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Blake, William
        The Book of Ahania
      London: Trianon Press, 1973. Copy #1 of 32 special copies. Color facsimile accompanied with a set of paltes showing progressive stages of the collotype and hand stencil process, together with a guide sheet and stencil (Only in Roman numeral copies) and unique to COPY ONE the etched copper plate for the title-page tipped in at back and etched in "Copy 1". 1 vols. 4to (11 x 9 inches ; 22.5 x28 cm.). Bound in publisher's full black morocco , as new in original slipcase. COPY NUMBER ONE, WITH COPPER PLATE

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Palermo, Blinky [d.i. Peter Heisterkamp]:
        Objekte. 22. Januar bis 25. Februar 1973. Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach.
      Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach., Mönchengladbach. 1973 - Auflage 440 nummerierte Exemplare. Mönchengladbach. Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach. 1973. 21 x 17 cm. 34 lose Tafeln. Weisse OPapp-Kassette. Kassette etwas nachgedunkelt, am Deckel etwas angestaubt mit zwei kleinen schwachen Schlieren und einer sehr dezenten, kleinen Bräunung. Innen tadelloses, insgesamt gutes Exemplar. Nummer 324 von 440 nummerierten Exemplaren mit einer Original - Bleistiftzeichnung Palermos auf dem Kassettendeckel (2 hauchdünne über den Deckel gezogene, voneinander weglaufende Bleistiftlinien). Enthält 1 Titeltafel, verso mit einführendem Text von Johannes Cladders, 1 Foto Palermos, 1 Texttafel mit einem Textauszug aus James Joyce "Ulysses", 40 Fototafeln mit Werkwiedergaben, Fotos von Peter Dibke und Kristin Heisterkamp sowie eine Inhaltstafel. [Vgl. Glasmeier, Die Bücher der Künstler 446; Fricke 10. 383]. Kassette etwas nachgedunkelt, am Deckel etwas angestaubt mit zwei kleinen schwachen Schlieren und einer sehr dezenten, kleinen Bräunung. Innen tadelloses, insgesamt gutes Exemplar.

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Kornai, János
        A gazdasági szerkezet matematikai tervezése. Lipták Tamás és Wellisch Péter közrem?ködésével. Második b?vített és átdlgozott kiadás. [Mathematical Planning of Structural Decisions. With contributions by Tamás Lipták and Péter Wellisch. Second, Extended Edition.]
      Közgazdasági és Jogi Könyvkiadó (Egyetemi Nyomda), Budapest 1973 - Second (extended) edition. Inscribed by the contributor, Lipták. Printed in only 2200 copies. In publisher's red cloth, with dust jacket. 507, (1) p. Kornai's book about the problems of mathematical planning in an economic point of view. It was first published in Hungarian 1965 and 1967 in English. János Kornai (b. 1928) was the first economist behind the Iron Curtain who published critical studies on the Soviet-style command economics of Eastern Europe. Kornai studied philosophy in Budapest, but - according to his memoirs - he chose to be an economics after reading Marx's Capital. Started his career as a journalist and soon became the economics editor of the largest Communist newspaper. After a few years, in 1955 he was fired for lack of Communist convictions. In 1956 he participated in the Hungarian Revolution. His early work "Overcentralization in Economic Administration" (1957) was published in English in 1959 and his critical studies on central planning started to spread in the West and his career took off outside Hungary. Kornai received many invitations to visit foreign institutions, but he was denied a passport by the Hungarian authorities and was not allowed to travel until 1963. Later he became visiting professor at the London School of Economics, at Yale, Stanford, Princeton and other Universities all over the world, and in 1986 Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Dust cover chipped at extremities, numbered in ink on front, marked white on spine, otherwise good. In publisher's red cloth, with dust jacket Second (extended) edition. Inscribed by the contributor, Lipták. Printed in only 2200 copies [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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DAHL, Roald
        Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
      London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd,, 1973. Illustrated by Faith Jacques. Octavo. Original pictorial boards, titles to spine and front board white. Spine slightly rolled and faintly sunned, extremities a little worn, internally fine; an excellent copy. First UK edition, first impression of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Scarce in such nice condition. It was originally published in the US the preceding year.

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William Goldman
        The Princess Bride
      Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973 - Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York 1973. First Edition / First Printing. Stated First Edition, no additional printing. Gray cloth boards. Jacket priced at $7.95. Book Condition: Near Fine, clean boards, tight spine. Name at the front endpaper, a few light spots. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, shelf wear at the spine. A few light spots, creases at the flaps. Wrapped in a new mylar cover. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Goldman, William
        The Princess Bride: S Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
      New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, 1973. First Edition, First Printing, with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page and BCDE. In Good+ condition, in a tattered, price clipped dust jacket. Previous owner name to front free endpaper. Lean to spine, light edge wear and light spotting to cloth. The dust jacket shows a tear across the bottom of the spine panel with an archival tape repair to the verso, edge wear, rubbing, chipping and loss. First Edition, First Printing.

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GOLDMAN, William.
        The Princess Bride.
      1973 - 8vo., sometime finely bound in half red morocco with gilt rules over marbled paper covered boards, spine lettered and panelled in gilt with raised bands with gilt rules, top edge gilt, original dust wrapper bound in at rear. A fine copy. First edition. Inscribed by Goldman to the film director, actor and writer Bryan Forbes "For Bryan, in the sincere hopes that we survive basketball, Scherick and other dangers, Bill". With Forbes's bookplate. An amusing presentation copy. The Princess Bride was published at the same time that Goldman and Forbes were collaborating on the film The Stepford Wives. Goldman wrote the screenplay and the film was directed by Forbes. The producer of the film, referred to in the inscription, was Edgar J Scherick. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Eames, Charles and Ray; edited by Glen Fleck; introduction by I Bernard Cohen:
        A COMPUTER PERSPECTIVE. A sequence of 20th century ideas, events, and artifacts from the history of the information machine
      Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1973. First edition. Inscribed presentation copy. Original cloth, with titles in silver to the spine. Lacking the fragile dustwrapper. An excellent near fine clean and bright copy, the binding clean, the boards slightly bowed. The contents very lightly spotted to the half title and title page otherwise clean and bright throughout. Inscribed by both Charles and Ray Eames in black ink on the front free endpaper ?"To Digby Diehl / with warm regard / Charles & Ray / 2.19.73?". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

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(Sting, The) Gebr, Jerry (Jaroslav)
        Title card illustration for the opening credit of The Sting, titled "A Bill/Philips Production of a George Roy Hill Film," and showing the camera operator, director, and others filming a scene
      1973. Pen and ink, watercolor and pencil heightened with white on cream paper. 27 x 42 inches. Framed. Fine. The original illustration for the second of four title cards used in the opening credits of the classic 1973 motion picture "The Sting"

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Anderson, Dillon
        Recollections of Eisenhower [Caption title]
      [Houston, Texas?]: Privately printed, [1973] - "The searing candor which he brought to every issue bespoke his basic honesty." Memoir of Dillon Anderson's long association with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Anderson was Eisenhower's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs in 1955-1956, a post created by Eisenhower: "not exactly household words then. In recent years, Henry Kissinger has enlarged considerably the scope and visibility of the role." The memoir is organized in four parts: first, the "principal elements" of talks on Eisenhower that Anderson gave in early 1972; second, facsimiles of their correspondence from early 1950 through 1969; third, a facsimile of Eisenhower's handwritten notes when he articulated the Open Skies Proposal at the Four Power Summit in Geneva, 1955; and fourth, the transcript of a substantial interview with Anderson conducted by John Luter of the Columbia University Oral History Project. Inscribed from the author, "For Mary and Norris Darrell, with appreciation and affection, Sincerely, Dillon Anderson, Sept. 1973" (EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.) No. 13 of 30 copies. 8vo. [2], 27 pp.; [88] ff. facsimiles of correspondence; 127 pp. transcript of interview. Black buckram titled in silver. Bottom corners bumped, else fine [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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(Sendak, Maurice) Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm
        The Juniper Tree and other Tales from Grimm Selected by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak
      New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1973. First edition. xii, 168; xii, 169-332 pp. 2 vols. Small quarto. Cloth boards, spines stamped in gilt with ornament on upper board, paper dust-jackets, housed in paper-covered slipcase with large pictorial label. Fine. First edition. xii, 168; xii, 169-332 pp. 2 vols. Small quarto. Inscribed with a Grimm Dwarf! Inscribed to Bob Wilson with an ink drawing as follows: "Grimm dwarf covering a / bad ink splotch. Ain't I clever! / Maurice Sendak / Oct. '75" The dwarf covers an ink smear that appears on the fore-edge of the first two leaves of volume 1.

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(Eisenhower, Dwight D) Anderson, Dillon
        Recollections of Eisenhower [Caption title]
      [Houston, Texas?]: Privately printed, 1973. No. 13 of 30 copies. [2], 27 pp.; [88] ff. facsimiles of correspondence; 127 pp. transcript of interview. 1 vols. 8vo. Black buckram titled in silver. Bottom corners bumped, else fine. No. 13 of 30 copies. [2], 27 pp.; [88] ff. facsimiles of correspondence; 127 pp. transcript of interview. 1 vols. 8vo. Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Recalls 'Ike'. "The searing candor which he brought to every issue bespoke his basic honesty."Memoir of Dillon Anderson's long association with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Anderson was Eisenhower's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs in 1955-1956, a post created by Eisenhower: "not exactly household words then. In recent years, Henry Kissinger has enlarged considerably the scope and visibility of the role."The memoir is organized in four parts: first, the "principal elements" of talks on Eisenhower that Anderson gave in early 1972; second, facsimiles of their correspondence from early 1950 through 1969; third, a facsimile of Eisenhower's handwritten notes when he articulated the Open Skies Proposal at the Four Power Summit in Geneva, 1955; and fourth, the transcript of a substantial interview with Anderson conducted by John Luter of the Columbia University Oral History Project.Inscribed from the author, "For Mary and Norris Darrell, with appreciation and affection, Sincerely, Dillon Anderson, Sept. 1973".

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        THEOLOGISCHES WÖRTERBUCH ZUM ALTEN TESTAMENT (ThWAT). Gegründet von Gerhard J. Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren u.a. Herausgegeben von Heinz-Josef Fabry und Helmer Ringgren. Bde 1-8, Bd 9 (Lfg 1) u. Bd 10 in 9 Bänden und 1 Heft (= alles bisher Erschienene!).
      Stuttgart, Kohlhammer, 1973 - 2001.. Gr.-8°. Zus. über 5400 Seiten. 9 rote OLeinenbände u. 1 OKart. (Name auf den Titelblättern, in Bd 1 wenige Seiten mit schwachen Bleistiftanstreichungen.- Insgesamt gutes Exemplar).. Alles bisher Erschienene: Bände 1-8 (Hebräisches Wörterbuch), Band 9, Lieferung 1 (Aramäisches Wörterbuch Spalte 1-128) und Band 10 (Register, Literaturnachträge).

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Richard Nixon
        A day after telling the world that the United States has concluded an agreement to end the Vietnam War, he thanks a loyal Republican Congressman for his support<i> ?now that we have finally achieved peace with honor in Vietnam ? I also am confident that history will prove you to have been right ??</i>
      Typed Letter Signed ?RN? as President, 1 page, 6.75? x 8.75?. On pale green White House stationery with blind embossed presidengtial seal at top center. Washington, D.C., January 24, 1973. To Congressman C.W. Bill Young. Fine condition. In full, ?Now that we have finally achieved peace with honor in Vietnam, I particularly want you to know how much I have appreciated the support you have given during these difficult years to the policies that made that achievement possible. Without those in the Congress who stood steadfastly as you did, we could not have won the settlement that I announced last night. I know how great the pressures have been. I know the sort of attacks to which you have been subjected, as a result of following your conscience. But I also am confident that history will prove you to have been right, and that in the years to come you can look back with pride on the stern test nobly met.?President Nixon spoke at 10:01 PM in the Oval Office at the White House on January 23, 1974. His address was broadcast live on nationwide radio and television. An advance text of the President's address was released on the same day. A copy of the text is included. Before delivering the address, the President met separately with members of the Cabinet and six members of the bipartisan leadership of the Congress. On January 24, 1973, the day he wrote and signed the letter here offered, President Nixon met with the expanded bipartisan leadership of the Congress to discuss the agreement. On the same day, the White House released the following related material: the texts of the agreement and protocol to the agreement; the transcript of a news briefing on the agreement by Henry A. Kissinger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; and fact sheets on the basic elements of the agreement, the International Commission of Control and Supervision, and the Four-Party Joint Military Commission. Republican Charles William (Bill) Young represented Florida in the House of Representatives from 1971-2014. At the time of his death, he was the senior Republican in Congress, having served over 42 years. Young was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions which nominated Nixon in 1968 and 1972, Ford in 1976, and Reagan in 1984. He had supported President Nixon during the House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings publicly suggesting, ?Maybe a scenario has been worked out in advance,? with all 21 committee Democrats having already decided to impeach the President.

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Milton, J. ( Introduction, notes and editing by Isabel Rivers )
        Areopagitica. A Speech of Mr John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England.
      Deighton, Bell & Company., Cambridge. 1973 - Number 88 of 100, bound in full morocco ( of a total of 500 printed ). xiv + 48 [1] pp. A fine copy of the book, designed by Sebastian Carter, printed by him and Will Carter at the Rampant Lion Press. The text paper was mould made by J Barcham Green and the book was bound by John P Gray. The book is ' housed ' in an unevenly faded and rubbed, original, cloth covered and internally padded slipcase. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Bukowski, Charles
        SOUTH OF NO NORTH - PRESENTATION COPY
      Black Sparrow Press, Santa 1973 - Limited Issue, one of 300 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.54. Octavo; 3/4 powder gray paper, printed in 3 colors over black and red patterned cloth, with title label applied to spine; original acetate overlay; 189pp, [3]. Presentation copy, inscribed on the dedication page just three days after publication: "For Bill Whitaker / These stories were all paid for, long ago or sooner. I hope besides the blood this stuff puts in your coffee, you get some cream and laughter. O.K. / Charles Bukowski / 12-26-73;" small drawing of a smoking man beneath the inscription. Subtle forward lean, with a gentle tap to upper board edges and small stain to upper edge of text; "Compliments of the Publisher" slip laid in; Near Fine in a VG+ acetate overlay, with some shallow chipping to base of spine and a few small tears. Attractive copy of Bukowski's first collection of short fiction. This copy lengthily inscribed to William (Bill) J. Whitaker, who from ca.1970 until the press closed down in 2002 represented Black Sparrow as a traveling salesman on the eastern seaboard, going from bookstore to bookstore each season selling the latest titles from the press. While copies of the signed limited will periodically show up for sale, copies with contemporary inscriptions - particularly to someone with a close, long-standing connection to the press - are genuinely rare. Krumhansl 45b. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]

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OPPENHEIM, Dennis; DENNIS OPPENHEIM
        Projects
      1973. OPPENHEIM, Dennis. Projects. 10 original lithographs on Arches Cover, 775 x 572 mm, housed in printed portfolio with cloth ties. New York: John Gibson and Multiples Inc in cooperation with Sonnabend Gallery, 1973. Edition of 81 copies. A print portfolio of 10 original lithographs created by Dennis Oppenheim to document the conceptual works he executed between 1968 and 1972. Oppenheim, considered by many to be a pioneer Conceputal artist also made many influential and important earthworks. As many of these projects were Land Art based works, prints were the preferred media to document them and bring them to a larger audience. This portfolio contains not only the print 'Canceled Crops - Direct Seeding' (1968) but also the print for the important 'Annual Rings' (1968). Printed by Landfall Press, Chicago. Each print signed and numbered by Oppenheim. A fine copy.

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Seghers (auch: Segers), Hercules / Haverkamp Begemann, E.,
        Hercules Seghers (auch: Segers) - The Complete Etchings. With a Supplement on Johannes Ruischer's Etchings by E. Trautscholdt, Textband und die 110 Tafeln in Kassette (= nur so vollständig), Introduction by K.G. Boon,
      Amsterdam/The Hague, Scheltema & Holkema / Martinus Nijhoff, 1973,. 56 cm x 40 cm x 6,5 cm 136 S. (Textband) mit zahlr. s/w-Abb. und insg. 110 Blatt (jeweils in Originalgröße dargestellt) mit wunderbaren Reproduktonen in 3 verschiedenen original Halbleinen Mappen, Text: englisch, das ganze in einer sehr großen taubenblauen original Leinenkassette, tadeloser Zustand (RG1 - A). wegen des ernormen Gewichts Auslandsversand in das postalische Nicht-EU-Ausland nur nach Absprache

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Kaschnitz, Marie Luise, Schriftstellerin (1901-1974).
        Eigenh. Brief mit U.
      Frankfurt a. M., [1973].. 4 SS. Qu.-gr.-8vo.. An Gerda (von Schwerin), zunächst wegen deren in Italien vermißten Bruders. "[ ] Mir wird ganz schlecht bei dem Gedanken, dass jede Mutter eines in Italien Vermissten bei der Lektüre meiner uralten Geschichte auf den Gedanken kommen könnte, ihr Sohn könne von einem sol- chen Schicksal betroffen sein - - - Nach Marburg komme ich gar nicht mehr seit die alten Freunde dort gestorben sind [ ] Ich bin in der Wiesenau geblieben weil ich nach dem Tod meines Mannes kein neues Leben anfangen wollte. Wie gern würde ich Ihnen ein Exemplar von Orte' schicken. Aber ich habe schon alle verschenkt und morgen früh muss ich wegfahren, aus einem sehr traurigen Grund. Der 3. Sohn meines Bruders [ ] ist vorgestern gestorben [ ]".

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La Comtesse de Ségur
        Les petites filles modèles - Illustrated with 20 original handsigned etchings by Leonor FINI
      Arts et valeurs, Paris 1973 - - PRESENTATION : in-folio in leaves under case imitating the binding of "Bibliotheque rose". - ILLUSTRATION : 20 full page original etchings individually handsigned by Leonor FINI. - PRINTER : Atelier Dominique Viglino. - SIGNATURE : each etching is handsigned by Leonor FINI. - PAPER : Arches vellum. - SIZE : 24 x 18". - LIMITED : 275 copies, one of the 200 copies on Arches vellum. - CONDITION : Excellent, light deffects to the case. ASK FOR EXTRA PICTURES [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Baines, T
        Explorations of South-West Africa
      Pioneer Head, Salisbury 1973 - Red leather spine with green boards in green cloth slipcase. Blind stamped vignette to boards. Four raised bands, 5 spinal compartments. Gilt publishers device at base of spine. Leather title label to spine with title in gilt. xii + xiv + 535 pp. Maps to end-papers, top edge gilt. Illustrated (some in colour with tissue guards), includes fold-out maps. Facsimile reprint of : Explorations in South-West Africa being an Account of a Journey in the Years 1861 and 1862 from Walvisch Bay, on the Western Coast, to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls (1864). DE LUXE EDITION, LIMITED to 90 copies only, this is number 8 / 90. This is number VI in the Heritage Series. Introduction by Frank R. Bradlow F.R.G.S. and additional colour plates from Thomas Baines paintings. Corners slightly bruised. Leather of the spine slightly faded. Slipcase very slightly soiled with bruised corners. "Baines, accompanied by a Mr. J. Chapman, explored and pursued wild game through Namaqualand, Damaraland, and across Bechuanaland to the shores of Lake Ngami, then on to the Victoria Falls. There are vivid descriptions of the landscape and natives accented by Baines' splendid illustrations. The party experienced numerous elephant hunting episodes with additional mention of collecting gewmsbok, giraffe, wildebeest, and buffalo. Czech, (1999 : 9). Size: Octavo [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Kokoschka, Oskar; OSKAR KOKOSCHKA
        Jerusalem Faces
      1973. KOKOSCHKA, Oskar. Jerusalem Faces. Complete set of 6 original lithographs by Kokoschka. Atlas folio, loose as issued in original grey cloth-covered folio box, with original grey cardboard shipping container. Preserved in a second beige linen folding case. London: Marlborough Graphics and George Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973.Copy No. 2 of 150, with each portrait signed by the artist in pencil. The portraits were created by the artist during his visit to Jerusalem in April, 1973. Kokoschka's bold strokes of light, line and shape dissolve facial features, producing "psychological portraits," in which the "soul" of the sitter was thought to be laid bare. He claimed that he captured "closed personalities, so full of tension" of his sitters. In the present series, Kokoschka's lines reluctantly converge into descriptions of people marked not only by tradition and history, but by the immediate social events of their time. The subjects are: Golda Meir, Dr. Shimon Agranat, President of the Israel Supreme-Court, His Beatitude Benedictos I, Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Moyshe Dayan, Minister of Defence, Sheik Mustafa Khalil El-Ansari, Chief Warden of the Mosque of Omar, and Teddy Kollek, Mayor of Jerusalem.The format of the lithographs is 650 x 500 mm (i.e. 25.5 x 19.75 inches). They were printed from the stone on handmade Japan paper by the Graphische Anstalt J.E. Wolfensberger AG, Zurich. In pristine condition.

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METZKER, Ray K and Estelle Leontief
        Razerol
      West Burke, VT: The Janus Press, 1973. Fine in plain brown boards, paper spine label. Rare.. Limited Edition. Octavo. Number 116 of 150 numbered copies. Poems by Estelle Leontief. With four mounted electrostatic prints by Ray Metzker constructed on a Xerox 4000. Printed by Claire Van Vliet at The Janus Press, known for its fine printing and devotion to press books. Metzker's sublime images underscore his conceptual intelligence, both in form and function.

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Hunt, Peter Francis (1936-). Grierson, Mary (1912- ) [(Artist)]
        Orchidaceae / P. Francis Hunt ; plates drawn by Mary A. Grierson
      Bourton : Bourton Press 1973 - Limited edition; 1 of 600 copies - this copy out of series. Signed by both the author and artist. Physical description; 142p : 40 plates col ; 47cm (in slip case). Index. Subjects; Orchidaceae (K). Botanical illustration. Orchids. Botany - Orchids. Elephant folio. Fine, full gilt-blocked vellum by Zaenshdorf in a poor slip-case. Index pages (4 leaves) torn with some loss. Plate 40 detaching with a tear to the inner margin. All other plates in fine condition. Additional detail on request. 14 Kg. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Hunt, Peter Francis (1936-) Grierson, Mary (1912- ) [(Artist)]
        Orchidaceae / P Francis Hunt ; plates drawn by Mary A Grierson
      Bourton : Bourton Press, 1973. 1st Edition. Elephant folio. Fine, full gilt-blocked vellum by Zaenshdorf in a poor slip-case. Index pages (4 leaves) torn with some loss. Plate 40 detaching with a tear to the inner margin. All other plates in fine condition. Additional detail on request. Limited edition; 1 of 600 copies - this copy out of series. Signed by both the author and artist. Physical description; 142p : 40 plates col ; 47cm (in slip case). Index. Subjects; Orchidaceae (K). Botanical illustration. Orchids. Botany - Orchids.

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Kokoschka, Oskar; OSKAR KOKOSCHKA
        Jerusalem Faces
      1973. KOKOSCHKA, Oskar. Jerusalem Faces. Complete set of 6 original lithographs by Kokoschka. Atlas folio, loose as issued in original grey cloth-covered folio box, with original grey cardboard shipping container. Preserved in a second beige linen folding case. London: Marlborough Graphics and George Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973. |~||~||~||~||~| Copy No. 2 of 150, with each portrait signed by the artist in pencil. The portraits were created by the artist during his visit to Jerusalem in April, 1973. Kokoschka's bold strokes of light, line and shape dissolve facial features, producing "psychological portraits," in which the "soul" of the sitter was thought to be laid bare. He claimed that he captured "closed personalities, so full of tension" of his sitters. In the present series, Kokoschka's lines reluctantly converge into descriptions of people marked not only by tradition and history, but by the immediate social events of their time. The subjects are: Golda Meir, Dr. Shimon Agranat, President of the Israel Supreme-Court, His Beatitude Benedictos I, Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Moyshe Dayan, Minister of Defence, Sheik Mustafa Khalil El-Ansari, Chief Warden of the Mosque of Omar, and Teddy Kollek, Mayor of Jerusalem. The format of the lithographs is 650 x 500 mm (i.e. 25.5 x 19.75 inches). They were printed from the stone on handmade Japan paper by the Graphische Anstalt J.E. Wolfensberger AG, Zurich. In pristine condition.

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Amis, Martin
        The Rachel Papers
      London: Jonathan Cape 1973 - Uncorrected U.K. proof, published six months before the U.S. edition. Book shows some wear (see photos): spine wrinkled; small "Nov. 1st" written on front cover; "Nov. 1" sticker at base of spine; back cover stained; tiny scrape/hole on front cover that leaves a little bump for some pages. Autographed by Amis on title page. An uncommon edition of author's first book, particularly signed. 224 pages. Please email me for a possible discount! ***Reluctantly downsizing my personal library to accommodate move from suburban house to Manhattan apartment [Attributes: Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

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WALKER, Alice
        Revolutionary Petunias & Other Poems
      New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. (1973). First. First edition. A trifle rubbed at the base of the spine, else fine in very near fine dustwrapper with minimal soiling. Warmly Inscribed by the author on the half-title to Howard Zinn and his wife: "For my sister & brother Roz and Howie with the same love always (even if you get tired of it). Alice Walker. 3/23/73." Howard Zinn was a historian, playwright, and social activist who was very involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Author's third book, and second collection of poetry. Scarce, especially with a good association. .

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