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19749011951Greenwich Connecticut: New York Graphic Society 1974. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket is price clipped has a chip to the head of the spine and has other minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. <br/><br/> New York Graphic Society hardcover books
2006103126Milano: Silvana Editoriale 2006. Hardbound. As new ex art reference library never used. White cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. 319 pp. profusely illustrated in color. Text is in Italian. This profusely illustrated and well-annotated volume offers an anthology of the two collections of the two fiancial institutions Savings and loan company in Bologna and of the Popular Bank of the Adriatic. Six centuries of art history are represented as seen through important works from the 1400's to the 1900's with particular attention to works and artists who tie themselves to the geographic areas served by the two banks. Silvana Editoriale hardcover books
19911333506New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang Inc 1991. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto; pp 287; VG-/G; white spine with red and black text; dust jacket has lightly sunned exterior; previous bookshop's stickers to rear; minor wear to edges; cloth shows lightly sunned edges; strong boards; text block edges show minimal wear; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; interior clean; additional shipping maybe necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1333506. FP New Rockville Stock. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Inc hardcover books
19861328543New York: George Braziller Inc. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp 256; VG/G; greenish beige spine with black text; dust jacket has chip to front head edge; modest soiling to exterior; other mild wear to edges; cloth has mildly sunned tail edge; strong boards; text block exterior edges have slight shelf wear; profusely illustrated; arts-Asian; additional shipping may be added to items due to weight. 1328543. FP New Rockville Stock. George Braziller, Inc. hardcover books
200722713Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue/gray cloth pictorial color photo inset front cover relief designs to the left of the inset. Fine. 152 pages. 34.5 x 27.5 cm. Color photographs of the rugged coastlines and promontories of Greenland all printed recto only on glossy high quality stock. A stunning survey of the frozen north. Text in English and German. Hatje Cantz hardcover books
2005006532New York: Hudson Hills Press 2005. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. John Himmelfarb. Square Quarto. Square quarto 153pp. An extraordinary collection of prints the life work of a young artist lovingly displayed and detailed with chronology selected bibliography printlist and index of titles. Essays on Himmelfarb by Bonesteel and Kramer. Bound in black cloth boads with illustrated dust jacket. A valuable text for print collectors and historians. Hudson Hills Press unknown books
192113800London: William Heinemann 1921. First Edition. First UK edition. 380 pp illustrated with 48 black and white photographs. Signed "Lewis R. Freeman Grand Canyon 1923" on the front free endpaper. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. Lower corners rubbed some offsetting to endpapers otherwise minimal wear. Binding tight and square. Laid in are the front flap of the original dust jacket and a prospectus/order form for the book. Freeman who was raised in California traveled extensively all over the world and wrote a many engaging works about his adventures. His publisher touted the journey that forms the subject of this book as "the most successful from a yachtsman's standpoint of any of the South Sea pleasure voyages including those of Lord Brassey in the Sunbeam Stevenson in the Equator and Casco Lord Crawford in the Valhala and Jack London in the Snark." William Heinemann hardcover books
189313102Toronto: Star Printing and Publishing 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Original blue cloth puckered in spots rubbed through at corners and spine ends. Binding sound contents clean. 353 pp with 51 gravure plates but lacking the folding map. The author traversed the Marotse country and visited the Gonye and Victoria Falls and continued to Bechuanaland Matabeleland and Mashonaland Mendelssohn I p. 788. "Despite Johnston's hunter-like attire and pose in the frontispiece this work is primarily one of travel. He does embark on hunts after hartebeest impala and ostrich and describes a lion hunt near Salisbury" Czech p. 146. Star Printing and Publishing hardcover books
185913797New York: Rudd and Carleton 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. xiv 433 pp illustrated. Three-quarter black leather over marbled boards. Leather well rubbed at extremities. Ownership stamp on 4 pages; otherwise unmarked binding sound. The first 257 pages relate to California. Palmer a doctor arrived in San Francisco in 1849 and spent worked for a year as the city physician. Cowan p. 471 says "his sketches are rather different from those of many of his fellow-sojourners." In 1851-52 he was a surgeon in the East India Company's navy and participated in the mutiny of 1857 Smith American Travellers Abroad P11. Rudd and Carleton hardcover books
19921342479New York: Rizzoli International 1992. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto; VG/VG-; white spine with pink and black text; first U.S. edition; dust jacket shows mild tone toward exterior edges; few small stains to rear; lightly dinged edges; cloth has very lightly sunned exterior; slightly rubbed edges; strong boards; text block edges show light tone; pictorial endpapers; interior clean; tight binding; illustrated; pp 224. 1342479. FP New Rockville Stock. Rizzoli International hardcover books
200322420New York: powerHouse Books. Near Fine. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 1576871886 . in slipcase a very nice copy with just a slight bump to the top front corner of the spine and the tiniest bit of external soiling to the slipcase. B&W and color photographs Retrospective survey of the work of the noted photographer divided into three thematic sections: World War II; Jazz; Hollywood. The latter is by far the largest comprising more than half the book and widens its scope a bit to include Las Vegas as in: The Rat Pack. PLEASE NOTE that additional postage will be requested for this very heavy book if shipping to a destination outside the U.S. Domestic Media Mail shipping is at no charge. ALSO NOTE that the apparent blue-ish area in the scanned image is a scanner glitch and does not appear on the slipcase itself. . powerHouse Books hardcover books
20011327426Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press 2001. Hardcover. Quarto; VG/VG-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine blue with white print; DJ has vendor labels on rear else clean and bright; Boards in black cloth with gold print clean and strong; Text block has slight surface tear at bottom of front pastedown else clean and tight; Exhibition: January 27-April 29 2001; 182 pages illustrated chiefly color; shelved in French Art. 1327426. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press hardcover books
19931325874Zwolle Netherlands: Waanders Publishers 1993. Softcover. Small Quarto; pp 391; G/paperback; light blue spine with black and white text; covers have slight shelf wear to exterior; mildly cocked spine; some rubbing wear to edges; text block shows mild toning to exterior edges; profusely illustrated; shelved in European art. 1325874. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Waanders Publishers unknown books
199946721New Haven: Yale University Press 1999. First English Language Edition. Quarto 30.5cm; publisher's simulated cloth boards photo-illustrated dust jacket; 239pp; illus. throughtou. Light soil to dust jacket top fore-edge corner of upper cover bumped else Near Fine. Yale University Press unknown books
13110Boston: Small Maynard & Company. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated c. 1924. 303 pp indexed with 57 photographs and 2 folding maps. Publisher's green cloth shows light general wear; bookplate on front pastedown one plate and one map loose and laid in. Travel narrative of several months' journey on foot through the Congo with observations on Belgian administration village life and native customs. Small, Maynard & Company hardcover books
198871614NY: Random House 1988. First US edition first prnt. Originally published by Andre Deutsch in the UK in 1987 in a different form. Signed by Vidal on a tipped-in forepage as issued. Most likely a Kroch's & Brentano's 1st Edition Circle copy but without the 1st Edition Circle bookmark. Burgandy cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Beginning toning on cloth edges faint small stain on foreedge; dustjacket with minor wear and little loss on spine ends. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover books
189011320Philadelphia: Reading and Company 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xv 278 pp illustrated with portraits many of Africans maps and a plan. Original dark blue cloth with bright gilt lettering and decoration. Corners rubbed and bumped spine ends rubbed. Crease in cloth on front board. Some signatures a bit loose but none detached. Occasional smudged pages; text otherwise unmarked. Reading served as a missionary to Gaboon and later as a commercial agent for the United States. He recounts his party's journey from Philadelphia which took them through Sierra Leone Liberia Ivory Coast and Gold Coast. Includes some discussion of the American Colonization Society's efforts in Liberia; slaveholding in Africa; commerce along the coast and rivers; prospects for a railroad and commercial development of the interior. Blockson 1628. Reading and Company hardcover books
200119072London and New York: Invia / Routledge 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good . Small hardbound quarto. 252 pp. A collection of writings by Fusco including essays journalism scripts interviews and images. According to the preface these writings focus on what the political history of colonialism means for Fusco herself and other artists who share this legacy. Issued without dustwrapper. A clean very good copy in black boards printed in silver. <br/><br/> Invia / Routledge hardcover books
19851320865Washington: Published for the National Portrait Gallery by the Smithsonian Institution Press 1985. Hardcover. Quarto; G-/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine grey illustration with red print; DJ has tear at top of spine edgewear vendor label on rear shelfwear; Boards in white cloth light wear to spine caps small stain at top of spine; Text block has moisture damage at top of spine edge throughout else clean and tight; "An exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery November 16 1984 to January 13 1985"-- verso of title page; 163 pages frontispiece port. illustrated some color. Shelf: Spanish & Latin American Art. 1320865. FP New Rockville Stock. Published for the National Portrait Gallery by the Smithsonian Institution Press hardcover books
198152294Tucson: Center for Creative Photography/University of Arizona 1981. First edition. Crane Barbara. Oblong 8vo. x 124 pp. chiefly illustrated from b&w and color photographs with Pictorial stiff wrappers. SIGNED by the photographer on the half-title page. A near fine copy. Barbara Crane born 1928 has worked with the photographic image as a multiple throughout her career. That is to say her photographs are comprised from multiple images printed from more than one negative via overlays combinations sequenced and serially all to expand the possibilities of the space beyond the frame. She has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and and numerous other places of her long career.<br/><br/>Published upon the occasion of the exhibition first held at the Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography Columbia College Chicago April 17 - May 30 1981. <br/><br/> Center for Creative Photography/University of Arizona unknown books
19061566New York: The Spice Mill Publishing Company 1906. Hardcover. Green boards title and illustration in gilt. Very good. 86 pages A byproduct of the baking powder wars fought at the end of the 20th century. After a stable rising agent was established baking powder became a profitable commodity with over hundred manufacturers popping up across the country. To win over the public still wed to their old cookbooks baking powder companies issued their own cookbooks and pamphlets. This book which is annotated throughout by a hungry observer is a scientific observation of the product and how to make it. Crisp clean copy. <br/><br/> The Spice Mill Publishing Company hardcover books
193521426Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. 304 pp with frontis portrait of the author line drawings maps. Original tan cloth shows some light foxing/spottting otherwise a very nice copy clean and sound. In the original dust jacket which has been professionaly repaired/reinforced with a white backing paper. Jacket art is credit Account of Mitchell's experiences during the Klondike gold rush. J.B. Lippincott hardcover books
21423Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Very good. Early reprint title page undated copyright page states "Published February 1913." 338 pp indexed and illustrated including double-page map in original blue cloth binding. No dust jacket. Light shelfwear to boards; binding sound text clean with the exception of some foxing to the first few leaves. Previous owner's raised stamp on front free endpaper. As described in contemporary review in the Missionary Herald "the earlier part of Miss Kendall's journey brings out vividly the life of such unfamiliar regions as French Tonking and the provinces of Yunnan and Szechuan in West China and includes such unusual experiences as a peek into Lolo Land a stop at Tachieniu--gateway to Tibet--and a remarkable sojourn at the monastery of Omei Shan that ancient and mysterious mountain shrine of Buddhist China. The middle part of the journey follows the more usual highways down the Yangtze and north to the Wall but the route becomes adventurous again as it crosses the Gobi Desert and pushes northward through Mongolia to Siberia. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
2001138808Oxford UK: Museum of Modern Art Oxford 2001. First Edition. First Edition. Nineteen photographers including Lee Friedlander Robert Frank Jeff Wall Garry Winogrand juxtaposed in celebration of the latter half of 20th century street photography. Essays by Kerry Brougher and Russell Ferguson. <br/><br/>Fine and unread in wrappers. Museum of Modern Art Oxford unknown books
1999143677New York: Hudson Hills 1999. First Edition. First Edition. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago from July 24 to October 10 1999. <br/><br/>Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Hudson Hills unknown books