New York: Universe Books, Inc., 1960. First American edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. Unpaginated. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over brown cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Color frontispiece. Publisher's logo on title page. This striking photo-book is an account of the authors' perilous journey deep into the forests of..... More
Oxonii (Oxford); Oxford: E typographeo Clarendoniano (The Clarendon Press); At The Clarendon Press, 1864 (Vol. 1) 1905 (Vol. 2). First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 9"). viii, 203-578pp (Vol. 1); xxvi, 350pp (Vol. 2). Later full tan cloth, with gold lettering to spines. Today, the Bodleian Library has..... More
![Item #44706 La Faune des Dancings [SIGNED- Unique Copy]. Jean Auscher, Francis de Miomandre, Wash...](https://klinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/44706.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1546042422)
Paris: Published by the author, ND (1925). Limited First edition. Hardcover. Folio (16 1/2 x 14 3/4"). Unpaginated. [8]pp (Title, Preface, Table of Contents, Limitation page), 10 leaves (Plates), 10 leaves (Suite of the plates). Original gilt-tooled full vellum, with gold lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. Title page in red..... More
Saint Thomas, Ontario: Published by the author, [1895]. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (11 3/4 x 8 3/4"). vii, [1], 144pp (Part 1); 187, [1]pp. Modern brick cloth with gold lettering to spine. Edited by Benjamin Fish Austin, a nineteenth-century Canadian educator, Methodist minister, and spiritualist, this work is a...... More
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Djerba/Tunis: David Aydan (David Idan)/ Imprimerie Africaine A. Hadida, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 59pp. 11 double-sided leaves, 16pp. Half tan cloth over red mottled paper boards. Includes both Hebrew and French title pages on either end of the book block, which has both Hebrew (left to right) and Arabic..... More
![Item #37572 L’Oeuvre de Léon Bakst pour la Belle au Bois Dormant [SIGNED]. Léon Bakst,...](https://klinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/37572.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1693416889)
Paris: Maurice de Brunoff, 1922. Limited First edition. Paperback. 1/500. Folio. [8], 21, [3]pp (text), 54 leaves (plates). Uncut. Original glassine on decorative and printed dust-jacket over blind wrappers. Book housed in its original decorative green paper covered slipcase, with gold lettering and decoration on spine and along joints. Raised..... More
[Paris]: [E. Bernard], [1904]. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 45 loose leaves (Plates). Contemporary 3/4 red cloth portfolio over paper covered boards, with original photo-illustrated cover pasted to front board. String ties. First issued in 1902, and sold by subscription, this monthly illustrated journal contained a large selection of photographed nude..... More
Paris: Vincent, Fréal et Cie. 1930. First edition. Loose_leaf. Folio. [4]pp. (title and text), 15 loose plates, as issued, with the original portfolio missing. Title page in green and black lettering. Published shortly after the artist's death, "Relais 1930" is a striking homage to the art and genius of Edouard..... More
Paris: Albin Michel, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/300. Octavo (8 x 6"). [6], iv, [4], 323, [3]pp. Later blue cloth, with gold lettering and ruling to spine. Original wrappers bound in. Color vignette to title page. In this remarkable French novel by celebrated author Pierre Benoit, a young woman rediscovers..... More
New York: The Ecco Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 59, [5]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth, with blind-stamped lettering to spine. Half-title handsigned by Bill Burke. In this collection of Burke's portraits of residents of Kentucky, the deep South, and other regions, critic Andy Grundberg compares the photographer's..... More
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Praha (Prague): Vladimír Žikeš, 1933. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/500. Large quarto. 310, [4]pp. Contemporary three-quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Photo-illustrated title page in red and black lettering. Decorative initials. Original wrappers bound in at rear. This scarce work..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982 & 1983. Barry Moser. First printing. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Folio.146pp. 168pp. Red cloth over purple boards and blue cloth over blue boards. Original dj's. Minor bumping to edges. Minor scuffing and discoloration to dj. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece. "The California edition of the Pennyroyal Press..... More
Monaco: Éditions André Sauret, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 249, [3]pp. Original grey cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover. Original lithographic frontispiece by Marc Chagall and printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris. Exquisite catalogue Raisonné of Chagall's ceramics and sculptures superbly illustrated with 220 color and b/w photographic..... More
![Item #42580 The Biblical Message [WITH AN ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH]. Illustrations, original...](https://klinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/42580_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1756239961)
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1973. First American edition. Hardcover. Folio (13 x 10"). 199, [3]pp. Original acetate over illustrated dust-jacket . Grey cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white, including an original lithographic frontispiece by Marc Chagall. "Marc Chagall's..... More
Tubingae (Tübingen): Joannem Georgium Cottam, 1733. Editio Nova Auctior et Emendatior. Hardcover. Two volumes, folio. [14], XXXII, 388, [4], 644, 28pp (Index); chronolical table at the end of first part. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten title in ink on spine. All edges red. Half-title; divisional title; vignette on both title..... More
Paris: Oeuvres Sociales du Cinéma, 1943. First edition. Softcover. Oblong octavo (8 1/2 x 7 1/4"). Unpaginated. Original spiral bound decorative wrappers, with title pasted on front cover. Title in burgundy and blue lettering. Laid in, a four-page program for the 1943 edition of "La Nuit du Cinéma," a French..... More
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Paris: Oeuvres Sociales du Cinéma, 1944. First edition. Softcover. Octavo (8 1/2 x 7 1/4"). Unpaginated. Original spiral bound illustrated wrappers by Gilberte Vigué. Laid in, the first two pages of a four-page program for the 1944 edition of "La Nuit du Cinéma," a French event whose primary purpose was..... More
Lyon: 1945. Limited First edition. Softcover. 1/1000. Small folio (12 x 9 1/2"). [16], 185, [3]pp (Text), xxxii (32)pp (Plates). Original printed wrappers, with yellow and white lettering to front cover. Laid in is a typed and handsigned letter from Noël Monod, treasurer of the United Nations from 1946 to..... More
Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, 1885. First English language edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXX, 333, [1], [3]pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine. The present work is a captivating survey of the German Universities for the last 50 years between 1835 and 1885. It forms the second part of..... More
Paris: Réalisé pour le Consistoire Central par J. Jacobs, éditeur, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 62pp. Original printed paper covered boards. This book was published as an homage rendered to the 20 rabbis of the Consistoire Central des Israélites de France et d'Algérie* (Israelite Central Consistory of France and Algeria)..... More
Lille: Mercure de Flandre, 1927. Limited First edition. Softcover. 1/500. Large octavo. 125, [7]pp. Uncut. Original printed wrappers with red and black lettering on spine and front cover. Half-title inscribed and signed by the author to French painter Edmond Jamois (1876-1975). A collection of 46 poems that reflect and celebrate..... More
Paris: Les Éditeurs Français Réunis, 1954. Limited edition. Paperback. 1/430. Quarto. 90, [2]pp. Unopened copy. Original glassine over blank wrappers in illustrated dust-jacket. Title page in burgundy and black lettering. Picasso illustrated this essay of Diderot’s with four portraits of the great thinker, whose mind “anticipated and epitomized moral, psychological..... More
Nürnberg: Johann Andreä Endterischen Handlung, 1788. Later edition. Hardcover. Folio. [98], 1181, [23]pp. Portrait of Luther; heraldic plate of Saxon nobles. Striking full calf over beveled wooden boards (restored), with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Decorative brass cornerpieces. Metal clasps on front cover. Two engraved frontispieces (one for the..... More
Nürnberg: Johann Andreä Endterischen Handlung, 1788. Later edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. (96), 1181, (23)pp. Recased full calf with gilt lettering on spine. Raised bands. Metal clasps on front cover. Engraved frontispieces for the Old Testament, missing frontispiece for the New Testament. Title page in red and black lettering. Vignette on..... More
Amsterdam; Singapore: The Pepin Press, 2004. Third printing. Hardcover. Folio. 255, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over red paper covered boards, with white lettering to spine and front cover. Frontispiece. "The Van der Star collection of ethnic jewellery is unique, both in size and quality, bringing together masterpieces from Africa, the..... More