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O Ano da Mentira / The Fool's Year. Um calendário de / a calendar by matheus rocha pitta
São Paulo, Ikrek, 2018. This is a bilingual contemporary artist's calendar in Portuguese and English. 100 x 110 mm, 780 pp. Unpaginated. Only 1000 copies printed, sold out at the editor for years. The first page shows the title and author's name, all other pages feature an upper hole to hand the calendar on a wall or other support. Numerous black-and-white photos. This is the editor's presentation of the artist and his work: "Tiradentes, mg, 1980. Lives and works at Rio de Janeiro. Represented by the gallery Athena Contemporânea. Recent individual solo shows: Memória menor [mam Rio, 2018], The Fool’s Year [Athena Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, rj, sox, Berlin, 2017]. Participou da/ participated in 29º Bienal de São Paulo [2010], ii Frestras Trienal de Piracicaba [2017]. The artist has the newspaper [cutouts, photos, etc.] as an essential source in his production. From the collection of images of protests in different newspapers [the collection from the artist is long-standing and is constantly expanding], Matheus elaborates a calendar. But the artist extracts the phrases from the banners and flags and substitutes them for the inscription 1 April 2017."
Still under its original plastic wrappers. Unread and untouched.
Maurilla Castello Branco, Michael Roberts, Lenny Niemeyer, Nicolas Martin Ferreira
Reference : 0149
(2012)
Inside Rio
Paris, Flammarion, 2012. In-folio de 356 x 273 mm pour 352 pp. Édition originale. En anglais, richement illustré. Relié avec jaquette imprimée colorée, pleine toile grise éditeur embossée, gardes jaunes. Texte de Maurilla Castello Branco. Doublement préfacé par Sérgio Cabral et Eduardo Paes, respectivement gouverneur de l'État de Rio de Janeiro et maire de la ville de Rio de Janeiro. Résumé, traduit, figurant sur le rabat de la jaquette de couverture : "Rio de Janeiro est une ville emblématique aux contrastes vibrants : énergie juvénile et grandes traditions, végétation luxuriante et architecture innovante. Son style de vie unique est diversifié et riche culturellement, et la ville abrite de remarquables maisons modernistes et contemporaines aux côtés de joyaux coloniaux historiques. Les auteurs ouvrent les portes d'un Rio de Janeiro d'initiés à travers une visite de plus de vingt-cinq maisons privées, dont dix-neuf sont présentées ici pour la première fois. Elles comprennent un manoir de l'époque coloniale dans le quartier artistique de Rio entouré de jardins luxuriants ; un appartement privé avec une vue imprenable et une fabuleuse collection d'art moderne ; des maisons contemporaines épurées qui brouillent les frontières entre intérieur et extérieur - avec un design chaleureux à base de bois, des murs en verre du sol au plafond, des piscines ombragées et des meubles de designers modernistes brésiliens tels qu'Oscar Niemeyer et Sérgio Rodrigues. Des domaines traditionnels et des fazendas en dehors de la ville sont également présentés, aménagés avec des bois tropicaux, des rideaux de soie et des volets filtrant la lumière du soleil." Très nombreuses photos et explications sur les appartements de luxe, les jardins, les maisons de plage, les fazendas, la gastronomie, l'architecture contemporaine, etc. de la cité carioca. De quoi voyager ou rêver... que l'on vive à 5000 km de distance ou dans un immeuble miteux juste à côté de ceux du livre !
Faibles traces de frottement sur la jaquette, sinon comme neuf.
Pathways of Hope. The Jewish Presence in Rio Grande do Sul - Caminhos da Esperança. A presença judaica no Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, Gráfica Editora Pallotti, no date [circa 1990]. First and only edition. Bilingual text, English and Portuguese. SIGNED by author on free endpaper: "Para Jayme Albek, o abraço do MOACYR. Maio, 1991" (For Jayme Albek, with a hug from Moacyr, May 1991) An oblong hardcover book of 297 x 217 mm and 120 pp. Widely illustrated with archive black & white photos, along with a few colored maps and drawings. Co-edited by the Instituto Judaico Marc Chagall, with a foreword of the president of the Institute Evelyn Berg. The book recalls the difficult arrival and settlement of Eastern European Jews, by the beginning and middle of the twentieth century, in the most southern state of Brazil. The author, Moacyr Jaime Scliar (1937-2011), spent most of his life in Porto Alegre. He worked as a physician and university professor while also constantly researching and churning literature: short stories, novels, essays, children's literature and some columns in several Brazilian newspapers. ********************************************** Porto Alegre, Gráfica Editora Pallotti, sem data [circa 1990]. Primeira e única edição. Texto bilíngue inglês e português. ASSINADO pelo autor em folha de guarda livre: "Para Jayme Albek, o abraço do MOACYR. Maio, 1991" Livro oblongo de capa dura, 297 x 217 mm, 120 páginas. Amplamente ilustrado com fotos em preto e branco de arquivo, além de alguns mapas e desenhos coloridos. Coeditado pelo Instituto Judaico Marc Chagall, com prefácio da presidente do Instituto, Evelyn Berg. O livro conta a difícil chegada e fixação de judeus do Leste Europeu, no início e meados do século XX, no estado mais ao sul do Brasil. O autor, Moacyr Jaime Scliar (1937-2011), passou a maior parte de sua vida em Porto Alegre. Trabalhou como médico e professor universitário, além de pesquisar e produzir constantemente literatura: contos, romances, ensaios, literatura infantil e algumas colunas em diversos jornais brasileiros.
Boards slightly soiled, pages are clean and toned. A good copy with a rare signature. ********************* Capas levemente sujas, páginas limpas e tonalizadas. Um bom exemplar com uma assinatura rara.
Mr. [Alexander] Hamilton, Mr. [James] Madison, and Mr. [John] Jay
Reference : 0054
(1842)
The Federalist, or the New Constitution, written in 1788 by Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Jay: with an Appendix, containing the Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius, on the Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793; also, the original Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States.
Hallowell (ME), Glazier, Masters & Smith, 1842. Mention of "New Edition". A thick octavo volume, 234 x 150 mm, 484 pp. Hardcover, modern half-leather binding, authors' name and main title written in gold on the spine, four raised bands. More commonly known as the Federalist Papers, this text includes 85 essays, most of which were originally published in New York newspapers under the pseudonym "Publius." This "New Edition" identifies the authors of the individual papers, and the "numbers written by Mr. Madison corrected by himself." It has been called the "most famous and influential American political work". Howes H114; Sabin 23981. Name handwritten with blue ink on the top of the title page, foxing on the first page and then lightly scattered through, dampening on the margins with all text square and intact. Not ex-library, has only belonged to private collectors.
A rare, suitable copy of one of the most important texts ever written in the history of the United States in its Glazier edition.
Le sanctuaire du 'Bon Jésus de Matozinhos' de Congonhas / O Santuário de Congonhas e a Arte do Aleijadinho / The Shrine of the Lord Bom Jesus de Matozinhos at Congonhas
Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), Dubolso, 2007. Édition originale. Texte trilingue : en portugais, anglais et français, rédigé sur trois colonnes. In-8 carré, 212 x 208 mm, broché, 86 pp. Titre en portugais sur la couverture et le dos, titres traduits à l'intérieur. Envoi autographe de l'auteur avec dédicace au stylo noir sur la page de titre. Richement illustré de photos en couleur hors-texte et noir et blanc dans le texte, complet de son plan dépliant du sanctuaire en fin d'ouvrage. Agréable étude sur l'architecture et l'iconographie d'une église historique de Minas Gerais, avec de nombreuses indications sur les polychromies, la vie du Christ telle que représentée au fil d'un véritable parcours et le "Parvis aux Prophètes" unique à l'église. Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), Dubolso, 2007. First edition. Trilingual text: in Portuguese, English and French, written in three columns. Square octavo paperback, 212 x 208 mm, 86 pp. Title in Portuguese on the cover and spine, translated titles inside. Autographed by the author with dedication in black pen on the title page. Richly illustrated with color photos outside the text and black and white in the text, complete with his fold-out plan of the sanctuary at the end of the book. A pleasant study of the architecture and iconography of a historic church in Minas Gerais, with numerous indications on the polychromes, the life of Christ as represented over the course of a real journey and the "Court of the Prophets" unique to the church. elo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), Dubolso, 2007. Primeira edição. Texto trilíngue: em português, inglês e francês, escrito em três colunas. Brochura quadrada in-octavo, 212 x 208 mm, 86 pp. Título em português na capa e na lombada, títulos traduzidos no interior. Autografado pelo autor com dedicatória em caneta preta na página de título. Ricamente ilustrado com fotos coloridas fora do texto e em preto e branco no texto, completo com sua planta desdobrável do santuário no final do livro. Um agradável estudo da arquitetura e iconografia de uma igreja histórica em Minas Gerais, com inúmeras indicações nas policromias, a vida de Cristo representada ao longo de uma jornada real e o "Pátio dos Profetas" exclusivo da igreja.
Une étiquette sur la page de faux-titre, quelques traces sur la couverture, sinon bel état, intérieur propre et reliure solide. A label on the half-title page, some marks on the cover, otherwise good condition, clean interior and solid binding. Uma etiqueta na página de meio-título, algumas marcas na capa, fora isso em bom estado, o interior é limpo e a encadernação sólida.
Honoring the Self. Personal integrity and the heroic potentials of human nature
Los Angeles, Jeremy P. Tarcher / Houghton Miffin, 1983. First edition, second printing. Boldly signed by Nathaniel Branden on the first free endpaper (not a tip-in). In-4, 23 x 27 cm, 271 pp. Original dust jacket with flaps. Table of contents at the beginning. A small defect at the top of the DJ and at the bottom of the spine, otherwise VG. Pages are crisp and clear. Nathaniel Branden's Honoring the Self is a cornerstone of self-esteem psychology. The author was a long friend of Ayn Rand before launching his own, close yet unmistakably his, brand of worldview and knowledge of the human mind. "Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem," says pioneering psychologist Nathaniel Branden, "and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence--and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself--your self-esteem--is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life." (Inside flap)
Scarce when signed. An underrated signature!
Signed Autograph by Nat King Cole
This is a 17-pages softcover document AUTOGRAPHED by Jazz legend Nat King Cole (1919-1965). Penned by him with blue ball pen on the front cover. A 250 x 158 mm brochure in Portuguese with a black and white photograph of the legendary jazzman on the cover. Nat King Cole performed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the renowned hotel Copacabana Palace in Abril 1959, from the 13th to the 19th. Presented by Carlos Machado (1908-1992) and the charity Pro Matre. The inside describes who Machado and King Cole are, with many ads and black-and-white illustrations. Of note: a picture of Cole with Sammy Davis, Harry Belafonte, Frank Sinatra and other stars. He is even shown looking at Da Vinci's Mona Lisa in France! Very little wear and tear/foxing on the covers. Yellowed margins inside. King Cole's dedication is very legible and easy to recognize. VG-.
Not only is this a rare signature from a short-lived legend, this is also a rare document from one of the few performances he did in Brazil!
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
New York, Castle Books / Greystone Press, 1953. A small in-16 booklet of 145 x 97 mm, 105 pp. Black half-leather with an embossed title piece on the front cover, both covers adorned with marbled papers and with small, finely gilt-tooled stylised fleurons. Laminated covers. Decorated with an ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING on the page facing the title page. Beautiful drawing of a man in Middle Eastern clothes leaning on vessels with a long pipe at hand and a voluminous turban on his head. Not signed, unknown author. A gem of a book for a piece of immortal poetry.
Toned pages, solid binding. Some loss of color on the spine, otherwise in very good condition. The inside is profusely decorated with head and bottom bands as well as varied flower headpieces above every poem.
Intentions & Poems in Prose
London / New York, Kelley-Farmer, 1907. These are two books from the 250 numbered sets of the Édition de Grand Luxe, both bearing the number #10. Two octavo volumes, 210 x 150 mm, Intentions featuring 237 pages and Poems in Prose 307. Rebound in modern leather, four raised bands, "The Writings of Oscar Wilde" and then book name being stamped in gold. Two gilt headbands on the top and bottom of the spine. Original full chocolate maroquine leather boards preserved with gilt ornamented caissons. Gilt leather continues behind the boards with dark green silky endsheets. Top edges gilt. Headbands. Set number written in red, ornamented collection title page, book title page, table of illustrations (engravings) and contents at the beginning of each book. Intentions contains four illustrations and the following texts: The Decay of Living; Pen, Pencil, and Poison; The Critic as Artist. Poems in Prose contains six illustrations and the following texts: The Artist; The Door of God; The Disciple; The Master; The House of Judgment; The Teacher of Wisdom; The Priest and the Acolyte; Rose-leaf and Apple-leaf; Some Cruelties of Prison Life; Lecture on the English Renaissance; Wilde v. Whistler; The Rise of Historical Criticism; The Truth of Masks. All illustrations protected with silk paper.
These are beautiful copies of an extremely hard to find edition. All silk pages are intact. Some rubbing on the edges of the covers, otherwise fine condition.
Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari (ed), Babuji Maharaj (att), Swami Vivekananda (att)
Reference : 0458
(2005)
ISBN : 8188813052
Whispers from the Brighter World
Chennai, Sahaj Marg Spirituality Foundation, 2005. En anglais. Édition commémorative spéciale Jubilé de Diamant. Un épais volume in-8 de 213 x 143 mm pour 7 cm d'épaisseur et (xiv) 681 pp. (ff). Relié plein cuir nubuck au ton tabac, plats richement embossés ton sur ton avec de multiples encadrements, floral, fileté, à traits perpendiculaires et points et encadrement final cousu avec le titre en cursive ton sur ton au milieu. Double encadrement orné embossé au dos, titre également en cursives. Motif de la SMSF embossé en quatrième de couverture. Toutes tranches dorées, tranchefile marron, signet rouge. Pages de garde d'un jaune doré à motifs en mandala avec espace prédéfini pour ex-libris, laissé vide. Le livre est accompagné d'un grand boîtier clamshell (270 x 206 mm pour 8 cm d'épaisseur) au ton caramel et à l'intérieur vanille doré, avec un mandala doré au contreplat du couvercle, un aimant de fermeture et un signet doré facilitant la sortie du livre. Nombreux portraits de chefs spirituels en sépia sur des pages en papier calque. Sommaire : An Invitation, Messages from my Mother Janaki Rajagopalan, Messages from Revered Lalaji Maharaj, Messages from Revered Babuji Maharaj, Prophecies from Revered Babuji Maharaj, Messages to All Members of the Human Fraternity from Revered Babuji Maharaj, Messages from my Wife Sulochana, Message from Swami Vivekananda, Message from Maitreya. Boîtier légèrement abîmé, petits points d'usures et de frottement au plat avant et aux arêtes. Taches d'humidité très légères sur le cuir, quasi imperceptibles, sinon en excellent état. Intérieur absolument propre. ******************************************************************************** Chennai, Sahaj Marg Spirituality Foundation, 2005. In English. Special Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Edition. A thick octavo volume of 213 x 143 mm by 7 cm thick and (xiv) 621 pp. Bound in full tobacco-colored nubuck leather, richly embossed tone-on-tone covers with multiple frames, floral, filleted, with perpendicular lines and dots and final frame sewn with the title in tone-on-tone cursive in the center. Double embossed decoration on the spine, title also in cursive. SMSF symbol embossed on the back cover. All edges gilt, brown headbands, red bookmark. Golden yellow endpapers with mandala patterns featuring a predefined space for bookplates, left blank. The book is accompanied by a large clamshell case (270 x 206 mm for 8 cm thick) in caramel tone and golden vanilla interior, with a golden mandala on the inside cover, a closing magnet and a golden bookmark facilitating the removal of the book. Numerous portraits of spiritual leaders in sepia on tracing paper pages. Contents: An invitation, Messages from my mother Janaki Rajagopalan, Messages from the venerable Lalaji Maharaj, Messages from the venerable Babuji Maharaj, Prophecies from the venerable Babuji Maharaj, Messages to all members of the human fraternity from the venerable Babuji Maharaj, Messages from my wife Sulochana, Message from Swami Vivekananda, Message from Maitreya. Case slightly damaged, small points of wear and friction on the front cover and edges. Very light, almost imperceptible white stains on the leather, otherwise in excellent condition. Inside absolutely clean and crisp.
D'une rareté absolue. ********* An absolute rarity.
Le Messager / The Go-Between : Photographies 1932-1962
Paris et New York, Revue Noire et D.A.P. (Distributed Art Publishers Inc.), 1996. Édition originale. Texte bilingue français-anglais. Grand in-4, 256 x 326 mm, 238 pp. Reliure illustrée noir et blanc sépia, cartonnage à la Bradel, dos noir avec titre en blanc. Introduction de Jean-Louis Pivin et de Pascal Martin Saint-Léon, postface de Charles-Henri Favrod. Tranchefile. Rare livre de photographies de Pierre Verger, dit Fatumbi, choisies parmi plusieurs milliers de clichés noir et blanc tirés sur trente ans. Des photos baignées de lumière, un carnaval d'une petite ville mexicaine dans les années 30, des dockers brésiliens dans les années 50, un trapéziste péruvien dans les années 40, des scènes de rue à Shanghai en 1937... sont autant d'instant d'un monde désormais disparu au fil des bouleversements politiques et sociaux.
Exemplaire issu de la bibliothèque de Kim Esteve, collectionneur d'art et bibliophile brésilien. Fendu horizontalement au milieu du dos, un peu jauni aux toutes premières pages, à part ça excellent exemplaire. Intérieur frais, photos pimpantes, reliure solide.
Democracy as Fetish
University Park (PA), The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020. First edition. An octavo volume, 236 x 160 mm, 237 pp. Hardcover with no dust jacket, just as published. Two black and white illustrations. "Democracy has long been fetishized. Consequently, how we speak about democracy and what we expect from democratic governance are at odds with practice. With unflinching resolve, this book probes the theory of democracy and how the left and right are fascinated by it. In this innovative multidisciplinary study, Ralph Cintron provides sustained analysis of our political discourse. He shows not only how the rhetoric of democracy produces strong desires for social order, global wealth, and justice but also how these desires cannot be satisfied. Throughout his discussion, Cintron includes ethnographic research from fieldwork conducted over the course of twenty years in the Latino neighborhoods of Chicago, where he observes both citizens and the undocumented looking to democracy to fulfill their highest aspirations. Politicians hand out favors to the elite, developers strong-arm aldermen, and the disenfranchised have little redress. The problem, Cintron argues, is that the conditions required to put democracy into practice—territory, a bordered nation-state, citizens, property—are constituted by inequality and violence, because there is no inclusivity that does not also exclude. Drawing on ethnography, economics, political theory, and rhetorical analysis, Cintron makes his case with tremendous analytic rigor. This challenge to reassess the discourses on democracy and to consider democratic politics as always compromised by oligarchy will be of particular interest to political and rhetorical theorists."
Like new - some discrete soiling on the back cover, crisp and clear everywhere else.
Star Wars - Return of the Jedi Portfolio
New York, Ballantine Books / Lucasfilm, 1983. First edition. A portfolio of 20 prints of Star Wars art by Ralph McQuarrie. Within its original slipcase. Papers inside are 394 x 283 mm, prints themselves being 368 x 172 mm or 11 x 15.5. Comes with a text page describing every painting and identifying the portfolio as a first edition. "Millions of Americans became familiar with Ralph McQuarrie's art work during the televised CBS news coverage of the amazing Apollo lunar missions. His graphic illustrations revealed to us the first stages of man's exploration of the universe. He then went on to secure his importance as an artist of the space age when he visualized George Lucas' concepts, thus aiding in the creation of the most spectacular space epics of our time, STAR WARS and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK." A scarce collectible which should please any Star Wars fan, romantic realism amateur and space age diehard!
Some wear and tear on the slipcase. A bit of foxing on the text page. The prints are colorful and crisp, suitable for framing.
Brazil's Contribution to Tropical Medicine and Malaria: Personalities and Institutions
Rio de Janeiro, Gráfica Olímpia Editora, 1963. First and only English edition. Translated from the Portuguese by Anita Farquhar. Softcover. Octavo, 238 x 168 mm, 379 pp. Off-white cover and spine with author's name and book title. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white illustrations. Bibliography and index at the end. As the title shows, this book endeavors to show what Brazil did in matters of "tropical medicine". Here are a few chapter titles amongst the XV chapters: - Adolfo Lutz and the Bacteriological Institute of São Paulo - Vital Brazil and the Butantan Institute - Short History of Yellow Fever in Brazil - The tropical Medical Department at the Medical School of the University of Brazil - The National Institute of Rural Endemic Diseases
A few wear and tear on the covers, clean interior. The book has been printed on a nice couché paper. Not ex-library, no markings. Rare and relevant to health professionals with an interest to tropical diseases and malaria.
Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829
London, Richardson, Lord & Holbrook, 1830. Complete set. Two in-8, 23.5 x 15 cm (9.25" x 6") volumes of (xv) 528 and (xii) 541 pp., hardbound in original shellac cloth. Title pieces with author's name, title and volume number on the spines, all gilded, with ornamental gilded lines above and below. Ex-libris on each pastedown. The first volume contains 1 unfolding large plan of Rio and 9 lithographs. The second volume features 1 unfolding map (journey to Minas), 10 lithographs, five appendixes (Carta regia for opening the ports of Brazil; Decree for elevating Brazil into a kingdom; Hymno, imperial e constitucional, composto por S.M.I. Dom Pedro 1°; Exports from Rio de Janeiro, crops of sugar at Santos, exports from Bahia, trade of the port of Rio de Janeiro; Names of the streets and number of houses, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the year 1829), and the unnumbered page with a list of illustrations and "Corrigenda" (errata). Per Borba de Moraes (934): "Robert Walsh, brother of the Irish poet Edward Walsh, was ordained in 1802 and also took a medical degree in 1820. Walsh was not only a very cultured man, but had traveled widely in other 'underdeveloped' countries and was familiar with cultures other than his own. Thus he attempted to explain the manners and customs of the Brazilians rather than criticize them, and tried to understand them as well as to make the reader appreciate Brazilian culture and the institutions of the young Empire. This approach and his eagerness to learn and observe everything make his book extremely interesting and one of the best about that period. The first 150 pages describe his journey from Portsmouth to Rio via Madeira and the Canaries. He then gives a very interesting résumé of Brazil's history from the discovery to the coronation of Pedro I. This résumé is not without originality as he relates many details about the time of João VI and Independence which were told to him by people who witnessed the events. The rest of the first volume is occupied by an extremely accurate description of Rio de Janeiro. The first 300 pages of the second volume contain the account of a journey to the gold mine district. The remainder of the volume is concerned with the slave situation in Brazil, general observations, and an appendix reproducing several documents and a sheet of music with the Imperial anthem composed by Pedro I."
From the private library of José Cochrane de Alencar (1898-1971), a Brazilian diplomat who accompanied US President Herbert Hoover on his visit to Brazil in 1928. ---- Light bumps and rubbing on the cloth of the covers, heads and tails. Robust binding, pages are clean. A good copy.
Aircraft Building: a Brazilian Heritage
São Paulo, Embraer, 2008. In English. A wide 31 x 24 book with 311 pp. Hardcover, illustrated blue boards, title written in blue on the soft silver spine. Printed on couché paper. Contents listed at the beginning of the book, with a foreword of Maurício Novis Botelho, then chairman of the Board of Directors of Embraer. Lavishly illustrated throughout. Text written in two or three columns per page. This is THE reference book about Brazilian aircraft making. From Santos-Dumont's experiments in France and Brazil to Embraer's global successes in the 2000s, Aircraft Building describes it in painstaking detail while outlaying an engaging account.
Quite a rare book outside of Brazil despite having been written in English.
Behind the baton: A who's who of conductors
London, Frederick Muller, 1981. First edition. Black cloth hardcover, 24 x 16 cm, 152 pp. No dust jacket (you can find one easily in the UK or USA if you wish so). With title, author's name and editor's name on spine. Signed by author on free end paper. Illustrated with numerous black and white pictures. This is a series of orchestra conductor's profiles sorted by alphabetical order. An interesting, perhaps even encyclopedical reading for the connoisseurs of classical music. Cloth shows some defect at the bottom of the spine and front cover, some foxing on the first pages, otherwise a good copy. Other pages are clean and the binding is sturdy.
A rare signature from the important historian Robin May, who also authored Operamania, Theatremania, Who was Shakespeare?, A Concise Encyclopedia of the Theatre and several books on American history.
Non-distinct Arguments in Uto-Aztecan
San Francisco, University of California Press, 1976. Only edition. University of California Publications Linguistics 82. Original yellow softcover. Quarto, 27 x 18 cm, (xiii) 241 pp. Table of contents at the beginning of the book. 22 figures, three appendixes and a bibliography, 15 tables. "Uto-Aztecan is one of the largest and better described families of American Indian languages. It occupies much of the western United States and Mexico, ranging from Oregon and Idaho to the area of Mexico City, with isolated outposts farther south. Within Uto-Aztecan I have limited my primary consideration to twenty daughter languages, chosen on the basis of availability of information and fullest possible representation of subfamilies."
A small label on the front cover, some wear and tear on the external parts, inside is clean. Good condition. A rare book.
The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins
London, Argonaut Press, 1933. Edition of 475 copies on Japan paper, unnumbered. Original editorial binding 1/4 vellum and cloth. Four fold-out maps. 91pp of introduction + 190pp of text + index. Small in-4, 260 x 200 mm. Edited work from the original text of 1622 with introduction, notes and appendix by James A. Williamson. Book deals with the travels and observations of Sir Richard Hawkins in the late 16th century. Seal of the Brazilian physician, scientist, politician and chronicler, Artur Hehl Neiva, former owner of this copy, on page XIX of the introduction and on page 17 of the text.
A well preserved copy. Pages slightly yellowed. A few insect holes in the initial pages, always outside the text. Solitary hole in the lower margin follows and page 52 of the introduction. Editorial binding in good condition but with some dirt from time and some insect holes. Stamp of the (Brazilian) Cândido Mendes Colleges dated 1972 pp. 24-25.
The Best of Signal: Hitler's Wartime Picture Magazine, 3 vol.
This is the complete 3-volume hardcover set published in the 80s by S. L. Mayer at Bison Books / Magna Books about Nazi Germany's illustrated, pan-European magazine. These volumes are usually sold separately and are very hard to come by all together. All in-folio, 307 x 230 mm with dust jacket. All with original Signal articles translated to English, lavishly illustrated, printed on couché paper. First volume: Signal. Years of Triumph, 1940-42, second impression, 1978. Unpaginated. Second volume: Signal. Years of Defeat, 1943-44, second edition, 1979. Unpaginated. Third volume: The best of Signal, [1984], 1987 reprint. Unpaginated.
Some wear on the dust jacket, upper part of the jacket spine missing on the third volume, aside from that these are fine copies with a beautiful, pristine interior.
Hereros / Angola
Salvador da Bahia, Maianga, 2009. Édition originale. Bilingue portugais-anglais. Grand in-4 carré de 315 mm de côté pour 254 pp. Relié éditeur avec jaquette et emboîtage protecteur. Accompagné d'un CD-ROM (non testé). Imprimé sur papier couché, richement illustré, tranchefile. Né à Bahia, au Nord-Est du Brésil, le photographe Sérgio Guerra travaille pour la communication du gouvernement d'Angola. Passionné par ce pays d'Afrique, il y consacre ici son cinquième livre. Guerra a tenu à rencontrer les Hereros, une ethnie du sud du pays qui maintient un mode de vie ancestral. Un ouvrage fascinant et plus que dépaysant, quasi introuvable hors hémisphère Sud.
Un peu d'usure à l'emboîtage protecteur, une tache au bas du rabat de couverture, à part ça excellent état. Intérieur préservé, reliure solide.
Clinics of George W. Crile & associates
Philadelphia and London, Saunders Company, 1923. Second edition, improved, with 105 illustrations. Edited by Amy F. Rowland. An octavo volume of 242 x 163 mm for 297 pp. Hardcover, bound in full blue cloth. Author's name, title, edition and editor stamped in gold on the soft spine. Some chapters include: Diseases and Pathology of the Thyroid Gland, A Physical Interpretation of the Rôle of the Adernals in Exophtalmic Goiter, Partial Hyperthyroidism, Differential Diagnosis of Diseases of the Thyroid Gland, Parathyreoprival Tetany, Treatment of Inoperable Cancer of the Thyroid by Decompression, etc.
A few wear and tear on the spine and boards, a few foxing too on the first pages, some margins are slightly yellowed, otherwise clean and crisp. Binding is solid and quite good-looking.
The Encyclopedia of Swedish Progressive Music, 1967-1979. From Psychedelic Experiments to Political Propaganda
Stockholm, Premium Publishing, 2007. First and only edition. A tall in-4 hardcover volume, 303 x 218 mm, 235 pp. (2 ff). Pictorial covers, no DJ as published, bonus CD is included. Black and white pictures as endsheets. Table of contents at the beginning. Profusely illustrated. "This lavishly illustrated discography is the definitive statement on the legendary progressive music movement in Sweden during its most flourishing and innovative period – from 1967 and all the way through the 1970's. It has even become one of the most important areas among record collectors from all over the world. Meticulously researched, the book guides you through every single artist and group that ever had a progressive record released! On major labels as well as on the small independent labels. They are presented in detail along with all the individual musicians that made it all happen. It covers the fuzz guitar groups, the experimental bands, the power trios, the radical political groups and the psychedelic acts. Early pioneers like International Harvester, Made In Sweden, Hansson & Karlsson and Mecki Mark Men paved the way for renowned acts like November, Träd, Gräs & Stenar, Blå Tåget, Nationalteatern, Hoola Bandoola Band and Kebnekajse as well as the mavericks of Knutna Nävar and Rävjunk. They are all included! As well as the highly collectable acts as Radiomöbel, Taste of Blues, Gandalf and Epizootic. This superbly produced full colour book presents approximately 400 artists and their records in detail with a collector´s valuation guide for the original vinyl records and with all sleeves lovingly depicted!" (Back cover of the book)
Covers are slightly rubbed and the corners are a bit bumped, otherwise pristine, intact, clean and with a firm binding.
Plastic Surgery: New Methods & Refinements
Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1974. First English edition. A heavy in-4, 304 x 222 mm, 500 pp. Hardcover, bound in editor's black cloth with gilded author's name and title on the cover and spine, pictured dust jacket under a plastic protection. Red end papers. Discrete stamp of the former owner, plastic surgeon Alcir Tadeu Giglio, at Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, on the lower corner of the free endpaper. List of contents at the beginning of the book, with a foreword of Richard C. Schultz and Paolo Santoni Rugiu. Contains 19 chapters, each with its own table of contents. Lavishly illustrated.
A legendary book by one of the most innovative plastic surgeons of all times. This is a very good copy with a robust binding, a protected DJ and crisp, clean pages.
Injustice as a System: Systematic Infractions in the Law by the Soviets
La Haye, International Committee of jurists, 1952. Rapport extrêmement rare, unique édition. Un grand in-4 de 30 x 21,5 cm pour (ff) 249 pp. En anglais. Relié, dos muet, demi-tissu velours noir, plats en papier marbré vert, gardes colorées. Avec un mot de Jacob Kaiser, Ministre fédéral des Affaires étrangères de la RFA, et du Dr Theo Friedenau, directeur du Comité d'investigation des juristes en faveur de la liberté dans la zone soviétique. Premiers feuillets non paginés. Ensemble de rapports et de documents relatifs à la zone d'occupation soviétique en Allemagne après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Témoignage de la guerre froide entre l'Occident et l'Union soviétique, le livre cherche à prouver le non-respect du droit international et des droits de l'homme en Allemagne de l'Est en 1952. "Pendant des décennies, les Soviétiques ont magistralement réussi à empêcher le monde libre de jeter un œil derrière le « rideau de fer ». Cependant, les méthodes sataniques de leur despotisme et leurs plans de révolution mondiale ont fini par être révélés. Les rapports d'anciens prisonniers de guerre, de fonctionnaires devenus renégats et évadés, de personnes ayant vécu dans les États satellites d'Europe de l'Est et dans la zone soviétique de l'Allemagne parlent un langage émouvant qui leur est propre. Et les documents réunis dans ce recueil sont encore plus révélateurs que ces rapports." Issu de la bibliothèque du cabinet d'avocats José Thomaz Nabuco de Araújo, l'un des principaux spécialistes brésiliens du droit international. *** The Hague, International Committee of Jurists, 1952. Extremely rare report, unique edition. Large 4to, 30 x 21.5 cm for (ff) 249 pp. In English. Hardbound, blank spine, half black velvet cloth binding, green marbled paper boards, coloured endpapers. With a word from Jacob Kaiser, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of the FRG, and Dr. Theo Friedenau, director of the Investigation Committee of Jurists for Freedom in the Soviet Zone. First pages are unpaginated. This is a collection of reports and documents relating to the Soviet occupation zone in Germany after the Second World War. A testimony to the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union, it seeks to prove the non-respect of international law and human rights in East Germany in 1952. "For many decades the Soviets have succeeded in a masterly manner to prevent the free world from casting a look behind the 'Iron Curtain'. Yet the satanic methods of their despotism and their plans for world revolution have finally become known. Reports by former prisoners of war, by functionaries who turned renegade and escaped, and by people who lived in the East-European satellite states and the Soviet zone of Germany speak a moving language of their own. The documents, however, which are contained in this collection, are even more revealing than these reports." From the library of the law firm of José Thomaz Nabuco de Araújo, one of Brazil's leading specialists in international law.
Pages jaunies, sinon bon état. Rarissime (même les bibliothèques de droit ne semblent pas disposer de cette monographie !). Yellowed pages, otherwise good condition. Extremely rare (even university/law libraries do not have this book available!).
