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1991107040Museum Boymans-van Beuningen Rotterdam 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 152 pp. illus. some col. biblio.; 27 cm. Edition of 3000 copies. Text in English and Dutch. Fine in wrappers. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam unknown books
1997217041San Juan PR: Museo de las Americas 1997. Paperback. 42p. 8x12 inches bi-lingual texts in Spanish and English Catalogue Raisonne illustrated with color plate reproductions curriculum vitae/resume exhibitions works very good first edition paperback in pictorial wraps. Dominican Republic artist's exhibition catalog. Museo de las Americas paperback 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
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
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
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
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
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
19919009322New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with the front cover stamped in blind and the spine stamped in gilt. The dust jacket has a small chip and a closed tear. <br/><br/> Stewart, Tabori & Chang hardcover books
19939008449New York: Abrams 1993. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. 269 illustrations including 100 plates in color. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with the spine stamped in gilt and the front cover stamped in blind. The dust jacket's spine is sunned. <br/><br/> Abrams hardcover books
20009002356New York: Abrams 2000. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine. With 385 illustrations including 290 in full color. Bound in the publisher's original silver cloth with the front cover and spine stamped. Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh. <br/><br/> Abrams hardcover books
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
1973D14784New York: Delacorte Press 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. With critical essays by Pauline Kael and Norman Mailer. Nice copy in price-clipped DJ. One of Brando's most memorable roles. An extraordinary film. <br/><br/> Delacorte Press hardcover books
197118266Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky 1971. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; light brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 95pp. Top edge lightly foxed with faint spotting scattered along panels; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped lightly rubbed at extremities with a touch of sunning to spine; Very Good. A collection of 14 essays which survey the achievement of American literature covering a multitude of genres. The University Press of Kentucky unknown books
189021290Boston: Lee and Shepard 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 193 pp 3 pages of ads for Raymond's Vacation Excursions. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering floral-patterned endpapers. Rubbing to extremeities one scuff mark on front board but still an attractive copy. The author recounts her experiences on an extended Raymong and Whitcomb tour which took her across the country from Boston to California and back again. Includes chapters on Pasadena Los Angeles Santa Barbara Riverside San Diego Sonoma County and Santa Cruz and two chapters on Yosemite. She visited Salt Lake City on the return trip. Flake 2398 describes the relevant section of her book thus: "A visit to Utah after 'polygamy was dead.' She attends a meeting at the Mormon tabernacle." Clark was also a healer and lecturer on spiritual topics. Lee and Shepard hardcover books
