Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1928. Original wraps. A very presentable copy of the 1928 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its slate-grey rappers, with light foxing along the preliminaries and the fore-edges. Quarto, with 264 illustrations ("abbildungen") complementing Vischer and Hilberseimer's text. Includes examples of the work of Modernist architects such..... More
1957-1970. Ludwig & George Wronkow. Spiral bound. (4) remarkable handmade artist's books by German-Jewish brothers Ludwig and George Wronkow, who emigrated to America ( to New York) in 1938 and 1941 respectively. The books resemble spiral-bound notebooks and each is filled with highly-skilled, obsessive drawings, watercolors and collages centered around..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. Ludwig Bemelmans. Pictorial boards. The 1939 1st edition, 2nd issue (without the matching 1939 date to the title page). Clean and VG+ to Near Fine (with the correct number {12 girls} in the "They went home and broke their bread" illustration) in its wonderful..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1961. Ludwig Bemelmans. Pictorial cloth. A superb copy of the 1961 1st edition, FIRMLY SIGNED BY LUDWIG BEMELMANS across the half-title. Clean and Near Fine (just a hint of very light fraying at the front panel's upper tip) in an unsually bright, easily Near Fine..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1953. Ludwig Bemelmans. Cloth. A crisp, clean copy of the 1953 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in its red pictorial cloth, with just a touch of very light wear along the spine ends and the tips. Internally, clean as could be, with no writing..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. Ludwig Bemelmans. Hardcover. A WARM, FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION BY LUDWIG BEMELMANS on the half-title. A very presentable copy to boot of the 1960 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its wonderful pictorial boards, with light soiling to the rear panel and very mild offsetting along..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. Ludwig Bemelmans. Pictorial boards. An unusually clean, sharp copy of the 1960 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its bright pictorial boards, with none of the wear or spotting one usually associates with this title. Oblong quarto, color illustrations throughout by the maestro..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1958 1st American edition of Wittgenstein's "Preliminary Studies for the 'Philosophical Investigations' Generally Known as the Blue and Brown Books". Tight and VG+ (light soiling to the pastedowns, very light offsetting at the endsheets) in a...... More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1974. Cloth. A superb copy of the 1974 1st American edition, translated from its original German by Anthony Kenny. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($18), Fine dustjacket. Consists of Part I: The Proposition, and Its Sense; and Part II: On Logic and..... More
University of California Press, 1977. Cloth. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1977 1st thus, the 1st appearance of this bi-lingual (both in English and its native German) edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket, with none of the fading one often encounters at the spine. Octavo, edited by..... More
