The private miniatures printed in English and French on his own press and written for his lady friends in Paris while he was America s first ambassador. Translated by Willard Trask, notes by Claude-Anne Lopez. A book that is perfect in every way, an admirable tribute to one of the finest and wisest of our writers.  Monroe Wheeler, The Museum of Modern Art

The Bagatelles from Passy

Benjamin, Franklin

Literature & Fiction

Eakins Press

Sculpture of Gaston Lachaise

Arts & Photography

Hilton Kramer

Sculpture

Leaves Of Grass

Complete and faithful facsimile of the first edition, with type set in part by Whitman, including unsigned reviews by Whitman himself; elaborate green pebbled cloth, gold stamped. Magnificent... far surpasses the two previous attempts....  Gay Wilson Allen

Leaves of Grass

Walt, Whitman

United States

Elie Nadelman

When writer and New York City Ballet founder Lincoln Kirstein died in 1995, he was hailed as a Renaissance man. This splendid publication compiled and composed by Kirstein on the works of the acclaimed American sculptor Elie Nadelman stands as a monument to both extraordinarily talented men. This 1973 first edition, featuring extensive reproductions from all phases of the artist's career, is the most complete catalogue of Nadelman's work and writing.

KIRSTEIN, Lincoln

Individual Artists

<p>...One of the most significant dance books of the twentieth century makes available the complete, authoritative record of the more than four hundred works choreographed and directed by George Balanchine. The product of four years of research by leading international dance scholars. Deluxe edition printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona.</p>

Choreography by George Balanchine: A catalogue of works

Various Editors

Performing Arts

This letterpress new edition of the great Biblical story contains a facsimile of the only known printing of the first translation of the Story of the Prophet Jonas by William Tyndale in 1531.

The Story of the Prophet Jonas

William, Tyndale

Poetry

The Sculpture of GASTON LACHAISE. With an essay by Hilton Kramer and appreciations by Hart Crane, E.E. Cummings, Marsden Hartley, Lincoln Kirstein, A. Hyatt Mayor & Henry McBride.

KRAMER, Hilton, et al.

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