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Flagstaff: Northland, 1982. First edition. Softcover. vg. [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST]. Folio. 83, [1]pp. Original color illustrated wraps. INSCRIBED BY GORMAN on half title-page: "To Jackie - Merry Christmas! R. C. Gorman 1983." Color frontispiece. Publication with a collection of drawings by Native American (Navajo Nation) artist, Rudolph Carl Gorman. Majority of drawings are in color, some in b/w. Includes some color and b/w reproductions of photographs. Gorman was referred to as "the Picasso of American Art" by the New York Times. His work is primarily of Native American Women and characterized by fluid forms in rich vibrant colors. The artist also worked in sculpture, stone lithography, and ceramics. Text by Mary Beth Green. Foreword by Edward Jacobson. Minor age wear and scuffing on wraps, interior in near fine condition.

Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1978. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. g to vg. Inscribed to Gloria, love R. C. Gorman, and signature of Doris Monthan on half-title. Folio. xix, 170pp. Original illustrated dustjacket, white lettering on spine, over black and burgundy cloth with blind-stamped initials on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Pink endpapers. color frontispiece. Title page in brown and black with publisher's device. Laid in are 13 gallery invitations for R. C. Gorman exhibitions, two of them signed R. C. Gorman, two color photographs of needle work by R. C. Gorman, and one gallery invitation for Ruffin Cooper, Jr., also signed. "For two decades, Navajo artist R. C. Gorman has received the acclaim of critics and collectors for his virtuoso performances in the mediums of drawing and painting. When he turned to lithography in the late 1960s, the medium proved to be ideally suited to his unique talents. He has produced well over 100 studies, a total of some five to six thousand… Read More

New York London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. Later printing. Hardcover. g to vg. Small Quarto. xviii, 646 (1), 1 folding map; xi, 620 (1); xi, 559; viii, 594pp. Original bright red cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on covers and spines, housed in original blue cardboard box with gilt lettering and ruling on cover. According to Nevin's bibliography this biography is considered "a classic example of biographical form; exhaustively researched, vividly written, balanced, judicious and definite in its portrayal of the Confederacy's greatest soldier" (Nevin II, 57). Illustrated with sixty-five b/w photographs and documents, including frontispieces, one folding and numerous in-text maps. This is a later printing of the first Scribner's Sons edition of 1934-35. Box with light wear along edges and label lightly sunned. Bindings lightly rubbed and light fading of gilt lettering. Overall in good, interiors in very good condition.

Paris: Georges Lang, 1938. Limited First edition. Paperback. g to g+. 1/1,000. Folio. Unpaginated. Original glassine over blind dust-jacket and wrappers. Book housed in its half cloth over paper covered portfolio. Decorative initials. This splendid work was published on the occasion of the July 1938 official visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to France. It contains a collection of striking photographs, drawings, and essays by various authors illustrating the life and rich culture of France (paintings, sculptures, architecture, etc..). Introduction by Edouard Daladier, then President of the Council (Prime Minister). Prestigious contributions by Paul Claudel, André Maurois, Paul Jamot, Paul Valéry, Georges Duhamel, Jean-Louis Vaudoyer, Général Gouraud, Raoul Dautry, and Léon-Paul Fargue. Photographs by Laure Albin-Guillot, Giraudon, Jacques Seligmann, Bulloz, L. Rothier, Henry de Ségogne, Paul Chevalier, Le Boyer, etc.. Each photographic plate is reproduced in glorious photogravure.… Read More

Paris: Georges Lang, 1938. Limited First edition. Softcover. g+ to vg-. 1/1,000. Folio. Unpaginated. Original protective glassine wrappers over off-white paper wrappers. Book housed in its half cloth over paper covered portfolio. Decorative initials. Pages uncut. #80 from a limited edition of 1000 copies. Signed in ink on the front free endpaper by 16 of the contributors, including Jamot, Valery, Vaudoyer, Fargue, Dautry, Claudel, Maurois, and Duhamel. This splendid work was published on the occasion of the July 1938 official visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to France. It contains a collection of striking photographs, drawings, and essays by various authors illustrating the life and rich culture of France (paintings, sculptures, architecture, etc.). Introduction by Edouard Daladier, then President of the Council (Prime Minister). Prestigious contributions by Paul Claudel, André Maurois, Paul Jamot, Paul Valéry, Georges Duhamel, Jean-Louis Vaudoyer, Général Gouraud, Raoul Dautry, and… Read More

Los Angeles: Cherub Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. vg+ to near fine. Quarto. 108pp. [3]. Printed white dust jacket with black lettering on the covers and spine. Dark blue textured buckram boards with gilt lettering on the Hebrew-language cover and the spine. An intriguing examination of Spanish kabbalist Rabbi Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla's (1248-1405) commentary on the the seminal first chapter of the biblical book of Ezekiel, which is considered a foundational text for the early Jewish mystical school known as Merkavah mysticism. Volume 5 from the series "Sources and Studies in the Literature of Jewish Mysticism". Text throughout in Hebrew, with additional title page, publication information, table of contents, and an abstract in English. Dust jacket with minor rubbing and creasing along the top edge. Dj in very good+, binding and interior both in near fine condition overall. Hebrew title: פירוש המרכבה לר׳ יוסף ג׳קטילה.

Los Angeles: Cherub Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Quarto. 90pp. [4]. Printed white dust jacket with black lettering on the covers and spine. Dark blue textured buckram boards with gilt lettering on the Hebrew-language cover and the spine. An intriguing examination of famed Rabbi Moses de Leon's lesser known commentary on the the seminal first chapter of the biblical book of Ezekiel, which is considered a foundational text for the early Jewish mystical school known as Merkavah mysticism. The content of this critical edition is derived from the most complete copy of the original mediaeval manuscript held in Leiden. Volume 4 from the series "Sources and Studies in the Literature of Jewish Mysticism". Text throughout in Hebrew, with additional title page, publication information, table of contents, and an abstract in English. Dust jacket, binding, and interior all in near fine condition overall. Hebrew title: פירוש המרכבה לר' משה די ליאון.

Los Angeles: Cherub Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. vg+ to near fine. Quarto. 132pp. [3]. Printed white dust jacket with black lettering on the covers and spine. Dark blue textured buckram boards with gilt lettering on the Hebrew-language cover and the spine. For the first time presented here in a critical scholarly edition with accurate translation, Sefer Sheqel ha-Qodesh, is Rabbi Moses de Leon's analysis of the Zohar's concepts through the theoretical and detailed examination of the Sefirot, and of the continued process of existentiation in the universe. This edition was derived from all existing sources of de Leon's original manuscript text, and includes critical annotations, introductions and commentary. Volume 3 from the series "Sources and Studies in the Literature of Jewish Mysticism". Text throughout in Hebrew, with additional title page, publication information, and an abstract in English. Dust jacket with a few minor creases to extremities, and minor smudges. Binding,with a few… Read More

London: Typis Milonis Flesher, sumptibus auctoris, prostat apud Mosem Pitt, & apud Brabazonum Aylmer, 1683. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. (10) 450pp. 3/4 Vellum over marbled boards with brown lettering and library plate to spine. Age wearing throughout binding.Some tears, discoloration, scuffing and rubbing to boards and spine. Some browning and foxing to pages, not affecting the script. Welling to pages. Ex library. Library card pocket pasted to inside of front board. Perforation to title page: Philadelphia Divinity school. Inscribed by owner with pencil: "to Paullus Reinhardus." This first Latin translation contains texts from Moshe ben Maimon aka Rambam aka Maimonides (1135-1204) and Yitzchak ben Yehuda aka Abravanel Isaac Abrabanel(1437-1508). In Latin, with some writing in Hebrew. Cover in fair, book in good condition. [freely translated: Rabbi Moses Maimonides' volountary sacrifice: An approach to Abarbanel's introduction and commentary on Leviticus, and Maimonides' Tractate on the… Read More

Vilnius: Farlag fun B. Kletskin, 1932. Hardcover. g+. Octavo. [6], 161, [1] pp. Original black buckram with gold lettering on front and spine. Play by the American Yiddish writer Jonah Speavak about the life of the legendary Hasidic master R. Nahman Braslaver. Includes a long biographical introduction. Edge toning. Binding in very good, interior in good. Text in Yiddish.

Lugduni (Lyon): A. Nissoniorum & Ioannis, 1679. First edition (?). Hardcover. f to g. Folio. [12]pp (Index). 521, [25]pp (Index). Original soft vellum, with contemporary handwritten title in ink on spine. Title page in red and black lettering. Large 4 1/2 x 5 1/2" engraved vignette on title. Rare edition of Tommaso Tamburini's work on Ecclesiastical Censures; Christian ethics; Contracts (Canon law); Crusade bulls and Irregularities (Canon law), representing the new standards of Christian jurisprudence. Tamburini* was a renown Italian Jesuit who taught moral theology since 1636. Though severe towards himself, the Jesuit theologian, when deciding cases of conscience for others, was inclined to follow the milder views. This is the basis of the accusation of laxity frequently brought against him, and which led to his famous controversy with Vincent Baron, a French Dominican theologian and preacher. Tamburini published a rejection of the attacks of his adversary under the title, "Germana Doctrina"… Read More

New York: Raw Books & Graphics, 1983. First edition. Softcover. Very good condition. Folio. 44pp. Original color-illustrated wraps with red, black and yellow lettering. Four chapters of dramatically illustrated, critical documentation of the South African struggle in the 20th century. Wraps with light wear along edges and lightly rubbed.

London, New York, Houston, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, etc.: The Museum of Modern Art; Whitechapel Art Gallery; Houston fine Arts Press, etc., 2005. First edition. Hardcovers and Softcovers. g to vg. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED: 1. Elderfield, John. The Drawings of Richard Diebenkorn. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 1988. First edition. Oblong Quarto. 204pp. Pictorial illustrated dustjacket over blue cloth with silver stamped lettering on spine. Signed and inscribed on half-title page, "For Dear Barbara, with love from us both, Dick 1.14.89". Frontispiece Photograph of Diebenkorn in his studio. Handsomely produced, with a 59 page essay by Elderfield and 212 illustrations, 85 in color, spanning the artist's career and including works from the acclaimed Ocean Park series. "The most complete study yet published ... contains drawings in ... pencil, ink, charcoal... but also more complex works in color, including gouaches, watercolors and works in mixed mediums" (publisher). D/j lightly rubbed with light… Read More

Berlin: Rimon-Verlag, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Quarto. vii (i) 48, vi (ii) 48, (4) 48, (4) 48, (4) 40, (4) 40pp. Serial publication; all six issues bound here as one. Original gray cloth-backed red paper covered boards with elaborate gilt tooling and and lettering on spine, gilt decor on cover, protected by modern mylar. Red endpaper. Each issue with color-illustrated cover with black lettering. Red illustrated half-title page. Color illustrated frontispiece. Bimonthly first periodical devoted to the study of "Jewish art." Rimon # 1, 1922, with contribution by German classical scholar and historian Theodor Mommsen on "Judea and the Jews." Rimon # 3, 1923, with cover design and all reproductions of the wall paintings in the synagogue of Mohilev have been made from copies by El Lissitzki. Rimon # 4 with contribution by Hermann Struck on engraving. The content of the magazine includes the fields of art, literature, philosophy and religion. It is illustrated with color and b/w… Read More

Los Angeles: RKO, 1940. First edition. Folio. Unpaginated. Brown comb bound leatherette with pictorial paste-down and debossed lettering on cover. Beveled edges. Illustrated endpapers. Handsome production of the RKO annual with President George J. Schaefer's introduction stressing the unwritten law of theater "The Show Must Go On" in view of the outbreak of the war in Europe. Promotional publication commissioned by the studio for distribution to exhibitors, featuring recent and future film projects including Orson Welles' "John Citizen, USA.", the working title and first advertisement for the film Citizen Kane, Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton in "The Other Man," Ginger Rogers in "Kitty Foyle," Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in "Too Many Girls," "Three Girls and a Gob" with Maureen O'Hara which had become the vehicle for Lucille Ball, 18 Walt Disney Single Reel Features, 13 documentaries of the film series "March of Time," and various other productions. Beautifully illustrated with mostly full page… Read More

[Hollywood]: RKO, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio (14 1/2 x 11 3/4"). Unpaginated. Original spiral bound leatherette with gold lettering to front cover. Beveled edges. Handsome production of the RKO annual with President George J. Schaefer's introduction announcing for trade showing RKO's first group of five completed movies and an outline of the company's plans for the coming season. This promotional publication was commissioned by the studio for distribution to exhibitors, featuring recent and future film projects including Leslie Goodwins' "Parachute Battalion;" Alfred Hitchcock's "Before the Fact" with Cary Grant and Joan Fontain; Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane;" Bette Davis in "The Little Foxes;" Michelle Morgan in "Joan of Paris;" 6 westerns with Tim Holt; 18 Walt Disney single-reel technicolor featurettes, and various other productions. This work is splendidly illustrated throughout with mostly full page duo tone reproductions of film stills and artwork. Lower corners and head… Read More

New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xi, 191pp. (17) appendices with sheet music, and 2 programs held in honor of Saadia Gaon. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Jewish Theological Seminary embalm on spine and title page. Collection of articles on the 10th century Jewish scholar Saadiah Gaon. Head of spine lightly frayed. Tail of spine bumped. Corners slightly bumped. Sticker from previous owner. Some interior age toning. Overall in good condition. Articles include: "Rab Saadiah Gaon" by Alexander Marx "Saadia as a Philosopher of Judaism" by Ben Zion Bokser "Saadia in the Light of Today" by Robert Gordis Owner's sticker: "From the Library of Dr. Norton B. Stern".

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 32,[2]pp. Original three-quarter calf over mottled blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Gold-embossed ex-libris of Lucy [Doheny] Smith Battson (* see below) on free front endpaper. Frontispiece. Illustrated title-page. Rare edition of this short story by Scottish writer Dr. John Brown. The story centers around Rab, the big "mastiff "dog, who is "old, grey, brindled, as big as a little Highland bull" as well as being extremely loving and loyal. Delightfully illustrated with six full-page b/w reproductions of drawings by artists such as Edwin Douglas, G. Harvey, P. Brown, and William Miller. Abrasions to parts of leather. Minor soiling on boards. Wear on corners. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition. Scarce. * Lucy [Doheny] Smith Battson was the daughter-in-law of Countess Carrie Estelle Doheny (1875-1958). E. Doheny was a Los Angeles socialite and the second wife of oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny.

Berlin: Institut Kirche und Judentum, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Octavo. 403 (5)pp. Original illustrated light blue boards with black and white lettering on cover, black on spine. Account on the Rabbi Akiva, a leading contributor to the Mishnah and the Midrash Halakha in the 1st and 2nd century B.C. Collection of texts and interpretations based on the long collaboration of both authors in seminars in Berlin and Jerusalem. Pertinent views on life, death, thought, major contributions and environment of this famous Rabbi who is referred to as "Head of all Sages" in the Talmud. Few b/w illustrations, diagrams, and maps. 2 page leaf with glossary laid in. Text in German. Binding sunned along edges. Name handwritten with felt pen on free front endpaper. Binding in overall good-, interior in very good condition.

NP: NP, 1920. Hardcover. fair. Quarto. 234, [2]pp. Original burgundy cloth with gold lettering on spine and blind stamped lettering on front cover. Remarkable work on Rabbi Aquiba known as Rabbi Akiva, a tanna of the latter part of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd century (3rd tannaitic generation). He was a great authority in the matter of Jewish tradition, and one of the most central and essential contributors to the Mishnah and Midrash Halakha. He is referred to in the Talmud as "Rosh la-Chachamim" (Head of all the Sages). He is considered by tradition to be one of the earliest founders of rabbinical Judaism. He is the seventh most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishnah. Binding rubbed and darkened along edges. Front hinge slightly starting. Age toning along paper margin. Binding in overall fair to good-, interior in good condition.