viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1970

Restelli, Angioletto/ Servolini, Luigi
        Dizionario illustrato dei pittori, disegnatori e incisori italiani moderni e contemporanei. Quarta edizione in cinque volumi completamente rifatta e ampliata. (5 vols., A-Z =complete)
      Patuzzi Milano 1970. Cloth with dust jacket xxiii, 3586 S. Sehr guter Zustand/ very good, 1970-1974. Dustjacked of vol.1 minimal fissured on edge.. *** Wenn Sie an einem Tag mehr als einen Titel bei uns bestellen, liefern wir innerhalb Deutschlands versandkostenfrei ***

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MICHALS, Duane, Lee Friedlander, Constantine Manos, Robert Doisneau, Burk Uzzle, et al
        CBS: A Television Notebook
      CBS, (1970). CBS, (1970). Covers lightly rubbed, else close to fine in blind-stamped silver boards.. First Edition. Square octavo. SIGNED by Lee Friedlander, Constantine Manos, and Duane Michals on the title page. Promotional calendar issued by CBS, profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs of contemporary American life by the era's leading photographers. Includes images by Sheldon Brody, Bonnie Freer, Lee Friedlander, Robert Doisneau, Ellen Giacobe, Don Hunstein, Thomas Kredatus, Richard Knapp, Duane Michals, Stuart Miller, Ron Schwerin, and Harold Taylor, among others. A rare publication, especially so SIGNED by several of the contributors. Collectors of Lee Friedlander in particular would consider this a "stopper

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Fest, Joachim C. (Hrsg.):
        Horst Janssen Zeichnungen. Mit einem autobiographischen Text.
      Bln., Propyläen, 1970.. 1 (von 100) Exemplar(en) der Serie B, vom Künstler signiert. 21 S., mit einem Selbstbildnis und 63 ganzseit., farb. Abbildungen. Gr.-Fol.( 38,5x28,5cm), bordeauxroter Orig.-Leinen, gebunden, mit schwarzem Rückentitel und geprägter Signatur auf dem Einband, mit illustr. Orig.-Umschlag... Prachtband. Hrsg. unter Leitung von Joachim C. Fest mit Unterstützung der Galerie Brockstedt. Bln., Propyläen, (1970). Die Serie A enthielt ein sign. Original. Diese Ausgabe (Serie B) ist im in Bleistift signiert. ZUSTAND: Der Umschlag an den Rändern mit Läsuren, sonst tadellos. - Geschenk - Geschenkidee ? Wir wünschen allen Bücherfreunden sommerliche u. entspannte Lesestunden!

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MORRISON, Toni
        The Bluest Eye
      New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. First edition. hardcover. hardcover. First edition. The author's first novel, a fine copy in the fine first issue dust jacket. Minor toning to the top edges of the jacket and short closed tear at the bottom of the rear panel. Small bump to the upper corner. A lovely copy of this important debut novel by Toni Morrison, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and author of Beloved, Tar Baby and numerous other novels. Signed and inscribed by Morrison on the half-title page: "To Dan Johnson / Best Wishes / Toni Morrison." Signed by the author.

      [Bookseller: Sawtooth Books]

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[Knoll International]
        Knoll Catalog
      [New York: Knoll International, n.d.]. [New York: Knoll International, n.d.]. Short edge tear to the first divider, else very close to fine internally in a near fine translucent binder.. First Edition. Large oblong quarto in a three-ring binder. Catalogue by the design firm Knoll International, comprised of numerous black-and-white photographs of mid-twentieth-century furniture. (Date unknown, c. 1970.) Features 77 detachable double-sided card sheets assembled in a three-ring binder, separated by 7 titled translucent dividers. With 38 images of office seating, 30 images of side chairs, 34 images of lounge seating, 4 images of multiple seating, 6 images of outdoor furniture, 17 images of tables, and 6 images of desks. Each sheet includes a basic description of the characteristics and materials of the corresponding piece of furniture, listed in the top left corner. With sleek modern and postmodern designs by Marcel Breuer, Niels Diffrient, Charles Gwathmey, Max Pearson, and Robert Siegel, among other artists and designers.

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Nerval, G. de.
        Aurelia. Imre Reiner. Paris, Alexandre Loewy 1970. Folio. 176 S. Mit 25 Orig.-Radierungen von Imre Reiner. Schwarzblauer Maroquinbd. mit Rückentitel, farbigen Deckelintarsien, gold- u. blindgeprägten, vertikal u. horizontal laufenden geometrischen Linien, dunkelblaue Wildlederdoublüren, punzierter Kopfgoldschnitt. In mit blauem Wildleder ausgeschlagener Orig.-Halblederkassette. (Signiert R. Meuter).
      . . Eines von 100 numerierten Exemplaren, der Druckvermerk wurde von Imre Reiner signiert. "Aurelia" kann gleichsam als Vermächtnis Gerard de Nervals gelten, der sich das Leben nahm. Seit der schicksalhaften Begegnung mit der Schauspielerin Jenny Colon "Aurelia", beschreibt und deutet er die visionären Bilder seiner Halluzinationen und Träume. Sein Prosatext faszinierte und inspirierte spätere Autoren wie Baudelaire und die Surrealisten. Das Buch liegt hier in einem außergewöhnlich elegenten Einband des Meisterbuchbinders Roland Meuter, Ascona, vor. Mit 25 ausdrucksstarken Orig.-Radierungen von Imre Reiner. Makellos erhalten.

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Kandinsky.- Roethel, Hans Konrad.
        Kandinsky. Das graphische Werk.
      (Köln), DuMont Schauberg, (1970).. 4°. Mit 203 (70 farbigen, montierten) Tafeln (teils gefaltet) sowie 109 s/w Abbildungen im Anhang. XXIX, 504 SS. Blauer OLn. mit ill. OSchutzumschlag und rotem OPp.-Schuber (Umschlag gering fleckig und mit 2 winzigen Randeinrissen. Schuber leicht beschabt).. Arntz I, 59.- Nummer 101 von 1500 für den Handel hergestellten Exemplaren.- "Der Katalogteil umfaßt mit 203 Nummern das gesamte druckgraphische Oeuvre. Alle Arbeiten sind in faksimilehaften Reproduktionen abgebildet [...] Der Anhang enthält 113 einfarbige Abbildungen nach verschollenen Arbeiten, zweifelhafte Werke, Originalzeichnungen etc. [...]" (Klappentext).- Das Standardwerk in sehr gutem Erhaltungszustand.

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Rickett, Harold William
        Wild Flowers of the United States
      McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York; (1970-1975) - Complete in six volumes in fourteen parts (volumes) plus index volume for all volumes; (fifteen volumes in all. Vol. One- First edition, 3rd printing, The Northeastern States in two volumes; Vol. Two, First edition, 2nd printing-The Southeastern States in two volumes; Vol. Three- First edition, 2nd printing-Texas, in two volumes; Vol. Four- First edition, 1st printing-The Southwestern States in three volumes; Vol. Five- First edition, 1st printing-The Northwestern States; Vol. Six-First edition, 1st printing-The Central Mountains and Plains in three volumes. All volumes in publisher's slipcases and all volumes, with the exception of Texas, are in original glassine wrappers. The index volume for this work is also in original glassine wrapper. A huge undertaking and superbly produced with line drawings, colorful art and photographs and giving the common and botanical names of each plant. A very worthwhile and attractive set. [no shipping outside the U.S] Small Folio [Attributes: First Edition]

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POTTER, Beatrix
        Tale of Benjamin Bunny
      London: Frederick Warne & Co.,. London: Frederick Warne & Co.,, [c.1970]. With The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, The Tale of Mr. Tod, The Tale of Little Pig Robinson, The Tale of Two Bad Mice and The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse. 6 volumes, sextodecimo. Bound in contemporary full red, green, blue and brown morocco , titles and decoration to spines gilt, 2 raised bands, gilt rule and titles to front covers, original endpapers bound in, gilt top edges. With colour illustrations by the author. A charming set with minor wear to extremities and light soiling to covers. A delightfully bound set of some of Beatrix Potter's most beloved stories.

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Lindsay, John V.
        THE CITY
      W. W. Norton & Co. Inc. 1970 Spine sunned. Light wear to DJ; Everyone advised him to run for the late Robert Kennedy's Senate seat. Everyone told him that New Yorkers were fed up and would not return him to office. But John Lindsay stood for re - election as mayor and won. How did he do it in the face of strikes, racial unrest, and high crime rates? Find out here. Thank you notes to a campaign supporter from Mayor Lindsay and Mrs. Lindsay laid in, with original envelope; 8vo; 240 pages

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[various] Poul Anderson, Ben Bova, John Brunner, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Orson Scott Card, Lin Carter, L. Sprague DeCamp, Lester Del Rey,August Derleth,Philip Jose Farmer,Robert Heinlein,Frank Herbert, Robert E. Howard, Ursula K. LeGuin,Fritz Leiber et al
        132 Science Fiction / Fantasy Cover Proofs
      Various, 1970. Various: Various, 1970 Various publishers, dates, authors & illustrators: 132 each cover proofs for primarily Science Fiction novels, with some fantasy and some hybrid as well. These are not books; these are flat, glossy proofs of the covers of the books. Most are proofs of soft cover editions (many of which are true first edition issues), a few proofs of hardcovers as well. Mostly in Fine to Near Fine condition, with 2 or 3 in Very Good to Very Good plus. A few duplicates, but most are one-offs in this collection, and include some of the best living and non-living authors and illustrators. Please inquire for spreadsheet with full info. Authors include, among many others, Poul Anderson, Ben Bova, John Brunner, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Orson Scott Card, Lin Carter, L. Sprague DeCamp, Lester Del Rey, August Derleth, Philip Jose Farmer, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Robert E. Howard, Ursula K. LeGuin, Fritz Leiber, Stanislaw Lem, Michael Moorcock, John Myers Myers, Larry Niven, John Norman, Andre Norton, Fred Saberhagen, Rod Serling, Clifford Simak,Theodore Sturgeon, A.E. Van Vogt & Donald Wollheim. The dreadnaught lineup of cover artists includes, among many others, Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo, Paul Alexander, Don Maitz, Attila Heijja, Don Brautigam, Roy Krenkel, Darrell K. Sweet, Michael Whelan, Rowena Morrill, Vincent Di Fate, Alan Lee, Gino D'Achille, Alex Schomburg, Bob Adragna, Doug Beekman, Richard Powers, & Greg Theakston. Publishers include: Ace, Daw, Del Rey, Berkely Putnam, Berkley, Avon, Pocket Books, Fawcett Crest, Ballantine, Bantam, Peacock Bantam, Warner, G.P. Putnam's, Zebra, Signet, Ace Tempo, Leisure Books, Bantam Skylark, Dell, Jove/HBJ, Workman, and Major Books. A ready made collection, including some truly timeless titles. A few cover are of the hardcover 1st editions, many were the softcover 1st edition, and, of those, many were the true 1st edition of the title. E-mail for a spreadsheet with complete list. L52

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Lewis, Ted; Mike Hodges (director, screenwriter); Michael Caine; Ian Hendry, Britt Eckland, John Osborne
        GET CARTER [CARTERS THE NAME]. Based on the novel Jack Returns Home by Ted Lewis.
      London: MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1970 - Revised draft script for the 1971 film Get Carter. Inscribed by Michael Caine (Carter), Dorothy White (Margaret), Mike Hodges (director), Michael Klinger (producer) and Karl Howard ("J"). A rare working script issued to cameraman Dusty Miller. Maroon card covers, title page dated June 30th 1970. 132 pages. In excellent condition with only light wear to the extremities. Together with a 10 page shoot location document and a contract release letter from Michael Klinger to Dusty Miller dated August 1970 (on completion of the film). All housed in a purpose made buckram and cloth solander box. An exceptionally rare signed working script from arguably the greatest British hardboiled crime film of the 1970s. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Moorhead, Alan.
        Darwin and the Beagle. [Limited and Signed Arcadia Press Edition Designed and Bound by Zaehnsdorf of London].
      The Arcadia Press. [Hamish Hamilton], London. 1970 - Quarto. LIMITED AUTHOR SIGNED EDITION to 265 copies. numbers 251-265 not for sale. This Edition has been expressly designed and bound by Zaehnsdorf of London for the Arcadia Press. Number 151 of 265, Signed by Alan Moorhead. 280pp. illustrated. Fine Signed 'Art' Binding by Zaehnsdorf in tan polished calf with two gilt outlined orange and black leather inlays to the front board, raised bands, gilt titles, gilt edge ruled, elaborate gilt turn-ins. All edges gilt. Superb Fine Copy. housed within cream lightly soiled solander box.

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Thé Phong [i.e. DO MANH TUONG]
        The rubbish tip outside the city and other stories. Translated by Dam Xuan Can
      Dai Nam Van Hien Books, Saigon 1970 - First edition in English, 4to, pp. 70, [4]; mimeographed; near fine in original printed wrappers. Short stories by The Phong, the Vietnamese poet and novelist, born in 1932, who started writing in Hanoi in 1952 "in the first days of the Vietminh." In 1953 he embarked on a career of journalism. He moved to Saigon before the fall of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 where he wrote film reviews and other material on a contractual basis. He is the author of three novels (2 written in Hanoi, and another in Saigon), and in September of 1964 he became a press officer of the Minister of Information which brought him in contact with many important people in both the literary as well as the political scene. From March 1965 to the end of 1966 he was a lecturer in politics in the Vung Tan Cadres Training Center. He remains a creative force in Vietnam and is, at the time of this cataloguing, in a dispute with Jeff Bezos and Amazon over copyright infringement. This edition not in OCLC. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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Eggers, Eberhard (1939-2004)
        Lysistrata: A Scenario in 9 Etchings for Artistophanes' "Lysistrata" / Eberhard Eggers
      Aquarius Press 1970 - Incomplete set of 15 etchings. All but one are from edition VIII/XX. Contents: 6 b/w etchings, signed, nos. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 8 edition VIII/XX. --6 colour plates, signed, nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 & 8 edition VIII/XX. --1 colour etching, signed, no. 1 edition XIII/XX. --1 colour title etching sealed in plastic, signed from edition VIII/XX --The title etching is also produced in b/w. --title page. Medium: Etching and Aquatint. Image Size: 16.88 x 13.5". Sheet Size: 23-1/4 x 18-1/2". Subjects: Art -- German art -- Greek mythology -- Surrealism -- Dream -- Figurative -- Erotic -- Literary -- Nude. The etchings are housed in a gilt-titled cloth-covered portfolio folder, which is somewhat stained and edge-worn. The b/w etchings are all in a near fine condition, with just some slight dust-dulling around the edges. Unfortunately, there is some damp staining evident on the colour etchings, as well as some colour offsetting from the portfolio folder. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. 4 Kg. 16 pp. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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BATES, H.E
        ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT: THE HANDKERCHIEF TREE
      , 1970. , 1970. Seven pages of plain quarto sized paper, written on rectos only. Approx. 1000 words, with occasional corrections. Cover page inscribed by Bates, "For Frank and Joan: - just a little return for a wonderful day. Let me have the typescript back one day at your convenience (sorry! I meant when you have time!) with love HE. June 23 / 70". With a photocopy of the typescript. Also with a letter from Frank Rodwell, thanking Bates for this manuscript and for the typescript of "The Triple Echo", commenting how he would have it bound with the manuscript and also asking "Do you not feel, as I do, that The Triple Echo would make a wonderful film" (it was filmed in 1972 staring Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed). An essay published in In Living (December 1970) in which Bates relates a visit to a nearby garden containing two specimens of the Handkerchief Tree, and tells the tale of its rediscovery in 1899 by Ernest Henry Wilson.

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BB' (D.J.Watkins -Pitchford)
        BILL BADGER AND THE BIG STORE ROBBERY
      Hamish Hamilton, London 1970 - 120 pp., illustrated with woodcuts by BB, original pictorial boards, no jacket, signed in ink "D.J. Watkins- Pitchford 'BB'" on half title, minor wear to spine and corners slightly bumped but a nice copy. BB's later children'sbooks are very scarce, First published in 1967, this title would appear particularly rare and difficult to obtain. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Mayer, Bernadette and Ed Bowes (Illustrations by Tom Jung)
        Fast Food
      New York: Privately Printed, No Date New York: Privately Printed, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Thick mimeo side-stapled wrappers. Unpaginated volume printed on rectos only. A play by Mayer and Bowes with illustrations by Tom Jung. Undated, but likely from the mid-1970's. Front cover paper is a bit pinched near each of the three side staples else this is a clean very good copy. The first we have seen. Only six copies located in institutional holdings.

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Morrison, Toni
        The Bluest Eye: A Novel
      Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. First Edition, First Printing, with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page. This is the original dust jacket, with proper price of $5.95 intact, as well as date code of 1070 on the bottom of the front flap. In Good+ condition, in a Good dust jacket. Clean text. Previous owner name to front and rear free end papers. Rubber stamp of a lion on front free end paper and title page. Slight perfume odor to pages. Paper covered boards show edge wear, with light toning to extremities. Light wear to spine cloth, with toning and wear at ends, and light reading creases and light lean to spine. The jacket is slightly tattered and edge worn with a few closed tears, toning, rubbing, soiling, ding at spine panel and offsetting to flaps from previous owner name on paste downs. First Edition, First Printing.

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KOSINSKI, Jerzy
        Being There
      New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1970. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1970. Octavo. Spine lettered in metallic blue and black. With the dust jacket. Fore edge spotted, in the price-clipped jacket that has slight markings across the panels and flaps. A very good copy. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the first blank, "With every best wish, cordially, Jerzy Kosinski. Dello, November 11 1976" with a sketch of a television set. Memorably filmed with Peter Sellers as lead.

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Meese, Jonathan:
        Hagen v. Tronje der Tiefsee mit hermetischen Vorsteinzeitinnen - Schmuck, Sauauge und 1000 Präelementen (Vampirmilch). [20]05. [Original-Farbholzschnitt / original colored woodcut].
      . Jonathan Meese (eigentlich Jonathan Robin Meese), geboren am 23. Januar 1970 in Tokio.. Original-Farbholzschnitt, dreifarbig auf weißem Büttenpapier. Von Jonathan Meese signiert und datiert. Auflage für die Griffelkunst Hamburg, 2005. Maße Blatt/Abbildung: 75,5 x 57,0 cm. Sehr gutes, tadelloses Exemplar. Original colored woodcut on handmade paper. Signed and dated by Jonathan Meese. Griffelkunst edition, Hamburg 2005. Measure sheet/image: 75,5 x 57,0 cm. Mint condition.

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Joseph baretti
        A Journey from London to Genoa
      FONT>1970 - Sussex - Centaur Press. FONT>1970 - Sussex - Centaur Press, 1970 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Black hardback with gitl titles to spine. In orange, black and white dust jacket. This is a facsimile reprint of the second edition of Baretti's work from 1770. Complete in two volumes bound as one and illustrated with portrait frontispiece. Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti (April 24, 1719 - May 5, 1789) was an Italian literary critic born at Turin. He was intended by his father for the profession of law, but at the age of sixteen fled from Turin and went to Guastalla, where he was for some time employed in a mercantile house. His leisure hours he devoted to literature and criticism, in which he became an expert. For many years he led a wandering life, supporting himself chiefly by his writings. At length he arrived in London, where he remained for a considerable time. He obtained an appointment as secretary to the Royal Academy of Painting, and became acquainted with Samuel Johnson, Garrick and others of that society. He was a frequent visitor at the Thrales, and his name occurs repeatedly in Boswell's Life. In 1769 he was tried for murder, having had the misfortune to inflict a mortal wound with his fruit knife on a man who had assaulted him on the street. Johnson among others gave evidence in his favour at the trial, which resulted in Baretti's acquittal. He died in May 1789. His first work of any importance was the Italian Library (1757), a useful catalogue of the lives and works of many Italian authors. The Lettere famigliari, giving an account of his travels through Spain, Portugal and France during the years 1761-1765, were well received, and when afterwards published in English (4 vols. , 1770), were highly commended by Johnson. Condition: The binding is tight and firm and both covers are firmly attached. There is very little wear to the extremities. The dust jacket is in very good condition apart from some sunning to the spine and some mild wear to the edges. It has been price cliped. Internally the book is generally clean an dbright with no obvious marks. There is a printed address label to the top of the front pastedown..

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Chagall, Marc,
        Die Bucht von Nizza, Plakat von Charles Sorlier ausgeführte original-lithographische Wiedergabe nach dem rechten Bildteil von Chagalls Originallithographie "Die Engelsbucht" 1967, Plakat für die Ausstellung des graphischen Werks Chagalls in der Gallerie Ponchettes in Nizza,
      Paris, Charles Sorlier, 1970.. 76 x 54 cm (Papier), 52 x 40,5 cm (Illustration),. SEHR SCHÖNES GROSSFORMATIGES BLATT hinter Glas und Passepartout mit sehr hochwertiger, handvergoldeter Leiste gerahmt; der Plakattext wird in dieser Rahmung durch das Passepartout vollständig abgedeckt. Der Vorbesitzer hat den untersten Textteil des Plakates nach hinten weggefaltet, um die Dimension der Rahmung zu wahren. Somit komplettes unbeschnittenes Exemplar. Auf Wunsch senden wir Ihnen ein Bild des kompletten Plakattextes zu

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MCLAREN, Bruce L. (1937 - 1970)
        Triple-signed Hotel Registration Card one week before his death
      Colebrook, England, 1970. Colebrook, England, 1970. unbound. Exceedingly rare partly printed document signed -- a hotel registration card, measuring 3.75 x 5.75 inches, Colebrook, England, May 26, 1970. Filled out and signed three times, completely in his hand: "Bruce L. McLaren, McLaren Racing. 5 David Road, Doyle Trading Estate - Colebrook, England." McLaren also penned a gorgeous script signature on the Guest Line. The bottom of the card, which is in the clerk's hand, indicates that McLaren was supposed to depart the Hotel on the 30th of May. History, however, suggests he did not leave until June 2, 1970. Five days later, McLaren was killed when his Can-Am car crashed on the Lavant Straight before Woodcote Corner at Goodwind Circuit in England. He had been testing his new M8D when the rear body came adrift at speed. The loss of Aerodynamic down force destabilized the car, which spun, left the track and hit a bunker used as a flag station. Though the clerk's departure date remains a mystery, we do know that this signed hotel card confirms his arrival on May 26, 1970 (9:25pm) and that he arrived in England on that day to prepare himself for the June 2nd race. Fine condition. Race car designer, Grand Prix Formula One race car champion, engineer, and inventor who founded the McLaren racing team. He died at age 32 while testing a prototype car in England. An exceptional and sad item that directly links one of the greatest race car drivers with his destiny.

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Publius Ovidius Naso:
        Die Liebeskunst. Zweites Buch. Ars Amatoria. Liber Secundus. Aus dem Lateinischen übersetzt und nachgedichtet von Friedrich Walter Lenz. Mit 13 ganzseitigen Original-Lithographien von Willi Sitte. EInmalige Auflage in 600 numerierten und von Willi Sitte signierten Exemplaren.
      Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 1970.. Gesamtherstellung Institut für Buchgestaltung Leipzig. Druck der Auflage vom Stein: Reinhard Zwicker. Buchgestaltung: Gert Wunderlich. In lateinischer und deutscher Sprache. Groß-Folio (60 x 43 cm). 74 S. Illustr. Orig.-Halbpergament, im Schuber.. Schuber mit ganz keinen Läsuren, sonst tadellos. Bei Bestellungen gegen offene Rechnung bitte Telefonnummer angeben. Danke!

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A. E. Haswell Miller and N. P. Dawnay
        Military Drawings and Paintings
      London - Phaidon, 1970. London - Phaidon, 1970 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. A nice clean copy of Miller and Dawney's Military Drawings and Paintings. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and clipped dustwrappers. With tipped in colour plates. First edition. Archibald Elliot Haswell Miller (1887-1979) was an artist who specialised in the painting of portraits, especially the military portraits for which he is so well known today. Condition: The binding is firm. There is very slight wear to the extremities, including bumping to the top and tail of the spine. The dust wrapper is slightly browned. Internally the pages are clean and bright with a couple of spots only on the endpapers. Overall the condition is very good with a very good dustwrapper..

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García Márquez, Gabriel (novel); Rabassa, Gregory (translation)
        ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE - REVIEW COPY, WITH TLS FROM PUBLISHER LAID IN
      Harper & Row, Publishers, New York 1970 - First Printing, one of 7,500 copies. Octavo; hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; variant with headband in olive green and yellow (no established priority); dustjacket; [xiii], 422pp, [1 blank]. Faint foxing to top edge, else Fine. Dustjacket is the so-called second state, with a "." instead of an excalamation mark at the end of the first paragraph on the front flap; price is unclipped, with some minor wear at spine ends, and a few very tiny nicks and tears to extremities; bright, very Near Fine example. A superlative copy of the Nobel Prize winner's masterpiece, and likely the most widely-read Spanish language novel aside from 'Don Quixote.' The present example is a review copy, with the publisher's typed slip laid in; the slip differs from other Harper & Row review slips from the same period, in that in states "IMPORTANT: please note that this is UNCORRECTED PROOF." Also laid into this copy is a brief, one page typed letter from Harper & Row publisher Cass Canfield, Jr. to Dr. Howard B. Gotlieb, former Director of Special Collections at Boston University. The letter is dated 21 October, 1969 - some four months prior to publication of the book - and mentions the enclosure of an advance proof of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude.' It isn't lost on us that the copy these materials came to us in is not an uncorrected proof (of which we presently know of exactly 2 copies). We can only surmise that these proof materials were placed into this copy of the book in-house; Canfield, whose business card is also laid into the book, may have decided that Gotlieb should receive a hardbound copy and not a paperbound proof, and thus would have placed the materials in one of the first hard copies manufactured. Evidence supporting copies in dustjacket with the "." on the front flap being printed prior to publication is discussed at length in Don Klein's 'Gabriel García Márquez: Una Bibliografía Descriptiva, Tomo II.' In it, Klein mentions that two editorial heads at Harper & Row received review copies directly from the printer, both in jackets ending in "." Additionally, the review copy received by translator Gregory Rabassa bore a jacket also ending in a "." and not the exclamation mark (p.635-636). And while we are fully cognisant that review materials often migrate from copy-to-copy within the trade, sufficient evidence is present that the migration here was more than likely the publisher's doing. The only such copy we have handled, the only other known to us being the bibliographer's copy. Klein E2.a.1. [Attributes: First Edition]

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Patten,Brian:
        Little Johnnys foolish invention . Zweisprachig m. Übersetzung ins Italienische v. R.Sanesi.
      Mailand, M'Arte Edizioni, 1970.. 4°. M.1 kol. u. sign. Orig.- Lithographie v. Walter Valentini. 21 S., 1 Bl. OHLdr. in OLwd.-Schuber. Nr.63 v. 64 Exempl., v. Künstler u. Übersetzer im Impress. signiert.. sehr schöner Druck auf handge schöpften Bütten - Brian Patten (gebr.1946) gehört zu den jungen Liverpooler Poeten d. 60er Jahre, Reporter bei "Bootle Time", Hrsg. d.Zeitschr. "Underdog" wurde er m. 21 Jahren durch d. obige Werk schlagartig berühmt. - W. Valentini (1928 in Pergola-Pesaro gebr.) stud. Malerei in Mailand, ging später nach Urbino u. widmete sich vorwiegend d. Graphik. Seit 1964 ist er durch viele Ausstellungen auch international bekant.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Seidel & Richter]

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Dorny Bertrand
        ROSUL NEGORI
      1970 ca., Grafica moderna-contemporanea 1970 - Tiratura: 34/50. Acquatinta a tre colori ed impressioni a secco su carta Arches. Bertrand Dorny Nasce a Parigi nel 1931. Iniziò come pittore, ma fu sempre affascinato ed incuriosito dalle differenti tecniche artistiche. Molto presto si cimentò con l'incisione. Il lato meccanico dell'incisione lo seduce, come pure la nozione di transfert, e questa diventerà, col passare degli anni, la base delle sue future ricerche. La sua opera incisa rappresenta oggi più di 650 stampe e l'artista, dalla metà degli anni 50 ha esposto frequentemente in Francia come all'estero (Lussemburgo, Belgio, Svizzera, Stati Uniti, Germania, Inghilterra, etc). Bertrand Dorny ha partecipato con gran regolarità a numerose esposizioni collettive e saloni: La Jeune Gravure Contemporaine, Les peintres-graveurs, etc. e biennali: le Biennali di Cracovia, Epinal o Freschen, e la sua opera è stata spesso premiata. Fra le gallerie e gli editori che hanno avuto un ruolo determinante nella carriera dell'artista, citiamo Bernard Gheerbrand (La Hune), La Nouvelle Gravure ou Nesto Jacometti (Locarno). Dopo essere stato professore di disegno all'Accademia della Grande Chaumière, Bertrand insegnò incisione, dal 1975 al 1979, alla Scuola di Belle Arti di Parigi mm 645x492

      [Bookseller: Sergio Trippini]

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LEVINE, Les (editor)
        Culture Hero: Jill Johnston Exposed
      New York: Editions Alecto of America Limited, (1970). New York: Editions Alecto of America Limited, (1970). Near fine in cardboard boards with an illustrated cover sheet adhered to the front panel (little torn at the edges), bound with three metal screw fasteners.. First Edition. Screw bound folio. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication by Les Levine on the first and last pages. A deluxe portfolio of 28 lithograph prints of the third issue of Culture Hero, a satirical newsprint tabloid, conceived and produced by Levine, that covered New York's downtown art scene. Features texts by artists Peter Hujar, Jasper Johns, Fred McDarrah, Yvonne Rainer, Lucas Samaras, George Segal, and Andy Warhol, among others, on art critic Jill Johnston, best known for her reviews in The Village Voice and Art News. Each 23 X 17 inch page is loose-cut bound with screw fasteners, facilitating easy removal for hanging or framing. Cover design by Levine.

      [Bookseller: Harper's Books, Inc.]

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