Issy les Moulineaux: Classiques africains, 1982. Paperback. Small octavo in orange illus wrappers; 111 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.; bibliographical references. In French. Uncommon. "Cheikh Hamidou Kane is a Senegalese writer best known for his prize-winning novel L'Aventure Ambiguë, about the interactions of western and African cultures. Its hero..... More
Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1979. Paperback. White folio in glossy paper color-title wraps; 580 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 30 cmIncludes bibliographical references and index. In French Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Ministry of Culture of the USSR and the Centre Georges Pompidou, and held at..... More
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1992. Paperback. Quarto in yellow color illus wraps; xii, 198 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm. Contents: Foreword by Thomas A. Singleton -- Preface 1998 -- Introduction -- Historical roots -- Gardeners and their gardens: Function --..... More
Oakland: Black World Foundation, 1992-1993. Paperback. Quarto in glossy wraps illus b&w (and red for issue 23:2) ; stapled, approx 75 to 100 pp per issue, newsprint; 7x10. Offered as a set of four issues. || Black Studies & scholarship. More
Berkeley, Calif. Ten Speed, 2000. Stated first printing (plus full number line). Hardcover. Large square ciart in dark baords and dark, color photo illus jacket; 160 pages : illustrations. Striking full-page full-color portraits. "African Kings takes us into the inner circle of 70 of the tribes in the person of..... More
Santa Fe, N.M. Museum of New Mexico Press in association with the Anne and John Marion Center for Photographic Art, 2001. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Folio in sepia black & blue illus jacket now housed in mylar; 166 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm;..... More
Chicago, IL: Art Media Resources ; Santa Fe, NM : Tai Gallery, 1999. Paperback. Oblong large quarto in dark photo illus wrappers; 43 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm. Contents: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo arts -- Lizuka Sh kansai -- Maeda Chikub sai II -- Hayakawa Sh kosai..... More
Oakland, Calif. The Museum, 1986. Paperback. Oblong quarto in dark brown gilt-titles and illus. paper wraps; 111 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 x 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-75). Nicely done. Presumably the first work devoted to California Folk Art. || Naive art; Outsider Art. Folk art..... More
New York: Abbeville Press, 1991. First Editions (stated). Hardcover. Large squarish-obong quarto (small folio) in dark green brushed cloth boads and full-color photo illustrated DJ; 356 pages; lavishly illustrated (chiefly color), plans ; 26 cm. Lavishly illustrated with color photos.Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-346) and index. Very well realized. "Full-color..... More
New York: New Amsterdam, 1987. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Small quarto in illustrated pale yellow onramental dust jacket; 240 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm. "A garden designer of international repute, John Brookes brings to life a reflected field of Muslim culture -..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1955. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Octavo in white DJ, green spine, 255 pages, b&w illustrations, 22 cm. Novel, Fiction. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. More
México, D.F. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia : Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2017 (2011). First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Octavo in silver DJ, 415 pages, b&w illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm. In Spanish. Handsomely realized work on a fascinating and distinctly Mexican —especially Chilango— creature..... More
Buenos Aires: Argentine Association of Art Critics, 1978. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Black octavo, 31 pages, b&w illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents: Art criticism in Argentina / by Horacio Safons --Organizational aspects of art in Argentina / by Fermin Fèvre -- Theory of institutions / by..... More
London: Writers and Readers Pub. Cooperative Society, 1982. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Octavo in pink DJ, white spine, 173, [2] pages, b&w illustrations ; 21 cm. Series: Writers and Readers documentary comic book. Food supply, Starvation, Agriculture and state. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1951. Third edition. Hardcover. Black octavo, gilt to spine, xiii, 770 pages, b&w illustrations ; 24 cm. Securities, Investments, Speculation, Economics. More
Habana [Havana, Cuba]: 1930. Hardcover. Large octavo in custom full pale brown calf gilt stamped & ornamented leather; marbled endpapers; xxvi pages, 2 leaves, [3]-410 pages frontispiece (portrait) 20 cm. Bibliografía: p. [385]-410. Red place mark ribbon bound in. In Spanish Series: Colección de libros cubanos, director: Fernando Ortiz, Vol..... More
Schenectady, N.Y: Robson & Adee, 1908. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Brown octavo, illustrated endpapers, gilt to spine, 284 pages, b&w illustrations, 24 cm. Signed by publisher. || Electrical Engineering. More
San Mateo, Calif. Morgan Kaufmann, 1994. First edition, fifth printing. Hardcover. Large octavo in white DJ, xxiv, 648, [203] pages, b&w illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. "Hennessy's original research area was optimizing compilers. His research group at Stanford developed many of the techniques now in commercial use. In 1981..... More
New York: Priv. Print. for subscribers only by Cumann Sean-eolais na h-Eireann, 1918. Hardcover. Large black octavo, deckled edges, gilt to spine, 3 blank leaves, 358 pages, 25 cm. 618/1250 copies. No DJ. English literature -- 19th century. || From personal library of Clement W. Baker, Civil War Sgt. More
New York: Corinth Books, 1974. Reprint. Paperback. Small white octavo, 45 pages ; 20 cm. This edition out of print. || Beats, Religious poetry, American. More
Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Green octavo, gilt to spine and front board, viii, 468 pages ; 24 cm. Uncommon. || William and Sarah Melendy (fl. 1701-1714) lived in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Descendants lived in New England, Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, California, and elsewhere..... More
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Visual Arts Office for Abroad, Eindhoven, Lecturis, 1978. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Four grey large octavos, 2-stapled bindings, unpaginated, approx. 44 pages in each volume, b&w illustrations ; 25 cm. Uncommon. Series: Dutch Art + Architecture Today, 4 November '78. Arts, Dutch --..... More
London: English Universities Press, 1969. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Small octavo in blue-yellow DJ, ix, 419 pages, 19 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar. "During the twentieth century, both English and Esperanto have developed--most strikingly in the large number of scientific and technical words which have penetrated from purely specialist..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Blue-grey octavo, deckled edges, 352 pages ; 22 cm. The plot centers on Nina Leeds, the daughter of an Ivy League professor, who is devastated when her adored fiancé is killed in World War I, before they have a...... More
Redmond, Washington: Microsoft Press, 1988. Fourth printing. Paperback. Black octavo, xiv, 289 pages, b&w illustrations ; 24 cm. A rare and exciting technical examination of the philosophy, key development issues, programming implications, and future of the Microsoft OS/2 operating system. Here is revealing information every MS OS/2 programmer will find..... More