Glenda Abramson

Hebrew Writing of the First World War

London, England, Vallentine Mitchell & Co., Ltd, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarce in the trade in this condition and state (hardcover, stated First Edition). Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. From the publisher's blurb, "Almost one and a quarter million Jewish soldiers took part in the First World War, spread through the armies on both sides of the conflict. Their numbers were more or less in proportion to the Jewish populations in the countries involved, and sometimes even greater. There is comparatively little writing about this experience in Hebrew. Those who did write novels, poetry, stories, memoirs and diaries in Hebrew were either serving soldiers on the Eastern Front and in Palestine, or civilians who were caught up in the war in one way or another. Their work reflected not only the tribulations of the trenches, but also the hardship suffered by civilians. Most of the Hebrew writers in Europe, including Saul Tchernichowsky, U.Z. Greenberg and Yehuda Ya'ari, confront the Russian pogroms in their work. Starvation, illness and banishment were the lot of the Jews in Jerusalem and the Lower Galilee, and the appalling situation of the Jewish refugees was represented by memoirists, journalists and fiction writers such as Aharon Reuveni, L.A. Orloff and Y.H. Brenner, all caught up in the trials of the wartime yishuv. Woven into their views of the war is a portrait of the major transition taking place in Jewish political culture at the time, and their growing identification with Zionism. Interesting aspects emerge from these texts: Jewish nationalism became a crucial theme in view of what the Jews considered to be the permanent setting of Europe's sun. The texts raise the question of genre: fiction in relation to autobiography. Also the trauma of the war led to an abandonment of the prevailing literary styles and structures, and the Hebrew writers adopted some of the new modernist trends, Expressionism in particular." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxxviii [2], 4-405 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 353789

Catalogue: Religion::Judaism

Keywords: Glenda Abramson Hebrew Writing W.W.I. Jewish history History culture

Abramson, Glenda

Modern Hebrew Drama

New York, St Martin's Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Black cloth covers, white lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. A probing account of Israeli theater from 1948-1978. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [8], 9-232 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 346408

Catalogue: Drama & Theater

Keywords: Glenda Abramson|Hebrew drama|Hebrew theater|Jewish culture|Jewish history|drama

Abse, Dannie

Finland, and Other Poems

New York, Oxford University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 71 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 356782

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Dannie Abse poems poetry

Acha, Juan

El Antirretrato Del Dr. Villanueva: Ochos Oleos de Fernando Leal Audirac

Mexico City, Mexico, Galeria de Arte Mexicano, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked, bound in heavy black cloth, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, some wear along top edge. First Edition, First Printing. Big, tall, heavy quarto format. 155 pp. An arresting set of oil paintings presented in "The Anti-Portrait of Dr. Villanueva in Eight Parts," translated from the Spanish. Each oil-painted portrait is reproduced in double- page format and with greater detail in full-page. Bilingual text in Spanish and English. Very good condition.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 352536

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Fernando Leal Audirac Juan Acha

D'Achille, Anna Maria

Da Pietro D'Oderisio Ad Arnolfo Di Cambio: Studi Sulla Scultura a Roma Nel Duecento

Roma, Italy, Edizioni Sintesi Informazione, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. Sturdy softcover copy of a fine survey of the life and works of Pietro Cavallini in the form of his paintings, sculptures and mosaics, especially those devoted to religious iconography, in Medieval Italy. Unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing some rubbing to and shelf-wear of the black glossy pictorial wraps. Many score black-and-white illustrations. Italian language throughout. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [5], 6-159 pp. and then a long range of many score black-and-white illustrations.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 357600

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Anna Maria D'Achille Pietro Arnolfo sculpture Italian language sculptors Italian art history

Ackerman, James S.

Distance Points: Essays in Theory and Renaissance Art and Architecture

Cambridge, University, MIT Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Published by the M.I.T. Press, bound in overlarge octavo format. Bound in grey cloth with gold lettering to spine. xxvii + 561 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 346228

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: architecture|art history|Renaissance art history|Renaissance architecture|James S. Ackerman

Ackerman, Karen

Song and Dance Man

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Caldecott Medal award-winner, with gold foil sticker to front to boot. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. SIGNED by the author Karen Ackerman, and the book is illustrated beautifully by Stephen Gammell. Stated Eighth Printing of the First EditionMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . As New

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Book number: 351164

Catalogue: Children

Keywords: Karen Ackerman Stephen Gammell

Ackley, Clifford S.

Printed Portraits

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. This picture essay on expressive portraiture in prints and photographs is based on an exhibition held in the Print and Drawing Galleries of the Museum of Fine Arts from November 10, 1972, to January 24, 1973. Unpaginated, but 42 fine reproductions in black and white and duotone of the work of artists such as Edward Stieglitz and Israel van Meckenem, Antoine Van Dyk, Rembrandt van Rijn, Joan Miro, Max Beckmann, Paul Cezanne, and many others.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 349362

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: printed portraits|Clifford S. Ackley

Acton, David

A Spectrum of Innovation: Color in American Printmaking, 1890-1960

New York, W.W. Norton & Co / Worcester Art Museum, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Massively heavy, oversized volume. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, not worn. Bound handsomely in pictorial cloth in a tall quarto format, and with 304 pp. Sumptuously illustrated with full- page plates and illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . New/New,

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Book number: 353201

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: David Acton printmaking color printmaking art history

Adam, Alice

Alice Adam: Catalogue 3: Woodcuts and Etchings by Emil Nolde

Chicago, Alice Adam, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition softcover copy, staple-bound, of an exhibit catalog sponsored by and written by Alice Adams, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Simple printed wraps, black-and-white reproductions of 17 of Emil Nolde's woodcuts and etchings. Unpaginated, but reproductions are on high-gloss paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 349784

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Alice Adams|Emil Nolde|woodcuts|etchings

Adams, Alice

After You'Ve Gone: Stories

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound handsomely in a two-tone, paper over boards, cloth-backed format, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine, stamped illustration to front cover. From the personal library of two Pacific Northwest booksellers of several decades' duration. 229 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 352445

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: signed Alice Adams short stories First Edition First Printing literature

Adams, Alice

Beautiful Girl: Short Stories

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page. Another fine collection of this beloved writer's short stories. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, little discernible wear, with a bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound handsomely in a two-tone, paper over boards, cloth-backed format, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine, stamped illustration to front cover. From the personal library of two Pacific Northwest booksellers of several decades' duration, Acornbooks Northwest. 242 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 352447

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: signed Alice Adams short stories First Edition First Printing literature

Ramon F. Adams

Burs Under the Saddle: A Second Look at Books and Histories of the West

Norman, Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Ex-library copy with usual accession numbers to spine, front cover, ink-stamps and a library bookplate inside front flap, endpapers, etc., else clean and unmarked of interior. Dust jacket present, moderately worn and with a tape-repaired chip to front panel top. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x [3], 4-610 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good/Good,

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Book number: 356192

Catalogue: Americana/Regional Interest

Keywords: Ramon F. Adams bibliography

Adams, Alice

Caroline's Daughters

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Small red remainder dot along bottom edge, unobtrusive. Dust jacket is glossy with lavender border to front and back, black background with yellow, pink and green lettering. Fine black-and-white photograph author. 307 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 356134

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: First Edition First Printing Alice Adam

Adams, Henry

Eakins Revealed: The Secret Life of an American Artist

London, Oxford University Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in gray paper over boards, black cloth-backed. Silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. [3], 1-583 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 349692

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Thomas Eakins|Henry Adams|American artists|art history|artist monographs