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Stockholm, 1961. 23,5x17,5 cm. Contemporary print. The white margin with a small loss at lower left-hand corner. With Özkök's stamp on verso. The photo was taken at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm.

Stockholm; AB Tiprod (ETC:s förlag), 1983. Originalupplaga. 24,5x24 cm. (108, 2 blanka) s. Förlagets pappband med tryckt skyddsomslag. Skyddsomslaget med några svaga fuktringar på ryggen, ett par riss överst på främre panelen samt några svaga skrapmärken. Fint ex. Strömholms fotografier med beledsagande texter som skildrar transpersoner kring Place Blanche i Paris. Boken anses som en av hans främsta och har haft stor påverkan på dokumentärfotografin. Signerad av Strömholm på främre försättsblad: ""CHR Strömholm / 1991"". Publisher's boards with printed dustjacket. The jacket has a few faint dampstains on spine, a couple of small rifts at top of front panel, and a few light scrape marks. A fine copy. This book by renowned Swedish photographer Christer Strömholm captures the lives of transvestites in Paris during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Signed by Strömholm in 1991.

Stockholm; Frams förlag, 1913. Originalupplaga. 21x14 cm. 71, (1) s. Häftad med tryckt omslag. Ryggen lätt nött. Minimal förlust vid rygghuvudet samt med en centimeterlång reva i nedre bakre fals. Omslaget med mörknade marginaler och mindre hörnveck. Genomgående litet hörnveck upptill. Välbevarat exemplar av Lagerkvists ovanliga andra bok, som i likhet med debuten från föregående år inte fick några recensioner att tala om förrän David Sprengel, efter att Ordkonst och bildkonst publicerats senare under 1913, skrev hyllande om samtliga tre böcker.

Breslau; bei Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, 1798. First edition. Small 8:o. (11, 3 blanks), 394 pp. 19th century binding with light-brown calf spine and corners and dark-brown paper on the boards. The spine is divided into four gilt-edged panels one of which contains author and title information; at the foot of the spine there is a gilt-stamped floral decoration. With the signature of Axel Nybleus (1821-1899, Swedish philosopher) at top of front free endpaper and the bookplate of Johann Lyons at the bottom of front paste-down. A light, vertical crease on upper part of the spine. Two insignificant specks on the spine. Corners a bit bumped and rubbed. Minimal loss at the top corner of front free endpaper. A needle-sized hole in top margin from the title leaf until pp. 18, and in top margin of pp. 385 and onwards to the rear free endpaper. A small stain in the text on pp. 361/362. A few light specks throughout the book; contents surprisingly clean. Christian Garve (1742-1798) gained a master's degree in philosophy at the University of Halle in 1766. From 1770-1772 he was Extraordinary Professor of Mathematics and Logic at the University of Leipzig, a post he resigned from in order to devote himself to bookselling, writing and translating in his home town of Breslau. His deep interest in English philosophy led him to translate works of Adam Ferguson, Edmund Burke and Adam Smith. The book offered here is Garve's last work, and has become rather famous because, in it, he continues the criticism of Immanuel Kant's moral teachings which he had begun earlier in a review of the latter's Critique of Pure Reason and which provoked Kant into publishing an ""Anti-Garve"". Christian Garve believed that ""Kantian morality destroys all incentives that can move human beings to act at all"". Erstausgabe des letzten Werkes von Garve. Halbledereinband mit Rückenvergoldung. Sehr gut erhalten. Selten. Ziegenfuss I, 375.

Newcastle; S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, 1792. 8:o. 22,5x14 cm. x, 483, (1 blank) pp. Contemporary mottled leather on boards, rebacked with lighter brown calf. Spine is richly gilt in compartmentsand with a red and a green leather-label, marbled endpapers. With a note in pencil on the first blank leaf, stating that Swedish count Rütger Wachtmeister (1916-2003) received the book from his wife on his 60th birthday. There is a light scrape mark on the green leather-label. The boards are slightly worn and have been reinforced at corners. Faint dampstain at the top corner on pp. i-vi. A tear in outer margin on pp. 11/12, and in lower margin on pp. 39/40. A small rift in outer margin on pp. 377/378, and a loss in outer margin on pp. 473/474 & 477/478. A few scattered small stains. A fine copy of the work in demy copy (""Price nine shillings in boards"" stated on the title), which was originally published in 1790. Roscoe, Thomas Bewick. A bibliography raisonné 3 b.

Normal; University Galleries, Illinois State University, 1990. First edition. 21,5x27 cm. 127, (1) pp. Richly illustrated. Original printed wrappers. Spine is insignificantly worn. There are a series of small scratches on the wrappers, and a light cornerfold on front wrapper. Contents are fine. Catalogue of the exhibition that ran January 23 to March 4, 1990. With essays by Blinderman, Carlo McCormick, Curtis White, John Carlin, and the artist. ""Tongues of Flame was originally a limited edition catalog accompanying a 1990 retrospective show organized by Illinois State Univ. Galleries. In contrast to the deceptively simple personal intensity of Memories, this collection of 100 reproductions and ten essays overwhelms with its diversity of styles and whirlwind of emotions. Though the performances, sculpture, and film are all presented here, the best pieces are the collages, which combine painting, photography, and cartoons. These collages juxtapose and relate nature/man (buffalos, ants, and dung beetles are all common) to civilization. Throughout, the works simultaneously examine possibilities for personal liberty/identity and expose government/media/religious institutions that oppress. Recommended for all contemporary art collections and where 'anti-establishment' expressions are popular."" (Eric Bryant in Library Journal, 1992). From the library of Anders Tornberg Gallery in Lund, Sweden, and with a stamp confirming this on the last blank page.

London; Chapman and Hall, 1845-1847. First edition. Folio. 36,5x27,5 cm. Unpaginated. (100, 2 blanks) pp. + 24 plates & (98, 2 blanks) pp. + 24 plates & (99, 3 blanks) pp. + 24 plates. Three volumes in brown half cloth, according to pencil note in Vol. I (""rebacked and glued 1980""), with the original boards preserved. The boards are a bit stained and slightly worn at edges. Occasional light foxing in Vol. I and II. Pp. (5/6) and (75/76) in the first volume have a short tear and are a little chipped in outer margin. Pp. (41/42) and plate 14 in the same volume are also a little chipped in outer margin. Vol. II has a small rift in outer margin on the half-title, a small, faint dampstain at lower corner on most leaves, a tear in outer margin on plate 13 and on facing pp. (53/54). Pp. (77/78) is slightly chipped in outer margin. A well-preserved set, complete with the 72 tinted lithographs and with numerous wood engravings in the text. Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889), British reporter and editor of The Art Journal. His intention with this work was to record vanishing historical castles, abbeys, halls and churches for posterity.

Vinegia [Venice]; Nicolo d'Aristotile detto Zoppino, 1531. Second edition. 12:mo. 16x11 cm. (235, 1 blank) pp. Title printed in red and black, with a woodcut portrait of Boccaccio. Later pictorial boards. The binding is slightly worn at extremities and the corners are a bit bumped. Minor worming on front free endpaper and the first seven leaves. The title leaf is strengthened in lower margin, a bit soiled, and there are two small pen doodles in right margin. Recurring light dampstains. A well-preserved copy of this work, originally published in 1521, a poem in 50 cantos of terza rima, the Amorosa visione tells of a dreamer with a female guide, encountering five 'triumphs' as frescoes within a castle; emerging into a garden landscape, he eventually discovers his beloved. With Claricio's defense of Boccaccio's poetry. From the library of Swedish author and member of the Swedish Academy Anders Österling (1884-1981), who bought the book in Rome in 1921 according to his note of purchase in pencil on front paste-down (""Rom 1921 / A. Ö.""). Brunet (5th ed.), I: 994. Graesse I: 448. Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum, 109.

Paris, 1989. 24x18 cm. Contemporary print. Very fine. With Özkök's signature and stamp on verso. Ernesto Sabato (1911-2011), Argentinian author, painter and physicist. Among his works are El Túnel (1948) and Sobre héroes y tumbas (1961).

Stockholm; Bonniers, 1940. 19,5x13 cm. Saknar främre omslaget. Ryggremsan med några vikmärken, kort reva i bakre nedre fals. Svagt vikmärke vid övre hörnet på c:a halva inlagan. Dedikation: ""Till Kristina -- minne av den 18 april 1945 -- från hennes Vilhelm / (som råkar vara författare till denna bok) / 'Raskens kommer!'"" Mottagaren Kristina Odelberg/Hedenblad (1917-2005) hade under 40-talet och möjligen även senare en kärleksaffär med Moberg, som döpte Kristina i Utvandrarserien efter henne. Kärleksaffären upptäcktes via en svit om 30 böcker som Moberg dedicerat till henne. I exemplaret av Utvandrarna (1949) skriver han: ”Till Kristina, min älskade, som lånat sitt namn åt den kvinnliga huvudpersonen i denna bok, med tacksamhet och kärlek från Författaren”, ett intyg som upprepas så sent som 1969 i pocketupplagan av Utvandrarserien: ” Den 29/3 1969. / Till Kristina -- hon som givit sitt namn åt den kvinnliga huvudpersonen i utvandrarromanen och till Minnet / med innerlig tillgivenhet från Författaren”, vilket visar att hon var fullt närvarande i hans tankevärld under hela denna tid och därmed mycket väl kan ha påverkat hans senare litterära produktion. Vad som ytterligare talar för detta är exemplaret av Vår ofödde son, en pjäs från 1945 som behandlar abort-problematik. Detta är den enda av böckerna som Kristina låtit binda in i ett påkostat rött skinnband, med en pärmficka längst bak där hon samlat tidningsartiklar om boken och dess författare. I Kristinas exemplar av den danska utgåvan av samma bok, utgiven 1947, finns en dedikation från översättaren: ”Kaera Kristina! / Denne Bog, den til Dels handler om dig, sendes dig til Erindring -- ikke om Forfattaren, men om Oversatteren. / Din Carl Erik"".

Mexico City, 1986. 24x18 cm. Contemporary print. Fine. With Özkök's stamp on verso. The photo was taken in Aridjis home in Mexico City.

Stockholm; Norstedt & Söner, 1834-42. [xxiv] + 424 s. + noter (32 s.) & [xvi] + 482 s. + noter (46 s.) & [xxvi] + 562 s. Tredje volymen med noter i texten. 3 halvfranska band med förgylld ryggtitel och -dekor, mönstrade pärmpapper, marmorerade snitt. Ryggar och pärmhörn något nötta. Andra volymen med en liten spricka i bakre, yttre falsen. Inledande och avslutande bladen med något mörknade hörn efter limfogarna. Litet hål i yttre marginalen sid. 83/84 i Vol. 1. Ett antal sidor med mycket svaga fläckar i tredje volymen. Inlagorna annars ovanligt rena och snygga. Exlibris samt stämpel (""Steninge"") i samtliga volymer. Arwidsson (1791-1858) föddes i Finland och utbildade sig i Åbo, flyttade till Sverige 1823 där han fick tjänst på Kungliga Biblioteket. Han var medarbetare i Atterboms Poetisk kalender m. fl. litterära tidskrifter. Hans främsta insats är utgivandet av denna samling fornsånger, där den finlandssvenska folkvisetraditionen för första gången tillvaratagits.

New York; The Kelly / Winterton Press, 1981. 24,5x17 cm. (12, 12 blanks) pp. + 5 woodblock prints. Original printed wrappers, without the slipcase. The oversized wrappers are slightly creased in margins. A fine copy. The text is translated from the first part of the Masnavi. Printed in 200 copies on Rives paper, and another 50 copies which were signed by the translator and the illustrator, including an extra set of the drawings. This is no. 57 of 200. Inscribed to gallery owner Anders Tornberg by the translator and the publisher Vincent Fitzgerald: ""Best birthday greetings for Anders - Zahra + Vincent / 21 July 1987 / NYC"". From the library of Anders Tornberg Gallery in Lund, Sweden, and with a stamp confirming this on the last blank page.

London; Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition, first issue. 8:o. 21,5x14,5 cm. xiv, 320 & (3), 324-625, (1 blank) pp. + 40 plates (including the vignette title-page). Two volumes in contemporary green half leather with gilt decorations on spines, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges and green endpapers. Bookplate of the Earl of Portsmouth on front paste-downs and with the signature ""Lord Lymington"" on front fly-leaf in both volumes. Spines and corners are a bit worn. Some small specks on the title page. There is a small loss in outer margin on pp. 41/42. The text pages are bright and clean, with just a few scattered light stains; there is, for instance, a light soot stain in the inner margin on p. 340 and 341. Most plates are a bit spotted in margins, and a few of the vertical ones have been cut close to the plate's title. A well-preserved copy with the author's errata slip inserted between p. 480 & 481. The novel was originally published in 20 monthly parts 1855-1857. This copy of the first book edition has all first issue points mentioned by Smith (Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth, pp. 91-93).

Rome; Tau/ma 3, 1976. First edition. 28,5x21,5 cm. 59, (1 blank) pp. Original printed wrappers with plastic cover. A small loss at top of front panel on the plastic cover, otherwise fine. Contains excerpts from the artist's writings in English and Italian bilingual text. Issued in 200 copies. This is number 126, signed by Denes and additionally inscribed: ""Remember balance / perspective and balance / love / A. D."" From the library of Anders Tornberg Gallery in Lund, Sweden, and with a stamp confirming this on the last blank page.

Stockholm; Bonniers, 1956. Originalupplaga. 19x13 cm. 627, (4, 1 blank) s. Förlagets halvklotband med mönstrade pärmpapper, utan skyddsomslag. Främre häftesomslag medbundet. Något snedläst. Fint ex. Dedikation: ""To Kristina with warmest wishes from Vilhelm"". Mottagaren Kristina Odelberg/Hedenblad (1917-2005) hade under 40-talet och möjligen även senare en kärleksaffär med Moberg, som döpte Kristina i Utvandrarserien efter henne. Kärleksaffären upptäcktes via en svit om 30 böcker som Moberg dedicerat till henne. I exemplaret av Utvandrarna (1949) skriver han: ”Till Kristina, min älskade, som lånat sitt namn åt den kvinnliga huvudpersonen i denna bok, med tacksamhet och kärlek från Författaren”, ett intyg som upprepas så sent som 1969 i pocketupplagan av Utvandrarserien: ” Den 29/3 1969. / Till Kristina -- hon som givit sitt namn åt den kvinnliga huvudpersonen i utvandrarromanen och till Minnet / med innerlig tillgivenhet från Författaren”, vilket visar att hon var fullt närvarande i hans tankevärld under hela denna tid och därmed mycket väl kan ha påverkat hans senare litterära produktion. Vad som ytterligare talar för detta är exemplaret av Vår ofödde son, en pjäs från 1945 som behandlar abort-problematik. Detta är den enda av böckerna som Kristina låtit binda in i ett påkostat rött skinnband, med en pärmficka längst bak där hon samlat tidningsartiklar om boken och dess författare. I Kristinas exemplar av den danska utgåvan av samma bok, utgiven 1947, finns en dedikation från översättaren: ”Kaera Kristina! / Denne Bog, den til Dels handler om dig, sendes dig til Erindring -- ikke om Forfattaren, men om Oversatteren. / Din Carl Erik"".

Moscow and Leningrad; State Art Publishers, 1939. Facsimile of the Russian log book: 26x20,5 cm. 32 pp. Publisher's red cloth with printed paper-label on front board & the log book in English translation: 30, (1, 1 blank) pp. + (36, 4 blanks) pp. + folding map, and with a prospectus for the book loosely inserted. Original printed wrappers. Housed in a brown cloth portfolio. The portfolio is slightly worn at extremities. The oversized wrappers on the English volume is a little creased in margins. Front wrapper has a few light marks in red chalk, and rear wrapper is a bit toned. A fine copy. The facsimile was published as a celebration of the first flight via the North Pole, June 18-20, 1937. The English translation also contains a preface by one of the three pilots, Alexander Belyakov, photos and a map. Book design by Russian graphic artist, typographer and printer Solomon Telingater (1903-1967).

Stockholm; Bonniers, 1958. Originalupplaga. 19,5x12 cm. 46, (2) s. Häftad med tryckt omslag. Det överdimensionerade omslaget är aningen veckat i nedre marginalen. Bakre omslag med ett par riss i yttermarginalen. Dedikation till förläggaren Gerard Bonnier: ""Till vännen och boktryckaren Gerard från Tomas T."" Tranströmers andra diktsamling som blev en framgång såväl bland kritiker som köpare med en tredje tryckning 1959. I senare intervjuer har författaren hänvisat till denna bok som den han varit mest nöjd med. Karlström I:5805.

Paris; Mercure de France, 1899. First edition of Philoctète and El Hadj. 19,5x15 cm. (1, 1 blank), 176, (2, 2 blanks) pp. Contemporary decorated boards with green leather label on spine, uncut edges. Both wrappers are preserved. The spine is slightly faded and the top edge a bit dusty. The wrappers are insignificantly soiled. Contents are clean and bright. No. 77 of 300 copies printed on Vergé d'Arches. Inscribed by the author on the half title to the author and friend, member of the French Academy René Boylesve (1867-1926): ""à René Boylesve / en cordial souvenir / André Gide."" Naville XIII.

New York; Multiples, Inc., 1980. First edition. 26x26 cm. (127, 1 blank) pp. Original printed wrappers with pictorial dustjacket. Foot of spine is insignificantly worn, and three leaves have a minimal crease in outer margin. A very fine copy of the book, which consists of LeWitt's photographical documentation of every object in his home and studio in New York. ""The book moves sequentially from the general to the specific, building up a very personal and revealing account of the artist and his involvements. It provides interesting clues to LeWitt, what he thinks, what he does and how he lives. Each of the nine photographs on every page is arranged in a grid format, LeWitt's method of organizing information. Every reference is the same size with no object in his space more important than another."" (rear panel). The Open Book pp. 322-323.

13,5x10,5 cm. Seven lines. Letter in Zola's handwriting, dated ""Médan 24 mai 79"", and signed by the author. In this short letter Zola asks the unnamed recipient, probably his publisher, to send him the novel by Vallès, on which he plans to write an article. The mentioned novel is apparently the newly-published L'Enfant, the first novel in the autobiographical trilogy by Zola's friend Jules Vallès (1833-1885), French novelist and journalist.

Paris, 1899. [61,5x45,5 cm]. 4 pages. Folded twice. Slightly yellowed and with some light creases. A very well-preserved copy. Zola's text covers 4 of the 6 columns on the front page. Le Cinquième Acte, published in september 1899, was the fourth of altogether seven articles and open letters published by Zola in l’Aurore between 1898 and 1900 in favour of the French Army captain of Jewish and Alsatian descent Alfred Dreyfus, charged with treason in 1894 in a much-publicized affaire. In the article Zola expresses his outrage with the military tribunal in Rennes where Dreyfus, repatriated from his imprisonment on the Devil’s Island, was tried again only to be re-condemned despite clear evidence in favour of his innocence. The anger and disappointment of Zola, who had spent almost a year in exile in London in the aftermath of his 1898 open letter “J’Accuse...!” is quite palpable in the text. The Rennes trial was, says Zola, supposed to be the fifth act of the play that was the Dreyfus affair -- a happy ending where the wronged party is redeemed -- but it turned out to be only the ”fourth act”: ”When, Oh dear God, will there be the Fifth?” Zola did not have to wait for very long for the ”fifth act”, as Dreyfus was pardoned later that same year on the grounds of feeble health. The finale of the affair was however not enacted until 1906, when Dreyfus was formally acquitted and his honour restored, something Zola himself sadly never lived to see.

Stockholm; Moderna museet, 1972. First edition. 31x22 cm. 363, (1 blank) pp. + gramophone record in pocket at end of the volume + a signed original print: ""Métamatic N:o 8"". Original pictorial cloth designed as a portfolio with handle. The boards are insignificantly soiled. A very fine copy of this richly illustrated Swedish monograph on Tinguely. There are three variants of the first edition: one ordinary binding without the gramophone record, one ordinary binding with enclosed record, and the present one. From the library of Anders Tornberg Gallery in Lund, Sweden, and with a stamp confirming this on the last blank page.

Paris; Gabriel de Gonet, 1847. First edition, first printing. 4:o. 28x20 cm. 262 pp. + 29 plates & 263-364 pp. + 21 plates & iv, 62, (1, 1 blank) pp. + 2 plates & iv, 65-132 pp. Contemporary green full leather, raised bands on spine, gilt borders in compartments, gilt edges. The binding is worn at extremities, and there are two short tears at foot of spine. The spine is a bit faded. Paste-downs and endpapers have offsetting from the binder's glue. Main part of the text leaves are stained, as should be expected, and some of the plates have light stains in margins. The plate ""Pervenche desséchée"" has been placed between pp. i and ii in the concluding chapter ""Botanique des dames"". The plates were engraved by Ch. Geoffroy after Grandville's drawings, 50 of them are hand-coloured, as are the two title leaves. All plates but one have tissue-guards. A second printing was made the same year as the first, but without continued pagination in the second part. Vicaire III:133. Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book 198.

New York; The Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1992. (Artists and Writers Series Vol. 10). 33x24,5 cm. 24 pp. + colophon and an original watercolour and an etching by Therrien. Bound in limp vellum by Claudia Cohen, with gilt title on front board. Housed in a purple linen box with a vellum label on spine. No. 66 of 150 printed copies, signed by both the author and the artist on the colophon page. 105 copies are bound in vellum and include both the watercolour and the etching, the remaining 45 copies are paper-bound and include only the etching. There is a small crease on the spine-label, and the box is partly faded. The book is very fine. Connell's text is an essay on the discovery and exploration of the ancient Indian ruins of Mesa Verde. From the library of Anders Tornberg Gallery in Lund, Sweden, and with a stamp confirming this on the last blank page.