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Private: Giancarlo Giammetti
New York, Assouline Publishing, 2013. First and only edition of this monumental +6 kilograms book. A wide in-folio volume, 374 x 306 mm, on couché paper. Unpaginated (over 300 pages). Hardcover, bound à la Bradel in plain beige cloth, front cover stamped with Giancarlo's signature embossed in red; name, title and editor embossed in black on spine. Black endpapers. Comes in an illustrated protective slipcase. "Assouline presents the autobiography of Giancarlo Giammetti, Valentino’s trusted business partner for fifty years. Beginning with his childhood in Rome under Nazi occupation and his chance meeting at a café with a certain rising fashion designer, Giammetti shares stories from his remarkable life. This beautiful collector’s volume features in-depth interviews, recollections from his personal journals, and a curated selection of exclusive images from Giammetti’s archive of 50,000 photos, vividly portraying the exciting world of fashion." This is a dazzling perusal inside an incredible life, rubbing shoulders with Andy Warhol, the Monaco royal family, an untold number of models, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and so many others while never missing on the creation process.
Some foxing on the cloth front cover, aside from that a fine/like new book.
The Brazilian Naïves and their Color Carnaval
Tel-Aviv, Ifat Reiss / GINA, 2005. This is the catalogue of an exhibition which happened from May 26 to June 25, 2005, at the GINA Gallery in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Bilingual, written in English and Hebrew. A square 22 cm softcover volume with Bradel-style covers and 65 pp. Printed on couché paper, features all the paintings exhibited at the event. Introduction by Jacques Ardies. Foreword by Dan Chill, founder of GINA. Translated by Ofer Halevi. Artists featured: Ivonaldo (Veloso de Melo), Louis Marius Amorim Ferreira de Moraes, Constancia Nery, Edgar Calhado, Malu Delibo, Edivaldo Barbosa de Souza, Barbara Rochlitz, Ana Maria Dias.
Slight soiling on the covers, otherwise in very good condition.
Red-figured Athenian Vases in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
New Haven and London, Yale University Press / Oxford UP, 1936. First edition. One of 500 copies. Two heavy in-folio volumes of 37 x 28 cm, (xlvii) 249 + (viii) 181 pp. Hardbound, no DJ as issued, black and orange cloth binding with Bradel-style hinges. The first volume contains the author's text, with 83 drawings by Lindsley F. Hall, the second volume contains plates including many folding ones. This is NOT an ex-library set. As such, the book is in good condition and exempt from the library markings. The first volume features a table of contents at the beginning.
A bit of wear and tear on the spines and edges, foxing on the front flyleafs, otherwise in very good condition. Clean, crisp, with sturdy bindings.
Inca Architecture
Indiana University Press, 1980. First edition. Translated to English by Patricia J. Lyon, foreword by John Murra. A huge in-4 hardcover book. Brown and red boards in dust jacket. Widely illustrated. With a map as a frontispice, presentation text and author's presentation in flaps. Discrete stamp of a Brazilian bookshop on a free endpaper. "Separate chapters are devoted to technical and formal antecedents, urban settlements, domestic structures (generally ignored in architectural analyses), the architecture of power (constructions built for collective, administrative, military, and religious purposes), and technical and aesthetic problems.In addition to such well-known sites as Cuzco and Machu Picchu, Gasparini and MArgolies highlight other important but less famous settlements: Pikillaqta, Ollantayatambo, Huanuco Pampa, Willka Waman, and Tambo Colorado."
In very good condition. Inside clean and crisp. Minimal wear and tear on the dust jacket.
Rio de Janeiro and Its Suburbs
Rio de Janeiro, S. A. Viagens Internacionaes, 1929. First and only edition. A small in-12 book, 168 x 118 mm, 226 pp. Original editor's green hardbinding. Bradel-style covers, smooth spine, everything incised in gold on the cloth. Table of contents at the beginning, many ads. This is a tourist's guide of Rio de Janeiro from nearly one century ago. It has become incredibly rare and almost impossible to find, even in Brazil. Not to be confused with Rio de Janeiro and Its Environs with is a more recent title. Contents: Geographical notes, Climate, Population, Government, Municipal administration and public services, A short history of Rio de Janeiro, The port quays, Bagage Warehouses, The receiving at and taking luggage to homes and hotels, Foreigners in Rio de Janeiro, Passport formalities, Currencies, Hotels, Flats, First contact, Restaurant and many others small sections. Of notes are a list of busts spread throughout the city, of public edifices, of islands (ilhas) near Rio de Janeiro and so on. A true snapshot of tourism in the gem of Brazil right amidst the lively Roaring Twenties and before the darker Estado Novo period.
A small defect at the top of the spine, paper yellowed, otherwise sound binding, complete content, in good shape.
[Harvey Kurtzman] - Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Hugh Hefner
Reference : 0202
(1972)
Playboy's Little Annie Fanny - New! Improved!
Playboy Press, 1972. By Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. Introduction by Hugh Hefner. From Playboy Press, this is a new and improved, with 30 extra pages, edition of the very first collection of Harvey Kurtzman’s Little Annie Fanny. Ever since bursting onto the scene (and out of her sweater) in October 1962, Little Annie Fanny has been a fan favorite of Playboy readers. This collection of some her funniest stories will leave you in stitches, as Little Annie takes your breathe away! Twenty-six complete episodes, and an introduction by Hugh Hefner.
Condition: Fine. Minor cover and edge wear. Adult Material.
The Institutions of the English Government: book 2, Judicature
London, Sweet, 1863. Book 2 "Judicature" only. Octavo, 225 x 155 mm, pp. going from 297 to 757 (roughly 450 pp.). Hardcover. Original burgundy half-leather, raised bands, author's name, title and vol. number stamped in gold on the spine, marbled endpapers. Small label at the bottom of the spine, some damage on the upper left of the front panel, corners rubbed. From the library of the Instituto dos Surdos Mudos (Institute for the deaf and mute) of Brazil with only one discrete stamp on the title page, no other library marking. "In The Institutions of the English Government (1863), Cox argued in terms of a constitutional "balance of powers", at variance with the contemporary theorists Walter Bagehot and A. V. Dicey. A History of the Reform Bills of 1866 and 1867 was acknowledged by the author as a partisan Liberal work. It was brought out in time for the 1868 United Kingdom General Election. He was a critic of the cross-party co-operation seen in passing the Reform Bill of 1867, arguing that democracy was being undermined." (Wikipedia)
Pages are mostly clean and well preserved. Overall a good, sturdy book. A rare find nowadays.
Hermaphroditism, Genital Anomalies and Related Endocrine Disorders
Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1958. First edition. A thick, in-quarto 268 x 202 mm (7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches) book with (xvi) 456 pp. Hardback, gold titling in a black spine panel on dark blue cloth covers. No dust jacket. Of note the French SANS TACHE ("stainless") motto shown at the bottom of the spine. Profusely illustrated with no less than 444 figures, mostly black-and-white photographs and a few drawings. Printed on bright coated paper.
A small bump on the front cover top right corner, otherwise in very good shape.
Ruy Ohtake: Arquitetura e a Cidade / Ruy Ohtake: Architecture and The City / Ruy Ohtake: Arquitectura y la ciudad
São Paulo, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, 2009. Wide, oblong in-4 of 30 x 31 cm for 323 pp. Text written on three columns on Spanish, English and Portuguese. Hardcover with dust jacket, turquoise covers, black endpapers, printed on neat couché paper. Headband. Lavish art book dedicated to Ruy Ohtake's amazing architectural works. Throughout São Paulo and beyond, this master architect managed to remain ever-creative and lead the Brazilian contemporary architecture, or perhaps the paulista one. Texts by Agnaldo Farias, Paulo Herkenhoff, Rodrigo Queiroz, Roberto Segre, Julio Roberto Katinsky and others. Take a deep breath and immerse yourself in Ohtake's curvy, unmistakable creations such as the Hotel Unique, Condomínio Portal da Cidade, Edificio Tomie Ohtake, Duchamps Villon, Lagoa 1000, Maison de mouette, Montblanc, Anhangabaú building and many others!
Some faint wear and tear on the upper parts of the dust jacket and almost imperceptible bumps on the top and low extremities of the hinges, otherwise clean and crisp inside, clean edges, almost like new. A beautiful oversized book about one of the most impressive contemporary Brazilian architects.
Mémoires, procès-verbaux des audiences publiques et documents
La Haye, Brill et Nijhoff, 2021. Première et unique édition. Texte bilingue en anglais et en français. Par le Tribunal international du droit de la mer (TIDM). Un fort volume in-8 de 165 x 240 mm, 857 pp. Reliure bleu marine éditeur, charnières à la Bradel, mentions écrites en doré sur les plats et le dos. Tranchefile blanc. "Le présent volume reproduit les pièces de la procédure écrite, les procès-verbaux des audiences publiques et d'autres documents relatifs à la procédure concernant l' Affaire du navire « Norstar » (Panama c. Italie), fond. Les documents sont publiés dans la langue originale utilisée. Le Tribunal a rendu son arrêt le 10 avril 2019. Les pièces de procédure écrites, plaidoiries et documents relatifs à l'affaire du M/V Norstar sont publiés dans l'ordre suivant : 2016, vol. 25, Exceptions préliminaires ; 2019, vol. 27, Fond."
Très bon exemplaire. Un choc au bas du dos, une très légère marque en haut, sinon comme neuf. Pages impeccables et propres.
The American Commonwealth
London and New York, MacMillan, 1888. Three volumes bound in full vellum leather. First edition. Three delicately bound 155 x 220 mm (6" x 8.5") volumes of (xxxii) 592, 683 and 699 pp. Full caramel vellum leather, intricately ornated spines with 5 nerves, gilded frames and boxes containing lush greenery-inspired patterns and fleurons, all gilded, double titlepiece with the book title, author's name and volume Roman number on dark red and anthracite backgrounds, gilded floral frieze on the tails. Covers with double gilded frames and tiny corner flowers. All fore-edges colored in a mostly blue polychromia with marbled red veins. Gilded roulette work on the edges of the covers and pastedowns, colored endpapers. Unidentified ex-libris on the first pastedown bearing the motto "Ab Multis Ad Unum." With an unfolding map of "The Growth of the United States" at the beginning of the first volume. Table of contents at the beginning and index at the end of each volume. First volume: The National Government. Preface. Second volume: The State Government and the Party System. Third volume: Public Opinion, Illustrations and Reflections, Social Institutions. This book is not an encyclopaedia of the institutions of the American Republic, even though it may look like it is. Actually, James Bryce talks about the real workings of the institutions: parties, bosses, the spoil system and the public opinion. It shows an America already different from what the mere Constitution says. He compares the British monarchy with the American federal republic, the democratic versus lord elites and the centralization vs local power dynamics. By doing so, James Bryce predates the sociology of Robert Mitchels and Max Weber while maintaining the magnitude and depth of a true treatise. An analytical tour de force, worthy of a serious Americana collection.
Light rubbing on some of the edges, the hinge of the 1st volume front cover is a bit frail, robust binding, interior is clean and in very good condition. A splendid set in its original intricate binding.
Mansfield Park
Londres, Dent et New York, Dutton, 1907, coll. "The Series of English Idylls". In-8, 200 x 123 mm, 206 pp., avec 24 illustrations dont un frontispice de Charles E. Brock. Relié plein maroquin vert princier, dos à faux-nerfs, caissons et ornements dorés, titre et nom d'auteur en doré, filets dorés aux plats, double filets dorés sur les chasses, tranches de tête dorées, roulettes aux contreplats avec motif étoilé aux petits fers aux coins extérieur, gardes colorées aux motifs bleutés. Reliure signée Riviere & Son. Une image en frontispice, page de titre sur papier couché, table des matières et liste des illustrations en début d'ouvrages, illustrations colorées hors-texte tout au long du livre. Agréable exemplaire, élégamment relié et illustré avec un certain pittoresque. London, J. M. Dent & Co. and New York, Dutton & Co., 1907. A copy of Jane Austen's 'Emma' published by Dent in The Series of English Idylls in 1907. In-8, 206 pp., 73/4" - 93/4". Frontispiece, title page and 22 other plates (i.e. 24 plates in total) with delicate watercolour illustrations by Charles E. Brock. Full green leather hardcover. Gilded boards. Five raised bands on spine. First and last endpapers, those right on the other sides of the backings, show gilded roulettes signed "Bound by Riviere & Son."
Dos frottés, intérieur en très bon état, quelques rousseurs qui n'abîment pas les images et ne gênent pas la lecture. Top edges gilt. The outer spine shows some cracking, the binding itself is solid. Boards and corners show a bit of shelf wear. Text and pictures are completely clean, bright and undamaged.
Artaud and the Gnostic Drama
United Kingdom, Scarlet Imprint, 2020. Limited to 51 copies of 278 x 192 mm, 261 pp. Half-bound in black goatskin, with yellow silk boards, black marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, finished with a silk ribbon and presented in a lined slip case, this copy being #50. "In Artaud and the Gnostic Drama, Jane Goodall offers a reappraisal of the importance of Antonin Artaud (18961948), mythologised as an icon of failure and madness, and examines the intricate parallels between his heretical dramaturgy and the heresies of ancient Gnosticism. The book situates Artaud, as the most extravagant of heretics, in company with the Gnostics whose speculations served to define heresy in the beginnings of the Christian tradition. Artaud subscribed to the Gnostic idea that the sensible world was created by a demiurge who was “imperfect, possibly evil and depraved.” His cosmology is inherently dramatic, setting creature against creator, force against form, matter against spirit, pious knowledge against heretical gnosis. Jane Goodall argues that major post-structuralist critics such as Derrida, Deleuze, and Foucault, who have enlisted Artaud in their own anti-orthodoxies, have refused to pay attention to the terms of his own heresy. In this refusal, they display an anxiety towards the gnostic drama and its heresies, which mount an assault that may be more powerful than their own upon the founding tenets of western thought." (Publisher's abstract) This work was first published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford in 1994. The text has been lightly revised for this second edition and is illustrated. Unread and kept spotless. A fine copy.
Brasil. Two Decades, Two Capitals / Duas décadas, duas capitais / Deux décennies, deux capitales
Santos, Editora Brasileira de Arte e Cultura, 2021. Livre trilingue avec texte en anglais, portugais et français. Première édition. Livre quasi carré oblong de 22,5 x 23 cm pour 252 pp. Photos d'un Brésil en pleine transformation, des années 1950 où Rio de Janeiro était encore la capitale à la fin de la construction de Brasília, capitale conçue par le légendaire Oscar Niemeyer. Avant-propos de Sandra Gonczarowska Mussi et d'Andrey Rosenthal Schlee. "À travers ses photos, Jankiel Gonczarowska nous offre des fragments d'une réalité organisée et reflétée dans son art à partir d'une vision personnelle saisissante à propos de laquelle il confirme, selon ses propres termes, que pour être un bon photographe il faut se consacrer au métier, entrer en contact avec les gens avant de les photographier et parcourir le monde... Mon but en créant ce livre était de faire découvrir à tous ce voyage humain marqué par l'optimisme et l'histoire d'un Brésil meilleur, à une époque où la différence entre les classes était frappante, mais où chaque classe avait cependant sa beauté." (Préface) L'auteur a pu fréquenter Niemeyer, le président Juscelino Kubitschek et plusieurs lieux de Brasília alors fermés au public, comme le palais d'Alvorada. Les photos passent d'un coup du noir et blanc à la couleur au cours des années 1960. Un album remarquable, rare en Occident. **************************************** Santos, Editora Brasileira de Arte e Cultura, 2021. Trilingual book with text in English, Portuguese and French. First edition. An almost square oblong book of 22.5 x 23 cm for 252 pp. Photos of Brazil during a time of thorough transformation, from the 1950s when Rio de Janeiro was still the capital to the end of the construction of Brasília, capital designed by legendary architect Oscar Niemeyer. Forewords by Sandra Gonczarowska Mussi and Andrey Rosenthal Schlee. "Through his photographs, Jankiel Gonczarowska offers us fragments of a reality organized and reflected in his art from a striking personal vision about which he confirms, in his own words, that to be a good photographer you have to dedicate yourself to the profession, get in touch with people before photographing them and travel the world... My goal in creating this book was to make everyone discover this human journey marked by optimism and the history of a better Brazil, at a time when the difference between classes was striking, but each class had its beauty." (Preface) The author had the opportunity to rub shoulders to Niemeyer, President Juscelino Kubitschek and visit several places in Brasília then closed to the public, such as the Alvorada Palace. The photos suddenly change from black and white to color during the 1960s. A remarkable album, rare above the Equator.
Très légères traces de frottement sur l'extérieur, sinon excellent état, intérieur impeccable. *************** Very light traces of friction on the exterior, otherwise in excellent condition, impeccable interior.
Ballistics of the Future. With Special Reference to the Dynamical and Physical Theory of the Rocket Weapons
Haarlem, The Technical Publishing Company H. Stam, 1946. Seule et unique édition. En anglais. Un grand in-8 de 169 x 244 mm pour 472 pp. + 11 planches dépliantes en fin d'ouvrage. Relié plein tissu bleu nuit éditeur, titre frappé en jaune et rouge sur le plat de couverture et le dos. 12 chapitres, illustré en noir et blanc de photos et de schémas en coupe. Nombreux calculs. Quelques plans également parmi les planches dépliantes. "L'un des premiers ouvrages d'après-guerre sur les fusées. Cet ouvrage important compile les données recueillies par Uytenbogaart pour les Alliés pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il comprend des informations détaillées sur la conception et le fonctionnement du V-2 (avec des cartes des sites de lancement), l'utilisation des fusées pour les voyages spatiaux et une analyse mathématique de la dynamique des fusées." (Ciancone) Reliure solide avec de petites taches (restauré), pages au teint sable clair, quelques rousseurs éparses et concentrées sur les dernières pages et illustrations dépliantes dont certaines ont des plis marqués. Contenu bien complet. ******************************************************* Haarlem, The Technical Publishing Company H. Stam, 1946. First and only edition. In English. A large octavo, 169 x 244 mm, 472 pp. + 11 fold-out plates at the end of the book. Bound in full midnight blue publisher's cloth, with the title stamped in yellow and red on the front cover and spine. Twelve chapters, illustrated in black and white with photos and cut-away diagrams. Numerous calculations. Also included are a few plans among the fold-out plates. "One of the earliest post-war books on rocketry. This important work provides a compilation of the material obtained by Uytenbogaart for the Allies during World War II. Includes detailed information on V-2 design and operations (including maps of launch sites), the use of rockets for space travel, and a mathematical analysis of rocket dynamics." (Ciancone) Sturdy binding with small stains (restored), light sand-toned pages, some scattered foxing concentrated on the last pages and fold-out illustrations, some of which show marked yellowing. Contents is complete.
Ouvrage recherché sur les fusées, hautement technique, écrit au lendemain immédiat de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. ************ A highly sought-after technical work on rockets, written in the immediate aftermath of World War II.
Iracema or Honey-Lips: A Legend of Brazil
London: Bickers & Son, 1886. First English edition of this acclaimed Brazilian romance. Translated by Isabel Burton. Slim in-12 volume. 179 x 125 mm, (vii) 101 pp. Bound in half algae green morocco, two raised bands, five gilded bands, name printed vertically in gilt print letters, date on the bottom. Marbled papers with a touch of bright copper on covers, multiple white pages on both ends. White and green headbands. Title page, Translator's preface, Historical argument by the author. Each chapter is merely "Chapter XX", no table of contents. "I cannot allow my readers to remain ignorant of the name of Senhor J. de Alencar, the author of this and several other works; for he deserves to be as well known in England as in Brazil, and it must be the result of the usual modesty of a really clever man that he is not so. He is their first prose and romance writer." (Translator's preface) "In 1603, Pero Coelho, a gentleman of Parahyba, then already belonging to the Portuguese, arrived at the mouth of the river Jaguaribe in Ceará, with a command of 80 colonists and 800 Indians. He there founded the first settlement in Ceará, and called it Nova Lisboa. He was abandoned by his comrades when a certain João Soromenho was sent to him with reinforcements... He did not respect even the Indians of the Jaguaribe river, who were friendly to the Portuguese. This proved the downfall of the growing settlement: the natives resented such tyranny. Pero Coelho, with his wife and young children, was compelled to fly by land to his own province." (Alencar's Historical argument)
Pristine and artful recent binding. Pages are clean and bright. A very good copy.
Keith Haring in Brazil: Booklet from a 2003 exposition of Keith Haring's works in Brazil
São Paulo / Brasília, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, 2003. Created for the first Keith Haring exhibition in Brazil where 55 of his artworks were shown. A colorful 180 x 140 mm booklet with a detail from one of Haring's Untitled painting and his name in white on the front cover and a youthful picture of Haring on the back. Softcover with jacket flaps. Bilingual, starts with texts in Portuguese and ends with the same texts in English. Features many black and white pictures of Keith Haring, many of his artworks and two texts: "Urban Radiance: reflections on the life and work of Keith Haring" by art historian Joshua Decter and "Keith Haring in Brazil" by his lifelong friend Kenny Scharf. "In the early 1980s, New York streets and subways were the first to showcase the work of Keith Haring, vigorous graffiti-like pictures indicative of his engagement with mass culture. Today, for the first time ever in Brazil, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil showcases fifty-five works by this artist, including drawings and paintings. The exaltation of U.S. society never benumbed Haring's critical view regarding his environment or historical moment in time. Humor and wit pulsate in the spontaneously fluid linework if this artist whose freedom in handling themes and forms conquered space and contributed to the creation of a direct, and at times almost plain language rooted in the vocabulary of mass culture and means of consumption." (Back flap)
Imperceptible traces of scruffing on the front cover, joints and on the first/last pages. Aside from that, it is toned and in good shape.
West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire
The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2021. First edition. Octavo. Softcover. Very Good Plus. A very small dent at the upper back corner, otherwise unread and like new.
"When American slaveholders looked west in the mid-nineteenth century, they saw an empire unfolding before them. They pursued that vision through war, diplomacy, political patronage, and perhaps most effectively, the power of migration. By the eve of the Civil War, slaveholders and their allies had transformed the southwestern quarter of the nation--California, New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of Utah--into an appendage of the South's plantation states. Across this vast swath of the map, white southerners extended the institution of African American chattel slavery while also defending systems of Native American bondage. This surprising history uncovers the Old South in unexpected places, far west of the cotton fields and sugar plantations that exemplify the region. Slaveholders' western ambitions culminated in a coast-to-coast crisis of the Union. By 1861, the rebellion in the South inspired a series of separatist movements in the Far West. Even after the collapse of the Confederacy, the threads connecting South and West held, undermining the radical promise of Reconstruction. Kevin Waite brings to light what contemporaries recognized but historians have described only in part: The struggle over slavery played out on a transcontinental stage. Examines the threads connecting South and West America during the slaveholding era, and that undermined the radical promise of Reconstruction. Kevin Waite brings to light what contemporaries recognised but historians have described only in part: The struggle over slavery played out on a transcontinental stage." (Summary)
Tambourines to Glory
New York, John Day Company, 1958. En anglais. Édition originale. Un volume in-8 de 217 x 142 mm pour 188 pp. Relié plein tissu noir éditeur avec jaquette à rabats. Plats muets, nom d'auteur, titre et éditeur écrits à la verticale au dos sur fond rose. Jaquette à dessin d'Afro-Américains jouant du tambour, noir et rouge sur fond jaune. Envoi autographe de Langston Hughes sur la première garde blanche : "Pour Paula-Lima, chaleureusement la bienvenue chez nous aux États-Unis. Sincèrement, Langston Hughes, New York, 26 juillet 1960" (traduit) au stylo bleu turquoise. La table des matières, en début d'ouvrage, est également annotée par Hughes avec le même stylo p. 11. Figure majeure du mouvement culturel afro-américain dit de la Renaissance de Harlem, le poète et romancier Langston Hughes (1901-1967) écrivit des œuvres dépeignant la vie des prolétaires noirs partagée entre joies, désillusions, espoir, etc. le tout teinté de jazz et de blues. "Par son travail, il a cherché à montrer l'importance d'une « conscience noire » et d'un nationalisme culturel qui unit les hommes plutôt que les oppose. Cette fierté a par la suite été reprise par de nombreux hommes de lettres comme Jacques Roumain, Nicolás Guillén, Léopold Sédar Senghor ou encore Aimé Césaire." (Wikipédia) ************************************************* New York, John Day Company, 1958. First edition. An octavo volume of 217 x 142 mm for 188 pp. Bound in full black publisher's cloth with dust jacket with flaps. Blank covers, author's name, title and publisher written vertically on the spine on a pink background. Dust jacket with a drawing of African-Americans playing drums, black and red on a yellow background. Autograph dedication from Langston Hughes on the first white guard: "For Paula-Lima, with a hearty welcome to our U.S.A. Sincerely, Langston Hughes, New York, July 26, 1960" in turquoise blue pen. The table of contents, at the beginning of the book, was also annotated by Hughes with the same pen p. 11. A major figure in the African-American cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance, the poet and novelist Langston Hughes (1901-1967) wrote works depicting the lives of black proletarians shared between joys, disillusions, hope, etc. all tinged with jazz and blues. "Through his work, he sought to show the importance of a "black consciousness" and a cultural nationalism that unites men rather than sets them against each other. This pride was subsequently taken up by many men of letters such as Jacques Roumain, Nicolás Guillén, Léopold Sédar Senghor and Aimé Césaire." (Wikipedia)
Rare édition originale signée de l'un des romans les plus drôlatiques de Hughes avec une dédicace et des annotations généreuses. Jaquette abîmée, chasses frottées, manques en coiffe et en queue. Reliure solide, intérieur préservé. Bon état général. ************************ Rare first signed edition of one of Hughes' funniest novels with a dedication and generous annotations. Damaged dust jacket, rubbed edges, upper and lower extremities of the spine missing. Solid binding, preserved interior. Good general condition.
Waves of the Blue River: Survival and triumph through one of history's greatest crimes in China
São Paulo, self-edited, 2017. One octavo softcover book of 228 x 154 mm, 118 pp. Many black and white pictures throughout the book. Translated from Chinese to English by David Curtis Wright with the author's help. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. A heart-wrenching and powerful story about a Chinese man who overcame many hurdles to escape an authoritarian government to ultimately land in Brazil, where he and his family fared well in peace. "Born in 1933, Li Mu, pseudonym of Dr. Yeung Chi Bor, is a Chinese-Brazilian doctor and acupuncturist. He grew up in the Chinese province of Guangdong under the Chinese Communist Regime. Targeted by the authorities as 'landlords', Yeung and his family were persecuted, defamed, tortured, and had their possessions confiscated. His father was executed and he was sent to labor camps. Throughout his struggle for survival, Yeung bore witness to one of the worst atrocities in history. He ultimately escaped as a refugee into Hong Kong in 1962 and, in 1977, made a great leap into the unknown, immigrating to Brazil at the age of 44. Dr. Yeung has three daughters and one son, and lives with his wife in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais."
This copy was obtained from the author himself and remained in a cabinet since then. Like new.
Look To The Land
London, Dent, 1942. 190 x 130 mm, 186 pp. Hardcover with blue cloth, no jacket. Reprint of the 1940 edition. This is a rare copy of the war edition which, due to war restrictions, contains less paper than usual and shows the "Authorized Economy Standard" seal of approval on the first page. "In May 1940, Lord Northbourne’s book ‘Look to the Land’ appeared. He coined the term ‘organic farming’. His book stripped out the prolixity, abstruseness, esotericism and mysticism of Rudolf Steiner, and, with compelling clarity, Lord Northbourne presented a manifesto of organic agriculture. From this point on, biodynamics and organics have developed in parallel, with the general recognition of biodynamics as a particular manifestation of organic agriculture." (John Paull, "The Global Growth and Evolution of Organic Agriculture", p. 5) "Lord Northbourne (1896-1982) was a man of exceptional vision, who already in the 1940s diagnosed in detail the sickness of modern society as stemming from the severance of its organic links with the wholeness of life. A leading figure in the early organic farming movement, his writings profoundly affected such other pioneers as Sir Albert Howard, Rolf Gardiner, Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, and H. J. Massingham. His path led him on to a profound study of comparative religion, traditional metaphysics, and the science of symbols, which he employed in incisive observations on the character of modern society. His later writings exercised considerable influence on his younger contemporaries E. F. Schumacher and Thomas Merton, and in many ways anticipate the essays of Wendell Berry." (Later summary of the book by Angelico Press) Walter Ernest Christopher James, 4th Baron Northbourne (1896-1982) was a precursor of what is now known as organic agriculture. He translated to English several works by Perennialists or Traditionalists René Guénon, Fritschof Schuon and Titus Burckhardt, and contributed frequently to the quarterly journal Studies in Comparative Religions. According to Wikipedia, "Lord Northbourne's garden at Elizabethan Northbourne Court near Deal in Kent, set within the standing former outbuildings (the manor house burned in the 18th century) and upon ancient terracing, nurtured for a century, is reputed one of the finest in England; it is not generally open to the public."
A few scruffing on the joints, firm binding. Some foxing and staining on the first pages. Text is all legible.
Journey Into Burmese Silence
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1962. First edition. Octavo, orange cloth hardcover, 223 x 145 mm with 220 (4 ff) pp. Title and author's name on the top of the spine, editor's name at the bottom with a white label. Green label of a London library on the paste down free endpaper, black and white one-page wide picture as frontispiece, black stamp of the Grupo Gurdjieff of São Paulo on the title page. Author's foreword, Table of contents, 13 chapters, Appendix on the Vipassana Meditation with the Ledi Sayadaw Method, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. With many black and white pictures printed on couché paper. "This is the account of the search for a quiet retreat in which to learn the art of meditation, that is, of how to still the thoughts and find the insight that lies beyond intellect. It tells of the ultimate finding of such a retreat at the Maha Bodhi Meditation Centre in Burma, and of life at this and other Burmese meditation centres."
Some foxing on the first pages and at a few margins, a dent on the front cover. Otherwise, no marking after the title page, pages are mostly clean and the text blocks are brights. Pictures are good. A rare account of a travel to the now Myanmar mountains in good condition.
Any objections?
London, Phaidon, 1999. A hardbound in-quarto volume with dust jacket and protective mylar, 278 x 200 mm, 146 pp. SIGNED by Mario Testino at the top of the title page. "Provocative and unexpected, Any Objections? is a lightning roller-coaster of unpublished images which brilliantly illuminates the vision of one of photography's shrewdest eyes. Fashion and the gutter, nature and artifice, high life and low, jostle for his attention. Faces of the very famous in the least expected places, bodies of the very beautiful, landscapes and cities, close friends and extraordinary passersby all find their place in a pattern which is held together by Testino's evident sense of the absurd. The book is an insight into the raw material of fashion, where a glimpse of life from a street in Tangier can be the inspiration for a fashion story in New York. At once diary and commentary, picture after picture (all reproduced full-page) provoke reactions as diverse as their subject-matter: from shock to amusement and from surprise to delight. Whether or not you have any objections, you can't help being intrigued by Testino's very personal view of the world that surrounds him." (Front flap)
The mylar and title page show a bit of wear and tear. Otherwise in fine condition.
Fiscal Governance in Europe
New York, Cambridge University Press, 2009. First edition. Hardback with dust jacket. Octavo, 23.5 x 16 cm, (x) 233 pp. Eight chapters with table of contents at the beginning of the book, bibliography and index at the end. "This book presents a theoretical framework to discuss how governments coordinate budgeting decisions. There are two modes of fiscal governance conducive to greater fiscal discipline, a mode of delegation and a mode of contracts. These modes contrast with a fiefdom form of governance, in which the decision-making process is decentralized. An important insight is that the effectiveness of a given form of fiscal governance depends crucially upon the underlying political system. Delegation functions well when there are few, or no, ideological differences among government parties, whereas contracts are effective when there are many such differences. Empirically, delegation and contract states perform better than fiefdom states if they match the underlying political system. Additional chapters consider why countries have the fiscal institutions that they do, fiscal governance in Central and Eastern Europe, and the role of such institutions in the European Union." (Inside flap)
A bit of rubbing on the front jacket, top of the front inside flap a bit crumpled, red and black stamps on the first free endpaper, otherwise book as new. Pages are clean and toned.
Christian Science. With Notes Containing Corrections To Date
Lepizig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1907. In English. A hardcover in-12 volume. 167 x 119 mm, 287 pp. + 31 pp. of editor's catalog at the end. Half-bottle green leather with corners, raised bands, bright green title piece with author's name and book title, green endpapers on the covers and inside. "Book I of this volume consists in matter written four years ago, but not hitherto published in book-form. I have now corrected these to the best of my ability and later knowledge. Book II was written at the beginning of the 1903, and has not until now appeared in any form. In it my purpose has been to present a character portrait of Mrs. Eddy, drawn from her own acts and words solely, not from hearsay and rumour; and to explain the nature and scope of her Monarchy, as revealed in the Laws by which she governs it, and which she wrote herself." (Preface)
Covers and spine are rubbed, hinges heavily rubbed, a mark of insect attack on the front cover, corners rubbed. Some foxing with no loss to the text. Pp.39-42 are unbound. A fair copy of a book which has become incredibly hard to find.
