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1974143389Folkestone Kent England: Dawsons of Pall Mall 1974. Reprint of 1912 1913 edition. Hardcover. VG Name of former owner written on top of first flyleaf. Tan cloth gilt letters on spine 141 pp. 117 BW illus. "It has not been my intention to compile a complete bibliography of Engraving" Mr. Levis tells us in the introduction "but to describe the most important interesting or rare books in the English language on the subject together of course with some which are unimportant and show their development and the relation between them" p. x A reprint of the original text and illustrations which appeared in 1912 and 1913. Dawsons of Pall Mall hardcover books
1977132982Iowa City IA: Windhover Press The 1977. quarter cloth paper-covered boards paper spine label top edge cut other edges uncut. Windhover Press. 8vo. quarter cloth paper-covered boards paper spine label top edge cut other edges uncut. 61 3 pages. Limited to 175 signed copies of which this is one of 70 copies on rives light paper. Table of contents. The 1976 Lamont Poetry Selection of The Academy of American Poets. Binding by the Black Oak Bindery. Errata laid in. A tight bright and unmarred copy. Windhover Press, The unknown books
1977131916Iowa City IA: Windhover Press The 1977. quarter cloth paper-covered boards paper spine label top edge cut other edges uncut. Windhover Press. 8vo. quarter cloth paper-covered boards paper spine label top edge cut other edges uncut. 61 3 pages. Limited to 175 signed copies of which this is one of 70 copies on rives light paper. Table of contents. The 1976 Lamont Poetry Selection of The Academy of American Poets. Binding by the Black Oak Bindery. Errata laid in. Windhover Press, The unknown books
1875169799Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie 1875. First and original edition not a reprint. Hardcover. Fair outer hinges almost completely cracked chipping and loss to spine at extremities ancient library label at base of spine stamp on TP of "Union League of Philadelphia" as well as their bookplate inside front cover and inscription from the author to this club. Publishers red cloth with paper label on spine. 184 pp. no illustrations. The text block is solid and clean socers are clean with sharp corners. Cloth covering boards has become brittle along the point of flexibility hence the tenderness of the hinges. Gebbie & Barrie hardcover books
1913WRCLIT18338New York: The Grolier Club 1913. Quarto. Cloth and boards. Facsimiles. First edition. One of 300 copies printed at the Chiswick Press on Japan vellum. Boards lightly dust soiled but a very good largely unopened copy. The Grolier Club hardcover books
191316961New York: Grolier 1913. hardcover. very good. Notes on a Rare Series of engraved English Royal portraits from William the Conqueror to James I published in 1618. 2 photogravure plates of the original title-pages & 66 illustrations 4to cloth-backed boards worn at tips of spine; uncut & unopened. New York: Grolier Club 1913. Very good .<br/><br/> One of 300 copies on Japan vellum printed at the Chiswick Press. Small tears on colophon leaf.<br/><br/> Grolier unknown books
1913181427New York: The Grolier Club 1913. Hardcover. VGinternally many pages unopened. Soiling to covers otherwise solid and clean. Light tan boards with dark tan cloth spine tan book label with red and black lettering on upper spine 3 prelimary leaves v-xviii 188 pp 1 leaf illustrations including portraits II plates including frontispiece. Issued in white cardboard slipcase. One of an edition of 300 copies. "The object of this volume is to determine if possible what portraits belong to the Baziliologia as issued by Henry Holland in 1618"--Introd. note. The two plates are facsimile reproductions of the title pages of the editions of 1618 and 1630. Includes bibliographical references pages xi-xiv. The Grolier Club hardcover books
1913175666New York: The Grolier Club 1913. Hardcover. VG slipcase is in poor condition with foxing and tears the boards and book are VG with some uncut pages. Light tan boards with dark tan cloth spine tan book label with red and black lettering on upper spine 3 prelimary leaves v-xviii 188 pp 1 leaf illustrations including portraits II plates including frontispiece. Issued in white cardboard slipcase. One of an edition of 300 copies. "The object of this volume is to determine if possible what portraits belong to the Baziliologia as issued by Henry Holland in 1618"--Introd. note. The two plates are facsimile reproductions of the title pages of the editions of 1618 and 1630. Includes bibliographical references pages xi-xiv. The Grolier Club hardcover books
1910107821London: Printed at the Chiswick Press 1910. cloth-backed boards paper cover label. 8vo. cloth-backed boards paper cover label. Frontispiece; x 79 pages. Limited to 150 numbered copies signed by Levis. Scarce book. Ex library copy with markings and library name perforated on the title page. Worn at spine ends. Printed at the Chiswick Press unknown books
199225815Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Hardbound book in dustwrapper. A 102 pp short story collection by this well known poet. Age spotting to page edges and a few scattered pages. Else a very good copy in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. Rear cover blurb by Mark Strand. Peregrine Smith Books hardcover books
1869174004Cambridge Mass: Welch Bigelow and Company 1869. Hardcover. VG- small label residue on bottom front cover aging/taning to block edges museum label inside front cover small museum stamp on corner of frontispiece interior is tight. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine gilt stamp on front cover top edge gilt xliii 529 pp frontispiece of F.C. Gray. List of the principal works on art consulted or referred to": pages xi-xliii. "The engravings described in the following Catalogue were collected by the late Hon. Francis Calley Gray LL.D. a graduate of Harvard College of the class of 1809." -preface. Welch, Bigelow, and Company hardcover books
199954365Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books 1999. cloth. thick 8vo. cloth. xix 571 141 pages. Reprint of the 1912 and 1913 volumes bound in one as issued. Besterman p.2028; Arntzen & Rainwater N6; Bridson & Wakeman A6. An excellent bibliography with full descriptions and some annotations. Illustrated. With about 3000 books described. Reduced in size from the original. Martino Fine Books unknown books
1912107789London: Ellis 1912. cloth-backed boards paper spine label. thick 4to. cloth-backed boards paper spine label. xix 571 pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies. Besterman p.2028. An appendix volume was issued in 1913 140 pages which is not present. About 3000 entries which are fully described in annotated. Ex library copy with markings and library name perforated on the title page. Wear at spine ends. Inside hinges cracked. Soiled covers. Ellis unknown books
1976WN5466Kennett Square PA: KNA Press Inc. 1976. Pictorial yellow green cloth with black lettering. Minor foxing to top edge. Number 1176 of 2000 copies signed on limitation page. Book and jacket are excellent. Very complete history well illustrated of this township in suburban Philadelphia. Signed by Author. Limited/Numbered. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. KNA Press Inc. Hardcover books
19152348London: Ellis 1915. cloth-backed boards. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 166 2 pages. Limited to 250 copies. Extracts from these two 17th century diaries. Illustrated. Both men were authorities and collectors of engravings. Information on the artists of their day. Spine age darkened. Ink ownership inscription at top of free endpaper. Ellis unknown books
1936141Peiping: Vetch 1936. Hardcover. Very Good /very good. Illus. with musical compositions in Western & Chinese styles. Dust jacket chipped. Biblio. index. <br/><br/>Includes a Typed Letter Signed by the publlisher laid in. Vetch hardcover books
1936263624Peking: Vetch 1936. xiii 223p. hardcover very good but for some sun-fading to the spine. Publisher's brochure laid in. Ownership signature inside front cover. Vetch unknown books
189029020780Philadelphia PA 1890. Age toning and crease marks. . A two-sided handbill promoting the 'Levis' Metallic Splint' which were made from copper and as such much lighter and comfortable than the other options of the day which were mostly made out of wood. The circular was advertising a set of 21 pieces for $15 and features splints to be used for various finger arm or leg injurious. The splints in the set came in both child and adult sized. There are seven illustrated examples of the splints in use. The creator of this splints was Richard J. Levis a Civil War doctor who was a surgeon at the Pennsylvania Hospital. While the there is no date on the circular Leach & Greene appear to have been in business at the Tremont Street location in the late 1880 to the early 1890s. Some of the same illustrations found on the circular were also used in a variety of medical supply catalogues around the same time. Single sheet double-sided green paper. Measures 9 3/4" x 5 3/4" <br/><br/> unknown books
1876185884London: G. Bell and Sons 1876. Hardcover. G Cover has wear discoloratio edge fdamage. Spine has tearing peeling . Cover entirely seperate from bookblock. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning foxing water staining some pages seperate from bookblock edge damage. Green cloth boards with black design elements. vi 4 228 pages frontispiece. With introduction and notices of the various schools: Italian German Dutch and Flemish Spanish French and English. By Louis Fagan. G. Bell and Sons hardcover books
194525563Paris: GLM 1945. First edition. Portrait de Valentine Hugo. 19 cm. Poems. Number 789 of 820 copies printed one of 200 on vélin. Original wrappers a fine unopened copy. <br/><br/> GLM unknown books
1808030883Paris: Xhrouet 1808. 1/4 Leather. Near Fine. 1/4 leather over marbled boards in a modern period binding. Very light wear to boards. Top edge dusty internally largely unmarked. A lovely copy of the Second edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 030883. <br/><br/> Xhrouet hardcover books
197310984Los Angeles: The Laurel Press 1973. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Scarce first issue of this little poetry magazine edited by Bob and Elizabeth Brown. Notable for the inclusion of two early poems by Larry Levis Into The Late Show and Nights. Clean very good copy in stapled decorated wrappers. The Laurel Press paperback books
1957105438Paris: Artheme Fayard 1957. paperback. very good. 286pp. 12mo printed wrapper; a few pages unopened. Paris: Librairie Artheme Fayard 1957. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Artheme Fayard unknown books
1946WRCLIT77242Paris: GLM 1946. 532pp. Quarto 28.5 x 19 cm. Loose bifolia laid into printed wrapper. A few stray pen strikes on recto of terminal leaf otherwise near fine. First edition. One of 475 numbered copies of 512 printed on vélin du Marais by Mano. The first of two numbers published printing poems by Garcia Lorca "Le Roi de Harlem" translated by GLM Corbiere Lautréamont Walt Whitman "Children of Adam" translated by H. Bokanowski - French and English printed in parallel and a selection of African songs and poems. Illustrators include Ernst Picasso and Priéto. GLM unknown books
2003181372San Juan Puerto Rico: Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico 2003. Softcover. VG. edge-wear to covers; rubbing to corners. interior clean. blush & white illustrated wrappers. illustrated interior covers & endpapers. 23 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. Text in parallel Spanish English & French. Many near-full-page color illustrations and video still details. Includes a lengthy essay on the artists work followed by an artist statement. Also includes exhibition publication and collection listing. Uncommon. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico unknown books