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199724237Amsterdam Holland: Fund for Central and East European Book Projects 1997. 125 pages; laid-in is a postcard inscribed and signed from the editor Vera Ebels-Dolonova; preface by Timothy Garton Ash; the 'portraits' include: Jelenkor Kiado- Gabor Csordas - Pecs Hungary by Renee Postma; Zeszyty Lierackie - Barbara Torunczyk - Warsaw Poland by Michel Maas; Savremennik - Vladimir Zarev - Sofia Bulgaria by Olaf Tempelman; Baltos Lankos - Saulius Zukas -Vilnius Lithuania by Felix Kaplan; Odjek - Nermina Kurspahic -Sarajevo Bosnia by Postma; Apostrof - Marta Petreu - Cluj Romania by Tempelman; Erasmus Guild - Vesna Pusic - Zagreb Croatia by Postma; Kritica & Kontext - Samuel Abraham - Bratislava Slovakia by Maas; Mlada Fronta - Vladimir Pistorius - Prague Czech Republic by Vera Ebels-Dolonova; also with an report on publishing in Central and Eastern Europe 'State of Affairs' by Ebels-Dolonova; also "The Book Continent" Reflections on the Trias Libraria" by Laurens van Krevelen and list of activities of the Fund list of supported publications funding contributors; approx. 6 1/2" x 8 3/4" size; bound in illustrated stiff cardstock softcovers; light wear; in very good condition interesting intimate details on the lives and struggles of these Central and Eastern European publishers to continue their literary and productive work. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Fund for Central and East European Book Projects Paperback books
187023957Heidelberg Germany: L. Meder 1870. Lithograph with hand coloring heightened with gum arabic; approx. 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" size 11 x 16 cm; with the L. Meder in Heidelberg imprint on the back; a little tips wear to the paper; colors good; in very good condition. Art. Not Bound. Very Good. L. Meder Paperback books
19302522124 Ryder Street S.W. 1. London UK: Kenneth N. Collins 1930. Photo shows the interior of the church; not dated circa 1930; Kenneth N. Collins photographic studio stamp on back along with pencil description. Signed in black ink at the lower right margin front of image by the photographer in London. Approx. 6" x 8" size; some soiling light edge-wear; in good condition. . Signed by Photographer. Photography. Not Bound. Good. Kenneth N. Collins paperback books
1955TB26010Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1955. First Edition. Fine in light green cloth covered boards with a gilt on maroon title block on the spine. The top edge of the text block is speckled. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with the upper edge of the spine area rubbed and with the same to the upper fore corner of the front panel. The 18th volume in the American Exploration and Travel Series. 275 pages of text with 16 illustrations. University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
186226390Isle of Wight England: C. Oakeshott Photographer 9 Pier Street. Ryde I.W. 1862. Two carte-de-visite photographs; accompanied by an old mount-surround identifying both. Studio identified on the backs of the mounts. Approx. 2 1/4" x 4" size; some light wear soiling Mrs. Smith card top corner tips rounded; in very good condition. Photographs. Not Bound. Very Good. C. Oakeshott, Photographer, 9, Pier Street. Ryde, I.W. paperback books
198926164Louisville Kentucky: Bellarmine College 1989. 67 pages; inscribed & signed by Philip Appleman on the front cover. Approx. 6" x 9" size; printed softcover binding with light wear; a few leaves with old paperclip impression; volume clean and in very good condition. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Bellarmine College paperback books
199622743Dubai: Dubai Municipality 1996. 42 pages; color illustrated; with prefatory quote and portrait of his Highness Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid al Maktoum vice president Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai; contents on the program of the conference summary breakdown of participants by country results; ".914 participants from all over the world focus their attention on sustainable solutions towards solving some of the most pressing social economic and environmental problems facing an urbanizing world."; chart giving a Synthetic Overview of Case Studies presented in Dubai with "Lessons Learned"; the studies included Leicester: Environment City UK; Integrated Urban Management Dubai UAE; Government Housing Bank Bangkok Thailand; Apartment hostels in Ile de France; National Association of Colombian Recicladores; Community-based Refuse collection and Recycling Municipality of Rufisque Senegal; Revitalizing Metro Toronto's mainstreets: The Long Branch Pilot Project Canada; and many others with short descriptions & occasional illustration of each; illustrated magazine-style format; light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Dubai Municipality Paperback books
193026771Arequipa Peru: Vargas Hnos. 1930. Real photo postcard with the blind-stamp of the notably artistic and innovative Vargas brothers' studio in Arequipa at lower right. Not dated circa 1930; not mailed; divided back. Slight wear; in very good condition. Postcard. Not Bound. Very Good. Vargas Hnos. paperback books
186523767Paris France: A. Sobaux 1865. Carte-de-visite photograph of four portraits of the mothers of the 4 Napoleons of France; with the A. Sobaux Photographe Brevete S.G.D.G. Rue de l'Arbre-sec 43 Paris studio imprint on back; the image titled & identified on front; no date circa 1865; some light wear to mount top corners unevenly trimmed; bottom right corner of mount creased soft; in good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Good. A. Sobaux Paperback books
186523697London England: Hills & Saunders 1865. Carte-de-visite photograph of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein 1831 -1917; approx. 2 1/2" x 4" size; identified on back; studio identified on front & back; no date circa 1865; some light wear to mount darkened at back bottom edge; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Hills & Saunders Paperback books
189022854No Place Listed: No Photographer Noted 1890. Two negatives on glass plates; depicts rocky shoreline sailing vessels close-in to coast populated small island - perhaps Deer Island area or other resort; approx. 4" x 5"; no photographer or studio noted; not mounted; one plate with a little loss of image in the outer border chipped emulsion; in good condition interesting 19th century photographic work from the age of sail. NOTE: Lamp shadow is not in the image plate; our images show these negatives converted to positive via software. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. No Photographer Noted Paperback books
1930858151930. PHOTOGRAPHY - 20TH CENTURY 14 INDUSTRIAL SNAPSHOTS: INSULATING OF WIRE AND CABLE LINES. n.d. ca. 1930's. Fourteen 2.5 x 3.5 snapshots white borders with rough edges sepia tone. Loosely inserted in slots on three thin cardstock sheets which are stapled to the manila folder containing them. Photos in very good condition a few slightly creased corners and with numerals stamped in ink on the reverse. Typed captions include: Mixing Rubber Insulating Compounds Tube Insulating Process Strip Insulating Process Insulating Wire and Cable Wire Stranding Larmouth Strander Laying Up Cable Taking Up Lead Enclosed Cable Lead Encased Cable Leaving Press Cable Core Entering Lead Encasing Press Covering Wire and Cable with Lead Sheath Covering Wire with Cotton Braid Wardwell Machines Applying Lacquer Fininsh to Cotton Braided Wire Wax Saturating of Cotton Braided Wire and Cable and Wax Finishing of Cotton Braided Wire and Cable. Estimating the date to be mid-nineteen thirties based on clothing of the men and women working the machines. unknown books
195823900Hamburg: Hans Hartz 1958. 7 slides; with the Hans Hartz Hamburg studio stamp Color-DIA-Verlag; titled in German; Russisches Ehrenmal in Treptow; Brandenburger Tor; Stalinallee; Gedenkstatte Peter Fechter on der Mauer; Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtiniskirche; Charlottenburger Schloss; Autobahn-Einfahrt Zehlendorfer Kleeblatt; considerable color loss; slight wear to mounts; in good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Good. Hans Hartz Paperback books
192022188United States: Not Published 1920. Very sharply taken and detailed interior black and white photo a view of a small diner or café circa 1920; two male patrons one busily eating at the end of the row of stools another facing the viewer; 2 women and a man behind counter are the staff - remarkable for the lack of expression or in the case of patron looking out belligerence on their features as they look at the camera; approx. 5" x 7" size on cardstock mount approx. 7 1/2" x 9 1/4"; no photographer or studio identification; nor is place identified; nicely hand-printed signage on the walls price list phone booth at back with Uneeda biscuit advert; a very spotless-looking and clean eatery having stamped-pattern walls tiled floors wooden booths with soda-fountain stool & counter set-up; some edgewear to cardmount rippling one corner of mount chipped away; photo in very good condition and affectingly depressing. . First Edition. Not Bound. Good. Not Published Paperback books
191226627New York N.Y.: John Lane Co. 1912. 12 pages; color illustrated covers and several additional illustrations within including a double-page centerfold for Pujol by William J. Locke. Contents with sections on history and biography; miscellaneous books which includes sub-section titles in travel drama and verse; also new novels; art and architecture; each title with a paragraph of description along with bibliographical data about illustrations size of book pricing and also shipping costs. Approx. 7 1/2" x 11" size; stapled illustrated paper covers. A little edge tips wear; old fold line at center; in very good condition and with useful bibliographic publishing & printing information regarding these John Day Co. publications. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. John Lane Co. paperback books
192826636London England: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1928. 12 pages; black and white illustrated cover. A vehicle for the advertisement of publications of The Bodley Head with excerpts from books by Colonel A.I.R. Glasfurd Leonard Ramsden Hartill George Barr McCutcheon Marjorie Bowen Alexander Wicksteed Gustave Flaubert and other pieces. With Impressions essay To "Blurb" or not to "Blurb" by T.H. Blatchington. Including A Reply to a Critic at The New Statesman by J. Lewis May concerning a new English edition of Madame Bovary and a miscellany of publishing news in a Books and Authors section. Shorter inserts include books found on the then-current Bodley Head List with author title short descriptions size price and information on limitation special or illustrated copies. Printed by the London and Norwich Press Limited. Approx. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" size; sewn illustrated paper covers. Some edge tips wear; old fold line at center; in very good condition and with useful bibliographic publishing & printing information regarding these publications. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited paperback books
192826633London England: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1928. 12 pages; black and white illustrated. A vehicle for the advertisement of publications of The Bodley Head with excerpts or illustrations from books by H.B. Martin C.S. Forester Stephen Leacock Owen Archer Harry L. Foster Herbert Patrick Lee and other pieces. With Impressions essay The Problem of the "Best Seller" by T.H. Blatchington. Including a biographical piece on Harry L. Foster and a miscellany of publishing news in a Books and Authors section. Shorter inserts include books found on the then-current Bodley Head List with author title short descriptions size price and information on limitation special or illustrated copies. Printed by the London and Norwich Press Limited. Approx. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" size; sewn illustrated paper covers. Some edge tips wear; old fold line at center; in very good condition and with useful bibliographic publishing & printing information regarding these publications. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited paperback books
192726630London England: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1927. 12 pages; black and white illustrated. A vehicle for the advertisement of publications of The Bodley Head with excerpts or illustrations from books by Charles Simpson Marjorie Bowen Peter Blundell H. Chance Newton C.S. Forester H.B. Drake George Barr McCutcheon and other pieces. With Impressions essay The Case of Barbara Sheriff by 'Mortimer Middlebrow' and a miscellany of publishing news in 'Bodleiana.' Shorter inserts include books found on the then-current Bodley Head List with author title short descriptions size price and information on limitation special or illustrated copies. Printed by the London and Norwich Press Limited. Approx. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" size; sewn illustrated paper covers. Some edge tips wear; old fold line at center; in very good condition and with useful bibliographic publishing & printing information regarding these publications. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited paperback books
192726631London England: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1927. 12 pages; black and white illustrated. A vehicle for the advertisement of publications of The Bodley Head with excerpts or illustrations from books by L. Du Garde Peach J.A. Spender's introduction to a "Saki" tale Senorita de Alvarez a review of Sir Richard Muir: A Memoir of a Public Prosecutor quoted from the Times Literary Supplement C.J.S. Thompson Nalbro Bartley and other pieces. With Impressions essay The Great Adventurer by "T.H.B." and a miscellany of publishing news in 'Bodleiana.' Shorter inserts include books found on the then-current Bodley Head List with author title short descriptions size price and information on limitation special or illustrated copies. Printed by the London and Norwich Press Limited. Approx. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" size; sewn illustrated paper covers. Some edge tips wear; old fold line at center; in very good condition and with useful bibliographic publishing & printing information regarding these publications. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited paperback books
192926638London England: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1929. 12 pages; black and white illustrated cover. A vehicle for the advertisement of publications of The Bodley Head with excerpts from books by Mrs. Fred Reynolds Harry L. Foster H. Osborne O'Hagan Mansfield Scott Knut Hagberg and other pieces. With Impressions essay Authors and Publicity by Elizabeth Murray. Including an excerpt of a London Times piece on The Late Mrs. Flora Annie Steel and a miscellany of publishing news in a Books and Authors section. Shorter inserts include books found on the then-current Bodley Head List with author title short descriptions size price and information on limitation special or illustrated copies. Printed by the London and Norwich Press Limited. Approx. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" size; sewn illustrated paper covers. Some edge tips wear; old fold line at center; in very good condition and with useful bibliographic publishing & printing information regarding these publications. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited paperback books
193026639London England: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1930. 12 pages. A vehicle for the advertisement of publications of The Bodley Head with excerpts from books by Stephen Coleridge Robert Paye E.M. Sneyd-Kynnersley Constance Hagberg Wright Jasper Salwey F.E. Mills Young and other pieces. With Impressions essay "- As Strikes the Player" by "Mortimer Middlebrow". Including a publishers' contest announcement regarding the story "The Crystal Beads Murder" and a miscellany of publishing news in a Bodleiana section. Also reprinted here from the Summer number of "Artwork" is Douglas Percy Bliss' article "The Colour-Printed Picture-Books of Walter Crane." Shorter inserts include books found on the then-current Bodley Head List with author title short descriptions size price and information on limitation special or illustrated copies. Printed by the London and Norwich Press Limited. Approx. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" size; sewn paper covers. Some edge tips wear; old fold line at center; in very good condition and with useful bibliographic publishing & printing information regarding these publications. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited paperback books
200541953NY: Knopf 2005. First edition first prnt. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographs. Signed by Klibanoff on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
192426039Musselburgh Scotland: Bruntons 1924. Black and white photograph depicting an engineering design room men women workers; calendar on the wall identifies & dates Bruntons Wire & Wire Rope October 1924. No studio or photographer noted. Photo approx. 6" x 8" size glossy gelatin print. Mounted on 9 1/2" x 12 1/4" size cardstock; mount card darkened some corners soft; photo sharp well-taken and in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Bruntons paperback books
19272406Paris 1927. Staplebound. Color illustrated and embossed wraps. Very good. 39 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Elaborately illustrated French trade catalog. Covers lightly rubbed. <br/><br/> paperback books
7540Unpaginated. Small 4to orange pictorial wrappers staple-bound. Fen Ditton UK: 1994.<br /> <P> Scarce bookseller's catalogue with 369 items offered. It includes art books reference works exhibition catalogues and a number of artists' publications. We note the work of Broodthaers Buren Hamilton Finlay Long etc. <br /> <P> Near fine; with a few pencil annotations. Cover illustration taken from a Matisse exhibition catalogue no. 265 in the catalogue.<br /> <P> ⧠Not in A. Desjardin TThe Book on Books on Artists Books 2nd ed.: 2013. unknown books
