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1980JC6348Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Red cloth fine in VG jacket with a few little scuff marks along the edges. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1980JC8294Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 4 50 illustrated with wood engravings. Spine tips and corners very lightly bumped otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket a bit scuffed and scratched. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1979JC6303Michael Russell 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Black-and-white patterned cloth black cloth backstrip gilt-stamped lettering on spine; glassine dust jacket. Number 159 from a limited edition of 450 copies signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation page. Book is fine in VG dust jacket with large chip out of bottom edge of front panel. <br/><br/> Michael Russell hardcover books
19791291903Wiltshire: Michael Russell 1979. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG; black spine with gilt text under acetate DJ; jacket has age toning protected by plastic cover; boards are strong slight age toning around edges; textblock is clean; pp 50; limited edition - No. 40 of 450 copies; signed by author and illustrator on limitation page. 1291903. Full-priced Rockville. Michael Russell hardcover books
14441Lot of 2 Original engraving of Horse Saddle Printsfrom: Diderot: Recueil de Planches sur les Sciences les Arts liberaux et les Arts mechaniquesPublished: 1763 Sheetsize: 39 x 26 cm. Very good condition. unknown books
440Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
utdeim404NY Ives Washburn 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition 2000 copies. Black cloth-backed boards silver-pressed decoration and titles. Decorated dw. Decorated endpapers. Large 8vo. 374p. Frontispiece 7 other wood engraving reproductions. Dw spine toned else fine. A beautiful copy. Illsutrated. Wood engravings. Woodcuts. NY Ives Washburn 1929 hardcover books
1986343291986. Softcover. VG. Brown ill. stapled wraps. Unpaginated. Numerous color plates. Comprised of illustrations and artist cv. unknown books
1468Michigan. The Detroit Institute of Arts. 1990. Lrg. 4to. The Alan and Marianne Schwartz Collection. Trade paperback. In good condition. unknown books
1859140940505Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson 1859. First American Edition. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Follows the original French and some multi-volume British editions with ghostwritten material tacked on. 580 2-12 1 pp. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth front stamped in blind gilt spine lettering yellow ad endpapers. A Very Good copy with cloth worn away along head and tail lettering a little oxidized and rubbed light sporadic foxing penciled name on first blank erased pencil on title page plates toned. The autobiography of the first private detective Eugene Francois Vidocq a former criminal and father of criminology. His exploits inspired Edgar Allan Poe to create detective fiction as a genre. T.B. Peterson unknown books
18298060London: Jones 1829. Hardcover. Fine. Rebound in maroon cloth with black paper spine labels stamped in gilt. Fine condition. Minor foxing otherwise fine condition. 70 pages of text and 38 pages of steel engravings two illustrations per page in the first title. 52 pages of descriptive text and 40 pages of steel engravings two illustrations per page in the second title. Altogether 156 steel engravings on 78 pages. <br/><br/> Jones hardcover books
1973D11494John Murray 1973. Limited Edition of 500 Copies. Hardcover. Fine. Marbled paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered brown cloth; 8vo; pp. 36 illustrated. Spine tips just a little bit rubbed otherwise book is fine. Text of the Romanes Lecture as given at the University of Oxford on May 11 1954. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
1926175197Paris: Collection des Arts 1926. Limited this being Number 212 of 365 copies. Paperback. VG. Printed cream wraps with remnants sof glassine jacket. 80 pp. with 11 full-page ttissue guarded color plates and 18 additional color illustrations within the text as well as 4 bw illustrations. Text is in French. One of 300 copies printed of De Rives Paper. Collection des Arts paperback books
1961WRCLIT70972Milan: Galerie Schwarz 1961. Original monochrome etching plate size 11 x 14.5 cm on 26.5 x 19.5 cm sheet. Mounted in stiff board and acetate mat with a slight skinning at upper spine-edge with printed caption on verso. Fine. One of sixty numbered copies in addition to twenty-five copies numbered in Roman signed and dated in the margin by the artist. Printed in Paris in the Atelier of Georges Leblanc on hand made paper from Papeteries de Rives. Scanavino 1922 - 1986 who after a figurative start to his work rapidly progressed with a personal aesthetic partaking of elements of cubism. He took part in several exhibitions including the Venice Biennale 1950 1954 1958 and 1966. He also was the subject of several solo exhibitions starting in Genoa in 1948 through to his final exhibition in Rome's Quadriennale in 1986. This print was published as an element of Galerie Schwarz's series L'AVANGUARDIA INTERNAZIONALE. Galerie Schwarz unknown books
19301327784New York: The Macmillan Company 1930. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 327; Fair; light brown spine with black text; no jacket; cloth has some fraying to spine edges; worn fore corners; sun darkened spine; front and rear show moderate soiling; slight foxing toward head edge; text block has age toned appearance to exterior edges; broken hinges; previous owner's name to ffep; few numbers in ink to ffep; slight foxing to edges of some pages; Illustrated with engravings;. 1327784. FP New Rockville Stock. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
441Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
443Lithograph from Views of Paris. c. 1840. Lithographs with hand-coloring. With stamp of publishers Goupil & Cie. editeurs. Image: 6¾ x 10¾. Margins: 11 x 16¾. unknown books
19191309020Paris: De L'Art Catholique 1919. Softcover. Small quarto; pp 184; G/paperback; dark tan spine with red text; covers show age toning to exterior minor chipping to edges slight rubbing to rear; text block has deckled edges age toning to exterior edges some light foxing toward page edges otherwise interior clean; French text. 1309020. FP New Rockville Stock. De L'Art Catholique unknown books
1858008984New York: Robert Carter and Brothers 1858. Presentation binding of dark blue morocco grained cloth beveled edges the covers ornately blocked in gilt and blind the back intricately gilt all edges gilt yellow end papers.The binding not signed at rear paste down the small ticket of Leighton Son & Hodge bookbinders of Shoe Lane London indicating almost certainly the work of John Leighton the most prolific designer of the Victorian period. The 50 illustrations engraved by Dalziel Brothers J.W. Whymper & W.L. Thomas and printed by R. & R. Clark Edinburgh. 2 xxx 9-188 1 advert pp. Near Fine recently expertly rebacked with original spine piece onlaid corners refreshed. Presentation gift inscriptions front end page -"Jane G. Morgan from her Sister Lauretta. Dec. 25th 1857. Given under peculiar circumstances to her friend Jennie W. Baird. Sunday April 11 1858". Laid in is a period gift envelope with one sheeted folded to make a 4 page note addressed to Miss Jennie Baird - Present dated Wednesday May 14th and signed Sincerely L. L. Watson. The letter explains the "peculiar circumstances" of the gift - Aunt Let Lauretta is on her deathbed and is gifting this lovely book and a bar of soap to her friend Jennie whose gifts of flower bouquets have cheered her in her demise - "God's flowers Dear dear Jennie; oh that the graces of the spirit may bloom in her heart." The final 2 end pages bear small pin holes from where the letter was pinned in at one time. A beautifully bound book with interesting period provenance RARE in current commerce last in at auction 1916 RBH. . First American Edition. Morocco Grained Cloth . Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Robert Carter and Brothers Hardcover books
2156New York N.Y. William Edwin Rudge 1940-1948. 4to. Vol.I-Vol. V. Number 1-4 of each year plus Vol. V Number 4. 1940-1948. Printed wrappers for each volume. 1st Edition. All in fine condition each year encased in a blue paper covered sleeve. Vol. I: 1940 Vol 1-4 A mutitude of articles on prints and books as well as numerous illustrations. Vol. II: 1942 #1-4 "Aristocracy in Prints" American engraver Vol. III: #1-4 1943 t. Vol. IV: 1946 #1-4Vol. V:1948 #4 only. On request I will provide a detailed list of articles included. unknown books
19891320187Greensboro: Unicorn Press Inc 1989. Hardcover. Octavo; unpaginated; VG-/VG-; black/white pictorial spine with blue text; dust jacket has mild edge wear; cloth has light shelf wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows minimal wear to exterior edges; light sunning to endpapers; interior clean; frontispiece; illustrated;. 1320187. FP New Rockville Stock. Unicorn Press, Inc hardcover books
1733140941304London: Aeneis Tabulis Incidit Iohannes Pine 1733. First Edition. Near Fine. 1733 1737. Two volumes. First edition first issue with "post est" error in the Caesar medallion on page 108 of Volume II. In a lavish full brown morocco binding with five raised bands and ornate gilt stamping to spine borders on covers wide turn-ins and beautifully patterned endsheets; all edges gilt. Near Fine with a light amount of rubbing to joints spines lightly faded a scuff to the front cover of Volume II and small former owner bookplates of noted collector Abel E. Berland to the front pastedowns. Pine's Latin text was based on Talbot's 1699 edition and is remarkable for being entirely illustrated with engraved copper plates throughout the text. Aeneis Tabulis Incidit, Iohannes Pine unknown books
196929981Gambier OH: Privately Printed 1969. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled wrappers. Unpaginated volume comprised of a poem by Church and prints by Davis. In very good condition. Printed in an edition of 35 copies 20 of which were SIGNED by both poet and artist. This is copy 18/20 signed by both. Truly scarce volume. No copies found in O.C.L.C. Privately Printed paperback books
18051317131London; Edinburgh: William Miller; The Letter Press by James Ballantyne 1805. Hardcover. Quarto iii 197 pages; VG; bound in period blind and gilt calf newly rebacked with brown leather paneled spine with a black label and gilt lettering; marbled text block and endpapers; mild rubbing and wear to boards; bookplate of the Countess of Beauchamp on the ffep; ownership stamp on sfep; with 4 engraved plates and an engraved headpiece vignette; wide margins; shelved case 7. The History of Rasselas Prince of Abissinia originally titled The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale though often abbreviated to Rasselas is an apologue about happiness by Samuel Johnson. Early readers considered Rasselas to be a work of philosophical and practical importance and critics often remark on the difficulty of classifying it as a novel.1 Johnson was a staunch opponent of slavery revered by abolitionists and Rasselas became a name adopted by emancipated slaves. wikipedia. 1317131. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. William Miller; The Letter Press by James Ballantyne hardcover books
1912292504Richmond: Clarence E. Weaver; W. C. Hill Print. Co 1912. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Issued in the Spring of 1912 this tourist guidebook has photographic illustrations throughout accompanied with explanatory text. 48 pp. plus 2 ads. Rebound in burgundy cloth with the printed wrappers bound in. Illustrations throughout. Because of the protection of the later binding the wrappers are quite bright.~With the bookplate of Claude Monteiro of Richmond descendant of Confederate surgeon Aristides Monteiro.~~This guidebook is local item for us. Having said that this is but the second copy we have had. Uncommon with but a single copy found on OCLC. Good binding. Clarence E. Weaver; W. C. Hill Print. Co unknown books