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1. Baldwin, James.
The Fire Next Time.
New York: Dial, 1963. First edition. 120 pages. 20.5 x 14 cm. His reputation has endured since his death and his work has been adapted for the screen to great acclaim. His mother never revealed who his biological father was, but he always considered his stepfather, simply "father" throughout his life. Orig. white cloth lettered in red. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper with loss as spine head and foot. $220.00
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2. Barth, John.
Todd Andrews to the Author A Letter from Letters.
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1979. First edition. 39 pages. 25 x 16.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 37 of 50 specially bound, signed by John Barth in black ink, and printed on 100 percent rag Arches, designed and printed by Grant Dahlstrom. As new copy. Full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Fine. $125.00
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3. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan And The Leopard Men Illustrated by J. Allen St. John.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1935. First edition. 332 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Bright, very fresh copy with $2.00 price dust jacket intact and protected in clear plastic wrapper. Tiny nick head of dust wrapper. Published by the author, his seventeenth Tarzan novel. Orig. blue cloth, covers and spine lettered in orange. Near fine. $295.00
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4. _____.
The War Chief.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1927. First edition. 383 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Signed by Burroughs in blue ink free endpaper. One page Glossary. The final years of the Apache wars until the death of Cochise and the surrender of Geronimo is based on Burroughs' deep appreciation of the Apaches gained when he was enlisted with the U.S. 7th Cavalry in the Arizona Territory during the campaign of 189697. ZEUCSHNER 822. A few tin nicks to dust jacket edges' Orig. orange cloth, front cover and backstrip lettered in black. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $1,595.00
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5. Caldwell, Erskine.
Tobacco Road.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. 241 pages. 20 x 14 cm. Signed presentation copy to Paul Carman signed by Erskine Caldwell. Interior contents fresh and clean. A novel about a dysfunctional family of Georgia sharecroppers during the Great Depression and often portrayed as a work of social realism. Saxophonist Paul Carman is a veteran of the Frank Zappa Band of the late 1980's (in Frank's own words, "the best band you never heard in your life"). Orig. green cloth decorated in blind and silver. Near fine. $275.00
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6. Capote, Truman.
The Muses Are Heard.
New York: Random House, 1956. First edition. 182 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Capote's trip to the Soviet Union in 1955 to present "Porgy And Bess" in Leningrad, as a cultural exchange attempt at the height of the cold war. Almost as new copy in unclipped dust wrapper, tiny nicks at foot. Orig. black cloth backstrip lettered in white and blue with front inset in three colors. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $190.00
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7._____.
Breakfast at Tiffany's A Short Novel and Three Stories.
New York: Random House, 1958. First edition. 179 pages. 27 x 14 cm. Jacket design by Ismar Howard with 10/58 date code and $3.50 notations interior of front cover dust rapper. Interior contents clean and sharp. Dust wrapper with a few nicks at edges, and some mottling to cover edges head and foot. Orig. yellow cloth, backstrip in black and yellow in unclipped dust wrapper. Very good in very good dust wrapper. $895.00
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8. _____.
The Grass Harp.
New York: Random House, 1951. First edition. 181 pages. 21 x 14 cm. His second novel in clipped dust wrapper, a bright, very fresh copy. Double illustrated title page lettered in red. Orig. beige cloth spine lettered in red and green. Fine in very good dust wrapper. $310.00
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9. _____.
Other Voice Other Rooms.
ew York: Random House, 1948. First edition. 231 pages. 21 x 14 cm. His first novel in unclipped dust wrapper, a bright, very fresh copy. The only fault a very slight crease to front cover of the dust wrapper at the lower foot. Orig. cream cloth spine lettered in red. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $310.00
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10. Capote, Truman & Harold Arlen.
house of flowers.
New York: Random House, 1968. First edition. 111 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. Music by Harold Arlen when first presented in 1954 in New York. His first attempt as a writer of musical comedy, although he wrote a theatrical adaptation to his "The Grasp Harp." Very sharp almost as new copy, dust jacket price clipped -- tiny nick dj head. Orig. black cloth and white boards decorated in blind. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $195.00
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11. Cheever, John.
The Day The Pig Fell Into The Well.
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1978. First edition. 23 pages. 25 x 16.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 74 of 275 signed by John Cheever in black ink, and printed on Curtis Tweedweave paper. As new copy. Orig. quarter brown cloth and decorated boards. Fine. $115.00
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12. Clarke, Arthur C.
Islands in the Sky.
Philadelphia & Toronto: John C. Winston Company, 1952. First edition. 209 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. An early work directed by Clarke and the publisher for a juvenile audience. The novel's theme -- As a prize for winning a TV quiz show the protagonist is sent to an orbiting space station. He encounters adventures involving space pirates and a runaway rocket ship. It was considered a routine adventure story, but the technology necessary for space travel was called "exceptional." See: [BARRON, ANATOMY OF WONDER 5-23]. CURRY p.114. Price clipped dust wrapper, decorated endpapers, chipping to head and foot of dust wrapper. Orig. black cloth. backstrip lettered in orange. Near fine in illustrated dust wrapper. $350.00
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13. Coover, Robert.
Charlie In The House Of Rue Wood Engraving By Jerome Kaplan. Lincoln, MA: Penmean Press, 1979. First edition. 44 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 73 of 300 signed by Jerome Kaplan and Robert Coover, printed on 100lb. Mohawk Superfine Text, and designed by Michael McCurdy. As new copy. Orig. three quarter navy cloth and decorated boards. Fine. $105.00
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14. De La Mare, Walter.
The Captive And Other Poems.
New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1928. First edition. 19 pages. 24 x 15.5 cm. One of 600 copies printed by William Edwin Rudge. This, a presention copy to "Just Jim," Christmas 1928 signed by De La Mare, and also signed by him on half title. Almost as new copy. Orig. two-toned gray boards, backstrip titled in silver with silver front and cover decorations. Fine. $125.00
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15. _____.
Lispet, Lispett And Vaine.
London: The Bookman's Journal, 1923. First edition. 48 pages. 24 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 49 of 200 signed by de la Mare. This being the third of the Vine Books issued to subscribers from "The Bookman's Journal, decorated with three original wood blocks designed and engraved by W.P. Robins. Printed on hand-made paper at the Morland Press. A lovely, fresh copy, wide text margins, decorated endpapers in an LLV monogram. Orig. full vellum with yapp edges. Teg. Fine. $190.00
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16. Dinesen, Isak.
Out Of Africa.
New York: Random House, 1938. First American edition. 389 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Dinesen's memoir recounting her 17 years in Kenya. Expressed with a reticence and restraint that gives this story of life an African farm a singularly aristocratic quality. Owner inscription free front endpaper. Orig. quarter black decorated and lettered cloth and orange illustrated boards. Near fine. $895.00
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17. Eliot, T.S.
The Cocktail Party a comedy.
London: Faber and Faber, 1950. First edition. 168 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Appendix: music and original cast. 10. 6d. price noted on dust wrapper. This edition published one year later than the play's performance at the Edinburgh Festival of 1949. Slight loss at dust wrapper head. Orig. green cloth spine lettered in gilt. Fine in nicked and spine darkened dust wrapper. $90.00
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18. _____.
The Confidential Clerk.
London: Faber and Faber, 1954. First edition. 136 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 10. 6d. price noted on dust wrapper. Last page with The Cast of the First Production at the Edinburgh Festival, 1953. Owner inscription free endpaper dated 1954. Orig. blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. Very good in nicked and spine darkened dust wrapper. $90.00
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19. _____.
Poetry And Drama.
London: Faber and Faber, 1951. First edition. 35 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 7s. 6d. price noted on dust wrapper. This address presented at The Theodore Memorial Lecture Harvard University November 21, 1950. Clean, crisp copy. Orig. red cloth spine lettered in gilt. Fine in very good dust wrapper nicked at backstrip head. $90.00
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20. _____.
Selected Essays.
London: Faber and Faber, 1951. Third edition Enlarged. 516 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 20s price noted on dust wrapper. First published 1932. In his Preface Eliot states, "I have expanded the original volume.....by including a few more essays from the now superfluous 'Essays Ancient and Modern." Orig. maroon cloth. Very good with backstrip head nick and at head of slightly darkened dust wrapper spine. $75.00
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21. _____.
A Song For Simeon Drawing By E. McKnight Kauffer.
London: Faber and Faber, 1928. First edition. 5 leaves. 22 x 14 cm. Large-paper edition, copy 280 of 500. Signed by Eliot. .GALLUP A11b. Printed on hand-made paper presenting the limited issue of Ariel poem no. 16. The Mcknight Kauffer illustration very fresh and bright. Gilt lettered front cover title. Spine slightly darkened. Orig. pale white boards. Near fine. $1,050.00
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22. Fante, John.
The Brotherhood Of The Grape.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First edition. 178 pages. Limited edition, copy Z of 176 deluxe copies hand bound in boards by Earle Gray with a special marbled board spine. His early semi-biographical novel about Los Angeles in the 1930's, inspired Charles Bukowski and Robert Towne. Illustrated boards in clear mylar dust wrapper. Fine. $200.00
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23. Faulkner, William.
A Fable.
New York: Random House, 1954. First edition. 437 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. This novel conceived in 1944 took nine years to completion. Time and place World War I. Very bright, fresh copy, covers and contents, price clipped dust wrapper. Orig. maroon cloth, front cover decorated in black and slightly lighter maroon. Fine in very good dust wrapper nicked at edges, spine slightly faded. $225.00
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24. _____.
Go Down, Moses And Other Stories.
ew York: Random House, 1942. First edition. 383 pages. 20.5 x 14.5 cm. Bright, very clean copy with seven short stories including, "The Bear." PETERSON A21d. Price clipped dust wrapper. Orig. black cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in very good dust wrapper top stained red, nicked at bottom front cover and backstrip head and foot. $790.00
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25. _____.
Intruder in the Dust.
New York: Random House, 1948. First edition. 247 pages. 20.5 x 14 cm. $3.00 price on front cover flap, dust wrapper designed by McKnight Kauffer. PETERSON A24b. Overall, a very bright, fresh copy. His first novel published since "The Hamlet" in 1940. Orig. black cloth, front cover lettering in blue and gilt, slight fade to gilt. Fine in fine wrapper. $250.00
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26. _____.
Notes On A Horsethief Decorations By Elizabeth Calvert.
Greenville, Mississippi: The Levee Press, 1950. First edition. 71 pages. 24 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 387 of 950 signed by Faulkner in blue ink. Clean, bright copy, owner inscription front free endpaper. A review from Cambridge University Press: "It is April, 1914. A famous imported racehorse, with a leg irreparably injured in a train wreck, is stolen by his English groom, and with the aid of a Negro preacher-stableman is nursed and cared for sufficiently for him to win races in out-of-the-way county seats and country fairs, always eluding the pursuing detectives, police, insurance adjusters, and others interested in his apprehension." Orig. green cloth front cover decorated in silver. Near fine. $995.00
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27. _____.
The Reivers A Reminiscence.
New York: Random House, 1962. First edition. 305 pages. 20.4 x 14 cm. Dust jacket designed by Milton Glaser. Unclipped dust wrapper with $4.95 price. Faulkner turns the corner to comedy with a heroic journey from Jefferson, Mississippi to Memphis. A bright, fresh almost as new copy. Orig. crimson cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $250.00
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28. Fowles, John.
The Magus.
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 1965. First American edition. 582 pages. 24 x 16 cm. The first novel written (but second published) by British author John Fowles which is centered on a small Greek Island. Orig. lime green cloth, spine head and foot slightly toned. Very good in very good dust wrapper housed in clear plastic over wrapper. $150.00
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29. Galsworthy, John.
A Mistaken Rhapsody. American and Animals.
Kansas City: Earle J. Bernheimer, 1943. First edition. Unpaginated. 27 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 27 of 30. Copies of hand written letters by Galsworthy, and commentary on World War I. Spine slightly toned. Quarter vellum spine and green boards. Near fine. $130.00
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30. Gardner, John.
Vlemk The Box-Painter.
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1979. First edition. 138 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Illustrated by Catherine Kanner, and signed by her on the title page. Also signed by John Gardner on free endpaper with a portrait of the main character. Book in Aldus type by Hermann Zapf. As new copy. Orig. brown cloth with author signature in gilt. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $125.00
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31. Golding, William.
Lord of the Flies.
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1955. First American edition. 243 pages. 21 x 14 cm. First American of the British classic named to Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list of English-language novels published during the 20th century. GEKOSKI & GROGAN A2(B). In original unclipped dust wrapper, a few tiny spots of edge wear corners. Orig. quarter tan cloth spine stamped in green and darker striated tan and black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $2,000.00
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32. Grass, Gunter.
The Tin Drum Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1962. First American edition. 592 pages. 22 x 15 cm. This work, his first novel has been translated into all major European languages, and its meaning implies we are all moral hunchbacks. Book jacket drawing by Gunter Grass. Glossary. Slightest of nicks at spine head and foot. Orig. red cloth front cover illustrated in black, lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $150.00
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33. Graziano, Rocky with Rowland Barber.
Somebody Up There Likes Me The Story Of My Life Until Today.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition. 375 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. Signed presentation copy by Graziano "To Frank Mastro the swell fellow" in blue ink. Frank Mastro boxed before he became a boxing reporter for the Chicago Tribune from 1930 to 1969, known for his straw skimmer and big cigar. Laid-in Mastro's membership card "Chicago Press Veterans Association" dated 1969. illustrated with photographs. Orig. white spine lettered in red and dark gray boards. Near fine in worn and chipped dust wrapper. $295.00
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34. Hemingway, Ernest.
For Whom The Bell Tolls.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition. 471 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. First issue, with 'A' on copyright page; first issue dust jacket, without photographer's name below portrait of Hemingway on rear panel. Saga of the Spanish Civil War with an American joining the battle against the Franco fascist regime. Bookplate front free endpaper. Interior clean, fresh and bright with inside front covers slightly toned at inner margins. Hanneman A18.A. Orig. beige cloth, Hemingway signature in black front on cover, spine panel with red labels printed in black. Fine in chipped dust wrapper spine head and foot and front cover at base. $895.00
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35. _____.
The Old Man And The Sea.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First edition. 140 pages. 21 x 14 cm. With first edition confirmed by letter A on verso of title. Interior contents clean, dust wrapper with $3.00 price and "Jacket designed by A." interior contents clean and fresh, silver backstrip lettering bright. The author won the Pulitzer Prize for this short novel. It was the last major work published during Hemingway's lifetime and is widely considered one of his two or three enduring masterpieces. Tiny nicks head and foot of dust wrapper. HANNEMANN. 24A. Orig. teal cloth with Ernest Hemingway in blind on front cover, backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine in very good dust wrapper. $1,250.00
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36. Isherwood. Christopher.
Goodbye To Berlin.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1939. First edition. 317 pages. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. This is perhaps his most famous literary work. His writing juxtaposes the rise of National Socialism and the squalor of a city where poverty and violence were rampant, with the superficial hedonism of the last dregs of the post-Weimar era. Clean copy, tiny bookplate (EHK) front cover pastedown. Orig. beige cloth, spine lettered in red and lightly faded. Very good. $325.00
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37. Jones, James.
From Here To Eternity.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. First edition. 861 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. This novel, his first won the 1952 National Book Award. With first issue dust wrapper, and with an additional later issue dust wrapper. Gilt spine lettering with minor loss. Orig. black cloth in slightly nicked dust wrapper at upper corners and backstrip head. Very good. $190.00
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38. Lawrence, Frieda (geb, Freiin von Richthofen).
"Not I, But The Wind..."
Santa Fe: The Rydal Press, 1934. First edition. 311 pages. 24.5 x 16.5 cm. Signed presentation copy no.155 of 1000 to Dorothy Arnold Harris and signed by Frieda Lawrence in ink. Introduction by Giorgio Belloli. Illusrated with photographs. D.H. Lawrence died in 1930. Frieda lived with the couple's friend Angelo Ravagli on their Taos ranch and eventually married him in 1950. Half beige cloth and matching boards, paper spine label. Near fine. $195.00
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39. Lee Harper.
To Kill A Mockingbird The Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Edition Of The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel.
New York: Harper Collins, 1995. 323 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Signed by Harper Lee on the half-title in blue ink. With certificate of authenticity. This title has been translated into more than forty languages and sold over thirty million world-wide. As new copy. This Anniversary edition, gilt-stamped quarter cloth over gray paper-covered boards, with black endpapers, in illustrated unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $1,350.00
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41. Schmidt-Degener, Frederick & H.E. Van Gelder.
Jan Steen.
London: John Lane, 1927. First edition. 82 pages. 32 x 24 cm. Forty full-page plates with tissue guards. Translated by G.J. Renier. FREITAG 9126. Fresh, very bright copy: plates and text, corners slightly bumped, bookplate. Orig. orange cloth. Very good in worn dust wrapper. $90.00
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42. Scott, David W. & E.J. Bullard.
John Sloan 1871-1951 His Life and Paintings His Graphics.
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1976. First edition. 215 pages. 27 x 22 cm. 176 plates in black and white, and fourteen in full-color. Books Illustrated by Sloan. Selected Bibliography. Index of Works. His pupils (he was on the staff of the Arts Students League of New York) included Alexander Calder and Barnett Newman. Interior clean and fresh. FREITAG 9020. Orig. dark salmon cloth front cover lettered in black. Near fine in faded dust wrapper. $95.00
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43. Seymour, Charles, Jr.
Jacopo della Quercia Sculptor.
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1973. First edition. 146 pages in text. 134 black and white plates, 116 illustrations hors texte. Yale University Publications in Art 23. Critical Bibliography. Index. The first book in English about this major artist who ranks with Ghiberti and Donatello as a leading sculpture of the early Italian Renaissance. FREITAG 19127. Orig. black cloth, backstrip very slightly rubbed. Near fine. $90.00
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44. Shannon, Martha H.
Boston Days of William Morris Hunt.
Boston: Marshall Jones, 1923. First edition. 165 pages. 20 illustrations in black and white. Limited edition, copy 1080 of 1500. Hunt painted and taught in Boston, and was a vital force in the development of American art. FREITAG 4530. Extremity chipping. Orig. thick dark gray boards and black cloth. Teg. Very good. $65.00
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45. Sharp, Lewis I.
John Quincy Adams Ward Dean of American Sculpture With a Catalogue Raisonne.
Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985. First edition. 300 pages. With more than 175 black and white illustrations, including forty full-page plates. Foreword by John K. Howat. Catalogue. Bibliography. Index. Catalogues the sculpture of John Quincy Adams Ward, analyzes the style and evaluates critically the quality of his work, and determines the artistic influences of his sculpture. Orig. black cloth. Fine in chipped dust wrapper. $55.00
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46. Soby, James Thrall.
The Works of Ben Shahn.
New York: Braziller, 1963. Second edition. The Graphic Art and Paintings of Ben Shahn. Nearly 200 illustrations in total with many in full color. Chronology. Notes to the Reproductions. Bibliography. FREITAG 8935. Backstrips darkened. Orig. white linen cloth. Near fine in very good slipcase with a few small paint spots. 2 vols. $120.00
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47. Stone, Reynolds.
Reynolds Stone Engravings.
Brattleboro: Stephen Greene Press, 1977. 1st American edition. 149 pages. 29 x 19 cm. Introduction by the Artist and an Appreciation by Kenneth Clark. 151 pages of engravings in color and black and white. Notes. Select Bibliography. This is the first major collection of his work and serves as both a working tool and a collector's item. Printed at the Curwen Press on Basingwerk parchment. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $80.00
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48. Wildenstein, Georges.
The Paintings of Fragonard. Complete Edition.
New York: Phaidon, 1960. First edition. 339 pages. Small folio, 30 x 22 cm. 350 illustrations, eighteen in color. Translated from the French by C.W. Chilton and Mrs. A. Kitson.Bibliography. Index. Catalogue Raisonne. FREITAG 3067. LUCAS p145. RIGGS p79. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in chipped slipcase. $60.00
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49. Wilson, Mona.
The Life of William Blake.
London: Nonesuch Press, 1927. First edition. 397 pages. 27.5 x 19 cm. Twenty-four illustrations. Notes. Index. Limited edition, copy 630 of 1480 printed on Vidalon paper by the Chiswick Press. Spine spotted as usual. Owner inscription. Quarter vellum and marbled boards. Very good. $70.00
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50. Wittmer, Pierre.
Caillebotte and His Garden at Yerres.
New York: Abrams, 1991. 1st American edition. 321illustrations, including 170 plates in color. Preface by Bernard Lorenceau. Bibliography. Index. Presents a complete survey of Caillebotte's known works, and a detailed treatment of French garden design and practice during the latter half of the 19th century. Orig. green cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $55.00
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51. Zweite, Armin.
Barnett Newman Paintings * Sculptures * Works on Paper.
Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 1999. First edition. 336 pages. 31 25.5 cm. English edition. 172 illustrations with 82 in color printed on high gloss stock. Some underlining in the Preface. Biography. Checklist. Selected Bibliography. Orig. black cloth lettered in orange. Fine in fine dust wrapper with protective clear plastic cover. $80.00
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