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Thames & Hudson, New York, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). New Book/New. KAPLAN, WENDY. The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe and America: Design for the Modern World, New York: Thames & Hudson, 2004.Square quarto, released to accompany an exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum, pp. 328, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, color illustration. Definitive, with the full range of artwork that made up this movement, including works by Stickley and Morris.Condition of this book:Fine, no flaws. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Reference. ISBN: 0500238154. ISBN/EAN: 9780500238158. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53411. . 9780500238158

MacAdam/Cage, San Francisco, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. MARSHALL KARP. The Rabbit Factory, San Francisco: MacAdam/Cage, 2006.Octavo, first edition, pp. 632, 2 (acknowledgements), paper-covered boards. In a theme park that looks like Disneyland, the entertainers are being killed off.Condition of this book:Fine in fine jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; United States; Modern; Fiction. ISBN: 1596921749. ISBN/EAN: 9781596921740. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55239. . 9781596921740

Klinkhardt and Biermann, Leipzig, 1911. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. KAUFFMANN, OSCAR. Aus Indiens Dschungeln (From Indian Jungles), Leipzig: Klinkhardt and Biermann, 1911.Quarto, priority unknown, pp. [iii], 192, folding color map, numerous gravure plates, green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, text in German. Outstanding photos of the Indian landscape and people, with an emphasis on big-game hunting by elephant party.Condition of this book:Powdery white stain at bottom of spine, long thin scar to rear panel, edges darkened, age-toning inside with occasional little smudges, overall good and sound. Size: Quarto. Text is in German. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; India; 1900-1920;… Read More

Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Tokyo, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. KAWAKITA, MICHIAKI. Shigeru Awoki, Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 1972.Folio, No. 48 of an edition of 1500, pp. iii, 87, 53 color plates tipped in, halftone illustration with catalogue raisonne, slipcased, all text in Japanese except for a three-page biographical introduction, which is in English. Not in Arntzen & Rainwater, OCLC and KVK locate one copy, at the Tate Library in London.Awoki (1882-1911), also known as Aoki, studied under Japanese masters and and apparently never left Japan but achieved of fusion of East and West that won acclaim but not fortune. His work is collected by Japanese and Westerners, with two major works registered in Japan as Important Cultural Properties. He died at age 28 of tuberculosis, somewhat of a failure by conventional measures, but, says Kawakita, "should be considered an artistic genius whose work, depending much on… Read More

Mysterious Press, New York, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). As New/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. KEATING, H.R.F. Murder Must Appetize, New York: Mysterious Press, 1981.Octavo, revised edition, No. 84 of an issue of 250, pp. 49, 19 (author biographies etc.,) printed boards, slipcased, signed on the limitation page by Keating. This is light criticism and reference useful to collectors and dealers in British mystery.Condition of this book:Fine, no flaws. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Britain/UK; 1980s; Reference. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0892960531. ISBN/EAN: 9780892960538. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.… Read More

MBI, Wisconsin, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. KEENEY, L. DOUGLAS. Gun Camera -- World War II, Wisconsin: MBI Publishing, 2000.Quarto, first edition, pp. 132, wraps, halftone photos. A grim and graphic recounting of the air war over Europe, with Allied and German planes going down in flames. The perspective is that of photographers on other planes in the middle of combat.Condition of this book:Covers lightly worn, else fine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0760310130. ISBN/EAN: 9780760310137. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53427. . 9780760310137

2wice Books, New York, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). As New/No Dust Jacket. JOHN KELLY. John Kelly, New York: 2wice Books, 2001.Quarto, pp. 151, printed boards quarter-bound in black cloth with white lettering stamped on spine, hologram portrait mounted on front, color photos. Memoir of Kelly's career as a performance artist in New York during that genre's peak in the 1980s.Condition of this book:Fine, no flaws. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; United States; Modern; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 089381962x. ISBN/EAN: 9780893819620. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54155. . 9780893819620

Edition Braus, 6x6, Heidelberg, 2002. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (in Slipcase). New Book/No Dust Jacket. KEMPEN, UWE. No Face, Heidelberg: Edition Braus, 6x6.com, 2002. Folio, pp 140, printed boards, 3-page introduction by Jennifer Rudolph in English and German, duotones of nude women, somewhat abstract, some having sex, many with piercings in unusual places like nipples and clitoris. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). 140. Text is in multiple languages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Photography; Germany; Modern; Erotica. ISBN: 3899040295. ISBN/EAN: 9783899040296. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50562. . 9783899040296

Perseus, Berlin, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. New Book/No Dust Jacket. Daring, erotic, witty, provocative-Uwe Kempen knows how to play with the viewers' expectations, how to lead them along in sometimes irritating ways, how to surprise them anew with every picture. Instead of working in perfectly illuminated studios, he chose to stage his models directly in our everyday world. His models are part of our environment. We cannot escape their tempting presence because they are part of our surroundings. Their nudity in our normal world creates and exciting tension which the photographer translates into a wide range of thrilling, erotic emotions. Uwe Kempen likes to play with the feelings and intimate fantasies of the viewer and of the models who enjoy the game of being staged and photographed. Kempen's models are a metaphor for the sensuous element in our everyday surroundings, for the erotic element in our lives. If we are receptive of this natural eroticism, it will always be there to… Read More

St. Onge, Worcester, Mass, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. JOHN F. KENNEDY. Inaugural Address, Worcester, Mass.: Achille J. St. Onge, 1961 .Miniature (about 2x2.5 inches or 5x7cm), first edition, pp. 30, 1 (colophon), photo portrait tipped in, navy calf covers with gilt lettering inside star border to front, all edges gilt. Bradbury, St. Onge 19. Bromer, p. 157: "the most popular St. Onge volume."Condition of this book: Fine. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Miniature. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Politics & Government; United States; 1960s; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55302. . This booklet or book is… Read More

Poetic Publications, New York, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. NICK KENNY. Getting an Earful, New York: Poetic Publications, 1932.Octavo, first edition, pp. 67, blue cloth boards with black stamped lettering inside a box on front. Front endpages host a splotchy, cartoonish dedication from the author to Arthur Brisbane, the renowned newspaper editor. Kenny worked as an editor at the New York Daily Mirror, a product of the Hearst company, in which Brisbane was prominent. Kenny's poetry is simple, sentimental and meant to appeal to readers who didn't have a lot of time and patience for poetry. Scarce; OCLC locates only two copies.Condition of this book:Covers sunned at edges, ink stains at bottom edge created by the author's drawing. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All… Read More

MIT, Cambridge, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. DIANE KETCHAM. Le Desert de Retz, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1994.Oblong quarto, first edition thus (preceded by a 1990 Arion edition), pp. vii, 135, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, halftone photos. An architecture critic describes a so-called folly garden created near Paris in the late 19th-century, recently restored to glorious weirdness.Condition of this book:Fine, no flaws. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; France; 1990s; Gardening. ISBN: 0262111861. ISBN/EAN: 9780262111867. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No:… Read More

Philosopher Press, Wausau, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. OMAR KHAYYAM. Rubaiyat, Wausau: Philosopher Press, 1901.Tall quarto, No. 16 of an edition of 100, unpaginated with unopened leaves printed only on the visible sides, printed boards rebound in red morocco. Philosophical verses in manuscript of the free front endpaper. Attractive presentation of this often-reprinted poem, with the original owner's name in the letterpress on the colophon. Design by Helen Bruneau Van Vechten.Condition of this book: Worn edges but overall very good and clean. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; 1900-1920; Philosophy. Pictures of this item not already… Read More

Dutton, New York, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Anne Fish. OMAR KHAYYAM. Rubaiyat, New York: Dutton, 1922.Tall quarto, first edition, pp. 108, 20 color plates, gray cloth boards quarter-bound in navy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Printed at Curwen Press at the peak of its creative era, with plates and initials by Anne Fish. This illustrator, whose work was widespread and has been likened to Aubrey Beardsley's, deserves more attention than she received.Condition of this book:Edges worn, tears in spine cloth, clean, plates fine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Anne Fish. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Poetry; 1920s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55427. .

Tokyo International, Tokyo, 1970. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. SADAO KIKUCHI. Ukiyo-e Prints: Masterpieces of the Japanese Wood-block Print, Tokyo International Publishers, 1970.Heavy folio, translation of the 1963 Japanese edition, pp. 350, red cloth boards quarter-bound in beige cloth with black stamped lettering to the spine, printed acetate jacket, 235 plates, color and halftone. Lavish presentation of the masters, including Utamaro, Masanobu, Buncho, Hiroshige and many others whose work is familiar. With a gorgeous trifolding frontispiece by Kuniyoshi.Condition of this book:Near fine with a touch of dust at bottom edge, corner bump, wrapper has a short tear. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3… Read More

Viking, New York, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/As New. STEPHEN KING. The Dark Half, New York: Viking, 1989.Octavo, first edition, pp. 431, 1 (afterword), black paper-covered cloth boards quarter-bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front. Horror master delivers a creepy supernatural murder case.Condition of this book:Fine in fine jacket, although the leaves are age-toned, which seems to be common to this book. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; United States; 1980s; Horror. ISBN: 067082982x. ISBN/EAN: 9780670829828. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55338. . 9780670829828

Limited Editions Club, New York, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. CHARLES KINGSLEY. Westward Ho! in 2 volumes, New York: Limited Editions Club, 1947.Quartos, No. 343 of an edition of 1,500, pp. xvii, 292; ii, 293-576, 1 (limitation page), blue printed boards quarter-bound in cream cloth, top edges tinted red, slipcased, illustrated by Edward A. Wilson, signed on the limitation page by Wilson.See LEC Quarto-Millenary, 17th series, No. 182.Condition of these books:Spines sunned, slipcase repaired with tape, overall very good. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Quarto. 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; 1940s; Antiquarian & Rare.… Read More

Limited Editions Club, Connecticut, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. RUDYARD KIPLING. Tales of East and West, Connecticut: Limited Editions Club, 1973.Quarto, copy No. 102 of 2,000, pp. xiii, 375, 1 (limitation page), green and blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and decorations to spine and front, slipcased, illustrated by Charles Raymond, signed by Raymond on the limitation page.Kipling adventures selected by Bernard Bergonzi.Condition of this book:Very good with minor smoky discoloration to edges and endpages (this book survived a fire), no smoke odor. Slipcase and spine also darkened. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; 19th century;… Read More

Herscher, Paris, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. KLEIN, WILLIAM. Photographe Etc., Paris: Herscher, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1983.Tall quarto, first edition, pp. 144, illustrated boards, catalog of an exhibition at the Pompidou Centre, with text by Carole Naggar, all in French. The photos are halftone, many double-page, reviewing the career of one of the most important photographers of the 20th century. Includes work from New York, Moscow, Tokyo and Rome. Other hardcovers available are much more expensive because they are signed; this one is unsigned.Condition of this book:Near fine with rubbing at corners.Some leaves over-opened, spine a bit loose, images fine. Size: Quarto. Text is in French. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight:… Read More

Random House, New York, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. KLEIN, WILLIAM. In and Out of Fashion, New York: Random House, 1994.Folio, first American edition, pp. 254, 2 (bibliography, acknowledgements), illustrated boards, color and duotone photos. As the title indicates, these are fashion photos and anti-fashion photos, many double-page with no bleed, in Klein's typical jarring, in-your-face style.Condition of this book:Boards lightly worn, all else fine. This is the first USA edition. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Photography; 1990s; Fashion, Fabrics & Style. ISBN: 0679434240. ISBN/EAN: 9780679434245. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon… Read More