GIVE A GIFT THAT WILL BE VALUED
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RARE BOOKS ARE A GREAT INVESTMENT AND PLEASING TO THE SOUL
The Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, 1978. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Oversized - Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.. Excellent near mint condition,
brown cloth with gilt titles. Original dust jacket, excellent condition, price clipped. Beautifully and profusely illustrated in color and black and white reproductions of magnificent early, primarily 18th and 19th century illustrated books by Audubon, Gould, Sowerby, Wilson, Wolf, van Rosenhof,
Haeckel and many others, of mammals, insects, fish, birds, etc. A superb reference work. 65 colored plates and 250 b&w illustrations. 224 pages. http://rarelibrary.com/book/Ovs-b/205/THE+ART+OF+NATURAL+HISTORY.html
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COMPLETE WORKS OF MICHELANGELO - Reynal and Company, New York, 1966. FIRST EDITION, thus . Approx. 11" x 15," 2.5" thick. A
collection of articles by various experts including : Mario Salmi, Charles de Tolnay, Umberto Baldini, Roberto Salvini, Guglielmo de Angelis d'Ossat,
Luciano Berti, Eugenio Garin, Enzo Noe Girardi, Giovanni Nencioni, Francesco de Feo, and, Peter Meller accompanied by many illustrations, etc.
32 color plates, hundreds of black and white sepia cuts. Extravagant volume, would make great gift 597 pages. http://rarelibrary.com/book/OVS-B/226/COMPLETE+WORKS+OF+MICHELANGELO.html
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ART OF WALT DISNEY – WALT DISNEY STUDIO – LEN SMITH, CHRISTOPHER FINCH - Harry N. Abrams, 1973. From Mickey Mouse To The Magic Kingdoms. With A Special Essay By Peter Blake. First Edition. Large 4to. Original publisher’s white cloth, lettering to spin gilt, colored Mickey Mouse
in relief on top board. Complete with the original lettered acetate dustjacket. With 763 illustrations, including 351 plates in full color. Very good condition,
original scarce jacket large edge chips not effecting titles, etc. One of the most sought after and scarce of the Disney collectibles. 460 pages. Includes
ORIGINAL PENCIL PRE-PRODUCTION DRAWING of Mickey Mouse, signed by Emmy Award winning Disney artist Len Smith, laid-in. (Certificate of
authenticity from artists family included.) http://rarelibrary.com/book/OVS-B/217/ART+OF+WALT+DISNEY+%3A+From+Mickey+Mouse+To+The+Magic+Kingdoms.html
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THE ART OF PETER MAX - Abrams Publication, 2002. First Edition , First Printing Stated "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Like new mint condition, opened only to be
signed by artist. pages are pristine; boards are straight and square, dust jacket similarly pristine. "The Art of Peter Max" hand signed, dated and inscribed in
person with artistic embellishments "4 Dave . . Love . . Max 2003." Oversize book filled with the beautiful art of Peter Max. Colorful and cosmic, Peter Max's
art has been an integral part of contemporary American culture for more than three decades. Beginning in the 1960s, when his bold, bright paintings embodied
the spirit of the times, up to the present day, his prolific output has inspired people in every corner of the world. Premier art institutions regularly exhibit solo
shows of his work, and his trademark posters have achieved international popularity. From being named Official Artist of the Grammy Awards for five
successive years to painting a Continental Airlines 777 plane, Max's projects always garner enormous media attention. In this comprehensive Max
retrospective, 350 full-color images-many never before published-illustrate the artist's life and prolific caree 240 pages. http://rarelibrary.com/book/OVS-B/154/ART+OF+PETER+MAX%2C+THE.html
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DIALOGUES OF THE COURTESANS – A.L. LUCIAN - Rarity Press, New York: Privately Printed, 1935.. FIRST EDITION. Translated by A. L. Hillman.
Exquisite illustrations and decorations, illustrated with very erotic and sensuous drawings by Charles Cullen. Privately printed for members only, purple cloth,
no DJ. Very candid erotica from the classical writer Lucian, Cullen's drawings feature nude women and men. G copy--corners bumped, cloth lightly faded in
spots.. Cloth. Fine. dj has a few edge tears Chapter titles include Lesbians, The True Love, Unnecessary Lies, The Terror of Marriage/ The translator has endeavored to keep constantly in mind the kindly humanism with which Lucian wrote these tales so descriptive of one phase of Greek life. Lucian discusses intimate sex details with the frankness of one not immoral, but influenced by a system of morals that finds everything that is natural both beautiful and good. http://www.rarelibrary.com/book/L/151.00/Dialogues+Of+The+Courtesans.html
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39TH ANNUAL
GRAMMY AWARDS PROGRAM- ALEXANDRA NECHITA on cover - NARAS,
1997. FIRST EDITION. Oversized softcover, illustrated
wraps. Very good
condition, corners bumped and minimal edge scrapes. 39th annual Grammy
Awards program featuring the artwork of Alexandra Nechita
on cover. Very
scarce music and art collectible. 199 glossy pages.
http://rarelibrary.com/book/OVS-B/227/39TH+ANNUAL+GRAMMY+AWARDS+PROGRAM.html
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LEONARDO DAVINCI - Reynal & Co., 1967. Printed in Italy. FIRST
EDITION, thus. Large heavy book. Overall good condition,
some soiling on
outside edges of pages. Definitive reference on Leonardo Da Vinci,
originally published by the Instituto
Geografico De Agostini in
conjunction with the exhibition of Leonardo's work in Milan in 1938.
Published by Reynal in
English with newly made plates in this expanded
memorial edition. Includes 16 additional pages from the new material
unearthed in the Madrid National Library in 1966, including 26
illustrations never reproduced before. Finely bound in
beige cloth with
gilt titles, and beautifully illustrated with 1,635 authentic gravures in
sepia plus12 magnificent full-color
plates. Bibliographical supplement and
complete index at the back. The most complete and authoritative work ever
published
on Leonardo. 534 pages, plus indexes.
http://rarelibrary.com/book/OVS-B/225/LEONARDO+DA+VINCI.html
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NORMAN
ROCKWELL – ILLUSTRATOR - Watson-Guptill Publications,
1970. FIRST EDITION, thus. Excellent near mint, perhaps unread. In
Slipcase. Filled With Wonderful Illustrations By Norman Rockwell. In
Excellent Condition, Former owners
name. This book has 437 illustrations,
43 in color, plus
250
covers for the Saturday evening Post done over a period of thirty years.
208 pages. http://www.rarelibrary.com/book/Ovs-b/167/NORMAN+ROCKWELL+ILLUSTRATOR.html
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THE BEATLE’S ‘YELLOW
SUBMARINE’ – 20 POP OUT ART DECORATIONS -King Features-Subafilms,
1968. FIRST EDITION. Binding is Staplebound. Oversized folio. Excellent
near mint condition. Full color pages of pop-out illustrations. Cover is
full color heavy card stock with title in red, yellow and blue,
and
original price of $1.00 in upper right hand corner; there is a decorative
dark blue band of waves which runs around the outer edges of the cover.
Binding
is three heavy staples. Back cover has address to and from lines
and a place for postage so that the entire folio can be sealed and mailed.
There is no rust
at the staples. The front cover illustration includes the
heads of the four Beatles, as well as the Yellow Submarine, and a
description of the pop-out
illustrations "they're wild, weird,
wonderful - but nice. The Yellow Submarine itself. Sergeant Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band.the Blue Meanie.the Apple Bonker.the Boob.the
Snapping Turtle Turk.and more.of the fantastic characters featured in the
smash hit movie" The pop-outs described are all included in
this
folio and are in very fine condition, with fresh, intense colors and very
clean boards. The last page includes an "All You Need Is Love"
pop-out which
can be hung as a mobile, as can all the other pop-outs in
this immaculate folio http://rarelibrary.com/book/MAG-B/125/THE+BEATLES+YELLOW+SUBMARINE.html
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PICASSO – BIRTH OF A GENIUS -
Praeger Publishers, 1972. FIRST EDITION. Foreword
and Introduction by Juan-Eduardo Cirlot, Director of Barcelona Art Museum.
Large Oversized volume. Hardcover with dustjacket, price clipped. Orange
cloth boards, gilt lettering to the spine with title and publisher. Green
endpapers. 971 illustrations including 64 color plates. The boards are in
excellent condition the spine and binding are straight and tight, the
pages and text
are clean, bright and crisp. There is no writing or
markings of any kind. A large and important of early paintings and
drawings including the earliest works
of Pablo Picasso. They begin with a
charming drawing of a bullfight and some doves which he did when he was
nine, and ends with the quite extraordinary etchings and paintings he
produced in his early twenties, after a stay in Paris, the stimulus for
his Blue Period. In between are hundreds of examples of
schoolbook
doodling, portraits of his parents and sister, sensitive studies of the
mountain village where he spent his holidays, and a whole evocation of
the
lively cafe and carnival society of Barcelona before the turn of the
twentieth century. Contents: Foreword ; Introduction ; Beginnings ; Before
Modernism l (1894-1897) ; Before Modernism ll (1897-1899) ; The Modernist
Period (1899-1900) ; The Blue Period (1901-1904) ; Interlude (1904-1916) ;
The
Works of 1916-1917 ; Conclusion, Chronology (1881-1917) ; Select
bibliography ; Catalogue of paintings and drawings ; List of
illustrations, Index. Beautiful collectible for your Library or display
Volume. 288 Pages. http://rarelibrary.com/book/Ovs-b/158/PICASSO+BIRTH+OF+A+GENIUS.html
