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Arp. (Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art)
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1958. 8vo. 126 pp. Hard Cloth Cover. With Dust Jacket. 1 Color plate, all others black and white. Very Good, dust jacket with some missing areas, jacket toned, otherwise, very clean. Provenance: Richard Diebenkorn Foundation. Some items presented to Phyllis, his wife (1921-2015). .
Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 71-7536
USD 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 | £UK 51.75 | JP¥ 10228]
Catalogue: Art
Arp
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 126. Square 8vo. measuring 8.5" x 9.5". Mustard-yellow cloth over boards with black rules and lettering to the spine. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of the subject. Accompanied with many additional full-page, captioned, photographic plates (chiefly black-and-white, excepting one which has been rendered in colour). A few light spots to the front board, else, without blemish; very good. .
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 7298
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.5 | £UK 22.25 | JP¥ 4383]
Catalogue: Art & Photography
Keywords: exhibition catalogue; modern art; scultpure
SOCIAL ETHICS
New York 1903, 357 pp. (libr.stamps) m157
Moby DickProfessional sellerBook number: 194428
€ 10.00 [Appr.: US$ 11.77 | £UK 8.75 | JP¥ 1720]
Catalogue: General
Maclean's Magazine, October [Oct. ] 15, 1928, Vol. XLI, No. 20 - Canada in the Great War / Canadian Percy Williams Is the Fastest Human
Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited, 1928. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. C.W.; Taylor, H. Weston; Gloyne Summers, Dudley. Please note: This copy lacking its covers. First and last pages loose but present. Features: Canada in the Great War (Part 2) - The stirring record of 'the men behind the guns' - and of our wemen, too - photo illustrated article; The Crushing Horde - fiction from the north; Doctor to the Poor Fish - a free clinic for ailing aquarium pets; Canadian Sprinter Percy Williams (Peerless Percy) - Winner of the 100 and 200 metre Olympic sprints; Down Three Steps (short story); She Lika da Jazz (short story); Did They 'Get' Bulldog Kelly? - a tale of the North West Mounted; Prosperity's Leap From the Bush - The successful Canadian pulp and paper industry - photo-illustrated article; The Winking Satyr (short story); Our Population Problem (Part 4) - a suggestion that our need for people be solved by transplanting British industries; A Little Way Ahead (part 6); Beautiful one-page colour ad for Waterman's pens features waterfall and rainbow; Daily Newspapers Under Fire; Gorgeous one-page colour-illustrated ad for Quaker Puffed Rice features boy and girl at table; Nice one-page colour ad for Canadian National Steamships features their cruises to the Caribbean; Lovely one-page colour ad for Wahl-Eversharp Gold Seal Pens; Teaching Etiquette to Children; Crossword on page 78 has been completed; Jacobean Embroidery. A worthy reference copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's Magazine, October 15 1928, Vol. XLI No. 20, Canada in the Great War, Percy Williams, Fastest Human, Peerless Percy, Canada in the Great War (Part 2) - The stirring record of 'the men behind the guns' - and of our wemen, too - photo illustrated. Fair .
RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage MagazinesProfessional sellerBook number: 143h5415
USD 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 250.75 | £UK 217.5 | JP¥ 43104]
Keywords: 's 15 1928 . . 20 ( 2) ' ' Sport Back Issues Military
The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the southern hemisphere, during the years 1849-'50-'51-'52. Vol.I-II: Chili, the Andes and the Pampas.
Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855. 2 volumes. 4to. Original embossed cloth, with gilt illustration on frontcovers, rebacked (the original gilt spines partly laid down). With tinted lithographed frontispiece, large folding panoramic view of Santiago (29 x 175 cm) coloured by hand, coloured costume plate of an Araucanian chief, 3 plans, 3 coloured lithographs depicting Indian antiquities, 4 tinted lithographed views, 6 maps (4 folding), 11 wood-engravings, 15 brightly coloured lithographed plates depicting birds and 17 lithographed plates depicting reptiles, fishes etc. XIII,556; X,300 pp. First edition. - Congress financed an expedition to Chili and Argentina, led by James Melville Gilless and assisted by A. MacRae, S.L. Phelps and E.R. Smith. The expedition took back to Washington a large number of scientific observations on Chili's and Argentina's geography, climate, earthquakes, government, social condition, mineral and agricultural resources, commerce, etc. - Vol. III and VI are dealing with meteorological observations, vol. IV and V were never published. - Foxed and some marginal waterstaining in vol. I, otherwise a good copy. Sabin 27419; Palau 102244; Leclerc 1957.
Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)Professional sellerBook number: 10940
€ 1072.50 [Appr.: US$ 1262.55 | £UK 930 | JP¥ 184479]
Keywords: America Argentina Chili
The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, during the years 1849-'50-'51-'52. Volume I: Chili: its geography, climate, earthquakes, government, social condition, mineral and agricultural resources, commerce, &c.
Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855. 4to. Contemporary half calf (spine dam., hinges weak). With coloured costume plate, 5 (of 6) tinted lithographed views and 7 maps (3 folding; 1 damaged). XIII,556 pp. This expedition to South America, led by lieut. James Melville Gilliss, was the third American Naval Scientific expedition. The Gilliss expedition went overland to Panama City and then via the South Pacific to Callao, Valparaiso, and Santiago. A subsidiary expedition was sent to explore northern Chile as far as La Paz, Bolivia (Hill 707). The expedition took back to Washington a large number of scientific observations. - (Age-browned). Sabin 27419; Palau 102244; Leclerc 1957.
Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)Professional sellerBook number: 9690
€ 247.50 [Appr.: US$ 291.36 | £UK 214.75 | JP¥ 42572]
Keywords: America Chili
The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, August [Aug. ] 1929, Vol. LXIII, No. 377: Africa's Mystery Beasts / America's Southern Border Patrol
New York: The International News Company, 1929. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Peddie, T.H.; Tresilian, S.; Gale, W.J.. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Guardians of the "Last Frontier" - Excellent photo-illustrated article on the three-hundred men who patrol America's 2,000-mile Mexican border; Brown's Tiger - A decidedly unusual hunt in India in which a herd of buffaloes played an important part; "Blood Will Tell" - What happened after James Vance Marshall saved the life of a young South American; Photo of Buddhist "Rice Boat" in Ceylon; Hunting Sea-Lions - Tony Rosato hunts these creatures near California's Coronado Islands - interesting photo-illustrated article; Law and Order in East Africa - Amusing stories about police work among whites and natives; The Lost Mine - A. Hyatt Verrill was in Panama to study the wild Indians but everyone assume he came in search of Tisingal, the mythical lost Spanish gold mine - with photos; The Interlopers - A cattle drover's story of a strange adventure in Australia's little-known interior; My Monkey - A lonely rubber planter buys a monkey as a pet; The Bear Lake Affair - How two RCMP officers dealt with 150 wild Indians near Fort St. James, British Columbia; More About Africa's "Mystery Beasts" - Patrick Bowen believes hitherto unknown animals and reptiles do actually exist; At Grips With the Desert - Part II of Donald R.G. Cameron's account of a trip across the Sahara in which his party became lost for ten days - with photos; "When No Man Pursueth" - The tragic story of what happened to a 14-year-old boy on his first trip away from home; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so front cover loose but present and back cover barely holding. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, August 1929, Horsley, Linnenkohe, Tom Isbell, Horsfield, Guardians of the Last Frontier, Mexican border, U.S. Border Patrol, Brown's Tiger, Tiger hunting, India, buffaloes, Blood Will Tell, James Vance Marshall, Buddhist, Rice Boat,. Fair .
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USD 395.00 [Appr.: EURO 335.75 | £UK 291 | JP¥ 57716]
Keywords: 1929 U.. Issues Travel Exploration & Crime
"Great American Travel Writings"
"Mallard Press", "1990, hardcover met stofomslag, goed exemplaar / good copy". ISBN: 9780792453581.
Boekhandel Louis TinnerProfessional sellerBook number: 217824241
€ 25.00 [Appr.: US$ 29.43 | £UK 21.75 | JP¥ 4300]
Catalogue: reisverhalen
The Wide World Magazine - the Magazine for Men, November 1929
London: George Newnes Limited, 1929. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Sindall, A.W.. Pages 87-168 plus 32 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The Queer Side of Things - The Haunted Rest-House - an occult story from West Africa; In the Hands of the Bedouin - part I of Anton Hauptmann's story; Hitting the Iron Trial - part I of the author's train-hopping adventure from Vancouver, British Columbia to New York before he carried on to England; Update on the "Harpist of Alexandria", made famous in the July 1928 issue of this publication; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - part II; "Lo! The Poor Indian" - An amusing account of the ways and wiles of the Red men of British Columbia - with photos; The Taxi-Cab Murder Mystery - one of the most remarkable crimes in the annals of the West Australian Police; The Elephant-Slayer - an amusing story from Kenya colony in 1905-6; A Weighty Problem - young Captain Gillon and the vessel Saragossa; Piano Tuner Kenneth J. McCombie's Adventure; In a Hole - the author fell into a hole at a New Mexico gravel pit; "Wide World" Sequels; The "Fleet of the Lost" - great article about the old windjammers residing at Alameda, on the shores of San Francisco Bay - article with nice photos; Man and his Needs; House and Garden; Stamps of the World. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Men, November 1929 The Queer Side of Things - The Haunted Rest-House - an occult story from West Africa; In the Hands of the Bedouin - part I of Anton Hauptmann's story; Hitting the Iron Trial - part I of the aut. Good .
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USD 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 250.75 | £UK 217.5 | JP¥ 43104]
Keywords: 1929 Rest ; Hauptmann's ; Back Issues Travel Exploration &
Mark Twain: the fate of humor
. Unknown Binding , Condition: VeryGood.
Aardvark Rare BooksProfessional sellerBook number: mon0000057853
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.5 US$ 20.36 | JP¥ 2976]
The Memoirs of Sir James Melville of Halhill
Folio Society, 1969. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated green buckram cloth, top edge green (Fine), slipcase (backstrip worn). Pp. 184, illus with coloured plates (no inscriptions). .
Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional sellerBook number: 178135
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 13.58 | JP¥ 1984]
Catalogue: Modern History
The Trident [Magazine] Incorporating Blue Peter - Magazine of the Sea, June 1952, Vol. 14, No. 158 - Cover Photo of the Yacht "Samuel Pepys" Being Hoisted Aboard the Royal Mail Ship "Brittany"
London: The Trident, 1952. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 44 pages. Features:;Six by Two - article on the ship's bunk; British Signals for a Pilot; The Bermuda Race; Shipwrights of Buckler's Hard - this tiny hamlet was once an important shipyard; Intuition of Sea-going rats; Looking at Lisbon - City of Ulysses - article with nice photos; The Gannet - the largest and most impressive of British sea birds; Cleared Foreign; Sailors' Warning; Danish Captain Christiansen , Pilot - A photo-illustrated admiring article of this highest order seaman and navigator by Commander J. Radford, R.D, R.N.R, Retired; Oil Tankers To-day - photo-illustrated article; H.M. Queer Craft - strange vessels which did and did not see operation in WWII, including several two-million ton artificial icebergs envisioned as floating aircraft carriers by Churchill; and more. Numerous excellent illustrated ads. Unmarked with above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; M.V. Ruahine, John Brown and Company, New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd, Samuel Pepys, Royal Mail Ship Brittany, ships bunks; British Signals, Bermuda Race; Buckler's Hard - shipbuilding; rats - intution; Lisbon, Gannet, British sea birds, Captain Christians. Fair .
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USD 195.00 [Appr.: EURO 165.75 | £UK 143.75 | JP¥ 28493]
Keywords: M.. . . ; ; Buckler' ; ; Science & Technology Nautical Back Issues
![James Melville [Roy Peter Martin], Reluctant Ronin](https://c2.bibtopia.com/h/614/742/1568742614.0.x.jpg "Click to enlarge")
Reluctant Ronin
London, Headline, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this exciting Superintendent Otani novel from Melville, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. The tenth Superintendent Otani novel. When the body of young Dutch pharmaceutical management trainee, Marianna van Wijk, is discovered in the burned-down headquarters of the local mob, there are many questions. The most curious of all, is why she had a photograph of Otani's family in her pocket. Written by James Melville, the pseudonym of Roy Peter Martin, an English author known for his set of thirteen novels featuring Superintendent Otani. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.
Rooke BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 873T77
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Catalogue: Modern Fiction
Keywords: Reluctant Ronin Melville Martin Ronin None
Body Wore Brocade: A Superintendent Otani Mystery.
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. 1st Printing. Hardcover., Vg (See Description), Vg/Vg Faint Wear to Dj. Pages Clean & Tight. Pages: 173.
Vintage BooksProfessional sellerBook number: MASTER310080I
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Catalogue: Mystery
The body wore brocade
Little, Brown, 1992. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket First ediiton. 1992 1st edition in tight binding; dust jacket not price-clipped; light, pale foxing to outer pages and page fore-edges; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_95033_jpg.jpg. ISBN: 035620622X
Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional sellerBook number: BOOKS317158I
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