexual excitement, with lots of love fluids flowing. Ergo the need for paper to clean up the results of erotic love-making. . * Number 4 shows an adult man with an erect penis on his forehead, penetrating the anus of a younger man, who's smaller but erect penis is seen on his forehead, as he faces his lover. The younger man has no pubic hair yet, indicating his youth. . Adjacent to these two men is a woman in the next room. The door is open, she is a secret voyeur of the two men. Her vagina is also on her forehead. A Shogi board and two bowls for stones is located in the front left of the illustration. Gay activities in Japanese society were accepted as a norm, and were not especially unusual. However to find graphic examples in Japanese erotic books are exceptionally rare and seldom found. . * Number 5: Depicts a fully clothed man on his knees, he bends over a sleeping woman. He has a very large erect penis and begins to penetrate a woman with her vagina on her forehead. She is fully clothed and sleeping on a wooden "pillow" which supports her elaborate hair coiffeur. . * Number 6: Depicts a lively scene of two men and a woman. One man with a very large and erect penis pulls the woman's arm toward him, while she fends him off with a straight arm to his head. A second excited man also with a large and erect penis on his forehead masturbates and ejaculates in ecstasy. The woman has a vagina on her forehead. The scene is likely an intended rape of a young girl. She looks away in an effort not to allow him to pull her close enough to insert his penis into her exposed vagina. . * Number 7: Illustrating a lonely old man in bed. He has an erect penis on his forehead and holds a kind of pot with a large opening. He faces down and inserts his penis into the pot for gratification. . *** THE TEXT: The text in Shunga [erotic Japanese books & prints] is often an erotic dialogue, describing the erotic action. Often these words are onomatopoetic mimicking the sounds of people in orgasm, or making comments about making love or the pleasure and good feelings. The size and hardness of the penis or the flavor and the juices of the vagina, and its supple feelings of euphoria when engaged in love-making. All wear 18thcentury period Kimono. . *** MODE AND FASHION OF THE MID-18TH CENTURY: The room furnishing and Kimono of the participants in this work all wear 18th century period Kimono, with period decorations. The style of Kimono and room screens reflect this period. . ***** BINDING AND MOUNTING: Binding: The book has probably been rebound sometime after the 1750's with a more recent thin brown decorated paper with a silver chrysanthemum, and a Mon [family crest] with gold and black on both front and rear covers. Each cover has a distinctly different kind of illustration but of the same theme. The corners and edges are a bit worn, some loss to the paper, as usual for a work from this period. . Mounting: At an earlier time, each page was expertly mounted on a stiff Washi [hand-made Japanese paper], into an accordion folded book. Each illustration is bordered with a rare and stunning crushed oyster-shell powder mixed with rice-glue and overlaid on the border paper. The stunning effect is a rare shimmering pearl-like color and hue with a remarkable effect. This rare and largely unknown effect has been used for print backgrounds by some of the later masters. . This was no ordinary mounting, and appropriate for an exceptionally and most unusual RARE book ! . Contents: By and large, the contents are clean, solid, with a two old worm holes for the first 6 of 7 pages. These are small and towards the edge, and does not detract from the overall quality of the illustration. On page 7 there are a few center margin old minor worm holes. All of these have been restored when the prints were laid down on the thick Washi paper, creating book format. The work is otherwise solid and firm. There are a few 'rubs' on the old Washi paper, which was made from very soft Kozo fibers, common to any item of this period on this on handmade papers of the period. . *** CONDITION OF THE WOODBLOCK PRINTS: . These are very early black and white woodcut prints. Each print has an excellent and vivid impression, key blocks are black and superbly printed with strong images. The paper is old and has the patina of paper from that age, the usual minor, mild surface rubbing or thumbing in the lower corners, which is common. . We tend to be overly critical of any flaws found on our books, and believe it is better to overly describe rather than avoid such discussion any imperfections. Suffice to say, by and large this is an excellent item in very nice condition, something that any collector or museum would be proud to own. Please review photos posted to our website. . *** R A R I T Y OF SUBJECT: The placement of the genitals on the forehead gives one a lot of room to theorize on the meaning of such artistic expression. In our 50 years of experience in dealing Japanese woodblock printed books and painted original art, this is the first and only example with such imaginative and symbolist expression. With the beginning of the work showing the Buddha and his two disciples lacking any genitals on their foreheads, one can simply assume, that in a Buddhist way, they have given up carnal desire, as represented by common people who's foreheads display genitals, perhaps meaning that sex is on their minds or they simply view others as sexual objects, eager to make love and engage in carnal thoughts and activities. Obviously seeing an erect penis on some man whiles others see what he thinks and feels is an insight to his innermost thoughts and desires. In all cases in this book the men all show an erect penis. The women are a bit more difficult to fathom. Their vaginas are simply visible on their foreheads, and no fluids are visible or other evidence of their carnal desire or sexually excited stated. All of the men have public hair adjacent to their sex organs, while all women are lacking any pubic hair completely. This is an erotic symbolism, giving full view to women's genitals. . *** "BANNED" or "PROHIBITED" BOOKS: Shun Pon, Haru Bon: In the case of this item, it is very likely that it was printed in a much smaller discreet quantity than the 200 copies possible off the blocks. Due to the "banned" nature of such books, there is no date, publisher nor place cited. One is simply left to determine the date and artist by stylistic analysis. It is well-known that during the Tokugawa period [1603-1868], erotic prints and books were "BANNED" or "PROHIBITED" by decree of the Shogun. One of the influencing factors was that during this period some Shoguns were changing their views and being influenced by Christians who entered Japan during this period. The Shogun did not want foreigners, and Jesuit missionaries to think that Japan was a crass and base nation. Naturally foreigners soon learned that prostitution was rampant and so this strange logic from the Shogun never had much affect on the Christians and surely not on the Japanese. . The Shogun enforced severe punishments for persons involved in drawing, printing, carving blocks and publishing erotic books and prints. With out the "Kiwame" or censor's approval seal, all such items were "Banned" outright by the Shogun decree. . While these "Prohibited" books and prints were widely circulated in an "underground" society, there are ample examples of famous artists taking on commissions to produce erotic books and prints fun or profit. The record and bibliography is loaded with these examples. "Banning" such erotic works simply meant that the number printed were limited to smaller numbers and distribution was done under the table, discretely circulating such books privately among collectors. During these times it was not necessary for artists to sign their such artistic creations, by-and-large the population had a very good idea who the artist was by being familiar with their style and other works, it was simply a "public secret" who the artist was. Often the artist poked fun at the Shogun with political jokes and assumed names to confound any chance of being discovered by the authorities. . Over the centuries, this knowledge decreased and is now the domain of the art historian or scholar to identify and determine the actual artist. Stylistic analysis remains the standard method for unsigned works. . *** THE ARTIST/SCHOOLS: While there are no signatures or seals indicating the artist's name or even his alternate Go [studio name], we believe this work is part of the "Primitives and First Century of Ukiyo-e School 1660-1765" period. [See Lane below]. The women's coiffeur is very similar to those found in this period, as well as the drawing style, technique and genre. It is this cataloger's opinion that this work was likely the creation of one of the Moronobu School masters. Perhaps done by Sukenobu, Yoshikiyo, Morishige, Sugimura, Moronobu, Kiyonobu, Masanobu, or others from this period. We believe this work was likely done from around 1710-1750. It was also likely that it was done by one of the artists listed below. . *** LIKELY ARTIST ATTRIBUTION: . MORONOBU SUKENOBU SCHOOL: Nishikawa Sukenobu [1671 -August 20, 1750] often called simply "Sukenobu", was a Japanese printmaker from Kyoto. He was unusual for a Ukiyo-e in being based in the imperial capital of Kyoto. He did prints of actors, but gained note for his works concerning women. His Hyakunin Joro Shinasadame: Appreciating 100 Women, in two volumes published in 1723, depicted women of all classes, from the empress to prostitutes, and received favorable results His Hyakunin Joro Shinasadame: Appreciating 100 women, in two volumes published in 1723, depicted women of all classes, from the empress to prostitutes, and received favorable results Leading members of this school were: Nishikawa Sukenobu the founder; Nishikawa Suketada; Kawashima Nobukiyo; Nishikawa Terunobu; and Takagi Sadatake. . * NISHIKAWA MORONOBU SCHOOL: Nishikawa Moronobu [1618-July 25, 1694] was a Japanese painter and printmaker known for his advancement of the Ukiyo-e woodcut style starting in the 1670s. Leading members of the MORONOBU school were: Nishikawa Moronobu the founder; Hishikawa Morofusa; Hishikawa Moroyoshi; Hishikawa Moronaga; Hishikawa Moroshige; Hishikawa Morohira; and Tamazaki Ryujo. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . This title is NOT listed in any of the below resources: * SHIBUI, Kiyoshi. UKIYO-E NAISHI. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JAPANESE EROTIC ILLUSTRATED WOODBLOCK PRINTED BOOKS. * H. KERLEN. CATALOGUE OF PRE-MEIJI JAPANESE BOOKS & MAPS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS. * Richard Lane: IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD THE JAPANESE PRINT; pages 28, 40-60 show examples of the Ukiyo-e primitives [1660-1765], especially the Moronobu school, pp.60-88 et al. . *** NOT LISTED IN: . KSM * SHIBUI, Kiyoshi: UKIYO-E NAISI. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JAPANESE EROTIC ILLUSTRATED WOODBLOCK PRINTED BOOKS. [Modern Reading: UKIYO-E NAISHI] * KERLEN, H.: CATALOGUE OF PRE-MEIJI JAPANESE BOOKS & MAPS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS. * Not in any other usual bibliographies on Japanese E-hon [woodblock printed books]. . *** See: WIKIPEDIA:.
Dedee d'Anvers [Dedee from Antwerp] (Original carbon typescript for the 1948 film)

Dedee d'Anvers [Dedee from Antwerp] (Original carbon typescript for the 1948 film) by Yves Allegret (director, screenwriter); Ashelbe (novel); Jacques Sigurd (screenwriter); Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Marcello Pagliero, Marcel Dalio (starring)

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Dedee d'Anvers [Dedee from Antwerp] (Original carbon typescript for the 1948 film)
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Yves Allegret (director, screenwriter); Ashelbe (novel); Jacques Sigurd (screenwriter); Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Marcello Pagliero, Marcel Dalio (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
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Beverly Hills, CA: Victor Glaser, 1947. Draft script for the 1948 film. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock, a draft of the novel produced for purposes of film development, with brief annotations throughout in manuscript ink. Copy belonging to Victor Glaser, with his name and address on the front wrapper in manuscript ink, and the person to whom the internal annotations presumably belong. Based on the 1939 novel by Henri La Barthe writing as Ashelbe. Dedee (Signoret)works in a bar and lives Marco (Dalio), the bouncer and her pimp. When she meets Francesco (Pagliero) she sees a way to a better life, but must avoid the menacing embrace of Marco. Set in Antwerp. Censored upon release in both Finland and France. Blue wrappers, with a credit for Ashelbe on the front wrapper. 145 leaves, with last leaf of text numbered 143. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, bound with three gold brads.
Many Voices / Many Visions: Experimental Bookworks: WCA 1985 National Juried/Invitational Show (First Edition)

Many Voices / Many Visions: Experimental Bookworks: WCA 1985 National Juried/Invitational Show (First Edition) by [Women's Caucus for Art]

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Many Voices / Many Visions: Experimental Bookworks: WCA 1985 National Juried/Invitational Show (First Edition)
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[Women's Caucus for Art]
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Royal Books (United States)
Description
Los Angeles: Women's Caucus for Art, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Catalog for an exhibition held from February 2 through March 26, 1985, as part of the Women's Caucus for Art show at the Brand Library Art Galleries in Glendale. Very Good plus in saddle-stapled wrappers, moderately foxed on the wrapper extremities.
F1by2

F1by2 by Text by Matthew Winter (Photography by Alex Wong)

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F1by2
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Text by Matthew Winter (Photography by Alex Wong)
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
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Near Fine
Description
IZIBIZI AMC SDN BHD, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of the 2000 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its dark, laminate boards, with one tiny crease at the rear panel's lower edge. #324 of only 1,000 copies issued. Oblong folio, wonderful color photography thruout by Alex Wong.
Tony's Scrap Book (1933-34 Edition)

Tony's Scrap Book (1933-34 Edition) by Tony Wons

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Tony's Scrap Book (1933-34 Edition)
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Tony Wons
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
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Near Fine
Description
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1933. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY TONY WONS on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1933-34 edition of "Tony's Scrap Book". Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine example of the wonderful art deco dustjacket, with one small closed tear along the front flap-fold. Octavo, 112 pgs.
Omai, First Polynesian Ambassador to England

Omai, First Polynesian Ambassador to England by Clark, Thomas Blake

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Omai, First Polynesian Ambassador to England
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Clark, Thomas Blake
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Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
San Francisco: Colt Press, 1940. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Thin 4to. (115)pp. Cloth spine, printed paper label, decorative paper boards. Frontispiece portrait of Omai after Sir Joshua Reynolds. A very good copy with only as trace of wear at the corners. One of 500 copies. .
Printed Circular Letter, Signed, for The Independent Telephone Association of the United States of America, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1898

Printed Circular Letter, Signed, for The Independent Telephone Association of the United States of America, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1898 by Critchfield, H. D.

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Printed Circular Letter, Signed, for The Independent Telephone Association of the United States of America, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1898
Author
Critchfield, H. D.
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Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
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quarto, three pages, sending a membership application to J. W. Richard, Wadsworth, Ohio. Includes a printed Constitution of the newly established Independent Telephone Association of the United States of America, Adopted at Detroit, June 23, 1897. (Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1898, 12mo, 12 pp., original blue printed wrappers, with original mailing envelope. Critchfield writes in the letter: "... the American Bell Telephone Company has brought two suits on the Berliner patent and has been and is threatening to bring many others against owners and operators of Independent exchanges... Bell Telephone... is a thoroughly organized and powerful corporation... they have been preparing for this day (the time when their right to a monopoly of the telephone business would be questioned) ever since their organization in the 70s ... [so that] when opposition sprang up they would be in the best condition to combat and crush it out of existence... The Independent Telephone Association of the United States ... has retained... able counsel... and practical and theoretical telephone experts ... to take up the defense of suits which may be brought against any member of the Association ... meeting a powerful enemy with its own weapons ... by joining our forces, raising the necessary funds to prepare and fight such cases... the danger ... is great and imminent ... a systematic and thorough effort has been made by the Bell Company to prolong its existence and if all is not done ... to defeat their claims they will continue to enjoy the monopoly of the telephone business in the future as they have in the past ..." In 1901, a federal court would declare Emile Berliner's telephone transmitter patent, acquired by Bell Telephone, to be void, giving smaller independent phone companies the opportunity by 1905 to acquire more subscribers than Bell nationally. Nevertheless, Bell and its successor, AT&T, would continue to retain the image - and economic reality - of a powerful monopoly. Crticfield was a lawyer who later became General Counsel of the national Independent Telephone Association and, ten years after he wrote this letter, won a victory when he defeted the effort of the Chicago Bell Company to buy out the phone lines of its only rival, the company that built Chicago's underground railway freight tunnel system. He gave up the fight to join an electrical company during World War I, but, remarkably, his organization still exists- renamed, in 1999, the United States Telecom Association, now a trade group that represents a conglomeration of wireless, internet, and cable television companies - and tiny small town telephone co-ops, still battling to survive against AT&T.
Legend of a Lady: The Story of Rita Martin

Legend of a Lady: The Story of Rita Martin by Andrews, Robert Hardy

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Legend of a Lady: The Story of Rita Martin
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Andrews, Robert Hardy
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj
Description
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1949). First Edition. Hardcover. [modest wear to extremities, very light foxing to edges of text block; jacket moderately edgeworn]. Novel about an ambitious businesswoman, the "pretty, fragile Rita Martin, who beneath her charming exterior is hell-bent for personal success and who tramples with small, well-shod feet on all who stand in her way." The story is set against the background of "a high-powered advertising agency specializing in soap operas," a milieu the author knew as well as anybody: he wrote thousands of scripts for radio serials and soap operas from the early 1930s through the mid-1950s, while also finding time somehow to rack up several dozen screenwriting credits as well. He was often credited for his movie work under the name Robert D. Andrews -- possibly a calculated effort to confuse future bibliographers (if so, it worked), but maybe just as a way to keep better track of his multi-media accomplishments. The New York Times reviewer called it a "weird novel," commenting that the author "shows no mercy as he lays his victims on the operating table and exposes their stony hearts." .
Affiches de Cinéma [Cinema Posters]

Affiches de Cinéma [Cinema Posters]

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Affiches de Cinéma [Cinema Posters]
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ReadInk (United States)
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Fine
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Paris: Galerie Intemporel / Stanislas Choko. Fine. N.D.. Unstated edition. Hardcover. (laminated boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean as-new copy]. (color facsimiles) Catalogue, in French, issued by a gallery specializing in film posters. The introductory note, translated from the French, reads in part: "Now a recognized collector's item, the original cinema poster is more and more present in our environment. The evolution of the market has made generalist collections impossible. The choices are made more and more precise, new themes are researched, and the artistic quality is taken into account. We offer in this book a choice of posters classified by genre, as a possible basis for thematic collections. Of course, this selection represents only a small part of the posters available." The book is 128 pages (including a full title index), and contains color reproductions of approximately 600 posters, primarily French (although many are for American films) and generally concentrated in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. (The latest-dated poster I found in a casual flip-through was from 1994, for PULP FICTION, although I'm assuming this catalogue was issued sometime in the 2000s.) This is a great mini-tour through French film poster art, although limited somewhat in total aesthetic pleasure due to the small size of the reproductions (generally 4 to 6 on a page, with only a handful of full-page images). .
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Ul'mskaia Noch'. Filosofiia Sluchaia by Aldanov, M. A.

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Ul'mskaia Noch'. Filosofiia Sluchaia
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Aldanov, M. A.
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New York: Izdatel'stvo Imeni Chekhova, 1953. Softcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 350; blue wraps; a bit of rubbing along spine; small spot to bottom edge of pages; text clean; very good condition. Mark Aldanov (Landau) [1886-1957] - a Russian author, critic, and a six-time Nobel Prize for Literature nominee - was born in Kiev to an affluent Jewish family. After the Revolution, he emigrated to Paris where he became heavily involved with the emigre community there. Though he spoke French fluently and wrote his "Lenin" in French, he preferred to write most of his works in his native Russian. The subject of many of his works was political cataclysm and he published several cycles of novels on Napoleon and the Russian Revolution. Aldanov came to the US in 1941 where he founded one of the most influential emigre journals of its time in New York - Novyi Zhurnal. His current treatise "Night in Ulm. The Philosophy of Chance" was one of his last works. His books were not published in Russia where they were banned until 1989. The only copy in the trade.
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KING COFFIN by Aiken, Conrad

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KING COFFIN
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Aiken, Conrad
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KING COFFIN, Scribners, 1935, first edition, near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and a thumb-nail size chip missing from the lower left corner of the rear dust-wrapper panel.
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DIPPED IN BLOOD by Woolrich, Cornell

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DIPPED IN BLOOD
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Woolrich, Cornell
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Description
DIPPED IN BLOOD in Detective Story Magazine, Street & Smith, for April, 1945, first edition, very good+ to near fine in wraps.
Landscape Architecture: A Quarterly magazine, Volume 14, Nos. 1-4 (October, 1923-July, 1924)

Landscape Architecture: A Quarterly magazine, Volume 14, Nos. 1-4 (October, 1923-July, 1924)

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Landscape Architecture: A Quarterly magazine, Volume 14, Nos. 1-4 (October, 1923-July, 1924)
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Brookline, MA: Landscape Architecture Publishing Co, 1924. Hardcover. Good. photos, xi, 302p. Rebound in library buckram. 27cm. Cover soiled. Ex lib, (bookplate and perforated stamp of St. Joseph Public Library). Internally sound and clean. Original wrappers not preserved.
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Curt Barnes: Recent Paintings

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Title
Curt Barnes: Recent Paintings
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG- (Ex-gallery lib., small label at front cover, pencil markings inside front cover)
Description
New York, New York: Alessandra Gallery, 1976. Softcover. VG- (Ex-gallery lib., small label at front cover, pencil markings inside front cover). Color illus. stapled wraps; Unpaginated, 4 pp.; 1 color, 2 bw plates. Accompanied a 1976 gallery exhibition. Brief biographical information provided.
Larry Rivers 1970-1973 Marlborough New York. March 24 - April 14, 1973

Larry Rivers 1970-1973 Marlborough New York. March 24 - April 14, 1973

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Larry Rivers 1970-1973 Marlborough New York. March 24 - April 14, 1973
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Marlborough Gallery Inc, 1973. Wraps (Stiff Wraps). Very Good. Larry Rivers. 4to. 30 by 21 cm. 16 pp., plus wraps. Including front cover, seven full page, or mostly full page, images are Rivers' artwork, mostly in color. Light wear.
Black Separatism and the Caribbean, 1860

Black Separatism and the Caribbean, 1860 by [AFRICAN AMERICANS - CARIBBEAN] HOLLY, James Theodore and J. Dennis HARRIS

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Black Separatism and the Caribbean, 1860
Author
[AFRICAN AMERICANS - CARIBBEAN] HOLLY, James Theodore and J. Dennis HARRIS
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1970. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 174pp. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Else a clean, sharp, tight copy in lightly soiled dustwrapper. Reprints James Theodore Holly's "Vindication of the Capacity of the Negro Race for Self-Government and Civilized Progress" (1857) and Harris's "A Summer on the Borders of the Caribbean Sea" (1860). Introduction by Howard H. Bell.
Life: March 21, 1938, Vol. 4, No. 12

Life: March 21, 1938, Vol. 4, No. 12

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Life: March 21, 1938, Vol. 4, No. 12
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Chicago, Illinois: Time Inc, 1938. Softcover. Very Good. Magazine. Very good with edges worn. Front cover: Should They Marry.
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Yagisawa, Satoshi

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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Author
Yagisawa, Satoshi
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780063278677
Condition
New
Description
New York: Harper Perennial, 2023. Paperback. New. 147pp. Duodecimo [20.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence—until the day her boyfriend Hideaki, the man she expected to wed, casually announces he’s been cheating on her and is marrying the other woman. Suddenly, Takako’s life is in freefall. She loses her job, her friends, and her acquaintances, and spirals into a deep depression. In the depths of her despair, she receives a call from her distant uncle Satoru. An unusual man who has always pursued something of an unconventional life, especially after his wife Momoko left him out of the blue five years earlier, Satoru runs a second-hand bookshop in Jimbocho, Tokyo’s famous book district. Takako once looked down upon Satoru’s life. Now, she reluctantly accepts his offer of the tiny room above the bookshop rent-free in exchange for helping out at the store. The move is temporary, until she can get back on her feet. But in the months that follow, Takako surprises herself when she develops a passion for Japanese literature, becomes a regular at a local coffee shop where she makes new friends, and eventually meets a young editor from a nearby publishing house who’s going through his own messy breakup. But just as she begins to find joy again, Hideaki reappears, forcing Takako to rely once again on her uncle, whose own life has begun to unravel. Together, these seeming opposites work to understand each other and themselves as they continue to share the wisdom they’ve gained in the bookshop." From the Publisher.
The Official Secret Agent Album, October 14, 1969 through July 18, 1970 FIRST EDITION

The Official Secret Agent Album, October 14, 1969 through July 18, 1970 FIRST EDITION by Williamson, Al

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The Official Secret Agent Album, October 14, 1969 through July 18, 1970 FIRST EDITION
Author
Williamson, Al
Seller
Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Las Vegas: Pioneer Books, 1989. Stated First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Stated First Edition. Paperback. 10 7/8" X 8 1/2". Black and white pictorial wraps. MIld edgewear to binding. Foxing to edges of text block. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid copy of this collection of Secret Agent comic strips.
Latin America

Latin America

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Title
Latin America
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Havana, Year of the Heroic Guerrilla: Campamento 5 de Mayo / Instituto del Libro, 1968. 127p., wraps, lightly soiled else very good condition. Includes Declaration of Havana, Feb. 4, 1962. -- Declaration of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, May 17, 1967. -- Report of the Cuban Delegation to the first Conference of the Organization of Latin America Solidarity.
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A Democrat Looks At His Party by ACHESON, Dean

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Title
A Democrat Looks At His Party
Author
ACHESON, Dean
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Description
hardcover. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York, (1955).
American Ecclesiastes
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American Ecclesiastes by Batman, Richard

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Title
American Ecclesiastes
Author
Batman, Richard
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780151055784
Condition
Very Good
Description
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. Very Good. Batman, Richard. American Ecclesiastes. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. 378pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with light bumping. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light bumping and rubbing.

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