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Hornung, Clarence P. HANDBOOK OF EARLY AMERICAN ADVERTISING ART.
NY Dover 1947 Beige cloth, quarto (9 x 12 inches), pp xlv, 176 plus appendix. 172 b/w plates. Near very good; owner's name to front pastedown, covers lightly soiled; internally fine, clean and unworn. No d/j. An excellent treatise on early American advertising graphics, profusely illustrated with examples, from lottery figures and almanac headings to emblems and type styles, plus graphics of animals, ships, trains, plants, etc.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 8891   details     inquire
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Bennett, Martin. ROLLS-ROYCE: The History of the Car.
NY Arco (1974) First US edition Original gray cloth, quarto (9 x 11 inches), 179pp. 278 b/w photos and drawings. A very good copy, clean and unworn, in price-clipped dustjacket with slight edgewear to top of front panel.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 8908   details     inquire
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Ullyett, Kenneth. THE ROLLS-ROYCE COMPANION.
London Stanley Paul (1969) First edition Original maroon cloth, octavo (5.5 x 8.5 inches), 143pp. B/w photos and diagrams. A fine copy, book and dustjacket are clean and unworn. Fine/fine
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 8914   details     inquire
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Courtney, William Prideaux. A REGISTER OF NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: with a Selection of the Chief Bibliographical Books and Articles Printed in Other Countries.
NY Burt Franklin 1967 Reprint of the 1905 London edition 3 volumes in 2, octavo, original blue cloth, pp 631; 340. Very good copies, both clean and unworn. No dustjackets, as issued.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 8927   details     inquire
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Duggan, Mary Kay. ITALIAN MUSIC INCUNABULA: Printers and Type.
Berkeley University of California Press (1992) First edition Original red cloth, quarto (8.5 x 11.5inches), pp xi, 323. 66 b/w plates and illustrations, 3 maps, 27 tables. A study of the technological processes developed in 15th-century Italy to print music books. A fine copy, book and dustjacket are clean and unworn. Fine/Fine
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 8932   details     inquire
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Hobson, Linda Whitney. Introduction by Walker Percy. WALKER PERCY: A Comprehensive Descriptive Bibliography.
New Orleans Faust 1988 First edition Original green cloth, octavo (6 x 9 inches), pp xviii, 115. Illustrated. A very good copy, clean and unworn. No dustjacket.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 8934   details     inquire
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Dell'Isola, Frank. THOMAS MERTON: A Bibliography.
Kent State University Press (1975) Revised and expanded edition Original maroon cloth, octavo (6 x 9 inches), pp xvii, 220. A very good copy, clean and unworn. No dustjacket.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 8935   details     inquire
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Potter, Jack. Introduction by John Dos Passos. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOHN DOS PASSOS.
Chicago Normandie House 1950 First edition, limited to 345 copies, this #149 Original brown cloth, octavo (6 x 9 inches), 95pp. Addenda sheet laid in at rear. Faint staining to bottom portion of covers, but near very good. No dustjacket.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 8936   details     inquire
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Bushnell, George Herbert. SCOTTISH ENGRAVERS: A Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Engravers and of Engravers Who Worked in Scotland to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century.
London Oxford University Press 1949 First edition Original blue cloth, small octavo (5.5 x 8 inches), pp xii, 60. A fine copy, quite clean and unworn, in lightly edgeworn dustjacket. Fine/VG
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 8937   details     inquire
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Singer, June K. THE UNHOLY BIBLE: A Psychological Interpretation of William Blake.
NY Putnam for the Jung Foundation (1970) First edition Original red cloth, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), pp xvi, 270. Color frontispiece and 24 b/w plates. A fine copy, clean and unworn, in lightly edgeworn dustjacket.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 8943   details     inquire
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LeFanu, W.R. A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD JENNER, 1749-1823.
London Harvey and Blythe 1951 First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies, this #357 Original black leatherette cloth, quarto (7.5 x 9.5 inches), pp xx, 176. 27 b/w plates. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn. No d/j as issued. A bibliography of the writings, with biographical notes on the life of the discoverer of vaccination.
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 8959   details     inquire
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Corelli, Marie. ZISKA: The Problem of a Wicked Soul.
NY Stone & Kimball 1897 First US edition Original green pictorial cloth with design in dark green, gilt titles, small octavo (5 x 7.5 inches), 315pp. Light wear to foot of spine, but a very good copy, else quite clean and unworn. VG.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 8977   details     inquire
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Wells, H. G. MR. BELLOC OBJECTS to "The Outline of History."
London Watts & Co 1926 First edition Original red cloth, small octavo, (5 x 7.5 inches) pp vii, 55.Frontispiece portraits of Wells and Belloc. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn, in lightly soiled dustjacket with closed tear at top of spine over front joint. H.G. Well' retort to Belloc's criticisms of "The Outline of History"
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 8992   details     inquire
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Howey, M. Oldfield. THE CAT IN THE MYSTERIES OF RELIGION AND MAGIC.
NY Castle Books 1956 Reprint of 1930 original Original black cloth, octavo (6.5 x 9 inches), 254pp.51 b/w illustrations. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn, in price clipped dustjacket with some sunning to spine panel. Fine/VG. Dustjacket flap blurb claims that this is the first American edition.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 8993   details     inquire
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Ginsberg, Allen. PLANET NEWS, 1961-1967.
San Francisco City Lights (1968) Second printing B/w printed wrappers, 5 x 6.5 inches, 144pp. Slight darkening to spine, else fine Second printing with "First American Edition: November, 1968" on copyright page (see Cook #69). The first edition was printed in England and bears no printing notice. Cover price of $2.00.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 8996   details     inquire
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Fellows, Richard. EDWARDIAN ARCHITECTURE: Style and Technology.
London Lund Humphries (1995) First edition Original black cloth, quarto (8.5 x 11 inches), 159pp. Lovely b/w photographs, and drawings and plan views in b/w. As new, in like d/j; a clean and unworn copy. An excellent in-depth view of Edwardian architecture, particularly examining the relationship between style and technology.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 9019   details     inquire
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Aerts, W. (editor). THE CATHEDRAL OF OUR LADY IN ANTWERP.
Antwerp Fonds Mercator (1993) First edition in English 9061532876 Original red cloth, folio (10 x 13 inches), 425pp. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w photographs and plates; 9 x 24 inch b/w architectural drawing of front elevation laid-in. As new, in like d/j and pictorial slipcase; a clean and unworn copy. Translated from the Dutch; preface by A. Kinsbergen. Includes the history of the building from 1124, art and musical heritage, archeology, and restoration. A gorgeous book, beautifully produced.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 9033   details     inquire
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Wheat, Carl I. (editor). THE SHIRLEY LETTERS From the California Mines 1851-1852.
NY Alfred A. Knopf 1949 First Borzoi edition Original red cloth, octavo (6 x 8.5 inches), pp xxix,216. Map on endpapers, b/w period illustrations. Fine, in a very good, price-clipped d/j with light edgewear. Former owner's signature in ink; otherwise a completely clean and unworn copy. The letters were written by Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe to her sister in the East, from the North Fork of the Feather River, and signed "Dame Shirley." They were first published in The Pioneer Magazine of San Francisco in 1854-55.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 9154   details     inquire
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Riani, Paolo, Paul Goldberger and John Portman. JOHN PORTMAN.
Milan L'Arca Edizioni (1990) First edition 887838009 Black cloth, folio (9.5 x 13.5 inches), 247pp.Color plates, some plans in b/w; principal photography by Michael Portman and Timothy Hursley. Fine, in like d/j and slightly rubbed black slipcase Text in English and Italian. An exquisitely produced portfolio of Portman's buildings and designs, beautifully photographed.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 9166   details     inquire
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Heaton, M. Compton. CORREGIO. (Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists series).
London Sampson Low, Marston & Co n.d. (circa 1890) Original blue and brown cloth, octavo (5.5 x 7.5inches), 86pp. Monochrome plates and illustrations. A very good copy, clean and unworn.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9196   details     inquire
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Kett, Charles W. RUBENS. (Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists series).
London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. n.d. (Circa 1890) Original blue and brown cloth, octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 118pp. Monochrome plates and illustrations. A very good copy, clean and unworn.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9198   details     inquire
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Gower, Lord Ronald. THE FIGURE PAINTERS OF HOLLAND. (Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists series).
London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. n.d. (circa 1890) Original blue and brown cloth, octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 120pp. Monochrome plates and illustrations. A very good copy, clean and unworn.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9199   details     inquire
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Scott, Leader. GHIBERTI AND DONATELLO: With Other Early Italian Sculptors. (Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists series).
London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. n.d. (circa 1890)
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9203   details     inquire
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Mollett, John W. MEISSONIER. (Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists series).
London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1895 Original blue and brown cloth, octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 75pp. Monochrome plates and illustrations. A very good copy, clean and unworn.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9209   details     inquire
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Cundall, Joseph. HANS HOLBEIN. (Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists series).
London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1892 Original blue and brown cloth, octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 116pp. Monochrome plates and illustrations. A very good copy, clean and unworn.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9213   details     inquire
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Minor, Ellen E. MURILLO. (Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists series).
London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. n.d. (circa 1890) Original blue and brown cloth, octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 88pp. Monochrome plates and illustrations. A very good copy, clean and unworn.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9218   details     inquire
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Heath, Richard Ford. ALBRECHT DURER. (Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists series).
London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. n.d. (circa 1890) Original blue and brown cloth, octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 115pp. Monochrome plates and illustrations. A very good copy, clean and unworn.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9219   details     inquire
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Pulling, F. S. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. (Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists series).
London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1892 Original blue and brown cloth, octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 116pp. Monochrome plates and illustrations. A very good copy, clean and unworn.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9221   details     inquire
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Brock-Arnold, George M. GAINSBOROUGH. (Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists series).
London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1896 Original blue and brown cloth, octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 128pp. Monochrome plates and illustrations. A very good copy, clean and unworn.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9223   details     inquire
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Gower, Lord Ronald. ROMNEY AND LAWRENCE. (Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists series).
London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1892 Original blue and brown cloth, octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 124pp. Monochrome plates and illustrations. A very good copy, clean and unworn.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9225   details     inquire
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Mollett, John W. WATTEAU. (Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists series).
London Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1883 Original blue and brown cloth, octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 85pp. Monochrome plates and illustrations. A very good copy, clean and unworn.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9226   details     inquire
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Durant, Mary and Michael Harwood. ON THE ROAD WITH JOHN JAMES AUDUBON.
NY Dodd, Mead & Co. (1980) Maroon cloth, large octavo (6 x 9 inches), 637pp. B/w plates; map on endpapers. Top corner lightly bumped, otherwise a fine book, clean and unworn; in a very good minus, price-clipped d/j with moderate scuffing and wear. The authors follow the various routes traveled by Audubon between 1803 and 1843.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9236   details     inquire
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Burl, Aubrey. PREHISTORIC AVEBURY.
New Haven/London Yale University Press 1979 First edition Brown cloth, quarto (8 x 10 inches), 275pp. Numerous b/w photographs and color plates. Very good, in a very good, price-clipped d/j; a clean and unworn copy.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9240   details     inquire
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Kelly, Walt. THE POGO PEEK-A-BOOK.
NY Simon & Schuster 1955 First edition Original pictorial wrappers, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), unpaginated. Bit of soiling along spine, but a tight and very good copy otherwise.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 9282   details     inquire
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Gardner, Robert and Karl G. Heider. GARDENS OF WAR: Life and Death in the New Guinea Stone Age.
NY Random House (1968) First edition Tan cloth, quarto (8.5 x 11 inches), 184pp. 337 b/w and color photographs. Fine, in a very good d/j; a clean, unworn copy. Introduction by Margaret Mead. A written and photographic presentation of the Dugum Dani, a tribe living in the Grand Valley in the Central Highlands of western New Guinea.
Price: USD 22.50 other currencies   order no. 9296   details     inquire
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Gibbons, Herbert Adams. PORTS OF FRANCE.
NY/London The Century Co. (1926) First edition Blue decorated cloth, octavo (6 x 8.5 inches), 319pp. 16 two-tone drawings by Giovanni Petrina. Very good; bookplate and former owner's note to front endpapers, gilt on cover design just lightly rubbed, spine with slight darkening, otherwise a very clean, unworn copy.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9310   details     inquire
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Brolin, Brent C. FLIGHT OF FANCY: The Banishment and Return of Ornament.
London Academy Editions (1985) First edition Purple and black cloth, quarto (7 x 9 inches), 338pp. Numerous b/w illustrations. Near fine, in like d/j. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. The author " reveals the fascinating interplay of art, society, politics, and commerce that led to ornament's demise and later revival."
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9333   details     inquire
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Hillerman, Tony. A THIEF OF TIME. (Autographed copy).
NY Harper & Row (1988) First edition Original beige cloth, tall octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), 209pp. Map endpapers. Top edges of boards have a shallow dent ande nick, else a very good copy in very good dustjacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TONY HILLERMAN "For Judith, Tony Hillerman." A Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn mystery.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 9345   details     inquire
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Tucci, Giuseppe. TO LHASA AND BEYOND: Diary of the Expedition to Tibet in the Year MCMXLVIII. With an Appendix on Tibetan Medicine and Hygiene by R. Moise.
(Roma) Instituo Poligrafico Dello Stato (1956) First English-language edition Original pictorial wrappers, small quarto (7.5 x 10.5 inches), 193pp. Color plates, folding map, many b/w photos. Owner name to front free endpaper, light wear to covers, clear acetate jacket chipped at top of front panel. Advert at rear for Tucci's monumental "Tibetan Painted Scrolls", published in 1949 in an edition of 750 copies (price was $250), and apparently still available in 1956.
Price: USD 85.00 other currencies   order no. 9355   details     inquire
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Ghiradelli, Ynez. THE ARTIST H. DAUMIER: Interpreter of History.
San Francisco The Grabhorn Press 1940 First edition limited to 250 copies Original red cloth, folio(11.5 x 16 inches), pp (vi), (78). 20 lithograph plates. Covers lightly sunned, but very good. Deaccessioned from the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum Reference Library, with their small bookplate to front fixed endpaper, but no library markings to covers or text.
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. 9356   details     inquire
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(Dindorf, Wilhelm, editor). POETARUM SCENICORUM GRAECORUM: Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Euripedis, et Aristophanis. Fabulae quae Extant Omnes, cum Deperditarum Fabularum Fragmentis, necnon Caeteris Eorum Scriptis. Ex Recensione Gui. Dindorfii, una cum Appendice...
Oxonii J. Abrams et C. Richards 1846 First edition thus Contemporary full calf, quarto (7 x 10 inches), pp (iv), 772. All edges marbled. Top quarter of front joint splitting, corner of spine label lost, but a sturdy and handsome copy nevertheless. Beautifully printed Greek text with Latin notes.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 9359   details     inquire
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Hill, Gerald, et al. FABERGE AND THE RUSSIAN MASTER GOLDSMITHS.
NY Hught Lauter Levin Associates (1989) First edition Original maroon cloth, folio (10 x 13.5 inches), 320pp. Lavishly illustrated with 275 supurb color photos. A very good copy, clean and unworn, in lightly rubbed, but very good dustjacket.
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 9360   details     inquire
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Thayer, Joseph Henry. A GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT: Being Grimm's Wilke's Clavis Novi Testamenti. Translated, Revised, and Enlarged by Joseph Henry Thayer.
NY American Book Co (1889) Original gray cloth, quarto (8.5 x 10.5 inches), pp xix, 727. Minor wearto covers, bookplate to front free endpaper, but a very good copy, quite sturdy and unworn.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 9362   details     inquire
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Janicki, Gregory. CARS EUROPE NEVER BUILT: Fifty Years of Experimental Cars.
NY Sterling (1988) First edition Original black cloth, oblong quarto (10.5 x 9.5 inches), 224pp. Color and b/w photos. A very good copy, book and dustjacket are clean and unworn.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 9366   details     inquire
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White, John H. CINCINNATI LOCOMOTIVE BUILDERS, 1845-1868.
Washinton Smithsonial Institution Museum of History and Technology 1965 First edition Original green cloth, octavo (6.5 x 9 inches), pp ix, 167. 56 b/w illustrations. Slight spotting to first and last few pages, else a fine copy, quite clean and unworn. No dustjacket (as issued?).
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 9376   details     inquire
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Salaverria, Jose Maria. LOS FANTASMAS DEL MUSEO.
Barcelona Gustavo Gili 1921 Original gilt-stamped beige cloth, octavo (6 x 9 inches), 221pp. B/w plates. Some spotting to covers, else a very good copy, quite clean and unworn. Nicely printed with decorative initials, borders, and text ornaments. Text in Spanish.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 9378   details     inquire
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Richards, William C. THE MOUNTAIN ANTHEM: The Beatitudes in Rhythmic Echoes.
Boston Lee & Shepard 1885 Original brown pictorial cloth decorated in gilt and black, octavo (6.5 x8.5 inches), 42pp. 8 engraved plates. A fine copy, quite clean and unworn. Poems based on the Beatitudes (Matthew V. 1-12).
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 9387   details     inquire
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Fleming, Thomas. AROUND THE "PAN" WITH UNCLE HANK: His Trip throught the Pan-American Exposition.
NY Nut Shell Pub. CO (1901) First edition Original brown cloth , square octavo (7.5 x 8 inches), 262pp. Profusely illustrated with humorous drawings by the author on every page. Some moderate wear to covers, but about very good, quite tight and clean.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 9388   details     inquire
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Schmitz, Hermann (compiler). THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FURNITURE: An Outline History of Furniture Design in Egypt, Assyria, Persia...Up to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century...
NY Frederick A. Praeger (1963) Second printing; originally published in 1957 Original brown cloth, quarto (9 x 11.5 inches), pp liii, 320. 320 b/w plates containing 659 photographs. Near fine, in a price-clipped, near very good d/j; dustjacket is edgeworn with several closed tears, otherwise a clean, bright copy. Includes furniture from Greece, Rome, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Germany, England, Scandinavia, Spain, Russia, and the Near and Far East. A stunning collection of examples ranging from 2000 B.C Egypt to German 1830s Biedermeier. Introduction by J. P. Shapland.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 9394   details     inquire
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(Martin, Michael). CAPTAIN LIGHTFOOT: The Last of the New England Highwaymen. A Narrative of His Life and Adventures, with some Account of the Notorious Captain Thunderbolt.
Topsfield, Mass Wayside Press 1926 First edition Original black and red cloth, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), pp xiii, 162. A few b/w illustrations after old engravings. Slight wear to covers, but very good. The first publication from Will Bradley's Wayside Press.
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 9399   details     inquire
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Sue, Eugene. THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS.
London E. Appleyard 1845 "Roscoe's Library Edition”First 1-volume edition Contemporary 1/4 leather and blue cloth by Ojeda Encuad., Madrid, quarto (6.5 x 10 inches), 522pp. Frontispiece and 16 full-page wood engravings, many more engravings in the text. Moderate wear to boards, some foxing, but a very good copy. An unabridged translation from the author's revised text.
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. 9403   details     inquire
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Tomlinson, H.M. UNDER THE RED ENSIGN.
London Williams and Norgate 1926 First edition Original brown cloth, octavo (6 x 9 inches), 195pp. Some foxing to fore-edge and endpapers, light bump to bottom front corner, else a very good copy, quite clean and unworn, in moderately edgeworn dustjacket.
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 9411   details     inquire
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Tomlinson, H.M. BELOW LONDON BRIDGE.
London Cassell & Co (1934) First edition Original red cloth, octavo (6 X 9 inches), 112pp, 36 b/w photo plates by H. Charles Tomlinson. Slight fading to cloth at top of spine, else a very good copy, clean and unworn, in moderately worn dustjacket with 1 x 3 -inch piece gone from top of rear panel.
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 9414   details     inquire
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Tomlinson, H.M. OUT OF SOUNDINGS.
NY & London Harper & Brothers 1931 First edition, limited to 110 numbered copies printed on all ragpaper and autographed by the author, this #9 Original blue cloth and marbled boards, octavo (6.5 X 9.5 inches), 282pp. 16 b/w plates after drawings by H. Charles Tomlinson. Fading to spine, else very good, in worn slipcase.
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 9416   details     inquire
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Durrell, Lawrence. LA DESCENTE DU STYX.
n.p. La Murene (1964) Signed, limited edition, #91 of 250 copies autographed by Lawrence Durrell Original printed wrappers, square octavo (7.5 x 9.5 inches), unpaginated. text in French and English. Slight darkening to white covers, crease to rear cover, but about very good in worn glassine jacket.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 9418   details     inquire
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Du Chaillu, Paul B. THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN: Summer and Winter Journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland.
NY Harper and Brothers 1882 2 volume set, original dark blue pictorial cloth with decoration in gilt and red, octavo (6.5 x 9 inches), pp xvi, 441; xvi, 474. Profusely illustrated with monochrome plates and many figures in the text. Large folding map of Scandinavia in pocket at rear of first volume. Slight spotting to edges, lower corners of volume 2 bumped, else a fine set, quite bright and clean.
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Ackerman, Phyllis. THE ROCKEFELLER MCCORMICK TAPESTRIES: Three Early Sixteenth Century Tapestries, with a Discussion of the Tree of Life.
NY Oxford University Press (1932) First edition Original half red cloth and gray boards, portfolio (16 x 21 inches), 48pp text bound in plain white wrappers; 43 plates, including 6 in color. Moderate scuffing to boards, top of 2 layers of cloth at joints splitting at ends, text and plates are very fine. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press.
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Cantor, Eddie. CAUGHT SHORT!: A Saga of Wailing Wall Street.
NY Simon & Schuster 1929 First edition Original gray cloth with titles in red, 12mo (4.5 x 6 inches), 45pp + (2)pp publisher's note. Frontispiece and 1 plate by Sid L. Hydeman. Slight spotting to top edge, else a very good copy, clean and unworn, in moderately edgeworn pictorial dustjacket. "What Irvin Cobb did for an appendicitis operation, what Mark Twain did for a jumping frog, what Bob Benchley did for the sex life of an amoeba - Eddie Cantor . . . has now done for the rise and fall of America's most hysterical stock market." (From the front jacket flap)
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Hall, Marshall. Illustrated by Tom Lea. KNIGHT IN THE SUN: Harper B. Lee, First Yankee Matador.
Boston Little, Brown & Co (1962) First edition Original red cloth, octavo (6 x 8.5 inches) , pp xviii, 234. B/w illustrations by Tom Lea. A fine copy, clean and unworn, in price-clipped, lightly edgeworn dustjacket.
Price: USD 22.50 other currencies   order no. 9442   details     inquire
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Ayrton, Elisabeth and Serge Moulinier. THE DORIC TEMPLE.
NY Clarkson Potter (1961) First US edition Original gray cloth, quarto (9 x 11 inches), pp xiv, 227. 73 photogravure plates by Serge Moulinier. Large corner of front free endpaper removed, else a very good copy, clean and unworn, in lightly edgeworn dustjacket. A detailed photographic study of the Greek Doric temples.
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Philippe, Charles-Louis. Introduction by Alan Ross. BUBU OF MONTPARNASSE.
NY Roy Publishers n.d. (circa 1953) Original red cloth, octavo (5.5 x 8.5 inches), pp xiv, 101. 8 monochrome illustrations by Leonard Rosoman. Fading to top edge of front cover, else a very good copy, clean and unworn, in moderately edgeworn dustjacket.
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Sourget, Patrick and Elisabeth. MANUSCRITS ET LIVRES PRECIEUX: De la Renaissance au Cubisme. (Catalogue 5).
Chartres Patrick et Elisabeh Sourget n.d Original printed wrappers, 8.5 x 11 inches, 497pp. Spectacular catalogue of 222 items with a color plate for nearly every one. Price sheet laid in. A very good copy.
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Anderson, William J. THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY: A General View for the Use of Students and Others.
London Batsford and NY: Scribners (1909) Fourth edition Original red cloth with gilt titles and decoration, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), pp xx, 196. 69 monochrome plates, many more b/w illustrations in the text. Slight fading to spine and light rubbing to joints, but a very good copy, else clean and unworn.
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Neihardt, John G. Notes by Julius House. THE SONG OF HUGH GLASS.
NY Macmillan 1921 Reprint of the 1915 original Original maroon cloth, small octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), pp xviii, 181. Owner name to front free endpaper, faint dampstain to tops of pages, but a clean and unworn copy. A verse narrative based on accounts of Hugh Glass taken from Chittenden's "History of the American Fur Trade."
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 9475   details     inquire
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Watson, Larry. MONTANA 1948. (AUTOGRAPHED).
Minneapolis Milkweed Editions 1993 First edition Original green cloth, octavo (5.5 x 8.5 inches), 175pp plus unpaginated afterword by David Huddle. A very fine copy, book and dustjacket as new. AUTOGRAPHED BY AUTHOR on title page.
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Service, Alastair and Bradbery, Jean. MEGALITHS AND THEIR MYSTERIES: A Guide to the Standing Stones of Europe.
NY Macmillan (1979) First edition Original blue cloth and boards, octavo (5.5 x 8 inches), 284pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos, maps, drawings. A very good copy, book and dustjacket are clean and unworn.
Price: USD 22.50 other currencies   order no. 9503   details     inquire
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Wilson, Colin. TREE BY TOLKIEN.
Santa Barbara Capra Press 1974 Second printing Original printed wrappers, 5 x 7 inches, 47pp. Illustrated. Small owner name stamp to front free endpaper, but a very good copy, clean and unworn. Colin Wilson on Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings. #20 in the Yes! Capra Chapbook series.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 9505   details     inquire
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Bliss, Douglas Percy. A HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING.
London Spring Books (1964) Red cloth, quarto (7.5 x 10 inches), pp xvi, 263. 120 b/w illustrations.Very good, in a lightly edgeworn, very good minus d/j; slightly aged paper, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. Originally published in 1928. An excellent history of wood engraving; includes examples by Durer, Holbein, and Bewick.
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Cabeen, Francis von Albede. THE COLONEL AND THE QUAKER or The Return of The Forefathers.
Philadelphia Goodman's Sons (1906) Limited to 985 copies Blue cloth, quarto (6.5 x9.5 inches), 192pp. Attractive b/w chapter initials. Covers lightly worn, paper spine label edges lightly chipped (all text present), otherwise a clean, tight copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Printed on lovely cream-colored, heavy paper. An imaginary conversation between a colonel of the Continental Army and a Philadelphia quaker during the Revolutionary war.
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Renard, Jules. NATURAL HISTORIES (HISTOIRES NATURELLES).
NY Horizon Press (1966) Beige cloth/brown paper over boards, quarto (8.5 x 11.5 inches), 239pp. Illustrated with b/w lithographs and drawings by Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, and Walter Stein. Very good plus, in a lightly scuffed slipcase; slight darkening and foxing to spine, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. Renard's original French text, in pamphlet form, laid-in. Translated by Richard Howard; commentary by Edgar Munhall.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 9551   details     inquire
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Legge, F. FORERUNNERS AND RIVALS OF CHRISTIANITY Being Studies in Religious History From 330 B.C. to 330 A.D., Vol 2 only.
Cambridge University Press 1915 Volume 2 only Black cloth and gilt on spine, small quarto (6 x 9 inches), 425pp. Very good; extremities lightly worn, front corner bumped, otherwise internally very clean and unworn, spine gilt bright. Volume 2 only of a two-volume set.
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THE COLONIAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA: Charter, Constitution, Bylaws, Officers, Members etc.
n.p. Colonial Society of Pennsylvania 1950 Red cloth, quarto (7 x 10 inches), 270pp. Slight shelfwear to covers, otherwise near fine, clean and unworn. No d/j.
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Frankel, Elana. CLASSICS.
Gloucester, MA Rockport Publishers (2001) First edition Green cloth, quarto (8 x 10 inches), 144pp.Profusely illustrated with color photographs. A fine copy, in like d/j; clean and unworn. An engaging tour of the classics of international (mostly, but not all Modern) furniture design, such as the Eames's sofa, Saarinen's pedestal furniture, and Noguchi's coffee table. Contents are divided into chairs, sofas, tables, beds, lighting, and accessories. A wonderful primer of classic design.
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Miller, J. Abbott. INSIDE CARS.
NY Princeton Architectural Press (2001) First edition Wraps (softcover), oblong octavo (11.5 x 8 inches), 116pp. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w photographs. As new, clean and unworn. A photographic review of the role of the car in modern life and popular culture. Essay topics, by a variety of authors, range from stills from film noir to accessories like driving gloves.
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Bird, Anthony. THE MOTOR CAR 1765-1914.
London B. T. Batsford (1960) First edition Green cloth, quarto (6 x 9 inches), 256pp. 109 b/w photographs and drawings. Very good plus, in a quite shelfworn, price-clipped d/j; dustjacket is rubbed and chipped, but the book itself is clean and unworn. From the library of coach designer John Newberry, with his signature on front endpaper.
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Dalton, Lawrence. ROLLS-ROYCE: The Elegance Continues.
London Dalton Watson Ltd (1971) First edition Original black leatherette, quarto (7.5 x 10 inches),264pp. 7 color plates, plus numerous b/w photographs. Fine, in a slightly edgeworn, very good d/j; a clean, unworn copy. Gorgeous photographs illustrate the coachbuilding craft as applied to Rolls-Royce from 1946 to 1971. Includes coach designer drawings, extracts from order books, and photographs of interiors. An excellent, in-depth history of this stunning automobile.
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Shaw, George Bernard. MAN AND SUPERMAN.
NY The Heritage Press (1962) Cloth and paper over boards, quarto (8 x 10.5 inches), pp xxxviii, 137. Illustrated by Charles Mozley. Fine, in a slightly faded slipcase; a clean, unworn copy. Issued with a 4.5 x 7 inch pamphlet titled The Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion.
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Disher, Maurice Willson. VICTORIAN SONG: From Dive to Drawing Room.
London Phoenix House (1955) First edition Green cloth, octavo (5.5 x 8.5 inches), 256pp. 31 b/w plates of fronts from ballads and piano pieces. Near very good, in a shelfworn, faded, price-clipped d/j; foxing to top edge and fore-edge, otherwise the book itself is clean and unworn. An excellent study of Victorian popular song.
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Bryant, Dorothy. ELLA PRICE'S JOURNAL.
Philadelphia J. B. Lippincott 1972 First edition Black/yellow cloth, octavo (5.5 x 8 inches), 227pp. Near fine, in a very slightly shelfworn, very good d/j; former owner's name to front endpaper, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to the former owner. Bryant's first novel.
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 9626   details     inquire
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London, Jack. BURNING DAYLIGHT.
NY Grosset & Dunlap (1916) Reprint Original tan pictorial cloth with lettering in red and design inblue and black, octavo, 361pp. Frontispiece. Owner name to front fixed endpaper, edges slightly spotted, but a very good copy, else quite clean and unworn, in original pictorial dustjacket printed in colors. D/j moderately edgeworn.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 9633   details     inquire
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London, Jack. THE IRON HEEL.
NY Macmillan 1908 First edition Original dark blue pictorial cloth decorated in light blue and gilt, octavo, pp xiv, 354 + (4)pp adverts. Light rubbing to cover design, lower front corner slightly bumped, neat repair to front inner hinge, but still a very good copy, quite bright and clean. One of London's darkest tales, a fictional account of the bloody end of American democracy.
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Ludwig, Coy. MAXFIELD PARRISH.
NY Watson-Guptill (1986) Reprint of 1973 edition Blue cloth, quarto (9 x 12 inches), 223pp. 64 color plates and profuse b/w illustrations. Very good, in very good d/j; light stain to rear endpaper not affecting text, faint stain to rear panel of dustjacket, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. A detailed, comprehensive study of Parrish's life and work, beautifully illustrated.
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Bertholle, Louisette. FRENCH CUISINE FOR ALL.
Garden City, NY Doubleday 1980 Second printing Brown cloth, quarto (7.5 x 10.5 inches), 492pp. B/w illustrations by Earl Thollander, pictorial endpapers. A fine copy, in a very good, lightly shelfworn d/j; a clean, bright copy. Over 500 original recipes by Mme. Bertholle, co-author with Julia Child and Simone Beck of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Translated from the French by Mary Manheim.
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Olney, Judith. COMFORTING FOOD.
NY Atheneum 1979 First edition Red cloth, octavo (6 x 8.5 inches), 340pp. A fine copy, in a very good, lightly worn and slightly faded d/j; the book itself is clean and unworn. An international collection of 200 recipes designed to provide a sense of coziness, well-being, and comfort, including soups, stews, and breads.
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Olney, Judith. SUMMER FOOD.
NY Atheneum 1978 First edition Blue cloth, octavo (6 x 8.5 inches), 261pp. B/w drawings by the author. Near fine, in a very good, price-clipped d/j; a clean, unworn copy. A unique collection of over 150 recipes for warm summer days and nights.
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