Alighieri, Dante

La Vita Nova

Torino, Tipografico-Editrice Nazionale, 1911. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superlative copy, relatively scarce in this state (First Edition Thus, augmented with the illustrations of Dante Gabriele Rossetti) and condition, being Near Fine and seemingly having been held tenderly if at all. Bound in full vellum boards, decorated with flourishes and titled at cover "Dantis Amor" illustrated on unrolled scroll, with a delightful initial "D." Bright red double-ruling along edges, and scroll is bordered by a red illustration, presumably and that is reproduced as frontis matter. Opposite title page is the original Latin inscription from the true First Edition, as follows: Hanc Editionem Antonius Agresti de Arte Praeraphaelistica Instruxit Praefationibus ROchus Carlucci Quam Maxime Ornavit Diligenter Marcus de Rubris Curavii." Chamois ties, three severed, one present and laid in, one in its original state. The plates have been collated against another complete set and are complete, including monochromatic and duotone, tissue guards present where they are supposed to be. A fetching bookplate inside front flap denoting that it came from the library of Helen Ames. Waffly text-block, but signs of neither odor nor dampness. Else and withal, an exceptional copy of a scarce work. The illustrations are stark and arresting and call Gustave Dore to mind. xlii + 113 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 345676

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Dante Alighieri|Dante Gabriele Rossetti

Adams, Ansel; Mary Street Alinder and Andrea Gray Stillman

Ansel Adams: Letters and Images 1916-1984

Greenwich, Connecticut, New York Graphic Society, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. One of the finest compilations of Adams photographs and writings as you'll find on-line. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound in a short quarto format in black cloth, blind-stamped logo to front cover, silver lettering. Ansel Adams' letters and photographs as edited by Mary Street Alinder and Andrea Gray Stillman. Foreword by Wallace Stegner. Frontispiece, and over 100 black-and-white illustrations. 402 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: 352521

Catalogue: Photography and Photographers

Keywords: Ansel Adams Mary Street Alinder Andrea Gray Stillman

Alinder, James, ed.

9 Critics, 9 Photographs

Carmel, California, Friends of Photography, 1980. 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. An unusual item, bound simply in printed light gray card stock covers, edited by James Alinder and then with nine contributions: 1) "Proleek Dolmen #2" (Beaumont Newhall); 2) "Night for Day" (David Featherstone); 3) "All Our Love Mother: a photography by Eugene Richards" (Robert Baker); 4) "Evon Streetman, Chattooga Fantasy, 1979" (John L. Ward); 5) "The Painful Butterfly" (Candida Finkel); 6) "Untitled 45086" (James D. Burns); 7) "Learning From the Past" (Thomas F. Barrow); 8) "Doorway, 1979 Olivia and Helen in Transition" (James Alinder). 48 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 352632

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: photography photographers James Alinder Beaumont Newhall David Featherstone Robert Baker John L. Ward Candida Finkel James D. Burns Thomas F. Barrow

Alinder, James

Roy Decarava: Photographs

Carmel, California, The Friends of Photography, 1981. . Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Extremely scarce in the trade, being SIGNED by the master photographer at title page, inscribed, "Aug 10, 1982, To Pat Friedman, best wishes, Roy DeCarava," and there being no other softcover editions signed thus. A major retrospective of the black-and-white artistry of Roy DeCarava of his work from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, moderate wear of covers, mostly to edges, but with neither underlining nor highlighting, bright and clean of interior, a perfectly readable, usable copy. Big, tall, quarto format, nearly pristine of interior. Preface and Epilogue by James Alinder, and a very long Introduction by Sherry DeCarava, both in double-column text.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Very Good

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Book number: 353203

Catalogue: Photography and Photographers

Keywords: The Friends of Photography Roy DeCarava

Cohen-Mushlin, Aliza and Ziva Amishai-Maisels, eds.

Jewish Art, Volume Twenty-One/Twenty-Two 1995/96: Eastern Europe 1

Jerusalem, Israel, The Center for Jewish Art of the Hebrew University, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Edited by Aliza Cohen-Mushlin and Ziva Amishai-Maisels, and with contributions by, among others, Elena I. Itkina, Hillel Kazovsky, Mirjam Rajner, Seth Wolitz, Grigory Ostrovsky, Igor Aronov, Lola Kantor Kazovsky, Marina Genkina, Alexander Okun, Ilia Rodov, Sharman Kadish, Avram Kampgf, Moshe Barasch, and Sarit Shaleve-Eyni. Devoted mostly to Russian Jewish artists and Jewish-themed modern art. Lots of lovely illustrations in both black-and-white and full-color. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy, pictorial covers; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Editor's Note, full notes and bibliography. 222 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Like New

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Book number: 349106

Catalogue: Religion::Judaism

Keywords: Jewish art|Jewish artists|Jewish history|Jewish culture|Aliza Cohen-Mushlin, Ziva Amishai-Maisels

Cohen-Mushlin, Aliza and Ziva Amishai-Maisels, eds.

Jewish Art, Volume Nineteen / Twenty, 1993

Jerusalem, Israel, Journal of the Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Edited by Aliza Cohen-Mushlin and Ziva Amishai-Maisels, and with contributions by, among others, Naomi Feuchtwanger-Sarig, Laura Rachel Fellerman Fattal, Evelyn L. Greenberg, Joseph Patrih, Ralf Busch, Yaffa Levy, Luisa Mortara Ottolenghi, Elliott Horowitz, Bianca Kuhnel, Mira Freidman, Harold Brodsky, L.Y. Rahmani and many others. Devoted mostly to makers, consumers and patrons of manuscripts and fine and decorative arts. Lots of lovely illustrations in both black-and-white and full-color. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy, pictorial covers; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Editor's Note, full notes and bibliography. [4], 5-270 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 352321

Catalogue: Religion::Judaism

Keywords: Jewish art|Jewish artists|Jewish history|Jewish culture|Aliza Cohen-Mushlin, Ziva Amishai-Maisels

Allan, William, Kenneth Baker, Janice Driesbach

Transient Poet: William Allan Retrospective

Sacramento, California, Crocker Art Museum, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals but for the ink-stamp from the Crocker Art Museum itself inside front flap, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Sumptuous photographs interior. 59 pp. of full-page, full-color reproductions, and with double-column texts opposite. Exhibition catalog of the color paintings of William Allan. Includes extensive commentary. A list in rear itemizes his approximately 45 exhibitions.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 352537

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: William Allan artist catalog

Allane, Lee

Tribal Rugs: A Buyer's Guide

London, Thames and Hudson, 1996. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. 47 full color illustrations, 40 duotone drawings, and six maps. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [5], 6-142 [2] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Like New

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Book number: 349213

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Lee Allane|tribal rugs|Persian carpets|Oriental rugs|Oriental carpets

Alldritt, Keith

David Jones: Writer and Artist

London, Constable and Robinson, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. A fine and accessible critical biography of David Jones that considers him as one of the most important writers of W.W.I. and beyond. Two ranges of black-and-white illustrations, printed on high-gloss paper. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xii 1-208 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 351881

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Keith Alldritt David Jones art history W.W.I. World War One

Allec, Callixte-Zevon

Physiologie Du Predestine, Considerations Biscornues, Par Une Bete Sans Cornes

Paris, Raymond-Bocquet, 1841. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 64mo 3" - 4. Structurally sound, still attractive copy bound in moderately soiled, worn yellow softpaper wraps, a bit dog-eared, some loss of paper to spine head and foot, sunned a bit, bound over an additional yellow softpaper wrap, but complete. Fine black-and-white engraving to front cover and others by J. Gagniet. French language text. 127 pp. and with page of errata. Part of a series of fanciful "lectures" that were popular and published also in a compendium of four. Scarcely available in the trade, there being only a single additional copy as of this writing.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 347625

Catalogue: French history and culture

Keywords: French language|J. Gagniet|Callixte-Zevon Allec

Alleman, Gellert S., Gwin J. Kolb, Curt A. Zimansky, Henry K. Miller, Charles N. Fifer, and Donald T. Torchiana

English Literature 1660-1800: A Bibliography of Modern Studies, Founded by Ronald S. Crane, Compiled for Philological Quarterly, Volume V, 1961-1965

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. From the personal library of Mr. Robert Allen as conveyed to me by his widow, Ms Priscilla (Brownie) Allen, he having been a noted bookseller and appraiser and also editor of a number of volumes of the The Eighteenth Century: a current bibliography series in a project headed at the University of Southern California. His ink-stamp at first free endpaper, which is vertically creased. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn though sunned at spine, protected by a plastic coat. Contributions by Gellert S. Alleman, Gwin J. Kolb, Curt A. Zimansky, Henry K. Miller, Charles N. Fifer, Donald T. Torchiana. Foreword by Curt A. Zimansky. xi [1], 1-386 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 356446

Catalogue: Bibliographies and Bibliographers

Keywords: Gellert S. Alleman Gwin J. Kolb Curt A. Zimansky Henry K. Miller Charles N. Fifer Donald T. Torchiana

Ahearn, Allen and Patricia Ahearn

Collected Books: The Guide to Values, 2002 Edition

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Still relevant, and a stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. 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, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Plentiful new entries. viii [4], 4-869 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 351055

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Allen Ahearn|Patricia Ahearn|book values|price guide

Erasmus; Allen, Robert R., ed.

The Dyaloge Called Funus: A Translation of Erasmus's Colloquy (1534); a Very Pleasant & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure: Gerard's Translation of Erasmus's Colloquy (1545)

Chicago, Illinois, Published for the Newberry Library by The University of Chicago Press, 1969. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, unmarked, bright interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. First reprint edition thus, and edited by and from the personal library of Mr. Robert Allen as conveyed to me by his widow, Ms Priscilla (Brownie) Allen, he having been a noted bookseller and appraiser and also editor of a number of volumes of the The Eighteenth Century: a current bibliography series in a project headed at the University of Southern California. Two-tone blue linen cloth over boards, darker blue linen cloth-backed, sharp and distinct publisher's logo to front cover, gilt lettering to spine. [2], 3-114 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 356443

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Robert R. Allen Erasmus Italian literature philosophy

Erasmus; Robert R. Allen, ed.

The Dyaloge Called Funus: A Translation of Erasmus's Colloquy (1534); a Very Pleasant & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure: Gerard's Translation of Erasmus's Colloquy (1545)

Chicago, Published for the Newberry Library by The University of Chicago Press, 1969. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, the working copy of the editor, and from the personal library of Mr. Robert Allen as conveyed to me by his widow, Ms Priscilla (Brownie) Allen, he having been a noted bookseller and appraiser and also editor of a number of volumes of the The Eighteenth Century: a current bibliography series in a project headed at the University of Southern California. Two-tone blue linen cloth over boards, darker blue linen cloth-backed, sharp and distinct publisher's logo to front cover, gilt lettering to spine. Extensively pencil-marked, but in margins, unobtrusive. [2], 3-114 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 356444

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Robert R. Allen Erasmus Italian literature philosophy

Erasmus; Robert R. Allen, ed.

The Dyaloge Called Funus: A Translation of Erasmus's Colloquy (1534); a Very Pleasant & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure: Gerard's Translation of Erasmus's Colloquy (1545)

Chicago, Illinois, Published for the Newberry Library by The University of Chicago Press, 1969. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Because of the presence of the original publisher's glassine dust wrapper, this examplar of the First Edition Thus is particularly sturdy and attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, unmarked, bright interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. First Reprint Edition Thus, and edited by and from the personal library of Mr. Robert Allen as conveyed to me by his widow, Ms Priscilla (Brownie) Allen, he having been a noted bookseller and appraiser and also editor of a number of volumes of the The Eighteenth Century: a current bibliography series in a project headed at the University of Southern California. Two-tone blue linen cloth over boards, darker blue linen cloth-backed, sharp and distinct publisher's logo to front cover, gilt lettering to spine. [2], 3-114 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Very Good,

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Book number: 356532

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Robert R. Allen Erasmus Italian literature philosophy