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1845WRCLIT57304London 1845. 4pp. Octavo. Folded leaflet. Light use at edges but very good. First separate edition. A rare printing of a mid-career poem by the talented radical engraver and poet signed at the end 'W.J.L.' and to all appearances printed in the U.K. possibly for his own distribution in the period prior to his emigration to the U.S. OCLC locates a copy in the distinguished Linton collection at Yale undated as well as a different printing in company with two other poems tentatively dated 1845 in an odd format paginated 51- 74pp. It is not listed in Linton's entry in NCBEL and not recorded in NSTC. unknown books
1882WRCLIT74443Hamden CT: Appledore Press 1882. xvi4187pp. Large octavo. Original printed decorated boards. Wood-engraved title-page and head- and tail-pieces. Boards a bit darkened at edges and spinesmall chip at toe of spine and thin residue of old cellotape mend to chip occasional faint foxing otherwise a very good copy of a book often seen with the spine perished. First edition. One of 225 numbered and signed copies edited set and printed by hand by Linton at his Appledore Press. The selection of poems from the 16th-19th centuries includes those Linton felt had not seen frequent publication in anthologies. He dedicated it to his friend Richard H. Stoddard. RANSOM 4. NCBEL III:533. Appledore Press] hardcover books
2008145614Santa Barbara California: Edward Cella Art Architecture 2008. Softcover. VG. Color illus. wraps; 71 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Accompanied a 2008 exhibition held at Edward Cella ArtArchitecture. Includes an essay by Meg Linton as well as biographical information about the artist. Edward Cella Art + Architecture unknown books
19261332107Chicago: Field Museum 1926. Softcover. Octavo; Fair Paperback; Tanned spine with Black text; Covers have some edgewear moderate shelfwear large open tear along head edge of front cover open tears along spine edges and joints of both covers spine mostly separated from textblock sunning to spine and both covers large closed tear on rear cover bending to corners; Textblock has underlining in pencil on many pages small closed tears along fore edge of last few pages age toning foxing on some pages; 191 pp. 1332107. FP New Rockville Stock. Field Museum unknown books
1850WRCLIT57303London 1850. 6pp. plus blank. Octavo. Printed self-wrappers. Engraved decorative head and tail pieces. Slight tanning at edges and verso of blank a bit dusty else very good. First separate edition. A rare printing of a mid-career poem by the talented radical engraver and poet to all appearances printed in the U.K. possibly for his own distribution in the period prior to his emigration to the U.S. OCLC locates a single copy in the distinguished Linton collection at Yale there tentatively dated 1850. It is not listed in his entry in NCBEL and not recorded in NSTC. unknown books
192642987Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History 1926. Paperback. Very Good. folding map frontis ills photos 191p. Softcover in original gray wrapper lightly soiled. 20cm. Field Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Anthropology Guide Part 6. <br/><br/> Field Museum of Natural History paperback books
1876WRCLIT42426Cambridge MA: Printed by Welch Bigelow & Co. 1876. 8pp. Large octavo. Printed self-wrappers. A bit tanned at edges a few creases otherwise a very good copy. First edition of this poem by the British radical poet/engraver dedicated to Bryant and the "Members of 'The Century' in acknowledgement of hospitality and many courtesies received by an English Member." Not in NCBEL. Printed by Welch, Bigelow & Co. unknown books
115647London England: George Newnes Limited no date given. Hardcover. VG- Former owner's name inside front cover initials on front cover; Very minor wear to extremities. Dark green cloth over boards; Gilt decoration and titling to spine; Gilt to titling to front cover; 21 pp.; plus approx. 120 pp. of plates; 66 bw plates tipped in; Color frontispiece tipped in. Includes a biographical essay about Constable; Plates are on heavy green paper and are in great shape. George Newnes Limited hardcover books
189146355London: Lawrence and Bullen 169 New Bond Street W. 1891. Limited Edition of 35 printed on Japanese Vellum of which this is 16. Tan half-calf with marbled boards. TEG. Marbled eps. Modest wear to binding front joint a bit rubbed. 19th C bookplate R. D. Jackson to front paste-down. A VG - VG copy. 4 blank i-xiii 1-3 4-100 4 blank pp. Small vignettes throughout done by J. W. Linton. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>The author is described as "A young lady of colour lately deceased at the age of 14". Lawrence and Bullen, 169 New Bond Street, W. hardcover books
1891001868London: Lawrence and Bullen 1891. First Limited Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. No. 67 of 330 limitation. Tall 8vo. 100 pp. Feline heroic verse with a nod perhaps to Joel Chandler Harris and Uncle Remus tales and surely a worthy precursor of T. S. Eliot's "Old Possums' Book of Practical Cats". Part of the fun comes from footnotes informative and yet part of the joke. Clean and tight copy within. Soiling to the white cloth/buckram binding. <br/><br/> Lawrence and Bullen hardcover books
1891WRCLIT42413London: Lawrence and Bullen 1891. Large octavo. Original publisher's vellum over boards lettered in red and black. Head- and tail- pieces after engravings by Linton. Title-vignette. Attractive bookplate and remains of another on front pastedown vellum slightly bowed and smudged but a very good or better copy. First British edition limited issue. One of thirty-five numbered copies on Japon vellum specially bound from a total edition of 330. Linton is credited on the half-title as editor and illustrator but he of course was the composer of the poems as well. Scarce in this issue. NCBEL III:533. Lawrence and Bullen hardcover books
1856WRCLIT57337London or Brantwood: By the Author 1856. 4pp. Folded small octavo leaflet. Slightly dusty else a very good copy. First separate edition of this poem composed and published by Linton on the occasion of the celebration of peace with Russia at the end of the Crimean War. It is quite possible that this item was printed by Linton on the press he maintained at Brantwood and on which he printed the concluding numbers of THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC prior to its cessation in 1855. Rare. OCLC locates a copy at Brown and copies in the definitive Linton collection at Yale; it is not reported in Linton's NCBEL entry nor in NSTC. By the Author] unknown books
1931183923Boston. : Little Brown. 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover black cloth blue titles. Very good with no dust jacket. . 8vo. Little Brown. hardcover books
WRCLIT77724Bedford Place Russell Sq. London Friday" nd. 3pp. on folded octavo mourning lettersheet. Residue on rear blank panel from having been mounted small spot of tanning otherwise very good. Addressed to "My dearest Father" quite probably Walter Savage Landor - see below requesting: "Would you kindly tell Mrs. West that if she will write to 'The Editor of Pen & Pencil' . she will learn all that she wants to know whatever it may be. But I want to thank her on my own account for her kindness & thoughtfulness -- If you are not strong enough to write . I do not object to show yr friend what liberties you allow me to take with you by calling you my Father you can enclose this note . With truest respect & love ever yr. affectionate child ." It was customary for the writer to address Walter Savage Landor as "My Father" with the injection of a variety of endearments in her letters to him. The Wolff catalogue describes two letters similarly addressed 4128a & 4128b. Eliza Lynn Linton 1822-1898; English novelist essayist and journalist. In 1858 she married W.J. Linton the eminent wood-engraver poet and radical Chartist. In 1867 they separated amicably; he went to America and she returned to writing novels in which she finally attained wide popularity. Her most successful works were THE TRUE HISTORY OF JOSHUA DAVIDSON 1872 PATRICIA KEMBALL 1874 and THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHRISTOPHER KIRKLAND 1885. Landor wrote an enthusiastic review of her early novel AMYMONE for THE EXAMINER resulting in her first contact with Richard Bentley who would become her primary publisher. unknown books
1946Embry 182234Simon & Schuster 1946. 1st Edition. Near fine in price-clipped dust jacket with some chipping and wear to extremities in mylar cover. Color illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Simon & Schuster, 1946. 1st Edition. unknown books
001593Museum of Modern Art Mew York 1946. First Edition. 199 pages bibliography profusely illustrated in color by Miguel Covarrubias. Some edge wear and small closed tears. Museum of Modern Art Mew York 1946 unknown books
1946014330New York: Museum of Modern Art 1946. In collaborations with René d'Harnoncourt. Color illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. 199p. 200 illus. of which four colored slightly chipped dj. Museum of Modern Art unknown books
35439Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. NY MOMA 1946. 199 pages hardcover very good condition no jacket. . Other hardcover books
19469008471New York: Museum of Modern Art 1946. 1st. Paperback. Fine Condition. 200 black and white photographs with four full-page color reproductions. Double column format with with many pictures vertically oriented and occupying a full column or others in horizontal format across both columns. One of 23500. <br/><br/> Museum of Modern Art paperback books
19469008472New York: Museum of Modern Art 1946. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. 200 black and white photographs with four full-page color reproductions. Double column format with with many pictures vertically oriented and occupying a full column or others in horizontal format across both columns. One of 23500. <br/><br/> Museum of Modern Art hardcover books
1926021414Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co 1926. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 375 copies signed by the author. The present copy is number 177. 276pp. with an introduction by Vilhjalmur Stefansson illustrated. The author and Edward S. Evans traveled around the world in record breaking time by car train steamer and plane. Bound in 1/4 vellum over tan cloth leather spine label gilt. A very nice clean copy. Houghton Mifflin Co unknown books
192662387Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1926. Hardcover. Ex-library usual markings. Black and white plates are stamped with library stamp. Good for reading or reference. . Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
19762456Watkins Glen NY: Athenaeum of Philadelphia / The American Life Foundation & Study Institute 1976. Hardcover. G Binding and inside of dust jacket have some aging and foxing; dj has a few tears incl. one along open edge; book block edges have slight foxing; page surfaces are clean. Brown cloth gilt letters on spine tan & illus. dust jacket appx. 140 pp. numerous bw plates. A facsimile reprint of the original 1882 edition with a new introduction and extensive bibliographies by art historian-librarian Nancy Carlson Schrock. Index at rear. If you love engravings you'll find this one browseable. Athenaeum of Philadelphia / The American Life Foundation & Study Institute hardcover books
1954JC8565New York: American Fabrics Reporter Publications 1954. Paperback. Very Good. Full-color illustrated wraps; folio; pp. 108 printed and illustrated in full-color some tipped and b/w throughout rich with ads and with 33 fabric specimens each about 1x1 to 2x2 inches. Covers lightly rubbed and a little creased along the edges; otherwise in excellent condition. A lavish quarterly publication for fashion industry professionals with articles by numerous contributors amply displaying the styles and designs of the period of course but also addressing the vagaries of manufacturing and production government regulation color science textile technology and more. In this issue "The Colors of India." With an index of advertisers and their advertising agencies. <br/><br/> American Fabrics, Reporter Publications paperback books
1952JC8564New York: American Fabrics Reporter Publications 1952. Paperback. Very Good. Full-color illustrated wraps; folio; pp. 124 printed and illustrated in full-color some tipped and b/w throughout rich with ads and with 65 fabric specimens each about 1x1 to 2x2 inches. Covers lightly rubbed; spine a bit scuffed; otherwise in excellent condition. A lavish quarterly publication for fashion industry professionals with articles by numerous contributors amply displaying the styles and designs of the period of course but also addressing the vagaries of manufacturing and production government regulation color science textile technology and more. Includes an articles on opportunities for women in textiles. With an index of advertisers and their advertising agencies. <br/><br/> American Fabrics, Reporter Publications paperback books
