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The Barnabys in America, or Adventures of the Widow Wedded
Paris, Baudry's European Library, 1843. Edition published the same year as the first one at Henry Colburn. Former library book. Octavo, 139 x 214 mm (5.5 x 8.4 in), 362 pp. Bound in half-black percaline with marbled papers. Flat spine, slightly raised edges in lieu of raised bands, author's name and title in gilt block letters with two gilt fillets, gilt fleurons, and dotted gilt fillets at the head and tail. Initials in gilt at the end. Former library label at the tail. Headband. Partially erased library stamp on the title page and stamp on the first page. Table of contents at the end. "In the bustling streets of New York City, the Barnaby family embarks on an extraordinary adventure. Led by the eccentric Mr. Barnaby, his sharp-tongued wife, and their four lively children, they navigate the unfamiliar customs and social landscapes of a rapidly changing America. As they encounter a cast of colorful characters, from ambitious politicians to flamboyant socialites, the Barnabys' observations and misadventures provide a witty and incisive commentary on the burgeoning nation. Their journey unfolds through a series of hilarious and poignant encounters, revealing the complexities of a society on the cusp of greatness." (Gallimard) First single-volume edition of this novel written by the mother of Anthony Trollope, one of the main Victorian writers. An unusual find. ********************************************* Paris, Baudry, 1843. En anglais. Édition parue la même année que l'originale. Ancien livre de bibliothèque. Un volume in-8 de 139 x 214 mm pour 362 pp. Relié demi-percaline noire à coins avec papiers à la cuve. Dos lisse, légers reliefs aux emplacements des nerfs, nom d'auteur et titre en caractères d'imprimerie dorés avec deux filets dorés, fleurons dorés, filets en pointillés dorés en coiffe et queue. Initiales en doré en queue. Ancienne étiquette de bibliothèque à la queue. Tranchefile. Tampon de bibliothèque en partie effacé à la page de titre et tampon à la première page. Table des matières en fin d'ouvrage. "Dans les rues animées de New York, la famille Barnaby se lance dans une aventure extraordinaire. L'excentrique M. Barnaby, sa femme à la langue bien pendue et leurs quatre enfants évoluent parmi les coutumes et les paysages sociaux encore méconnus d'une Amérique en pleine mutation. À mesure qu'ils rencontrent des personnages hauts en couleur, de politiciens ambitieux à des mondains extravagants, leurs observations et mésaventures offrent un commentaire percutant et plein d'esprit sur des États-Unis en plein essor. Leur voyage se déroule à travers une série de rencontres hilarantes et poignantes qui montrent les complexités d'une société en route vers la grandeur." Première édition en un seul volume de ce roman écrit par la mère d'Anthony Trollope, l'un des écrivains les plus connus de l'ère victorienne. Peu courant.
Foxing throughout, clearly legible text. Binding is solid. **************************** Nombreuses rousseurs, texte bien lisible. Reliure solide.
Jesus was a Leo
Oakland, self-edited, 1979. Softcover, 151 pp., octavo. Gold stamped on the front cover around Jesus' astrological chart, title stamped in gold above the author's name. In this audacious book the author pretends to demonstrate Jesus Christ was born not on Xmas before year one but on August 21, 7 before common era. He maps Christ's astrological destiny and shows how the Leo sign shaped His life and journey. In 9 chapters replete with data and analysis. A thought-provoking essay which has become incredibly tough to find.
Edges and cover somehow soiled, the inside is in good condition.
Jesus was a Leo
Oakland, self-edited, 1979. Softcover, 151 pp., octavo. Gold stamped on the front cover around Jesus' astrological chart, title stamped in gold above the author's name. In this audacious book the author pretends to demonstrate Jesus Christ was born not on Xmas before year one but on August 21, 7 before common era. He maps Christ's astrological destiny and shows how the Leo sign shaped His life and journey. A thought-provoking essay which has become incredibly tough to find.
Edges and cover somehow soiled, the inside is in good condition.
Country Houses: The Work of Frank J. Forster
New York, William Hepburn, 1931. First and only edition. Hardcover, publisher's burgundy cloth. 12 pp. (Introduction and List of Plates), 183 plates. In-folio, 25.5 x 33.5 cm. llustrated with photographs, drawings and plans. Pink stamp of the Publicações Pan-Americanas, a Brazilian company which imported many technical and faculty books from the United States to Brazil, on the title page. Some rubbing on the sides of the front cover, spine badly worn. Light foxing inside with no damage to the plates. Paper block is firm and sturdy. Frank Joseph Forster (1886-1948) was an American architect who designed homes in the style of French Provincial architecture during the early 20th century. His architectural designs recreating French chateaus and English Tudor homes often featured turrets. He built several homes in Connecticut including a home in Greenwich, Connecticut that was home of singer Diana Ross. In 1927 and 1929 Forster won the Architectural League Medal for Domestic architecture. In 1933 he won the Better Homes Medal for his residential designs.
Scarce. Aside from the spine, a pretty good copy.
Complications of Temporomandibular Joint Surgery
Springer, 2017. First and only edition. Hardback, Bradel-style hinges, 16 x 24.5 cm, (vii) 175 pp. With texts on: Failure to Make the Correct Diagnosis; Facial Nerve Injury; Frey Syndrome; Neuropathic Pain and Chronic Opioid Use; Massive Hemorrhage; Iatrogenic Degenerative Joint Disease; and other texts. Numerous illustrations throughout. "This book provides detailed guidance on the recognition and treatment of the complications most frequently encountered in patients who undergo temporomandibular joint surgery. Evidence-based guidelines are referred to whenever possible, and when such guidelines are lacking, the preferred current approaches to diagnosis and management are described. In addition, the pathophysiology of each complication is discussed and advice offered on how to ensure that the correct surgical procedure is chosen for the individual patient, thereby minimizing the risk of complications. Illustrative cases are included to further highlight key points. The authors are experienced surgeons and pioneers in the field of temporomandibular joint surgery. Complications of Temporomandibular Joint Surgery will be of value for all who work in this technically very challenging field and regularly have to deal with the issues posed by a difficult patient population and the risk of suboptimal outcomes."
A small bump at the bottom of the front cover and hinge nearby, some dust stuck to the inside of the covers. Pages are clean, the binding is robust. A good copy.
Practical Shipbuilding 3A: A manual for the construction of seagoing merchant ships and war-ships
Haarlem, De Technische Uitgeverij H. Stam N.V., 1961. Revised edition. Volume 3A only. A big in-4 blue navy hardcover volume of 30 x 22cm, 386 pp. Sold with its original dustjacket which seems to be so often missing these days. Widely illustrated. "Ships and Marine Engines Volume IIIA." Complete with all unfolding figures.
A bit of wear and tear on the DJ, mostly at the top and bottom, upper part of the DJ and spine missing with no loss to the binding. A good copy of this highly technical and difficult to find title.
Voyage Around the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. Compiled from papers and other material and published under his direction by Richard Walter, M.A.
London, John and Paul Knapton, 1748. Book in English. Third edition mentioned, published the same year as the original edition. A thick octavo volume of 21 x 13.5 cm for 548 pp. Bound and restored at a later time. Bound in full grained tan leather, spine with thin raised bands, author's name and title in gilt printed characters with gilt fillets, gilt fleurons, year at the foot, gilt frames with floral motifs on the covers. Gilt floral motifs on the internal borders of the endpapers, marbled colored guards in tawny tones. Headbands. Restored title and dedication pages, Summary, Introduction. "At the time of the voyage, Britain was at war with Spain. Richard Walter was the Chaplain of his Majesty's ship the Centurion commanded by Lord George Anson, which was sent on the mission to capture or disrupt possessions in the Pacific Ocean held by the Spanish Empire, during which the ship circumnavigated the world. Diseases caused a considerable loss of life; only 188 men survived of the 1,854 who started the voyage. The great interest in the text led to four editions published in 1748." ****************** Londres, John et Paul Knapton, 1748. Livre en anglais. Mention de troisième édition, publié la même année que l'édition originale. Un épais volume in-8 de 21 x 13,5 cm pour 548 pp. Relié et restauré a posteriori. Reliure plein cuir grainé havane, dos à nerfs fins, nom d'auteur et titre en caractères d'imprimerie dorés avec filets dorés, fleurons dorés, année en queue, encadrements dorés à motifs floraux aux plats. Motifs floraux dorés sur les bordures internes des contreplats, gardes colorées marbrées aux tons fauves. Tranchefile. Pages de titre et de dédicace restaurées, sommaire, introduction. "Cette année-là, la Grande-Bretagne était en guerre avec l'Espagne. Richard Walter, compilateur du texte, était l'aumônier du navire de Sa Majesté le Centurion, commandé par Lord George Anson, qui avait pour mission de capturer ou de détruire les possessions de l'Empire espagnol dans l'océan Pacifique. Au cours de sa mission, le navire fit le tour du monde. Les maladies causèrent de nombreuses pertes humaines avec 188 survivants seulement sur les 1854 hommes qui avaient entrepris le voyage. Le grand intérêt suscité par le texte conduisit à la publication de quatre éditions en 1748."
Please note that the two folding maps at the end of the work are missing. Complete text, solid binding. Bottom of the side edge blackened, marginalia in blue pencil pp. 70-1. Apart from the missing maps, a pleasing and elegant copy. ********** Les deux cartes dépliantes en fin d'ouvrage sont manquantes. Texte complet, reliure solide. Bas de la tranche latérale noircie, marginalia au crayon bleu pp. 70-1. Hors l'absence des cartes, un exemplaire agréable et élégant.
A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV
London, John and Paul Knapton in Ludgate Street, 1748. This is a subscriber copy, so the real first edition of Anson's book. A brick of a book with 215 x 260 mm, 80 mm thick. 33 unpaginated pp. at the beginning, 417 (2) pp. Contemporary thick binding of a deep purple hue, four nerves on the spine, three black title pieces with author's name, book title and year in gold print characters. Includes the list of subscribers, p. 319 incorrectly designated as p. 219, two pages of instructions to the binder at the end of the book. With 42 copper plates: 14 maps and 28 engravings, all folding (38 having dimensions close to the book itself or to unfold horizontally and 3 being large folding maps). Comes with a sliding protective case. This is a copy of George Anson's account of his circumnavigation voyage. Complete with all the features which are often missing or signal a later edition. A lively tale of hardship, courage, curiosity, risk-taking and doing the impossible: overtaking Spain on the Peru coast, taking a Spanish galleon and completing the travel around the world with an awesome booty and an epic story to tell. The victory of Anson's Centurion launched the age of British dominance over the oceans and paved the way for a Victorian empire where "the sun never sets."
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The folding engraving facing p. 73 has some discrete tape repair on the margin and the engraving facing p. 201 has the very extremity of its margin starting to crumble. Aside from that, a very good copy. More pictures on demand.
The Senate of the United States In Theory and Practice [2 vol.]
Cambridge (MA), Houghton Mifflin Co. / Riverside Press, 1938. First edition of Georges Haynes' classic. Two octavo volumes, 220 x 150 mm each. Both volumes share the same pagination, the first having 567 pp. and second starting p. 568 to end at p. 1118. Hardcover, original editor's red cloth, with author's name in gold and title within a black lozenge on spine. Small paper of the "Livraria Agir Editôra", a Rio de Janeiro bookstore, tipped in at the beginning of the first volume. Each vol. has a black-and-white picture as frontispiece. Both volumes show several black-and-white illustrations. Some yellowing and foxing throughout with most pages being toned. All legible, sturdy binding, no bad smell, not ex-library. PP. 340 to 363 (first volume) have slightly folded corners with no damage to the text. "The 1938 publication of George Haynes’ two-volume The Senate of the United States: Its History and Practice instantly made Haynes the nation’s leading academic authority on that institution. Reviewers routinely ranked Haynes’ work with Charles Warren’s monumental three-volume The Supreme Court in United States History, published 15 years earlier. While others had produced major studies examining individual areas of Senate activity, and while Lindsay Rogers had created an extended essay on the institution in defense of unlimited debate, Haynes was the first to attempt a comprehensive history." (Excerpt from the summary on the U.S. Senate's website)
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A good copy of a very tough finding. Haynes' book has become so rare even its 1960 reprint by Russell and Russell sells above $250, the first edition being often off-market and only to be consulted at political science or academic libraries.
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 usually found. 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.
[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 Jews
London, Constable & company, 1922. First edition, second impression. In-8 hardcover, 13.5 x 21.5 cm, (xix) 308 pp. Bound in full crimson cloth, book title and author's name on the spine. Ex-library, trace of a removed label on the bottom of the spine, library stamp on the title page and right after. Preface and Contents at the beginning of the book. First published by Hilaire Belloc in 1922, "The Jews" is a controversial work of political and social analysis that addresses the complex and often antagonistic relationship between Jewish communities and their "host" European nations. Belloc argues that this friction is an inherent "Jewish problem," stemming from the Jewish people's status as a distinct, unassimilable nation within other societies. However, Belloc is keen to show tactfulness throughout the book and attacks "anti-Semites" as "extravagant" and "ill-balanced."
Yellowed paper, well protected by the binding. In good condition. A rare find.
Selections from Sleight of Pen. Ballades and Other Poems
Scarce first edition, first printing of this booklet, inscribed by the author on the title page. Buenos Aires, The English Printery, 1940. Thin booklet of 14.5 x 22.5 cm, bound in the publisher's original paper wraps, (1 ff.) 33 pp. Warmly signed as follws: "To Dr. M. Rodrigo Octavio (Filho), with hommage and affection in memoery of a delightful but far too short meeting! Mackintosh Dec. 1940" First compilation of poems thus far published in various newspapers ("The London Mercury", "The New English Weekly" and many others, listed on the first leaflet of this book. Many poems bear French names: "Ballade du mariage à la mode", "Ballade des liégeoises", "Rêve saturnien", etc. yet all were written in English.
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Some creasing on the cover, paper slightly yellowed. Rodrigo Octavio (1892-1969) was a Brazilian writer who entered the Brazilian academy of letters in 1944, where he succeeded to his own father.
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 (Cathar Edition)
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.
Crossing Cultures: Conflict, Migration, and Convergence. Proceedings of the 32nd International Congress of the History of Art
Melbourne, Miegunyah Press, 2009. A very thick in-4 book of 276 x 194 mm for (6) vii, xvii, 1108 pp. Coal black hardbinding, title in bronze on the cover and spine, abstract in bronze on the back cover. Printed on couché paper, profusely illustrated with a majority color images. No dust jacket as issued. "Crossing Cultures: Conflict, Migration and Convergence is an in-depth examination of the effect of globalism on art and art history. Covering all aspects of art—including traditional media, painting, sculpture, architecture and the crafts, as well as design, film, visual performance and new media—it explores the themes of conflict, migration and convergence in the visual, symbolic and artistic exchanges between cultures throughout history. Crossing Cultures is a compilation of the conference papers from the 32nd International Congress in the History of Art organized by the International Committee of the History of Art (CIHA), edited by conference convenor Professor Jaynie Anderson. This volume contains more than 200 papers presented at the congress by art historians from twenty-five countries, including Homi K Bhabha (Harvard University), Michael Brand (Director of the John Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles), Marcia Langton (Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne), Ronald de Leeuw (Director of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), Neil McGregor (Director of the British Museum, London) and Ruth B. Phillips (Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture and Professor of Art History, Carleton University, Ottawa). Never before has the state of art history in our polycentric world been demonstrated so well. Crossing Cultures encourages fresh thinking about global art history." (Abstract)
In good condition. A bit of wear and tear on the covers and hinges, slight yellowing on the margins, aside from that the inside is clean and crisp. Book is well bound.
J. L. Sert and CIAM (International Congresses for Modern Architecture / Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne); Siegfried Giedon (CIAM secretary, foreword)
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Can Our Cities Survive? An ABC of Urban Problems, Their Analysis , Their Solutions
Cambridge and London, Harvard UP / Oxford UP, 1942. First edition. An oblong hardcover book, title and author's names embossed on the front cover and spine, Bradel-style hinges, 31,5 x 23,5 cm, 258 pp. fully illustrated with black and white pictures and maps. Text written on two columns. 15 chapters: Town-Planning or Our Cities and Their Problems, Dwelling as The First Urban Function, Work, Week-End and Vacation Recreation and so on. A manifesto for the reform spirit criticizing the nineteenth-century city as inadequate do massive car use and overcrowding. The author puts forward various ideas: separating various functions throughout spaces, insisting on adequate transportation, verticalization and local zoning (schools, shops, hospitals) as smaller communal units within the city, etc. Published in the midst of the Second World War, this urban planning book criticizes 19th-century cities as "inadequate" and puts forward numerous proposals to adapt them to the automobile and to populations of several million inhabitants. Some of its ideas proved very influencial in many postwar projects.
Some wear and tear on the covers and hinges, solid binding, small marginal foxing on a few pages, paper mostly clean. A sound copy.
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.
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series, 1st ed.)
New York, Pantheon Books / Bollingen Foundation, 1949. First edition, first printing of this legendary book on heroes, their journey and the patterns which they show across cultures. Octavo, 16.5 x 23.5 cm, (xxiii) 416 pp. Hardcover, bound in original black cloth over green boards, bright gilt title to spine, Bradel-style hinges. No dust jacket. A small trace of a removed label at the bottom of the spine but no library markings inside. Illustrated in black and white throughout, list of illustrations (21) and list of plates (xxiv) at the beginning of the book. Most pages are bright and clean, some pages show light yellowing and marginal foxing without hindering the reading experience.
A nice copy of a legendary title.
