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Dorson, Richard M. (edited by). PEASANT CUSTOMS AND SAVAGE MYTHS: Selections From the British Folklorists.
Chicago University of Chicago Press (1968) Two volumes Pink cloth, small quartos (6 x 9 inches), pp402; 403-751. Both volumes in fine condition, in very good d/js lightly edgeworn and rubbed, otherwise clean, unworn copies. A fascinating in-depth sampling of British folklorists and their work.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 8578   details     inquire
offered by: Chanticleer Books   (USA)
Brown, Alice Cooke. EARLY AMERICAN HERB RECIPES.
Rutland, VT Charles E. Tuttle (1966) First edition Green cloth, quarto (9 x 11 inches), 152pp. Numerous b/w drawings from 19th C. engravings and 23 half-page b/w plates. Very good plus, in a very good plus, price-clipped d/j and lightly worn slipcase; a clean, fresh copy.A lovely work compiled from early herbals, cookbooks, and housekeeping books, with over 500 herbal recipes used in America from the 18th century to the Civil War.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 8580   details     inquire
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Newark, Tim. THE BARBARIANS: Warriors and Wars of the Dark Ages.
Poole, Dorset Blandford Press (1985) Third printing Orange cloth, quarto (7.5 x 10 inches), 144pp. B/w illustrations and 16 color plates from paintings by Angus McBride. Near fine, in a very good plus d/j; owner's embossed stamp to endpaper, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. An examination of the so-called barbarian warrior nations who descended on Western Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the later Middle Ages.
Price: USD 22.50 other currencies   order no. 8584   details     inquire
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Biryukova, N. Y. THE HERMITAGE, LENINGRAD: Gothic and Renaissance Tapestries.
London Paul Hamlyn (1965) White cloth, large quarto (10.5 x 12 inches), 36pp of text followed by approx. 100pp of illustrations. 128 beautifully reproduced plates. Near fine, in a good plus, price-clipped, lightly edgeworn d/j; the front cover has a faint, shallow scratch, otherwise unworn and internally very clean. Many exquisite details from the tapestries are shown, highlighting the artistry and craftsmanship of the beautiful designs.
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 8585   details     inquire
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Anno, Mitsumasa. ANNO'S U.S.A.
NY Philomel Books (1983) First US edition Hardcover, square quarto (9 x 10 inches), unpaginated (approx. 50pp). Lovely color drawings by the author. A fine copy, in like d/j; slight bump to top corner, otherwise clean and unworn. Anno's interpretation of American history, clearly told in pictures (no text); a charming book.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 8586   details     inquire
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Kloss, William. SAMUEL F. B. MORSE.
NY Harry N. Abrams (1988) First edition Blue cloth, large quarto (9 x 12 inches), 160pp. 54 color plates and 120 b/w illustrations. Fine, in a near fine, slightly shelfworn d/j; a clean, fresh copy. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, was also an accomplished portrait painter. This book is both an examination of Morse's art and a history of art development in early 19th C. America. A well-illustrated study, includes a chronology and bibliography. In association with The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Price: USD 24.00 other currencies   order no. 8589   details     inquire
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Tucker, Paul Hayes. MONET AT ARGENTEUIL.
New Haven and London Yale University Press 1982 First edition Red cloth, quarto (8 x 10 inches), 211pp. Numerous b/w and color illustrations. Fine, in like d/j; a clean, unworn copy. Monet lived in Argenteuil from 1971 to 1878, painting some of his most important works there.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 8591   details     inquire
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Fuchs, R. H. REMBRANDT IN AMSTERDAM.
Greenwich, CT New York Graphic Society (1969) First English edition Black cloth, quarto (7.5 x 10 inches), 80pp text plus 80pp of plates. 121 b/w illustrations. Near fine, in a slightly shelfworn, price-clipped d/j; otherwise a clean, unworn copy. A study of Rembrandt in relationship to his city and the art of his day; a fresh insight into Rembrandt and his world.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 8599   details     inquire
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Buranelli, Francesco (foreword). MICHELANGELO THE LAST JUDGEMENT: A Glorious Restoration.
NY Harry N. Abrams (1997) Purple cloth, folio (10 x 13 inches), 207pp. 150 color plates; photography by Takashi Okamura. Near fine, in a near fine d/j; front corner moderately bumped, affecting slightly the first few pages, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. An in-depth study of The Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel and its recent restoration. Beautiful reproductions.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 8609   details     inquire
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Zilczer, Judith. WILLEM DE KOONING From the Hirshhorn Museum Collection.
NY Rizzoli (1993) First edition Blue cloth, tall quarto (10 x 12 inches), 218pp. 110 illustrations,including 64 color plates. Fine, in like d/j; a clean, unworn copy. The Hirshhorn Museum has the largest collection of de Kooning's works. Foreword by James T. Demetrion; contributions by Susan Lake and Anne-Louise Marquis. A beautifully produced work exploring both the art and the life of the artist.
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 8613   details     inquire
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James, Henry. THE EUROPEANS.
London Macmillan & Co 1883 Blue cloth stamped in gilt, 4 x 6 inches, 190pp + (2)pp advert. Covers lightly rubbed, fraying at corners of front board; about very good. From the "Novels and Tales of Henry James" though advertised at rear as part of the "Works by Henry James" 18mo edition offered in cloth or paper covers. BAL lists 3 different binding styles with a note referring to other bindings reported by Edel-Laurence. This copy in royal blue cloth with a mottled black pattern running throughout, and gilt rules and title on spine. BAL 10757
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 8627   details     inquire
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Amerine, M. A. and M. A. Joslyn. TABLE WINES: The Technology of their Production in California.
Berkeley University of California Press 1951 First edition Original purple and gray cloth, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), pp xv, 397. 33 b/w photos, 38 tables. fine dustjacket. A fine copy, clean and unworn, in price-clipped, else very good dustjacket The first printing of this important work offers a close look at the technology of wine-making in the mid-twentieth-century
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 8638   details     inquire
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Morris, William. CHILD CHRISTOPHER AND GOLDILIND THE FAIR.
Portland, Maine Thomas B. Mosher 1900 Edition limited to 450 copies on Van Gelder handmade paper First edition thus and first US edition, reprinting the Kelmscott edition of 1895 Original blue boards and white "vellum" paper spine, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), pp ix, 218. Splitting to paper at joints, corners lightly bumped, but internally fine. Beautifully printed.
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. 8646   details     inquire
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Irving, William Henry. JOHN GAY'S LONDON: Illustrated From the Poetry of the Time.
Cambridge Harvard University Press 1928 First edition Blue cloth with paper spine label, octavo (6 x 8.5 inches), 459pp. 10 b/w plates. Very good, in a good plus, soiled and edgeworn d/j. The folding map of London is no longer attached to rear page but is laid in; the book itself is clean and unworn. Includes appendices and bibliography. A lively examination of the streets of London, as seen through the eyes of Gay and his friends.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 8656   details     inquire
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Bunyan, John. With original notes by Thomas Scott. THE PILGRIM' PROGRESS: From This World to That Which Is to Come. Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream.
Hartford Silus Andrus 1824 First Silas Andrus printing, and apparently the first Hartford edition of the complete work Contemporary full sheep with morocco spine label, 12mo (4.5 x 7.25 inches), pp (xvi), (17)-360. Surface rubbing to covers, scattered foxing, but a tight and sturdy copy.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 8658   details     inquire
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James, Henry. Selected and edited by Percy Lubbock. THE LETTERS OF HENRY JAMES.
London Macmillan 1920 First edition 2 volume set, original blue cloth, octavo (6 x 9 inches), pp xxxi, 441; xi, 529. Fronispiece in each volume. Spine gilt a bit dulled, light wear to spine ends, but both very good. (BAL 10705)
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 8677   details     inquire
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James, Henry. Selected and edited by Percy Lubbock. THE LETTERS OF HENRY JAMES.
NY Macmillan 1920 First US edition 2 volume set, original green cloth, octavo (6 x 9 inches), pp xxxi, 434; xi, 511. Frontispiece in each volume. Spine gilt dulled, very light wear to spine ends, but both very good. (BAL 10706)
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 8678   details     inquire
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James, Henry. Introduction by Le Roy Phillips. VIEWS AND REVIEWS.
Boston Ball 1908 First trade edition Original olive-green ribbed cloth, octavo (5.5 x 8 inches), pp(xic), 241. Slight soiling to spine, but a very good copy. (BAL 10666).
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 8679   details     inquire
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Trevelyan, Raleigh. THE SHADOW OF VESUVIUS: Pompeii A.D. 79.
London Michael Joseph (1978) Second printing Original blue cloth, quarto (7.5 x 10 inches), 128pp. Illustrated in color and b/w. A fine copy, book and dustjacket are clean and unworn.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 8689   details     inquire
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Spours, Judy. ART DECO TABLEWARE: British Domestic Ceramics, 1925-1939.
NY Rizzoli (1988) First US edition Original blue cloth, quarto (8.5 x 11.5 inches), 224pp. Profusely illustrated with full-color photo plates. A very good copy, book and dustjacket are clean and unworn.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 8710   details     inquire
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McKean, Hugh F. THE LOST TREASURES OF LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY.
Garden City Doubleday 1980 Second printing Original black cloth, quarto (9 x 11.5 inches), 304pp. Profusely illustrated with over 200 color plates and more than 60 b/w photos. A very good copy, book and dustjacket are clean and unworn.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 8712   details     inquire
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Purvey, P. Frank (compiler). COINS AND TOKENS OF SCOTLAND.
London B. A. Seaby Ltd. (1972) First edition Hardcover, octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 160pp. B/w illustrations on glossy paper. Very good; a clean, fresh copy. No d/j. Seaby's Standard Catalogue of British Coins, Part 4.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 8715   details     inquire
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Klawans, Zander H. AN OUTLINE OF ANCIENT GREEK COINS.
Racine, WI Whitman Publishing Co. 1964 Second edition Red cloth and gilt, octavo (5 x 7.5 inches), 206pp. B/w illustrations on glossy paper, 2 maps. Very good; slight dulling to gilt, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. No d/j. Includes nearly nine centuries of Greek coinage.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 8716   details     inquire
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Pick, Albert. CATALOGUE OF EUROPEAN MONEY SINCE 1900.
NY Sterling Publishing (1974) Second edition, revised Pictorial hardcover, quarto (7 x 10 inches), 336pp. B/w illustrations. Very good plus; a clean, unworn copy. No d/j. First published in 1970.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 8719   details     inquire
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Shore, Dinah. THE DINAH SHORE COOKBOOK.
Garden City, NY Doubleday and Co. 1983 First edition Red cloth, quarto, 386pp. Very good plus, in aprice-clipped, lightly edgeworn d/j; small owner's name to endpaper, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. A full range of recipes, from soups to desserts, including a chapter on cooking basics.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 8724   details     inquire
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Nicholas, David. THE METAMORPHOSIS OF A MEDIEVAL CITY: Ghent in the Age of the Arteveldes, 1302-1390.
Lincoln, NE University of Nebraska (1987) First edition Green cloth, quarto (6 x 9 inches), 369. Numerous b/w charts and diagrams, 2 maps. A fine copy, in a moderately rubbed and shelfworn d/j; the book itself is clean and unworn. A scholarly study of the economic and social structures of Ghent, the largest city in the Low Countries, in the 14th century. By the author of The Domestic Life of a Medieval City.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 8728   details     inquire
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Chamberlin, E. R. THE SACK OF ROME.
London B. T. Batsford (1979) First edition Yellow cloth, quarto (6.5 x 9.5 inches), 224pp. 16 b/w illustrations on glossy paper. Near fine, in a price-clipped, very good d/j; faint embossed stamp to endpaper, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. The sack of Rome in 1527, originally led by Emperor Charles V, is told in an engaging style, drawing largely on contemporary Italian sources.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 8733   details     inquire
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Price, Pamela Vandyke. THE TASTE OF WINE.
NY Random House (1975) First US edition Black cloth, quarto (8.5 x 11 inches), 192pp. Color and b/willustrations. Very good plus, in a lightly edgeworn, very good d/j; a clean, unworn copy. A practical examination of how and why wines taste the way that they do. A comprehensive guide to wine appreciation written in an accessible, engaging style.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 8740   details     inquire
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Gabler, James M. WINE INTO WORDS: A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language.
Baltimore Bacchus Press Ltd. (1985) First edition Gray cloth, quarto (7 x 10 inches), pp xiii, 403.Decorative endpapers, 12 b/w plates (primarily reproductions of title pages). A fine copy, in a lightly edgeworn, very good d/j; a clean, unworn copy. Foreword by Maynard A. Amerine. The standard bibiography of books about wine, with over 3,200 entries.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 8741   details     inquire
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Wagner, Philip M. AMERICAN WINES AND WINE-MAKING.
NY Alfred A. Knopf 1965 Second printing of the fifth edition Blue-green cloth, tall octavo ( 6 x 8.5 inches), 264pp plus index. 13 b/w photographs and 23 b/w drawings. Near fine, in an almost very good d/j; small owner's stamp on endpaper, d/j spine faintly faded, lightly edgeworn and rubbed, otherwise a clean, respectable copy. Originally published in 1933 as American Wines and How to Make Them. An excellent and well-regarded reference book.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 8742   details     inquire
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James, Walter. A WORD-BOOK OF WINE.
London Phoenix House (1959) First edition Red cloth, octavo (5 x 8 inches), 208pp. Decorations by Harold Freedman. Very good plus, in a lightly soiled and lightly edgeworn, very good d/j; top edge splotchy, otherwise a clean, presentable copy. An encyclopedia of wine terms, places, types of wines, types of grapes, and techniques, written in an engaging, informative style.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 8743   details     inquire
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Forbes, Patrick. CHAMPAGNE: The Wine, The Land and The People.
London Victor Gollancz Ltd 1982 Fifth printing Green cloth, tall octavo ( 5.5 x 8.5 inches), 492pp.B/w plates, map endpapers. Very good plus, in a lightly edgeworn, very good d/j; a clean, unworn copy. An engaging treatment of the Champagne district; the soil, geological features, the people, the wine, and its history.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 8744   details     inquire
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Grossman, Harold J. GROSSMAN'S GUIDE TO WINES, BEERS, AND SPIRITS.
NY Charles Scribner's Sons (1977) Sixth revised edition Hardcover, quarto (7.5 x 9 inches), 634pp. B/w photographs, maps, and drawings. Very good, in a price-clipped, lightly shelfworn, very good d/j; a clean, bright copy. First published in 1940, and continually updated and revised. This edition revised by Harriet Lembeck. A comprehensive and well-regarded reference work.
Price: USD 22.50 other currencies   order no. 8747   details     inquire
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Renard, G. and G. Weulersse. LIFE AND WORK IN MODERN EUROPE (Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries).
NY Barnes and Noble (1968) First edition Blue cloth, quarto, pp xvi, 395 plus 8 plates. 8 b/w photographs on glossy paper. Fine, in an almost very good d/j; dustjacket is lightly faded, soiled, and taped. The book itself is very clean and unworn, with bright gilt on covers. A companion volume to Life and Work in Medieval Europe. Foreword by Eileen Power.
Price: USD 22.50 other currencies   order no. 8753   details     inquire
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Guralnick, Peter. ALMOST GROWN and Other Stories.
Cambridge Larry Stark Press 1964 Second edition (enlarged Original stablebound printed wrappers, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 46pp. Covers lightly soiled but about very good. The first edition of this work was mimeographed and published February 1964, shortly after the author's twentieth birthday. This second edition of Guralnick's first book, published in May 1964, adds 3 stories (for a total of 7).
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 8762   details     inquire
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THE BLUE BOOK OF BOOKS AND AUTHORS: Winter 1932.
no place n.p. 1932 Printed wraps (softcover), octavo (5.5 x 8 inches), 96pp. Monotone portraits of included authors. Near fine, in original printed glassine that is lightly edgeworn with one 2' tear at spine. A seasonal catalog (for Christmas) of the year's book offerings, with titles, prices, and short description of each book. Art Deco style design to front cover; red and green stripes and holly motif on glassine. The Bookshop, Harrisburg, PA, and the name Hornung printed on front cover.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 8778   details     inquire
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Ames, Kenneth L. and Ward, Gerald W. R. DECORATIVE ARTS AND HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS IN AMERICA, 1650-1920: An Annotated Bibliography.
Winterthur Winterthur Museum 1989 First edition Original crimson cloth with gilt titles on spine and front cover, quarto (9 x 11 inches), 392pp. A fine copy, bright, clean, and unworn. No d/j as issued.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 8786   details     inquire
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Pataky-Brestyanszky, Ilona. MARGIT KOVACS.
Budapest Corvina (1976) Fifth edition Orange cloth, tall quarto (9 x 12 inches), 193pp. 65 gorgeouscolor plates, numerous b/w photographs. Near fine, in a very good, lightly shelfworn d/j; owner name to front endpaper, text page margins slightly toned, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. Translated by Susanna Horn; revised by Elisabeth West.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 8788   details     inquire
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Lundquist, Myrtle. THIMBLE TREASURY.
Des Moines, IA Wallace-Homestead Book Co. (1975) Pictorial cloth covers, quarto (6 x 9 inches), 72pp. Lovely color and b/w plates. Very good; a clean, unworn copy. No d/j. An excellent reference for the thimble or needlework tool collector.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 8804   details     inquire
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Norwalk, Mary. THE FARMHOUSE KITCHEN.
n.p. The Warwick Press (1982) First published in 1975 Brown cloth, quarto (7.5 x 10 inches), 240pp.16 color plates, b/w decorations. Very good, in a slightly edgeworn, very good d/j; dustjacket spine panel lightly faded, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. A wonderful collection of recipes from the British farmhouse. US measurements and equivalents given in a table preceding the recipe collection.
Price: USD 22.50 other currencies   order no. 8807   details     inquire
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Dare, M. P. UNHOLY RELICS AND OTHER UNCANNY TALES.
London Eward Arnold & Co (1947) First edition Original beige cloth and gray boards, small octavo (5x 7.5 inches), 184pp. A fine copy, bright, clean, and unworn, in crisp, bright dustjacket with a couple very small brown ink spatters. Fine/VG
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 8818   details     inquire
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Mowry, William A. MARCUS WHITMAN AND THE EARLY DAYS OF OREGON.
NY Silver, Burdett & Co (1901) First edition Original green cloth with gilt title on spine, octavo (6 x 8.5 inches), 341pp. 7 photo plates, 2 maps, including 1 folding map. Slight rubbing to covers, but a very good copy.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 8834   details     inquire
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Dibdin, Thomas Frognall. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUARIAN AND PICTURESQUE TOUR IN FRANCE AND GERMANY.
London Robert Jennings and John Major 1829 Second edition 3 volume set, original green cloth with leather spine labels, octavo, pp xlii, 421; iv, 428; iv, 481. 12 plates, including frontispiece in each volume, many engraved illustrations in the text, many facsimile autographs, chapbook facsimile printed in red and black. Covers moderately worn, especially at corners, but a nice set in the original cloth, and internally very good indeed.
Price: USD 250.00 other currencies   order no. 8845   details     inquire
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Gray, Thomas. Introduction by Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Illust... WILLIAM BLAKE'S WATER-COLOURS ILLUSTRATIONG THE POEMS OF THOMAS GRAY.
Chicago J. Philip O'Hara with Trianon Press, Paris 1972 First trade edition Original blue cloth, quarto (9 x 11.5 inches), pp xx, 72. 16 full-page color plates, 116 monochrome reproductions. A fine copy, book and dustjacket are clean and unworn.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 8846   details     inquire
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White, R. Byron and Marjorie. A COMPREHENSIVE FINDING LIST OF CHINESE CASH: T'ang to Republic, K'ai Yuan to Min Kuo, 618 to 1912 AD. Together with Lockhart's Listing of The Chinese Dynasties.
n.p. BAI Publications 1976 Original staplebound white printed wrappers (softcover), 8.5 x 11 inches, 48 unnumbered pages. Fine, clean and unworn. Provides a quick and easy reference for identification of Chinese cash.
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 8856   details     inquire
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Berger, Klaus. FRENCH MASTER DRAWINGS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
NY Harper and Brothers (1950) White paper over boards (hardcover), quarto (7 x 10 inches), 90pp. Color frontis, 56 b/w plates. Very good, in a lightly edgeworn, very good d/j; a clean, unworn copy. Includes drawings by Ingres, Cezanne, Renoir, and Toulouse-Lautrec, among others.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 8875   details     inquire
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Barrett, Elizabeth Barrett. DIARY BY E. B. B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, 1831-1832.
Athens, OH Ohio University Press 1969 First edition Green cloth, quarto (7 x 10 inches), pp xlvii, 358. B/w plates. A fine copy, in an edgeworn, price-clipped, very good minus d/j; slight fading to d/j spine, internally very clean and unworn. A thoughtful and intimate diary written when the author was 22 years old, capturing the nuances of pre-Victorian English life. Edited by Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson, and psychoanalytical observations by Robert Coles, M. D.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 8877   details     inquire
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Crouse, Russell. MR. CURRIER AND MR. IVES: A Note on Their Lives and Times.
Garden City, NY Doubleday, Doran 1930 First edition Red cloth with spine label and front cover paper inset, tall quarto (9 x 12 inches), 137pp. 32 excellent color reproductions and numerous b/w illustrations. Very good; paper inset lightly rubbed and spotted, slight shelfwear to covers, otherwise a clean, bright copy. Printed on heavy cream paper; some pages uncut. The prints are from the Harry T. Peters Currier and Ives Collection. An entertaining and informative history of the pair of printers, well illustrated with examples of their work.
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 8882   details     inquire
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Bewick, Thomas. Introduction by Edmund Blunden. MEMOIR OF THOMAS BEWICK Written By Himself 1822-1828.
London Cressett Press 1961 First edition thus Original blue cloth, octavo (5.5 x 8.5 inches), (xxxv), 205 pp. B/w illustrations and reproductions of Bewick's natural history wood engravings. A fine copy, book and dustjacket are clean and unworn From Southern University Press's Centaur Classics series.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 8886   details     inquire
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Hambly, Gavin. Photographs by Wim Swann. CITIES OF MUGHUL INDIA: Delhi, Agra, and Fatehpur Sikri.
NY G. P. Putnam's Sons (1968) First edition Beige cloth, quarto (8.5 x 11 inches), 168pp. 128 plates, including 71 in color. Owner's name and date on half-title, otherwise a very good plus copy, in a very good d/j; slight fading to d/j spine panel, otherwise a clean, unworn copy. A superb study of the artistic and architectural heritage left by the Mughul emperors of India between 1526 and 1712; beautifully illustrated.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 8887   details     inquire
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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