Nogaku Komenshu: Onshi Kyoto Hakubutsukan Tokuubetsu Tenkan [Old Portrait Masks Of The Noh Drama] -

Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita, 2003. Signed by Waro Kishi and Glenn Murcutt. First edition / First printing. Pictorial wrappers. Very fine. Glenn Murcutt is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 2002. Winner of the 1992 Alvar Aalto Medal. Winner of the 2009 AIA [American Institute of Architects] Gold Medal.

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publication LTD, New Jersey and Rizzoli International Publications, Inc, New York, 1976 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text.; Hardcover (3 volumes with dust jacket in slipcase). Top edges gilt.; 34 x 25.5 cm.; 8.3 Kg.; 1034 pages with black and white and a few colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the dust jackets and slipcase. Interior in very good condition.; Limited edition of 2,000 copies of which this is 793.; Among the arts of Japan, the colour print continues to exercise the strongest appeal to us in the West. The main reason for the present widespread and growing interest is the powerful design combined with the beauty of the colour harmonies of the prints. But there are also other reasons; they depict a Japan of the past now almost vanished, its culture, mores, annual events, legends and its history; and they also show the influence of the Japanese print on the evolution of modern Western art. In the last few years the most important event in the world of… Read More

RARE SIGNED STATED FIRST EDITION: Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Ed. w/ exlib replacement 1st Ed. DJ is an original HARVEY GABOR White/black jail bars/ bird inset dust jacket protected by a mylar wrap. Unclipped Front flap states 9/55. Used. Good-/Good condition original dust jacket. Front cover states: "The fantastic true story of the prisoner with the longest record of solitary confinement in the United States – who became a leading authority on birds." The original source material for the gripping American film starring Burt Lancaster. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

Boston, Massachusetts:: Janet Zweig, Photographic Resource Center,, 1985.. 20 unnumbered pages. Four color offset printing on Mohawk Superfine paper. Quarter-bound with illustrated paper over boards and cloth spine. Leaves are folded and glued at the spine to allow for a continuous image. Texts are excerpted from: Dr. Lawrence Kohlberg (dilemmas), The Moral Development of the Child by Jean Piaget (stories), In a Different Voice by Carol Gilligan (responses at intermission)". Janet Zweig: "This book combines the classic Punch and Judy text and overlays it illusionalistically with three layers of imagery: First, there are slips of paper with excerpts from studies of morality and gender by Lawrence Kohlberg, Jean Piaget, and Carol Gilligan. Next there are drawings in crayon, ink and other substances as if someone was marking directly on the book, and finally there is an overlay of a shadow play that falls on each entire spread.."

London: William Heinemann, 1921. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Beverley Baxter, with Kindest regards from Clemence Dane" and below SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY Baxter -" to Mother from Arthur as a little reminder that Beauty still has its disciples in England Xmas 1921". Sir Arthur Beverley Baxter was a journalist, theater critic, and Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party from 1935 to his death in 1964. Known to his friends as "Bax", he was still Arthur to his Mother ! Winifred Ashton, who wrote under the name Clemence Dane, was an English novelist and playwright, and the first British woman screenwriter to win an Academy Award. She was a close and dear friend of Noel Coward. " Between the First and Second World Wars, she was Britain’s most influential, versatile and successful female writer and arguably the most complete and versatile female creative force: novelist, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, sculptor,… Read More

California: AFTRA-SAG. Very Good. 1993. Third Edition. Stapled wraps. Book is Very Good. Third Edition 1993. Clean and unmarked text. Appears book never read. Tight and sturdy binding. Very slight and thin 1/2 inch front cover surface mark. A very slight bottom page ends mark - NOT a remainder. Bottom spine end has a tiny 1/8 inch closed chip. A very slight front cover top corner and few pages top corner (to about page 26) bend mark. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 74 pages .

Edinburgh: William Miller, Albemarle Street, 1811, 1811. First Edition . Morocco / Boards. Very Good. 9 1/2" Tall. Engravings on Title Pages. Three Quarter Morocco. First Edition. 8Vo. Five Volumes, Period Black Morocco Spines And Tips Over Original Marbled Boards. A Very Extensive Collection, Arranged By Type (Tragedy, Etc.), About 3200 Pages Altogether . A Nice, Clean, Solid Set. Vol. 1 And Vol. 2 With Switched Spine Labels And Half-Titles (Original Binding Errors). Attractive Bookplates Of W. Fryer With A Finely Engraved Bucolic Scene. International Postage At Considerable Additional Cost.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition . Boards. Very Good +/DJ Flap Only. 10 1/4" Tall. Original Drawing By Robert Edmond Jones. 88 Pp. An Attractive Example, Well Preserved, Age Toning To Spine And Top Edge Of Boards, Unfaded, Hinges Tight, Small Loss Along Top Edge Of Spine. Inscribed By Almost All Cast Members "To Dorothy"; From A Collection Of Books From The Estate Of Dorothy Gish, Who Had A Role In The Play.

Thayer’s Magical Mfg. Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1928; 8vo, 287 pages. Thayer’s magic catalogue for 1928, containing over 1500 magic tricks, effects, illusions, programs with patter, magic apparati, etc., with descriptions and prices for each. Profusely illustrated. Former copy of vaudeville magician Leon H. Levy, known professionally as "The Great Leon" (1876-1951), creator and inventor of many celebrated stage tricks, such as "Fire And Water," "The Torture-Death Box Of Torquemada," "Death Ray Gun," and "The Haunted House." Tipped in at the back are three additional items: 1) A clipping from the printed program for Howard Thurston’s stage act at the Hanna Theater in Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 22, 1929 listing each trick and illusion to be performed that evening, thirty-seven in all, in order of their presentation; 2) A written list, in Leon’s hand, of the twelve illusions and eight tricks performed by Thurston Oct. 21, 1931, in a 55 minute show in New… Read More

Privately Printed, 1976. Hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Memoirs of legendary American film director Albert H. Kelley (AKA Kelly). Bound in blue coated cloth with silver gilt lettering to front panel. Inscribed and signed by author Kelley to Fred Mendenhall thus: "To Fred Mendenhall, | who had a great | deal to do with the | birth of this baby! | Cordially, | Albert Kelley." Kelley enjoyed an extensive career in Hollywood, directing silent films and talkies from 1921 to 1953. Much no-holds-barred, behind-the-scenes content within. Illustrated with historical photos. Rare. No other copies in commerce at the time of this posting. Only one copy in WorldCat library database. 215 pp. 7 7/8" x 5 5/8". Tight, immaculate copy. Extremities crisp. Unmarked front to back. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.