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193713680Oxford England: The Walpole Society 1937. Hardcover. VG. Blue boards. xi 169 pp. 48 bw plates. The Walpole Society was founded in April 1911 to promote the study of British art history. Contains the following chapters: "Four Leaves of an English Psalter 12th Century" " An English Picture-Book of the Late 13th Century "The Late Dr. M.R. James O.M." "Allan Ramsay Portrait Painter 1713-1784" "The Architecture of Dr. Robert Hooke F.R.S." "Biographical Notes on the Devis Family of Painters" and "Additional Notes to the Painted Windows in the Chapel of the Vyne". Issued only to subscribers. The Walpole Society hardcover books
1941001616San Francisco/Sacramento/Etc.: Winter Sports Committee California State Chamber of Commerce 1941. Softcover. First edition; 8 x 11 ý; pp. 7 including text to wraps; some rubbing to edges and spine; intersecting crease lines with wear along them; illustrated with photographs and maps; good to very good condition. A fragile survivor of a time when skiing was picking up speed in California and the California Ski Association established as a direct result of losing the 1932 Winter Olympic Games to Lake Placid NY was still in its infancy. Though titled with the somewhat generic "Winter Sports Guide" it was largely devoted to skiing and featured several drawn maps of ski trails and ski tows in Northern Central and Southern California a 1941 - 1942 calendar of "where to go what to do" detailing ski competitions tours classes etc. and photographs of skiers ski jumpers and various events. Not in OCLC or in the trade. San Francisco/Sacramento/Etc.: Winter Sports Committee, California State Chamber of Commerce paperback books
1958002722Buenos Aires: Vydavnytstvo "Iuliiana Serediaka" 1958. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. 3-128; pictorial lithographed wraps; illustrated with numerous b & w drawings; thin closed split and small loss of paper to tail of spine; a few small chips to bottom edges of wraps; staples showing at hinges text block still solid; in about very good- condition. A humor and satire periodical published for the Ukrainian community in Argentina "Mitla" was published annualy from about 1949 until 1976. Vydavnytstvo "Iuliiana Serediaka" paperback books
1981427556Presso la Sede del Centro 1981. Soft Cover. Very Good. Two volume set. 8vo. Wraps. 1011 pp. in toto continuously paginated. Leaves mostly uncut. Contributions variously in Italian French German and English. Light wear to edges. Light soiling to exteriors. Slight creasing to spines. Very good. Presso la Sede del Centro paperback books
197910499London: Authors and Arts Council of Great Britain 1979. First Edition. softcover. Very Good. 8vo 172pp in printed wrappers. Published to coincide with exhibition of same name at Outsiders the Hayward Gallery South Bank February 8 - April 8 1979. This seminal event while preceded by expressions such as Dubuffets Art Brut 1948 or Art-hors-les-normes simultaneously brought outsider art to a larger forum while stigmatizing the artists themselves. As art historian Elisabeth Herles suggests how far can one encounter art without being then influenced by the knowledge about its circumstances of production Authors and Arts Council of Great Britain paperback books
1938001407San Francisco/Sacramento/Etc.: Winter Sports Committee California State Chamber of Commerce 1938. Softcover. First edition; 8 x 11 ½; pp. 7 including text to wraps; some rubbing to edges and spine; intersecting crease lines with wear along them; small penciled-in note to lower margin of front wrapillustrated with photographs and maps; good to very good condition. A fragile survivor of a time when skiing was picking up speed in California and the California Ski Association established as a direct result of losing the 1932 Winter Olympic Games to Lake Placid NY was still in its infancy. Though titled with the somewhat generic "Winter Sports Guide" it was largely devoted to skiing and featured several drawn maps of ski trails and ski tows in Northern Central and Southern California a 1938 - 1939 calendar of "where to go what to do" detailing ski competitions tours classes etc. and photographs of skiers ski jumpers and various events. Not in OCLC or in the trade. San Francisco/Sacramento/Etc.: Winter Sports Committee, California State Chamber of Commerce paperback books
1861188399Zurich.: Schabelitz. 1861. 19th century quarter blue polished calf over marbled boards gilt spine decorations. . Very good light scattered foxing ink name to recto of half-title page. 8vo. 21.5x13.5 cm. . German text except an essay by Parker is in English. weight: 1.4 lb. 5 engraved plates. Schabelitz. hardcover books
1870287908New York.: Appleton. 1870. . Hardcover contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards raised bands gilt spine title marbled endpapers. . Folding frontis of number 64 repaired with archival tape moderate wear to cover extremities still a near very good copy in a nice binding. . 4to. Numerous engraved illustrations. Appleton. hardcover books
2012288779Houston. : Fofofest. 2012. . Softcover color pictorial stiff wraps. . Near fine in dust jackets. . 4to. Numerous photo illustrations. Fofofest. paperback books
1863292599London.: George Virtue. 1863. Contemporary half black leather over green marbled boards. Good covers moderately worn dampstains and foxing affecting the plates more than the text. Folio 33x25 cm. . Heavy book will require extra shipping. weight: 5.6 lb. Numerous full-page plates many illustrations in text. George Virtue. hardcover books
1852292479London.: George Virtue. 1852. Contemporary half black leather over green marbled boards. Good plus covers moderately worn moderate foxing affecting the plates more than the text. Folio 33x25 cm. . Heavy book will require extra shipping. weight: 6.2 lb. Numerous full-page plates many illustrations in text. George Virtue. hardcover books
1867292482London.: Virtue & Co. 1867. Contemporary half black leather over green marbled boards. Good plus covers moderately worn light foxing and dampstains affecting the plates more than the text. Folio 33x25 cm. . Heavy book will require extra shipping. weight: 6.9 lb. Numerous full-page plates many illustrations in text. Virtue & Co. hardcover books
1850292484London.: George Virtue. 1850. Contemporary half black leather over green marbled boards. Good plus covers moderately worn hinge split and glue-repaired a few loose pageslight foxing and marginal dampstaining affecting the plates more than the text. Folio 33x25 cm. . Heavy book will require extra shipping. weight: 6.2 lb. Numerous full-page plates many illustrations in text. George Virtue. hardcover books
1867289697Philadelphia. : Lippincott. 1867 . Contemporary full purple velvet brass spine medallion with title brass corners brass clasp all edges gilt moire pattern endpapers. Very good velvet covers worn and somewhat faded otherwise near fine. 10.4x6.5 cm. . A very nice little example of an unusual decorative binding. weight: 0.4 lb. Lippincott. unknown books
1869190903Stuttgart. : Julius Maier. 1869. First year of publication. . Contemporary quarter green morocco over marbled boards raised bands gilt spine decorations. . Very good light shelfwear to extremities light scattered foxing. 4to. 24.7x16.5 cm. . German text. Bound volume of 12 monthly journals with index. weight: 2.7 lb. Sparsely illustrated with vignettes and maps one folding map of Germany one full-page map of Formosa. Julius Maier. hardcover books
188454941New York: Orange Judd Company. Very Good. 1884. Hardcover. Green boards have gilt and black stamping spine ends and cover corners are gently rubbed showing just minor wear previous owner signed overall a clean nice copy. Very Good. . Orange Judd Company hardcover books
190846143Paris: Various 1908. Large 4to pp. various. Black paper over boards Three-quarter cloth. In French. VG. Includes: 1. Sapho afyter a novel by Daudet; 2. Paris Qui Chante by Botre; 3. La Musique de la Theatre et de Salon containing Le Petit Duc; 4. Doctoresse et Servante by Vernet music by Pourny; 5.Cocarde Rose et Chapeau de Gresil words by Soubise music by Pourny; 6.Le Serenade de Printemps words by Moreau music by Pourny; 7. Tout En Rose words by Mulot music by Pourney; 8. Mademoiselle words by Salin; music by Boissiere; 9. Hansel and Gretel music by Humperdinck 1895; 10. La MUsique Pou Tous Les Plus Grands Succes de Botrel; 11. Various unknown books
189310364Alameda: Henry Reed Taylor 1893. Staplebound wraps. Very Good. Ornithology19th century Naturalists 1894-1896. Seven 7 issues of The Nidiologist The Nidiologist was first published in Alameda California in September 1893. In 1896 the journal changed its name to The Nidologist and publication changed to New York City. Publication of The Nidologist suspended after volume IV no. 9 1897 and merged into the Popular Science Monthly. Wood in his Bookseller Inventory p.492 remarks that "This well-edited magazine practically continued the defunct Ornithologist and Oologist. It published during its relatively short life many papers of importance from the pens of scientific ornithologists throughout the country. Henry Reed Taylor paperback books
192613662Oxford England: The Walpole Society 1926. Hardcover. VG- soiling to covers. Scott & Fowles stamp inside front cover on ffep Spine cloth is threadbare and splitting at areas of the outer gutters. Blue boards. 122 pp. 41 mostly bw plates. The Walpole Society was founded in April 1911 to promote the study of British art history. Contains the following chapters: "The Drawings of Matthew Paris" "Some Barcheston Tapestries" "English Seventeenth-Century Portrait Drawings in Oxford Collections" and "John Sell Cotman's Letters from Normandy". Issued only to subscribers. The Walpole Society hardcover books
1899001769San Francisco: Mrs. J. J. Owen 1899. Hardcover. First edition; oblong 9 x 12; pp. 250; tan cloth over boards; gilt title and decorations to front board; small rubbed spots to corners and tips of spine; several spots to boards; illustrated with in-line and full-page photographic plates and steel engravings; light foxing to first and last few pages; text mostly clean with occasional finger smudges to margins; good to very good condition. Published under the auspices of the Native Sons and the Native Daughters of the Golden West - the former a fraternal organization and the latter their sister organization dedicated to preservation and documentation of historic landmarks in California - the book is a beautiful pictorial history of California describing the Golden State in words and photographs. San Francisco: Mrs. J. J. Owen hardcover books
B23054-CReynolds Metals Co. Collectible - Very Good. 1960 NAP. Limited to 250 copies un-numbered. Brown leatherette spine over brown paper covered boards w/silver gilt. Book is in very nice condtion except for a slight spine slant. Cellophane type dust jacket is torn and creased at rear. In a good silver slipcase which is rubbed. Reynolds Metals Co hardcover books
1925001052Cleveland Ohio: The Harris Automatic Press Company 1925. Softcover. First edition; 8 3/4 x 11 1/2; pp. 16; stapled lithograph wraps; a few small nicks and cuts along edges; some glue residue to back cover verso from a label removed; very few faint spots of foxing to wraps; pages clean and brightly illustrated; very good or better. An uncommon advertising book by The Harris Automatic Press Company - a pioneer in offset lithography and an early leader in commercial printing press technology. Brothers Alfred and Charles G. Harris established their company in the early 1890s by developing an automatic sheet feeder as a way of replacing the slow cumbersome hand-fed printing process. In 1926 just a year after the book was published a 3-way merger ensued with the Seybold Machine Company and the Premier Potter Premium Press Company. The work describes the process of offset lithography and its application in advertising and gives various examples of the quality of the illustrations. Cleveland, Ohio: The Harris Automatic Press Company paperback books
019299Boston: Nov. 1893-Dec. 1894: Russell Publishing Co. Small Quarto. A magazine for children with stories by several authors illustrated by various illustrator including Maud Humphrey who of course was Humphrey Bogart's mother. Charming stories and poems involving children animals and pets places and things stories about fairies and brownies and more. All issues bound in 3/4 black straight grained morocco over marbled paper covered boards all edges red. Only light rubbing to covers. A very good copy. Russell Publishing Co unknown books
45953London: Edward Arnold n. d. 1st edition presumed ca mid-1890s. Original publisher's grey-blue cloth printed in black to front board and gilt stamping to spine. Pale yellow eps. Geneal wear & soiling to binding. Slight cock. Bookplate. Very Good. vii 1 blank 232 16 pp. 1893 publisher catalogue at rear. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5" <br/><br/> Edward Arnold hardcover books
191313636Oxford England: The Walpole Society 1913. Hardcover. Good- ex lib with bookplates inside front cover cover worn along edges. Blue boards. 128 pp. 77 bw plates. The Walpole Society was founded in April 1911 to promote the study of British art history. Contains the following chapters: "The Painter HE 'Hans Eworth'" "An Outline of the History of the De Critz Family of Painters" "The Romance Tiles of Chertsey Abbey" "The Rood-Screen of Cawston Church" "The Hatfield Tapestries of the Seasons" "Hugh Douglas Hamilton Portrait Painter" "Influence de Bonington et de L'Ecole Anglaise Sur La Peinture de Paysage en France" this chapter in French and "Some of the Doubtful Drawings in the Turner Bequest at the National Gallery". Issued only to subscribers. The Walpole Society hardcover books
