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185154192New York: George P. Putnam 1851. 8vo pp. 6 72 2 2 ads 2 ads 6 ads on yellow paper; 5 plates; original brown cloth gilt-stamped upper cover; a few cracks in the cloth along the hinges neatly repaired with small strips of cellotape; otherwise a very good copy. An early reference work on gold coins from California and other states issued for collectors and those dealing in the money trade. The authors were assayers of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The first edition of this work issued in 1850 contained several samples of genuine California gold ore and is notably scarce. This revised edition was issued without the samples but contains new material on the California gold situation and California coins; Mormon coins; and other West Coast imprints. There are 5 handsome engraved plates at the end of the book showing gold coins from California and the west coast; Mormon coins; gold ingots; mining company issues; coins from Central America; and much more. The second half of the book written by Du Bois is devoted to ancient coins in the U.S. Mint's private collection including coins from the Roman Empire Persia the Byzantine era and more. This collection was formed in 1838 with Du Bois serving as its first curator. Cowan p. 76; Kuritz 217b; Sabin 21788. <br/><br/> George P. Putnam hardcover books
1850100093Philadelphia 1850. 60 1 pp. plus plate of gold coinage. Frontispiece. 8vo. Original printed boards gilt-lettered cover with illustrations of gold coins expertly rebacked in matching paper a.e.g. Covers slightly rubbed. Very good. In a cloth clamshell case leather label. 60 1 pp. plus plate of gold coinage. Frontispiece. 8vo. Original Sample of California Gold. Included as illustrative material is a sample of genuine gold from the California mines as well as an inserted leaf illustrating California and Mormon coins in gilt. The authors were the official assayers for the Philadelphia Mint at the time of this work's publication and the book was intended as a guide for those unfamiliar with recent advances in coinage and assaying. The text includes much data regarding the recent strikes in California and devotes an entire chapter to the analysis of the quality of ore coming from California. The sample is included so that the novice can discriminate between alloyed and unalloyed gold. There is also a discussion of the coinage of various countries of the world including the TONG TSIEN of China a "trashy coin.extremely convenient for alms-giving a single piece being the usual quietus for a beggar." ".An extraordinary and colorful souvenir of the Gold Rush" - Wheat. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 67. HOWELL 50:74. STREETER SALE 2629. KURUTZ 217a. COWAN p.76 unknown books
2017166210New York: Acquavella 2017. Softcover. VG. Illustrated softcover with gray and black lettering. 100 pp. Illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Acquavella Galleries New York New York October 2-November 17 2017. Acquavella unknown books
1789247021Paris: Chez Barrois 1789. First edition in French. Avec trente-quatre planches. 34 finely etched plates by Copia EXQUISITELY COLORED by a contemporary hand. 4 324; 4 295 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary tan polished calf triple gilt-filet borders smooth spines richly gilt with 2 black leather spine label by Bozerien jeune. First edition in French. Avec trente-quatre planches. 34 finely etched plates by Copia EXQUISITELY COLORED by a contemporary hand. 4 324; 4 295 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Extremely Rare with Hand-colored Plates. An extremely rare if not unique copy of Engel's classic treatise on acting with the plates colored by hand. This is the very scarce first French edition of Engel's famous Ideen Zu Einer Mimik first printed in German in 1785-86 and one of the most important works on the theory and psycho-physiology of acting. Engel 1741-1802 was a German philosopher who was professor of moral philosophy in the Joachimstal Gymnasium in Berlin and following that tutor to the crown prince of Prussia the future Frederik William III. In 1787 he became director of the Royal Theater in Berlin where he wrote many plays which enjoyed considerable success as well as many essays on aesthetic subjects<br/><br/>ONE OF A VERY FEW COPIES WITH HAND-COLORED PLATES. Cohen-De Ricci 346-347; Brunet III 982; Magriel p. 179 Chez Barrois unknown books
1872S6291Cambridge:: John Wilson and Son 1872. 1872. 8vo. 21 pp. Original printed wrappers. Ex library notations on title. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on top cover. Very good. Houzeau & Lancaster II col. 38. John Wilson and Son, 1872. unknown books
7132Four black & white illus. 5 pp. & ads. Small 4to 145 x 114 mm. red printed wrappers staple-bound. London: 1926. A scarce illustrated exhibition catalogue with 14 sculptures by Jacob Epstein 1880-1959 the American-British sculptor and important figure in modern sculpture. The works displayed include a bust of his wife and Samuel Alexander. Four are illustrated on plates bound in. This exhibition was held in the Leicester Galleries a leading dealership under the direction of Cecil and Wilfred Phillips and Ernest Brown who joined in 1903 a year after the firm's establishment. Nice copy. WorldCat records only two copies in North America. unknown books
680212 black & white illus. pasted on leaves. 32 unnumbered pages. 8vo 214 x 135 mm. orig. blue cloth over boards spine sunned title in gilt on upper cover & spine. Manchester: The Cloister Press Ltd. 1943.<br /> <P> An exceedingly rare Epstein exhibition catalogue signed by the artist; WorldCat records only the BL copy. As explained on the verso of the title-page 50 percent of sales from this exhibition were to be given to the Merchant Navy Comforts Service. Epstein writes a brief introduction about the works he has selected: "The works in this collection which date from so early as the 'Marcelle' 1920 to the Chinese Girl 'Chia Pi' Precious Jewel 1942 cover a period long enough to embody at any rate a fairly comprehensive development. The works are all in bronze and reflect immediate reactions to things persons seen and treated realistically and might seem to leave out those larger imaginative carvings and bronzes such as 'Genesis' 'Jacob and the Angel' the 'Ecce Homo' which directly embody abstruse philosophical or humanistic and religious themes. But to my mind and method of treatment the study however small must reflect not only the sculptor's vision but his most profound inner feeling before embodied form whatever the shape. I would destroy the legend of the 'dual personality'."<br /> <P> This volume lists 46 paintings sculptures watercolors and drawings all priced. It includes the work of Epstein Frances Helps Percy Horton P.H. Jowett Charles Mahoney Gilbert Spencer Beatrice Bland R.O. Dunlap Richard Eurich Allan Gwynne-Jones Louise Pickard Richard Sickert Rowland Suddaby E. Boudin D.Y. Cameron Christopher Wood Augustus John Paul Nash R.V. Pitchforth Thomas Rowlandson and Albert Rutherston. The show also featured loaned paintings sculptures and watercolors. Twelve of Epstein's sculptures are depicted in the illustrations. Signed by Epstein on the verso of the front free-endpaper.<br /> <P> A fine copy.<br /> <P> ⧠Oxford Art online Epstein. hardcover books
7133Four black & white illus. 7 pp. & ads. Small 4to 144 x 115 mm. cream printed wrappers staple-bound. London: 1933. An uncommon illustrated exhibition catalogue listing 29 of Epstein's works in bronze and marble. The show which took place at the Leicester Galleries featured busts of Joseph Conrad and Edith Dunn Beatty. Four of the works are reproduced on bound-in plates. Good copy staple rusted and as a result the central bifolium has become loose. Pencil annotations on the upper cover. Only three copies in North America according to WorldCat. unknown books
1955108008New York: Dutton 1955. First. hardcover. very good/very good-. Illustrated. 294pp. 8vo cloth-backed boards worn d.w. New York: Dutton 1955. First edition. A very good copy in a very good- dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Dutton unknown books
108038hardcover. Illus.; color and b/w 4to cloth d.w. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson UP 1970.<br/><br/> unknown books
1968133856Detroit MI: Garelick's Gallery 1968. Poster for a show that ran October 20 through November 2 1968. Measures 13.25" x 20.5". A near fine copy that has been folded for mailing and has a address and postage on one side. Uncommon. Garelick's Gallery unknown books
1940107925London: Michael Joseph LTD 1940. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece and b/w illustrations throughout. 8vo silver gilt-stamped burgundy cloth some edgewear. London: Michael Joseph LTD 1940. Pages toned still a very good copy.<br/><br/> Michael Joseph LTD unknown books
1973175737Washington DC: The Corcoran Galery of Art 1973. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran December 15 1973 through January 27 1974. Includes 35 black and white illustrations biography and bibliography. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with some slight soiling. The Corcoran Galery of Art unknown books
1975281704Wainscott: Medway Press 1975. paperback. very good. Illus. 8vo pr. wrs. Wainscott: Medway Press 1975. Very good<br/><br/> Medway Press unknown books
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 books
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 books
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 books
195626954London: Lion and Unicorn Press 1956. First edition. Full tan cloth lettered in black and cream. Front board slightly rubbed short gift inscription to free front endpaper with letter laid in loose date 1958 a hint of browning to the edges light bump to lower corner overall a very good or better clean tight copy. Unpaged 41 leaves. Illus. with 32 b/w gravures. 4to. No. 91 of 200 copies. Signed by Epstein and Laurie Lee. Lion and Unicorn Press hardcover books
1933WRCLIT24198London: Heinemann 1933. Quarto. Gilt cloth. Tipped-in color plates. Top corners slightly bumped else fine in somewhat worn publisher's box with label. First edition limited issue. One of 525 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author. This copy also bears his 1936 presentation inscription. With reproductions of seven color drawings by Jacob Epstein. Heinemann hardcover books
1957WRCLIT65161London: Andre Deutsch 1957. Small folio. Gray cloth. Portrait frontis 31 full page black and white gravure plates. Introduction by Laurie Lee. Very good in good price-clipped reinforced dust jacket with rubbing at extremities and a few short tears. Bookplate on front pastedown. First edition trade issue. An intimate pictorial survey of the sculptor's work up to this time including photos of Epstein at work and in his home. Andre Deutsch hardcover books
168453168Altenburg: Gottfried Richter 1684. Small thick 8vo pp. 38 958 42; engraved frontispiece woodcut initials and ornaments; and early owner has supplied 7 vellum tabs affixed to the fore-edge; OCLC locates only 3 copies two in Germany and one in Sweden. Bound with an imperfect copy of: M. Jacob Daniel Ernsts Anweisung / Wie Dessen so genantes Historisches Bilder-Hauß/ neben denen dreyen Theilen der Historischen Confect-Taffel same imprint 1688 pp. 10 880 of 1298; Together 2 titles in contemporary full vellum manuscript title on spine; interesting yellow floral pastedown likely 18th century; very good and sound. <br/><br/> Gottfried Richter hardcover books
40578FALKE Jacob Von. ART IN THE HOUSE. Boston: L. Prang 1879. 4to. Publisher's full brown morocco elaborately bli and gilt stamped all edges gilt. xxx 356 pages added chromolithographic ti page 60 plates. First American edition. Holzenberg # 77. Falke was perhaps the most important German writer on taste in the Aesthetic era. He has written a history of interior decoration--beginning with the Greco-Roman house through the eighteenth century. Critical observations on style and harmony are filtered through aesthetic principles. Successive chapters deal with decorating the house in various stages: the floor wall ornaments ceilings furniture and decorations on the table. His work reflec many of the "artistic" principles in vogue in England and elsewhere: the dependence of Form on function; the importance of good design in everyday living; and the preferred use of historical styles as inspiration rather tha strict models for modern decor. This edition was translated by C.C. Perkins from the third German edition. The 60 plates are a combination of five chromolithographs and 55 albertypes and typographic etchings. In addition there are one hundred and sixty-six in-text figures. Front cover with a gilt stamped vignette; interior of front hinge neatly reinforced; some light foxin Otherwise a very good copy of a heavy book usually found in shaken and worn condition. unknown books
1879343Boston: Prang 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st American ed. trans. from the 3rd German ed. by Charles C. Perkins. Thick 4to. Beveled boards with gilt illus. & lettering on cover & spine. a.e.g. 166 text illus. Slightly rubbed at ends. History of interior decoration from Greek & Roman times to the 18th century with an eye towards aesthetics. <br/><br/>Extra chromolithograph decorative title page 5 chromolighographs & 55 other toned or b/w plates incl. Albertotypes & photo etchings. Prang hardcover books
1879293765Boston: Prang 1879. hardcover. fine. Translated from the Third German Edition edited with Notes by Charles C. Perkins. 60 chromolithographs albertotypes and typographic etchings some in color with tissue guards. 166 text illustrations. 356 pages. 4to rebound in black cloth with the original decorative cover all edges gilt. Boston: Prang 1879. Fine.<br/><br/> First American Edition of the decorative arts classic.<br/><br/> Prang unknown books
1887160611Wien: Carl Gerold's Sohn 1887. Hardcover. Good. Clean and tight but with foxing to end papers and title page. Black marker has been applied to closed page bottoms in a stripe about 2 inches wide. Pale grey paper/boards; black cloth spine; black lettering. 89 pp. with color frontis and 17 bw plates. Text in German. Written in 2 main sections each with sub-sections. Carl Gerold's Sohn hardcover books
