viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1981

Block, Lawrence
        A stab in the dark: A novel
      U.S.A.: Arbor House 1981 - Arbor House New York, 1981. First Edition ~1st Printing Hardcover Signecd by the author on title page. Author's fourth Matt Scudder mystery (and the first to be published in hardcover); very good in near fine dust jacket, in clear mylar cover; gentle spine lean else a tight unmarked copy in unclipped ($10.95)dust jacket; first printing with complete number line. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Walker Flynt Books]

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BLANCHE W. DAVIS
        AS I REMEMBER BY BLANCHE W DAVIS/SIGNED/1ST
      NY: A Hearthstone Book, 1981. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8 x 5. Title: AS I REMEMBER BY BLANCHE W. DAVIS/SIGNED/1ST Author: Blanche W. Davis Publisher/Copyright: A Hearthstone Book, NY 1981 Edition: First Edition Condition:(all defects if any are formulated into pricing) The jacket is in good condition. The book is inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. Book is without any other marks or writings, pages are clean, book is tight and sturdy. A good copy. Size: 5 ½ x 8 (approximately)Pages: 176 pages Binding/Cover: Hardback with dust jacket Shipping & Handling: Insurance extra. Refunds: All items are 100% refundable up to 10 days after item received Background/Description: First Edition. A Hearthstone Book, NY 1981. Good/Good condition. Overall book is in good condition inside and outside. There are no other copies of this book found for sale on the Internet. Good price for this rare copy! U48 650-500 003369.

      [Bookseller: FairView Books]

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Misugi, Takatoshi
        Chinese Porcelain Collections in the Near East: Topkapi and Ardebil Complete in 3 Volumes
      Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1981. First English language edition. First published in Japanese in 1972. Complete in three volumes. The ISBNs are: 9622090044, 9622090052 and 9622090060. Printed and bound in Hong Kong. Royal blue silk-like bindings, with crisp silver-stamped titling in English and in Chinese. 12 x 9 inches. Unbumped spine heads and tails, with sharp corners. With xi and 273, x and 282, and x and 372 numbered pages and with numerous stunning tipped-in color plates, all on coated stock, and additional B&W plates. Each volume is immaculate, and very tight, with no hint of shelf life. Almost certainly unread. No dust jackets, as issued. In a custom, heavy-duty, four-sided portfolio bound with turquoise fabric, and with crisp white-stamped lettering and design to two sides. The portfolio with two ivory (or ivory-like) clasps.The only demerit to the portfolio is a very small amount of paper rubbing/loss to the underside of the clasps, not at all observable from the outside and in any event rather trivial. An As New set of three volumes in a Fine portfolio.. Cloth. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

      [Bookseller: Marc Sena Carrel]

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Schlöndorff, Volker [Hrsg.], Nicolas Born und Bernd Lepel:
        Die Fälschung als Film und der Krieg im Libanon. [ mit Signaturen von Volker Schloendorff, Hanna Schygulla, Bruno Ganz + Signatur ? ] Volker Schlöndorff ...
      Frankfurt am Main : Zweitausendeins, 1981.. 1. Aufl., 1. - 10. Tsd. kart., 291 S. : überwiegend Ill. ; 31 cm; guter / sehr guter Zustand. Beigelegt ein Fleyer zum Film , auf A4 gefalzt, vierseitig.(dieses mit Falzknickspuren). Die Lieferung erfolgt gegen Vorauskasse (reg. Paketversand innerhalb Deutschlands; Auslandsversandkosten auf Anfrage). Erstausgabe mit mehrfachen Signaturen // Die Fälschung, ein Film aus dem Jahre 1981, ist die Verfilmung des gleichnamigen Romans von Nicolas Born. Die Regie führte Volker Schlöndorff. Besetzung: Bruno Ganz: Georg Laschen Hanna Schygulla: Arianna Nassar Jean Carmet: Rudnik Jerzy Skolimowski: Hoffmann Gila von Weitershausen: Greta Laschen Hans-Peter Korff: Redakteur // 12 Regie Volker Schlöndorff Drehbuch Jean-Claude Carriere, Kai Hermann, Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta Produktion Eberhard Junkersdorf Musik Maurice Jarre Kamera Igor Luther, Michael Zens Schnitt Suzanne Baron V17567C1 Lieferungen außerhalb Deutschlands nur gegen Vorkasse * TÄGLICHER VERSAND (Montag-Freitag; Pakete Dienstag-Freitag) *** Universitätsbibliotheken oder öffentliche Bibliotheken innerhalb Deutschlands müssen bei Vorkasseartikeln KEINE Vorauskasse leisten. Die Bestellung wird in diesem Fall auf Rechnung versandt.

      [Bookseller: Versandantiquariat Ottomar Köhler Einzel]

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        Rink, Arno. - "Spanisches Stilleben".
      . Lithografie / Kreidelithografie, auf Torchon-Maschinenbütten, 1981. Von Arno Rink. Auflage Exemplar Nr. 15/25. 36,8 x 48,4 cm (Darstellung) / 39,1 x 51,6 cm (Stein) / 49,5 x 65 cm (Blatt). Rechts unten in Bleistift signiert und datiert. - Hauptblatt des Künstlers. - Sehr gut erhalten. Arno Rink (*1940 Schlotheim/Thüringen - lebt und arbeitet in Leipzig). Deutscher Maler, bedeutender Vertreter der Leipziger Schule. Ab 1958 Kunststudium an der Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Fakultät Dresden. 1961 zunächst erfolglose Bewerbung an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (HGB). 1962-67 Studium an der HGB bei Werner Tübke, Hans Mayer-Foreyt, Harry Blume und Bernhard Heisig. Dann freischaffend in Leipzig tätig. Ab 1969 Aspirant bei Gerhard Eichhorn an der HGB. Ab 1972 Lehrtätigkeit, ab 1975 Dozentur ebenda. 1978-2005 Leiter der Fachklasse für Malerei und Grafik, 1979 Professor sowie 1987-94 Rektor der HGB. 2005 wurde er emeritiert.; 1525.

      [Bookseller: Galerie Himmel]

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Outerbridge, Paul
        A Singular Aesthetic - Photographs and Drawings 1921-1941
      Arabesque Books, Santa Barbara California 1981 - Artists' Book. Quite scarce. Limited DeLuxe Edition of 1.500 copies. Printing plates were destroyed in the large California fires. First and only edition. Also a catalogue raisonne. Colour photograph with the mat hinged on front of the cover. Covered by the acetate dust jacket silkscreened in three colors. Inlay describing all steps of production laid in. 9x12". 238 p. Flawless like new condition. Absolut neuwertig. Meinen Gesamtkatalog Photographie-Bücher finden Sie wie folgt. Bei Buchanbieter: Gura anklicken. Buchbestand: Das Angebot durchsuchen (Button). Stichwörter: Photographie eingeben. Suchergebnisse sortieren nach: Autor A-Z oder Titel A-Z (Button). Suche starten. Please look at a catalogue of all my photography books. At BOOKSELLER: Click on Gura. INVENTORY: Search Seller's Books. KEYWORDS: Photography. SORT BY: Author A-Z or Title A-Z. START SEARCH. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Richard Yates
        Liars in Love
      Delacorte Press, New York 1981 - First USA Edition. Fine book in a Fine DJ. Front flyleaf has some foxing , probably from a paper insert no longer present. Else fine and bright. DJ has even sunning along the spine. Signed and dated in the year of publication, by the author on the front flyleaf. The second book of fine short stories from this neglected writer. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]

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HERMANS, W.F. (als:) Sita van de WISSEL
        Beertje Bombazijn. (Met een 'woordje vooraf' door Dick Hosselaar [= W.F. Hermans]).
      Amsterdam, De Literaire Loodgieters, 1981. 15,0 x 15,0 cm. Leporello. In nieuw, gezeefdrukt linnen overslagdoosje. (11) p. Met de hand gezet en gedrukt op karton in een oplage van 'maximaal 50 [= (volgens DLL:) 43 of (volgens JS:) 49] exemplaren'. 1e druk.* Prachtig 'kinderboek' van Hermans, uitgelicht uit de iets eerder verschenen roman Uit talloos veel miljoenen, gedrukt en gebonden in de Drukwerkplaats Ewald Spieker, naar typografie van Pierre Roth en met indrukwekkende typografische illustraties van Lionel Prent [= Ewald Spieker]. Deze uitgave haalde zelfs de kranten. NRC schreef dat het boekje niet te koop was: 'Spieker spreekt van een goed uitgevoerde grap. Roth is afgelopen weekend dertig exemplaren naar W.F. Hermans in Parijs gaan brengen'.Dit archiefexemplaar telt helaas 11 van de 12 vierkante pagina's (ontbrekende pagina wordt in kleurenkopie geleverd).DLL 7. JS 367.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariaat Fokas HOLTHUIS]

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München, Malerei, 6 Bände komplett - Ludwig, Horst:
        Münchner Maler im 19./20. Jahrhundert in sechs Bänden.
      München, Bruckmann, 1981-1994.. 4°. 400, 424, 424, 452, 528, 527 SS.; mit unzähligen Abbildungen Original-Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Bruckmanns Lexikon der Münchner Kunst. Band 1-4: Münchner Maler im 19. Jahrhundert. Band 5-6: Münchner Maler im 19./20. Jahrhundert (Geburtsjahrgänge 1871-1900). - 6 Bände komplett! Nur Umschlag von Band 4 mit Randeinriss und Etikettrückständen, sonst gut erhalten, innen sauber. - Sehr schwer, kein Versand in die Schweiz! Nur EU.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Thomas Rezek]

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Cornwell, Bernard
        Sharpe's Eagle : Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809
      We have been described as an entertaining bookshop trading in a variety of second hand books for nearly 40 years. We are very proud of our reputation and would invite you down to our warehouse where we have a vast selection of fiction and non fiction for you to look at. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR ANY INFORMATION YOU MAY REQUIRE ON THIS PARTICULAR BOOK OR ANY OTHER BOOKS. WE ARE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU REQUIRE INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPS. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Hurlingham Books]

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Marc TRIVIER
        Autoportrait. Photographie Originale
      Rare original photographic self-portrait in black and white made in 1981 in Brussels. Portrait artist, anonymous, crazy, slaughterhouse or tree: Marc Trivier photographed each subject with the same interrogative intensity. All made in the same square, elementary and closed without editing or cropping format photographs seem less staging a subject - famous or unknown, elected or deposed, living or dead - interrogate a presence. "What interested me was not just photographing a body or face, but this particular situation is someone doing the photo of someone else." Trivier undresses work its effects and reveals the enigmatic photographic nude body. "In his cosmogony, every thing, every being, plant, animal or human, deserves the same respect for they are all facing the same iron law. Solitude." (Luke Desbenoit in Télérama, 05/03/2011 on the occasion of the retrospective Marc Trivier at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie). Silver print unsigned, like most works of Trivier. Single Event drawn by the artist. Tiny trace fold in the photograph. Rare self-portrait of one of the most important contemporary photographers. Par l'auteur S.l. 1981 22x22cm sur papier Ilford 30x40cm 1 planche photographique

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Andy WARHOL, Marc TRIVIER
        Andy Warhol - Philippe. Photographies Originales
      Diptych original photographic portraits in black and white made and drawn by Marc Trivier. The two photographs, taken facing are: - An original photographic portrait of Andy Warhol in New York in 1982 - An original photographic portrait of Philip taken to Manage in 1981 Portrait artist, anonymous, crazy,.. slaughterhouse or tree: Marc Trivier photographed each subject with the same interrogative intensity. All made in the same square, elementary and closed without editing or cropping format photographs seem less staging a subject - famous or unknown, elected or deposed, living or dead - interrogate a presence. "What interested me was not just photographing a body or face, but this particular situation is someone doing the photo of someone else." By comparing portraits artists in their corresponding altered Trivier undresses the work of its effects and reveals the enigmatic photographic nude body. "In his cosmogony, every thing, every being, plant, animal or human, deserves the same respect for they are all facing the same iron law. Solitude." (Luke Desbenoit in Télérama, 05/03/2011 on the occasion of the retrospective Marc Trivier at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie). Silver prints unsigned, like most works of Trivier. Unique tests taken by the artist. Small stain in upper margin of the photograph of Warhol. Rare diptych of one of the greatest contemporary photographers. Par l'auteur S.l. 1981-1982 22x22cm sur papier Ilford 30x40cm 2 planches photographiques

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Willem DE KOONING, Marc TRIVIER
        Willem de Kooning - Mario. Photographies Originales
      Diptych original photographic portraits in black and white made and drawn by Marc Trivier. The two photographs, taken facing are: - An original photographic portrait of Willem de Kooning in the United States in 1981 - An original photograph of Mario to Manage Psychiatric Hospital in 1984 Artist Portrait, d.. anonymous, crazy, slaughterhouse or tree: Marc Trivier photographed each subject with the same interrogative intensity. All made in the same square, elementary and closed without editing or cropping format photographs seem less staging a subject - famous or unknown, elected or deposed, living or dead - interrogate a presence. "What interested me was not just photographing a body or face, but this particular situation is someone doing the photo of someone else." By comparing portraits artists in their corresponding altered Trivier undresses the work of its effects and reveals the enigmatic photographic nude body. "In his cosmogony, every thing, every being, plant, animal or human, deserves the same respect for they are all facing the same iron law. Solitude." (Luke Desbenoit in Télérama, 05/03/2011 on the occasion of the retrospective Marc Trivier at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie). Silver prints unsigned, like most works of Trivier. Unique tests taken by the artist. A small trace of fold in upper margin, without damage to photograph Louis. Rare diptych of one of the greatest contemporary photographers. Par l'auteur S.l. 1981-1984 22x22cm sur papier Ilford 30x40cm 2 planches photographiques

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Paul DELVAUX, Marc TRIVIER
        Paul Delvaux - Michel. Photographies Originales
      Diptych original photographic portraits in black and white made and drawn by Marc Trivier. The two photographs, taken facing are: - An original photographic portrait of Paul Delvaux Furne 1981 - An original photographic portrait of Michel Psychiatric Hospital Manage 1984 Portrait artist, anonymous, of.. crazy, slaughterhouse or tree: Marc Trivier photographed each subject with the same interrogative intensity. All made in the same square, elementary and closed without editing or cropping format photographs seem less staging a subject - famous or unknown, elected or deposed, living or dead - interrogate a presence. "What interested me was not just photographing a body or face, but this particular situation is someone doing the photo of someone else." By comparing portraits artists in their corresponding altered Trivier undresses the work of its effects and reveals the enigmatic photographic nude body. "In his cosmogony, every thing, every being, plant, animal or human, deserves the same respect for they are all facing the same iron law. Solitude." (Luke Desbenoit in Télérama, 05/03/2011 on the occasion of the retrospective Marc Trivier at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie). Silver prints unsigned, like most works of Trivier. Unique tests taken by the artist. Small tear on the upper margin of the portrait of Delvaux reached without the portrait. Rare diptych of one of the greatest contemporary photographers. Par l'auteur S.l. 1981 22x22cm sur papier Ilford 30x40cm 2 planches photographiques

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Louis-Ferdinand CELINE
        Oeuvres
      Edition decorated with original illustrations by Raymond Moretti, a numbered copies on laid, with one draw 300 Rives vellum.Bindings to the Editor bradel full faux morocco chocolate, smooth back, decorated with interlacing gold plates, guards and contreplats mustard paper, gilded cartonnage cases of mustard and chocolate lined faux morocco heads.Introducing Frédéric Vitoux.All illustrated with numerous original compositions by Raymond Moretti colors.Nice full set well in 9 volumes. Club de l'honnête homme Paris 1981-1983 18x26,5cm 9 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur sous étuis

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Maurice BLANCHOT
        De Kafka à Kafka
      First Edition published only in paperback and for which he was not fired large paper copies of a press service. Touching and valuable autograph dedication signed by the author to his sister Marguerite glued on a card on the first guard: "Dear Marg, this book is not a book but if you put it in those dark days, my faithful, my deep affection. Maurice. " Envelope bearing the address of Marguerite Blanchot written by his brother Maurice glued on half-title page. Marguerite Blanchot, renowned organist Chalon Cathedral, remained all his life in the family home with his mother and aunt. "It will gradually become, for the family, as the memory of origins." Very close to Maurice, she regularly corresponded with the writer who reflects him great recognition for his dedication to their helpless mother. If intense affection Blanchot for his mother and his sister shines in dedications of it, we know almost nothing of their relationship. In the only biographical essay on Blanchot, Christophe Bident reveals, however: "Marguerite Maurice Blanchot worshiped his brother very proud of him, (...) it attached great importance to his political ideas (...) She read a lot (.... .) They phoned corresponded. A distance, they shared the same natural authority, the same concern for discretion. " Blanchot address him indeed many books from his library, now with her continuous intellectual link. A trace of marginal fold in the first flat foot. Nice copy. Gallimard Paris 1981 11x18cm broché

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Woodman, Francesca
        Some Disordered Interior Geometries
      Scarce copy of the only book published in Woodman's lifetime. The book is in the form of an Italian antique geometry exercise notebook, with 16 black and white reproductions, handwritten text and whiteout pasted over arcane mathematical formulae. Following the artist's tragic death in 1981, just after publication 450 of the 500 copies were returned to the family and distributed as a tribute at Woodman's funeral. Recently acknowledged by among others the Guggenheim Museum in New York, she is now being viewed by some art historians as "incredibly original" and "one of the great photographers of the 20th century." Purple-pink covers, interior pages are printed using black, white, and shades of gray. Some pages uncut, in wraps in excellent condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Sekkes Consultants]

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Rodtschenko, Alexander - (Warwara Rodschenko, Hg.)
        Alexander Rodtschenko - Linolschnitte 1918/19.
      2° (42, 5 x 32 cm), 2 Bl., 15 Siebdruck-Tafeln nach Holzschnitten, 2 Orig.-Linolschnitten., OKart-Mappe mit losen Blättern, Mappe wenig beschienen, tadell. XXXIV vom 50 römisch. num. Exemplaren. Die beiden 1918 und 1920 entstandenen Orig.-Linolschnitte unter Passepartout und rückseitig von Warwara Rodschenko signiert, die Abzüge von den Linolplatten besorgte W. Wittig. Edition aus dem Moskauer Nachlass mit dem Text des Künstlers «Alles Versuche». Verlegt wurde das Werk durch Rudolf Mayer. 2100 gr. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: antiquariat peter petrej]

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Neal, Avon & Ann Parker
        Early American Stone Sculpture Found in the Burying Grounds of New England
      114 pages. Oblong quarto, 30 x 42 cm. Limited edition, copy 288 of 475 signed by Neal and Parker, with an original rubbing, "Pompey Brenton, 1772, Rockport, Rhode Island," also signed by Neal and Parker laid-in. Forty-two plates with the names of the deceased. Glossary of Symbols Illustrated in the Book. Bibliography. Quality printing on glossy stock, plates and text bright and clean, an as new copy in the publisher shipping box. Orig. half calf and pictorial light brown boards, front cover paper label. Fine in fine clam shell box with original foam support for the text [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA]

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Neal Avon / Ann Parker
        Early American Stone Sculpture found in the Burying Grounds of New England [SIGNED]
      Slipcase: Brown cloth solander box with paper title label to lid. Foxing to cloth. Book: Signed limited edition No. 390/475 with expected signed original rubbing plus an additional inscription to book and an additional two photographs, one is signed, the other mounted. Quarter brown leather with illustrated paper covered boards. Light marking to front cover, small bubble to rear cover. A few light spots of foxing to text, the author inscriptions have offset onto the facing pages. The original rubbing has some spots of foxing to the mount. Creasing to corners of signed photo. Mounted photo has some notes to the rear. Comes with a prospectus for the volume and a couple of flyers. A high quality and beautifully illustrated work on the historic gravestones of New England. Hardback. Printed pages: 114 + 42 plates [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Tarrington Books]

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Patrick Eyres and John Tetley
        Studley Royal Print Folio
      New Arcadian Press 1981 - Subtitle: 'STUDLEY cannot fail of striking the spectator'. Thirty seven colour lithographs by Patrick Eyres (texts) and John Tetley (images) in hand-bound embossed folio (455 x 330 mm). Edition of 100 - this copy is no. 20. Signed in black ink by both authors. The folio comprises text and image documentation of the Augustan garden that encompasses the ruins of Fountains Abbey. Fifteen landscape images by Tetley (using a mixture of drawing, etching and photography) and 22 poem-texts serve as a discourse not only on the pastoral 18th century garden (now restored) - but also the darker past of the garden: the feudal abuse of the estate workers, for example. Eyres¿s texts are largely compiled from 18th century sources, particularly from the estate archives' correspondence accounts. New Arcadian Press (publisher of New Arcadian Journal) is dedicated to landscape theory - this being their most substantial and rarest production. Condition: minor bumps to corners of hardcover folio resulting in some small scuff marks; minor toning to fabric boards; contents clean and fresh with minor curling at the edges due to the nature of the case and minor yellowing to the outer edges of occasional pages. Near fine. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: William Allen Word & Image]

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Misugi, Takatoshi
        Chinese Porcelain Collections in the Near East: Topkapi and Ardebil. Complete in 3 Volumes
      Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1981. First English language edition. First published in Japanese in 1972. Complete in three volumes. The ISBNs are: 9622090044, 9622090052 and 9622090060. Printed and bound in Hong Kong. Royal blue silk-like bindings, with crisp silver-stamped titling in English and in Chinese. 12 x 9 inches. Unbumped spine heads and tails, with sharp corners. With xi and 273, x and 282, and x and 372 numbered pages and with numerous stunning tipped-in color plates, all on coated stock, and additional B&W plates. Each volume is immaculate, and very tight, with no hint of shelf life. Almost certainly unread. No dust jackets, as issued. In a custom, heavy-duty, four-sided portfolio bound with turquoise fabric, and with crisp white-stamped lettering and design to two sides. The portfolio with two ivory (or ivory-like) clasps.The only demerit to the portfolio is a very small amount of paper rubbing/loss to the underside of the clasps, not at all observable from the outside and in any event rather trivial. An As New set of three volumes in a Fine portfolio.. Cloth. As New. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall.

      [Bookseller: Marc Sena Carrel]

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CASTANEDA CARLOS ;
        THE EAGLE'S GIFT
      Simon and Schuster. New York.,1981. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Correct number sequence of 10 down to 1. Inscribed on the title page by Castaneda to Amy Wallace, author of The Sorceror's Apprentice: My life with Carlos Castaneda. "To Amy, with all the best, Carlos Castaneda". Publishers blue cloth, with gilt title to the front board. Dark blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. A very good copy of the book in the original illustrated dustwrapper, with price ($12.95) still intact, which has some chipping to the corners and rubbing to the edges. Overall a near to very good copy of this haunting and powerful book. Uncommon signed.:.

      [Bookseller: Paul Foster Books]

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        Rink, Arno. - "Reiterkampf".
      . Lithografie / Kreide- & Pinsellithografie, 1981. Von Arno Rink. Auflage Exemplar Nr. 20/25. 36,8 x 49,0 cm (Darstellung) / 43,5 x 53 cm (Blatt) / 55,5 x 71 cm (Passepartout). Rechts unter der Darstellung in Bleistift signiert und datiert. Links eigenhändig betitelt und bezeichnet. - Hauptblatt des Künstlers. - Papier etwas gebräunt. Im Passepartout professionel montiert. Gut erhaltenes Exemplar. Arno Rink (*1940 Schlotheim/Thüringen - lebt und arbeitet in Leipzig). Deutscher Maler, bedeutender Vertreter der Leipziger Schule. Ab 1958 Kunststudium an der Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Fakultät Dresden. 1961 zunächst erfolglose Bewerbung an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (HGB). 1962-67 Studium an der HGB bei Werner Tübke, Hans Mayer-Foreyt, Harry Blume und Bernhard Heisig. Dann freischaffend in Leipzig tätig. Ab 1969 Aspirant bei Gerhard Eichhorn an der HGB. Ab 1972 Lehrtätigkeit, ab 1975 Dozentur ebenda. 1978-2005 Leiter der Fachklasse für Malerei und Grafik, 1979 Professor sowie 1987-94 Rektor der HGB. 2005 wurde er emeritiert.; 2025.

      [Bookseller: Galerie Himmel]

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Betjeman, John (contributions by Dannie Abse, Kingsley Amis, Patricia Beer, Leonard Clark, Charles Causley, Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, Alan Ross, Stephen Spender, R S Thomas and others):
        A GARLAND FOR THE LAUREATE Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman on his seventy-fifth birthday
      Stratford Upon Avon: The Celandine Press. 1981. First edition. One of 75 copies (of a total edition of 350) signed by Dannie Abse, Alan Brownjohn, Patric Dickinson, Elizabeth Jennings, Norman Nicholson, Sacheverell Sitwell, Anthony Thwaite, Kingsley Amis, Leonard Clark, Roy Fuller, Philip Larkin, Alan Ross, Stephen Spender, Ted Walker, Laurence Whistler, Patricia Beer, Charles Causley, Ted Hughes, Edward Lowbury, A.L. Rowse, R.S. Thomas and John Wain. Publisher?'s original quarter cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, in the original slipcase. A fine copy. 350 copies printed. 200 were softcover; 150 were hardcover of which the first 75 were signed by all of the contributors.

      [Bookseller: Lucius Books]

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Böhme, Wolfgang:
        Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas (KONVOLUT aus 13 Teilbänden) - Bd. 1/ I: Echsen (Sauria) I/ Bd. 2/ I: Echsen II (Lacerta)/ Bd. 2/ II: Echsen III (Podarcis)/ Bd. 3/ I: Schlangen (Serpentes) I/ Bd. 3/ II A: Schlangen (Serpentes) II/ Bd. 3/ III A und B: Schildkröten (Testudines) I und II/ Bd. 4/ I; 4/ II A und B: Schwanzlurche/ Bd. 6: Reptilien der Kanaren/ Ergänzungsbände: Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles in Europe/ Nomina Herpetofaunae Europaeae.
      Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft; 1981.. insgesamt über 6000 Seiten; gebundene Ausgabe. Die hier angebotenen Bände stammen aus einer teilaufgelösten wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und tragen die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel...). Schnitt und Einband sind etwas staubschmutzig; Der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut; KOMPLETTPREIS für 13 Bände; bei Versand ins Ausland erfragen Sie bitte zuerst die Versandkosten;

      [Bookseller: Petra Gros - Versandantiquariat]

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WILLIAMS, Tennessee
        SIGNED PRINT
      1981 - A 7-1/8" x 5-1/8" color image with wide margins measuring 11-15/16" by 11" overall and lettered "V/26" beneath the image in the left corner and SIGNED by the artist in pencil with a large 6" signature dated in 1981. According to the COA accompanying this, it is called a lithograph, but we are not certain of the medium. The image is of a man with his shirt unbuttoned revealing his chest seated beneath a flowering tree with a woman seated on the opposite side of the tree. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

      [Bookseller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB]

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Martin Gilbert
        Winston S Churchill, The Official Biography, Companion Volume V, Part 2, The Wilderness Years 1929-1935
      Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good . This is the U.S. first edition of Companion Volume V, Part 2 of the Official Biography of Sir Winston Churchill. The Official Biography of Winston Churchill, initiated by Randolph Churchill but completed by Martin Gilbert, is an epic piece of scholarship about a singularly epic life, comprising eight mammoth main text volumes and - so far - seventeen accompanying document or "Companion" volumes. The eight main text volumes were originally published between 1966 and 1988. Publication of the Companion volumes continues today. The Companion volumes for Volume V of the Official Biography are perhaps the most keenly sought and most prohibitive to acquire of all Official Biography volumes. The British and U.S. first editions saw just a single printing and the Volume V Companions were published in smaller quantities than other Companion volumes - meaning that many first edition Official Biography sets will forever do without. The British first editions were bound in solid red cloth. The U.S. editions were published using British sheets, but more elaborately bound, with tan linen spines over blue buckram boards with blue spine title panels printed in red and gilt. The bindings also feature head and foot bands and vertical red transition rules between the tan linen and blue buckram. This U.S. first edition of Companion Volume V, Part 2, is in near fine condition in a very good dust jacket. The binding is immaculate - clean, tight, and square with no discernible wear. The only flaws we find are a trivial wrinkle to the binding cloth at the head of the front hinge - perhaps a binding flaw, perhaps a tiny bump. The contents are bright and crisp, the volume clearly unread. We find no spotting and no previous ownership marks. We note a light, .75 inch pen mark at the top edge near the spine (clearly a stray pen rather than a remainder mark). The dust jacket is bright and complete, with no losses and retaining the original front flap price. There is some incidental soiling at the hinges, flap folds, and upper rear face, modest wrinkling to the bottom edge at the spine and front face, and .25 inch closed tears at the spine ends and bottom edge of the front face. The dust jacket is protected in a removable, archival quality clear cover. Please note that this large, heavy book may require additional postage. Bibliographic reference: Zoller A302e2.

      [Bookseller: Churchill Book Collector]

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Whelan, Michael
        Man on Stair with Futuristic City and Spaceship in Background
      1981. Book. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Illustrator(s). In Fine Mat and Frame. Fine Art (our Top grade) Original Signed Art. Signed by Artist's Monogram. 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 Inches. ORIGINAL BLACK-AND-WHITE ART, done to help sell a TV show, which never came to be. SIGNED with the artist's monogram. Matted and framed with white core, black fillet, white core, gray mat, and black wood frame, under UV protective glass. Image size: 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Frame size: approximately 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. Fine in fine frame..

      [Bookseller: Barry R. Levin Science Fiction & Fantasy]

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ALVES. (Francisco Manuel).
        MEMÓRIAS ARQUEOLÓGICO-HISTÓRICAS DO DISTRITO DE BRAGANÇA.
      - Repositório amplo de notícias corográficas, hidro-orográficas, geológicas, mineralógicas, hidrológicas, bio-bibliográficas, hiráldicas, etimológicas, industriais e estatísticas, interessantes tanto à história profana como eclesiástica do distrito de Bragança. [Por]? Reitor de Baçal e sócio da Academia das Sciências de Lisboa, da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses e de outras corporações scientificas. Tipografia Académica. Bragança. 1981. 9 (de 11) volumes. De 23x16 cm. Com 401, 509, 703, 209, 806, 820, 130, 845, 804 pags. Brochados. Ilustrado com reprodução de pedras-de-armas (brasões) de casas do Distrito de Bragança; epigrafia no texto; e quadros de dados genealógicos desdobráveis em extra texto. Reedição do Museu do Abade de Baçal. Exemplar por abrir e com falta dos volumes nº 3 e nº 9. Obra de referência histórica e etnográfica sobre Trás-os Montes. Location/localizacao: 9-6-A-005

      [Bookseller: Livraria Castro e Silva]

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NEAL, Avon and PARKER, Ann
        Early American Stone Sculpture Found in the Burying Grounds of New England
      NY: Sweetwater Editions. (1981). The limited edition of this handsome book of photographs by Ann Parker, and gravestone rubbings, with text by Avon Neal. One of 175 numbered copies bound in full mottled calf, blind stamped and with raised bands and green leather spine label, and signed by Neal and Parker. In addition, there are two selenium-toned silver prints by Ann Parker laid in, matted, numbered and signed by Parker and an original gravestone rubbing, also matted, numbered, and signed by both authors. The book is fine. Enclosed with the prints in a clamshell box, which is also fine. A handsome and important production, many copies of which were destroyed when the publisher was bought and the new owner discarded existing inventory. This copy from the library of the authors, with a letter of provenance available. First Edition. Hardcover.

      [Bookseller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA]

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Neal, Avon; Ann Parker
        Early American Stone Sculpture Found in the Burying Grounds of New England [SIGNED]
      Sweetwater Editions (1981), New York - 1/75. 4to. Oblong. 115pp. Original leather with sculpted image on front cover in brown cloth clamshell box. Cover plate on box. Minor rubbing to box. Title-plate in green leather with gold lettering. Raised bands. Minor scuffing and scratching to leather. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated with 42 b/w reproductions of photographs and gravestone rubbings. Includes 3 loose mounted plates of which one is an original gravestone rubbing in duo tone taken directly from the Pompey Benton marker as well as 2 selenium-toned photographs. All 3 plates are signed by Neal and Parker. Also signed by them on colophon page. "This book is based on our original portfolios; substitutions have been made to balance and enrich the selection. The newly added descriptive texts include, wherever possible, the results of research into the lives and working methods of the carvers represented. Each rubbing is complemented by a photograph taken on the site, so that the individual sculpture is presented in detail and in full. In preparing this volume, the rubbings have been a collaboration between the two authors; the photographs were the work of Ann Parker; the text was written by Avon Neal." Clamshell box in very good, book in near fine condition. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)]

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BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS
        EARLY FRENCH VOYAGES TO AUSTRALIA - LES PREMIERES EXPEDITIONS FRANCAISES VERS L'AUSTRALIE (A portfolio of reproductions)
      Melbourne. 1981. Banque Nationale de Paris. - Limited edition of 2300 copies. Special folder containing: An 8 PP text book with a preface by Rodney Davidson, 2 colour reproductions of invitations to attend State banquets marking the Centenary of Settlement in NSW (1888) and the opening of the Commonwealth Parliament (1901) and on title page (protected by tissue guard): Frontispiece of "Atlas du Voyage de La Pérouse, 1797". As well as 17 facsimiles of plates (4 of them on double page) from the atlases from Bougainville's Voyage until that of Dumont d'Urville's Second Voyage. Original blue stiff folder. Letter from Banque Nationale de Paris to previous owner loosely inserted. Fine. French & English text. Large folio (47.3 cm x 65.6cm).

      [Bookseller: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books]

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