Form of Service for the Two First Nights of the Feast of Passover, with English Translation

New York, Jos. L. Werbelowsky, 1901. New Illustrated Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Moderate wear to covers, especially along front joint, some loss of paper to spine, but clean and unmarked of interior, if toned a bit. 60 pp., texts in Hebrew and English arrayed in double-columns, and illustrated in black-and-white engravings, quite lovely, illustrating the Haggadah of Jewish lore and ritual.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 347139

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Keywords: Feast of Passover|Forms of Service |Haggadah|Judaica|Jewish history|Jewish culture

Fred Dalkey: Retrospective

Sacramento, California, Crocker Art Museum, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Tall quarto format, illustrated glossy card stock covers and featuring Dalkey's self-portrait. Fine-looking, structurally sound catalogue of the Crocker Art Museum's retrospective exhibition, held from March of 2002 to May of the same year. A number of contributions: Director's Statement by Lial A. Jones; Acknowledgments by Scott Shields; Artist's Interview by Chris Daubert. Complete with Biographical Chronology and Selected Bibliography. Well over 100 full-color and black-and-white illustrations.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347560

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Fred Dalkey|Peter J. Flagg|Wayne Thiebaud|Chris Daubert|Julia Couzens|Michaele LeCompte|Richard Wollheim

The Freer Gallery of Art II Japan

Washington, D.C., Kodansha Ltd., for the Freer Gallery of Art, . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Big, tall, folio format hardcover, date of publication not stated, but appears to be a second printing, from 1981. Bright white cloth binding, with sharp and distinct gilt illustration to front cover, lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket is sunned at spine, lightly wrinkled rear panel. Near Fine condition slipcase, simple cardboard, with only light wear thereto. 184 pp., with 128 beautiful full-color, often full-page reproductions of Japanese art and artists.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 356520

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Keywords: The Freer Gallery of Art Japan Japanese art history

From Poussin to Matisse: The Russian Taste for French Painting--a Loan Exhibition from the U.S. S.R.

New York / Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, distributed by Harry N. Abrams, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A gorgeous exemplar of a publication issued in connection with the exhibition "From Poussin to Matisse: The Russian Taste for French Painting," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 20 to July 29, 1990, and at The Art Institute of Chicago from September 8 to November 25, 1990. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. 168 pp. including an index of artists. 51 full-color plates, fully described and captioned.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: 351873

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: French art history French artists U.S.S.R. Russia Russian art history

The Galaxy: An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. XVII, January, 1874, to July 1874

New York, Sheldon and Company, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The Galaxy Magazine, or The Galaxy (subtitled "an illustrated magazine of entertaining reading") was an American monthly magazine founded by William Conant Church (who had been a war correspondent during the Civil War) and his brother Francis P. Church in 1866 and who became publishers for its short run. The magazine ran from 1866 until when Sheldon and Company gained financial control over the magazine, and it merged with the Atlantic Monthly in 1878. Notable contributors to the magazine early on include Mark Twain, Anthony Trollope, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Walt Whitman and Henry James. Handsomely bound in marbled paper over boards, with brown calf leather over tips and spine, five raised bands thereover, gilt ruling and lettering to spine, still quite sharp and distinct. Oversized octavo format, marbled page edges, though rubbed considerably, with some slight soiling to endpapers, light foxing here and there, rubbing to and scuffing of tips and edges, else quite sturdy and attractive on the shelf, and with some lovely black-and-white illustrations. Missing the usual Index to the contents of the volume up front, indicating several score contributions of poetry and prose, including by General George A. Custer (several contributions from Life on the Plains), Kate Putname Osgood, and others. 724 pp., all in.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 347123

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: literature|The Galaxy|literature|reading|illustrated|William Conant Church|Francis P. Church|Mark Twain|The Atlantic Monthly|Anthony Trollope, Oliver Wendell Holmes|Walt Whitman|Henry James

Gezien Door: Paul Citroen - Paul Citroen: Gezien Door

Den Haag, the Netherlands, Boucher, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Dutch language and published in First Edition in Den Haag, Holland, by L.J.C. Boucher, 1956. Bound handsomely in white cloth, bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear along tips and edges, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. Dealer stamp, neatly affixed, at top of first free endpaper. Short quarto in format, unpaginated, but printed on high-gloss paper, with one-page vignettes and a duotone illustration of a number of influential European painters each paying homage to Paul Citroen. Thirty-five plates, including the works of Paul Citroen, Mari Andriessen, Marc Chagall, Nico Jesse, Thomas Mann, Sandberg, Henry Moore and others.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Good,

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Book number: 346783

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: art history|painters|Paul Citroen|Mari Andriessen|Marc Chagall|Nico Jesse|Thomas Mann|Sandberg|Henry Moore

Haggadah Shel Pesach

Poland, Simche Freund, Ksiegarnia i Wydawnictwo (bookstore and publishing house), . . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A difficult item to catalogue properly, but appears not to be otherwise available on-line or listed in WorldCat dot org or on the Passover Haggodot in the Library of Congress web-site. Overall Good, sturdy condition copy of the Haggadah Shel Pesach, an octavo format copy in stiff softpaper boards, printed, covered now in stiff Mylar. Entire publication in Hebrew but for "Printed in Poland" on front cover. 64 pp., with five black-and-white illustrations that appear to be engraved woodblock prints. Some toning and staining to front endpapers, dissipating. Printed in Poland by the publisher, Simche Freund, Przemysl. Neither author's name nor precise place of publication nor date of publication shown, but appears to be about the 1920s Rear pastedown showing short splits, else overall a remarkably sturdy and clean, however toned, copy of the Passover manual. Hand-sewn text-block.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 355776

Catalogue: Religion::Judaism

Keywords: Passover Seder Hudaica Judaism Jewish history Jewish culture Hebrew language

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 189, February, 1866

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1866. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A battered and well-worn copy, but complete and rife with one nugget after another and with some rather extraordinary black-and-white engravings. Considerable wear to and soiling of front panel, which is intact but separating from the binding, chipping, furling, dog-earring and age-toning to tips, extremities, but again, a treasure-trove of gems of literature, review, poetry and notice. "Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum" a poem, "Lucy Snowe," by Charlotte Bronte, a poem by Herman Melville, chapters from "Armadale," by Wilkie Collins, including Book The Fourth, John S.C. Abbot's "Heroic Deeds of Heroic Men," with a focus on Charles Ellet, notes from the Editor's Chair, a final tally of expenditures from the recently concluded Civil War,Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Collectible: Acceptable

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Book number: 347305

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Charlotte Bronte|Wilkie Collins|Herman Melville|Charles Ellett|Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum

Harvard Judaica Bookplates

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard College Library, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Paper title label to front cover, simple burgundy wraps. William Lee Frost and Charles Berlin, two Harvard alumni, provide a Preface. 80 pp. of elegant bookplates from the Harvard University Library. Table of Contents listing each of the bookplates then rendered in black-and-white, four per page.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 351961

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Keywords: Harvard University Jewish history Jewish culture bookplates

High Potential Historic Sites: An Addendum to the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Comprehensive Plan for Management and Use

Washington, D.C., National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 2018. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Many score black-and-white and full-color photographs and illustrations along the Lewis and Clark Trail across many states, and with maps galore. Signed and dated by the Superintendent for the Lewis and Clark Trail at first free endpaper. 116 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Other. . As New

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Book number: 353099

Catalogue: Americana/Regional Interest

Keywords: Lewis and Clark Trail land use Western Americana

Houser and Haozous: A Sculptural Retrospective

Phoenix, The Heard Museum, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A nearly As New condition museum exhibit catalog published by The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, 1983, in tall, staple-bound softcover format. 41 pp., and an opening Foreword by Robert G. Breunig, Chief Curator of the exhibit, which was held from September 10, 1983 - May 1, 1984, at the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, displaying the work of Houser, Allan and Robert Haozous, master sculptors. Black-and-white photographs galore. Measures 8 1/2" x 11" in size. Full panoply of the work of Allan Houser. 37 pp. and with bibliography and list of lenders.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 345911

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: The Heard Museum|Native American art|sculpture|Robert Breunig

Hubert Kiecol 23. Marz - 24. April 1988

Bonn, Germany, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, 1988. First Edition. . Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the heavy card stock covers. Exhibition was sponsored by a state art museum from March 23 to April 24, 1988, at the Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany. Acknowledgments by Katharina Schmidt and Klaus Schrenk. Unpaginated, but several score fine black-and-white and duotone reproductions of Kiecol's finest sculptures, printed on high-gloss paper. Hubert Kiecol (born October 26, 1950 in Bremen-Blumenthal) is a German artist who holds a professorship at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf to this day (Wikipedia).Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 352865

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: German language Hubert Kiecol artist exhibit catalog

Una Importante Coleccion de Obra Grafica Y Libros Ilustrados de Joan Miro

Sotheby's Auctioneers, Madrid, Spain, Sotheby's Auctioneers, Madrid, Spain, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Spanish-language texts regarding an exception auction of the graphic works and illustrated books of Joan Miro. Procedentes De La Fundacion Joan Miro De Barcelona. 22 Febrero 1989, sponsored by the Sotheby's Auctioneers of Madrid, Spain. Fine catalogue in Spanish and Catalan for a major auction held in Barcelona of 305 of Miro's graphic works, and augmented with illustrations of each item auctioned. Accompanied by an insert with prices realized. Bound handsomely in green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Forward cock to spine. Near pristine interior. Roughly 200 unpaginated pages, but many, many score fine reproductions of his finest works, printed on high-gloss paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 352055

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Joan Miro illustrated books graphic works

In Focus: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

Malibu, California, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A fine and fine-looking reader, bound in illustrated yellow and black wraps, in gate-fold, comprised of black-and-white photographs of holdings of the J. Paul Getty Museum of Los Angeles County, including the work of Dorothea Lange and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and then photographic essay by Alfred Stieglitz, John Walsh, Thomas Barrow, Jeannine Fiedler, Charles Hagen, Hattula Moholy-Nagy, Weston Naef, Leland Rice and Katherine Ware. Complete with chronology. Presents over 50 photographs of the master photographer. [3], 4-127 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347903

Catalogue: Photography and Photographers

Keywords: photography|J. Paul Getty Museum|Dorothea Lange|Laszlo Moholy-Nagy|Alfred Stieglitz|John Walsh|Thomas Barrow|Jeannine Fiedler|Charles Hagen|Hattula Moholy-Nagy|Weston Naef|Leland Rice|Katherine Ware

A - D: An Intimate Journal for Art Directors, Production Managers, and Their Associates

New York, A - D Publishing Co., . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Comprises Volume VII of A - D, a non - profit, cooperative magazine published by the A - D Publishing Company of New York from 1940-1941. All covers for the individual issues bound in. Stiff pictorial and printed paper wrappers, all bound inside medium blue buckram cloth covers and with gilt lettering over a burgundy leather label affixed neatly to spine. Amongst many wonderful articles and designs there is Moholy-Nagy's illustrated article on Paul Rand, this being the second article on Paul Rand, which takes up most of Vol. VII, No. 3, February - March, 1941. Paul Rand designed the cover for this issue as well. In Volume VII, No. 1, October - November, 1940, there is a full-page review of the famous issue of Architectural Forum, "Design Decade," Number 1930 - 1940, October, 1940, reproducing a full-page illustration of playground equipment to be designed by Isamu Noguchi. Quite stunning. Two bruised but not broken tips to buckram cloth covers, scuffing of tips and edges to an individual volume bound in (and that is itself bound in cloth, not just wraps).Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 345762

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: A - D Publishing Company|design|furniture|interior design