USSR im Bau (USSR in Construction) Das Sechzehnte Jahr der Revolution, Nr. 7. Juli. 1933. Dem Makejew-Werk und Luganstroy Gewidmet
by Alpert, Max and G.G. Petrussov (photographs by); Georgy Pyatakov (Editor in Chief); Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Koltsov, et al. (Editorial Board)
Moscow: Staatlicher Kunstverlag, 1933. First edition. Softcover. g to g+. Folio. Unpaginated. [40]pp. Original decorative wrappers. Photo-illustrated title page. Illustrated with spectacular duo-tone photogravures, this striking issue of "USSR im Bau" (USSR in Construction) is devoted exclusively to the Makejev metallurgical plant, and to the Luhansk steam train factory. The late 1920s and early 1930s were a time of radical changes in politics, economics and society. The developed nations were plunged into the Great Depression, overturning the daily... Read More
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De Medicina Aegyptiorum. Libri Quatuor. & Iacobi Bontii In Indiis Archiatri, de Medicina Indorum. Editio Ultima
by Alpini, Prospero; Iacobi Bontii (Jacob de Bondt)
Paris: Nicolaum Redelichuysen, 1645. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition. Octavo. (11) 150 (25), 39 (1) leaves. Rebound in modern brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Red edges. First title page printed in red and black with publisher's device. Historiated and decorative headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Both titles second editions, Alpini's title first published in 1591, Bondt's in 1642. Alpini was a physician and botanist, Bondt a Dutch physician and pioneer of tropical medicine. Alpini's work is illustrated... Read More
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![al-Jurrumiyah wa-Mi'at 'amil: Grammatica Arabica dicta Gjarumia, [et] Libellus centum regentium, cum versione Latina [et] commentariis Thomae Erpenii (The Arabic Grammar of ibn Agurrum, and the Booklet of 100 Particles, with a Latin Translation and Commentary by Thomas Erpenius)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/574/403/1693403574.0.l.jpg)
al-Jurrumiyah wa-Mi'at 'amil: Grammatica Arabica dicta Gjarumia, [et] Libellus centum regentium, cum versione Latina [et] commentariis Thomae Erpenii (The Arabic Grammar of ibn Agurrum, and the Booklet of 100 Particles, with a Latin Translation and Commentary by Thomas Erpenius)
by Al-Sanhaji, Muhammad ibn Dawud (ibn Ajurrum; Sanhagius); ʻAbd al-Qahir ibn ʻAbd al-Rahman Jurjani; Erpenius, Thomas (ed. and trans.)
Leiden: Typographia Erpeniana, 1617. Second complete edition. limp vellum. near fine. Two parts, small quarto. A-X4 (lacks S3 = 83 leaves). [8], 132, 135-157, [2, indices and errata], [1, blank] pp. Paginated from right to left. Title within woodcut border; separate title for second part; woodcut lettrines. Text alternating in Arabic and Latin (with commentary). Contemporary limp vellum with exposed thongs. Covers lightly soiled, faint dampstains at outer margin final leaves, else a fine, crisp, amply-margined (but imperfect)... Read More
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William Alsop and Jan Stormer (Architectural Monographs, No 33)
by Alsop, Will and Jan Stormer, William Alsop
(London): Academy Editions, 1993. Hardcover. vg. 4to. 144 pp. Black cloth binding with dj. With over 190 illustrations, most in color. Overall, book and dj in good/very good condition.
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Stoic and Christian in the Second Century
by Alston, Leonard
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. poor. 8vo. ix, 147pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Essay by L. Alston comparing the ethical teaching of Marcus Aurelius to that of contemporary (early 20th century) and antecedent Christianity. Heavy abrasions near fore-edge of front and back board. Spine and parts of boards sunned. Binding in poor, interior in overall good+ condition.
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A Bagdadi Tolvaj (The Thief of Bagdad)
by Altay, Margit
Budapest: Palladis R. T. Kiadasa, ND. First Hungarian edition. Hardcover. g- to g. Large Oblong Octavo. 83pp. Original green quarter cloth over color illustrated boards with white and black lettering on cover. Cream endpapers. Hungarian translation of this tale of the Arabian Nights. Illustrated with 12 magnificent full-page b/w film stills from the Thief of Bagdad with captions on versos in Hungarian. No OCLC record. Text in Hungarian. some wear along edges of board, chipped and boards somewhat... Read More
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An Early Slavonic Psalter from Rus'. Volume One: Photoreproductions
by Altbauer, Moshe
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Ukranian Research Institute Sources and Documents Series, 1978. Hardcover. fair. Sm. 4to. x. 179pp. Embossed black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Slight discoloration to bottom edge and some scuffing on boards. Chipping, some discoloration and minor scuffing to dj. Head and tail of dj spine chippped and torn. "A photoreproduction of the surviving parts of a manuscript written in Rus'ca. 1100 AD. It is the oldest representative of a special revision... Read More
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Hagada Szel Pesach
by Alter, Judah Aryeh Leib; Solomon Cohen
Warsaw: I. M. Altera, 1930. Second edition. Hardcover. fair. 8vo. 166pp. Original half black cloth over blind-stamped black leatherette with gold lettering on cover and spine. Decorative endpapers. Hebrew and Polish title pages. The Polish title page is a reprint of the first edition from 1925. Passover Haggadah with the "Sfas Emes" commentary by the Ger rebbe R. Judah Aryeh Leib Alter along with the "Tiferet Shlomo" commentary by R. Solomon Cohen of Radomsk. These were both leading... Read More
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The Presence of the Present: Topics of the Day in the Victorian Novel
by Altick, Richard D.
Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). VIII, 854pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over cloth. "The Presence of the Present: Topics of the Day in the Victorian Novel" is the first comprehensive study of Victorian novelists' use of the era's everyday culture and common knowledge in their writings. This work has been derived from approximately 150 novels of the era, from Pickwick Papers to Trollope’s last novels and... Read More
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Dizionario Inglese ed Italiano. A Dictionary English and Italian containing all the words of the vocabulary della Crusca and several hundred more taken from the most approved authors; With proverbs and familiar phrases. The second part containing the English before the Italian
by Altieri, F.
London: William Innys, 1749. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Hardcover. fair. Quarto. Unnumbered pagination. Full leather with 5 raised bands. Maroon title label with gold lettering and decoration on spine. Second part of this scarce English Italian dictionary, containing the English before the Italian. At the end, 3 pages of Errata + 1 page of book advertisements from the publisher. Heavy abrasions on boards. Spine edges and corners chipped, rubbed and worn. Hinges starting. Water staining... Read More
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Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study
by Altmann, Alexander;
Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, n/d. Hardcover. vg. 4to. xvi,900pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Color frontispiece. The author draws upon a wealth of archival material, looking at the life and work of one of the most important figures of Jewish tradition and the German enlightenment. Altmann introduces a vast array of people whom Mendelssohn was in contact, and sometimes in conflict with. Illustrated with some b/w photographic reproductions. Minor... Read More
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Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study
by Altmann, Alexander
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. g. 4to. xvi. 900pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine in original printed illustrated dust jacket. Color frontispiece of Moses Mendelssohn. The authoritative biography of the 18th century German Jewish Enlightenment thinker Moses Mendelssohn. The author does a remarkable job at giving a general context for Mendelssohn within both the Jewish and Enlightenment communities. Some scuffing and minor creasing and chipping to dj. Tail of spine... Read More
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Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study
by Altmann, Alexander
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1973. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xvi. 900pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Color frontispiece of Mendelssohn. "Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786), 'the German Socrates,' was the most celebrated figure of German Enlightenment in the second half of the eighteenth century and also, paradoxical as the fact seemed to some of his enlightened contemporaries, a scholar versed in Talmud and Hebrew literature who would come to be recognized as the inaugurator of a... Read More
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Threads of Identity: Maya Costume of the 1960s in Highland Guatemala [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED]
by Altman, Patricia B.; Caroline D. West
Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. 190, [2]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over black cloth, with red lettering on spine and illustration on front board. Photo-illustrated half-title inscribed and signed by Caroline West. Color frontispiece. This book produced by the Fowler Museum of Cultural History combines research on Mayan dress and textiles for the period 1960-1980 in Guatemala. There are numerous photographs and location maps, organized by village. Items covered with... Read More
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Begriffsbilder. Studien zur literarischen Allegorie zwischen Opitz und Schiller (Conceptual Images. Studies on Literary Allegories of Opitz and Schiller)
by Alt, Peter-André
Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1995. First edition. Softcover. Near fine condition. Large Octavo. ix, 682pp. Original white stiff glossy wraps with orange lettering and ruling on cover and spine. Vol. 131 of Studien zur deutschen Literature (Studies on German Literature. Publisher's device on title page, Conceptual Imagery Conceptual Imagery. Elaborate introduction on possibilities and restrictions regarding the treatment and usage of the allegory as literary medium. Lessing vehemently made the case against allegories due to its... Read More
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Die Syrische Bibel-Version: Peschita im Urtext. Vol. I: Pentateuch
by Altschueler, M.
Leipzig, Wien: Verlag "Lumen, 1908. Softcover. fair. 8vo. ix, 275pp. Illustrated wrappers. Illustrated title page. Peshitta version of the Five Books of Moses. The Peshitta is the standard version of the Bible in the Syriac language. Wrappers torn, with parts of missing. Water staining, browning and rippling throughout. In Syraic, with German introduction. Fair condition. Part of a series: Orbis Antiquitatum. Religions- und Kulturgeschichtliche Quellenschriften im Urtext, Umschrift und Uebersetzung unter Mitwirkung hervorragender Fachgelehrte,
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The Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collections
by Altshuler, David (ed.)
New York: Summit Books, 1983. Hardcover. vg. 4to. 288pp. Original gray cloth with silver print on cover and side in original printed price clipped dust jacket. Over 200 illustrations (some color) of Jewish ritual objects such as Torah scroll pointers, Torah crowns, menorahs, circumcision implements and seder plates. Also contains portraits of Jews such as Rabbi David Oppenheim and Lezer Zekeles. 60+ pages of exhibition catalogue at rear. Slight fading to top edge. Former owner's bookplate present. Text... Read More
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Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Cien años, cien días (One Hundred Years, One Hundred Days)
by Álvarez Bravo, Manuel (Photographs by); Ignacio Toscano, Carlos Monsivais, Edward Weston, Langston Hughes, André Breton, Diego Rivera, Paul Strand, Gerry Badger, et al. (Text by); Octavio Paz (Poem by)
Madrid: Turner Publicaciones, S.L., 2001. Limited First edition. Hardcover. vg. 1/6000. Folio (13 1/4 x 12 1/2"). 245, [5]pp. Original crushed morocco with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece. Half-title and title page in grey and black lettering. Published to comemorate the centennial of Manuel Álvarez Bravo's birth (1902-2002), Mexico's first principal artistic photographer and the most important figure in 20th century Latin American photography, this Spanish language edition of "One Hundred... Read More
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Endechas Judeo-Españolas (Publicaciones de Estudios Sefardies Serie II: Litteratura Número 2)
by Alvar, Manuel
Madrid: Institutio Arias Montano, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xx, 236 pp. Blue-Green cloth withdecorative relief of Sephardic folk-art and green lettering on front cover. Green lettering on spine. Original, pictorial dj. Amazing book with an intriguing title that translates as: "Jewish-Spanish Dirges." Thick, marbled green decorative endpapers. Illustrated with 12 b/w facsimile photographs of life, architecture, geography and important indiviuals from the old Jewish commuity in Spain. Also includes sheet music for a number of the... Read More
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The Eyes In His Eyes
by Alvarez Bravo, Manuel (Photography); Guillermo Sheridan; Rose Shoshana (Epilog)
Los Angeles: RoseGallery, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original burgundy half-cloth over red paper-covered boards with color print laid to cover and yellow lettering on cover and spine. Yellow endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. Profusely illustrated with full-page b/w photographs throughout, including three color and seven duotone photographs. Contains essay by Guillermo Sheridan and epilog by Rose Shoshana at rear. Catalog with thumbnail photographs at rear. Text in Spanish and English.
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Polaroids
by Alvarez Bravo, Manuel (photographs); Colette Alvarez Urbajtel (text); Gregory Dechant (translation)
Mexico City: Editorial RM, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrink wrap. Quarto. 93.(1)pp. consisting chiefly of color Polaroid photos. Red cloth lettered in blue, mounted color photo on front cover. A fine, as new copy. Previously unpublished Polaroid photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo reproduced in the original Polaroid's dimensions.
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Manuel Álvarez Bravo : el Artista, su Obra, Sus Tiempos
by Alvarez Bravo, Manuel (photographer); Elena Poniatowska (text)
Mexico City: Banco Nacional de México, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Square quarto. 57,(3)pp. Plus 82 leaves of black & white photographic plates (a few nudes). Parallel text in English and Spanish. White photo illustrated dust jacket, lettered in black. Black boards stamped in silver. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
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Alva Paintings & Drawings
by Alva, Siegfried; Maurice Collins (introduction by)
London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1942. Limited first edition. Hardcover. vg- to near fine. 1/500. Small folio. 20pp. + 42 plates. Illustrated light brown dust jacket with black lettering on the front cover and spine. Light brown buckram boards with black lettering on the front cover and spine. Pages uncut. This is #325 from a limited edition of 500 copies. The book is a monograph featuring 42 reproductions of work from the artist Siegfried Alva (known simply... Read More
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Layers of Light
by Alveng, Dag
Norway: Ex Libris Publishers, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. vg+. Folio. 126 pp. Blue dustjacket over blue cloth with red stamped lettering to cover and spine. Black endpapers. This exquisitely printed book of b/w photographs by the famed Norwegian photographer, presents works made from 1979-1994, in New York, France to Norway. D/j with minor rubbing. D/j in overall good+, binding and interior in near fine condition.
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A Bibliography of Islamic Law, 1980-1993
by Al-Zwaini, Laila and Rudolph Peters
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/2"). ix, [1], 239, [1]pp. Original green cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. This bibliography offers a new and indispensable tool for both researchers and practitioners in the field of Islamic law. It supplements the bibliographies published by Joseph Schacht (1964) and John Makdisi (1987) and includes some 1,600 Western-language publications which have appeared between 1980 and 1993. It contains... Read More
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