The Dark Brain of Piranesi and Other Essays
by YOURCENAR, Marguerite
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1984. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A collection of literary essays by Yourcenar translated who collaborated with Richard Howard on the translation of most of them and with Grace Frick who translated "Humanism and Occultism in Thomas Mann." A clean and tight near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a near fine dust jacket with some slight wear.
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The Sadness of Sex
by YOURGRAU, Barry
Cambridge, MA: Whale Cloth Press, 1979. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 53 pages. Yourgrau's first book, printed in an edition of only 200 copies on Ragston paper. A collection of prose poems. A very good plus copy in black cloth boards with some minor wear to the printed paper spine label. No dust jacket as issued.
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Exposition of Kazuo Yuhara
by YUHARA, Kazuo
Kamakura: Museum of Modern Art Kamakura, 1982. First edition. Softcover. Text in English but most in Japanese. Includes some color and numerous black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in wrappers. Includes a handwritten address and name of the artist on the title page in an unknown but possible the artist's writing. Scarce, with only 2 copies listed in OCLC.
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Infinity Archives
by YU, Jhou and Hong-Jong Lin
Taipei: Tapei Fine Arts Museum, 2017. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 2 through May 22, 2016. Text in English and Chinese. Prefaces by Ping Lin and Manray Hsu. Text by Hong-Jong Lin. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations and with some inserts. A fine copy in wrappers and with mylar dust jacket. An interesting production. Uncommon.
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Marlene Tseng Yu: Force in Nature & Underwater
by YU, Marlene Tseng
Taiwan: G Zen 50 Art Gallery, 1993. First edition. Softcover. 48 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 6-25, 1993. Text in English and Chinese. Includes numerous color illustrations, list of previous exhibitions, list of selected references, and collections. A close to near fine copy in wrappers with some minor wear and a small edge tear to the last page. Uncommon.
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To Invent a Garden: The Life and Art of Adja Yunkers
by YUNKERS, Adja and Marek Bertelik
New York and Charlottesville, VA: Hudson Hills Press in association with Bayly Art Museum University of Virginia, 2000. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Attractive monograph on American artist Adja Yunkers. Features text by Marek Bertelik. Includes numerous color and some black and white illustrations, a chronology by Rachel Evans, a list of previous exhibitions, selected public collections, some writings by Yunkers, and a selected bibliography. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a fine dust jacket. A... Read More
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An Island Death
by YURICK, Sol
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1975. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 183 pages. A novel from the author of "Warriors." A very good copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some of the usual sunning to the edges of the boards and in a very good plus dust jacket with a few tiny tears and minor wear.
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Someone Just Like You (Signed First Edition)
by YURICK, Sol
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A collection of short stories from the author of "The Warriors." A near fine copy in cloth boards with some minor wear and in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear and a faint stain to the base of the spine. Signed and warmly inscribed by Yurick on the front free endpaper. A very nice association copy as the recipient was literary and cultural... Read More
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Carrie Yury: Room
by YURY, Carrie
Los Angeles, CA: Sam Lee Gallery, 2009. First edition. Oblong softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 16 through July 3, 2009. Brief essay by Ciara Ennis. Includes a number of color diptichs. A fine copy in stapled wrappers with gallery promotional sheet laid in. Uncommon with only 8 copies listed in OCLC.
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Lisa Yuskavage
by YUSKAVAGE, Lisa
New York: David Zwirner, 2006. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 18 through November 18, 2006 at David Zwirner and Zwirner & Wirth. Features a brief text by David Zwirner. Includes numerous color illustrations, list of previous exhibitions, list of selected catalogs, list of awards, and a checklist. A fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued.
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The House of the Architect
by ZABALBEASCOA, Anatxu
New York: Rizzoli, 1995. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A look at the personal homes of a wide ranging group of architects like: Ricard Bofil, Frank O. Ghry, Michael Graves, Arata Isozaki, Reichard Meier, Ettore Sottsass, Robert A.M. STern, Stanley Tigerman, and others. A clean near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
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I (Limited Edition with Signed Photograph)
by ZADEH, Susan A.
Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli Press, 2019. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Number 248 from an edition of 500 copies. The ninth entry in Nazraeli Press second series of One Picture Books. Includes 17 four color plates with 10 self portraits. A fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and image inset into the front cover. No dust jacket as issued. Includes an orginal 5"x 6" print that has been signed by Zadeh. The print is... Read More
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The Shadow of the Wind
by ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A very well received novel. Translated by Lucia Graves. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers.
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The Angel's Game
by ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz
New York: Doubleday, 2009. First edition. Softcover. Advance Reading Copy. A novel from the author of "The Shadow of the Wind." Translated by Lucia Graves. A clean very near fine copy in French style wrappers.
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Gauguin's Nirvana: Painters at Le Pouldu 1889-90
by ZAFRAN, Eric M. (editor) Paul Gauguin
Hartford and New Haven, CT: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, 2001. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 182 pages. Edited by Eric M. Zafran. Features essays by Stephen Kornhauser, Victor Merlhes, Charles Stuckey, Robert Welsh, Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, and Eric M. Zafran. Includes numerous color illustrations. The copy has the former owner signature of Douglas Druick, the small rubber stamp of author, curator, and one time director of The Art Institute of Chicago, on... Read More
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Surrealism and Modernism from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum
by ZAFRAN, Eric and Paul Paret
Hartford and New Haven, CT: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, 2003. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 151 pages. Published in conjunction a traveling exhibition. Features text by Eric Zafran and Paul Paret. Includes numerous color illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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Without End: New and Selected Poems
by ZAGAJEWSKI, Adam
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2002. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 285 pages. A collection of poems from this well regarded Polish writer. Translated by Clare Cavanaugh, Renata Gorczynski, Benjamin Ivry, and C.K. Williams. A clean near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some slight pushing to the spine end and in a near fine dust jacket.
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Zagourski: L'Afrique disparue dans la collection de Pierre Loos
by ZAGOURSKI, Casimir and Ezio Bassani
Milan and Paris: Skira and Seuil, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Text in French. Features an introduction by Pierre Loos and text by Ezio Bassani. A monograph on the photographs of Polish military officer and photographer who spent considerable time in the Belgian Congo and other areas of Africa. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. A pleasing copy.
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Helga Zahn: A Retrospective Assessment 1960-1976, Jewellery, Prints, and Drawings
by ZAHN, Helga
London: Crafts Advisory Committee, 1976. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 14 through June 12, 1976. Introduction by Ralph Turner. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. An about very good copy in stapled wrappers with some minor wear and from the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library with their stamps. Uncommon.
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The Soul Doctor
by ZAHNISER, Charles Reed
New York: Round Table Press, Inc, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A religious tract from Zahniser. An about very good copy with an innocuous moisture stain to the top rear corner that has very faintly bled to the edge of the front free endpaper in a very good plus dust jacket with the same faint stain and some other minor wear. Scarce in any jacket.
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Robert Zahornicky: Wildnis / Wilderness
by ZAHORNICKY, Robert
Vienna, Austria: Galerie Johannes Faber, 2002. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 2002 through January 2003. Text in German Includes 16 color images by Zahornicky and biographical information. A near fine copy in French style wrappers with some sunning to the front panel. Uncommon.
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Robert S. Zakanitch
by ZAKANITCH, Robert S. and Janet Kardon
New York: Robert Miller, 1984. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 28 through March 24, 1984. Includes 8 color illustrations with 2 gatefolds, list of previous exhibitions, public collections, and bibliography. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers.
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Robert Rahway Zakanitch: Adornments
by ZAKANITCH, Robert Rahway
New York: Hirschl & Adler Modern, 1995. First edition. Promotional poster for an exhibition that ran November 11 through December 23, 1995. Measures 16" wide by 39.5" high when open. A near fine copy that has been machine folded four times and has some light creasing to the top edge. Uncommon.
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Robert S. Zakanitch
by ZAKANITCH, Robert S.
New York: Tyler Graphics Ltd, n. Single sheet folded once to create 4 pages. Includes one color image. A fine copy. Scarce ephemera.
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Lives of the Poet
by ZALLER, Robert
New York: Barlenmir House, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 54 pages. A collection of poetry. A fine copy in boards that are illustrated with an original watercolor by Leonard Steffan. Original publisher information sheet laid in. Uncommon.
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