Stars of the Photoplay
Chicago: Photoplay Magazine, 1916. First edition. Recent quarter cloth, original wrappers preserved. Text somewhat browned, due to paper quality.
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Fortune
1933. Wrappers. Very good. Cover by Roger Duvoisin.
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CONTEMPORANIA. Description: Chapel Hill, NC: Contempo, [No Date, but circa 1934]. First edition, promotional broadside. Single quarto sheet, printed in two columns (on recto only), measuring circa 8 1/4 by 11 15/16 inches. Advertising flyer for the periodical Contempo, printing "Comments concerning CONTEMPO from authors, critics and the press..." including brief statements of support (usually only one sentence) by Hart Crane (stating: "Congratulations on your courage and acumen"), James Joyce ("By way of literary immortality I read Contempo"), and contributions by Sinclair Lewis, E. O'Neill, E. Caldwell, R. Jeffers, H.D., C. Sandburg, Shaemus O'Sheel, L.A.G. Strong et al. Folded horizontally in half (with tanning at fold), extremities h.
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L' Illustration.Noel 1936
No. 4892. Paris, December 1936. Original wrappers, very good.
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L' Illustration. Noel 1933
No. 4735. Paris, December 1933. Original wrappers, very good.
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A Contemplation upon the Mystery of Man's Regeneration in Allusion to the Mystery of Printing
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1927. Grabhorn Press. Original parchment boards, split on the edge, bowed. One of approximately 125 copies printed; this one of a few bound in parchment. G.B. 102.
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Antiphonal leaf, 19th Century Spanish
Begins: "Morte dira...."Framed.
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The Arthur M. Sackler Collection. Piranesi. Drawings and Etchings
New York, 1978. First edition. Wrappers, fine.
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Half Life Network. Electrocopy Art
Halifax: Arts & Technology Festival, 1985. Loose-leaf (enclosed in a plastic bag): International Mail / Copier Art Exhibition. One of 105 copies.
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Lifelines: Artwork & Poetry by the Artists of Hospitality House
San Francisco: Central City Hospitality House, 1990. First edition. Sheets in portfolio, 11 x 14 inches; 40 pages of text and line drawings printed by Julie Holcomb on Arches paper, 10 color silkscreen prints printed by the artists on Rives BFK. Cover print by Nelson Morales, overall design by Marie Dern. One of 125, each print is signed and numbered. Cover slightly marked, else fine. Artists include Ira Watkins, Jane Winkelman, Sharon Tanenbaum, Alan Sperl.
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Le premier devoir de la jeunesse est de prendre ses droits
Paris: Soulèvement de la Jeunesse, 1953. first edition. Leaflet, 27.8 x 22 cm., printed in black on tan paper, recto only. This tract was published by the lettriste review "Soulèvement de la Jeunesse" at the time of a split in the lettriste movement led by Marc'O (Marc-Gilbert Guillaumin), advocating a new philosophy - "externisme". (WorldCat - Yale only.
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Gems of the Exhibition. [Cover-title] 1851
1851. Quarto. Original leather, stamped in blind and gilt, title stamped in the center of the upper cover. Colored dome-topped engraving (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 26 x 18 cm. ) of the Exhibition hall, plus 12 unsigned hand-colored prints mounted on card, illustrating various exhibits: Crystal Fountain, Silk Tent, Her Majesty's Boudoir, etc. The prints measure 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches. Binding rubbed and worn, and with a 3x4 inch piece of leather cut from the... Read More
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Bruno's Weekly
New York, 1916. Original wrappers, near-fine. From Hart Crane's papers, though no indication of ownership.
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The Little Review Anthology
New York, 1953. first edition. Cloth, dust jacket, near fine.
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Souvenir of Agra & Sikander, India
Jubbulpore, India: Hands & Son, n.d.. Wrappers, tied. Faded, light edge wear. Album of 16 mechanically reproduced photographs.
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The Vowels. Paintings by Francesco Clemente
Bridgehampton, N.Y.: Dia Art Foundation, 1989. First edition. Clemente, Francesco. Boards, fine. One of 1000 copies.
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L' Illustration. Noel 1937
No. 4944.Paris, December 1937. Original wrappers, very good.
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Annals of the Propagation of the Faith, a Periodical collection of letters from the bishops and missionaries employed in the missions of the old and new world.... Vol. V, for the year 1844
London: Published for the Institution, 1844. First edition. Contemporary half calf, slight wear. Reports on China, Siam, Cochin-China, India, Africa, New Zealand, etc.
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L' Illustration.Noel 1930
Paris, 1930. Folio, 14-7/8 in. x 11-1/4 in. Embossed felted wrappers, spine rubbed, otherwise very good. Christmas 1930 number, including the work of F.-L. Schmied, A. E. Marty, Paul Jouve, and others. Numerous full-color tipped-in plates, as well as lavishly printed in-text color illustrations. There is a wonderful (illustrated in color) article about Art Deco bindings.
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La Mode Feminine de 1490 - 1920
Paris: Editions Nilsson, n.d.. Fashion illustration. 240 hand colored pochoir fashion plates, originally issued loose in slipcases, here in calf bindings with broken spines, lilbrary marks on the endpapers, but all the plates are clean and unmarked.
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Estudio. An alternative arts publication. Issues 11-12-13
Philadelphia: Sheila Holtz, The Institute, 1989. Contributor-sponsored mail art publication. Excellent graphic content. Limited edition (105 copies).
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Friendly Persuasion
New York: The New Yorker Magazine, 1967. First edition. Wrappers, fine. A collection of New Yorker cartoons about advertising, produced for their advertisers.
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Vellum leaf from a Latin Bible. End of Book of Kings, beginning of Paralipomena (Chronicles)
Italy, mid 14th century. 2 columns, gothic minuscule, ornamental opening initial S[eptuaginta] against square blue ground. Recto: End of Book of Kings, opening of Jerome's prologue to Paralipomena. Verso: continuation of prologue. 29 mm. x 22 mm.
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Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in British Museum (Natural History)
[New York: Maurizio Martino. Four volumes, cloth, as new.
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Masters and Masterpieces of the Screen. Introduction by Will H. Hays
New York: P.F. Collier, 1927. First edition. Oblong folio, cloth backed boards. Hinges reinforced, slight wear to spine; a very good copy. Illustrated; biographies and portraits.
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