viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1986

Gehry, Frank; Foreword Henry N. Cobb
        The Architecture of Frank Gehry.
      New York: Rizzoli Publishers, 1986. First edition of this early monograph of the work of renowned architect Frank Gehry. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Inscribed and dated in 2005 by Frank Gehry. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Frank Gehry's works have been cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, which led Vanity Fair to label him as "the most important architect of our age". Gehry's best-known works include the titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles; Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, France; MIT Ray and Maria Stata Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies on the University of Cincinnati campus; Experience Music Project in Seattle; New World Center in Miami Beach; Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis; Dancing House in Prague; the Vitra Design Museum and the museum MARTa Herford in Germany; the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto; the Cin?math?que fran?aise in Paris; and 8 Spruce Street in New York City.

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Henry David Thoreau | Robert Bly (Commentaries) | Michael McCurdy (Illustrator)
        THE WINGED LIFE THE POETIC VOICE OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU
      Covelo, California: Yolla Bolly Press, 1986. The edition designed by James and Carolyn Robertson consists of eighty-five numbered copies, twelve Press copies lettered A-L, and fifty specially bound copies which are identified by roman numerals. This is no. XII of the specially bound copies, signed by Robert Bly and Michael McCurdy on the colophon. These deluxe copies are bound in linen backed in niger with gilt titling to the spine, and includs an extra suite in linen portfolio of McCurdy's engravings each signed in pencil by the artist. Housed in a linen clamshell box, with wood-engraved pictorial pastedown. With two copies , toned, of the prospectus laid in. Fine.

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SEEGER, Pete.
        Postcard to Roy Kerridge.
      Postcard 14 x 11 cm, red ink on cream card with design of dove of peace to front, manuscript message with musical notation signed by Pete Seeger to reverse with US 22 cent stamp, sent from his home in Beacon, NY; horizontal creases across card, very good. This is a fascinating postcard from Pete Seeger (b. 1919), the singer and song-writer whose work in the post-war period made him a senior and pivotal figure in the folk revival of the 1960s. He wrote protest songs such as "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" and "If I Had A Hammer" that were of central importance to the burgeoning folk and underground movements and which were inspirational to the young Bob Dylan, of whom Seeger was an early supporter. The Byrds were heavily indebted to him, including famous versions of his songs "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "The Bells of Rhymney" alongside several Dylan numbers on their first album. A card-carrying communist in his youth, he was blacklisted by US television for many years and continues to record politically-charged music together with his beloved traditional folksongs to this day. This little message to the British writer Roy Kerridge reveals Seeger the musicologist, tracing the origins of the song "Kumbaya" back to the South Carolina gospel song "Come by here" , with the observation, which once made seems so obvious that one wonders why one had never noticed it before, that it uses the melody of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". Kerridge is a man thoroughly in tune with Seeger's beliefs. In his 2011 autobiographical novel Stalin's Schoolboy, Kerridge, who was brought up by Marxist parents, puts this definition of communism into the mouth of his 11 year old self: "?It means that you like Russia more than England, you don?t like God and Empire, but you do like folk tales and folksongs. You like primitive people better than white people, so you stick up for the Indians, not Cowboys'".

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Heyeck Press) Heyeck, Robin.
        Marbling at the Heyeck Press.
      - Woodside, CA: Heyeck Press, 1986. 4to, 63 pp. with 28 marbled paper samples tipped in. Half grey morocco, grey & white boards, gilt titling, grey slipcase, mint. 150 copies on handmade paper. Samples of papers with different flaws are included, and chapters are devoted to many variables that determine success in marbling. The work contains a descriptive bibliography of marbling projects, with instructions on how to avoid many problems in the craft of making marbled paper. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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OriginalPlakate - Pomiansky, Lev.
        Terpsichore Escapes. (Mit russischen Lettern zur Ballet-Aufführung).
      1986 - 1986. Blattgrösse: 87,5x58 cm. 1 Blatt in Original-Lithographie. Schwarz, rot und weiss. Unten mitte hs. signiert u. datiert. In der Platt sign. Lev Pomiansky, geb. 1944 in Orenburg (Russland), wichtiger russischer Graphikünstler, lebt seit seiner Emigration 1991 in Tel Aviv. 1963-1991 zahlreiche Ausstellung in Russland, USA, UK, Mexico u.a. 1992-2008 einige Einzelausstellungen in der "Gallery of the Israeli Union of Artists". [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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        Euterpe. Textos De "los Nueve Libros De Historia " De Herodoto. Litografías Originales Del Pintor Albert Gonzalo.
      Migalba E.C.S.A., Barcelona 1986 - 11 hojas con texto y 15 litografías originales a plena lámina, 7 de ellas firmadas y numeradas a mano por el artista, la séptima a doble hoja. Todo en muy buen papel de hilo. La edición consta de 125 ejemplares. 100 numerados, 20 P/A y 5 H/C, el nuestro 95/100. Todo guardado en una regia caja de editorial en tela. =Albert Gonzalo nació en Tarragona en 1954. Pintor que empezó exponiendo en Barcelona pero ha llegado a exponer en ciudades como Berlín, Montpellier y Oporto. Siente gran fascinación por la cultura de civilizaciones antiguas, donde nos lo muestra en su obra. Sus pinturas están dominadas por manchas, colores, formas y texturas donde parecen entremezclarse realidad y ficción. Size: 37,5 x 28 Cm. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Schaer, Miriam
        [Original Artist's Book:] THE HISTORY OF HOSIERY
      [Brooklyn: The Artist, 1986. Narrow octavo (17.5 x 8 cm). Painted silk binding, with laces. Fold-outs consisting of two folded leaves of heavy stock, with double- spread center piece. In line with the material used, fine. A unique artist's book by this prominent American book artist, composed with mixed media and bound in a painted silk binding with raised girdle-snaps arranged under the silk and other features evocative of the subject. The three separate images consist of collaged pictorial clippings, worked over by hand with paint and other media. This is a good example of Schaer's exploration, often through the literal use of garments, of feminist and social issues. This work was exhibited at the 1986 Center for Book Arts "New Works" show, and in 1990, at the Lower East Side Print Shop exhibition, "Selections."

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MATTHIESSEN, Peter
        Men's Lives. The Surfmen and Baymen of the South Fork
      NY: Random House. (1986). A volume about the fishermen of eastern Long Island and a way of life that, in the late stages of the 20th century, appeared to be irretrievably dying away. Matthiessen spent much of his life on eastern Long Island, and once ran a charter fishing boat off the island in addition to having worked for three years with commercial fishermen, so this sympathetic portrait was written from the perspective of one who, at least for period of a time, shared the life described. Inscribed by Matthiessen to his father: "Dear Dad - It's not the Race, but it's the same part of the country/ Thanks for teaching us about boats! Much love/ Pete/ Sagaponack NY 11962." [Zip code added, rather than date.] Also signed in full, "Peter Matthiessen," on the same page. The reference to "the Race" is to Race Rock, a reef off the coast of eastern Long Island, famous for its lighthouse and for being a hazard to sailors; it also gave Matthiessen the title for his first novel, published in 1954. Creasing to the last 20 pages; minor dampstaining to the lower edges; a very good copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. An excellent family association, and one that sheds light on family and personal history. First Edition. Hardcover.

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Robinson, Alan James. Moore, Suzanne.
        A Fowl Alphabet.
      - Easthampton: Cheloniidae Press, 1986. 8vo, unpaginated with 26 wood-engravings by Alan James Robinson. Full limp vellum with gilt title on spine, initial letter and the Latin and common names of the birds hand lettered in colored inks by Suzanne Moore. With a signed suite of the 26 wood engravings, a blind-stamped set of the line-cut initials, and an original watercolor signed by Robinson enclosed in a chemise and quarter vellum portfolio. This edition bound by Gray Parrot. Fine in slightly spotted vellum-backed cloth folding box. Catalog and prospectus laid in. Full vellum deluxe edition, limited to 26 copies lettered A-Z of which this is H-2. Signed by the artist on the colophon. Cheloniidae's 12th bound book, printed by master printer Harold Patrick McGrath on Rives lightweight paper and French-folded. Designed by Robinson, Arthur Larson and Suzanne Moore. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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AKADEMIE FÜR DEUTSCHES RECHT
        1933-1945. Protokolle der Ausschüsse. Hrsg. von Werner Schubert, Werner Schmid und Jürgen Regge.
      Berlin und New York sowie Frankfurt am Main, Walter de Gruyter sowie Peter Lang, 1986-2003. 17 Bde. Gr.-8vo. und 8vo. Originale grüne Verlagsleinen. Neuwertiger Zustand! (NP 4022,50 EUR). Alle Bände herausgegeben und mit einer Einleitung versehen von Werner Schubert. Beim Verlag Walter de Gruyter in Berlin erschienene und hier vorhandene Bände: II. Ausschuß für G.m.b.H.-Recht. 1986. XXIX, 625 S. III,2. Familienrechtsausschuß. Unterausschuß für eheliches Güterrecht. 1989. VII, 990 S. III,5. Ausschuß für Schadensersatzrecht. (Leistungsstörungen. Umfang und Art des Schadensersatzes. Deliktsrecht). Ausschuß für das Recht der Betätigungsverträge. (Allgemeine Bestimmungen. Geschäftsbesorgung. Werkvertrag). Ausschuß für landwirtschaftliches Pachtrecht. 1993. XL, 719 S. III,6. Ausschüsse für Fahrnisrecht und Besitzrecht und gemeinsame Sitzungen mit dem Ausschuß für Bodenrecht (1937-1942). 1994. XXVIII, 686 S. III,7. Ausschüsse für Immobiliarkredit, Bodenrecht (allgemeines Grundstücksrecht), Hypothekenrecht und Enteignungsrecht (1934-1942). 1995. XLVIII, 799 S. III,8. Erbrechtsausschuß und Ausschuß für Schadensersatzrecht (Nachtrag). 1996. LX, 895 S. IV. Ausschuß für Genossenschaftsrecht. Hrsg. zusammen mit dem Entwurf des Reichsjustizministeriums von 1938/39 zu einem Genossenschaftsgesetz. 1989. VIII, 1199 S. Beim Verlag Peter Lang in Frankfurt am Main erschienene und hier vorhandene Bände: V. Ausschuß für das Recht des Handelsstandes und der Handelsgeschäfte (1937-1942). Ausschuß für Bank- und Börsenrecht, Unterausschuß für Depotrecht (1934/1935). 1997. LVI, 601 S. VI. Zivilprozeß und Gerichtsverfassung. Ausschüsse der Akademie für Deutsches Recht und \"Ämter\" des Reichsjustizministeriums von 1934-1944. 1997. XI, 906 S. VII. Ausschüsse für Strafprozeßrecht und Strafrechtsangleichung (1934-1941). 1998. XXVIII, 635 S. IX. Ausschüsse für den gewerblichen Rechtsschutz (Patent-, Warenzeichen-, Geschmacksmusterrecht, Wettbewerbsrecht), für Urheber- und Verlagsrecht sowie für Kartellrecht (1934-1943). 1999. LIII, 750 S. X. Ausschuß für die Reform der Sozialversicherung/für Sozialversicherung (1934-1944), Versorgungswerk und Gesundheitswerk des Deutschen Volkes (1940-1942). 2000. XXXIV, 619 S. XI. Ausschuß für Jugendrecht, Arbeitsgemeinschaften für Jugendarbeitsrecht und Jugendstrafrecht (1934-1941). 2001. XXI, 661 S. XII. Ausschuß für Rechtsfragen der Bevölkerungspolitik (1934-1940) und Ausschuß für Kolonialrecht zusammen mit den Entwürfen des Kolonialpolitischen Amts (1937-1941). Sachverständigenbeirat für Bevölkerungs- und Rassenpolitik im Reichsministerium des Inneren (1933/1939). 2001. XXXIX, 657 S. XIII. Ausschüsse für Versicherungswesen/ -recht und für Versicherungsagenten- und Versicherungsmaklerrecht (1934-1943). 2002. XXXIII, 658 S. XIV. Ausschüsse für Völkerrecht und für Nationalitätenrecht (1934-1942). LII, 643 S. XV. Ausschuß für Religionsrecht. Nachtrag zu Band XIV (Völkerrecht). 2003. XXXVI, 666 S. Versand D: 2,00 EUR

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Willi Sitte
        Sitte, Willi. - Baals Lied. - Zwei Liebesszenen.
      Leipzig Reclam 1986 - Farblithografie / Kreidelithografie, in Olivgrün, Rot & Dunkelbraun, auf Weißenborn-Bütten, 1986. Von Willi Sitte. Auflage Exemplar Nr. 120/150. 49,5 x 38,0 cm (Darstellung) / 50 x 40 cm (Blatt). Aus: Willi Sitte, Baals Lied. Willi Sitte Sechs Lithografien zu Liebesgedichten von Bertolt Brecht. Grafik-Edition XXIII. (Leipzig: Reclam 1986). - Unterhalb in Bleistift signiert und datiert. Links eigenhändige Auflagenbezeichnung. - Schönes Exemplar. Tadelloser Zustand. Willi Sitte (1921 Kratzau / Tschechien - 2013 Halle / Saale). Deutscher Maler und Grafiker, Vertreter des Sozialistischen Realismus. Gehört neben Werner Tübke, Bernhard Heisig und Wolfgang Mattheuer zu den bedeutendsten bildenden Künstlern der DDR. Ab 1936 Ausbildung zum Textilmusterzeichner an der Kunstschule des nordböhmischen Gewerbemuseums Reichenberg. 1940 Empfehlung an die Hermann-Göring-Meisterschule für Malerei in Kronenburg in der Eifel. 1941 Einberufung als Soldat an die Ostfront. Desertiert 1944 nach Gelbsucht und Versetzung nach Italien, um sich italienischen Partisanen anzuschließen. 1946 nach Rückkehr und Vertreibung aus Böhmen Ansiedlung in Halle an der Saale. 1951 Lehrauftrag, seit 1959 Professur an der Kunstschule Burg Giebichenstein ebenda. Der bekennende Kommunist engagierte sich seit 1964 aktiv politisch, seit 1976 als Abgeordneter der Volkskammer der DDR. 1968 Käthe-Kollwitz-Preis. 1969-91 ordentliches Mitglied der Deutschen Akademie der Künste. 1974-88 Präsident des Verbandes Bildender Künstler der DDR. Bertolt Brecht (1898 Augsburg - 1956 Ost-Berlin). Eigentlich Berthold Friedrich Brecht, auch Bert Brecht. Deutscher Dramatiker und Lyriker, bedeutender Vertreter der deutschen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Begründer des epischen Theaters bzw. dialektischen Theaters. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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        Brockhaus Enzyklopädie 19.Auflage Ganz-/Echtleder, 30 Bände | neuwertig (im Schuber)
      F.A. Brockhaus 1986-1996, Mannheim - Brockhaus Enzyklopädie Neunzehnte (19.) völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage Alle 30 Bände (Band 1-30, Grundlexikon in 24 Bänden & Zusatzbände) F.A. Brockhaus, Mannheim, 1986-1996 In braunen Originalschubern & mit Urkunde mit Reg.-Nr. (siehe Bild 12) für den kostenlosen Auskunftsdienst der Brockhaus-Lexikonredaktion. Limitiert aufgelegte, braune Echtleder-/Ganzlederausgabe: Nach alter handwerklicher Tradition komplett aus weitgehend naturbelassenem Volleder schottischer Hochlandschafe gebunden, jeder Band ein Unikat. Mit Kopfgoldschnitt & goldgeprägtem Original-Schriftzug des Verlagsgründers F.A. Brockhaus auf dem vorderen Buchdeckel (s. Beispielbilder). Letzte Brockhaus Enzyklopädie in echtem Ganzleder. Format ca. 24,5 x 18cm. Derartige Hochwertigkeit & Exklusivität schlug sich im Neupreis von 398 DM pro Band nieder; für die hier angebotenen 30 Bände insgesamt knapp 12.000 DM (bei Bezahlung in Raten - wie wohl in den meisten Fällen - nahezu 14.000 DM). Weitere Details zu dieser besonderen Ausgabe können Sie dem Scan des dem ersten Band beiliegenden, vom Verleger Hubertus Brockhaus signierten Einlageblattes in der Galerie entnehmen (s. Bild 6). Das Angebot umfaßt alle in dieser besonderen Einbandvariante veröffentlichten 30Bände: * Band 1-24: Enzyklopädie A-Z * Band 25: Personenregister A-Z * Band 26-28: Deutsches Wörterbuch in drei Bänden Deutsches Wörterbuch (A-GLUB, GLUC-REG, REH-Z) * Band 29: Wörterbuch Englisch-Deutsch & Deutsch-Englisch * Band 30: Ergänzungen A-Z Weitere Informationen zu Brockhaus Enzyklopädie 19.Auflage Exemplar - neuwertig (im Schuber): Wie abgebildet, befinden sich alle 30 Bände noch in den braunen Originalschuber (diese - ihrer Funktion entsprechend - mit leichten Lagerspuren). Aufgrund dessen sind die ungelesenen Bücher für diese empfindliche Ganz-Lederausgabe - bei welcher selbst verlagsfrische Exemplare in Originalverpackung teils schon kleine Sachverhalte am Ledereinband vorweisen - in hervorragendem & überdurchschnittlichem Erhaltungszustand: Frischer & schneeweißer Buchschnitt, riechen noch nach Druck, Kopfgoldschnitt mit vollem Glanz etc. Innen tadellose Exemplare. Viele Bände dabei durchgängig in Neuzustand (keine ersichtlichen Gebrauchs-/Lagerspuren), bei einigen Bänden minimale Sachverhalte wie (hauch-)feine Kratzer am Kopfgoldschnitt oder kleinere Bereibungen an Ecken & Kanten bzw. am empfindlichen Einband (jedoch an den Buchrücken nie in gravierend störender Form). [{ oxcontent identsn_b19a 80000 Gramm. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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PLIMPTON, George
        Open Net
      NY: Norton. (1986). Subtitled "The Professional Amateur in the World of Big-Time Hockey," this follows in the tradition of Plimpton's earlier books Paper Lion and Out of My League, among others, wherein Plimpton enters the world of professional athletes as a participant rather than a spectator, and writes about the experience of the sport and the culture from the inside. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] and his wife, "with love." Modest foxing; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover.

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Burke, James Lee
        The Lost Get-Back Boogie
      Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A.: Louisiana State University Press, 1986, Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A. - Soft Cover. Fine/Paper Wraps. Advance Reading Copy (ARC). Signed by Author. 5.25 x 8.25". Yellow wrappers with title on front cover, plus publication date and the words "Advance Uncorrected Proof." Near-mint condition, with only a tiny smudge or two on front panel and a trace of edgewear to bottom of front panel. Interior clean and tight. 241 pages; includes jacket copy and blurbs by Robert Olen Butler, Rick DeMarinis, and A. B. Guthrie, Jr. A rare advance reading copy from early in Burke's career, when he was still being published by LSU Press. Signed by Burke in ink on the title page. We ship the same day or next business day after order is received. We pack carefully, with moisture protection, bubble wrap, and a cardboard "sandwich" to protect every book and ensure it arrives undamaged. Size: 5.25 x 8.25" [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

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[Heyeck Press]. Heyeck, Robin.
        Marbling at the Heyeck Press.
      4to. Woodside, CA: Heyeck Press, 1986. 4to, 63 pp. with 28 marbled paper samples tipped in. Half grey morocco, grey & white boards, gilt titling, grey slipcase, mint. 150 copies on handmade paper. Samples of papers with different flaws are included, and chapters are devoted to many variables that determine success in marbling. The work contains a descriptive bibliography of marbling projects, with instructions on how to avoid many problems in the craft of making marbled paper.

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Fischer, Johann (1919 -2008):
        Ein Herr mit Hut.
      -,, Gugging, 1986 - Farbstifte, Bleistift auf Papier. Gugging, -, 1986. 40 x 30 cm. Gerahmt. Monogrammiert "F. J. ". - Der ehemalige Weinbauer Johann Fischer begann in Gugging im Pensionsalter diszipliniert zu zeichnen."Anfangs zeichnete er nur einzelne Figuren oder Gegenstände und beschränkte sich auf den Bleistift als Werkzeug. In den folgenden Jahren wurden seine Zeichnungen aber immer farbiger, komplexer und kompositorisch dichter. Er fügte zuerst seinen Abbildungen ausführliche Titel hinzu und entwickelte daraus schließlich jenes erzählerische, dokumentarische Stilmittel der "Inschriftierung". Seine späteren Blätter sind oft mit Schrift und Bild und nur wenig Lücken bis an den Rand gefüllt." (Zitat) Deutsch

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IAN ANÜLL (*1948 Sempach).
        PILE - FACE. Portfolio. 16 Duo-Farbholzschnitte in Cooperation mit 16 weiteren Künstlern/Künstlerinnen.
      - Genève, Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporaine, 1986. 1 Bl. Impressum u. 16 Bl. Zerkall Bütten Kupferdruck. In bedruckter Orig.-Wellkarton-Kassette (39 : 29 cm). Exemplar Nr. 23 von 32.  Im Druckvermerk von Anüll in Bleistift signiert.  Die beteiligten Künstler/innen sind: Tamach Taub, Teres Wydler, Paul Viaccoz, Rémi DallAglio, Andreas Hofer, Françoise Lienhard, Alex Hanimann, Roman Signer, Daniel Zimmermann, Philippe Deléglise, Richel Ritter, Paul Marie, Daniel Berset, Felix Müller, Jürg Egli und Cécile Wick.  In tadelloser Erhaltung. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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GRAYSON Andrew Jackson and STONE Lois Chamber
        Birds of the Pacific Slope. A Biography of the Artist & Naturalist 1818 - 1869
      San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1986. First edition. original tan linen cloth, brown morocco gilt decorated and lettered labels, text volume in original cloth slipcase. As new. Quarto, plates large folio (63.5 x 48 cms.; 25 x 19 inches) . Two volumes: text volume and portfolio with plates With 156 large coloured single leaf plates, and numerous coloured plates in the text volume No. of 425 sets, printed by Andrew Hoyem â€œAndrew Jackson Grayson, who came to San Francisco just before the Gold Rush, was inspired to paint by James John Audubon's Birds of America. He vowed to extend Audubon's visual record west, to include the CA retail Pacific Slope of California and Mexico. Bequeathed to the University of California in 1879 by Grayson's widow, his paintings became an important holding in The Bancroft Library, but remained largely unknown to the public. Lois Chambers Stone of Berkeley spent several years researching the biography of Grayson that accompanies the portfolio. The publication of this long-overlooked masterwork has now assured Grayson of a significant place in the history of American ornithology.As a result of the Arion edition, an exhibition of Grayson's original watercolors and related material, including the book and portfolio, was mounted in 1987 at the Oakland Museum and the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D. C.â€ -Arion Press information.

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Boudriot, Jean [English Translation by David H. Roberts]
        The Seventy-Four [74] Gun Ship: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Naval Architecture. (Deluxe Edition) 4 Volume Set. Volume I (1): Hull Construction; Volume II (2): Fitting Out the Hull; Volume III (3): Masts, Sails, Rigging; Volume IV (4): Manning, Shiphandling. [Le Vaisseau de 74 Canons. Traite Pratique D'Art Naval. Construction du Vaisseau].
      Published by Jean Boudriot Publications 15, avenue Paul-Doumer, Paris First Thus Revised and Corrected English Edition 1986 / 1987 / 1988. Four Volumes. 1986-1987-1988. Uniform matching Limited Edition hard back binding in publisher's original morocco blue leather covers, gilt tooling between raised bands with gilt title and author lettering to the spines, top edges gilt. 4to 12Â½'' x 9Â¾'' Numerous fold-out plates of measured drawings, monochrome line drawings and diagrams, (some folding), colour plates depicting uniforms. This Limited Edition set is Number 9 of 50 that were specially hand bound by the Wayte Bindery in full navy blue morocco leather, each volume with signed certificate of authenticity and limitation details opposite the half-title page. All in Fine condition. Publisher's flyer advertising the set loosely inserted. Heavy set weighing in at 9kg. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Barrow (editor); Major V. A. French; J. Seabrook; Brigadier Peter Young; Major J. H. Busby, Lieut. Col. T. J.
        The Story of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (The 16th Regiment of Foot) in Two Volumes; Volume I 1688-1913;Volume II 1914-1958
      Regimental History Committee, Royal Anglian Regiment, 1986, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good Condition, Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket, 1st Edition, Illustrated By: D. H. Sharpe and C. C. P. Lawson. Black cloth with gilt titles. Lord Luke's copy (Lieutenant colonel with the Regiment during the Second World War and former Chairman of Bovril Ltd.), and with dedication to him in volume I. Illustrated in black and white and full colour with many maps - most fold outs. A comprehensive history of the Regiment - now part of The Royal Anglian Regiment. A significant association copy. . Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. xiv+420;xvii+729. Item Type: Book. No notes or marking in text body. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, with some edge wear. Illustrator: D. H. Sharpe and C. C. P. Lawson. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; ; . Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 024502.

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CASH, Johnny
        Man in White.
      San Francisco: Harper & Row, , 1986. Octavo. Original cream cloth-backed yellow boards, titles to spine gilt, yellow endpapers. With the dust jacket. A couple of faint marks to edges of text block; an excellent copy in the lightly creased jacket with some nicks to extremities. First edition, first printing of Cash's only novel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Chips, Tony & Casey - I love you. Johnny Cash." Chips Moman was the producer and a songwriter for Cash's album Rainbow, released in 1985, the year before this novel was published. The book is inscribed to him, his wife and fellow songwriter Toni Wine, and their son, Casey.

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        Tübke, Werner. - "Sonntagnachmittag".
      - Lithografie / Kreidelithografie, in Schwarz, auf Büttenpapier, 1986. Von Werner Tübke. Auflage Exemplar Nr. 31/60. 20,7 x 35,5 cm (Darstellung) / 26,4 x 41,9 cm (Stein) / 40 x 53 cm (Blatt). Tübke-Schellenberger 156. Rechts unten in Bleistift signiert. Links Auflagenbezeichnung. Zusätzlich im Stein signiert und datiert. - Tadelloser Zustand. Werner Tübke (1929 Schönebeck/Elbe - 2004 Leipzig). Deutscher Maler, Zeichner und Grafiker, neben Bernhard Heisig und Wolfgang Mattheuer einer der bedeutendsten Künstler in der DDR, Vertreter der ersten Generation der Leipziger Schule. 1935-45 privater Zeichenunterricht bei Karl Friedrich in Magdeburg. Studierte 1948/49 Malerei an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig (HGB), 1950-52 Kunsterziehung und Psychologie an der Universität Greifswald. 1955-57 Assistent an der HGB. 1961/62 Studienaufenthalt in der Sowjetunion. Ab 1962 Oberassistent, ab 1964 Dozent an der HGB, 1972 Professor und 1973-76 Rektor. 1971 erste Italienreise. 1976-87 Arbeit am Panoramagemälde zum Deutschen Bauernkrieg in Bad Frankenhausen in Thüringen. 1977 documenta in Kassel. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

      [Bookseller: GALERIE HIMMEL]

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        ORIGINAL ART: FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING [CHASED INTO THE LAKE]
      - CONOVER,CHRIS. ORIGINAL ART: FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING [CHASED INTO THE LAKE p.[19-20]]. Offered here is a double page watercolor used in Conover's Froggie Went A-Courting published by Ferrar Straus Giroux in 1986. It is the story of a handsome humanized, seafaring frog's wooing of Miss Mousie. An entire world of humanized creatures is created around this traditional song with text retold by Conover. Reviewed by School Library Journal as a 'tour de force.'. This illustration measures 15 1/2" wide x 9 1/2", signed. The scene shows all of the wedding party in the water after being chased by Tom Cat. Froggie has saved the day by capturing the cat in a net. Its a fabulous image that you'd never get tired of looking at. Conover has been illustrating children's books since 1974. Her work is noted for rich colors and incredible attention to detail, some of which is executed using a magnifying glass for accuracy. There is plenty to look at but without the overcrowding that hampers so many modern children's books. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc. - ABAA]

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