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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
2713Title within double-ruled border. xi 283 15 pp. one leaf of ads. Small 8vo later sheep neatly rebacked some faint browning red morocco lettering piece on spine. "In the Savoy" London: printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling 1720. First edition and very scarce on the market. Jacob 1686-1744 legal and literary author including much pornography is best known for The Country Gentleman's Vade Mecum 1717. After serving an apprenticeship to the law he became Secretary to the Hon. W. Blathwayt a celebrated courtier in the reign of William and Mary. Jacob a land-owner with a keen interest in farming was prompted to write the present work "as a companion to the purchaser.to render every thing plain and intelligible that persons of all capacities may be enabled to judge when they are secure and faithfully dealt with by the practisers of the law in everything that shall commonly occur" pp. viii-ix. He cautions topically "on the late flourishing business in Exchange Alley occasion'd by the great rise of the South-Sea Stock such extraordinary fortunes have been acquir'd by merchants and others that the immediate value of lands.is considerably advanc'd even to thirty five and forty years purchase near the city of London; but this cannot be expected to be a standard rule for the future or to times in general" p. xi. Jacob also experimented with satire in The Rape of the Smock published in 1717 a scatological parody of Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock. Pope later retaliated in the 1728 edition of The Dunciad see ODNB. Early signature of "RA Ward" on title. unknown books
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 books
19261314Liege: A la Lampe d'Aladdin 1926. Original edition. Copy #2 inscribed “ respectueux hommage quels meilleurs procédés pour enchanter le pÄre que celui d'aimer ses enfants. Max Jacob '39" and with an original drawing by Jacob pasted in as frontispiece.<br/><br/> Entire edition 395: 1 unique; 20 copies on Japon numbered 2-21 as this; 40 numbered on Madagascar; 300 numbered on Vergé; 35 H.C. Edition rinted by Artisans Imprimeurs F. LefÄvre Paris. 5" x 7" Original wrappers glassine card slipcase. Very fine unopened.<br/><br/> “Painter René Rimbert mentioned in a letter to Jacob that if his expected child were to be a girl he would name her Saskia after Rembrandts’s young wife. In his answer Jacob pointed out that Saskia is not a Christian name and that it is important not to subject a child to lifelong ridicule. This exchange of letters gave him the impetus to write the charming story.†P.188 Black & Green. The story concerns a girl who is named Saskia much against her mother’s wishes. The inscription reflects Jacob’s intention of writing a playful parable for a young person “What better processes to delight the father than to love his children.â€<br/><br/> Jacob’s influence on modern French poetry was profound and his modernist lyrical verse is still widely read. Encyclopedia Britannica notes of Jacob: he “played a decisive role in the new directions of modern poetry during the early part of the 20th century. His “novels†mainly epistolary are exercises in verbal mimicry reproducing every nuance in the conversation of the petitbourgeois of whom he was a sardonic but affectionate observer as in Le Nom. He influenced many of his contemporaries and toward the end of his life was surrounded by a devoted group of younger and older artists.â€<br/><br/> Ref: online Encyclopedia Britannica: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/298950/MaxJacob; Black Moishe & Maria Green Ed and trans. “Hesitant Fire: Selected Prose of Max Jacob†U of Nebraska Press 1991. A la Lampe d'Aladdin unknown books
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 books
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 books
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
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. <br/><br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover books
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 books
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
1690265353Frankfurt: Zunner 1690. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes Pars Generalis & pars Specialis bound together in 1. Illustrated with 2 copper-engraved allegorical frontispieces rubricated title pages with engraved vignettes. xii 23 engraved sheets with 1780 figures of of heraldic shields 368 38 page index; 2 index sheets torn with significant loss; viii 778 35 engraved sheets with 397 larger heraldic shields 32 page index. A few pages have minor soiling including the first frontispiece. Thick tall folio full velum somewhat stained but very sound and attractive with manuscript spine title; red edges. Frankfurt John David Zunner 1680. A very good copy. -- Brunet V 486; Graesse VI 464.<br/><br/> Zunner unknown books
1690265353Frankfurt: Zunner 1690. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes Pars Generalis & pars Specialis bound together in 1. Illustrated with 2 copper-engraved allegorical frontispieces rubricated title pages with engraved vignettes. xii 23 engraved sheets with 1780 figures of of heraldic shields 368 38 page index; 2 index sheets torn with significant loss; viii 778 35 engraved sheets with 397 larger heraldic shields 32 page index. A few pages have minor soiling including the first frontispiece. Thick tall folio full velum somewhat stained but very sound and attractive with manuscript spine title; red edges. Frankfurt John David Zunner 1680. A very good copy. -- Brunet V 486; Graesse VI 464.<br/> <br/> Zunner unknown
17307075<p><b>1730 1ed History Geneva Switzerland Illustrated Swiss City Views Coins 2v Spon</b></p><p><i>Jacob Spon was a 17th-century French archaeologist and historian who had a special interest in antiquarian studies. Spon traveled throughout Europe stopping in Greece Constantinople the Levant as well as Switzerland. He found impressive treasures coins and handwritten manuscripts which inspired his famed book – 'The History of the Republic of Geneva'. </i></p><p><i>This book features impressive folding views of Geneva as well as engravings of coins and medallions. And while the illustrations are valuable the importance of this book comes from that this book was </i><b><u>the first published history of the city of Geneva</u></b><i>. </i></p><p>Item number: #7075 </p><p>Price: $1500</p><p>SPON Jacob</p><p><b><i>Histoire de Geneve : RectifieÌe & augmenteÌe par d'amples notes; Avec les actes et autres pieces servant de preuves aÌ€ cette Histoire</i></b></p><p>GeneÌ€ve : Fabri & Barrillot 1730.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes</p><p>o Vol. 1 – 2 xv 1 556</p><p>- 4 engraved plates</p><p>o Vol. 2 – 10 518</p><p>- 11 engraved plates</p><p>- Numerous in-text illustrations throughout</p><p>· Language: French </p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight & secure</p><p>· Size: ~9.25in X 8in 23.5cm x 20cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>7075</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> Fabri & Barrillot hardcover
17308568<p><b>1730 1ed History of GENEVA Switzerland Spon Illustrated Swiss City Views 2v SET</b></p><p><i>Jacob Spon was a 17th-century French archaeologist and historian who had a special interest in antiquarian studies. Spon traveled throughout Europe stopping in Greece Constantinople the Levant as well as Switzerland. He found impressive treasures coins and handwritten manuscripts which inspired his famed book 'The History of the Republic of Geneva'. </i></p><p><i>This book features impressive folding views of Geneva as well as engravings of coins and medallions. And while the illustrations are valuable the importance of this book comes from that this book was </i><b><u>the first published history of the city of Geneva</u></b><i>. </i></p><p>Item number: #8568</p><p>Price: $1500</p><p>SPON Jacob</p><p><b><i>Histoire de Geneve : RectifieÌe & augmenteÌe par d'amples notes; Avec les actes et autres pieces servant de preuves aÌ€ cette Histoire</i></b></p><p>GeneÌ€ve : Fabri & Barrillot 1730.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes</p><p>o Vol. 1 – 4 XV 1 556</p><p> 4 engraved plates</p><p>o Vol. 2 – 12 518</p><p> 12 engraved plates</p><p> Numerous in-text illustrations throughout</p><p> Note: Large folding map provided in facsimle</p><p>· Language: French </p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight & secure </p><p>· Size: ~10in X 8in 25.5cm x 20cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>8568</p> Fabri & Barrillot hardcover
180812754NY: Frank White and Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1808. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Bound in contemporary leather. The paper is browning and the endpapers are a bit loose. Many signatures of various owners on the endpapers at least two of whom served in the Revolutionary War Benjamin Doolittle Benjamin Glover. A note in copperplate front & back of a library in Connecticut Town but no other lib marks at all. A rodent has chewn on the right edge about 1/2" up from the bottom. Damage goes in about 1/4" but does not come close to the text. A fascinating and scarce piece of Americana. Sabin 94298.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 96 pages . Frank, White, and Co. hardcover
187010791New York: Orange Judd 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio 40pp. illustrated with in-text illustrations followed by a suite of 24 chromolithograph plates. Binding somewhat shaken with some soiling and rubbing to corners; most heavily worn near the crown with the top of the front outer joint thinly cracked but holding. A few mild marginal stains and a few of the plates are mildly foxed but most are quite bright and clean. The plates depict bird's-eye views of the grounds of numerous country homes and city parks mostly in the Northeast. A book often found in poor condition this is a perfectly decent example about very good. Laid-in is a large professional pencil drawing executed by someone identifying himself as "R. P. Black Constructing Engineer" in Atlanta GA and dated 1915. The drawing depicts the "Blackstone Court Apartments" at the corner of Peachtree St. and Fourth St. in downtown Atlanta. Two views are shown both in bird's eye format and in a style and to a scale very similar to the plates in the book. We like to think that the engineer was inspired by some of the exquisite artwork in the book to work out some of his own projects in a similar format. Orange Judd the publisher was a prolific and highly esteemed publisher of practial manuals for farming manufacturing and architecture. All Orange Judd books that we have previously handled have been well-illustrated but never with color plates like these and never larger than small quarto size. A most interesting and attractive 19th century American landscape design volume. Orange Judd hardcover
