Ludwig Bemelmans is known best for his Madeline picture books. Bemelmans published six Madeline stories in his lifetime, five as picture books and one in a magazine. A seventh was discovered after his death and published posthumously

Description: SIGNED by LUDWIG BEMELMANS. Hardbound in 2nd Printing Dust Jacket. Published in a Limited First Edition of 985 unnumbered copies signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on the limitation page. Dust Jacket shows some wear including a large chip to the bottom outer corner of the front cover. Book shows light shelf wear and signs of use but is otherwise in good condition. Interior pages are clean with no writing or similar marks. Binding sound. RARE!

Bookseller Inventory # 73020

Madeline and the Bad Hat
Ludwig Bemelmans

$750

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Anthony Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian who starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition. Although he is best known for his culinary writings, Bourdain also wrote crime fiction.

Description: SIGNED by ANTHONY BOURDAIN on the title page. Hardbound In Dust Jacket. First Edition. Two small private library stamps are present on the half title page. No other ex-library marks are present. Interior pages are otherwise clean with no writing, underlining, or similar marks. Book and dust jacket show light shelfwear and signs of use. Otherwise in very good condition. Binding sound. RARE!

Bookseller Inventory #77270

The Bobby Gold Stories
Anthony Bourdain

$300

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Truman Capote was a mainstay of the New York social scene. He traveled in an eclectic array of social circles, hobnobbing with authors, philanthropists, Hollywood and theatrical celebrities, royalty, and members of high society. He was well known for his distinctive, high-pitched voice and his offbeat manner of dress. To celebrate his rise to the top of high society in 1966 Capote hosted what would become known as the famous Black and White Ball, a virtual “who’s who” of the day. Truman Capote still remains among today’s most celebrated authors.

Description: SIGNED by TRUMAN CAPOTE on the front free end page. First printing stated on the copyright page. Hard bound in price clipped dust jacket that shows wear. Small ring stain to the front panel of jacket, and some soiling to rear. Jacket now protected in clear removable mylar cover. Boards show ear and staining. Some offsetting to front end pages, and dark staining to the rear end pages, otherwise good. No marks, underlining, or writing. A RARE signed copy!

Bookseller Inventory #77574

The Grass Harp
Truman Capote

$500

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Dame Hilary Mary Mantel was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories. She will be best remembered for the Booker Prize winning best-selling novel Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies.

Description: Hard bound in original unclipped dust jacket that shows 18.99 UK price to lower edge. True first printing of the first UK Edition with “1” on the copyright page. Some minor edge wear to dust jacket that shows a few small creases to inside flaps. Interior clean, no marks or writing. Rare!

Bookseller Inventory # 77663

Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel

$200

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James Salter Salter’s style is admired for its brevity and beauty. He has cemented a well-deserved reputation as one of the finest writers of tour time and has been compared to the American greats from Ernest Hemingway to Richard Yates.

Description: SIGNED & INSCRIBED by JAMES SALTER to the previous owners on the title page. Hardbound w/ Dust Jacket. Early Printing (No statement of edition). Price-clipped dust jacket shows wear including chipping along it edges and corners (see photos for details). Now protected in an archival Brodart cover. Hardcover boards and spine show some wear and minor fraying to their edges and corners. Spine has a slight slant. The bottom edge of the text block shows some light damp staining and waviness – otherwise good. Interior pages are clean with no writing or similar marks. Binding sound. RARE!

Bookseller Inventory # 74645

A Sport and a Passtime
James Salter

$650

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John Gardner was an American novelist, best known for his 1971 novel Grendel. Grendel is a retelling of part of the Old English poem Beowulf from the perspective of the antagonist, Grendel. In the novel, Grendel is portrayed as an antihero. The novel deals with finding meaning in the world, the power of literature and myth, and the nature of good and evil.

Description: SIGNED by JOHN GARDNER on the front free end page. Hardbound in unclipped Dust Jacket. First Edition. Dust Jacket shows fading to its orange spine, otherwise in very good condition. Purple cloth boards show light spotting and some minor wear to their edges. Interior pages are clean with no writing or similar marks. Binding sound. RARE!

Bookseller Inventory # 74642

Grendel
John Gardner

$950

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Josef Koudelka, a nomad at heart has wandered around Europe with his 35mm Leica and little else. He was born in the Czech Republic, and made his first photographs there while a student in the 1950s. In the 196os he lived with and photographed the Gypsies of Slovakia, and later Romania, photographing them with an intimacy only gained through their total acceptance of him as one of their own. He returned to Czechoslovakia just two days before the Soviet invasion in August of 1968. He witnessed and recorded the military forces as they invaded Prague. Koudelka’s negatives were smuggled out of Prague into the hands of the Magnum agency, and were published anonymously under the initials P. P. (Prague Photographer) for fear of reprisal to him and his family. His pictures of the events became dramatic international symbols, and in 1969 the “anonymous Czech photographer” was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal for photographs requiring exceptional courage. Koudelka left Czechoslovakia for political asylum in 1970 and shortly thereafter joined The Magnum Agency. He remains an ever elusive figure who rarely attends events or signings, preferring to remain as he has always been… perpetually in motion.

Description: INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY JOSEF KOUDELKA on the title page ” to Jonas from Josef Koudelka”. Hard bound first printing with dust jacket. Koudelka’s first book, the work that sealed Koudelka’s reputation featuring 60 powerful black-and-white photogravure plates. This is the French edition of the book published simultaneously by Aperture under the title “Gypsies “. Foreword by Robert Delpire, and text by Willy Guy. Translated to French by Diane de Margerie. Some wear to corners and edges of dust jacket, and one small closed tear, otherwise very good. Interior clean and binding tight.

Bookseller Inventory # 25015

$1500

Gitans La Fin Du Voyage (Gypsies)
Koudelka, Josef

English Title: Gypsies; The Journey’s End
Publisher: Delpire Editeur
Publication Date: 1975
Edition: First French edition
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition:   Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Gertrude Stein was a central figure in the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century. She hosted the “New Moderns” which gathered in her Paris salon. She was an imposing figure, possessed of a remarkable self-confidence and a commanding manner.  With her partner Alice B. Toklas, she hosted such greats as Salvador Dali, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, James Joyce and many others. Her writing which has come to be well respected, has been for the most part overshadowed by her more prolific contemporaries

Description: INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY GERTRUDE STEIN on the front free end page. Hard bound in dust jacket. First edition, with first printing stated on the copyright page. Wear to jacket that shows chipping to edges. Interior clean and binding sound. RARE!

Bookseller Inventory # 46678

Four Saints in Three Acts: An Opera to be Sung
Gertrude Stein

$900

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Virginia Woolf was one the most innovative writers of the 20th century. She was a significant figure in London literary society, and probably the best known member of the Bloomsbury Group. In 1917 along with Leonard Woolf she founded the Hogarth Press, which subsequently published Virginia’s novels along with works by T.S. Eliot, Sigmund Freud, and others. Throughout her life, Woolf was plagued by periodic nervous breakdowns and associated illnesses. Though this instability often affected her social life, her literary productivity continued with few breaks until her suicide on 28 March 1941. After the final attack of mental illness Woolf put on her overcoat, filled its pockets with stones, and walked into the River Ouse near her home where she drowned. Woolf’s suicide, like Sylvia Plath’s, have much colored the interpretation of both her work and her life.

Description: First UK Edition. Published in an edition of 1000 copies. Hardbound with paper boards and a maroon cloth spine, no dust jacket as issued. The Hogarth Press, 1921. “Monday or Tueday” by Virginia Woolf, with woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. Light wear to boards and edges. Some offsetting to pages opposite the woodcuts – interior otherwise clean. Binding sound. Protected in mylar cover.

Bookseller Inventory # 65548

Monday or Tuesday
Virginia Woolf

$1650

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Paul Rand is acknowledged as one of the most important graphic designers of all time. He began his career in an era when working by hand was a given. He developed a fresh and individual design language drawn from European art movements including Russian constructivism, de Stijl, and the Bauhaus. He is probably best known for his corporate logo designs, including the logos for IBM, UPS, and  ABC. He taught design at Yale University, and was inducted into the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame in 1972.

Description: Signed and inscribed by Paul Rand on the front free end page. Dust Jacket shows light wear and light damp staining to its edges. Old price sticker affixed to the back cover. Board edges show light wear and signs of use but book is otherwise in very good condition. Interior clean and binding sound. RARE! 239 pages profusely illustrated with the work of Paul Rand, many in full color. A Rare copy, signed by the legendary graphic designer Paul Rand!

Bookseller Inventory# 69519

Paul Rand: A Designer’s Art
Rand, Paul

$250

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Growing up in Upper Manhattan, close to Harlem, Dennis Stock was exposed to jazz at an early age. As a child, Stock would accompany his father to the famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem, where prominent jazz musicians of the time such as Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie would perform. These experiences would prove to be formative, sparking an interest that he would later return to as a photographer. In 1957, Stock embarked upon a journey inspired by those early memories that would culminate in one of his best-known bodies of work: ‘Jazz Street’.

Description: SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY DENNIS STOCK. Stated 1st Edition. Hard bound in priced clipped dust jacket. Pages show minor toning, otherwise in very good condition. RARE!

Bookseller Inventory # 48363

Jazz Street:
A Photographic Exploration into the World of Jazz
Dennis Stock; Nat Hentoff

$450

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