La Vie des Bêtes: Le Papillon, le Grillon, le Bousier, les Fourmis
by Aman-Jean, C. (Illustrations by); Marie Bolène (Text by)
Paris: Larousse, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. g to g+. Oblong quarto (8 1/4 x 11 1/2"). 36pp. Original quarter blue cloth over illustrated paper covered boards, with black lettering to front cover. Illustrated title page. French children book splendidly illustrated throughout with illustrator Aman-Jean's delightful b/w and color drawings pertaining to the life of butterflies, crickets, dung beetles, and ants. Moderate age-toning along edges of binding. lower corners bumped (not affecting pages throughout). Pages... Read More
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Mes Mémoires [BLANK ART NOUVEAU PERIOD JOURNAL]
by A. Mangonot, Paul Avril, G. Alaux, Mengin, Edme Couty, P. Kauffmann, Gustave Fraipont, H. Danger, Régereau, A. de Richemont, Petiau, Camille Lefèvre, E. Matthis, et al. (Illustrated by)
NP: C. Felber, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 9 3/4"). 98 leaves. Uncut. Original brown morocco with gold lettering on spine. Decorative raised bands. Dentelles. Endpapers with a striking Art Nouveau floral motif. Ribbon marker. Contemporary gift inscription on fly leaf: "A mon cher ami Fernand, en témoignage de bonne amitié. St. Raphaël le 6. 3. 1907. Charles" (To my dear friend Fernand, in memory of a good friendship. St. Raphaël, March 6,... Read More
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Textiles of the Andes. Catalogue of Amano Collection
by Amano, Yoshitaro (Selection); Yukihiro Tsunoyama (Ed.); Ken Fujita (Photography)
San Francisco: HEIAN international, 1979. First American edition. Hardcover. Good- to very good condition. Elephant Folio. 248pp. Original red cloth with black lettering on spine in illustrated dustjacket with black lettering on spine housed in cardboard slipcase with illustrated label covering part of front, spine and back. Illustrated title page. Publication on Peruvian textiles focusing on the Chancay Valley, approximately 100 kilometers South of Lima. Profusely illustrated with 236 extraordinary color photographs of Peruvian artifacts, e.g.... Read More
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Photographien nach den Originalen des Meisters
by Amberg, Wilhelm August Lebrecht
Berlin: Photographische Gesellschaft. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Oblong Folio (33 x 41"). (1) 15 plates (31 x 38.5"). Original red cloth portfolio with intricate decorative ruling and design in gilt and black on front cover, blind-stamped on back. Decorative endpapers and flaps. Wilhelm Amberg (1822–1899) is known as a genre painter of the Berlin Painter School (Berliner Malerschule). Amberg studied at the Berlin Academy under W. Herbig and K. Begas from 1839 to 1842 and in... Read More
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L'Estoire De La Guerre Sainte. Histoire En Vers De La Troisème Croisade (1190-1192) The Story of the Holy War: History of the Third Crusade
by Ambroise; Gaston Paris (Transl.)
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1897. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. xc, 578 [1]pp. Bound in half brown leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Publisher device on title page. Published and translated from the Vatican manuscript and accompanied by an introduction, a glossary, and a list of proper names. Based on the text in old French by the Norman trouvère Ambrose who accompanied King Richard to Cyprus and Acre, assumed to be dated... Read More
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Honoring the Memory of Ze'ev Jabotinsky on the Occasion of His 22nd Yahrzeit, and Departed Jewish Legionnaires
by Ameeti, S.B.E.; R.A. Freulich; Z. Plotkin; Y.E. Steiner (eds.)
Los Angeles: Jabotinsky Yahrzeit Committee, 1962. First edition. Softcover. vg-. Quarto. 18pp. Spiral-bound illustrated white wrappers, with black lettering on the covers. This publication commemorates the 22nd anniversary of the death of influential Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky, and was produced to coincide with the event held in his honor on July 29th 1962, in Beverly Hills, CA. Includes essays, and appraisals of Jabotinsky and other significant figures of Revisionist Zionism, as well as b/w photographic reproductions throughout. Some... Read More
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La Géographie de l'Égypte à l'Époque Copte (Geography of Coptic Egypt)
by Amélineau, Emile
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1893. New edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto (10 x 7"). [4], xxxviii, 630pp. Modern green cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Vignette to title page. Originally published in 1890, this 1893 new edition of Emile Amélineau's masterpiece on the Geography of Coptic Egypt has never ceased to be a valuable source of information for Egyptology students and professors. Émile Amélineau (1850-1915) was a French Coptologist, archaeologist and Egyptologist. His scholarly reputation was... Read More
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Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow [SIGNED ARTIST PROOF WOODCUT]
by Amen, Irving
NP: NP, 1972. Artist's Proof. Framed. g to vg. Striking original colored woodcut depicting a young Jewish boy and girl reading and working under a tree. Three people are seen working in the background, while an Israeli flag is proudly flying under a rainbow. The lower portion of the artwork features a Sabbath candelabra, two birds, and the NFTY initials (National Federation of Temple Youth), a Reform Jewish community for high school students which commissioned Irving Amen for... Read More
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Souvenir Program: The Great Dane Club of America, 1889-1939 - The Golden Jubilee Banquet, Hotel Astor, February 12, 1939
by The Great Dane Club of America
NP: The Great Dane Club of America, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. g+. Oblong quarto. 60pp. Original blue cloth with illustration of a Dane in gilt on front cover. Delightful souvenir program published on the occasion of The Great Dane Club of America's fiftieth anniversary, and profusely illustrated throughout with numerous b/w photographic reproductions. Moderate rubbing on spine and along edges. Binding in overall good- to good, interior in good+ to very good condition.
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News of the Month, June-July, 1946" [WITH "THE PRAYING JEW" (THE RABBI OF VITEBSK) BY MARC CHAGALL ON THE VERSO]
by American Jewish Congress; Chagall, Marc (illustration by)
New York: Office of Jewish Information, American Jewish Congress, 1946. First edition. Posters. vg. Atlas folio. 24x18" or 24x 36". 4-part fold-out poster. Housed in a protective folder. The poster can be broadly divided into two parts when folded out: - The first side features a large spread, titled "News of the Month, June-July 1946", containing news headlines accompanied by bold and striking graphic illustrations, including photomontage, in b/w, red and pink. These are divided... Read More
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Oeuvres de L'Abbe De Chaulieu (2 vol.)
by Amfrye, Guillaume; Abbé de Chaulieu (Edited by M. De Saint Marc)
Paris: David, Prault, Durand, 1750. First edition. Hardcover. fair. 2 volumes. 16mo. cxxxiij. 159pp. 357pp. Contemporary leather with gilt ornaments and title plate to spine. Head and tail of spines slightly bumped and rubbed. Cracks and lining to spine. Corners rubbed and partly worn. Minor scuffing and rubbing to boards. Yellowing to page edges. Very minor sporadic foxing throughout, not affecting text. Marbled end papers. Frontispiece to vol. 1, a copper engraving. Two in-text copper engravings, one in... Read More
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L'Inquisition de Goa: La relation de Charles Dellon (1687)
by Amiel, Charles and Anne Lima
Paris: Editions Chandeigne, 1997. Reprint. Softcover. vg. Octavo. 461 (1) pp. Original illustrated brown wraps with white lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated with a number of striking b/w reproductions of engravings, some of them fold-outs, depicting scenarios from the time of the Inquisition. Contemporary reprint of the author's work that was first published in 1687. It became an instant bestseller after its original publication, was translated into German, English and Dutch and reissued several times during the... Read More
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Art of the Ancient Near East
by Amiet, Pierre; John Shepley & Claude Choquet (trans by)
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. 618pp. Original photo illustrated dust jacket with white lettering on front cover, black lettering on spine. White cloth boards with photo illustrated plate pasted on front cover with gilt lettering on spine. Photo illustrated front end papers. "The story of the ancient near east is told here in an art-historical framework: the movements of peoples, their technological inventions, economic advances, political triumphs, and cultural refinements are... Read More
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Art of the Ancient Near East
by Amiet, Pierre
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. vg. Small Folio. 618pp. Original photo illustrated dust jacket over white cloth with pictorial paste-down color plate on front board and gilt lettering on spine. "The story of the ancient near east is told here in an art-historical framework: the movements of peoples, their technological inventions, economic advances, political triumphs, and cultural refinements are all reflected in the monumental art and architecture in which they vaunted their prowess... Read More
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Atlas of Jerusalem (2 Volumes)
by Amiran, David; Arie Shachar, Israel Kimhi, Marianne Karmon
Walter de Gruyter: 1973, Berlin. Hardcover. vg. Elephant folio. 173pp. 53 large folding maps. Volume in paper wrappers along with maps in hardcover shell. The most descriptive geographic study and atlas of the city of Jerusalem over the course of its history. Includes all maps, charts and diagrams. Text in Hebrew. Hardcover shell slightly stained. Overall in very good condition.
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Gad-Gamad Veha-Pitriyah: Sipur Ba-haruzim (Gad the Dwarf, and the Mushroom: A Story in Verse)
by Amir-Pinkerfeld, Anda; Lev Dickstein (illus.)
Haifa: Eshkol, 1940. First edition. Softcover. near fine. Oblong duodecimo. Unpaginated. 13 pages. Illustrated multicolored stapled wrappers. The work is an illustrated Hebrew children's book written in verse, telling the tale of a dwarf and his adventures with his mushroom. The text is accompanied by charming illustrations from Lev Dickstein, boldly printed in color lithographs. Text in Hebrew. Wrappers protected by modern mylar. Some natural offsetting from the color lithographs to the opposite pages. Wrappers and interior in... Read More
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Gad-Gamad Veha-Pitriyah: Sipur Ba-haruzim (Gad the Dwarf, and the Mushroom: A Story in Verse)
by Amir-Pinkerfeld, Anda; Lev Dickstein (illus.)
Haifa: Eshkol, 1940. First edition. Softcover. g+ to vg-. Oblong duodecimo. Unpaginated. 13 pages. Illustrated multicolored stapled wrappers. The work is an illustrated Hebrew children's book written in verse, telling the tale of a dwarf and his adventures with his mushroom. The text is accompanied by charming illustrations from Lev Dickstein, boldly printed in color lithographs. Text in Hebrew. Wrappers with one of staples along the spine missing. A light vertical scratch down the center of the front... Read More
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Gad-Gamad Veha-Pitriyah: Sipur Ba-haruzim (Gad the Dwarf, and the Mushroom: A Story in Verse)
by Amir-Pinkerfeld, Anda; Lev Dickstein (illus.)
Haifa: Eshkol, 1940. First edition. Softcover. vg. Oblong duodecimo. Unpaginated. 13 pages. Illustrated multicolored stapled wrappers. The work is an illustrated Hebrew children's book written in verse, telling the tale of a dwarf and his adventures with his mushroom. The text is accompanied by charming illustrations from Lev Dickstein, boldly printed in color lithographs. Text in Hebrew. Wrappers protected by modern mylar. Wrappers with minor stains and smudges, and a small tear at the bottom of the front... Read More
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Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land From Its Beginnings in the Neolithic Period to the End of the Iron Age
by Amiran, Ruth; Pirhiya Beck; Uzza Zevulun;
Jerusalem: Massada Press, 1970. First International edition. Hardcover. Fair to very good condition. Quarto. 305 [1]pp. Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with white lettering on spine. Endpapers with maps of Ancient East in three colors. Color frontispiece. Double-page illustrated title page Comprehensive survey on ancient ceramics in the Holy Land. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photos and drawings. Includes 349 photographs and 100 plates of drawings. This... Read More
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Biblical Archaeology Today: Proceedings of the International Congress on Biblical Archaeology, Jerusalem, April 1984
by Amitai, Janet (ed.)
Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in cooperation with the American Schools of Oriental Research, 1985. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. xvi,534pp. Gray cloth with gold lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. "The need to evaluate, discuss and report on the present stage of the various studies which comprise biblical archaeology has long been felt. To fill that need the International Congress on Biblical Archaeology was convened in Jerusalem during the first week... Read More
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Masdasnan-Ernährungs-Lehre
by Ammannn, Frieda (ed.)
Leipzig: Mazdaznan, 1925. 41. und 42. Auflage [41st and 42nd edition]. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 162pp. Red cloth with yellow illustration and lettering. Illustrated title page and chapter headings. Work on nutrition and food. Minor age wear to binding and browning to pages. In German. Good condition.
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The Jewish Law of Divorce According to Bible and Talmud with some Reference to Its Development in Post-Talmudic Times
by Amram, David Werner
New York: Hermon Press, 1968. Second edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. 224pp. Mottled blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in original dust jacket. "The distinguished 19th century legal historian compares the Biblical-Talmudic view with that of the New Testament and Mohemmedan law. He also discusses such related subjects as forbidden marriages, the legal and social status of the divorced woman and her property and custody rights. Gives a step-by-step procedure of the Get as prescribed by the Shulhan... Read More
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Catalogue of Paintings
by Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
NP, 1960. Softcover. g. 8vo. xv,430pp. Blue wrappers. Rubbing, abrasions and some creasing to wraps. Wonderful catalogue of the collection of paintings in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Includes appendix with b/w photographs of books signed by artists such as Rembrandt, Vermeer and others. Wraps in fair, interior in very good condition.
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Verzeichnis der Mitglieder des diplomatischen Korps in Berlin, Juli 1936
by Auswärtigen Amt
Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, 1936. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 63pp. Original printed wrap with "Hoheitszeichen" on front. Lacking first leaf. Scarce National Socialist handbook, listing all international members of the diplomatic corps in Berlin. Includes title, spouse and address of each member. Text in German. Heavy foxing, some age wear and creasing on wraps. Head and tail of spine slightly chipped. Wraps in fair, interior in overall very good condition.
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Erhebungen Nr. 3: Erhebung über die Arbeitszeit der Gehilfen und Lehrlinge sowie der Hilfsarbeiter in solchen Kontoren des Handelsgewerbes und kaufmännischen Betrieben, die nicht mit offenen Verkaufsstellen verbunden sind. Berichte der Handelskammern, der kaufmännischen Verbände und Vereine sowie der Vereinigungen der Handelshilfsarbeiter ; erstattet im Jahre 1903, Fortsetzung der Erhebung vom September 1901
by Deutschland (Deutsches Reich) Statistisches Amt
Berlin: Carl Heymanns Verlag, 1904. First edition. Softcover. fair. Original printed wrappers with printer's device on front wrap and title page. IV, 72pp. Rare work being a survey on the employment of assistants, apprentices and unskilled workers in trading posts of commercial establishments not related to sales. This work compiles reports from the chambers of commerce, business associations and trade unions as well as laborers, given in 1903 and completing the 1901 survey. Some age-wear on wrappers with... Read More
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