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1956139407Moskva: Gos. Izd-vo. Izobrazitelnogo iskusstva 1956. Hardcover. VG but front/top cover of box is separated from back/bottom cover. Cream paper wraps with decoration and maroon Cyrillic lettering; 31 pp.; 100 separate color plates some missing all in cream hardcover box. Dual text Russian/English. Very extensive text followed by a list of the plates described. The plates are full-page and full-color. The missing plates are Nos. 91-93 and 96-100 7 total. Gos. Izd-vo. Izobrazitelnogo iskusstva hardcover books
1958151938Leningrad-Moskva: Iskusstvo 1958. Hardcover. Both volumes very good and clean inside but with age-toned end papers and lightly soiled covers. Dust jackets torn at edges and with half to 1-inch pieces missing at both spine heads/tails. Still protective. Both volumes: beige cloth with gold decorative "E"; color-pictorial dj with Cyrillic lettering. Vol. I: 479 pp. with 373 bw illus.; Vol. II: 510 pp. with 383 bw illus. Both volumes with errata sheets tipped in at back. Yellow-colored page tops. Text in Russian. Catalogue of paintings in the Hermitage collection edited by one of the authorities on the works in the museum. Pieces are in sections by country: Italy France Switzerland. This is Volume I of a series. Iskusstvo hardcover books
1985121116Leningrad: Iskusstvo 1985. Hardcover. VG but with some rubbing to covers; museum ex-lib. copy. Navy blue cloth with gold Cyrillic lettering; 407 pp. with occasional bw illustrations. Text in Russian. The authoritative history of the acquisitions of Catherine the Great. Iskusstvo hardcover books
1969139348Leningrad: Isd. Sovetskiy Khudozhnik 1969. Hardcover. VG-; clean but for a stamp/writing inside back cover; spine breaking between two title pages. Blue cloth with gilt Cyrillic lettering; 288 pp; bw photos throughout. Text in Russian. A catalogue part of a series of very early folk culture and art from various areas of the world. These are from the Hermitage collection. Included are the Amarna portrais temples of Anahit Sassanian textiles Armenian manuscripts copper and bronze ware from the 15th C. Turkish prayer rugs Kirman blue and white ceramics Japanese Buddhist paintings and much more. Several close-up inscriptions tables and more including bw photographs. With a 7-page English summary at the back. An excellent resource. Isd. Sovetskiy Khudozhnik hardcover books
1962176565Prague: Artia 1962. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated with 91 mounted color plates. 23pp of text. Large square 4to beige cloth worn d.w. Prague: Artia 1962. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Artia unknown books
19759004008Leningrad: Aurora Art 1975. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white and color. Bound in the publisher's original burnt orange cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. Previous owner's name in ink on the front free endpaper. <br/><br/> Aurora Art hardcover books
1975Embry 38618Aurora Art Publishers N.d. circa 1975. First edition. Fine in lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Full page color reproductions. Aurora Art Publishers, N.d. (circa 1975). First edition. unknown books
1975Embry 193205Aurora Art Publishers 1975. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover in fine faintly rubbed publisher's slipcase. Full page color reproductions. Aurora Art Publishers, 1975. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1965158147Bruxelles: Centre national de Recherches "Primitifs flamands" 1965. Hardcover. VG clean tight contents. Good dj but with fading/discoloration at spine. Art school ex-lib. with usual marks. Textured bronze cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Color-illus. dj with black lettering. Mylar cover. X 68 121 bw plates. Text in French. Primitifs flamands. I Corpus de la peinture des anciens Pays-Bas méridionaux au quinzième siècle ; 8. Centre national de Recherches "Primitifs flamands" hardcover books
195721832London: MacGibbon & Kee 1957. First edition. Cloth very good in slightly faded dust jacket designed by Edward Paolozzi. <br/><br/> MacGibbon & Kee hardcover books
1893133975Berlin: Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth 1893. Hardcover. Good Plate images in beautiful condition but with ex-lib. stamps on reverse. A few pages have chipping to edges that affect only the margins not images or text. Portfolio boards are detached at the hinge. Other usual ex-lib. marks. Portfolio with thin stiff uncovered boards and blue cloth at corners and over spine. Approximately 4 letterpress pages and 12 color plates loose as issued. In German. Oversize. Beautiful color plates of intricate Italian baroque and rococo ceiling designs. Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth hardcover books
91936Vienna: 1980. hardcover. very good/very good. Profusely Illustrated. 117pp. square 8vo cloth d.w.; dust wrapper rubbed. Wien: Herder Freidburg 1980. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> 1980 unknown books
195436660Washington: Library of Congress 1954. First edition sm 4to pp. vi 292; a fine copy in original beige cloth with gilt-lettered spine. <br/><br/> [Library of Congress] hardcover books
1991245369Washington D.C.: Library of Congress 1991. One of 300 special copies of the first edition. With an original signed frontispiece etching of Rosenwald by Tony Rosati. Illustrated. 427 3 pp. Designed and printed letterpress by W. Thomas Taylor in Austin Texas. 1 vols. 4to. Green morocco spine and decorated boards. Fine. One of 300 special copies of the first edition. With an original signed frontispiece etching of Rosenwald by Tony Rosati. Illustrated. 427 3 pp. Designed and printed letterpress by W. Thomas Taylor in Austin Texas. 1 vols. 4to. Library of Congress unknown books
1991403527Washington D. C.: Library of Congress 1991. 4to. 427 2 pp. Etched portrait frontispiece by Tony Rosati signed and numbered in pencil; photographic illustrations. Original quarter green morocco patterned paper boards. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION DELUXE ISSUE one of 300 copies specially bound and with the portrait frontispiece. <br/><br/> Library of Congress hardcover books
1976403252Jenkintown PA: The Alverthorpe Gallery 1976. 8vo. 10 148 1pp. Original black quarter morocco cloth sides; slipcase. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION one of 250 copies designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed by The Stinehour Press. PRESENTATION COPY inscribed to "Tea" Richardson 1976. <br/><br/> The Alverthorpe Gallery hardcover books
1977BL3070Washington:: Library of Congress 1977. 1977. 4to. xxi 517 pp. Frontis. color illus. plates tipped in. Gilt and purple-stamped linen cloth map illus. endpapers. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0844402370 Library of Congress, 1977. hardcover books
196161643Washington:: Library of Congress. Near Fine. 1961. Hardcover. First edition thus. From the personal library of the late Renaissance historian and scholar Vincent Ilardi - bearing his name stamp on the front free endpaper. Near fine in tan cloth. No dust jacket. ; 123 pages . Library of Congress, hardcover books
196120021Washington: The Library of Congress 1961. cloth. tall 8vo. cloth. 123 pages. First edition. With 13 plates. Reproduces the earliest known list of recommended reading. With a bookplate indicating that this book came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. The Library of Congress unknown books
196110218Washington: The Library of Congress 1961. cloth. tall 8vo. cloth. 123 pages. First edition. With 13 plates. Reproduces the earliest known list of recommended reading. The Library of Congress unknown books
195934834New York: Print Council of America 1959. Softcover. G Whole book has aged slightly; illus. are still nice. Black & cream & color illus. wraps. Unpaginated. 62 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a series of exhibitions of "62 etchings engravings woodcuts lithographs and serigraphs were executed by 55 American between January 1956 and December 1958. . These prints were selected from 2054 submitted by 639 artists by a jury of five members of the Print Council's Board of Directors. . This book is offered as a representative cross-section of the best work done in this field in these three years." foreword Includes brief bios of the artists at the rear of the book. Uncommon. Print Council of America unknown books
1970456Philadelphia: Philobiblon Club 1970. cloth spine marbled paper over boards. Bird & Bull Press. 4to. cloth spine marbled paper over boards. 19 pages with a 16-page 8vo. facsimile of the original Fortsas Catalogue in a pocket in the inside rear cover. One of 250 numbered copies Taylor B2. This book was designed and printed by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press. The "Avis" and the text of M. Polain's newspaper account of the hoax are reproduced in facsimile and tipped-in. An important addition to the literature connected to this famous auction hoax. Fine condition. Philobiblon Club unknown books
1965102096Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1965. stiff paper wrappers. Rosenwald Lessing J. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 160-169. Article in "The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress" Volume 22 Number 3 July 1965. Inscribed by Rosenwald. Covers soiled wear and rubbing at extremities spine and top edge tanned. United States Government Printing Office) unknown books
19613136Washington DC: Library of Congress 1961. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 123 pp. with 13 plates. Original light-brown cloth front cover a little stained spine somewhat darkened. NOT ex-library! ONE OF THE EARLIEST PUBLISHED READING LISTS. Rosenwald the great benefactor of the Library of Congress here compares two copies of the "Libro delli Comandamenti di Dio" perhaps the oldest recommended reading list printed in Florence in 1494. Naturally both copies belonged to Rosenwald. <br/><br/>¶ The title of the present work "The 19th Book - Tesoro de Poveri" comes from the fact that the number of "recommended" books varied between the two copies; in the first there were 18 in the second there were 19. The name of the 19th book is the "Elthesauro de poueri in medicicina" or "Tesoro de poveri." Rosenwald gives transcriptions of the original texts translations into English appendices and useful notes.<br/><br/>¶ From the famed Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana sale at Christies NY 2005 lot 1255 and with B.H. Breslauer's circled accession number in pencil inside front cover. Library of Congress unknown books
197016315North Hills PA: Bird & Bull Press 1970. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 9-1/2 by 12 inches. 13 pages plus catalogue facsimile in pocket at rear board. Cloth spine with marbled paper boards. Typical slight discoloration in gutters which continues into text but fades as it gets away from boards appears to be offset from glue in binding. Otherwise in excellent condition. Neat previous owner's inscription on front free end paper. Number 56 of the 160 copies printed for members of the Philobiblon Club on handmade paper from a total edition of 250 copies. A fabulous story of one of the world's great biblio hoaxes. Neat inscription on front pastedown from Mort Whitehead to Robert K. Johnson. Bird & Bull Press hardcover books