Arco.
Arco Contemporary Art. Number 31. Spring 2004.

Imprint: Madrid: Arco, 2004.
Binding: Hardback

4to., printed wraps. Eng. Richly illustrated color and black & white throughout. 88 pp.

Stock number: 59-2458.

$US 35.00

Arcole (Paris).
J. D. Dugourc: 215 dessins.

Imprint: Paris: Arcole, 1988.
Binding: Hardback

Catalogue for auction held June 3, 1988. 4to. 66 pp., illus. Very good in wraps.

Stock number: 12-0410.

$US 40.00

Arcturial.
Bibliothèque Yves Lévy: Philosophie, politique et économie du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle.

Imprint: Paris: Arcturial, 2006.

Catalogue for auction held 17 March 2006. 337 lots of books, some illustrated in color. Fine in wraps.

Stock number: 07-0041.

$US 50.00

D'Arcy, A. M.
Clochards de Paris. "La Vie Financière".

Imprint: Paris, mid-20th cent.
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

One hand-colored print, from portfolio of 8. 34 x 43 cm. (13.5 x 17"). Image approx. 28 x 33 cm. (11 x 13"). Signed in the plate, lower right; stamped "Colorié à la Main/ Made in France" on verso. Illustrates visual pun mocking bourgeoisie.

Stock number: 65-0326.

$US 75.00

D'Arcy, A. M.
Clochards de Paris. "Buvez du Lait".

Imprint: Paris, mid-20th cent.
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

One hand-colored print, from portfolio of 8. 43 x 34 cm. (17 x 13.5"). Image approx. 33 x 28 cm. (13 x 11"). Signed in the plate, lower right; stamped "Colorié à la Main/ Made in France" on verso. Illustrates visual pun mocking bourgeoisie.

Stock number: 65-0328.

$US 75.00

D'Arcy, A. M.
Clochards de Paris. "La Flute Enchantée".

Imprint: Paris, mid-20th cent.
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

One hand-colored print, from portfolio of 8. 43 x 34 cm. (17 x 13.5"). Image approx. 33 x 28 cm. (13 x 11"). Signed in the plate, lower right; stamped "Colorié à la Main/ Made in France" on verso. Illustrates visual pun mocking bourgeoisie.

Stock number: 65-0330.

$US 75.00

D'Arcy, A. M.
Clochards de Paris. "Salon de l'Auto".

Imprint: Paris, mid-20th cent.
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

One hand-colored print, from portfolio of 8. 43 x 34 cm. (17 x 13.5"). Image approx. 33 x 28 cm. (13 x 11"). Signed in the plate, lower left; stamped "Colorié à la Main/ Made in France" on verso. Illustrates visual pun mocking bourgeoisie.

Stock number: 65-0332.

$US 75.00

Ardamatskij, Vasilij I.
Bog, mister, Glen i Jurij Korovcov. Povest'.

Imprint: Moscow: Detskaja Literatura, 1964.
Binding: Hardback

Illustrated by V. Noskova. 8vo. 159 pp., illus. Text in Russian.

Stock number: 15-2199.

$US 70.00

Arenas, Braulio.
Memorándum Chileno.

Imprint: Santiago de Chile: Editorial La Noria, 1987.
Binding: Hardback

Folio. 51 pp. No. 74 of 1000 copies. Very good in wraps.

Stock number: 12-1003.

$US 125.00

Arens, Egmont (ed.).
Playboy: A Portfolio of Art and Satire. No. 2.

Imprint: New York: Egmont Arens, 1919.

Periodical. 9-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches. Published at 40 pp. This copy missing the cover and first two sheets. Pages begin at page [5] and end at page 36. Masthead is missing, but issue dated by position of art (for ex., Marguerite Zorach's painting is listed as appearing on page 5 of Vol. 1, No. 2). Playboy was an important little magazine that published many artists and writers of American Modernism. In this issue: photo of painting by Marguerite Zorach, well known for her linoleum cuts and paintings; photo of a woodcut by William Zorach, now best known as a sculptor; photo of an etching by John Sloan, well known as a painter of the "Ashcan School"; portrait of Ezra Pound by Australian artist Horace Brodsky, associate of the Vorticists in England; drawings by Walt Kuhn and William Gropper; photographs of artworks by Arnold Genthe, known for his work in San Francisco's Chinatown before the 1906 earthquake, and for his photos of the city immediately after the quake. All of these (except the Gropper) are full-page. Writing includes an article by Chicago journalist and playwright Ben Hecht; a poem by Max Weber (better known as an American Modernist painter); a poem by Alfred Kryemborg. Cover and first two sheets missing; remaining pages slightly age-toned with minor chipping at edges here and there, but at least Very Good.

Stock number: 59-3628.

$US 500.00

Arétin, Pierre.
XVI Sonnets luxurieux de M. Pierre Arétin, surnommé le fléau des princes, le magnifique, le divin.

Imprint: Collection de poètes et conteurs de la renaissance italienne, 1952.
Binding: Hardback

No. 197 of 255 copies. 8vo. [32] pp., loosely gathered. Very good in paper wraps.

Stock number: 12-1710.

$US 35.00

Argan, Giulio Carlo.
Victor Pasmore.

Imprint: London: Marlborough Graphics Ltd, 1987.

Textured illustrated wrappers, 10 works described with color illustrations, chronology, essay.

Stock number: 59-2471.

$US 40.00

A. I. Arhangel'skaja; G. V. Zhidkov.
Ocherki po istorii russkoj zhivopisi vtoroj poloviny XIX veka: V. G. Perov = V. G. Perov.

Imprint: Moskva: Gosudarstvennaja Tret'jakovskaja Gallereja, 1950.
Binding: Hardback

8vo. 52 pp. including a portrait of V. G. Perov + 24 illus. Text in Russian. Very good in wraps. Some edge wear, Light staining to front cover and to the bottom edge. Light soiling to illustrations.

Stock number: 65-3274.

$US 45.00

Arif Press (Berkeley, Calif.).
Advertisement for Jack Spicer's The Red Wheelbarrow.

Imprint: Berkeley, Calif.: Arif Press, 1973.

One card measuring 6 x 7 inches and printed on one side, advertising a Spicer book. Very good. This is an advertisement, not the book itself.

Stock number: 15-1006.

$US 20.00

Arif Society (San Francisco, Calif.).
A Piano Recital by Jean Smith.

Imprint: San Francisco, Calif.: Arif Society, 1983.

One folded sheet, port. Pieces by Beethoven, Mario Davidovsky, Liszt, Schoenberg, Chopin. February 26, 1983 at the First Unitarian Church. Unfolds into a small poster. Very good, folded, addressed to Sand Dollar Books of Albany and stamped, but unmailed.

Stock number: 15-1936.

$US 20.00

Arion Press (San Francisco, Calif.).
A Decade of Deluxe Limited Edition Books from the Arion Press.

Imprint: San Francisco, Calif.: Arion Press, [ca. 1982].

Folded pamphlet, [10] pp., illus.. port. Background info on the press and its staff; lists works by Andrew Hoyem, Robert Grabhorn, Fred Martin, Herman Melville, et al. Very good.

Stock number: 15-1943.

$US 25.00

Arion Press (San Francisco, Calif.).
Invitation to Publication Party for The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.

Imprint: San Francisco, Calif.: Arion Press, 1983.

One printed card, [1] leaf. June 24, 1983 at the Yosemite Room, The Clift Hotel. Very good, folded.

Stock number: 15-1940.

$US 20.00

Arisi, Ferdinando; Groppi, Georgio.
Maioliche di Giorgio Groppi.

Imprint: Piacenza: Associazione Amici dell'Arte, 1985.
Binding: Hardback

Sq. 8vo., wraps. [16] pp. Ital. Ill. 12 color plates, & two (2) color photo prints by A. Bersani, 5.5 x 8 in, laid in. Essay, bio. Exhib. 9-28 Feb, 1985. Minor cover wear; else NF.

Stock number: 65-1326.

$US 50.00

Aristophanes, Gilbert Seldes, and Pablo Picasso.
Lysistrata.

Imprint: New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934.
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

"A New version by Gilbert Seldes with a Special Introduction by Mr. Seldes and Illustrations by Pablo Picasso"--T.p. Lacking the six original etchings. No. 658 of 1500 copies signed in pencil on the colophon by Pablo Picasso. (Ideal for someone who has one of the unsigned etchings.) Drawings in the text. 4to. 117 pp., illus. VG+ in printed boards, light foxing throughout, in clear protective mylar jacket, in a good chemise starting to split along front spine edge.

Stock number: 04-1595.

$US 1,400.00

Arizona Legislative Assembly.
Acts, Resolutions and Memorials Adopted by the Sixth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona. Session begun on the Eleventh Day of January and Ended on the Twentieth Day of February, 1871, at Tucson.

Imprint: San Francisco, Calif.: La Operina Press, 1976.
Binding: Hardback

8vo. Sewn bookblock. 144 pp.

Stock number: 12-1540.

$US 40.00

Ark. Averchenko, Ark. Buhov, G. Landau, N. A. Tèffi.
Anatomija i fiziologija cheloveka. Prilozhenie: psihologija cheloveka = Human Anatomy and Physiology. Appendix: Human Psychology.

Imprint: Petrograd: Novyj Satirikon, 1916.
Binding: Hardback

8vo. 172 pp., illus. Text in Russian. Good in original wraps. Some edge wear. Covers and spine worn and lightly soiled.

Stock number: 65-3371.

$US 125.00

Arlott, John (ed.).
First Time In America: A Selection of Poems Never Before Published in the USA.

Imprint: New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948.
Binding: Hardback

8vo., 199 pp., Good, Red Cloth, Dust Jacket, rubbing, small tears and light damage on jacket, shelf wear.

Stock number: 16-0632.

$US 40.00

Arman.
Tortured Color.

Imprint: New York: Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968.

Arman (1928-2005). A classic Arman piece with the materials to assemble an object consisting of an artist's paint tube entrapped in a plexiglas vice. Multiple of plexiglas, offset prints, nuts and bolts, and plastic bag, Folded plastic bag: 6 15/16 x 6 1/8" (17.6 x 15.5 cm). From SMS: A Collection of Multiples, No. 4, August 1968.

Stock number: 11-0989.

$US 600.00

Armbrister, Fred.
Lake Louise, Alberta.

Imprint: Lake Louise, Alta.: Fred Armbrister, 1927.

Original black & white halftone print measuring 7 x 9 inches, taken possibly for Canadian Pacific Railway publicity. Photographer's name stamped lower right, "Lake Louise, 1927" in pencil on verso. Near fine.

Stock number: 12-0197.

$US 100.00

Armed Forces of the United States.
The USSR Institutions People.

Imprint: Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1945.
Binding: Hardback

8vo. 130 pp., illus., map, chart. VG- in wraps, some waviness from moisture.

Stock number: 12-1667.

$US 25.00