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The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter [signed 1st edition]
London, Michael Joseph, 1997. First edition of Adeline Yen Mah's first autobiographic book, signed by her with a blue pen on the title page. Octavo, 225 x 140 mm, (ix) 278 pp. Green cloth hardcover with dust jacket. Signed in Chinese and English by Ms Yen Mah. Book in good condition. Edges show very tiny dots, a little foxing on the first pages near the spine, bottom of the DJ lightly crumpled, margins slightly yellowed. Binding is in very good shape, paper clean, DJ is crisp and well protected beneath its original mylar.
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A heartbreaking book, this True Story tells of a very bad in start fraught with desperation and doing everything to get out of one's condition. The author claims writing the book was difficult but she felt compelled to do so. Since then, while the book sold in the hundreds of thousands of copies, Adeline Yen Mah only appeared a very few times in public and rarely signed her work. This is a beautiful signed copy of her most important book, 1st edition.
Absolute V for Vendetta [signed]
USA, DC Comics/Vertigo, 2023. Tall and heavy hardcover, in-folio book. 32 x 21 cm, 384 pp. Signed and dedicated by David Lloyd on title page, with a sketch of V on blue pencil alongside signature. With dust jacket, a black silk signet and a slipcase nicely housing the book. "Alan Moore and David Lloyd's powerful epic about loss of freedom and individuality gets the Absolute treatment! Taking place in a totalitarian England following a devastating war that changed the face of the planet, V FOR VENDETTA was the inspiration for the hit 2005 movie starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving. This amazing graphic novel spotlights a mysterious man in a white porcelain mask and his young protégé as they fight political oppressors through terrorism and seemingly absurd acts. It's a gripping tale of the blurred lines between ideological good and evil and details a world where political and personal freedoms are non-existent."
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A few bumps on the slipcase corners, otherwise a fine, crisp copy. A treat for any fan!
Travels in South America during the years 1819-20-21 containing an account of the present state of Brazil, Buenos Ayres and Chile.
London, John Murray on Albemarle Street, 1825. First edition. Two volumes, 230 x 148 mm, (xii) 373 + (viii) 380 pp. Recently rebound in half morocco leather with 5 raised bands, author's name, title, volume number and year stamped in gold, marbled papers on covers and as endpapers. Headbands. Volume I features a picture of two masked women as "The Usual Walking Costume of Lima", a short preface, 12 chapters, 5 colored plates and an unfolding map of South America. Volume II features four color plates, including a frontispiece as well, chapters 13-19, no less than 26 appendixes and a very long folding map. "Caldcleugh came to Brazil as private secretary to the British Ambassador, Edward Thornton. From October, 1819, until 1821 he lived in Rio, and from there travelled to Argentina and Chile. His return journey again took him through Brazil, and this time he visited Minas Geraes which he describes on pp. 178-288 of the second volume. Caldcleugh's work has great documentary value. An excellent and impartial observer, he describes Rio de Janeiro with great accuracy, and studies the social, agricultural, financial, and political situations in Brazil. The part referring to the mines in Minas Geraes is of great interest. The first volume contains two very beautiful views of Rio de Janeiro." (Borba de Moraes, I:144) "An example of the very important travel literature of the period" (Griffin 3455). Abbey Travel 699, Sabin 9877. This work also includes appendices on matters such as meteorology, the slave trade, and shipping.
A very good and elegant copy. Some pages show some browning and occasional small defects on the margins with no loss to the pictures, content or the recently rebacked sturdy binding.
Man, The Unknown
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1939. 2nd edition with a new introduction. A blue hardback volume, 213 x 147 mm, (xxv) 346 pp. Smooth spine with no mention written. SIGNED in French by William Close and his wife Tina on the half-title page. Their dedication says: "Tu ma vue [sic], puis tu a acheté ce livre !!! à un type magnifique, avec l'espérance qu'on se verra encore. Bill Close et sa petite femme Tina Close" (translation: "You saw me, then you bought this book!!! To an awesome guy, I hope we will meet again. Bill Close and his cute wife Tina"). Inscription from 1944 written on the title page. Contents list at the beginning. Introduction, Preface and eight chapters, the eighth being the most famous for some idea which would get out of the Overton window. "William Taliaferro Close (June 7, 1924 – January 15, 2009) was an American surgeon who played a major role in stemming a 1976 outbreak of the Ebola virus in Zaire, the first major outbreak of the viral hemorrhagic fever in Central Africa, and preventing its further spread. He was also the father of Oscar-nominated actress Glenn Close and husband of Bettine Moore Close." (Wikipedia) Dr. Close's efforts proved instrumental in breaking the chain of transmission of the Ebola virus during a pandemic, saving thousands of lives, and investigated the progress of the AIDS pandemic soon after. Close wrote four books, which included chronicles of his experiences as a doctor in Zaire and Wyoming.
Some foxing throughout, otherwise all legible with no marking of any kind past the title page. A trace of William Close's adventurous, innovative and actually philanthropic life.
Alvimar et Gonzaga Rodrigues (ed. et texte)
Reference : 0236
(1991)
ISBN : 8525804584
Parahyba. A cidade, o rio e o mar / The city, the river and the sea / La ville, le fleuve et la mer
Rio de Janeiro, Bloch Editores, 1991. Livre trilingue portugais, anglais et français. Première et unique édition de cette oeuvre atypique consacrée à Paraíba, état du Nordeste brésilien, et à sa capitale en bord de mer João Pessoa. Grand in-4 relié, 302 x 245 mm pour 127 pages. Jaquette illustrée, imprimé sur papier couché, intérieur riche en photographies accompagnant le texte dont des photos double page. Blason de l'État de Paraíba en quatrième de couverture. "La capitale du Paraíba est une cité privilégiée. Elle est née entre le fleuve et la mer, elle a grandi dominant une colline de laquelle l'on voit, aujourd'hui encore, une végétation exubérante. Cette couverture est la marque la plus caractéristique de son paysage, de l'estuaire du fleuve aux plages de Tambaú, prévalant sur les toitures et les avenues, comme si ce lieu qui a tant impressionné le colonisateur portugais restait intact." (Tarcísio de Miranda Burity, gouverneur de l'État, Présentation) Rio de Janeiro, Bloch Editores, 1991. Book written in three languages: Portuguese, English and French. First and only edition of this atypical work dedicated to Paraíba, a state in the Brazilian Nordeste, and its shoreline capital city João Pessoa. Large hardcover 4to, 302 x 245 mm for 127 pages. Illustrated dust jacket, printed on coated paper, interior rich in photographs accompanying the text including double-page photos. Coat of arms of the State of Paraíba on the back cover. "The capital of Paraíba is a privileged city. It was born between the river and the sea, it grew dominating a hill from which one can still see, today, exuberant vegetation. This cover is the most characteristic mark. of its landscape, from the estuary of the river to the beaches of Tambaú, prevailing on the roofs and avenues, as if this place that so impressed the Portuguese colonizer remained intact." (Tarcísio de Miranda Burity, Governor of the State, Presentation) Rio de Janeiro, Bloch Editores, 1991. Livro trilíngue português, inglês e francês. Primeira e única edição desta obra atípica dedicada à Paraíba, estado do Nordeste brasileiro, e à sua figura histórica João Pessoa. Grande in-quarto encadernado, 302 x 245 mm para 127 páginas. Sobrecapa ilustrada, imprimido em papel couché, fartamente ilustrado com fotografias acompanhando o texto incluindo fotos de página dupla. Brasão do Estado da Paraíba na contracapa. "A capital paraibana é uma cidade privilegiada. Nasceu entre o rio e o mar, cresceu dominando um morro de onde, ainda hoje, avistamos uma vegetação exuberante. do estuário do rio até as praias de Tambaú, predominando nos telhados e avenidas, como se esse lugar que tanto impressionou o colonizador português permanecesse intacto." (Tarcísio de Miranda Burity, governador do estado, Apresentação)
Un très beau témoignage de la vie dans une ville charmante, entre forêt luxuriante, océan infini, mais aussi une croissance typique du plus grand pays d'Amérique du Sud et le "string brésilien" encore nouveau pour l'époque. A beautiful testimony of life in a charming city, between lush forest, infinite ocean, but also a growth typical of the largest country in South America and the then new Brazilian string bikini. Um belíssimo testemunho da vida em uma cidade encantadora, entre floresta exuberante, oceano infinito, mas também o crescimento típico do maior país da América do Sul e o biquíni brasileiro ainda novo.
History of Brazil comprising a geographical account of that country
London, B. Clarke for Henry Colburn, 1809. First edition. Octavo, 210 x 130 mm, (6) 304 pp. Bound in original quarter brown morocco with corners, spine with 5 raised bands, wine-colored title piece with author's name and title in gold as well as a double gilt fillet on the higher and lower extremities of the piece, year on the bottom of spine. Purple marbled dishes with tons of yellow and bluish waves. Headband. Title page, dedication to the "merchants of Great Britain", Advertisement and table of contents at the beginning of the book. Twelve chapters followed by two appendices (and not just one as indicated in the table) with "Medical advice for Europeans who emigrate to Brazil" and indications on the coins, change and commodity prices. "As the recent political changes in Europe have naturally attracted the general attention towards the New World, no apology, it is presumed, can be deemed necessary for presenting to the public the following succinct account of one of the most interesting colonies in that quarter of the globe. The jealous and illiberal policy which at all times characterized the [Portuguese] government of Brazil in its intercourse with foreigners rendered it difficult to obtain accurate information respecting the productions, reade and commerce of this colony. The author therefore trusts that the information contained herein cannot fail to prove acceptable to the general reader and highly interesting to anyone engaged in commercial speculations." (Advertisement) ********************************* Londres, B. Clarke for Henry Colburn, 1809. Édition originale. Un volume in-8 de 210 x 130 mm pour (6) 304 pp. Relié demi-maroquin tabac à coins d'époque, dos à 5 nerfs, pièce de titre lie-de-vin avec nom d'auteur et titre en doré ainsi qu'un double filet doré en coiffe et queue de la pièce, année en queue. Plats jaspés mauves aux tons de vagues jaunes et bleutés. Tranchefile. Page de titre, dédicace aux "marchands de Grande-Bretagne", avertissement et table des matières en début d'ouvrage. XII chapitres suivis de deux annexes (et non une seule comme indiqué dans le sommaire) avec des "Conseils médicaux aux Européens qui émigrent au Brésil" et des indications sur le change et la valeur des marchandises. "Étant donné que les récents changements politiques survenus en Europe ont naturellement attiré l'attention sur le Nouveau Monde, aucune excuse, semble-t-il, ne saurait s'avérer nécessaires pour présenter au public l'explication ci-après de l'une des colonies les plus intéressantes à cet endroit du globe. La politique jalouse et illibérale qui a toujours caractérisé le gouvernement [portugais] du Brésil dans ses relations avec les étrangers a rendu difficile l'obtention d'informations exactes concernant les productions, les échanges et le commerce de cette colonie. L'auteur estime que les informations contenues ici seront acceptables au lecteur du grand public et extrêmement intéressantes pour quiconque s'est engagé dans le commerce." (Avertissement, traduit)
An important testimony on pre-imperial Brazil in the last years of the Portuguese period. Cited by numerous bibliographers and historians, almost impossible to find on the market and outside university or specialized libraries. Borba de Moraes I, p.374; Sabin 28291. ********************************** Témoignage important sur le Brésil pré-impérial dans les dernières années de la période portugaise. Cité par de nombreux bibliographes et historiens, quasi introuvable sur le marché et hors bibliothèques universitaires ou spécialisées. Borba de Moraes I, p.374 ; Sabin 28291.
Rubber in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Ministry of Agriculture/Superintendency of Rubber, 1913. In-8, 213 x 146 mm, 94 pp. First and only edition of this "booklet to be distributed abroad" (quoted by Gustavo Rossi, "Uma família de cultura", p. 48). Rebound in brown half-leather with a soft spine with gilt, modern-printed author's name and book title on it. Colored endpapers, no original cover, photograph of President Rodrigues Da Fonseca in frontispiece. Many photographic pictures printed on a different, whiter paper facing the text. Folding table p. 23. This book belonged to the library of the Laboratório Nacional de Análises. Two red library stamps, one on the first page and one on the last, the latter featuring another library stamp with a pen note. A concise yet detailed snapshot on the rubber industry in Brazil right before the First World War began. The author of this book is the father of Newton Carneiro (1914-1987), a Brazilian politician who was elected deputy for the state of Curitiba and led sections of the Rotary Club and Alliance Française.
First photographic page disbound, foxing throughout. Still - all text is legible and the photograph pictures are crisp and clean.
[Victor Brecheret, Di Cavalcanti, Menotti del Picchia, Oswald de Andrade, Hélio Seelinger] - Aracy Amaral
Reference : 0199
(1992)
Arts in the Week of '22 [1922]
São Paulo, BM&F, 1992. Revised edition. In English. One hardcover volume, 285 x 225 mm, 254 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with flaps. Headbands. Printed on couché paper, well illustrated with black and white photographs and color prints of artworks, including a b&w photo of Victor Brecheret, Di Cavalcanti, Menotti del Picchia, Oswald de Andrade and Hélio Seelinger as frontispiece. Published as part of the celebration of the seventieth anniversary of the Modern Art Week of 1922. "This book has blazed new paths towards a comprehensive and fertile understanding. It was originally published in 1970 and now, after so many years, the abridged text of this edition still preserves a pioneering stamp that could only be achieved through sensitivity and a steadfast prospecting of sources. In the field of plastic arts, what would be the meaning of a cultural construction of Brazil? Would it imply highlighting certain subjects? The fundamental contribution of the modernists was precisely the fact that it posed the problem of national culture."
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Firm binding, margins yellowed, vibrant pictures. A good copy.
Pablo Helguera
2017, no mention of city or editor. An oblong 211 x 248 mm octavo volume, 79 pp. Hardcover. A mention on the spine: "Art Agency, Partners - Artoon Collection 2017". Grey endpapers, the first showing an printed signature of the artist. The book is full "artoons" satirizing life in the world of contemporary art. There are almost no mentions of it over the Internet so it seems like a rare album, only published for a handful of friends or associated of the "Art Agency".
In very good condition. Small bump on the back top head, aside from that pages are crisp and clean, almost like new.
Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1893. In-quarto, 278 x 203 mm, 79 pp. Scarce first edition. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt stamped lettering to front board. Floral patterned paper eps 1st edition. Features an intriguing black stamp "Baldwin Locomotive Works / Unicos Azeites no Brazil / Rio de Janeiro" on the title page. Includes Baldwin's advertisement at the end of the book. Frontis, from a photograph, showing an interior factory view of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Images, from photographs, of the 14 engines on exhibit. Woodcut of "Old Ironsides", 1832 locomotive built by Matthias Baldwin. 4to. 10-7/8" x 7-3/4" Baldwin exhibited 14 locomotives in the Exposition including an Express Passenger Locomotive, "American Pattern" [Class 8-34 C]; 3 Compound Express Passenger Locomotives, a "Double-Ender" Type, Wootten Fire-Box [Class 8 20/38 1/4 C, No. 694], an "American Type" [Class 8 20/38 C, No. 450] & a "Special High-Speed" Type [Class 8 20/38 1/4 C, No. 13,350]; a Passenger Locomotive, "American" Type [Class 830 C, No. 13,400] and other divers models such as a Logging Locomotive, "Double-Ender" Pattern [Class 8=22 1/4 C, No. 13,361].
A bit of wear and tear on the cover. Firm binding, interior is clean and crisp, very light foxing on some pages near the binding which doesn't hamper the text or pictures.
Uma poética da modernidade. A Poetic of Modernity
Minas Geraes, Editora Itaminas, 1989. Large oblong quarto, 318 x 328 mm, 201 pp. Autograph dedication from Burle Marx. Bound in full orange-brown publisher's cloth with a taupe dust jacket with flaps. The landscaper's name is in large type, and his name is in Portuguese in small, clear type on the front cover, with orange endpapers. Signed by Burle Marx in blue pen on the title page: "Para Diogenes, toda ternura e amizade, do Roberto / Rio 6-1-1990" (For Diogenes, with tenderness and friendship, Roberto, in Rio de Janeiro on January 6, 1990). Printed on coated paper, headbands. Written in English and Portuguese, this book focuses on Burle Marx's work as a painter. Each painting is represented in color with captions in both languages. With the following texts: "A Planetary Modernist", "Ode for Roberto Burle Marx", "A Poetic of Modernity", "Roberto Burle Marx as a Painter", "Comments on his Artistic Work", "Chronology of Life and Work". An unusual book with a beautiful dedication. A retrospective of one of Brazil's most famous artists, particularly for his landscapes. Today, the São Paulo park that bears his name houses the 5-star Palácio Tangará hotel, a sumptuous neoclassical building, and is also overlooked by the elegant residential towers of the neighboring Panamby neighborhood, like a lush green bridge between tradition and modernity. ******************************** Minas Geraes, Editora Itaminas, 1989. Grand in-4 oblong de 318 x 328 mm pour 201 pp. Envoi autographe de Burle Marx. Relié plein tissu orange-brun éditeur avec jaquette taupe à rabats. Nom du paysagiste en gros, nom en portugais en petits caractères clairs au plat avant, pages de garde orangée. Signé par Burle Marx au stylo bleu sur la page de titre : "Para Diogenes, toda ternura e amizade, do Roberto / Rio 6-1-1990" (Pour Diogenes, avec tendresse et amitié, Roberto, à Rio de Janeiro le 6 janvier 1990). Imprimé sur papier couché, tranchefile. Écrit en anglais et en portugais, ce livre se concentre sur l’œuvre de Burle Marx en tant que peintre. Chaque peinture est représentée en couleurs avec légende dans les deux langues. Avec les textes suivants : "A Planetary Modernist", "Ode for Roberto Burle Marx", "A Poetic of Modernity", "Roberto Burle Marx as a Painter", "Comments on his Artistic Work", "Chronology of Life and Work". Livre peu courant nanti d'une belle dédicace. Rétrospective de l'un des artistes les plus connus du Brésil, pour ses paysages en particulier. Aujourd'hui, le parc de São Paulo qui porte son nom héberge l'hôtel 5 étoiles Palácio Tangará, un bâtiment néoclassique somptueux, et est également surplombé par les élégantes tours d'habitation du quartier voisin Panamby comme un pont verdoyant entre tradition et modernité.
Small tear at the bottom of the dust jacket on the cover, top edge and corners of the dust jacket slightly rubbed, foxing on the first two pages, margins a little yellowed without loss to the images, solid binding, images very fresh. Good copy. ********************** Petite déchirure au bas de la jaquette en couverture, chasse supérieure et coins de la jaquette légèrement frottées, rousseurs aux deux premières pages, marges un peu jaunies sans perte aux images, reliure solide, images de toute fraîcheur. Bon exemplaire.
Life & Labour of the People in London. North of the Thames: Inner Ring
London, Macmillan, 1902. First edition. Editor's hardbinding. Octavo, 23 x 15 cm, 246 pp. Front cover stamped with a gilded shield "London 1890 1900", elaborate information and detail on smooth spine: vol. 2 of the "3rd series [on] Religious Influences." Table of contents at the beginning of the book. With a tipped-in "To the reader" word on the title page. Chapters: 1. Whitchapel and St-George's in the east, 2. Bethnal Green, Haggerston and Part of Shoreditch, 3. Hoxton, St. Luke's and Clerkenwell, 4. West Central London, 5. Illustrations. Rare first edition of this volume of Booth's monumental work. Complete with all folding maps. With a library label on the paste down end paper and a library stamp on the free endpaper. A defect on the top of the spine and proximal back cover, some foxing on the pages, edges looking their age. Firm binding, all content here.
Booth's research has been instrumental in tracing the history of London by the fin de siècle timeframe. Many of his volumes have become scarce beyond availability. Here is your chance to get this one and complete your Charles Booth collection!
A Relation Of the State of the Court of Rome Made in the Year 1661 at the Council of Pregadi by the Most Excellent, the Lord Angelo Corraro, Ambassador from the most Serene Republique of Venice to Pope Alexander VII.
Londres, T. Mabb, 1664. Édition originale de la traduction en anglais du livre Relation de la cour de Rome, faite l'an 1661 au conseil du Pregadi par l'excellentissime seigneur Angelo Corraro ambassadeur de la sérénissime republique de Venise auprès du pape Alexandre VII. Un in-16 de 150 x 94 mm en deux parties de (xix) 109 + (xv) 64 pp. Reliure maroquin d'époque, dos à ornements horizontaux avec manques en coiffe et en queue, portrait du pape Alexandre VII en frontispice, mention "ROME" à l'encre sur le haut du portrait. Traduit de l'italien (du français ?) par J. B. Gent. Imprimatur de 1663, dédicace à Mathias von Beuningen, index par ordre alphabétique ("Table"), texte. Bandeaux et lettrines. Accompagné d'un second relié avec le premier, "A new relation of Rome as to the Government of the city, the Noble Families thereof, the Revenue and Expences of the Pope, the Courts of Justice, the Offices, the Congregations of Cardinals, and other Particulars very Curious. Taken out of one of the Choicest Cabinets of Rom, and English'd by Gio[vanni] Torriano, an Italian and Professor of the Italian Tongue", également édité par T. Mabb la même année, décoré de bandeaux. Selon les commentateurs Willems et Goldsmid, le pseudonyme d'Angelo Corraro cache en réalité Charles de Ferrare du Tot, conseiller du roi en la chambre du parlement de Normandie à Rouen. L'ouvrage en français fut imprimé sous une fausse adresse à Amsterdam par Daniel et Lodewijk Elzevier, à partir de l'édition originale, typographiée la même année, à Rouen, par Laurent Maurry sous le pseudonyme d'Almarigo Lorens. La mention de "traduction depuis l'italien" semble poursuivre le jeu de masques initié par l'édition originale en français.
Très rare ensemble d'une édition originale en anglais de ce livre sur les intrigues du Vatican de l'époque et d'un livre de commentaires budgétaires sur la papauté. Un autre exemplaire des deux ouvrages joints a été vendu chez Drouot en février 2024, mais sans le portrait en frontispice.
An Empire in Green and Gold: The Story of the American Banana Trade
New York, Henry Holt & co, 1947. One in-8 volume of 218 x 148 mm, 303 pp. First edition, mention of first printing. Green hardcover, no jacket, title written in gold on the spine with author's and editor's name above and below. Green vertical bands at the double title page. Table of contents at the beginning of the book. An interesting work on American entrepreneurs and the United Fruit company. Written before the smear campaign which tarnished the company's reputation, a true tale of human action and interactions amidst exotic places.
Very small foxing on the first pages, aside from that the binding is firm and the book in very good condition.
America Rising: Power and Political Economy in the First Nation
New Brunswick (NJ), Transaction Publishers, 2009. First edition. Octavo, 235 x 160 mm, (xiii) 265 pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. "The United States became a great power in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and a superpower during World War II without quite knowing it. Few Americans fully appreciate the fact today. How many people know that in recent years we have had 250,000 troops in 700 bases around the world? Consider our recent history of military operations in the Caribbean, East Asia, the Far East, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Balkans. In America Rising, David Felix attempts to explain how and why America became a superpower by examining the political and economic factors that have driven its ascendance and their relationship throughout history. Felix begins with the dawn of America, showing how America amassed wealth and political power from the start through wars, assertions of economic might, and the creation of a cultural and philosophical base. The nation began with a political order, derived from our British origins, which enabled our pragmatic culture to take advantage of the vast wealth of a near-virgin continent. Political and economic freedom were paired, authority yielding to both freedoms. Our farmers and businessmen were dreamers, manufacturing realities out of those dreams. Felix's account then makes a point of neoclassical economics as an anvil on which to hammer out a sharper sense of the content of our existence. This book, which demonstrates the author's zest for historical analysis and great story-telling ability, points to the central fact of a rising America--the intensely energizing interaction between polity and economy. The United States is the greatest power in world history, but the rise of another great power, China, is beginning to be increasingly apparent. One trusts that, drawing upon its deep resources, America will remember its history and traditions and continue as a superpower." (Front and back flap)
Minute scuffing on the DJ, parts underlined in pencil, aside from that like new. Pages are crisp and clean, no yellowing/foxing, not ex-library.
Operation Blind Lord, Deluxe Edition
Spain, Fall of Man, 2022. One octavo 148 x 210 mm., 103 pp. Full red leatherbound hardcover with a Reptilian scales pattern. Front plate embossed in gold with one of the Gnosis 67 sigils. Limited to 72 hand-numbered copies. Hand-bound, with sewn spine and ribbon marker, e. Printed on 130 g. voluminous two side-coated cream paper with 140 g. black endpapers. Comes with a robust clamshell box bound in red leather with golden metal corners and a black inside part. Book is in new unread condition. Sold out at the publisher. About this book: After the success of Liber Evthanasias Lvx’s release in 2021, the occult organization known as Gnosis 67 is back with Operation Blind Lord. This new opus can be seen either as a direct follow-up or companion book to LEL, delving deeper into the organization’s philosophy and praxis. Gnosis 67 is a Satanic current that originates in northeastern Brazil and represents an occult movement that connects martial practices, ceremonial rituals and the deep personal development of those who enter this path. Human beings live imprisoned without knowing it. They believe in an illusory freedom, but their steps and their life as a whole are manipulated according to current guidelines. To fulfill these, and exercise their social status quo, they are willing to carry out their activities automatically. Their thinking, their concepts, their ideas, do not make them question, they just lead them to walk aimlessly. The material world is a true labyrinth, with its varied paths, whether they are different ideologies, patterns of behavior, consumption preferences or moral and ethical concepts, inevitably reflecting on the microcosm of man, in his inner labyrinth. He is lost and astray, with no possibility of orientation. But there are also those who, differentiating themselves from the others, do not fit into this posture and actively rebel against this situation. These have an adversarial divine spark and have a feeling of repulsion against the world ordered by the demiurge. They are not satisfied with inhabiting a weak and limited flesh body and are the ones who have taken the first step towards their awakening, due to a gnostic predisposition, the result of multiple reincarnations seeking to free themselves from the chains that imprison them on the lower plane of matter. They embark on some form of confrontation, either in the material sphere, through social and political actions, or in the spiritual sphere, embracing different traditions in a way to meet their desire for freedom, to break the bonds of the wheel of reincarnations. Gnosis 67, like a corrosive force that enters the universe created by the false god, provokes actions that aim at the rupture of the current aeon and the acceleration of cosmic destruction. Extremist and violent action is necessary and for that it requires, in addition to immersion in pain, the daily practice of discipline. The forms of action vary according to the space/time in which they are applied, spreading the toxic nonconformity that triggers the virulent revolt in the environment within its reach. Any oppressive standards, whether moral or ethical, will be crushed by its warlike might. Collected in Operation Blind Lord are the doctrines and practices of the Gnosis 67, taken the form of rituals, meditations and invocations, and pushed forward through physical and mental self-discipline. It also details more of the organization’s inner workings, and what it’s required to establish a regional cell connected to the Gnosis.
As new.
Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 1989-1995
Bordeaux et Bâle, Arc en rêve / Birkhaüser, 1995. Seule et unique édition. Livre bilingue français et anglais. Envoi autographe de l'architecte, dédié au collectionneur brésilien Kim Esteve et à sa femme. Signé sur la garde blanche. On joint une lettre du bureau de Dominique Perrault en anglais audit couple. Un volume in-4 relié, 305 x 245 mm, (xxii) 208 pp. Relié pleine toile noire éditeur, titre embossé ton sur ton sur le plat de couverture, jaquette illustrée. Avec des textes de François Mitterrand, Jacques Toubon, Jack Lang, etc. Abondamment illustré de photos couleur du chantier, de plans, coupes et photos de lieux emblématiques de la BNF une fois celle-ci terminée. "En 1988, le président de la République François Mitterrand, dans la continuité des Grands travaux qui ont ponctué ses septennats, souhaite un établissement d'un genre encore inédit, capable tout à la fois de répondre aux besoins documentaires identifiés, et de proposer un espace public de vie, de travail et de découverte au cœur de la dynamique urbaine d'un quartier en construction. Dès 1989, à l'issue d'un concours international, l’architecte français Dominique Perrault est désigné lauréat, sur la base de son projet qui fait dialoguer l'architecture « groundscape » (l'aménagement du sous-sol comme principe urbain) avec l'édification de tours, le vide central avec la monumentalité des bâtiments, la minéralité de l'acier, du béton et du verre, avec la respiration organique du bois et du jardin intérieur. De sa conception à sa réalisation, la bibliothèque fut un terrain d'expérimentation permanent, suscitant de très nombreux débats, notamment autour du projet d'établissement – tardif dans le projet global et régulièrement modifié –, des coûts et du financement d'un si monumental bâtiment, des choix architecturaux – les circulations des documents et du personnels, le mobilier, le design intérieur."
Rare envoi autographe d'un architecte français contemporain qui aura marqué à jamais les bords de Seine.
Pelé by Don Kowet [signé par Pelé / signed by Pelé]
New York, Atheneum/SMI, 1976. Édition originale. Dédicacé par Pelé sur la page de titre. In-8, 222 x 147 mm, 129 pp. Relié plein tissu rose foncé, jaquette rose, image de couverture découpée et collée sur le plat avant, plats et reliure sous plastique. Livre issu de la bibliothèque de la Escola Americana de Rio de Janeiro, tampon "DISCARDED" sur la première garde blanche, tampon de bibliothèque et de date sur la page de titre. Portrait noir et blanc de Pelé en frontispice, dédicace "Do amigo Pelé" sur la page de titre. Album de photos noir et blanc au milieu des pp. 64 à 69 non paginées. Biographie peu courante, rédigée bien avant la version de 2006. New York, Atheneum/SMI, 1976. First edition. Signed by Pelé on the title page. In-8, 222 x 147 mm, 129 pp. Bound in full dark pink cloth, pink dust jacket, cover image cut out and pasted on the front cover, covers and binding under plastic. Book from the library of the Escola Americana in Rio de Janeiro, stamp "DISCARDED" on the first white endpaper, library and date stamp on the title page. Black and white portrait of Pelé on the frontispiece, dedication "Do amigo Pelé" on the title page. Black and white photo album in the middle of the book on unpaginated pp. 64 to 69. Paper a little yellow with some slight creasing. Signed page in good condition. Solid binding. Scarce biographical work, written well before the 2006 version.
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Papier un peu jauni, froissé par endroits. Page autographée en bon état. Reliure solide.
Cleft Craft. The Evolution of its Surgery II. Bilateral and Rare Deformities
Boston, Little Brown and Company, 1977. Vol. 2 only of this nowadays scarce set. In-4, 285 x 225 mm, (8 ff.) 922 pp. A heavy 3.5 kgs volume about facial surgery. Lavishly illustrated with black and white drawings and pictures as well as a few colored photographs. Hardcover blue cloth, no DJ as issued. Top edge gilt, headband, signet. Text block lightly soiled, a very small hole (insect bite) throughout, some wear and tear on the spine, otherwise a good volume with a crisp and clean interior.
A reference title in otolaryngology and for facial health/aesthetics specialists!
...And The Wind Blew: A Play in Three Acts
Rio de Janeiro, Ministério da Educação e Cultura, 1957. Softcover. Octavo, 227 x 163 mm, 158 pp. First edition (a second edition was issued in 1959). Theatre script, illustrated with various photographs printed on couché paper. Discrete bookstore stamp on the title page. The play starts on a caipira Brazilian village with a few notes of the "Bacchianas Brasileiras" of Hector de Villalobos. This is the first Brazilian drama/theatre played in the United States. It was played Off-Broadway under the direction of Joan Horvath.
Aside from the pages facing the photographs, the book is rather clean with only a few yellowing and adhesive tape on the top of spine and back cover.
Matriarchs: Great Mares of the 20th Century
Lexington (Kentucky), The Blood-Horse, 1999. An in-4 hardcover volume of 278 x 222 mm with 223 pp. With its original dust jacket. Foreword by Seth Hancock. Richly illustrated. "Noted turf authority Edward L. Bowen takes a definitive look at a select group of top American broodmares and their descendants. Among the mares profiled in this volume are the great La Troienne, Rough Shod II, Myrtlewood, Blue Delight, Grey Flight, and Missy Baba, who is the ancestor of both 1999 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Charismatic and 1999 Belmont Stakes winner Lemon Drop Kid. Includes 32 pages of photographs plus detailed pedigrees and female lines of the featured mares."
Inner flaps worn, some foxing on the 2-3 first pages. Aside from that the paper is crisp and the binding firm.
[Eliahou Eric Bokobza] - Eliahou Eric Bokobza
Reference : 0521
(2015)
ISBN : 978-965-425-023-8
United Colors of Judaica. Multiple Jewishh Identities: A New Perspective
Tel-Aviv, Beit Hatfutsot (Museuf of Jewish People), 2015. First and only edition. This is a catalogue of an exposition of paintings and artworks by Eliahou Eric Bokobza, with explanatory texts in English. In-4, 308 x 250 mm, 141 (3) pp. Bradel-style hardcover with colorful boards. Title written in Hebrew on spine. Printed on couché paper. Foreword by Orit Shaham-Gover, text "Kol Israel Haverim (All Jews are Friends): Multiple Jewish Identities in the Work of Eric Bokobza" by Smadar Sheffi. "Bokobza grapples with the weighty concept of kol Yisrael haverim and the contrasting elements of what he calls his “mixed identity”—his Tunisian-French-Israeli heritage, Oriental and Occidental cultures, his experience with religion and mysticism as a secular Jew— in “United Colors.” The exhibit is modeled after traditional museum exhibitions of Judaica, said Bokobza, which typically divide Jewish ritual objects into Jewish holiday and life cycle sections... “In each painting, I’m showing what my secular experience as a Jew in Israel was like” he said." (The Times of Israel, "The artist whose life began with Elijah", Zahava Presser, 30 July 2015)
Light soiling and bumps on the front cover, otherwise very good. No foxing and no markings.
Questions of Travel
New York, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1965. First printing of the year. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover volume, with no DJ. 222 x 162 mm, (6 ff) 95 pp. Author's name, title and editor's name written in purple, bright silver and green on the spine. Inscribed on the first free endpaper: "For Florio, with much love from Sh[?], Rio de Janeiro, December 29th, 1966 (sorry I was on slow...)" Half-title page, list of books by Elizabeth Bishop, title page, information page, dedicatory page "For Lota de Macedo Soares", Acknowledgments, List of contents (poems written in/about Brazil and elsewhere), book starting with the author's arrival in Santos. Some white spots on the cloth covers, foxing on the half-title page. Otherwise a very good copy, pages are clean and crisp (with occasional small foxing on some), the binding is sturdy.
Inscribed by Elizabeth Bishop for a Brazilian friend of hers.
Brazilian Ex Votos: Devotional Sculptures from North-Eastern Brazil
New York, Alfred Kren Gallery, 1985. Seule et unique édition. En anglais. Grande brochure de 25,5 x 18 cm non paginée. Catalogue d'une exposition tenue à la galerie Alfred Kren de New York et consacrée aux ex-votos du nordeste brésilien, c'est-à-dire à des oeuvres fabriquées pour être données à un saint, à la Vierge, etc. en remerciement d'une prière ou d'un vœu réalisé. En noir et blanc, contient des photos de 54 ex votos ainsi que d'autres photographies. Textes de Fatima Bercht, photos de Glenn Steigelman et Giovanna et Francesco Del Brenna. Enrichi d'une ligne en portugais signée du galeriste Alfred Kren, qui consulte un libraire brésilien sur la viabilité d'une vente de plusieurs exemplaire de cette brochure au Brésil. Si Kren manifeste des doutes, en craignant que le prix au détail aux États-Unis devienne "une quantité exorbitante de cruzeiros brésiliens" après exportation, il apprécie suffisamment l'idée pour envoyer le présent exemplaire en cadeau au destinataire de la lettre. ****************** New York, Alfred Kren Gallery, 1985. One and only edition. In English. Large brochure of 25.5 x 18 cm. Unpaginated. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Alfred Kren Gallery in New York about the ex-votos of the Brazilian Northeast, e.g. sculptures made to be given to a saint, to the Virgin, etc. in gratitude for a prayer or a wish granted. In black and white, contains photos of 54 ex-votos as well as other photographs. Texts by Fatima Bercht, photos by Glenn Steigelman and Giovanna and Francesco Del Brenna. Enriched with a letter in Portuguese signed by the gallery owner Alfred Kren, who asks a Brazilian bookseller about the viability of a sale of several copies of this brochure in Brazil. While Kren expresses doubts, fearing that the retail price in the United States will turn into "an exorbitant amount of Brazilian cruzeiros" once the booklets get exported, he likes the idea enough to send this copy as a gift to the recipient of the letter.
Menues rousseurs au plat de couverture, léger manque au bas du dos, très léger jaunissement sur l'extérieur des marges. En bon état. Rare et informatif. *********************** Minor foxing on the front cover, slight loss on the lower spine, very slight yellowing on the outside of the margins. In good condition. Rare and informative.
Federação da Agricultura do Estado São Paulo
Reference : 0234
(1981)
ISBN : 8570480032
São Paulo Agrícola / Agriculture
São Paulo, Spala, 1981. First and only edition. One of the 3000 copies printed. Bilingual book in Portuguese and English, published by the Federation of Agriculture of the State (Estado) de São Paulo (FAESP). A square 30.5 x 30.5 cm volume, 198 pp. hardbound with no dust jacket as issued. Title written in dark green on front cover and spine. Dark green endpapers. This volume showcases the agricultural production of the Brazilian state of São Paulo with numerous maps beautifully printed. Widely illustrated, rich in numbers and tables/diagrams. Pages on beef cattle, poultry cattle, rice, soja beans, coffee, feijão beans and many other crops and cattle animals.
A very interesting document for the student of agriculture, agricultural production and a prime example of South American economy.
