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Paperback, 25 x 17 cm, publisher’s wrappers with red and black lettering in a pictorial frame by Vysheslavstev; pp.: [i-vii] viii-xv [xvi blank], [1-5] 6-348 [4]; collated 8vo: π8 1-228, total 184 leaves, 368 pages; gatherings 1-22 uncut. Because the author was banned, lettering on the spine was covered by a glued strip of blank paper; only the year 1922 was left visible. Front wrapper: ОЧЕРК | РАЗВИТИЯ | РУССКОЙ | ФИЛОСОФИИ | ГУСТАВА | ШПЕТА | ПЕРВАЯ | ЧАСТЬ | 1922 | ПЕТЕРБУРГ | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО “КОЛОС” || Title-page: similar lettering in black only with no frame. Design of the front wrapper and the publisher’s device (π1) by Николай Николаевич Вышеславцев [N. Vysheslavstev] (Russian, 1890 – 1952). Title: Sketch on the development of Russian philosophy, Part one. [Part two was never published]. Author: Густав Густавович Шпет [Gustav Shpet] (Russian, 1879 – 1937) – executed by fire squad on 16 November 1937.
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Hardcover, 19.8 x 14 cm, tan paper over cardboard with black and red lettering and design elements to front, black lettering to back and spine, pp.: fep, [1-8] (publ. device/blank, t.p./imprint, foreword, f.t./blank), [9] intro, 10-279 [280] contents, fep; blue crayon to fep recto Ф. Аншуков, ink mark to t.p. К. Collated 8vo: 1-178, 184, total 140 leaves. Title-page: АНДРЕЙ БЕЛЫЙ | РИТМ | КАК ДИАЛЕКТИКА | И | «МЕДНЫЙ ВСАДНИК» | ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО | «ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ» | МОСКВА – 1929 || Contributors: Андрей Белый [Andrei Bely, Борис Николаевич Бугаев] (Russian, 1880 – 1934) – author.
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Softcover, 21 x 14.8 cm, print on demand edition, pp.: 1-88 [2], total 90 pages, pp. 1, 2, 88, and 89 blanks, p. 90 colophon. Font cover: Markus Sesko | — | Handbook | {vignette} | of Sword Fittings related Terms | — || Title-page: Handbook | of Sword Fittings | related Terms | © 2011 Markus Sesko | Herstellung und Verlag: | Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt | ISBN 978-308423-6422-6 || On the back cover: Blurb, publisher’s device in blue and black, barcode, and web address. Lettering to spine. Printed in the USA.
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Collection of poems. Hardcover volume, 20.7 x 13.3 cm, bound in green buckram, gilt double-fillet border, gilt frame, gilt lettering to front, gilt stars, fillets and lettering to spine, blind lettering to back, matching endpapers, pp.: [1-4] 5-637 [638] [2], total 640 pages, collated in-16mo, [1]-1116, 8 leaves of plates, 13-2116. Title-page: ПОЭТЫ | ГРУППЫ «ОБЭРИУ» | С.-ПЕТЕРБУРГСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ • 1994 || Opposite to t.p.: БИБЛИОТЕКА ПОЭТА | ОСНОВАНА МАКСИМОМ ГОРЬКИМ В 1931 ГОДУ | БОЛЬШАЯ СЕРИЯ | ИЗДАНИЕ | ТРЕТЬЕ | СОВЕТСКИЙ ПИСАТЕЛЬ || Print run: 3,000 copies. Contributors: Михаил Борисович Мейлах (Russian-Jewish, b. 1944) Татьяна Львовна Никольская (Russian, b. 1945) Александр Николаевич Олейников (Russian, 1936 – 2013) Владимир Ибрагимович Эрль [Владимир Иванович Горбунов] (Russian, 1947 – 2020) ОБЭРИУ (Объединение Реального Искусства) Даниил Иванович Хармс [Ювачёв] (Russian, 1905 – 1942) Александр Иванович Введенский (Russian, 1904 – 1941) Николай Алексеевич Заболоцкий (Russian, 1903 – 1958) Игорь Владимирович Бахтерев (Russian, 1908 – 1996) Николай Макарович Олейников (Russian, 1898 – 1937) Константин Константинович Вагинов [Вагенгейм] (Russian, 1899 – 1934)
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Two volumes, each bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, black endpapers, TEG, and matching red cloth slipcases with black lettering to front. Vol. 1: The Clarence Buckingham collection of Japanese prints: The Primitives / Catalogue by Helen C. Gunsaulus. — [Chicago]: Art Institute of Chicago, 1955. Pagination: 1st leaf blank, 2nd leaf half-title, verso blank, [i, ii] – t.p. in red and black, copyright to verso, iii-vi, [vii] faux-title “The catalogue”, 1-284 [285] colophon, limitation: 500 numbered copies, this is № 476. Title-page: THE CLARENCE BUCKINGHAM | COLLECTION OF | JAPANESE PRINTS | The Primitives | CATALOGUE BY HELEN C. GUNSAULUS | THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO || Vol. 2: The Clarence Buckingham collection of Japanese prints: Volume 2 / Catalogue by Margaret O. Gentles. — [Chicago]: Art Institute of Chicago, 1965. Pagination: 1st leaf blank, 2nd leaf half-title, verso blank, [i, ii] – t.p. in red and black, copyright to verso, iii-vi, [vii] faux-title “The catalogue”,1-307 [2] blank/ colophon, limitation: 1000 copies (unnumbered). Title-page: VOLUME II | THE CLARENCE BUCKINGHAM | COLLECTION OF | JAPANESE PRINTS | Harunobu, Koryūsai, Shigemasa, their followers and contemporaries | Catalogue by Margaret O. Gentles | THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO 1965 || Contributors: Clarence Buckingham (American, 1854 – 1913) Helen C. Gunsaulus (American, 1886 – 1954) Margaret O. Gentles (American, 1905 – 1969)
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Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi [歌川 國芳] (Japanese, 1798 – 1861). Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (Japanese, c. 1815 – 1869). Published in c. 1845 (no seal). Possibly, from the "Untitled series of beauties reflected in mirrors", see Kunisada Project. However, this print does not have the seal of the censor Tanaka [田中].
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Softcover, in black pictorial flapped wrappers, 28 x 21.8 cm, 16 entries, with colour illustrations. Catalogue # 8 of the sales exhibition on March 23-30 2004 in NY; pagination: [1-3] 4-50 [2], ils., some folding. Front cover: gilt on a black background: Japanese Sword Fittings | from the | Alexander G. Moslé | Collection | {vignette ‘tsuba with shishi lion} || Contributor: Sebastian Izzard
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Softcover, publisher’s pictorial wrappers, 29.7 x 24.6 cm, pp.: [1-3] 4-174 [2 blank], ils.; total 88 leaves. Title-page: Kunisada | imaging | drama and beauty | Robert Schaap | with an introduction by Sebastian Izzard | and contributions by Paul Griffith and Henk. J. Herwig | {publisher’s device} Hotei Publishing || Contents: Preface / Robert Schaap & Chris Uhlenbeck; Lenders to the exhibition & catalogue: notes to readers; Utagawa Kunisada, the artist and his times / Sebastian Izzard; Catalogue / Robert Schaap with Paul Griffith, Henk J. Herwig & Sebastian Izzard. Subjects: Utagawa, Kunisada, — 1786-1864 — Catalogs; Color prints, Japanese — Edo period, 1600-1868 — Catalogs; Ukiyo-e — Catalogs. Contributors: Sebastian Izzard Paul Griffith Henk. J. Herwig Utagawa Kunisada [歌川 国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865) Select illustrations (references in this collection):
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Hardbound, 25.3 x 22 cm, blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket lettered: HIROSHIGE | FAN PRINTS | RUPERT FAULKNER | {image} | VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM • FAR EASTERN SERIES ||; silver lettering to spine, green endpapers, description of 136 items with colour illustrations; pagination: [1-6] 7-160, ils. Utagawa Hiroshige [歌川 広重] a.k.a. Andō Hiroshige [安藤 広重] (Japanese, 1797 – 1858).
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Christie's Auction Catalog; Sale WALTER-15785; New York, September 26-27, 2017; Publisher's pictorial wrappers, front cover: THE COLLECTION OF | PAUL F. WALTER | NEW YORK 26–27 SEPTEMBER 2917 | {profile chest portrait of Paul F. Walter} | CHRISTIE'S || 26.8 x 21.2 x 3 cm; 662 lots, illustrations in colour and b/w, pictorial dust jacket; pp: [2] 3-462.
Paul F. Walter (American, 1935 – 2017) – "Collector. Following studies in history and history of art Oberlin College, Ohio, and Columbia University, he began to collect in the1960s, starting with prints by Whistler and moving on to the Aesthetic Movement and the Arts & Crafts in Britain, as well as the arts of the Indian subcontinent and modern American painting. He was Trustee of the Museum of Modern Art from 1992-2006, and a benefactor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum, the Morgan Library and Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art."
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Title page: Л. А. РАСТРИГИН | ВЫЧИСЛИТЕЛЬНЫЕ | МАШИНЫ, | СИСТЕМЫ, СЕТИ… | {Publisher’s device } | МОСКВА «НАУКА» | ГЛАВНАЯ РЕДАКЦИЯ | ФИЗИКО-МАТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ | 1982 || Pagination: [2] 3-223 [224]. Collation: [1]16, 2-716; 11 unsigned. Size: 20 x 12.5 cm Binding: Pictorial wrappers with a gradient orange to brown background, and lettering on stylized computer screen Л. А. РАСТРИГИН | ВЫЧИСЛИТЕЛЬНЫЕ | МАШИНЫ, | СИСТЕМЫ, СЕТИ … || Print run: 100,000 copies. Contributors: Растригин, Леонард Андреевич (Russian, 1929 – 1998)
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А. Тьюринг. Может ли машина мыслить? / С прил. ст. Дж. фон Неймана "Общая и логическая теория автоматов"; пер. с англ. Ю. А. Данилова; ред. и пред. С. А. Яновской. — М.: Физматгиз, 1960. Title page: А. ТЬЮРИНГ | МОЖЕТ ЛИ | МАШИНА МЫСЛИТЬ? | С приложением статьи ДЖ. фон НЕЙМАНА | ОБЩАЯ И ЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ ТЕОРИЯ АВТОМАТОВ | Перевод с английского | Ю. А. Данилова | Редакция и предисловие | проф. С. А. Яновской | {Publisher’s device «ФМ» | ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО | ФИЗИКО-МАТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ | МОСКВА 1960 || Pagination: [2] 3-110 [2]. Collation: [1]8, 2-416; 11 (t.p./contents, imprint.) unsigned. Size: 20 x 13 cm Binding: Softcover, front pictorial wrapper – yellow background and radio lamp, lettering: А. Тьюринг. Может ли | машина | мыслить | ? | {publisher's device white on blue "ФМ"} || Contributors: Turing, Alan Mathison (British, 1912 – 1954) – author of the text. John von Neumann (American-Hungarian, 1903 – 1957) – author of the text. Данилов, Юлий Александрович (Russian, 1936 – 2003) – translator. Яновская [Неймарк], Софья Александровна (Russian-Jewish, 1896 – 1966) – author of preface, editor.
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Title page: The Mathematical Theory | Of Communication | By CLAUDE E. SHANNON | and WARREN WEAVER | THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS: URBANA | 1949 || Pagination: [8] [2] 3-117 [3 blanks]. Size: 23.5 x 16 cm Binding: Publisher’s burgundy cloth, silver lettering to spine, yellow pictorial DJ with lettering: THE MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF | COMMUNICATION | {8 lines of text} {graph} | CLAUDE SHANNON WARREN WEAVER || Contributors: Shannon, Claude Elwood (American, 1916 – 2001) Weaver, Warren (American, 1894 – 1978)
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Half-title: STANDARD NOVELS. | № XLIII. | {6 lines of citation} | THE BETROTHED | COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. | LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY | (SUCCESSOR TO HENRY COLBURN) : | BELL & BRADFUTE, EDINBURGH; | CUMMING, DUBLIN. | 1834 || Illustrated title page: THE BETROTHED, | FROM THE ITALIAN | OF | ALESSANDRO MANZONI. | {vignette by S. Smith after F. Pickering} | LONDON: | RICHARD BENTLEY | (SUCCESSOR TO HENRY COLBURN.) | CUMMING, DUBLIN, – BELL & BRADFUTE, EDINBURGH, | GALIGNANI, PARIS. |1834. || Title page: THE | BETROTHED. | FROM THE ITALIAN | OF | ALESSANDRO MANZONI. | LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, 8 NEW BURLINGTON STREET | (SUCCESSOR TO HENRY COLBURN): | BELL & BRADFUTE, EDINBURGH; | AND CUMMING, DUBLIN. | 1834 || Frontispiece: vignette by S. Smith after F. Pickering. Pagination: [i-v] 6-xii, [1] 2-452 [2 blank] + 2 plates. Collation: [A]6 B-Z8 AA-FF8 GG2 + 2 leaves of plates; Note: A1, A2, A4, GG2 – unsigned; both frontispiece and illustrated title are extraneous to collation. Binding: 2/3 black calf over marbled boards, raised bands w/gilt elements, gilt lettering in compartments and gilt title on a crimson label to spine; contemporary, but not the original publisher's binding; size: 16.5 x 10.5 cm Bookplates: Yellow sticker to front pastedown “J. K. Higgins, Northampton” (unknown); Ex libris to the front flyleaf: “Hilda Moore” (probably Hilda Mary Moore (British, 1886 – 1929) – a British stage and film actress. Series: Bentley's Standard Novels, № 43, first series. Catalogue raisonné: Michael Sadleir (1951): p. 101. Original title: ALESSANDRO MANZONI : I PROMESSI SPOSI Contributors: Manzoni, Alessandro (Italian, 1785 – 1873) Pickering, Ferdinand (British, 1810 – 1889) – artist. Smith, Samuel S. (British, 1810 – 1879) – engraver. A. Spottiswoode (London); Spottiswoode, Andrew (British, 1787 – 1866) – printer. Bentley, Richard (British, 1794 – 1871) – publisher. For the Russian edition see [LIB-1333.2017]: Алессандро Манцони. Обрученные. Повесть из истории Милана XVII века / Перевод И. И. Шитца. (Итальянская литература). — М.-Л.: Academia, 1936.
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Title page: АЛЕССАНДРО МАНЦОНИ | ОБРУЧЕННЫЕ | ПОВЕСТЬ ИЗ ИСТОРИИ | МИЛАНА XVII ВЕКА | ПЕРЕВОД И КОММЕНТАРИИ | И. И. ШИТЦА | ВСТУПИТЕЛЬНАЯ СТАТЬЯ | А. К ДЖИВЕЛЕГОВА | ACADEMIA | 1936 || Frontispiece: ИТАЛЬЯНСКАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА | ПОД ОБЩЕЙ РЕДАКЦИЕЙ А. К ДЖИВЕЛЕГОВА | АЛЕССАНДРО | МАНЦОНИ | 1785 — 1873 | ACADEMIA | МОСКВА ЛЕНИНГРАД || Title verso: ALESSANDRO MANZONI | I PROMESSI SPOSI | Иллюстрации — автолитография | Е. Д. Белухи | Титула и переплет | по его же рисунку || Pagination: [i-vii] viii-xxxviii [2] [2] 3-946 [8] + 15 leaves of illustrations. Collation: [I]8 II8 III4 1-598 ⅛605 + 5 leaves of plates + 10 leaves of plates (lithography by Е. Д. Белуха). Binding: 19.5 x 14.5 cm; Publisher’s blue cloth, lettering and design to cover and spine (by Е. Д. Белуха). Print run: 5300 copies. Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): №832, p. 279. Contributors: Мандзони, Алессандро [Manzoni, Alessandro] (Italian, 1785 – 1873) – author of the original text. Шитц, Иван Иванович (Russian, 1874—1942) – translator from the Italian into Russian. Дживелегов, Алексей Карпович (Russian, 1875 – 1952) – editor. Белуха, Евгений Дмитриевич (Russian, 1889 – 1943) – artist. For the first English edition see: [LIB-1332.2017]: Alessandro Manzoni. The betrothed / (Standard novels). — London: R. Bentley, 1834.
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Title (black and red): ПЕСНЬ | О КРЕСТОВОМ | ПОХОДЕ ПРОТИВ | АЛЬБИГОЙЦЕВ | {device} | Издание подготовили | И.О. БЕЛАВИН, Е.В. МОРОЗОВА | Научно-издательский центр | «Ладомир» | «Наука» | Москва || Frontispiece (black and red): LA CHANSON DE | LA CROISADE | ALBIGEOISE | {device} || Pagination : [1-9] 10-437 [3] ; 79 illustr. on 20 leaves of colour plates between pp. 224/225, inset: folding double-sided map of the Albigensian Crusade43 x 64 cm; print run 2,000 copies. Binding: serial green buckram blind-stamped with a scroll adorned with gold lettering to board and spine. Отв. ред. М. Л. Андреев. Ред. изд-ва Л. А. Сифурова.
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Title: GIACOMO CASANOVA | Chevalier de Seingalt | HISTORY OF MY LIFE | FIRST TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH IN ACCORDANCE | WITH THE ORIGINAL FRENCH MANUSCRIPT | By Willard R. Trask | With an Introduction by the Translator | VOLUMES 1 AND 2 | A Helen and Kurt Wolff book • Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966 | NEW YORK || Stated 1st edition. Pagination: [2 blank] [i-iv] v-viii, [1, 2] 3-330 [8 blanks] + 32 ills. Two volumes in one.
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Казанова Д. Истрия моей жизни. — М.: Моск. рабочий, 1991. — 734 с. Составление, вступительная статья, комментарии А. Ф. Строева. Перевод И. К. Стаф, А. Ф. Строева, 1990. ISBN: 5—239—00590—7 Original title: Giacomo Casanova. Histoire de ma vie.