Robert Kipniss: Paintings and Poetry (1950-1964)
New York: The Artist Book Foundation, 2013. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY --AND LENGTHILY-- INSCRIBED BY ROBERT KIPNISS on the half-title. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 2013 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just the faintest hint of light scuffing at the panels. High-quality color and black-and-white reproductions thoughout complement Kipniss's verse.
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The Work of Perry & Bishop Architects
New Britain, CT: Perry & Bishop Architects, 1932. Original wraps. Near Fine. Uncommon 1932 monograph showcasing the residential work of Perry & Bishop Architects (Delbert K. Perry and Earle K. Bishop) of New Britain, CT. Clean and Near Fine in its salmon wrappers. Folio, crisp black-and-white plates throughout in addition to wonderful related period ads at the rear.
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Leonard Baskin: Drawings--Sculpture--Woodcuts
New York: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, 1960. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good. The catalogue based on the March-April 1960 exhibition at New York's Grace Borgenicht Gallery. Solid and VG in its stapled pictorial wrappers, with light spotting at the front panel.
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Production Dwellings: An Opportunity for Excellence
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 1970. Stapled wrappers. Very Good +. The 1970 1st edition of this booklet "prepared by Taliesin Associated Architects of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation". Crisp and VG+ in its stpled wrappers, with light offsetting at the front panel and along the spine. Oblong quarto, a number of Frank Lloyd Wright quotes appearing along the margins. "The subject of this booklet has been to present proposals for the present and future potential of industrialized... Read More
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Life Magazine--"Romance and Reality" (November 30, 1916)
New York: Life Publishing Company, 1916. Magazines. Very Good. Wonderful World War I-suffused issue of this original Life Magazine, in its smaller formatting (11" tall) than one usually assocites with the more common oversized "Life" of the 1930s and beyond. The November 30th, 1916 issue of this New York-based weekly, with our likely entry into World War I obviously looming large, still adheres to many of the magazine's staples, such as its sophisiticated cartoons and essays. A bright,... Read More
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Process Architecture 94 -- Robert Zion: A Profile in Landscape Architecture
Tokyo: Process Architecture Company, 1991. Original wraps. Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1991 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Tall quarto, text appears in both English and Japanese. Process: Architecture #94.
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Tokay
London: Berry Bros, 1933. Boards. Very Good +. A tight, presentable copy of this uncommon 1933 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its dark-green boards, with just a touch of light wear at the front panel and very mild foxing to the preliminaries. Thin octavo, impressive study of this sweet white wine of Hungary.
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Technology and Constuction (The 1922 Maiden Issue)
Moscow, 1922. Original wraps. Near Fine. The August 1922 1st issue of "Technology in Construction", a new post-Revolution Soviet Constructivist magazine. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-gray wrappers, with (undetermined) signature at the front panel's top-edge. Tall quarto, text completely in Russian. Wonderful local ads at rear.
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Best Products Co. Houston Showroom by SITE, Inc
New York: SITE, Inc, 1975. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. Uncommon 1975 catalogue issued by SITE, Inc., a leading architecture and environmental arts studio founded in New York in 1970. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled wrappers. Very light creasing along several pages at the rear, a touch of mild soiling to the rear panel, otherwise very sharp. Oblong quarto, crisp black-and-white photos throughout.
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Daily Sutras for Chanting and Recitation (In the Publisher's Box/Slipcase)
New York: The Zen Studies Society, 1998. Scroll. Near Fine. An elegant Buddhist scroll, one long accordion-style fold-out of recitation and chanting. Clean and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright-white title mount at the front panel. 12mo, also includes a clean, very sharp example of the publisher's uncommon light-brown box/slipcase.
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Gunther Forg: A Fragile Beauty (In Shrinkwrap)
Dallas Museum of Art / Stedeliijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2018. Pictorial boards. Fine. Scarce, substantial 2018 catalogue devoted to the work of the German painter Gunther Forg (1952-2013). Tight and crisp in its dark boards, with mounted color photo to the front panel. A pristine copy of the quarto catalogue, still in its original shrinkwrap.
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Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc (CBS): 1953 Annual Report to the Stockholders
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New York: Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc, 1953. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The 1953 annual report to the stockholders of CBS. Bright and VG+ in its off-white, stapled wrappers. Octavo, also includes CBS's original shipping envelope and the business card of Frank Stanton, CBS's president at the time, laid-in.
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Bijou Funnies (Nos. #1-8)
Chicago: Bijou Publishing Empire, 1973. Stapled wrappers. Near Fine. Robert Crumb, Jay Kinney, Skip Williamson, Jayzey Lynch et al. An impressive run of the first 8 issues of the "Bijou Funnies", published between 1968-1973 and including Robert Crumb, Jay Kinney, Skip Williamson and Jayzey Lynch as frequent contributors and illustrators. All 8 issues are crisp, bright and easily Near Fine in their stapled, pictorial wrappers, with light creasing along the edges to issue #8 alone. Furthermore, issue #5... Read More
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Electrical Designs: Comprising Instructions for Constructing Small Motors, Testing Instruments and Other Apparatus; With Working Drawings for Each Design
New York: American Electrician Company, 1901. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. A superb copy of the 1901 1st edition in book form. Clean and Near Fine in its terra cotta cloth, with decorative blindstamping to the panels and bright gilt-titling along the spine. Internally clean as could be as well, with no writing or markngs to speak of. Octavo, 289 figures complementing the text. Wonderful advertisements at the rear for other titles published by the American Electrician Company. ... Read More
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Crompton Electrical Plant
Chelmsford, England, 1924. Cloth. Very Good +. The catalogue issued to commemorate the 1924 "British Empire Exhibition" "and to describe in a general manner the electrical plant and apparatus of standard construction at present manufactured by Messrs. Crompton & Co., Ltd., of Chelmsford". A pleasing, well-preserved copy to boot. Solid and VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling and design along the front panel and spine. Very light spotting to the rear panel, former owner name and... Read More
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Amtrak Car Diagrams of the 1970s
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New York: Wayner Publications, 1987. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. First Thus. 1987 reprint (with a slightly different title) of the 1978 1st edition. Bright and VG+ in its original pictorial wrappers. Oblong, octavo, 89 pgs. One very small, inoffensive abrasion along top-edge of the front panel, otherwise clean as could be. Internally immaculate as well.
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Laws and Resolutions Passed By the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina at the Special Session, Begun and Held in the City of Raleigh on the First of July, 1868
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Raleigh: The State of North Carolina, 1868. Full-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. 1868 1st thus. Octavo, clean and tight and VG. Bound in publisher's full leather, red leather spine label, compartments. Light scuffing at the panels and light fraying at the spine.
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Guns on Campus: Student Protest at Cornell
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Chicago: Urban Research Corporation, 1970. Original wraps. Near Fine. A mimeographed copy of the uncommon 1970 paper addressing student protest at Cornell. Clean and Near Fine in its plastic-comb binding. 36 pgs., gripping, tense narrative.
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Seremos Como El Che ("We Will Be Like Che")
Havana: Editorial Gente Nueva, 1977. Stapled wrappers. Very Good +. Uncommon 1977 tribute to Che Guevara, through his writings and an impressive collection of dozens of black-and-white photographs. Issued out of Havana in simple, stapled wrappers. A well-preserved copy to boot. Solid and VG+, with very light creasing throughout and a touch of light spotting at the rear panel. Quarto, 48 pgs.
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American Ballads and Folk Songs from the Joan Baez Songbook
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Ryerson Music Publishers, 1967. Soft Cover. A crisp copy of the 1967 1st edition. VG in wraps. Thin quarto, 63 pgs., with wonderful illustrations throughout.
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Yankee Doodle: An Old Friend in a New Dress
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New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1881. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1881 1st edition of Howard Pyle's very first illustrations in book form. A well-preserved, VG copy. Bright and clean and still tightly-bound. Professionally and subtly rebacked along the spine, not affecting the original pictorial front and back panels whatsoever. Quarto, 31 pgs. Lavish full-color illustrations, vivid and bright and well-executed.
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Was die Mutter an Der Wiege Singt
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Tubingen, Germany: Rainer Wunderlich Verlag. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. First Thus. A lovely copy of this Rudolf Koch-designed German children's book. Circa 1930. Clean and Near Fine (with very light offsetting to the endsheets) in a bright, crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Oblong 16mo, 39 pgs. Illustrated in rich color thruout.
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David Rabinowitch Sculptures 1963-1970: With Selected Drawings, Plans and Notes
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Bielefeld, Germany: Karl Kerber Verlag, 1987. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1987 1st edition, with a dual text, in both German and English. Tight and VG- (with light staining along several front gutters and light spotting at the panels) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light scuffing and wear to the panels. Thick octavo, 350 pgs., crisp black-and-white plates thruout.
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Andy Warhol: Arbeiten Works 1962-1986
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Salzburg: Edition Thaddaeus Ropac, 1987. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. The 1987 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with very ight creasing along the panel top-edges. Tall quarto, 96 pgs., vivid color reproductions thruout.
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James Chapin 1887-1975
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Toronto: Yaneff Gallery. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A very sharp copy of the catalogue based on the exhibition at Toronto's Yaneff Gallery. Bright and Near Fine in its light-brown, stapled wrappers.
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