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1934219342London 1934. Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait of the sculptor facing camera. 1 vols. 35 x 27.7 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. Docketed in red ink on verso giving the date of the session and a reference to negative and print "XXIII - F - 21" with pencilled name of the sitter "Sir Jacob Epstein". Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait of the sculptor facing camera. 1 vols. 35 x 27.7 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. unknown
1934219112London 1934. Variant of the portrait from the same session published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait of the sculptor in profile. 1 vols. 35 x 27.7 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. Docketed in pencil on verso giving the name of the sitter the date of the session and a reference to negative and print "XXIII - F - 30". Variant of the portrait from the same session published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait of the sculptor in profile. 1 vols. 35 x 27.7 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. unknown
1934219114London 1934. Variant of the portrait from the same session published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait of the sculptor. 1 vols. 23.2 x 31.5 cm. approximately 12-1/2 x9 inches. Docketed in pencil on verso giving the name of the sitter "Jason Epstein - Hyde Park Gate London" the date of the session and a reference to negative and print "XXIII - F - 28". Variant of the portrait from the same session published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait of the sculptor. 1 vols. 23.2 x 31.5 cm. approximately 12-1/2 x9 inches. unknown
196882867Roosevelt NJ: New Jersey Volunteers for McCarthy 1968. First Limited Edition. No. 201 of 250 copies issued. Black cloth portfolio 45cm x 34cm containing a broadside poem and 14 pencil-signed lithographic plates by New Jersey artists. Printed by Pearl Seligman on Rives Heavyweight. Minor soil with pronounced toning to the cover sheet which prints the Lowell poem from contact with the portfolio flaps; a few faint spots of foxing to the final plate George Segal; remaining contents complete and fine. Features a broadside of Lowell's poem "Fall 1961" and 14 pencil-signed lithographs by the following New Jersey artists: Richard Anuskiewicz Carmen Cicero Leo Dee Joseph Demarais John Goodyear James Kearns Jacob Landau Stefan Martin George Ortiman Pat Pickering Gregorio Prestopino Jean Schonwalter George Segal and Herbert Steinberg. According to the colophon the portfolio was issued in response to "the challenge presented to the American political system by Senator Eugene McCarthy during the presidential campaign of 1968." Though not indicated this copy from the studio of contributing artist Gregorio Prestopino; a fair number of the artists represented here including Landau Segal and the printer Pearl Seligstein were neighbors of Prestopino in the progressive planned community of Roosevelt New Jersey. A scarce item; OCLC finds only two locations Harvard & Princeton; none others found in commerce. New Jersey Volunteers for McCarthy unknown
51-5900Amsterdam: Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier 1736. 4to. 19 x 25cm. Contemporary calf with gilt spine and raised bands.In-4 7 ff. 879 pp. titre gravé et 23/24 planches dont 6 pl. de pavillons nombreux dessins in-texte. Reliure de l'époque en veau tranches rouges coiffe sup. arasée premier mors fendu en tête sur 4 cm plats et dos frottés coins ouverts quelques cahiers brunis par l'encre. Réf. Polak 225; .OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:716416236:Notes:L'auteur est : Nicolas AubinDictionnaire en français avec les eÌquivalences hollandaises pour chaque terme facilitant ainsi la lecture et la traduction d'ouvrages hollandais. Pour l'explication des termes nautiques auteur s'est largement inspireÌ du traiteÌ de Nicolaas Witsen : "Aeloude en hedendaegsche scheeps-bouw en bestier" cf. l'avertissement.La 1eÌ€re eÌd. du "Dictionnaire" a paru A Amsterdam : chez P. Brunel 1702L'ill. se compose de 24 p. et 2 vignettes en taille-douce et de nombr. ill. graveÌes sur bois dans le texte. Le titre-front. est signeÌ "J. Lamsveld inv. et fec." Cet artiste a aussi signeÌ la pl. inseÌreÌe aÌ€ la p. 689 "J. Lamsvelt fe.". 8 pl. repreÌsentant divers types de bateaux sont signeÌes "D.S. fecit" p. 145 155 157 171 565 789 toutes les autres sont anonymes. La vignette heÌraldique au deÌbut de l'eÌpiÌ‚tre deÌdicatoire est signeÌe "J.V. Schley inv. et sculp." Amsterdam: Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier, [1736] hardcover
1775332737London: T. Payne 1775. Mixed. hardcover. very good. 3 volumes. Illustrated with 29 full and partial-page engraved plates in Volumes I & II; 3 engraved maps two folding. in Volume III. xx 516; 2 vi 535; viii 601 pages. Thick 4tos full contemporary calf gilt ruled with raised bands and red & green leather spine labels. Binding joints cracked but firm; extremities lightly worn; ink signature in each volume; some very light foxing and offsetting but overall a very good clean copy. London: Printed for T. Payne. et al. 1775-1776. Second edition of Volumes 1 and 2; first edition of Volume 3.<br/> <br/> Bryant 1715-1804 was a classical scholar educated at King's College Cambridge. He was appointed secretary to the Duke of Marlborough in 1756 and continued to serve the Marlborough family after the Duke's death in 1758 living for several years at Blenheim. He published a description of the Marlborough collection of antique gems in 1783.<BR> <BR> Bryant's name is chiefly associated with the present work the first two volumes of which first appeared in 1774. Though Bryant has been criticized for his lack of grounding in Eastern languages and for his misleading system of etymology it is generally agreed that the research that went into it was remarkable. DNB. "This work established the author's reputation as a profound scholar." Lowndes. -- Rothschild 511.<br/> <br/> T. Payne unknown
51-6515Paris: Éditions Narcisse MCMXXVII . Large 8vo. 16.1 x 24.9 cm. Original wraps and gold chemise with red silk ties one tie now shorter.One of 44 numbered copies on Imperial Japan paper. Crease on cover.Minkoff A-3d .OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:960107655: "First published in October 1925.""Il a été tiré de cette édition définitive quarante-quatre exemplaires su Japon impérial numérotés de 1 à 44." No. 37."Provenance… Collection of Dr. Gregory R. Bonomo Paris: Éditions Narcisse, MCMXXVII paperback
1603046923Basel: Conrad Waldkirch 1603. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Two volumes in full contemporary vellum - the first work with no place or publisher 1603 the second Waldkirch Basel 1603. Modest browning throughout heavier in a few spots scattered minor dampstains in the second book; clean and very good overall. 32 416 24 ; 14 334 12 pp with a folding table in Hotman.<br/><br/>Early editions first editions were 1585 and 1565 respectively - the Acontius is rare in commerce and not much more common in libraries. Acontius fled to Basel as the counter reformation began to find an increasingly wide variety if ideas heretical. Stratagematum satanae became central to later ideas of religious toleration and what constitutes dogma. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046923. Conrad Waldkirch hardcover
16-4859Circa late 17th- early 18th Century. Mezzotint. 29.2 x 20.1 cm. Lettered in black ink lower left: A.V. Dye p./ J. Golde fec et exc. Title in lower center.; lower right: cum Privil. Amstelodami. J.E. Wessely Jacob Gole Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche und Schabkunstblaetter does not appear to have this print but no. 154 is similar. Circa late 17th- early 18th Century. unknown
16-4856Circa late 17th- early 18th Century. Mezzotint. 25.7 x 18.3 cm. Lettered in black ink lower left: "J. Gole F. and M. c. Previl lower right.Top right corner replaced.J.E. Wessely Jacob Gole Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche und Schabkunstblaetter does not appear to have this print but nos. 210 and 337 have similar motifs. Very rare. Circa late 17th- early 18th Century. unknown
1949140947178New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1949. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's quarter navy cloth over canary yellow paper boards. Gilt lettering to spine blindstamping to front cover. 136 pp. Near Fine with light edgewear to boards and light toning throughout in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light soiling toning and edgewear tape reinforcement to jacket verso at head of spine and front fold end.<p>One-Way Ticket is a chronicle of the Great Migration combining poems by Langston Hughes with brush and ink drawings by the social realist artist Jacob Lawrence. Elegantly designed by Marshall Lee and printed by H. Wolff. Uncommon with a dust jacket in this condition. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
189021441New York: Charles Scribners Sons 1890. Pictorial boards. Very Good. A solid very presentable copy of the 1890 true 1st edition of this seminal study of poverty on New York's Lower East Side with its pictorial boards over navy-blue cloth and with the matching "1890" dates at the title and copyright pages. Tight and VG with light spotting and offseting along the top-edges and a touch of light wear to the spine ends and the fore-edges. Thick 12mo bright gilt-titling at the spine. 43 illustrations -- many of them pictorials-- complementing Jacob Riis's timeless text. Charles Scribners Sons unknown
200033945Seattle and London: University of Washington Press 2000. Fine/Fine. Seattle & London: University of Washington Press 2000. Limited Edition of 250 signed copies this being number 203. Two quarto volumes 30cm; illustrated dust jackets over red and blue cloth boards with black lettering; 285pp 343pp; color illus. throughout; housed in publisher's slipcase. Jackets are crisp and bright with a couple very faint smudges to surface and light bumping to tail of Catalogue Raisonne. Boards are sturdy and square. Slipcase is sturdy and solid with a few stray scuffs and smudges but no splits or bumps. Publisher's description / UPC slip formerly attached to outer shrinkwrap laid in though cleanly torn in half.<br /> <br /> Signed by Lawrence without inscription on dedication page. The culmination of six years of research by the Jacob Lawrence Catalogue Raisonne Project the set documents over 900 paintings drawings and murals with essays by eight art historians on Lawrence's work. Lawrence was the first African-American artist to be represented by a New York agency and to have work held in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art. University of Washington Press unknown
190116764New York: The Macmillan Company 1901. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1901 1st edition of essentially Jacob Riis's autobiography. Tight and VG to Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth with bright gilt-insignia and titling along the front panel and lightly-faded titling and insignia at the spine. Light foxing as well at the frontispiece and its tissue-guard light offsetting to the dedication page. Armorial bookplate Anne C. Ewing at the front pastedown OF THE WOMAN TO WHOSE HUSBAND RIIS TWICE INSCRIBED THIS COPY AND WROTE HIS 1 PG. ALS. This copy furthermore includes 2 tiny corrections in Riis's hand one at pg. 283 one at pg. 436. Thick octavo 443 pgs. plus publisher's ads. The Macmillan Company unknown
185950742Wellsburg: Jacob & Smith Publishers and Printers 1859. 1859. First edition. First Edition. Beautifully rebound in Full Red Leather. iv-viii 280pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Soldier and Explorer Patrick Gass played a significant role in many events in America's early history. "A Soldier in the War with Great Britain From 1812 to 1815 and a Participant in the Battle of Lundy's Lane. Together With Gass' Journal of the Expedition Condensed; and Sketches of Some Events Occurring During the Last Century in the Upper Ohio Country Biographies Reminiscences Etc." Gass is best known for being the first member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition to publish his journal; nine years before the official journal was published. Wagner-Camp 6:10: "Gass became one of the best-known members of the expedition for several reasons: his key role as sergeant brought his name up frequently in the journals of Lewis and Clark his account was the first to be published he was the first to have a biography written about him and finally he outlived the other members of the Corps of Discovery by decades dying at the age of ninety-nine in 1870." Some occasional light foxing light soiling and minor damp staining to text block. A handsome copy with raised bands on spine with LIFE OF GASS in gilt and attractive blind-stamping. Protected in a clamshell box with decorative internal endpapers and title in gilt on leather label on spine. Jacob & Smith, Publishers and Printers, 1859. hardcover
1859017587Wellsburg VA: Jacob & Smith 1859. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 280 pages of text. Original brown stamped cloth binding with moderate rubbing to the extremities and fraying along the hinges with some edges re-attached and with original backstrip remaining intact; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated with a frontisportait of Gass and three plates pg.59 pg.108 pg.248 as well as other vignettes; complete. Minor spotting to the closed page edges scattered light soiling to numerous page edges and a few pages with small spots of staining and a few that have the corners creased. Overall an attractive unrestored example of this memoir of the last survivor of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Title continues ".Together with Gass' Journal of the Expedition Condensed; and Sketches of Some Events Occurring During the Last Century in the Upper Ohio Country Biographies Reminiscences etc." Previous owner's ink name mostly erased from original colored front endpapers. Retains both front and rear sets of the original colored endpapers as well as two additional white endpapers at the front and three additional white endpapers at the rear. Howes J-31aa. Wagner Camp 6:10. Streeter 3067. Graff 2183. Sergeant Gass lived to age 99 outliving all other members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Jacob & Smith Hardcover
1921987781921. JACOB Max. Dos d'Arlequin. Illustrated with colored woodcuts after drawings by Max Jacob. 8vo. original wrappers in a cloth folding box. Paris: Aux Editions du Sagittaire 1921. A scarce little book showing just how talented Max Jacob was as an artist; the poet was a close friend of Picasso. The total edition was 250 copies but this is one of the hors commerce issue on Vélin. hardcover
18792558331879. With watercolours photos etc. 4to. Quarter contemporary morocco gilt spine and marbled boards a.e.g. Minor rubbing some pages have been excised. With watercolours photos etc. 4to. Front free endpaper has charming small watercolour of house tipped in with legend in pencil "I believe this is the first dwelling after marriage Rainham Kent. G.T.N. ordained 1806 preached at Romsey.<br /> <br /> 2. Lumley Lodge Richmond pen and ink drawing. Laid in.<br /> <br /> 3. Watercolour : "House & chapel built by him of Dr César Malam Prè du Champs- Geneva<br /> <br /> 4. Pencil drawing "Birthplace of Phillip George de Grand Jacob: Roath Court was left for Somerton in 1808." Signed in picture "Roath Court Frant. July9-39."<br /> <br /> 5. 2. Lumley Lodge Richmond pencil drawing<br /> <br /> 6. Crawley Rectory 1832 by A.S.J. Pencil drawing<br /> <br /> 7. Crawley Rectory and grounds by ASJ<br /> <br /> 8. Wash drawing of "Abbey Close Winchester" identified lower left<br /> <br /> From hence mostly photographs. unknown
1716018394Halae Magdeburgicae: Apud Jo. Godofredvm Rengerum 1716. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Early Edition. Octavo 8vo. First work: xxx pages 309 pages of text followed by 37 pages of index. Previous owners name on title page and minor soiling. Second work by Johann Porst "Kurzer Auszug aus denen vornehmsten Koniglichen Preussischen Edicten und Verordnungen der Chur-Marck Brandenburg: nebst einem Anhange von Ehe-Sachen Blut-Freundschafft und Schwagerschaft." Berlin. Gottfried Gedicke. 1725. 160 pages. Very early decorative paper-covered boards with leather spine label; spine and corners are worn. No endpapers. Texts are lightly browned. Apud Jo. Godofredvm Rengerum Hardcover
199724041New York: Jewish Book Council 1997. Hardcover. vg. Large octavo. Complete run from 1942 to 1997 volumes 1-54. Lacking final vols 55 & 56 1998-1999. Binding in blue cloth w/ vol.33 in black all with gold lettering on spine. Vol. 34-54 with dust jackets. Vols 1-3 are bound together in an ex-library copy. Vol. 52 is new in publisher's shrinkwrap. Includes scholarly articles and reports on Jewish literature poetry & drama with extensive sections on book reviews and bibliographic essays. Illustrated with b/w photographic reproductions of paintings depicting biblical scenes. A fascinating set chronicling the history of Jewish books in the modern western world. Discusses the nazi era and its affects on Jewish writing and publishing. Highlights influential writers. Predominantly in English with sections in Hebrew. Minor age wear on bindings and bumping to some spines. Light water damage to spine and front & back boards of vol. 4. Spine of vol. 7 is rubbed. Dust jackets good condition. Tight copies in overall very good condition. Jewish Book Council hardcover
1904145330New York: The Outlook Company 1904. First edition of Riis’s campaign biography of President Roosevelt. Octavo original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine gilt titles and decoration to the front panel beveled edges top edge gilt tissue-guarded frontispiece of Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States drawn by George T. Tobin illustrated with seventeen plates of black and white photographs. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "William Loeb Jr. with the friendly regards of Jacob A. Riis Washington April 7 1904." The recipient William Loeb Jr. served as assistant secretary to the President under Theodore Roosevelt from 1901-1903 and then succeeded George B. Cortelyou as Secretary to the President in 1903 where he remained the Roosevelt's right-hand-man for the rest of his time in office. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. Considered one of the fathers of photography Danish-American social reformer and social documentary photographer Jacob Riis was one of the first photojournalists to use his talents to expose the living conditions of the poor to encourage social reform. Through his candid photographs of impoverished New Yorkers at the turn of the 20th century he attempted to alleviate these unbearable living conditions which he himself experienced by exposing them to the middle and upper classes. Upon his 1895 appointment to the presidency of the Board of Commissioners of the New York City Police Department Roosevelt asked Riis to show him nighttime police work which led Roosevelt to close the police-managed lodging rooms in which Riis had suffered during his first years in New York. For his part Riis wrote a authored the present campaign biography of Roosevelt. The Outlook Company hardcover
174020478Züllichau: Verlegung des Waysenhauses bey Gottlob Benjamin Frommann 1740. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. 28 862 70 134 2pp. Original full vellum with title blind-stamped on spine. Decorative initials head- and tailpieces. Fascinating work on the geography and topography of the Holy Land and surrounding regions based on the Holy Scripture. Illustrated with 15 hand-colored fold-out maps. The work is divided into 6 chapters in which Schmidt gives a detailed description of the history topography politics flora and fauna and the customs of the inhabitants of the Holy Land and surrounding countries in the Middle East. Some edge wear to binding with some soiling and staining on spine and boards. Bottom of spine slightly bumped and cracked. Ex-libris of previous owners on front- and rear paste-down. Previous owner's inscription and signature on both endpapers dated 1851. Name of previous owner handwritten on fore page edge. Slight sporadic foxing throughout. Few fold-outs have been repaired with tape on verso. Text in German Gothic script. Binding in fair interior and maps in overall very good condition. Verlegung des Waysenhauses bey Gottlob Benjamin Frommann hardcover