Le JOurnal Des Laboratoires: English Version Special Issue
2007. Paperback. 200 pp. Thoroughly and brightly illustrated. Softcover. Near fine copy in blue wraps; wraps slightly soiled. Insides fine; text and images unmarked.
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1775 rental agreement for property at Portland Place, London, signed by the architects and builder, et al.
Parchment, 24 x 20 inches, very good, usual folds, boldly signed by architects Robert and James Adam, the builder Thomas Nicholl, and additionally signed by the owners Beaumont Hotham, 2nd Baron Hotham, Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, and William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, who was twice Prime Minister.....
Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection
London: Royal Academy of Arts/Thames & Hudson, 1997. Paperback. Paperback, 1997, quarto, 224pp., illustrated in color and b&w. Book VG+ with mild edgewear and rubbing to wrap, binding tight, previous owner's signature to front endpaper, otherwise text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
The Evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky: Essays on His Life and Thought in Russia and America
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, illustrated, near fine copy in near fine dust jacket.
Architecture: Constructive, Decorative, Landscape; 12 issues bound together, January-December 1907: Volume XV, Number 1 - Volume XVI, Number 6
New York: Forbes & Company, 1907. First printing. Hardcover. 12 volumes bound together--January 1907 (Vol. XV, No. 1) issue - December 1907 (Vol. XVI, No. 6) issue. Quarto, leather-backed boards, gilt titles on spines, original heavy covers bound in, illustrated with photo plates, some color plates, & architectural plans, many.....
Report of Working Group on Human Behavior Under Conditions of Military Service: A Joint Project of the Research and Development Board and the Personnel Policy Board in the Office of the Secretary of Defense
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1953. First printing. Hardcover. Boards, clean unmarked text, good ex-library copy with a few marks (stamps, pocket), light wear to the covers, no dust jacket.
The New Republic, September 10, 1924
New York: Republic Publishing Company, 1924. Wraps. 12.25 x 8.5 inches, stapled wraps, good with moderate soil, tanning & yellowing, light edgewear and loss, pages quite brittle, printed on pulpy paper. With Addams on supporting La Follette, poem by Lindsay, etc.
The Spectator, 8 volumes complete, 1753
London: J. and R. Tonson & S. Draper, 1753. Hardcover. 8 volumes, 8vo, 7 x 4 inches, in contemporary warm brown calf, gilt spines, raised bands, black and red spine labels, marbled endpapers, a very good or better set with minimal wear, rear joint of the first volume a bit.....
The Spectator: Volume One--No. 1. Thursday, March 1st, 1711 to No. 169. Thursday, Sept. 13th, 1711; Volume Two--No. 170. Friday, Sept. 14th, 1711 to No. 321. Saturday, March 8th, 1712; Volume Three--No. 322. Monday, March 10th, 1712 to No. 473. Tuesday, Sept. 2nd, 1712; and Volume Four--No. 474. Wednesday, Sept. 3rd, 1712 to No. 635. Monday, Dec. 20th, 1714 [Four volume set!]
London: Robert Riviere & Son, 1906 (from end of preface). Hardcover. Four volume set! Three-quarter leather boards, small octavos, 377pp., 313pp., 314pp., 329pp., each volume has a b&w frontispiece, otherwise not illustrated. Book conditions: Volume one--tape holding rear board on, rubbing to spine and joints, edgewear to corners, binding tight.....
The Players; Tenth Annual Classic Revival; The Way of the World
New York: Theatre Guild / The Marchbanks Press, 1931. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 1931. Quarto, softcover, unpaginated, illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, light age-toning to the pages, minor soiling to the covers, light rubbing to the edges of the covers.
African Theatre Review, Volume 1 Number 1, April 1985
Yaounde, Cameroon: Sopecam, 1985. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, very good. 130 pp. With various articles on African theater.
The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Volume LXXXIX, 1969
London: Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1969. Paperback. Single issue of The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Volume LXXXIX, 1969. 8vo. in printed wraps. 215pp, plus 7 plates. Very good. Edge wear and soil to wraps. Spine creased and chipped at extremities. Contents unmarked.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 416, January 1885
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First edition. Paperback. Wraps, 10x7 inches. Good with expected wear and soil. International magazine of literature, humor, art, and science; featuring stories, poems, essays, illustrations, advertisements, etc.
The Kenyon Review, Spring 1945 -- including 'A Social Critique of Radio Music' by Adorno
Kenyon, OH: Kenyon College, 1945. Paperback. The Kenyon Review, Spring 1945 -- including 'A Social Critique of Radio Music' by Adorno. Softcover. Fair. Front wrap detached, but present. Pages browned, but not brittle.
Bouwen en Wonen 2; Januari 1954; maandblad voor architectuur, stedebouw, woningpolitiek, beeldende kunst, binnenhuiskunst en industriele vormgeving
Antwerpen: Het Steen, 1954. First printing. Paperback. Issue two only. First edition, 1954. Quarto, pictorial wraps, pp. 45-94 + 8, heavily illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, soiling or discoloration to the covers, light wear to the tips and edges of the covers. Text in Dutch. Uncommon...
Folder of material from a teacher who taught a Basic Skills Workshop in the summer of 1965 to black high school seniors planning on attending Tuskegee Institute
Group of material from a teacher who taught a Basic Skills Workshop in the summer of 1965 to black high school seniors at Tuskegee's high school planning on attending Tuskegee Institute as collegians. Includes 30 pp. of handwritten or typed student essays and creative writing (much on the black experience.....
Madach Szinhaz 1951-1976; 1976-1987, 2 volumes [chronicle of the Budapest theatre company]
Budapest: Magyar Szinhazi Intezet, 1976, 1987. First printing. Hardcover. 8 x 8 inches, cloth, very good, light wear. 139 pp, many photoplates; 111 (5) pp, also with many photos. A history of the Hungarian theatre. In 1951, the Madach Theatre shifted its focus to larger productions and civic theatre: the.....
The Male Nude: Dimensions of Masculinity from the 19th Century and Beyond
Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2014. First Printing. Hardcover. 10 x 9 inches, cloth backed boards, fine copy. 281 pp, illustrated almost entirely in color. English-language catalog for a show at the museum of Mexico.
American Mathematical Society Translations: Series 2, Volume 50--Fifteen Papers on Algebra [This volume only!]
Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 1966. Hardcover. This volume only! Gilt stamped gray cloth boards in dummy dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, endpaper gently off-set, text clean and unmarked. DJ has mild edgewear to corners and spine ends...
Frühes Deutsches Informel, Jupp Lückeroth als Maler und Sammler
Trier: Stadtmuseum Simeonstift Trier, 1985. First edition. Paperback. First edition, 1985. Oblong 8vo, staple-bound paperback, 63 pp. Illustrated in b & w. Text in German. Book is Very Good, pages are clean and unmarked. Pages lightly age-toned. Light creasing to wraps and to one side of pages throughout. Mild rubbing.....
Girls' Night Out, Exhibition Catalog
Newport Beach, CA: Orange County Museum of Art, 2004. First edition. Paperback. 2004. First edition. Paperback, 4to. 136pp, illustrated in color. Fine. Internally unmarked. Exhibition catalog for September 13, 2003- January 24, 2004.
Keysers Grosses Antiquitätenlexikon
Frankfurt: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1981. Later printing. Hardcover. Later printing, 1981. Large 8vo, hardcover, 576 pp. Text in German. Illustrated throughout in color and b & w. Decorative end papers. Book is Near Fine, with previous owner's name written on half title page. Otherwise text is clean and unmarked. Light dent.....
Drawn to Paint: the Art of Jerome Witkin
Syracuse: Syracuse University Art Galleries, 2011. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto, pictorial boards, no dust jacket (probably not issued with one), fine copy, with laid in 2013 newsletter promoting this exhibition from the Palmer Museum in State College. 132 pp, illustrated, some in color.
Report of the Investigation of the Kamitakatsu Shell-Midden Site; The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bulletin No. 4
Tokyo: The University Museum, 1972. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 1972. Softcover, illustrated (some fold-outs), 167 pp., Very Good copy, previous owner's ink signature on the front cover, some soiling or discoloration to the pages, a bit of wear to some of the outer pages, minor soiling or discoloration to.....
Tendai Daishi kenkyu: Tendai Daishi sen-yonhyakunen goonki kinen [Tendai Daishi Research: Tendai Daishi 1400th Anniversary Memorial]
Tokyo: Soshi Sangy Daih e Jimukyoku Tendai Gakkai, 1997. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo, 1384 pp, with many contributors. This is one of the contributor copies sent to Linda Penkower. Fine in about fine slipcase. Text in Japanese, but the table of contents is present in English.