A Nation Lost and Found: 1936 Remembered by Ordinary and Extraordinary People
Los Angeles: Tallfellow, 2002. Illustrated. xx + 364 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Los Angeles: Tallfellow Press, 2002. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
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House of Exile: The Lifes and Times of Heinrich Mann and Nelly Koreger-Mann
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2011. 384 pages, 8vo, black boards, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2011). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Whole Art of Detection:; Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
New York: Mysterious Press, 2017. 8vo, black boards, d.w. New York: Mysterious Press, (2017). Firs Edition. Fine. Presentation copy, scrawled across the title page. More
Chihuly.
New York: Abrams, 1998. Numerous plates in full color. 368 pages. 4to, black cloth. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998. Second Edition revised and expanded. A fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper. With an 11" x 8" separate autographed original pen and ink illustration on the Chihuly studio stationary laid in. More
Chihuly: Form from Fire.
Daytona Beach, Florida: The Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1993. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout. 142 pages, 4to, orange silk cloth. Daytona Beach, Florida; The Museum of Arts and Sciences, (1996). First Edition. A fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper. Large presentation by the artist on the half-title. More
Les Fleurs du Mal
Paris: Gilbert Jeune, 1935. Illustrations in color and in back & white by Carlo Farneti. 4to, bound in full dark brown morocco. Paris: Gilbert Jeune: Librairie d'Amateurs, (1935). Very good (+). Limited Numbered Edition. More
A Christmas Memory.
New York: Random House, 1956. 45pp. Thin 8vo, black cloth. New York: Random House, (1956). First trade edition, with a complete number line, starting with B. Presentation copy, signed in full by Capote on the half-title, in red marker, dated Columbus GA, 1979. Fine, in good red board slipcase with large pictorial label. More
Inge Morath Fotografien
Salzburg: Fotohof im Otto Muller, 2000. Numerous black & white photographs, slim oblong 4to, red cloth, d.w. Salzburg: Fotohof im Otto Muller, 2000. First Edition. One corner is slightly bumped, still a near fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. Signed by the photographer on the half title. More
The Watermill Center : A Laboratory for Performance : Robert Wilson's Legacy
Stuttgart: Daco, 2011. Edited by Jose Enrique Macian, Sue Jane Stoker and Jorn Weisbrodt. Profusely illustrated in color and in black & white. Square 4to, red cloth, d.w. Stuttgart: Daco, (2012). First Edition. Presentation copy. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. With a warm full-page inscription in beautiful typography on the fly leaf from "Bob" Wilson. More
A Masque of Reason.
New York: Holt, 1945. [6], 23 pages. Very thin 8vo, navy blue cloth, pictorial d.w. (lightly edgeworn with one larger tear at top of front panel). New York: Henry Holt, (1945). First trade edition. Front endpapers are darkened, else a near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Inscribed and dated by Frost on front free endpaper. More
Zuleika Dobson, or An Oxford Love Story.
London: Heinemann, 1911. 8vo, smooth brown cloth. London: Heinemann, 1911. First Edition. The top of the spine is frayed, with a small puncture hole, otherwise a ver good, clean, unmarked copy. More
Reineke Fuchs. Mit Zeichnungen von Wilhelm von Kaulbach.; Auf Holz gezeichnet von Julius Schnorr, gestochen von Allgaier & Siegle.
Stuttgart: J.G. Cottascher, 1857. Illustrated by Wilhelm von Kaulbach with 36 humorous half-page engravings, pictorial title page, plus pictorial head and tailpieces throughout. [4], 212 pages. Tall slim 8vo, beautifully bound by Niedres in full blue polished calf with ornate gilt-decorated spine and triple filet borders; thick inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Stuttgart: J.G. Cottascher 1857. A very good(+) copy, internally fine. Reynard the Fox - a medieval fable populated by a variety of humanized animals. Goethe's translation of this... More
Robert Kennedy and His Times
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. Special limited edition. Illustrated (b/w). 1066 pages. 8vo, half-leather, blue cloth, publisher's box; box shows light shelf wear. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. First, limited edition, number 193 of five hundred copies. A near fine copy in a very good(+) box. Signed by the author on limitation page. More
Bonnard.; With a dialogue between Jean Cassou and Raymond Cogniat.
Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1965. Commentaries by Hans R. Hahnloser. Translated by David Britt. Illustrated with 49 mounted color plates and many monochromes in the text. 229 pages. Square 4to, pale cloth (slightly sun-darkened and edgeworn; several small spots on spine). Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1965. First American edition. A very good copy, internally clean. More
75 Years of the Oscar; The Official History of the Academy Awards
New York: Abbeville, 2003. Illustrated (color and b/w). 416 pages. Thick 4to, stamped cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Abbeville, (2003). First edition. A very good(+) copy. Inscribed on flyleaf with pasted-in cartoon: "For Louise [Hirschfeld] with much love from Robert O. 2004" More
The World of Gloria Vanderbilt
New York: Abrams, 2010. Illustrated (color and b/w). 221 pages. 4to, glossy white boards, dust wrapper, paper band; wrapper sliced at top edge. New York: Abrams, (2010). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good wrapper. Signed by Gloria Vanderbilt on flyleaf: "To Dearest Louise [Hirschfeld] with love Gloria" More
Bonjour Tristesse
New York: EP Dutton, 1955. Translate by Irene Ash. 128 pages. 12mo, red boards, dust wrapper; wrapper edgeworn with a few small tears. New York: EP Dutton, 1955. First edition, third printing. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) wrapper. Inscribed by the author on flyleaf: "To Ron, Cordially Francoise Sagan" More
FDR 1882-1945; A Century Remembrance
New York: Viking Studio, 1982. Illustrated (b/w). 255 pages. 4to, blue cloth backed boards, sunned dust wrapper. New York: Viking Studio, (1982). A near fine copy in a very good(+) wrapper. Inscribed by the author on flyleaf: "For [...] with warm regards Joseph Alsop", this is proceeded by an inscription from "Abba Xmas 1982" More
The Corporate Oligarch; An unorthodox study of the small group of men who head America's larges business enterprises.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1969. 319 pages. 8vo, cloth, lightly soiled dust wrapper. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1969). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) wrapper. Inscribed on the flyleaf by the author. More
Lola; A Love Story
New York: Rinehart & Co., 1949. 278 pages. 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper; wrapper sunned at spine, in two pieces and otherwise torn and edgeworn. New York: Rinehart & Co., (1949). First edition. A near fine copy in a poor wrapper. Inscribed on flyleaf by the author: "For Connie - with much admiration & affection from the author Philip Van Doren Stern Feb 18 1949" More
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
New York: Random House, 1988. Illustrated. 861 pages, thick 8vo, black cloth-backed boards. New York: Random House, (1988). A very good(+) copy. More
America Observed: From the 1940s to the 1980s
New York: Knopf, 1988. xiii + 233 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, sunned at edges, d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First American edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. Presentation copy signed by Cooke, with a small self caricature. More
My Mother/My Self; The Daughter's Search for Identity
New York: Delacorte, 1977. 425 pages. 8vo, green cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Delacorte Press, 1977. A near fine copy. Inscribed on flyleaf by the author: "For Ron It's been a thrill! All the best, Nancy Friday May 9, 1978" More
Reigen. Zehn Dialoge.
Berlin: Benjamin Harz, 1923. 127 pages with rubricated text throughout. Short 4to, original gilt-stamped black morocco (spine faded to brown; joints worn but holding). Berlin & Vienna: Benjamin Harz, 1923. Limited edition - number 59 of 1000 copies signed by the author in pencil on the limitation page. This copy has an additional ink inscription from Schnitzler on front endpaper. A very good copy, internally fine. A handsomely printed book with typography by Lazarus Goldschmidt at W. Drugulin in Leipzig. More
Middle East Past and Present.
prentice-hall, 1970. Illus. 432pp. Tall 8vo., dampstained wrapper, pages wavy. Englewood Cliffs, (1970). vg. More