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1984254946San Diego CA: Sociedad Hispanica Department of Spanish and Portuguese San Diego State University 1984. 50p. wraps 5.5 x 8.5 inches illus. slender booklet faint stain on cover otherwise very good condition. Text in Spanish. Poetry prose and art from students at San Diego State. Sociedad Hispanica, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, San Diego State University unknown books
1984248006San Diego CA: Sociedad Hispanica Department of Spanish and Portuguese San Diego State University 1984. 50p. wraps 5.5 x 8.5 inches illus. wraps worn and soiled small stain on front wrap sticker scar on rear wrap else good condition. Text in Spanish. Poetry prose and art from students at San Diego State. Sociedad Hispanica, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, San Diego State University unknown books
1915266243London: The London & Counties Press Association Ltd 1915. First edition. one of five hundred sets no. 22 vols. I & IV or 111 vols. II & III. Photogravure frontispiece of King George V in each volume. With 59 colored plates and 5 monochrome plates after G. Lodge A. Thorburn V. R. Balfour-Browne and E. Caldwell; 8 tinted photogravures; 206 black-and-white plates chiefly halftone; most with captioned tissue guards. Numerous illustrations and tables in text. Title pages printed in red and black chapter initials printed in red. 4 vols. Large 4to. Original brown pebbled morocco stamped in gilt t.e.g. rest uncut. Some rubbing to extremities occasional spotting to endsheets light traces of dampstaining in pp. 413-429 and back endpapers of vol. IV. Very good imposing set. First edition. one of five hundred sets no. 22 vols. I & IV or 111 vols. II & III. Photogravure frontispiece of King George V in each volume. With 59 colored plates and 5 monochrome plates after G. Lodge A. Thorburn V. R. Balfour-Browne and E. Caldwell; 8 tinted photogravures; 206 black-and-white plates chiefly halftone; most with captioned tissue guards. Numerous illustrations and tables in text. Title pages printed in red and black chapter initials printed in red. 4 vols. Large 4to. Truly encyclopedic in its scope The Gun at Home and Abroad encompasses all aspects of shooting from stag hunting technique and statistics to tips on burning grouse moors in autumn to accounts of African big game hunts that blend solid observation with colorful anecdote. A lavishly produced and richly informative work documenting the sporting life of a bygone era. Phillips p. 151; Riling 1734; Litchfield p. 74; Chute 482; Czech Asia p. 45 The London & Counties Press Association Ltd unknown books
18725210London. E. Moxon Son and Company. 1872. Bound in elaborate pictorial gilt decorated buckram.a.e.g. Thick 4to. Illustrated with full page plate engravings after drawings by Birket Foster. A sumptuous gilt decorated High Victorian binding encases as collection of Foster's wonderfully subdued engravings. Nostalgic and beautiful. A prime example of mid 18th century book design. Some mild darkening to covers some scattered light foxing else Very good. A sensational jewel. E. Moxon, Son and Company. hardcover books
2011155817Philadelphia PA: Woodmere Art Museum 2011. Softcover. VG. White bordered purple and illustrated wraps 48 pp. color illustrations. Issued in conjunction with a 2011-2012 exhibition of paintings by Mary G. L. Hood 1886-1967 and her daughter Agnes Hood Miller 1908-1967 as well as those by colleagues. With illustrated essays by Barbara A. Wolanin and Sarah Hood Bodine a descendent. Includes an annotate chronology and exhibition checklist. Uncommon. Woodmere Art Museum unknown books
1919193700New York: G. Schirmer 1919. 3p. sheet music with pictorial wraps featuring the actress Fay Bainter in Chinese drag as "Ming Toy." Very good. "Sing song sing song so Hop Toy / Allee same like China boy / But he sellee girl with joy: Pity poor Ming Toy! G. Schirmer unknown books
1970WRCLIT53555New Haven & London: Published for the Yale University Art Gallery by the Yale University Press 1970. Two volumes. xviii344;xii300pp. Quarto. Cloth. Photographs. Spines a trifle darkened otherwise a very good set in slightly marked slipcase. First edition. The substantial annotated catalogue of one of the finest collections of American silver and an essential reference in the field. Published for the Yale University Art Gallery by the Yale University Press hardcover books
197013696New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1970. Hardcover. VG Slipcase may be scuffed; books themselves are great. 2 vols. Cream cloth with black title blocks on spines and in black board slipcase with cream title block on spine. 644 pp. Hundreds of bw plates. A terrific two-volume set outlining these representative examples of American silver. A two-page introduction on the history of the collection by Graham Hood precedes sections covering pieces from the following states: Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New Hampshire Maine Vermont New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia South Carolina Kentucky Alabama Louisiana and California. Also includes an extensive section of reproductions of marks as well as a section on unknown makers and European silver used in America. Nice! Yale University Press hardcover books
1970WN4065New Haven: Yale Univ. Press 1970. Original beige grey linen cloth with silver and black lettered spine. Extensively illustrated works in outstanding condition. Black slipcase with paper label titling piece on spine. Slipcase has considerable white rubbing on lower edge from shelfwear. The contents list the Garvin and other collections in the Yale University Art Gallery. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slipcase Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Catalogue. Yale Univ. Press Hardcover books
19701224492 vols. New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1970. 2 vols. 4to 344; 300 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Original grey cloth printed titles on backstrips. Original black card slipcase. Bindings a little rubbed but internally very clean. § An extensively annotated catalouge of the Yale silver collection formed by Francis P. Garvan and completed by John Marshall Phillips. "Probably the finest and most comprehensive teaching collection of art objects in a particular subject area possessed by any American college or university" Preface. Yale University Press hardcover books
1945232892New York: Knopf 1945. Hardcover. 225p. illustrated with line drawings signed by the author gift inscription added very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped edgeworn dj. Young adult biography of the Hero of Montevido. Knopf hardcover books
188860294Lowell Mass: C.I. Hood & Co. Props. of Hood's Sarsaparilla 1888. Illustrated pink paperwraps. 11 cm. 16 pp. Illustrated. The author of the title poem "The Water Mill" is Sarah Doudney. Interspersed are promotional materials and testimonials for Hood's Sarsaparilla "Purifies the Blood" "Makes the Weak Strong." Included is a second poem a version of the first "Der Vater-Mill" by Charles Follen Adams. Some edgewear and creasing to wrappers faint old tidelines to a few leaves else very good. Nine listings on OCLC: Univ. of Rochester Med. Ctr. Univ. of CT Hagley Mus. & Lib. Missouri Hist. Mus. Penn State Brown Univ. SMU Univ. of TX-Austin and Univ. of Guelph. <br/><br/> C.I. Hood & Co., Props. of Hood's Sarsaparilla paperback books
189036568Lowell MA: C.I. Hood & Co. ca. 1890. 16mo 10.5 cm 4.2". 16 pp.; illus. <br><br>Shape book in the form of pansies gold and purple: A promotion of Hood's Sarsaparilla following one page dedicated to tips on growing pansies. The sales spiel is illustrated with => steel-engraved views and vignettes printed in dark blue and dark green. A tipped-in slip advertises B.F. Taylor's general merchandise store in Wheelock VT. Publisher's half-tone color-printed paper wrappers as above with a river scene glowing in the "eye" of one of the pansies; spine rubbed one tiny spot of staining or fading near front upper edge. Pages gently age-toned. => A patent medicine give-away not originally meant to be much less ephemeral than the little flower it celebrates. C.I. Hood & Co. unknown books
188832853Lowell Mass: Published by C. I. Hood & Co 1888. 1st printing Cagle 969; Wheaton & Kelly 2939. Blue & yellow printed paper wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Some wear & soiling. A VG copy. 16 pp. 8vo. 7-1/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> Published by C. I. Hood & Co unknown books
32854Lowell Mass: Published by C. I. Hood & Co n. d. 1st printing Cagle 971; Wheaton & Kelly 2942. Ca 1880s. Green paper wrappers printed in black stapled. Cut of Hood Apothecary building to rear wrapper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wear & soiling. An Abt VG copy. 31 1 pp including Index. Illustrated with series of cuts on napkin-folding p. 3. 8vo. 7" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/> Published by C. I. Hood & Co unknown books
1829246398London: Charles Tilt 1829. First edition. Illustrated with 6 illustrations on wood by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams; After the Designs of George Cruikshank. 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full polished brown calf with single gilt fillet borders spine gilt with urns t.e.g. by Morrell successors to Hayday. Cruikshank George. First edition. Illustrated with 6 illustrations on wood by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams; After the Designs of George Cruikshank. 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine 'Epping Hunt'. Interesting note from binders. Cohn 406; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 193-94 Charles Tilt unknown books
41602Chipping Norton: Gorge Hood J. G. Williams n. d. Facsimile printing. Light green printed paper. Moderate wear to paper age-toning light soiling and rubbing. Previous tape to verso visible at top of broadside on recto. Withal an About VG example. Single sheet printed recto only Small decorative letters Oblong format: 8-1/2" x 11-1/8" <br/><br/>George Hood manages to list every type of Dress and Accessory imaginable for sale. "and other Dress Materials of British Manufacture." Gorge Hood, J. G. Williams unknown books
1877208955London 1877. unbound. very good. Walter Fitch Hood. Botanical print. Lithograph with hand color. Page measures 21 7/8" x 15".<br/><br/> Walter Hood Fitch 1817-1892 was born and educated in Glasgow Scotland. He moved to London to work with W. J. Hooker director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew where Fitch became the sole artist for all official and unofficial publications. This lithograph is one of a series produced for H. J. Elwes's "Monograth of the Genus Lilium." Binding stain along right edge chipping to lower left corner and edges tears to bottom edge. Minor stain to upper left corner. Please visit our gallery for more Fitch prints.<br/><br/> unknown books
1877208952London 1877. unbound. very good. Walter Fitch Hood. Botanical print. Lithograph with hand color. Page measures 21.75" x 15".<br/><br/> Walter Hood Fitch 1817-1892 was born and educated in Glasgow Scotland. He moved to London to work with W. J. Hooker director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew where Fitch became the sole artist for all official and unofficial publications. This lithograph is one of a series produced for H. J. Elwes's "Monograth of the Genus Lilium." Binding stain along right edge small chips to left edge lower left corner and bottom edge two small tears to bottom edge. Please visit our gallery for more Fitch prints.<br/><br/> unknown books
1877208959London 1877. unbound. very good. Walter Fitch Hood. Botanical print. Lithograph with hand color. Page measures 21 7/8" x 15".<br/><br/> Walter Hood Fitch 1817-1892 was born and educated in Glasgow Scotland. He moved to London to work with W. J. Hooker director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew where Fitch became the sole artist for all official and unofficial publications. This lithograph is one of a series produced for H. J. Elwes's "Monograth of the Genus Lilium." Binding along right edge. Two small tears at bottom left edge bottom left corner chipped. Please visit our gallery for more Fitch prints.<br/><br/> unknown books
1877208944London 1877. unbound. very good. Walter Fitch Hood. Botanical print. Lithograph with hand color. Page measures 22" x 15".<br/><br/> Walter Hood Fitch 1817-1892 was born and educated in Glasgow Scotland. He moved to London to work with W. J. Hooker director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew where Fitch became the sole artist for all official and unofficial publications. This lithograph is one of a series produced for H. J. Elwes's "Monograth of the Genus Lilium." Binding stain along right edge small chip to upper left corner. Please visit our gallery for more Fitch prints.<br/><br/> unknown books
1877208945London 1877. unbound. very good-. Walter Fitch Hood. Botanical print. Lithograph with hand color. Page measures 21.75" x 15".<br/><br/> Walter Hood Fitch 1817-1892 was born and educated in Glasgow Scotland. He moved to London to work with W. J. Hooker director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew where Fitch became the sole artist for all official and unofficial publications. This lithograph is one of a series produced for H. J. Elwes's "Monograth of the Genus Lilium." Binding stain along right edge chip to lower left corner. Tear to left edge. Please visit our gallery for more Fitch prints.<br/><br/> unknown books
1860FF2484London:: Edward Moxon 1860. 1860. Small 8vo. viii 310 pp. Original full reddish-brown blind-stamped morocco with gilt spine title all edges gilt; slightly rubbed. The added thumb-holed brown cloth slip-case is made by Frost at the time of his painting. Very good. DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING WITH EROTIC SCENES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST: With a double fore-edge painting showing bawdy "and athletic" erotic scenes painted by Martin Frost signed with both his initials and containing his handwritten colophon at rear dated 1999. Frost has painted two side-by-side fore-edges giving four vignettes in all: "Four scenes of athletic and ingenious lust" The first side shows a copulating man and woman on either a horse or on a carriage drawn by a horse after Thomas Rowlandson's works. Frost's initials are found on the lower right of this side. The reverse side shows two vertical vignettes depicting coitus on a bike rather an imaginary wheeled chair with parasol note the erect penis statue in the background and a stage scene with a partially nude woman lifting her skirt high to give a view of her genitals and a happy pot-bellied man with a huge erect penis that balances a bowl and 3 goblets he is talented! his costume of the British stage his genitals showing as if being the star of the show. An audience whoops it up in the gallies. Both characters sportingly wear a feather in their hair or cap. Edward Moxon, 1860. hardcover books
1872557London: E. Moxon 1872. First Thus. First Thus. Large quarto. Original publisher's heavily gilt and stamped brown cloth with border designs over blue reilef panels beveled boards. AEG. Tissue guarded woodcut illustrations throughout by Birket Foster. Expertly recased. About fine. A beautiful book. <br/><br/> E. Moxon hardcover books
1995128438New York: Sotheby's Books 1995. Hardcover. VG. Black cloth black glossy pictorial dj 96 pp. over 150 color illustrations. From the dj: Seldom in the history of American furniture has a private collection been assembled of the stature of the Meyer collection. Drawn to the bold and creative spirit of Colonial America the Henrys acquired over many years the finest examples of American craftsmanship from provincial through high-style forms: 17th century Queen Anne Chippendale and Federal furniture as well as folk and decorative art furniture. Sotheby's Books hardcover books
