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1809205Philadelphia: Pr. by order of the committee 1809. 8vo. 16 pp. <br><br>1st edition. Seybert a medical doctor issues a rallying call for progress in developing national industry to rival that of Europe: All of the raw products are present for clothing glassmaking smelting and much more. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 18591. Removed from a nonce volume; six-digit number stamped on title-page. Stapled and respined with archival tissue. Pr. by order of the committee hardcover books
033590Paris: Ãditions Domat. 5 vols. complete original stiff wrappers partially unopened. Contents: t. 1 L'Ãpoque d'Henri IV et de Louis XIII. t. 2 L'Ãpoque de Pascal. t. 3 L'Apogée du siècle: Boileau Molière. t. 4 L'Apogée du siècle: La Fontaine Racine La Rochefoucauld Mme de Sévigné. t. 5 La fin de l'école classique 1680-1715. Ãditions Domat unknown books
1925532931925. ADAM Barbara M. THE BREAKING OF GROUND FOR A MEDICAL CENTER. NY: Privately Printed 1925. Small 4to. black full-morocco leather stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed presentation by medical center executive officer C. Charles Burlingame on the front endpaper: "With grateful appreciation and genuine admiration for the way you managed the Ceremony and of the men which made this event a success beyond my hopes. Charles Burlingame." The center includes Presbyterian Hospital and the Sloane Hospital for Women. Good rubbing around edges. $125.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1930011139Munich: F. Bruckmann AG 1930. Soft cover. Good. Warmly inscribed by artist Adam to an American society lady on a trans-Atlantic crossing; "For my neighbor at the / Captains table on board/ S.S. Europe/ Mrs L. Y. Dunlop/ from Richard B. Adam/ S/S/ Europe/ December 15-21/ 1930" Dark brown paper covers worn/stained. large chip upper front corner some loss to paper over spine at ends. F. Bruckmann AG unknown books
1985141905N.p.: N.p. 1985. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br/><br/>A black man and his son struggle to survive in Apartheid-era South Africa where they find themselves constantly at odds with white society whether at the hands of questioning police the disrespect Mogane faces when he is promoted to foreman at his job and his son struggling to earn respect and money for hard work out on the streets. <br/><br/>Set in South Africa. <br/><br/>White titled self wrappers dated August 19 1985. Title page present dated August 19 1985 noted as Revised First Draft with credits for screenwriter Adam Rodman. 127 leaves with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown books
2001143286New York: Princeton Architectural Press 2001. First edition. Oblong hardcover. A fascinating and often intimate collection of color photographs of parts of the Soviet space program. Essay by Svetlana Boym. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Bartos and uncommon as such. Princeton Architectural Press unknown books
1985WRCLIT75532New Paltz & New York: Conrad Film Corporation 1985. 127 leaves. Quarto. Photoduplicated typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in production company wrapper. A few smudges but near fine. An unspecified draft of this adaptation of Conrad's novel to date unproduced. The date ascribed above is based on the incorporation date of the Conrad Film Corporation. Adam Gillon 1921-2012 served as president of the Joseph Conrad Society of America from 1975 - 1995 and published serious scholarship on Conrad and on Polish literature. UNDER WESTERN EYES was the source for several unrelated film and television adaptations beginning in 1936. Conrad Film Corporation unknown books
1960151358N.p.: N.p. 1960. Collection of six vintage reference photographs from the 1960 British film. <br/><br/>Resentful of her father's new Parisian wife a teenage girl attempts to wreck the marriage with the help of her English beatnik friends. An early appearance by actress Gillian Hills who went on to enjoy a successful career as a ye-ye pop singer in France. <br/><br/>Set in London shot on location in London and Kent.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1985151137New York: Abaris Books 1985. Hardcover. Fine internally but with light shelf wear to covers. A very good clean tight copy. Red cloth/boards; gilt lettering and decoration. No dj. 402 pp. with nearly 400 bw illustrations. Title on spine and front cover: Pre-Rembrandt Etchers. Volume 53 in the series edited by Walter L. Strauss. Covers the works of 17 Pre-Rembrandt Dutch etchers in alphabetical order by artist. Numerous works by each artist. With an introduction by the authors a list of frequently cited sources a list of repositories of the etchings and guidelines for how to use this catalogue. Included are several maps by different artists Hessel Gerritsz's beautiful Four Seasons series and another by Herman Breckerveld numerous plates with religious themes sea charts title pages from books and much more. The Illustrated Bartsch collection offers more than 50000 images of Old Master European prints engravings etchings woodcuts etc. from the 15th Century to the early 19th Century embodying the work of hundreds of printmakers. The Illustrated Bartsch is based on Adam von Bartsch's 1757-1821 authoritative but unillustrated catalog of Old Master prints. Abaris Books hardcover books
20121306002Mississauga ON Canada: Random House of Canada Limited 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First Edition stated on the copyright page with the full number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Original price of $26.00 on front flap of dust jacket. Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited hardcover books
20121306001Mississauga ON Canada: Random House of Canada Limited 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. First Edition stated on the copyright page with the full number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Original price of $26.00 on front flap of dust jacket. Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited hardcover books
20121405022Mississauga ON Canada: Random House of Canada Limited 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. First Edition stated on the copyright page with the full number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Original price of $26.00 printed on the front flap of the dust jacket. A very minute red mark on the bottom edge of the book; else fine. Dust jacket has a small closed tear near the top of the spine; else fine. Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited hardcover books
2005406402New York: Rizzoli 2005. New in shrinkwrap. 12.25 x 9.25 inches. 271 pages. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition. "Here in his own words is the first complete look at the career of Albert Hadley legendary interior designer. A lavishly illustrated celebration of more than half a century of stunning interiors work the book explores Hadley's personal and professional influences. It traces the path of a career that brought him into contact with all of the major figures in twentieth-century design: First as a student and then a professor at Parsons School of Design where he became a close friend of Billy Baldwin and was by turn a student friend and colleague of Van Day Truex; to his working with Eleanor Brown at McMillen Inc.; to his influential partnership Parish Hadley with the venerable Sister Parish; to his current work as the head of Albert Hadley Inc. Exploring Hadley's design philosophy and process in great detail the book covers the rooms that made design history from the magnificent Rosedown Plantation to the Kennedy White House to Mrs. Vincent Astor's library. Enriched with dozens of new and archival images as well as Hadley's acclaimed sketches and a catalogue raisonne listing every major article and book written about Hadley's work Albert Hadley is the definitive exclusive look at one of the most brilliant designers this country has ever seen" the publisher. <br/><br/> Rizzoli hardcover books
1857179121Mainz: Verlag von Joseph Stenz 1857. Hardcover. VG some wear/fading of velvet light foxing at extremities front endpapers rubbed pencil marks on front flyleaf clean and intact otherwise. Dark purple velvet binding with brass applications. "Gebetbuch" engraved on spine piece. Brass clasp. Gilt edges. Natural slipcase with rose gold spine and brass pull. xiv 312 pp. Color illustrations. Engraved frontispiece and plates. Inscription on front pastedown and RFEP. German. "Catholic devotional book for women and virgins: excerpt from the larger devotional book cathedral capitular with episcopal approval fourth edition with 4 steel engravings" -- from title page. Verlag von Joseph Stenz hardcover books
1991140938288New York: Pantheon Books 1991. First American Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Correct first in English too according to the colophon. xxxvi 278 1 pp. Original half cloth. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with subtly sunned spine panel. The Portuguese author's posthumously-published masterwork. Pantheon Books unknown books
1968123736London: Michael Joseph 1968. Early printing of this classic work. Octavo original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Michael Joseph hardcover books
1890WRCLIT46311Paris: Comptoir D'Edition 1890. Half cloth and marbled boards gilt leather spine label original wrappers bound in untrimmed. Frontispiece by Félicien Rops. First edition ordinary issue there were only fifteen numbered copies on Japon constituting the deluxe issue. A few smudges to cloth edges of text-block and frontis tanned but otherwise a very good copy. VICAIRE VII:1093. Comptoir D'Edition hardcover books
12480LA WARD RITCHIE 1961. 91 PHOTOGRAPHS FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. LA, WARD RITCHIE, 1961 unknown books
183339115Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Adam Waldie No. 6 North Eighth Street 1833. Period maroon half-sheep over grey cloth covered boards. Wear to boards rubbing to edges. Front board starting to detach rear board loose. Soiling to boards chipping to spine. Light foxing and age-toning to paper. A Good copy. 4 424 2 blank pp. Text triple column. 4to. 11-1/4" x 9-1/4" <br/><br/>Only 2 institutional holdings located on OCLC. Printed and Published by Adam Waldie, No. 6 North Eighth Street hardcover books
1986157384New York: Abaris Books 1986. Hardcover. VG- Ex-art library with numbers on spine mark from past label; i.d. marks on book block edges; pocket at rear; some scuffs and wear to binding which is slightly sunned along spine; pages are clean. Brown cloth with gilt letters and lines on spine and front cover 471 pp. 300 BW illus. Part of a lengthy series of illustrated picture atlases presenting the reproduction of prints rendered by European masters. Once based primarily on the compilations created by Austrian scholar and artist Johann Adam Bernhard Ritter von Bartsch 1757-1821 in his 21-volume "Le Peintre Graveur." This volume addresses the work of 8 Dutch and Flemish printmakers: Jan Baptist de Wael Lucas van Uden Lodewyk de Vadder Cornelis Matteus Moyses van Uyttenbroeck Reinier Nooms called Zeeman Robert van den Hoecke and Albert Flamen. Includes a bibliography. Uncommon. Abaris Books hardcover books
13595ADAM Robert and James. DECORATIONS INTERIEURES MEUBLES STYLE ANGLAIS EPOQUES LOUIS XVI & EMPIRE. Paris: Armand Guerinet circa 1910s. Folio. Cloth. ii pages 28 plates. A selection of interior designs by the Adam brothers from works published fro 1767-1822. Plates slightly toned binding sunned. unknown books
1982158026New York: Abaris Books 1982. Hardcover. VG- Ex-art library with faint label mark on spine; i.d. marks on book block edges; pocket at rear; some scuffs and wear to binding which is slightly sunned along spine; pages are clean. Brown cloth with gilt letters and lines on spine and front cover 304 pp. 250 BW illus. Part of a lengthy series of illustrated picture atlases presenting the reproduction of prints rendered by European masters. Once based primarily on the compilations created by Austrian scholar and artist Johann Adam Bernhard Ritter von Bartsch 1757-1821 in his 21-volume "Le Peintre Graveur." This volume addresses the work of THE FOLLOWING 16 Italian engravers: Bernardino Capitelli -- Bernardino Bassiano -- Giovanni Andrea Podesta -- Giulio Carpioni -- Giacinto Gimignani -- Pietro Testa -- Carlo Rainaldi -- Gaspard Dughet called Gaspard Poussin -- Crescenzio Onofrio -- Pietro del Po -- Teresa del Po -- Salvatore Rosa -- Bartolomeo Manini -- Meschini Angelo Maria D'Eschini -- Antonio Ugolini -- Giovanni Battista Pace. Uncommon. Abaris Books hardcover books
1980157992New York: Abaris Books 1980. Hardcover. VG- Ex-art library with faint label mark on spine; i.d. marks on book block edges; pocket at rear; some scuffs and wear to binding which is slightly sunned along spine; pages are clean. Brown cloth with gilt letters and lines on spine and front cover 336 pp. 300 BW illus. Part of a lengthy series of illustrated picture atlases presenting the reproduction of prints rendered by European masters. Once based primarily on the compilations created by Austrian scholar and artist Johann Adam Bernhard Ritter von Bartsch 1757-1821 in his 21-volume "Le Peintre Graveur." This volume addresses the work of about twenty Italian engraving masters including Antonio Pollaiuolo Andrea Mantegna Zoan Andrea Benedetto Montagna Giolio Campagnola and Cristofano Robetta. It also includes additions to the Baccio Baldini catalogue contained in the previous volume. Uncommon. Abaris Books hardcover books
1985157996New York: Abaris Books 1985. Hardcover. VG- Ex-art library with faint label mark on spine; i.d. marks on book block edges; pocket at rear; some scuffs and wear to binding which is slightly sunned along spine; pages are clean. Brown cloth with gilt letters and lines on spine and front cover 351 pp. 300 BW illus. Part of a lengthy series of illustrated picture atlases presenting the reproduction of prints rendered by European masters. Once based primarily on the compilations created by Austrian scholar and artist Johann Adam Bernhard Ritter von Bartsch 1757-1821 in his 21-volume "Le Peintre Graveur." This volume addresses the work of Italian engravers Gian Giacomo Caraglio 1500-1565 and Giulio Bonasone 1498-1574 as well as masters of the school of Marcantonio Raimondi. Subject matter includes biblical religious mythological and fantastic entities and scenes as well as some ornaments and architectural details. Bonasone is continued in the subsequent volume. Uncommon. Abaris Books hardcover books
197417059New York: Helikon Press 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good . Tall octavo. 57 pp. A handsome fine press limited edition. Marbleized boards over decorated cloth spine. This is letter P of 26 speical SIGNED copies printed for friends of the poet and publisher there was also an edition of 100 copies held for sale. Small bump and wear to leading bottom corners else a fine example. This copy additionally INSCRIBED by Adam to fellow poet James Broughton and spouse on the front endpaper. <br/><br/> Helikon Press hardcover books