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223 untrimmed and partly unopend pages. - Publisher's titled softcover with gentle ornament at frontpanel; 8vo.(ca. 19 x 12 cm). ~~~ FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL; EXEMPLAIRE 'S.P.'(Service de Presse), INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ''Pour Claude Bourdet / en respectueux hommage / . . .'' at foretitle-page. - Cover slightly used; A VERY GOOD COPY.…

x, 159 (1) pages. - Publisher's illustrated softcover; 8vo.(ca. 18 x 12 cm). ~~~ [SOMMER-SCHLUSS-VERKAUF / SUMMER SALES: um über 30% reduzierter Preis bis Montag 21.09.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 36,-] --- FIRST POCKET-EDITION (1st. 1958), SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL; BOLDLY INSCRIBED AND MONOGRAMMED (most likely) BY EADON LILLEY ''To Alfred [Sohn-Rethel], with thanks for a memorable week. . .'' followed by an holograph italian proverb. - A VERY GOOD COPY. --- MANY MORE BOOKS FROM ALFRED SOHN-RETHELS PERSONAL LIBRARY incl. his heavily annotated own works - IN STOCK. . .…

VI, 442 pages / 62 doublepage-size engraved geometric plates on strong paper with 450 decorative 'Figures'. - Bibliophile gilt-titled masterbindings in brown-quarter-morocco over 5 artificial raised bands with brown-red-gold marbled panels, large leather-corners and marbled enpapers; Folio (ca. 31 x 24 x 7 cm; ca. 4 kg.). ~~~ [SOMMER-SCHLUSS-VERKAUF / SUMMER SALES: um über 30% reduzierter Preis bis Montag 21.09.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 48,-] --- FIRST EDITION, LARGESIZE LEATHERBOUND ORIGINALS; 2 VOLUMES, COMPLETE (a 'deuxième partie' has never been published). - Foretitles with tipped-in older holograph Name- and Adresslabels 'J. Wakulski, Professeur / 5 Ch. de Mormez / Lausanne (Suisse)' who was a much appreciated Poland-born teacher of Mathematics at 'École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne' from 1912-1967 where he used to invite his new students with ''Soyez les bienvenus dans mon salon de mathématiques''(Welcome to my Mathematics-Fair). - Front endpapers with small collector's stamps 'Boekerij van Niekerk', dated 1976. --- Textvolume with slight foxing in the wide margins, first and last plates in the plate-volume as well; A BEAUTIFUL SET.…

47 untrimmed pages. - Publisher's light blue titled an ornamented paper-wrapper, bound in gilt-tiled brown halfleather-binding of later 19th century with orange-brown marbled panels, decoratively marbled stronger endpapers loose blue marker-ribbon; 8vo.(ca. 22 x 14 cm). ~~~ [SOMMER-SCHLUSS-VERKAUF / SUMMER SALES: um über 30% reduzierter Preis bis Montag 21.09.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 48,-] --- FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL OF THE RARE PAMPHLET; ISNCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ''à Monsieur Gilbere souvenir de . . . & constante Amitié . . .'' at top of the frontwrapper, inner frontpanel with older illustrated numismatic 'EX LIBRIS / A. JOUFFRAY' on fine paper. - Spine somewhat rubbed, frontwrapper left slightly spotty, foretitle minimally foxy, else only very few shallow foxing-spots towards the foreedge; A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE FRAGILE BOOKLET. …

63 pages. - Publisher's wrapper, later bound in marbles boards with gilt-titled spine (ExLibris: Kristian Setterwalls); 8vo. ~~~ [SOMMER-SCHLUSS-VERKAUF / SUMMER SALES: um 50% reduzierter Preis bis Montag 21.09.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Monday, September 21, 2026; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 80,-] --- First edition of Nyblaeus' second book, inscribed and signed by the author on the inner front-wrapper. - BEST CONDITION. …

(4) 258 / 246 (1) pages. - Blue cardboard-bindings of the period with manuscript spinelabels and red-speckled edges; small-4to.(ca. 20 x 13 x 3 cm). ~~~ [SOMMER-SCHLUSS-VERKAUF / SUMMER SALES: um über 30% reduzierter Preis bis Montag 21.09.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 36,-] --- FIRST EDITION OF THE 'Sm.-in-4to.'-EDITION (after the 12mo-edition in 1793) OF ROUSSEL'S ANONYMOUSLY PUBLISHED INDISCREET REPORTS on French 18th-century diplomatic and economic affairs, CONTEMPORARILY CARDBOARD-BOUND ORIGINALS; INNER FRONTPANELS WITH COPPER-ENGRAVED ARMORIAL EXLIBRIS OF THE PERIOD 'Ioannes Nicolaus de Ghisels / Scholasticus Leodiensis'(see 'Chr. Fr. Jacobi: Europäisches Genealogisches Handbuch: in welchem die neuesten Nachrichten . . ., Leipzig 1794; page 254, #24) and modern illustrated large-paper exlibris. - Bindings slightly rubbed and with shallow humiditystain at lower sharp-corner of frontpanels, bottom of very first and very last pages minimally spotty; around the old exlibris are a few red spot indicating that it once has been loosely covered by another tipped-in paper-sheet; OVERALL A VERY GOOD SET.…

24 unopened pages. - Publisher's decorated, titled papercover; 8vo.(ca. 23 x 16 cm). ~~~ [SOMMER-SCHLUSS-VERKAUF / SUMMER SALES: um über 30% reduzierter Preis bis Montag 21.09.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 36,-] --- FIRST EDITION, PAPERCOVER ORIGINAL; INSCRIBED AND MONOGRAMMED BY THE AUTHOR ''À M. Albert Dumont, Directeur de l'Enseignt[!] supérieure. . .''. - Cover minimally used, else in best condition; A VERY GOOD COPY OF THE FRAGILE PUBLICATION.…

25 pages. - Publisher's titled papercover; larg-8vo.(ca. 25 x 18 cm). ~~~ [SOMMER-SCHLUSS-VERKAUF / SUMMER SALES: um über 30% reduzierter Preis bis Montag 21.09.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 36,-] --- FIRST EDITION, PAPERCOVER ORIGINAL; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ''À Gustave Fougère. . .''. - Cover minimally used, else in best condition; A VERY GOOD COPY OF THE FRAGILE PUBLICATION.…

3 blank sheets; 32 unnumbered pages with text and 4 (3 wholepage, 1 red) silkscreen prints, 3 blank sheet; all on yellowish large Rives-Paper. - Illustrated red cloth ''handbound by Mary Ellen Chapdu'' with olive silk marker ribbon; oblong-Folio (ca. 26 x 34 cm). ~~~ [SOMMER-SCHLUSS-VERKAUF / SUMMER SALES: um 50% reduzierter Preis bis Montag 21.09.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Monday, September 21, 2026; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 180,-] --- FIRST EDITION, LARGESIZE CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL FROM THE LIBRARY OF DICK HIGGINS parts of which were sold in Germany; NO. 7 OF 101 PRINTED COPIES INSCRIBED ''for Dick / from Jonathan / Highlands 1976''. - Binding slightly spotty, content in best condition; A NICE ASSOCIATION.…

I. Folded doublesheet (=4 pages), ca. 135 entries; 4to.(ca. 28 x 21 cm). / II. 11 (1) pages of handmade paper, 88 Watercolours and 154+ Etchings and Mezzotints (few with pencil acquisition-prices); olive cardboard-cover; 8vo.(ca. 19 x 9 cm). ~~~ [SOMMER-SCHLUSS-VERKAUF / SUMMER SALES: um über 30% reduzierter Preis bis Montag 21.09.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 48,-] --- 2 ORIGINAL FRANK-SHORT-ONLY SALES- AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES, both referring to the catalugue-numbers of 'Edward F. Strange: The Etched and Engraved Work of Frank Short', 1908; which is included in this offer (#48 of a total of 220 printed copies) as well as a smaller sheet with holograph notes about Frank-Short-auction-offers at Sotheby's 1913-1919; all from the estate and partly with his ownership inscription or short manuscript notes of Harold J. Wright of Fulham. - Partly slightly used; OVERALL A VERY GOOD - STORYTELLING - SET. …

°°° FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL from the estate of Dick Higgins; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY 'Karl' ''4 Dick / with all my / Love / . . . / 1/12/91''. - The fragile cover minimally used; A BEAUTIFUL COPY. isbn 0926935526.

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 280,-] --- FIRST EDITION OF FARRINGTON'S INAUGURAL-LECTURE FOR SWANSEA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, where he taught until his retirement in 1956; STRINGBOUND SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL, from the personal library of german economist and philosopher Alfred Sohn-Rethel who was close friend with Farrington during his over thirty-years stay in Great Britain (yet without any visible sign). Spine minimally sunned, topedge with small dust-spots; A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE RARE AND FRAGILE PUBLICATION. --- Added is a 10-page Farrington-offprint in cardboards 'SOCIAL MIND AND ANIMAL BRAIN' extracted from 'Darwinism and the Study of Society' edited by Michael Branton (1960ies), with short autograph dedication by Farrington ''Mignon* with Love from Ben''(*:i.e. Dr. Mignon B. Alexander, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.), also from Sohn-Rethel's collection. --- MANY MORE BOOKS FROM ALFRED SOHN-RETHELS PERSONAL LIBRARY incl. his heavily annotated own works - IN STOCK. . .…

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 280,-] --- FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL; FORETITLE-PAGE WITH THE AUTHOR'S WHOLEPAGE AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION ''For Dick / in memoriam / . . .'' SIGNED AND DATED ''Quebec / April '84'', last blank page with price-sticker of 'York University Bookstores'. - Left corner of frontcover slightly rubbed; A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE RARE BOOK. --- Other inscribed books from the estate of Dick Higgins in stock. . .…

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 280,-] --- FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL; #28 OF 110 COPIES. TITLEPAGE TOP-RIGHT WITH THE AUTHOR'S NAME- AND ADRESS-STAMP and his large autograph dedication ''For Dick . . .[3 letters, difficult to read] POEMA'', last page with his '3Vitre'-logo, typescript copyright entry and his autograph-number '110/28' and -signature. - Spine slightly sunned, minimal vertical fold; A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE RARE AND FRAGILE PUBLICATION. --- Other inscribed books from the estate of Dick Higgins in stock. . . …

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 280,-] --- FIRST EDITION, LARGER-SIZE SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL (Publisher's photogr. illustrated softcover with flaps; oblong-4to.(ca. 21 x 25 cm); INSCRIBED ''To Hiltrud [Oberwelland] / with love'' and signed by 'Ruth'(his wife?) and 'Azaria', each in her/his own hand. - 'Invisible' inscription at frontcover (by writing with some pressure on a sheet of paper which has been laying on the book) referring to the billionaire's sweets-company (''Storck . . .''), foreedge of frontpanel also with few very small dents; else in best condition.…

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 300,-] --- FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL OF THE RARE BOOK; DINA FRANK'S COPY who married the author in 1948; INSCRIBED TO HER BY BERNER in remembrance of his journey through Germany where he met her for the first time ''Till Dina / . . . en rapport fran en resa i Riket 1937 (12 febr. . . . 27 mars.) / . . . d. 9/2-43'' AND WITH DINA'S SHORT HOLOGRAPH COMMENT that ''Einband und Illustration S. 79 [sind] ebenfalls von Rud. Berner'' and that Frank Tireur is a ''Pseudonym for Rudolf Berner''; minimal marks or translational comments in the text apparently by D. B. as well. - In 1937 the swedish anarchist Rudolf Berner (AKA Frank Tireur) who had already been active in underground work in Spain and in Nazi Germany managed to enter Germany again for a secret mission because border guards had not noticed the entry stamp of Republican Spain in his passport. He first went to Wuppertal and Duesseldorf where he met german marxist Dina Frank (then married to Otto Meyer of kindred spirit) for the first time. Frank's and Meyer's house was a meeting-point for antifascist activists. Including short trips back to Sweden and to Poland Berner spent some six weeks in Germany to intensify contacts with german anarchists and socalists before he travelled onwards to Spain. He published his report on german underground activities in Stockholm in 1940; it counts as keywork on the anarchosyndicalist activities in Nazi-Germany. Frank and Meyer went into norwegian exile soon afterwards and to Sweden when Germany occupied Norway. She later divorced from Meyer came close with Berner and they married in 1948. . . --- Frontcover minimally used; A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE FRAGILE PUBLICATION. - Also in stock 'OTTO FRIDÉN (= Otto Friedlaender, 1897-1954): MAKT OCH MAGI. - EN SOCIALPSYKOLOGISK UNDERSÖKNING.' Stockholm, 1942; inscribed to Dina Frank. . .…

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 300,-] --- FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL OF THE RARE BOOK; DINA FRANK'S COPY, INSCRIBED TO HER BY FRIEDLAENDER ''seiner lieben / Kameradin / Dina Meyer / in Freundschaft / gewidmet / . . .'', signed and dated in the year of publication. - German marxist Dina Frank (then married to Otto Meyer of kindred spirit) who's house in Ludwigshafen was a meeting-point for german antifascist activists went into norwegian exile in 1938 and on to Sweden when the Germans occupied Norway. She later divorced from Meyer and came close with Rudolf Berner whom she met during his secret german travel in 1937 for the first time. She git divorced rom Meyer later and married Berner in 1948. --- Parts of coverframe minimally sunned; A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE FRAGILE PUBLICATION. - Also in stock 'FRANK TIREUR (= Rudolf Berner, 1907-1977): DEN OSYNLIGA FRONTEN. - FRAN DET ILLEGALA ARBETETS TYSKLAND.' Stockholm, 1940; inscribed to Dina Frank . . .…

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 300,-] --- APPARENTLY UNIQUE COPY IN THE TITLED WRAPPER (ca. 22 x 16 cm, with the artist's adress); INSCRIBED ''À LA TRÈS SYMPATHIQUE ET SENTIMENTALE POÈTE SOPHIA DUPRAY'', fully signed, dated ''Arpajon 15-9-1956'' on the first blank page. - Cover split in front- and rearpanel, creased and slightly sunned; CONTENT IN BEST CONDITION. --- ''Edmond Hoyois reste un artiste mystérieux et il n'est pas impossible que son nom soit en fait un pseudonyme. Il est surtout connu pour avoir exposer à plusieurs reprises au Salon des Humoriste, une manifestation créée en 1907 par Félix Juven, directeur du journal Le Rire. Ce Salon regroupe alors les peintres attachés à la vie montmartroise qui choisissent d'exprimer leur art par l'humour. Forain, Willette, Faivre, Poulbot et bien d'autres y présentent leurs uvres comme Hoyois. Ce Salon s'impose très vite comme l'une des manifestations artistiques les plus suivies de la Belle Époque. Le Salon des Humoristes perdura jusqu'au début des années 1930, année où Hoyois expose aussi ses travaux au Salon de l'École française à Paris.''(from the website of 'Galerie Terrades, 8 rue d'Alger, 75001 Paris).…

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 280,-] --- FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL; FRONT-FLYLEAF WITH THE AUTHOR'S 5-LINE MANUSCRIPT DEDICATION to german multilingual historian Wilhelm Alff (who also wrote and published poetry) signed and dated in the year of publication. Loosely inserted is a small brown paper-sheet with the author's detailed address in Lisboa/Portugal, obviously written by himself. It may have been part of an envelope in which Borges coelho had sent the book to Wilhelm Alff (Borges mispells it 'Allf') in Bremen, Germany. - Cover slightly used; A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE RARE AND FRAGILE BOOK. --- Also in stock Borges Coelho's first poetry book - his first book at all - 'ROSEIRA VERDE'(1962), also inscribed to Alff. . .…

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 280,-] --- FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL WITH DUSTJACKET AND TRANSPARENT PROTECTION; #415 of 1.200 copies on ''Vergé des Papeteries Johannot numérotés Vergé Johannot S.P.1 à S.P.1600'' (with the additional loose number-strip '415' laid-in). - FORETITLEPAGE INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY GRASSET by using the printed title ''a Jean Girodou[x] / cordial hommage / e[?] >COMPRENDRE ET INVENTER<, . . .''. - Spine of the green papercover with slight crease, glassine partly sunned and with tears at spine; THE INTERIOR IS IN BEST CONDITION.…

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 650,-] --- FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL; FRONT-FLYLEAF WITH THE AUTHOR'S MANUSCRIPT 4-LINE DEDICATION to german multilingual historian Wilhelm Alff; signed and dated in 1966. - Spine slightly sunned and with slim humidity-stain at lower third; A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE RARE AND FRAGILE BOOK (protected by loose transparent mylar-cover). --- Also in stock Borges Coelho's second poetry book 'PONTE SUBMERSA: POEMAS'(1969), also inscribed to Alff. . .…

Second edition. 21,5 : 13,5 cm. Title, Dedication, 188 pages, 15 hand-coloured aquatint platesdrawn and etched by Rowlandson. Full brown morocco on 5 raised bands, spine with gilt floral decoration, two title-labesl, boards with gilt filets, inside dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled end-papers (signed Root and Son) 'Humorous narrative of the experiences of an officer in the Peninsula War, illustrated by the pre-eminent cartoonist Thomas Rowlandson'. - "To the Subalterns of the British Army. Gentlemen, I shall , I trust, be acquitted of any servile view, when in dedicating this humble Essay to the Subalterns of the British Army, I adopt the only means in my powers of shewing how much I honour and admire them. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, With the greatest respect, Your most obedient Servant, The Author." (Dedication). - With Exlibris Almeric Hugh Paget 1st Baron Queenborough - Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough, GBE (14 March 1861 22 September 1949) was a British industrialist and Conservative Party politician. He was a founder of the Military Massage Service and the Cambridgeshire Battalion of The Suffolk Regiment and treasurer of the League of Nations Union. And Exlibris of C. Robert Bignold. - Ocassionally some minor stains, otherwise a fine copy of this curious work on the Napoleon wars in Spain.…

°°° 18th CENTURY ORIGINAL WITH PROFESSIONALLY REBACKED SPINE; TITLEPAGE WITH HOLOGRAPH OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION OF THE PERIOD ''Ex bibliotheca josephi / Menuret D. M. M. / i regia scient. societ. momp. 1760'' AND OPPOSITE AT FORETITLE-PAGE VERSO TOP-LEFT IN THE SAME HANDWRITING ''ex dono autor. Msr. . . D. de la Caze''. - Ends of spine slightly frayed, foretitle with few small holes at center, titlepages slightly dusty, bottom-edge of first sheet somewhat wrinkled and with small - empty - wormhole through the whole book in the white margin (so at least one creature has 'read' the book), pages slightly wavy throughout, OVERALL A GOOD COPY WITH A MEANINGFUL ASSOCIATION OF TWO IMPORTANT FRENCH PHYSICIANS OF THE 18th CENTURY, both with strong relations to the University of Montpellier ('Momp', see above). . . …

8 grey doublepage-size folded cardboards (>G. F. Smith & Son's Colorplan paper 'Silver Grey'<, =16 cardb.-sheets / 32 pages on cardboards) with 14 wholepage original linocuts and as many poems on the opposite pages. - Loose in blueish-turquois cardbord-folder with tipped-on large linocut-titleplate; large-4to.(ca. 32 x 25 cm). ~~~ [SOMMER-SCHLUSS-VERKAUF / SUMMER SALES: um 50% reduzierter Preis bis Montag 21.09.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Monday, September 21, 2026; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 180,-] --- FIRST EDITION, LARGESIZE CARDBOARD ORIGINAL; #33 OF 50 COPIES, signed by artist and poet in the colophone. - Loosely inserted is another linocut on fine Japan-paper holograph-titled ''Aus Roads Rails Bridges'' signed and dedicated to Ella Barowsky (s.a.) by Weissenborn. --- Cardboard cover minimally rubbed, else in best condition. …

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 365,-] --- FIRST EDITION, LARGESIZE CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; BOLDLY INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED in the following year BY THE ARTIST WITH BLACK INK-BRUSH in katakana- and kanji-characters to the Embassador of the German Democratic Republic ('GDR' [DDR, then East-Germany]) Horst Brie on the front flyleaf. --- BEST CONDITION; VOLUME 2 OF THE SERIES AND OTHER INSCRIBED HIGASHIYAMA-BOOKS FROM THE SAME SOURCE (Horst Brie) IN STOCK. . . --- HIS CLOSE RELATION TO GERMANY STARTED EARLY IN HIGASHIYAMA'S LIFE when he began his studies in Western-Art history at Berlin University in 1933 after studying Nihonga-painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now: 'Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music') from 1921 to 1931, graduating with commendation then entering the School's research department, where he spent two years training under Somei Yuki. He joined an art competition during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Travelling a lot throughout his life he frequently visited central and northern Europe in general and Germany in particular. ''On January 12, 1985, Higashiyama together with Andy Warhol and Joseph Beuys participated in the 'Global-Art-Fusion' project . . ., in which a fax was sent with drawings of all three artist within 32 minutes around the worldfrom Düsseldorf (Germany) via New York (USA) to Tokyo (Japan), received at Vienna's Palais-Liechtenstein Museum of Modern Art. It was meant as a statement for peace during the Cold War in the 1980s. In 1953, he was selected to paint 27 fusama-e murals for the 'Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens' . . . in Nagoya for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. . . The Shofuso was moved to Philadelphia in 1958 where the murals were on view until they were destroyed by vandals in 1974. In 1960, he painted a large mural entitled 'Sun, Moon, and The Four Seasons', for the state dining room the To-gu- Palace of the Crown Prince. A second imperial commission followed, resulting in the 1968 mural, 'Tide at Daybreak' (>Asaake no Ushio<), which is part of the Nami-no-ma hall of Tokyo Imperial Palace. . .'' (see Wikipedia). His good relations with Germany were not only focussed on the Eastern part of the then divided country: In 1984 he became member of the Federal Republic of Germany's 'Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste'; in ''1992 [he was] awarded the UNESCO Picasso Gold Medal. [In] 1990 [the] 'Higashiyama Kaii Gallery' was opened in Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum; in 1994 [the] 'Higashiyama Kaii Art Gallery' was opened in 'Ichikawa City Life Learning Center'; [in] 2005 [the] 'Sakaide Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum' was opened.''(see Wikipedia). . .…

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 365,-] --- FIRST EDITION, LARGESIZE CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; BOLDLY INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED in the following year BY THE ARTIST WITH BLACK INK-BRUSH in katakana- and kanji-characters to the Embassador of the German Democratic Republic ('GDR' [DDR, then East-Germany]) Horst Brie on the front flyleaf. --- BEST CONDITION; OTHER INSCRIBED HIGASHIYAMA-BOOKS FROM THE SAME SOURCE (Horst Brie) IN STOCK. . . --- HIS CLOSE RELATION TO GERMANY STARTED EARLY IN HIGASHIYAMA'S LIFE when he began his studies in Western-Art history at Berlin University in 1933 after studying Nihonga-painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now: 'Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music') from 1921 to 1931, graduating with commendation then entering the School's research department, where he spent two years training under Somei Yuki. He joined an art competition during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Travelling a lot throughout his life he frequently visited central and northern Europe in general and Germany in particular. ''On January 12, 1985, Higashiyama together with Andy Warhol and Joseph Beuys participated in the 'Global-Art-Fusion' project . . ., in which a fax was sent with drawings of all three artist within 32 minutes around the worldfrom Düsseldorf (Germany) via New York (USA) to Tokyo (Japan), received at Vienna's Palais-Liechtenstein Museum of Modern Art. It was meant as a statement for peace during the Cold War in the 1980s. In 1953, he was selected to paint 27 fusama-e murals for the 'Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens' . . . in Nagoya for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. . . The Shofuso was moved to Philadelphia in 1958 where the murals were on view until they were destroyed by vandals in 1974. In 1960, he painted a large mural entitled 'Sun, Moon, and The Four Seasons', for the state dining room the To-gu- Palace of the Crown Prince. A second imperial commission followed, resulting in the 1968 mural, 'Tide at Daybreak' (>Asaake no Ushio<), which is part of the Nami-no-ma hall of Tokyo Imperial Palace. . .'' (see Wikipedia). His good relations with Germany were not only focussed on the Eastern part of the then divided country: In 1984 he became member of the Federal Republic of Germany's 'Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste'; in ''1992 [he was] awarded the UNESCO Picasso Gold Medal. [In] 1990 [the] 'Higashiyama Kaii Gallery' was opened in Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum; in 1994 [the] 'Higashiyama Kaii Art Gallery' was opened in 'Ichikawa City Life Learning Center'; [in] 2005 [the] 'Sakaide Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum' was opened.''(see Wikipedia). . .…

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 365,-] --- FIRST EDITION, LARGESIZE CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; BOLDLY INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED in the same year BY THE ARTIST WITH BLACK INK-BRUSH in katakana- and kanji-characters to the Embassador of the German Democratic Republic ('GDR' [DDR, then East-Germany]) Horst Brie on the front flyleaf. --- BEST CONDITION; VOLUME 2 OF THE SERIES AND OTHER INSCRIBED HIGASHIYAMA-BOOKS FROM THE SAME SOURCE (Horst Brie) IN STOCK. . . --- HIS CLOSE RELATION TO GERMANY STARTED EARLY IN HIGASHIYAMA'S LIFE when he began his studies in Western-Art history at Berlin University in 1933 after studying Nihonga-painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now: 'Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music') from 1921 to 1931, graduating with commendation then entering the School's research department, where he spent two years training under Somei Yuki. He joined an art competition during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Travelling a lot throughout his life he frequently visited central and northern Europe in general and Germany in particular. ''On January 12, 1985, Higashiyama together with Andy Warhol and Joseph Beuys participated in the 'Global-Art-Fusion' project . . ., in which a fax was sent with drawings of all three artist within 32 minutes around the worldfrom Düsseldorf (Germany) via New York (USA) to Tokyo (Japan), received at Vienna's Palais-Liechtenstein Museum of Modern Art. It was meant as a statement for peace during the Cold War in the 1980s. In 1953, he was selected to paint 27 fusama-e murals for the 'Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens' . . . in Nagoya for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. . . The Shofuso was moved to Philadelphia in 1958 where the murals were on view until they were destroyed by vandals in 1974. In 1960, he painted a large mural entitled 'Sun, Moon, and The Four Seasons', for the state dining room the To-gu- Palace of the Crown Prince. A second imperial commission followed, resulting in the 1968 mural, 'Tide at Daybreak' (>Asaake no Ushio<), which is part of the Nami-no-ma hall of Tokyo Imperial Palace. . .'' (see Wikipedia). His good relations with Germany were not only focussed on the Eastern part of the then divided country: In 1984 he became member of the Federal Republic of Germany's 'Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste'; in ''1992 [he was] awarded the UNESCO Picasso Gold Medal. [In] 1990 [the] 'Higashiyama Kaii Gallery' was opened in Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum; in 1994 [the] 'Higashiyama Kaii Art Gallery' was opened in 'Ichikawa City Life Learning Center'; [in] 2005 [the] 'Sakaide Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum' was opened.''(see Wikipedia). . .…

°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 600,-] --- FIRST EDITIONS, 28 DOCTORATE-THESISES FROM 'FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE DE PARIS' AND 5 OFFPRINTS; ALL ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE DIABETES-DESEASE, all from the 1890ies when Dr. Fernand Widal was lecturer in Paris. First titlepage ('Le Goff') with round stamp 'Bibliothèque du Professeur Widal, F. W.', inner frontpanel with bookplate of 'Administration générale de l'Assistance publique à Paris / Bibliothèque Centrale de l'Internat / Don de M. le Docteur [holograph:] Widal'. - Continuation from above: . . . / 9) 'RAPPORTS DE L'INFLAMMATION AVEC LA GANGRENE DIABÉTIQUE.'(Blanc) / 10) 'L'APHASIE DANS LE DIABÈTE GANGRÈNE DIABÉTIQUE.'(Corneille) / 11) 'DES CACHEXIES PIGMENTAIRES ET EN PARTICULIER DES CACHEXIES PIGMENTAIRES DIABÉTIQUE & ALCOOLIQUEGANGRENE DIABÉTIQUE.'(Caramanos) / 12) 'CONTRIBUTION À L'ÉTUDE DU DIABÈTE BRONZÉ.'(Dutournier) / 13) 'RECHERCHES SUR L'ACÉTONURIE.'(Argenson) / 14) 'ACÉTONURIE, DIACÉTURIE ET ACIDE OXYBUTYRIQUE [Beta] DANS LES TROUBLES GASTRO-INTESTINAUX DES ENFANTS ET DES JEUNES GENS.'(Vergely) / 15) 'DU COMA DIABÉTIQUE.'(Roque; Devic; Hugounenc) / 16) 'DE L'HÉMIPLÉGIE URÉMIQUE.'(Boinet) / 17) 'ÉTUDE SUR LE COMA DIABÉTIQUE'(Mabboux) / 18) 'ÉTUDES CLINIQUES SUR LE DIABÈTE SUCRÉ (Diabète à Évolution lente).'(Worms) / 19) 'FRÉQUENCE DE L'ALBUMINURE ET DE LA GLYCOSURIE DANS LA CONVALESCENCE. EXAMEN de mille Convalescents.'(Debray) / 20) 'CONTRIBUTION À L'ÉTUDE DU DIABÈTE: DIABÈTE ET GLYCOSURIE D'ORIGINE NERVEUSE.'(Sorel) / 21) 'DIABÈTE LÉVULOSURIQUE ET DU SYNDROME CLINIQUE.'(Sekeyan) / 22) 'LE DIABÈTE HYDRURIQUE.'(Rodat) / 23) 'ESSAI SUR LE ROLE DE LA CHIRURGIE DANS LE DIABÈTE SUCRÉ.'(Legendre). --- FURTHER DETAILS: 1) #383, LE GOFF (*Hémonstoir, 1864): 'Thèse pour le Doctorat en Médecine', Paris 1897, 118 pages / 2) #582, LEDIEU (*Paris, 1873): 'Thèse . . . (20.7.1898)'; Paris, Jouve, 1898; 67 p. / 3) #428, BOISUMEAU: 'Thèse . . . (1.7.1897)'; Paris, Carré / Naud, 1897; 83 p. / 4) #540, MASCAREL (*La Chartre-sur-Loir, 1873; ancien Externe des Hopitaux, Medaille de Bronze de l'Assistance publique): 'Thèse . . . (19.7.1898)'; Paris, Jouve, 1898; 78 (1) p. / 5) #365, WINTER (*Thann, 1870; Docteur en Médecine de la Faculté Strasbourg): 'Thèse . . . (29.5.1897)'; Paris, Jouve, 1897; 112 p. / 6) #490, GOUDARD (*Genève, 1870; Interne de l'Asile de Vincennes, . . .): 'Thèse . . . (15.7.1897)'; Paris, Steinheil, 1897; 137 (1) p. / 7) #302, QUIVY (*Vieux-Condé, 1875): 'Thèse . . . (23.2.1875)'; Paris, Jouve, 1898; 52 p. / 8) #87, MATHIEU (*Mirecourt, 1872): 'Thèse . . . (22.12.1897); Paris, Jouve, 1897; 94 p. / 9) #45x, BLANC (*Saint-Poney, 1864): 'Thèse . . . (16.7.1896)'; Paris, Jouve et Cie, 1896; 50 p. / 10) #109, CORNEILLE (*Montpezat, 1872): 'Thèse . . . (23.12.1897)', Paris, Cornois, 1897; 52 p. / 11) CARAMANOS: 'Thèse . . . (8.7.1897)'; Paris, Carré / Naud, 1897; (4) 132 p., 4 'Figures' on 2 singleside colour-lithograph plates. / 12) DUTOURNIER (*Bayonne, 1867): 'Thèse . . . (27.6.1895)'; Paris, Steinheil, 1895; 96 p. / 13) #130, ARGENSON (*Paris, 1869): 'Thèse . . . (12.1.1898)'; Paris, Jouve, 1898; 90 p. / 14) 6e Année No. 8, VERGELY (Professeur à la Faculté de médécine de Bordeaux): 'Archives Cliniques de Bordeaux)' 1897; 34 (1) p. / 15) ROQUE (Agrégé, Médecin des Hôpitaux de Lyon); DEVIC (Agr. de la Faculté de Médecine de Lyon); HUGOUNENC (Professeur de Chimie à la Fac.): Révue de Médecine, p. (995)-1.007. / 16) BOINET (Agrégé des Facultés, Professeur á l'École de Médecine de Marseilles): not dated, 1 p. / 17) MABBOUX, M. (Médecin-Major de l'Armée): inscribed and signed (first line of inscr.iption cut); 'Révue de Médecine', p. (759)-783. / 18) WORMS (Membre de l'Académie de Médecine, Officier de la Légion d'Honneur): Extrait du 'Bulletin de l'Académie', Séance du 5 Déc. 1893; Paris, Masson, 1893; 23 p. / 19) DEBRAY (*Longueval, 1869; Interne à l'Asile de Convalescence des Hôpitaux de Paris): 'Thèse . . . (3.6.1896)'; Paris, Impr. de la Fac. de Méd., 1893; 207 p. / 20) SOREL (Interne des Hôpitaux de Rouen, Prix Pillore 1891): 'Thèse . . . (18.7.1894)'; Societe d'Éditions Scientifiques; Paris, 1894; 96 p., 4 fig. on 1 plate. / 21) #36, SEKEYAN, M. (*Constantinople, 1873): 'Thèse . . . (17.11.1897)'; Paris, Jouve, 1897; 50 p. / 22) #228, RODAT: 'Thèse . . . (15.3.1898)'; Paris, Carré / Naud, 1898; 95 p. / 23) #22[0], LEGENDRE (*Beuzeville, 1857): 'Thèse . . . (4.4.1895)'; Paris, Jouve, 1895; 70 p.…