(Schweitzer, Albert). Baruk, Henri; Boegner, Marc; Bret, Gustave; Casals, Pablo; Rolland, Romain; Morel, Leon; et al)

Hommage a Albert Schweitzer. (Pour Son Quatre-Vingtieme Anniversaire le 14 Janvier 1955)

(Paris): Diffusion Le Guide, (1955). (1955). (Paris): Diffusion Le Guide, (1955). (1955). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wraps. The binding is lightly soiled. The edges of the wraps are darkened & there is a tear to the tail of the spine. 141 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with a black-and-white tipped-in portrait frontispiece. There are remnants of scotch tape on the inside wraps with some offsetting to the half-title & the verso of the colophon. There is light foxing to the fore-edge & the top & bottom edges. Good.

Edition limited to 4,000 copies.

The members of the group, "Les Amis de Albert Schweitzer", who contributed to this hommage, include doctors. musicians, theologians, clergymen and philosophers. Also included are extracts from two unpublished texts by Schweitzer, "Discours sur Goethe" [1928] and "Discours d'Oslo" [1954]. The text is in French. Good .

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Book number: 12923

Catalogue: Medical

Keywords: MEDICAL; MUSIC; PHILIOSOPHY; RELIGION; CHRISTIANTY; HOMMAGE A ALBERT SCHWEITZER; HENRI BARUK; LEON MOREL; MARC BOEGNER; GUSTAVE BRET; PABLO CASALS; ROMAIN ROLLAND; ALFRED CORTOT; ARTHUR HONEGGER.

(Baselitz, Georg). Caldwell, John.

Georg Baselitz: Paintings.

Tokyo: Akira Ikeda Gallery, 1988. 1988. - Quarto [10-5/8 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed cream wrappers. There is some light soiling to the rear wrap. Unpaginated. 5 full-page color illustrations, textual illustrations in color & a black-and-white photographic portrait of the artist. Although the text is printed the correct way around, the color plates were printed upside down, as published. Near fine.

Catalog for an exhibition held at the Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo from February 8 to 27, 1988. The introductory essay by John Caldwell, "Baselitz in the Seventies: Representation and Abstraction", is printed in English and Japanese.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 27406

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; TWENTIETH CENTURY ART; 20TH CENTURY ART; GERMAN ART; GERMAN ARTIST; GEORG BASELITZ: PAINTINGS; ILLUSTRATED CATALOG; JOHN CALDWELL; BASELITZ IN THE SEVENTIES: REPRESENTATION AND ABSTRACTION; EXHIBITION; AKIRA IKEDA GALLERY, TOKYO.

(Baskin, Leonard). Hecht, Anthony

Flight Among the Tombs: Poems by Anthony Hecht. Signed by the Poet

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. 1996. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. 1996. Fine. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket has very light creasing to the head of its spine. [ix], 76 & [1] pages plus colophon. Illustrated in black & white with full-page wood engravings by Leonard Baskin. Near fine.

First edition.

Signed by the poet on the half-title. Signed copies of the book are uncommon. Fine .

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Book number: 18662

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; AMERICAN LITERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; POETRY; POEMS; POET; FLIGHT AMONG THE TOMBS; ANTHONY HECHT; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATOR; LEONARD BASKIN; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; THE PRESUMPTION OF DEATH; PROUST ON SKATES; FIRST EDI

Bass, Rick

The Watch: Stories

New York/London; W. W. Norton & Company, (1989). (1989). New York/London; W. W. Norton & Company, (1989). (1989). Fine. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. [ix] & 190 pages. Near fine.

First edition. Fine .

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Book number: 25239

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; AMERICAN LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; AMERICAN AUTHOR; RICK BASS; THE WATCH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Bass, Ric; Flores, Dan; Beer, Ralph. Johnson, Denis; Chatham, Russell; Smith, Annick; et al

Where We Live: The Best of Big Sky Journal. Volume 1

Bozeman, MT: Spring Creek Publishing, 1997. 1997. Bozeman, MT: Spring Creek Publishing, 1997. 1997. Fine. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt with a color illustration mounted on the front cover. The book is housed in black cloth slipcase with a rectangular keyhole in its front panel revealing the cover illustration. The slipcase is lightly rubbed. viii, 251 & [1] pages. Near fine.

First edition.

Fiction and essays relating to the countryside, the great outdoors and outdoor pursuits with sections on Ranches and Rodeos, Saloons, Hunting and Fishing and Rivers of the Big Sky. Fine .

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Book number: 33552

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; PERIODICAL; BIG SKY JOURNAL; WHERE WE LIVE: THE BEST OF BIG SKY JOURNAL. VOLUME ONE; RIC BASS; DAN FLORES; RALPH BEER; ANNICK SMITH; RUSSELL CHATHAM; DENIS JOHNSON; FICTION; ESSAYS; RANCHES; RODEOS; SALOONS; HUNTING; FISHING; RIVERS; FIRST EDIT

Bass, Rick

Winter: Notes from Montana

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. 1991. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. 1991. Fine. SIGNED BY RICK BASS - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. Half- title, title, [4] leaves & 162 pages. Illustrated in black & white with drawings by Elizabeth Hughes. Near fine.

First edition.

Signed by Rick Bass on the title page.

The author, a writer, petroleum geologist and environmental activist, celebrates a winter spent in a tiny community in a remote valley of Montana--the last valley in the state without electricity. Fine .

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Book number: 29122

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MONTANA; WINTER: NOTES FROM MONTANA; RICK BASS; AMERICAN AUTHOR; GEOLOGIST; ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATOR; DRAWINGS; ELIZABETH HUGHES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Bath, Hubert; Blair, J. Eaton; Casson, T. G.; Thomas, Edward; et al

The Artists Monthly: A Magazine for Students and All Interested in Art. Volume 1, No. 1-Volume 1, No. 6. (6 Issues)

(London: Associated Fashion Artists, 1925-1926). 1925-1926). (London: Associated Fashion Artists, 1925-1926). 1925-1926). Good. - Quarto [11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], navy blue cloth with a printed paper label on the spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped with a few small stains. The spine is darkened with the head & tail lightly chipped. The label is rubbed, darkened & chipped and is barely legible. 292 pages plus ads. Profusely illustrated with color plates tipped onto gray stock, black-and-white and color plates and illustrations, pictorial ads and music staves. A gift inscription and the recipient's signature are penned on the front endpaper. There is scattered light foxing and staining. The book is partially cracked at page 198. Good.

This volume includes the six issues of Volume 1 of The Artists Monthly. These issues were published between October 1925 and March 1926. Performing arts were sometimes covered in addition to visual arts. A musical composition by Hubert Bath and an original color woodcut by C. N. Heath are included. Good .

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Book number: 25024

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; PERFORMING ARTS; PERIODICAL; THE ARTISTS MONTHLY, VOLUME 1; TIPPED-IN PLATES; PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS; MUSIC STAVES; PICTORIAL ADS; COMPOSER; HUBERT BATH; ORIGINAL WOODCUT; C. N. HEATH.

Batten, Edmund.; Bell, Sydney Smith

A Practical Treatise on the Law Relating to the Specific Performance of Contracts. By Edmund Batten, Esq. , Barrister-at-Law. [Bound Together with]: The Law of Property As Arising from the Relation of Husband and Wife. By Sydney Smith Bell, Esq. Of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law. (2 Volumes in 1)

Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, 1850. 1850. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, 1850. 1850. Good. - Octavo, contemporary tan calf with gilt-lettered leather labels on the spine. The spine & extremities are darkened & the leather of the spine is dried out & cracking. There are 3 tiny holes in the front joint. xxviii & pages[29]-227; and xxviii & pages [29]-364. The edges of the pastedowns, endpapers, flyleaf & rear blank are darkened with an owner's ink name & date on the front endpaper. There is staining & foxing to the fore-edge, prelims & the last few leaves of the 2nd index, with occasional foxing & staining in the text. There are some light stains to the top edge. Good.

The first American edition of each work, both originally published in London in 1849.

This is the "January, February, and March, 1850" volume of "The Law Library" series. Good .

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Book number: 16926

Catalogue: Law

Keywords: LAW; THE LAW LIBRARY; EDMUND BATTEN; SYDNEY SMITH BALL; A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE LAW Relating to the Specific Performance of Contracts; THE LAW OF PROPERTY as Arising from the Relation of Husband and Wife; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST AMERIC

Battiston, Andrea

Edifici Sacri Di Fossalta

Collana, Italy: Edizione "laBassa", (1991). (1991). Collana, Italy: Edizione "laBassa", (1991). (1991). Fine. - Small oblong quarto [8 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], gray cloth titled in gilt, in a dust wrapper. The head of the dust wrapper spine is lightly chipped. 91 & [2] pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in black & white & color. Near fine.

Limited edition of 1,200 numbered copies.

A book about religious buildings and art in the parish of Fossalta, Italy. The text is in Italian. Fine .

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Book number: 29673

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; ART; RELIGIOUS; MURALS; CHURCHES; ORATORIES; ITALIAN; FOSSALTA; EDIFICI SACRI DI FOSSALTA; ANDREA BATTISTON; ILLUSTRATIONS; LIMITED EDITION.

Baudelaire, Charles

The Flowers of Evil

(Norfolk, CT): New Directions, (1955). (1955). (Norfolk, CT): New Directions, (1955). (1955). Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with a small white stain to the tail of the spine. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with light soiling to its rear panel. The tail of of its spine is torn. xxiii, [1] leaf & 450 pages. There is an ink gift inscription on the front endpaper with some ink check marks to the list of contents. There is a light crease to the top margins of a few pages of the preliminaries. Good.

Centenary bilingual edition with translations of the poems by various translators followed by the original French text. Selected and edited by Marthiel and Jackson Mathews. Good .

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Book number: 30894

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FRENCH LITERATURE; POETRY; FRENCH POET; FRENCH AUTHOR; POEMS; CHARLES BAUDELAIRE; FLOWERS OF EVIL; ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS WITH FRENCH TEXT; CENTENARY BILINGUAL EDITION; MARTHIEL MATHEWS; JACKSON MATHEWS.

Baudelaire, Charles; Verlaine, Paul; Rimbaud, Arthur

Les Poetes Maudits: Baudelaire Verlaine Rimbaud. Gedichten Vertaald Door Jef Last

Bussum, Netherlands: F. G. Kroonder, 1945. 1945. Bussum, Netherlands: F. G. Kroonder, 1945. 1945. Good. - Octavo, soft covers bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are darkened & lightly soiled & there is a tiny tear to the top edge of the front wrap. 34 & [1] pages plus colophon. There is a tiny tear to the top edge of the half-title & title. There is light soiling to the title & some pages are slightly darkened. Good.

The text is in Dutch. Good .

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Book number: 7851

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; POETS; FRENCH; LES POETES MAUDITS; CHARLES BAUDELAIRE; PAUL VERLAINE; ARTHUR RIMBAUD; TRANSLATION; DUTCH; TRANSLATOR; JEF LAST.

Baudot, Francois.

Vienna 1900: The Viennese Secession.

New York: Assouline Publishing, (2006). (2006). New York: Assouline Publishing, (2006). (2006). Fine. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 6 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in brown cloth titled in blind on the front cover, laid into a cream, red & black dust wrapper decorated with the monograms of the members of the Vienna Secession. 80 pages, with 57 full page color illustrations. Near fine. Fine .

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Book number: 98497

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; VIENNA 1900; THE VIENNESE SECESSION; ASSOULINE PUBLISHING; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; FRANCOIS BAUDOT.

Bauer, Marion; and Peyser, Ethel.

How Music Grew from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day. With an Introduction by William Henderson.

New York/London: G P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. 1927. - Octavo, brown cloth. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed. xix & 602 pages. Black-and-white frontispiece & black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

Third printing. Very good .

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Book number: 15058

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: MUSIC; HISTORY OF MUSIC; CHILDREN'S; JUVENILE; YOUNG READERS; MARION BAUER; ETHEL PEYSER; HOW MUSIC GREW; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Bauer, Tricia.

Working Women and Other Stories.

Bridgehampton, NY: Bridge Works Publishing Co. (1995). (1995). SIGNED BY TRICIA BAUER - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The top edge of the rear cover is slightly faded & the rear panel of the dust jacket is slightly soiled. Half-title, title, [3] leaves & 204 pages. Near fine. First edition, first printing of the author's first book. Signed in full by the author, on the title page, in the year of publication. Very good .

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Book number: 22781

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; AMERICAN LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; WORKING WOMEN AND OTHER STORIES; FIRST BOOK; TRICIA BAUER; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.

Bauer, Tricia.

Working Women and Other Stories.

Bridgehampton, NY: Bridge Works Publishing Co. (1995). (1995). - Octavo, mauve boards backed with purple cloth in a dust wrapper. There is some minor soiling to the rear panel of the dust jacket. The top edges of its flaps are darkened with foxing to the edges of the rear flap. Half-title, title, [2] leaves & 204 pages. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 36562

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; TRICIA BAUER; WORKING WOMEN AND OTHER STORIES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.