Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1970. Second. Hardbound. Tan cloth boards with black lettering, [xxiii], 147, (liv) pp, no illustrations. Broken into three parts; The Early Ch'ing Period: The School of "Practical Statesmanship" and Other Trends, The Middle Ch'ing Period: The Dominance of the School of Empirical Research; The Beginnings..... More
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Editora Capivara, 2010. Hardcover. Olive green cloth boards, black and white illustrated dust jacket. 108 pp. Large black and white plates throughout. Text in Portuguese and English. Valdir Cruz was born in Guarapuava, in the Southern State of Parana (Brazil), in 1954. Although he has lived..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1948. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering, 192pp, profuse color and BW illustrations. Written by Dali, in his own inimitable way. One good way to sum it up is from the prologue (a "clear and brief prologue") -- "a kind of culinary initiation to..... More
Beijing, China: Foreign Language Press, 2009. First. Softbound. Light gray french flaps with white titling, 252pp, approx. 162 color and monotone illustrations. Text in Chinese and English. Exhibition catalog; a thoughtful monograph involving several Chinese artists and the concept that their work imitates Western art because it has to, not..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1948. First. Hardbound. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering, 192pp, profuse color and BW illustrations. Written by Dali, in his own inimitable way. One good way to sum it up is from the prologue (a "clear and brief prologue") --a kind of culinary initiation to..... More
Paris: Editions M.P. Tremois, 1930. Copy No. 77 of 103. Softcover. Orinigal blue gilt-printed thin wraps. 38 pp., illustrations throughout including 5 colored drypoint etchings 17.35 x 12.5" (44 x 31.8 cm). Text is in French. One of the 45 copies on Velin d'Arches paper (nos. 34 to 78). Pagination..... More
Barcelona, Spain: Ediciones Poligrafa, 1996. Hardcover. Black boards, color DJ. 63 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Text in Spanish, nicely-illustrated overview of Surrealism as a movement. More
Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980. Hardcover. Grey cloth. Purple illustrated dust jacket. 174 pp. A translation of Chronicon Minus, written by a Byzantine court official, Georgios Phrantzes, about the about the fall of Constantinople. More
Boston: The Jefferson Press, 1903. Hardcover. Maroon cloth, t. e. g. Includes Virgin Soil, A Reckless Character, Spring Freshets and Other Stories, Smoke, The Brigadier and Other Stories, On the Eve, First Love and Other Stories, The Jew and Other Stories, The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1959. Hardbound. Orange rust colored cloth with black lettering on spine. White dustjacket with photograph. 191, (1) pp., profusely illustrated in color and bw, Includes a catalogue raisonne, bibliography, several essays and lots of illustrations. Printed endpapers add to the delight of this volume. More
London / Paris: Hyperion Press, 1939. Hardcover. Burgandy cloth. 23 pp of text plus 40 color plates. More
Pantheon Books, 1947. Hardbound. Blue cloth with embossed spine. 160 pp., followed by 36 plate sillustrating 100s of objects and diagrams. This in No. 8 in The Bollingen Foundation Series. Uncommon title, quite detailed. More
Tokyo, Japan: International House of Japan, 2010. First (English). Hardbound. Pictorial boards with pink and white pictorial DJ, [xix] 290pp, over 100 BW tables and figures. "The long economic recession since the 1990s, together witht the neoliberalist political reforms, has brought not only increasing gender inequality but also disparities among..... More
