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192988417Paris: Librairie Hachette 1929. Reprint originally published in 1872. Octavo 27cm; red cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover and decoration blind stamped to rear cover; gilt topstain; iv12-2042pp; black-and-white vignettes to frontispiece and throughout. Text in French. La Grande Librairie sticker to lower rear pastedown. Lightly spine-faded with light oxidation to spine titling slight spine lean shelf-wear and faint tanning to page margins; Very Good. <br /> <br /> "From the 1870s on JV's work tended to repeat itself in gradually darkening hues though he never lost the sense of the fundamental usableness of science and technology a sense vital to 20-century sf science fiction where - as with JV - usableness tends to serve as its own justification" see Clute & Nicholls The Encycopedia of Science Fiction p.1277. CLUTE & NICHOLLS p. 1277. 88417. Librairie Hachette unknown
0005208New York: Sidney Z. Lucas. New edition. Very Good. Image measures approx. 16.5 inches by 21.25 inches; framed; slight crease in the margin through the title. <br/><br/>Perhaps the most vivid illustrations created of 1860 Chicago were published by Jevne and Amini in France. Raoul Varin of Paris France re-created the original paintings in the mid-1920s. The differences between Mr. Varin's paintings and the original prints were subtle. He engraved a variety of signed limited edition numbered prints . in the 1920s and 1930s. They were published by A Ackermann & Son . His views took a historical perspective . often based on extant classical works - Chicagology.com". Only 100 signed prints of the finished work were published. This is an aquatint reprint for Sidney Z. Lucas who operated the Old Print Center in NYC: this reprint was likely done between 1930-1960. Sidney Z. Lucas unknown
19270005209Chicago: A. Ackermann & Son Inc 1927. First Limited edition. Very Good. Image measures approx. 15.5 inches by 21.25 inches; unframed but mounted on fiberboard dark "tidal stain" at lower left margin maskable with matting. <br/><br/>Perhaps the most vivid illustrations created of 1860 Chicago were published by Jevne and Almini in France. Raoul Varin of Paris France re-created the original paintings in the mid-1920s. "The differences between Mr. Varin's paintings and the original prints were subtle. He engraved a variety of signed limited edition numbered prints . in the 1920s and 1930s. They were published by A Ackermann & Son . His views took a historical perspective . often based on extant classical works." Only 100 signed prints of the finished work were published. This is apparently a Proof State of the print and thus unnumbered but it is signed by Varin in pencil in the lower right corner. . A. Ackermann & Son Inc unknown
1877biblio359London dec.29 1877. Fine. Sue. <p>Chomolithography 265x395mm original proof impression<br /> <em>“The second versions of the Vanity Fair caricatures are the proof prints or proofs before lettering First versions are the original watercolors; third versions are the widely available weekly/album prints  Produced to verify the colours and lines of the lithograph no more than twenty copies were printed </em><strong>Not true many more than that</strong><em> These prints have no captions or dates or other descriptive type and the magazine bound them in numbered albums in green leather with gilt tooling They were offered for sale and also awarded as prizes in the magazine’s acrostic contests At the front of each volume is a printed note from Vanity Fair giving the number of the proof volume and the numbered volume in the series </em><strong>However these volumes were "broken" to sell individually and one never sees the complete volume </strong><em>The quality of the colours in the proof prints their clarity of line and detail and their scarcity make them of considerable interest to the collectorâ€<br /> <br /> </em>Roy T Matthews and Peter Mellini <em>In “Vanity Fairâ€</em> Berkeley: University of California Press 1982 203</p> hardcover
1600304<p>c. 1600. Engraving. After Coninxloo. Holl. 23; Le Blanc 13. 13 x 19½. Trimmed to platemark.</p>
75-7129Tokyo: The East Publications Inc. ca. 1980. Woodcut. 18 x 12 cm sheet. Beautiful Reproduction Mid 20th century Cutting and Printing. It has a Fine Impression with Subtle Mica Kirazuri Finish to Background. The Original Utamaro Masterpiece is Oban size; this cut is about half scale to the Original. It was commissioned by East Publications Inc. as a limited gift edition for its customers making it akin to a present day Surimono. Echizen Kizuki Hosho Washi Paper. Quality is Very good with a minor dent above and left of the Artists Name.Provenance: From the Collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner Jr.The Founder of Gale Research Detroit [Tokyo]: The East Publications Inc., [ca. 1980] unknown
0506L007244Fair. Good on the outside 3/4 blue leather and pebbled boards hardcover rebound later 19th C. Lacking initial pages to page 15 introduction. Foxing. Our photos. One photo shows pencilled note on front fly: "Found on camp ground at Manchester where soldiers were encamped before the Battle of Gettysburg. Mathi had this book rebound." Pages 15-828 complete. Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. Phila. 1847. illus. by woodcut engravings thick 8vo. hardcover
1900664unknown: unknown 1900. 9 1/2 x 8 inches 8 x 8 inches 8 x 8 inches. Very good condition. This is a set of three very rare etchings of golf. The first is a layout of the first tee and closing hole at St. Andrews Old Course. The second is of a golfer finishing his swing with. golfers in the background. The third is a golfer loonig at a difficult shoe if not impossible. These are very old and quite rare. They have been in my possession for 40 years and are new to the market. At one time I had the name of the artist but have misplaced my fact sheet. See pics. unknown unknown
048475887X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1942194986Boston : University prints 1942 1942. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original plates contained in publisher's cardboard box. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Physical desc.: 20x14 plates ; Notes: Title supplied from catalogue: The University prints art reproductions for students. (Boston : University prints, 1942) hardcover
11973BOSTON UNIV PRINTS 1920. VIEWS OF ARCH MOMUMENTS GOOD-VERY GOOD. BOSTON, UNIV PRINTS, 1920 unknown
1936375755The Studio London Undated c.1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. One of Holme's four classic Studio Publications on Japanese print culture presenting a finely curated suite of kacho-ga plates that helped shape early Western appreciation of ukiyo-e. A handsome volume and still one of the most approachable gateways into the field with a graceful selection of ukiyo-e images centred on the world of the geisha; musicians dancers and performers captured in moments of poise ritual and quiet artistry. Holme's curation highlights the refinement of gesture costume and setting offering Western readers an early respectful window onto the professional culture of women trained in music dance and social accomplishment. It's the most atmospheric of the four volumes rich in mood and stage-like elegance. 8 large colour plates images measuring 15 x 22 cms approx each with tissue guards and 6 pages of explanatory text. Some foxing to the paper throughout but not to the printed images though their surrounds are foxed. Printed boards covered in Japanese style paper. The spine is absent though the binding is still firm. Printed paper label to front board as issued. Size: 25 x 31.5 cms. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; New Arrivals; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. The Studio hardcover
1929518Paris: Éditions du Scarabée 1929. First Edition. Near fine. Large 8vo 11 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches 302 x 250 mm; 45 pp. with 4 etchings by Gio Colucci. Edition limited to 115 numbered copies on white Arches paper with Jenson type of which this is copy no. 50 as printed on the limitation page. Loose as issued in portfolio with original paper cover with flaps printed in red and black with beautiful typography and with its original glassine wrapper. There is some toning and slight wear to the glassine and cover and offset to pages facing the etchings but the portfolio is in excellent condition and the impressions strong and powerful.<br /> Inscribed and dated in pencil by artist on the half title. <br /> BNF31506565. This play by François Turpin was created on the stage of the Atelier in Paris by the Athéna theater on February 1 1928 <br /> <br /> Gio COLUCCI 1892-1974 Painter sculptor ceramist was born in Florence. Éditions du Scarabée unknown
19777560Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1977. Collector's Edition. Leather Bound. pp. x 234. Royal 8vo. Bound in full textured black leather over boards with elaborate gilt lettering rules and ornamentation to the spine and boards; four raised bands to spine five compartments textured terracotta silk moire endpapers like silk ribbon-marker all edges gilt. Black-and-whte illustrated frontispiece of Turgenev of Melville accompanied by many additional full-page black-and-white illustrated plates. No detectable flaws contents bright clean and unmarked with tight sound binding; near fine. Appears unread; as new. <br/><br/> The Easton Press hardcover
1866Q1211Chicago: Chicago Lithography & Engraving Co. 1866. First Edition. None. Good. Civil War era ornate family record with elaborate Spencerian style calligraphy and flourishingincluding imagery of angels cherubs birds and flowers"designed and wholly executed with a pen by R.H. Trumbull." Single sheet 24 x 20 inches. In Good condition with shallow dampstaining along the bottom edge small chip at the top edge and puncture in the lower right. The areas for recording births marriages and deaths have been filled with information about the Sweet family beginning with William Sweet b. 1829 and his wife Anna b. 1839. It descends to six children born throughout the 1860s their marriages in the 1880s and the death of William and Anna Sweet in 1895. Some of the writing is quite faded but helps illustrate how the record was kept in use through several generations. The lithograph will ship rolled in a tube; cost will be calculated based on buyer location. <br/><br/> Chicago Lithography & Engraving Co. unknown
1991T1903103Pembridge Design Studio London 1991. 1st Edition Thus. HARDCOVER. Story from the author of Mary Poppins illustrated with 19th centure engravings by Bewick specially printed in a small edition by Pembridge Design Studio. 4to in brown buckram covered boards tan marbled paper end-papers matching the paper used for the dust jacket 48pp printed in brown ink on very pale tan rag-paper leaves. Pembridge Design Studio was a small private press in London c. 1980 - 1992 who typically made books in very small editions. No limitation is stated but probably fewer than 100 copies of this book were made __CONDITION : An extremely well preserved AS NEW unmarked copy merest hint of tanning to page-block edges in an AS NEW complete Dust Jacket. An excellent copy. . __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS Pembridge Design Studio, London hardcover
97061301Dong Ho Village n.d. ca 1950's. A suite of 15 color woodcuts each print ca. 7.5 x 13 cxm card matted contained in a ma- tching folder with one more print layed down. These hand make prints are used for the Lunar New Year cele- bration of "Tet" in Vietnam. They are displayed inside homes and by doors to invoke or exclude what is depicted in the prints in the hopes of gaining good luck good fortune and a good social life in the New Year. These prints were made in Dung Ho village about 30 miles North of Hanoi and have been made there for hundreds of years. Hand-made printed in color by hand on woodblockss. Each print depicts a charming folk illustration in a variety of 15 celebrated and famous images or icons. unknown
1873004109Helsinki Finland: F. Tilgmanns förlag 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. 100 p. 35 steel-engraved plates; 26 x 33 cm. Red cloth with gilt-tooled cover title; gilt rules on spine. Blind-ruled border on both boards with additional gilt ruled border on the front board. White moire endpapers. Bound without the engraved title page and preliminary pages 1-viii. The author Zacharias Topelius 1818-1898 through his work as a writer journalist and professor of history played a pivotal role in the creation of the Finnish identity in the 19th century. En Resa i Finland Travel in Finland employs illustrations by the most famous Finnish artists of the time. The beautiful steel-engraved plates are based on original paintings by Berndt Lindholm A. v. Becker B. Reinhold Hjalmar Munsterhjelm Karl Emanuel Jansson Robert Wilhelm Ekman J. Knutson W. Holmberg Oslar Kleineh and Albert Edelfelt. Originally issued in parts in 1872 and 1873 this copy was apparently taken to the binder without the title page and 8 preliminary pages. The text is in Swedish. The plates were engraved by A. Weger and are captioned in Finnish Swedish and French. This is the first edition not the modern reprint. In Very Good Condition: corners rubbed; cover slightly soiled; spine faded; corners of a few leaves faintly dampstained not impacting image or text; light foxing on a few plates; otherwise clean and bright. F. Tilgmanns förlag hardcover
185925971Cushings & Bailey Baltimore MD 1859 HARDBACK NODustJacket 1859 1st Revised Edition GOOD- AS-IS Condtion NOJACKET 364 pgs with index in rear of book. Dark Brown Textured cloth with Black Leather Spine with rub wear & small Chips Tears Top spine cover. 4 1/2 X 7 1/2 IN. few small spots cvr. Interior relatively nice tight clean Light fox Wear Small tears cvr at Leather spine cvr . Contents include introduction Celestial GODS and Goddesses; terrestrial Gods and Goddesses; Gods of the Wood and Rural Deities; Goddesses of the Woods; Gods of the Sea; Infernal Deities; Of the DiiMinorum Gentium or the Subordinate Deities; Of the Dii Indigetes and Adscriptitii or the Semi-Dei and Heroes; Of the Virtues and Vices which have been deified etc.RARE VINTAGE BOOK. First Thus. Hard Cover. Cushings & Bailey, Baltimore MD hardcover
199720559Granville Ohio: Limekiln Press 1997. First Edition limited. Hardcover. Near Fine/Without dust jacket none issue. #31 of 100 limited edition printed by hand by Paul Evans Holbrook at The King Library Press wood engravings by Siri Beckman at her press in Maine. Octavo 9 2/3" tall ix 81 pages handmade paper sewn binding marbled orange paper over boards with paper title label. Errata sheet laid in with two addition poems. A near fine clean neat hard cover with light shelf wear soft handmade paper outer layer has rubbed through to inner boards at one corner tip and picked up some very slight soiling interior fine hinges and binding tight paper cream white. Limekiln Press hardcover
19946469Art Institute of Chicago / Princeton University Press 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Thick 4to 503 pages red cloth <br/><br/> Art Institute of Chicago / Princeton University Press hardcover
MD-LMJA-48THThis is the slipcased hardcover only stated Heritage Edition from 1942. Other than some wear to the slipcase the book is in excellent condition. There are no rips tears markings etc.---and the pages and bindings are tight see photo. Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent impossible-to-find LITERARY COLLECTIBLE.Like New hardcover
1950C45548London: The Dropmore Press 1950. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Number 46 of 300 copies. Slight wear and lean otherwise very good indeed. The Dropmore Press, hardcover
133388480X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
63-5936Washington DC: Things Graphics & Fine Art ca. 2005. 4to. Four Loose Color Binder Pages 8 pp. Images on recto & verso Very Good. Washington, DC: Things Graphics & Fine Art, [ca. 2005?]. unknown
