Rare, Hard-to-Find Books

Graphics Press
2000
4to
Hardcover in near fine condition in near fine jacket.
Photobook on the peoples and cultures of Africa. With map, introduction

From Library Journal
In her diary of her years in Africa, Ricciardi collects memories of places, people, and experiences in words and in pictures exuding joy, beauty, pain, and even horror. This great photographer (Vanishing Africa; Vanishing Amazon) presents an intimate account of Africa to the reader and viewer with such sincerity that it may be experienced first-hand, unadulterated. The book centers on East Africa, only occasionally veering into other parts of the continent. Through stories and commentaries as well as pictures, the people emerge full of life and emotions, the landscape flows as the stage for their lives, and the reader gets a subtle lesson in history. Anyone interested in African adventure and travel should at least peruse this work once. Unlike Ricciardi, Turner (Pete Turner Photographs) allows the camera to do all the talking through 140 images capturing the outrageous natural beauty, simple humanity, and intriguing past of Africa. Turner lives not just by the power of his lenses; he composes with the intuition of a painter and the empathy of an anthropologist. The resulting images display a depth of color, imagery, and perspective that can only come with commitment to a mission and an affinity for the scenes and people being photographed. The simplicity of indigenous folks and the vivacity and range of the colors displayed in clothing, buildings, ornaments, objects, landscape, and wildlife transform this volume into a splendid work of art. Turner’s pictures speak in a way that words often cannot. His book is recommended for all public libraries, while Ricciardi’s is recommended for both public and academic libraries.DEdward K. Owusu-Ansah, Murray State Univ. Lib., KY  Reed Business Information, Inc.

 

$35.00

 

Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich
New York
1972
ISBN: 0151399956
Two volumes: Hardcovers in very good to near fine condition, in very good jackets, in very good slipcase.
 Matisse (illustrator).
First American Edition
Quatro

 Matisse began exhibiting in 1896 and at first was unsuccessful. In 1905 at Collioure, a Mediterranean village, he began using pure primary color as a significant structural element. His portrait of Mme Matisse, known as The Green Line (1905; State Mus., Copenhagen), exemplifies this abstract, intellectual use of color. In 1905 he exhibited at the Salon d’automne with the group of artists called fauves [Fr.,=wild beasts], so named for their remarkable, exuberant use of color. Matisse became a leader of fauvism, delighting in vivid color for its sensual and decorative value.

 

Two volume set book offered.

 

$115.00

Philip MacDonald

Garden City, N. Y.: The Crime Club, Inc. 1930. Cloth Bds. VG/no DJ, Decorative Cover. First Edition. 8vo, 307, Only Colonel Anthony Gethryn was strong enough to smash the link that bound the innocent to the strange murder of Lord Grenville.

Bookseller Inventory #014246

Price: US$ 90.00

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary;

a New Practical and Exhaustive Work of Reference to All the words in the English Language, With a Full Account of their Origin, Meaning, pronunciation, History and Use. ( 4 volumes)

$49.95