The Shipping News
by PROULX, E. Annie
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. Light toning to edges of wrappers, but a fine copy. 8vo. Uncorrected advance proof in blue printed wrappers.
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Jean Prouvé
by PROUVÉ, Jean (artist)
Paris: Galerie Patrick Seguin, 2017. Near fine. Two volumes. 11.5 x 10 inches. 428 and 336 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original pictorial boards; pictorial slipcase. "This exquisitely produced and comprehensive slipcased publication, edited by Paris' Galerie Patrick Seguin, is a new and enlarged edition of the original two-volume Jean Prouvé monograph that was published in 2007 to fill a hole in the previously existing scholarship, most of which had focused on Prouvé's architecture. Featuring a redesigned cover... Read More
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Rob Pruitt's 50th Birthday Bash
by PRUITT, Rob
Greenwich, CT: The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, 2017. First edition. A near fine copy. 12 x 10 inches. 192 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original boards. Published in conjunction with the exhibion held in 2017 at the Brant Foundation.
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Timothy Prus: The Whale's Eyelash: A Play in Five Acts
by PRUS, Timothy
London: Archive of Modern Conflict, 2014. First edition. A clean copy. 9.6 x 7.5 inches. 192 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original pictorial boards. "In The Whale's Eyelash, curator Timothy Prus compiles a series of 19th-century microscope slides in the form of a fictional play, narrating the origin and demise of humankind" (the publisher).
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Josephine Pryde: Serena
by PRYDE, Josephine
Braunschweig: Kunstverein Braunschweig, 2001. New in shrinkwrap. 10.5 x 8.5 inches. 71 pages. Profusely illustrated. Original Pictorial boards. First edition.
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Complete set of twelve toy books
by BAILEY & NOYES (publisher)
Portland: Bailey & Noyes, 1840. A fine set save a few small chips to wrappers. Remarkably well preserved. 93 x 61 mm each. Each 16 pages. Several small woodcuts in each volumes. Pictorial printed wrappers, sewn. In a quarter morocco folding case. A fine set of these miniature books, comprising: The Two Goats and the Sick Monkey; The Medley; The Soldier Turned Famer; The Shepherd Boy; The Book of Riddles; Little Frank's Almanack, to Show Little Boys and... Read More
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Show
by PUCCI, Ralph
New York: Glitterati, 2009. First edition, inscribed and signed by ten of the subjects in the book. Slight shelfwear to dust jacket, otherwise a fine copy with interior clean and bright. 11 x 8.5 inches.192 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Black cloth; dust jacket. Inscribed by Ralph Pucci on the half-title" "Enjoy the Show Ralph Pucci May 2009" and signed there by six subjects/contributors to the book: Jens Risom, Kenny Scharf (with a small drawing of a face), Antoine Bootz... Read More
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Sunshine Is An Only Child: Poems by James Purdy
by PURDY, James
New York: Aloe Editions, 1973. Softcover. A fine copy. 4to. 20 pages (including blanks). Original orange printed wrappers, sewn. One of 150 copies, designed and printed by Ronald Gordon at The Oliphant Press. This copy unnumbered and unsigned, out-of-series, and from the printer's personal collection.
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Less Than Angels
by PYM, Barbara (1913-1980)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. 8vo. 256 pp. Original gilt-lettered brown cloth; dust jacket. A very good copy, the jacket unclipped, a few small nicks/losses at ends of front joint and spine panel, lightly toned. Owner's inkstamp on front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION of Pym's fourth novel, concerned with the activities of a group of young anthropologists. It was based in part on the author's experiences working at the African Institute in London.
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Ming Yun (In Chinese)
by TIAN JIA QING
Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2006. A near-fine copy with a few light scuffs to covers. Oblong folio (13 x 14.5 inches). 186 pages. Color plates, some folding. Original silver-lettered cloth. A highly detailed, and beautifully printed study of the creation of "Modern Ming" furniture by this influential classical furniture expert. There are photographs of the pieces from multiple angles, as well as schematic drawings.
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News from the Duchy
by QUILLER-COUCH, Arthur
Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd; London: Simpkin, Marshall et al., 1913. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Spine faded, light toning to board edges, several leaves crudely opened, but a very good copy. 8vo. Original red cloth. First edition. Inscribed by the dedicatee Austin M. Purves, Sr. to his son on the front free endpaper: "To my son Dale Benson Purves on Christmas Day 1914 with love from Austin M. Purves." The printed dedication reads "To My Friend Austin... Read More
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Like Horses and Fog
by QUINLAN, Linda
Cork: [spider & ink press for] Crawford Gallery, 2008. 8vo. 129 pp. Color and black-and-white photographs. Original black boards. One small stain on front cover, otherwise near-fine. FIRST EDITION. The exhibition was held 16 October to 22 December 2007 at the Crawford Gallery.
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Catalogues des Tableaux Modernes Aquarelles, Gouaches, Dessins
by QUINN, John
Paris: Hôtel Drouot, 1926. Some light toning internally, the wrappers a bit soiled and with contemporary annotations on front wrapper in colored pencil, and pen titling along spine. 4to. [84] pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Printed white wrappers. With a preface by Jean Cocteau. The auction catalogue of the important collection of paintings amassed by John Quinn, including works by: Cézanne, Derain, Dufy, Fresnaye, Gris, Laurencin, Matisse, Pissarro, Redon, Rouault, Rousseau, and Segonzac. The sale was held on 28 October... Read More
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Nathaniel Mary Quinn
by QUINN, Nathaniel Mary (artist)
New York: Gagosian; Rizzoli, 2024. First edition. New in shrinkwrap. 11.25 x 10 inches. Profusely illustrated in color. Original boards. "This monograph is the first comprehensive survey of Nathaniel Mary Quinn's work, featuring paintings made since 2013. Quinn's images combine bodily fragments derived from sources that include both personal images and those culled from the media. Working without preliminary sketches, he forms composite images of faces and figures that resemble collages but are in fact painted and drawn.... Read More
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Scratching on Things I Could Disavow
by RAAD, Walid
Lisbon and Cologne: Culturgest / Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, 2007. A near-fine copy with one tiny soilmark to fore-edges and light soiling to title. Folio. 160 pages. FIRST EDITION. Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'The Atlas Group (1989-2004): A Project by Walid Raad' at Culturgest, Lisbon.
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An Inquiry Into Meaning and Truth and More: Thomas Raat
by RAAT, Thomas (artist); Edwin VAN GELDER (editor); John C WELCHMAN (editor); Freek LOMME (editor)
Mexico: Onomatopee, 2014. New in shrinkwrap. 11.75 x 8 inches. 80 pages. Profusely illustrated. original printed boards. First edition.
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The World of Ornament
by RACINET, A., and M. DUPONT-AUBERVILLE
Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2012. 2 volumes, 4to. 335pp. Color illustrations. Original pictorial cloth boards; slipcase. Fine. FIRST EDITION.
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The Vicar of Wakefield
by [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator] Oliver GOLDSMITH
London: George G. Harrap, 1929. 4to. 12 color plates by Arthur Rackham. Original gilt-lettered and -decorated vellum, decorated endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. A near-fine copy with covers gently bowed and lightly sunned, small stain on spine. LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, number 92 of 375 copies of the English issue from an edition of 575.
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The Springtide of Life
by [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator] Algernon Charles SWINBURNE
London: William Heinemann, 1918. Some soiling to binding, unnamed booklabel on front free endpaper. Folio. Color frontispiece and 8 plates after Rackham, tipped to mounts, captioned tissue guards preserved. Original vellum-backed boards, gilt-lettered and -decorated on front cover and spine, decorated endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed with deckle-edges preserved. LIMITED EDITION, number 179 of 765 copies signed by Rackham.
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Hudson River and the Hudson River Railroad: with a complete map and wood cut views of the principal objects of interest upon the line
by HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD
New York: Wm. C. Locke & Co, 1851. Wrappers chipped at edges, professionally rebacked, some unobtrusive offsetting on map. 8vo. 50 pages. Large folding map on three joined sheets (21 x 1788 cm; 8.25 x 61.75 inches). 11 woodblock illustrations in text (and with 2 more not recorded in the index but always present). Original printed wrappers with woodblock vignette. SCARCE Hudson River Railroad travel guide published the first year in which the full line was completed. It... Read More
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Christmas Broadside. Second Series. Number Four
by RAINE, Kathleen
Buffalo: State University at Buffalo, 1982. A fine copy. Folding card, 8. 5 x 5.5 inches. Green paper. One of 2000 copies, signed beneath the colophon on rear. This is number four of the second series of Christmas broadsides published under the auspices of the Friends of the University Libraries.
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The Gay Mortician
by RAISON, Milton M.
Hollywood: Murray & Gee, 1946. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Jacket spine slightly darkened, some light soiling and wear at extremities. A near-fine copy. 8vo. Original cloth; printed dust jacket. First edition. The dedication copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Ethel & Bill Drake who need only look at the dedication to see what I think of the family – Love Milton Raison." The printed dedication reads: "For William A. Drake My Favorite Pundit." Drake was... Read More
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Michele Oka Doner: Natural Seduction
by RAMLJAK, Suzanne
Hudson Hills Press, 2003. A fine copy. 12.25 x 10.25. 198 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original gold boards; dust jacket. First edition. Boldly inscribed by Michele Oka Donor on the half-title in 2013. "This exceptional volume presents the breadth of Doner's work as found in collections across the country as well as expansive projects designed for public spaces" (the publisher).
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Paul Rand: His Work from 1946 to 1958
by RAND, Paul; Yusaku KAMEKURA, editor
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First American edition. A fine copy with the previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown, in a very good plus dust jacket with a 2-inch closed tear on front and several abrasions along the spine. The slipcase is not present. 9.5 x 10 inches. 132 pages. Text in English and Japanese. Original cloth; in the original pictorial dust jacket. This book was conceived and produced entirely in Japan, and it contains... Read More
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Paul Rand
by [RAND, Paul]. Kamkura, Yusaku [Introduction]
ggg books [Ginza Graphic Gallery], 1992. A near-fine copy. Text in Japanese and English. 8vo. 63 pages. Pictorial boards, wraparound band.
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