Kama Kala; Some Notes on the Philosophical Basis of Hindu Erotic Sculpture
by Anand, Mulk Raj
Geneva: Nagel Publishers, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio. 45pp. of text followed by 58pp. of plates. Gilt decorated gray cloth in original dj. Slipcase. Minor scuffing to dj. Two tiny tears to upper edge of dj. Some discoloration to slipcase. A look at "Erotic Indian Art" concentrating on sculpture. Illustrated with b/w plates some of which are fold-outs, and 3 tipped-in color plates. In very good condition.
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The People's Bible
by Anat, Moses
Tel Aviv: Am Oved Publishers, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 3 of 5 volumes. 8vo. 1036pp. 906pp. 876pp. Original ivory cloth with gold lettering on cover and red title-label. Anointed edition of the Old Testament. Includes Pentateuch and Prophet sections. Text in Hebrew. Covers foxed. Heads and tails of spines slightly bumped. Interior leaves in very good condition.
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Royal Persian & Kashmir Brocades
by Anavian, Rahim and George
Kyoto: Senshoku to Seikatsusha Publishing Co., Ltd, 1975. First printing. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Folio. XXXII, 76, [2]pp (text), 104 leaves (color plates). Original pictorial dust-jacket over green cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Book housed in its original decorative paper covered slipcase, with black lettering on spine. Color frontispiece portrait of the Emperor and Empress of Iran. This somptuous work introduces the reader to the mysterious fascination and sublime grandeur of one of the Orient's most noteworthy... Read More
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Royal Persian & Kashmir Brocades
by Anavian, Rahim; George Anavian; Tomoyuki Yamanobe (ed.); Jack Halpern (trans.)
Kyoto: Senshoku To Seikatsusha Publishing Co, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. vg to vg+. Folio. xxxii, 76pp., (1) 104 plates, one of them folding. Original turquoise cloth with gilt lettering on spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with ochre and black lettering on spine; housed in tan, textured cardboard slipcase with black lettering on spine. Turquoise endpapers. Half-title with tissue guard. Frontispiece color photograph. Dedication page in Persian, English and Japanese. Title page in English and Japanese. "Dyeing... Read More
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![Notes sur les frais du Culte Juif en France de 1815 à 1831. [INSCRIBED, SIGNED]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/614/028/303028614.0.l.jpg)
Notes sur les frais du Culte Juif en France de 1815 à 1831. [INSCRIBED, SIGNED]
by Anchel, Robert
Paris: Université de Paris - Faculté des Lettres, 1928. First edition. Softcover. vg. Quarto. 64pp. Unopened copy. Original printed wrappers. Half-title pge inscribed and signed by the author. Scarce and fascinating work being a University These on the monetary funds allocated between 1815 and 1831 by the French government to the Jewish cult, and the way it was actually spent. Minor age-toning on covers and throughout. Text in French. Wrappers and interior in overall very good condition. ... Read More
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Ruze pro Josefa Sudka 1896–1976 (A Rose for Josef Sudek 1896–1976)
by Andel, Jaroslav; Antonin Dufek et al (Contributions)
Prague: Prague Castle Management / Museum of Decorative Arts, 1996. First edition. Softcover. very good - condition. Large Quarto. 240pp. Original photo-illustrated stiff wraps with black lettering on green spine, in original glassine dustjacket with black lettering on spine. Frontispiece photograph with tissue guard. Edition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Sudek's birth and the 20th anniversary of his death. "The specific and organic character in working with individual motifs masks the complexity of Sudek's work... Read More
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Florentine Codex: Book 10 - The People: In Thirteen Parts: Part XI
by Anderson, Arthur J.O. & Dibble, Charles E. (Translators.)
Santa Fe, N.M.: University of Utah, 1961. Limited edition. Hardcover. vg.. Quarto. 197pp; 197 ill. 1/1000 unnumbered. Salmon cloth with maroon lettering to cover and spine. Endpapers signed by owner Alfred C. Glassell Jr. . Text in English and Aztec. Including - The People, Medicine, Cities. "The Florentine Codex is one of three well-known manuscripts planned by Fray Bernardino de Sahagun to describe the civilization of the Aztecs. The term Florentine Codex used in this Temporary Preface means... Read More
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![Monumental Panoramic View of The Forum Romanum, the Temple of Saturn in the foreground [ORIGINAL 3-PART ALBUMEN PRINT]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/764/192/865192764.0.l.jpg)
Monumental Panoramic View of The Forum Romanum, the Temple of Saturn in the foreground [ORIGINAL 3-PART ALBUMEN PRINT]
by Anderson, Domenico (Photographer)
[Rome]: NP, 1887. Original photograph. Framed. g to vg. A three-part panoramic albumen print of the ruins of the Temple of Saturn* (Roman Forum, Rome), mounted on board and framed in a contemporary oak frame. The splendid image was made in 1887, and is attributed to Italian photographer Domenico Anderson (1854-1938).** A similar won the Silver Medal at the Chicago Convention in the same year (1887). The three individual prints measure app. 20 1/2 x 29 1/2"... Read More
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Messianic Popular Movements in the Lower Congo
by Andersson, Ephraim
Uppsala, Sweden: [Agent: Almqvist & Wiksells boktr.], 1958. First edition. very good +. Quarto (12-1/4" x 9-1/4"). xiii, (1), 287, (1)pp. Text in English. Green library buckram, spine lettered in gilt, original wrappers bound in. Illustrated with 4 plates (3, in color), and several text drawings. An ex-library copy with rubber stamp on title page and a library pocket on rear pastedown, otherwise fine. Contents: I. Cultural and religious background -- II. Incipience of the prophet movement... Read More
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Studies on the Second Part of the Book of Isaiah. The So-Called "Servant of he Lord" and "Suffering Servant" in Second Isaiah. by Harry M. Orlinsky and Isaiah 40 - 66 A Study of the Teaching of the Second Isaiah and its Consequences by Norman H. Snaith (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum Volume XIV)
by Anderson, G. W. P. A. H. De Boer, G. R. Castellino, Henry Cazelles, E. Hammershaimb, H. G. May and W. Zimmerli (editors)
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. 264 pp. Yellow cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Selected contents include but are not limited to: "The Biblical term "Servant" in relation to the Lord," "The Christian Origin of "Suffering Servant" and "Servant of the Lord" as technical terms," "Some Alleged Ancient Near Eastern Parallels to Isa. 53" and much more. Also includes an appendix, Conclusions, Bibliography and two indices. Some sunning to spine, otherwise... Read More
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Hans Christian Andersen : the Maker of Fairy Tales... The First of Two Volumes. [and, Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen... The Second of Two Volumes. SIGNED]
by Andersen, Hans Christian; Jean Hersholt (editor); Fritz Kredel (illustrator)
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942. First edition thus. Very good +. Octavo. 2 vols. xiv, 180, (2); (6), 399, (3)pp. Brown cloth spines lettered in gilt, over pictorial light brown boards. Both volumes are housed in publisher's matching slipcase entitled, "Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen." Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Andersen in Vol. I, and numerous hand-colored text drawings by Fritz Kredel in Vol. II. Edition limited to 1500 numbered sets (this is... Read More
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![Contes D'Andersen [INSCRIBED by TRANSLATOR]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/351/415/274415351.0.m.1.jpg)
Contes D'Andersen [INSCRIBED by TRANSLATOR]
by Andersen, Hans Christian, Paul Leyssac (translator) and Vilhelm Pedersen (illustrator)
Paris: Librairie Stock, 1930. Fourth edition. Softcover. vg. 8vo. 224 pp. Decorative paper wrappers. Inscribed by translator on title page "Pour Stephen Green. En souvenir d'une matinee de l'alliance Americaine de Boston. Le 11 mars 1933." Illustrated with a number of lovely-quaint b/w facsimile drawings of scenes from the story line. Includes a b/w facsimile photograph of the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen at Odense, Denmark cut out from a newspaper that someone has laid in the book... Read More
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Mayselekh (Fairy Tales)
by Andersen, Hans Christian; Der Nister (trans.); El Lissitzky (cover by)
Warsaw: Kultur-lige, 1921. Second edition. Hardcover. g-. 1/3500. 8x6". 315pp. [4]. Rebound red-brown cloth over textured-paper boards. Original blue and black cover with black lettering pasted on the front. This book is a collection of 21 fairy tales from Hans Christian Anderson, translated into Yiddish by Der Nister (Pinchus Kahanovich) the noted Yiddish-language author, philosopher and translator. The book is illustrated throughout in b/w and notably features constructivist cover art from from acclaimed Russian avant-garde artist El Lizzitsky... Read More
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Il Soldatino di Piombo
by Andersen, Hans Christian
Rome: Editrice Daniel, 1950. First edition. 4to. Unpaginated. Gray cloth spine over illustrated paper-covered boards. Head and tail of spine bumped. Some staining and scuffing to boards. Fine Italian translation of the classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen, beautifully illustrated with color drawings. Text in Italian. Good condition.
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Athletes & Gymnasts. Earth, Air Water, Fire. 2. Vols. in Slipcase
by Anderson, Jonathan and Edwin Low
Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrink wrap/as new. 1/2000 in slipcase. Folio. One volume in black, the other in white photo-illustrated boards with white, respectively black lettering on spines in matching photo-illustrated dustjackets; housed in black cloth slipcase. One volume with black, the other with photo-illustrated endpapers. Total print-run of 3000; additional 1000 w/o slipcase. Volume 1: Athletes. 116pp. Illustrated with 70 full-page photographs, some double-page. Volume 2: Gymnasts. Unpaginated. Illustrated... Read More
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Gras
by Andermatt, Jürg
Kiel: Nieswand, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Elephant folio. Unpaginated (68pp). Decorative paper-covered boards housed in original tan and gray cardboard slipcase. Illustrated with 64 color reproductions of photographs of many different types of graminoids (grass) by Swiss photographer Jürg Andermatt. The vibrant photographs are printed on ikonorex special matt, Zanders Feinpapier. Foreword by Prof. Dr. Heinz Spielmann. Decorative endpapers. "Vierundsechzig Farbfotografien von Jürg Andermatt im Nieswand-Verlag." Minor rubbing on head and tail of spine, along joints and... Read More
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![Morton Andersen Oslo F. [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/799/352/1458352799.0.l.jpg)
Morton Andersen Oslo F. [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION]
by Andersen, Morton
[Oslo]: Morton Anderson/HitMe!, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Signed Morton on colophon. 187/500. Oblong Duodecimo ((6 7/8 x 9 18"). Unpaginated. Original photo-illustrated boards with white lettering on cover and spine. Gray endpapers. Documentation of architectural details, graffiti, objects and vegetation in the Norwegian capital by Norwegian photographer Morton Andersen. The volume is published with two hundred and twenty-four b/w photographs exclusively. There is not text except for the colophon. Morten Andersen: "When I finished... Read More
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De Olympiske Vinterleker, Oslo 1952
by Andersen, P. Chr
Oslo: Dreyers Forlag, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. g. Sm. 4to. 127pp. Three-quarter leather over decorative paper-covered boards with Olympic rings stamped in gold on cover. Gold lettering and gold decoration on spine. Detailed account of the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs, maps, charts and some drawings. Inscribed by previous owner on half-title page. Age wear, scuffing and minor sunning on binding. Head and tail of spine slightly chipped and rubbed. Minor abrasion... Read More
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Agent of the Terran Empire [INSCRIBED]
by Anderson, Poul
Philadelphia, New York: Chilton Books, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo. [12] 201pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's device on spine; in original, color-illustrated dustjacket with black and brown lettering and publisher's device on spine. Decorative endpapers. Inscribed to American science-fiction writer Jerry Pournelle, signed Poul Anderson on half-title. "The Scothian warlords are on the rampage! The Merseians, those cold, implacable foes, are advancing! Earth is decadent, her ruler lazy, defenseless! Here... Read More
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Hume's First Principles
by Anderson, Robert Fendel
Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. XV, [1], 189, [1]pp. Original green cloth with black lettering on spine. This remarkable work is a critical examination of the more basic elements of Hume's philosophy. Very minor shelf wear. Binding and interior in overall very good condition.
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![Pursuit of the Marvelous: Charles Howard Stanley William Hayter Gordon Onslow Ford [SIGNED BY ONSLOW FORD]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/057/089/684089057.0.l.jpg)
Pursuit of the Marvelous: Charles Howard Stanley William Hayter Gordon Onslow Ford [SIGNED BY ONSLOW FORD]
by Anderson, Susan M.
Laguna Beach, California: Laguna Art Museum, 1990. First edition. Softcover. vg++. Full page original drawing and dedication "To Barbara Poe with all good wishes from Gordon OF" on title page." Quarto. 64pp. Original illustrated wrappers with red and blue lettering on cover, purple and black on spine, protected in modern mylar. Beautifully designed catalog of the museums contribution to the Festival of Britain, Orange County, with color and b/w reproductions of artwork in this exhibition. Block with very... Read More
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The History of Croesus, King of Lydia, in IV parts. Containing observations, I. On the antient notion of destiny. II. On dreams. III. On the origin and credit of oracles. IV. And the principles upon which their responses were defended against any attack
by Anderson, Walter
Edinburgh: Hamilton, Balfour, and Neill, 1755. Hardcover. fair. 8vo. (1), xxiv, 211pp. Contemporary calf, raised bands. Croesus (595 BC - c. 547? BC) was the king of Lydia from 560/561 BC until his defeat by the Persians in about 547 BC. He was also known for minting gold and silver coins and required great wealth during his reign. Rear board detached but present, three-inch split along head of spine on front board. Front free endpaper detached but present... Read More
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Mohammed: The Man and His Faith
by Andrae, Tor; Theophil Menzel (Translator)
New York: Barnes & Noble, n.d.. Softcover. vg. Octavo. 196pp. Original decorative wrappers over red cloth with silver lettering on spine. Top edge red. Frontispiece. This work is the English translation of the German "Mohammed, Sein Leben und sein Glaube" by professor Tor Andrae, published in 1932. It is a thorough study of Mohammed's life and work, and the birth of Islam. Spine of wrappers slightly sunned. Wraps in overall good+, binding and interior in very good condition.... Read More
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Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum VI: Jewellery I From the earliest times to the Seventeenth Dynasty
by Andrews, Carol A. R.
London: British Museum Publications Limited, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Folio. 102, 48 plates. Original tan cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's device on brown label of spine, in original, light blue dustjacket with black lettering on spine. Andrews' work is based on material collected by Alix Wilkinson with drawings by Marion Cox. Profusely illustrated with six hundred and thirty-six items on forty-eight plates, in b/w offset reproductions. Contains list of plates, abbreviations, detailed description of... Read More
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Archaeological Investigations on the Yucatan Peninsula
by Andrews IV, E. Wyllys
New Orleans: Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University, 1975. First edition. Softcover. vg. 4to. 245pp. Green printed wraps. Illustrated with color and black and white reproductions of charts, photographs, and maps. Minor wear to wraps. Overall very good condition.
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