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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
200550006New York: Rizzoli 2005 . First American edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. New York: Rizzoli 2005 . First American edition. Signed by Lewis and Hadley. Copious full color illustrations. 271 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Black paper covered boards. A nice copy in a very good dust wrapper. Very good/Very good. Rizzoli hardcover books
2001285885New York: Viking Studio 2001. hardcover. very good/very good. Foreword by Albert Hadley. Illustrated. xxii 262 pages large 8vo white cloth d.w. New York: Viking Studio 2001. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. Presentation copy signed by the author on the half-title.<br/><br/> Viking Studio unknown books
197183759New Haven: Department of Graphic Design the School of Art and Architecture at Yale University 1971. Paperback. Very Good. photos 42p. Slightly oblong 23 x 22cm. Minor scuffing. <br/><br/> Department of Graphic Design the School of Art and Architecture at Yale University paperback books
2010172022Boston: The Institute of Contemporary Art 2010. Hardcover. New in shrinkwrap. Color-illustrated boards with white lettering. 160 pp. Mainly color illustrations. "This publication accompanies the exhibition Charles LeDray: workworkworkworkwork presented at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston July 16-October 17 2010. The exhibition travels to the Whitney Museum of American Art New York November 18 2010-February 13 2011 and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston June-September 2011." -Colophon. The Institute of Contemporary Art hardcover books
1678780961678. LITTLETON Adam. Linguae Latinae Liber Dictionarius Quadripartitus. A Latine Dictionary in Four Parts. I. An English-Latine. II. A Latine-Classical. III. A Latine-Proper. IV. A Latine-Barbarous. London T. Basset J. Wright and R. Chiswell 1677 and 1678. Folio. Unpaginated. Second edition the first was 1673 much enlarged. The English-Latin portion is as much thesaurus as dictionary. The "Latine-Classical" is a Latin-English dictionary with etymology including Hebrew; the "Latine-Proper" is a dictionary of personal and place names; the "Latine-Barbarous" dated 1677 contains erroneous and foreign words. A legal dictionary and tables of weights measures coinage chronology etc. crown the work. In 1670 Littleton was made chaplain to Charles II. His dedication to the King explains that he has rejected much of former dictionaries which would not be of use to students. His dictionary remained in print until 1735. An engraved frontispiece rebacked shows the Palatine Library established by Augustus. The engraved map of Ancient Italy and the engraved plan of Rome showing all its monuments and buildings are both present. In an unsophisticated calf binding of the period with plain boards and spine in six compartments with elaborate floral tooling. Hinges cracked externally. Bookplate of Watkin Williams of Penbedw Denbigh probably the Welsh schoolmaster-poet who won the Eisteddfod at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 with a poem in Welsh on George Washington. Cordell 220. BL 612.1.13. unknown books
170342900London: printed for W. Rawlins R. Chiswel et al. 1703. Fourth edition thick 4to pp. 18 unpaginated lexicon in triple column 18; engraved frontispiece and 2 engraved maps Italy and Ancient Rome; full contemporary blind-tooled reverse calf some soiling spine in 6 compartments gilt-lettered in 1 gilt faded; small losses to spine ends late 18th or early 19th century ownership signatures including that of Wm. Chichester of Balliol on front free endpaper; textblock fine. One of the most famous Latin dictionaries by one of the best-known lexicographers of the Restoration a link in Latin-English lexicography between Holyoke and Cole on the one hand and Ainsworth on the other. See Starnes Renaissance Dictionaries Austin 1954 who devotes a whole chapter to it. Kennedy 2848; Vancil p. 151. <br/><br/> printed for W. Rawlins, R. Chiswel [et al.] unknown books
1785318437London 1785. The Sixth Edition. First published in 1678 as 'Linguæ Latinæ liber dictionarius quadripartitus'. With 2 maps one of Italy coloured and the other of Rome. 1430pp. Thick 4to. Bound in modern three quarters mottled tan calf and marbleds boards. Fine minor worming in small part of margin. The Sixth Edition. First published in 1678 as 'Linguæ Latinæ liber dictionarius quadripartitus'. With 2 maps one of Italy coloured and the other of Rome. 1430pp. Thick 4to. ESTC T84402 unknown books
1993109045London: Chatto & Windus 1993. First British edition. Hardcover. His fourth novel. A very near fine copy with the usual darkening to the pages in a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Lively on the title page. Chatto & Windus unknown books
19892694NY: Atlantic Monthly 1989. First edition. . 135 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Second novel by Penelope Lively's son. NY: Atlantic Monthly unknown books
198629878New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1986. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 23.5cm; gray cloth and paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 310 2pp. Hint of sunning to upper board edges else Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket unclipped with a single small adhesive strip from an old mylar protector at upper spine on verso. A novel set "in the Peru of the near future a country in the throes of an insurgency pitting a Cuban-Bolivian-backed revolutionary army against a failing Lima government and the U.S. Marines" from the front flap. First published in Spainsh two years prior under the title La Historia de Mayta. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
17831277019Augsburg Bavaria Germany: Joseph Wolffischen 1783. Hardcover. folio 750pp. 24pp. index 136pp.; VG; bound in brown leather paneled spine with no lettering; front board decorated with metal in the four corners diamond in the center; remnants of two clasps present two metal hooks on fore edge of front board two torn leather strips bound into rear board; moderate rubbing to boards; newer endpapers; title page has had a strip of paper approximately 1.25 inches 3.5cm. high torn off of the bottom primarily including the entirety of the publication information. It has been repaired with the backing of another sheet on that portion. There is a small tear in the middle of the page that is backed by a piece of paper on the verso and so barely impacts the legibility of the words; complete collation: endpaper title page 2pp. table of contents 4pp. 750pp. 24pp. index title page 6pp. 136pp.; separate title page with separate pagination; page 110 misprinted as 100 160 as 142 217 as 21 271 as 217 523 as 532 524 as 534 554 as 454 732 as 571 only the page number impacted; small repairs on pages 165/166 571/572 633/634 649/650 687/688 701/702 705/706 719/720 1/2; illustrated pages beginning parts two and three on pages 165 and 567. The pagination between pages 566-571 appear to be missing a page as is usual with this edition; ffep partially detached; profusely illustrated with over 800 black and white woodcut illustrations including genre scenes individual plants and animals and distilling apparatus; <br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Adam Lonicer was a German botanist who studied at Marburg and the University of Mainz obtaining his Magister degree at sixteen years of age. After becoming a Doctor of Medicine in 1554 he became the town physician in Frankfurt am Main. His true interest though was herbs and the study of botany. His first important work on herbs the Kräuterbuch was published in 1557 with a large part dealing with distillation. He married Magdalena Egenolff the daughter of Christian Egenolff his Frankfurt publisher and a printer who specialized in herbals. The work that made his name famous is this popular herbal the Kräuterbuch. Lonicer provides us with one of the early descriptions of local flora as well as being one of the first to differentiate deciduous trees from conifers.<br /> <br /> shelved case 4. 1277019. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Joseph Wolffischen hardcover books
200643634Guilford: Lyons Press 2006. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. xiv 206pp index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. <br/><br/> Lyons Press hardcover books
199524552New York/London: Whitney Museum of American Art in association with W.W. Norton & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. c.1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0393038149 . spine slightly turned a touch of shelfwear to bottom edges; jacket shows only light surface wear. color art reproductions B&W photographs "This volume includes fifty-nine of Hopper's most important works in full color as well as original works by fiction writers and poets that pay homage to or make reference to the ways in which Hopper pictured our world." Published in conjunction with the Whitney Museum's exhibition of the same name. Contributors: Paul Auster Ann Beattie Tess Gallagher Thom Gunn John Hollanders William Kennedy Galway Kinnell Ann Lauterbach Gail Levin Norman Mailer Leonard Michaels Walter Mosely Grace Paley and James Salter. This copy bears the bookplate of playwright Neil Simon on the ffep on which is his original not printed signature and the additional notation "1998" presumably the date he acquired the book. Signed by Notable Personage Unrelated . Whitney Museum of American Art, in association with W.W. Norton & Company hardcover books
1995111692New York: Whitney Museum of American Art 1995. Softcover. VG. Color glossy pictorial wraps. 252 4 pp. 59 full-page color plates a few smaller bw photographs. Includes essays and contributions by many individuals. A most useful collection of essays and color images. Whitney Museum of American Art unknown books
1995297348New York: Whitney Museum 1995. hardcover. fine/near fine. Edward Hopper. Illustrated in color xiv 252 pages. Short 4to green cloth d.w. minor shelfwear. New York: The Whitney Museum 1995. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Edited by Julie Grau. With contributions by Paul Auster Ann Beattie Tess Gallagher Thom Gunn John Hollander William Kennedy Galway Kinnel Ann Lauterbach Gail nLevin Normal Mailer Leonard Michaels Walter Mosley Grace Paley James Salter.<br/><br/> Whitney Museum unknown books
1995173781np: Americas Society Inc. Library of Congress 1995. First edition. Softcover. This issue is focused on Latin American Surrealism. Features articles by Cesar Moro Octavio Paz Andre Breton Juan Emar Oswald de Andrade and an interview of Emilio Adolfo Westphalen. Also includes a few illustrations of works by Manuel Alvarez Bravo Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. A very good plus copy in wrappers with some minor wear. Internally a clean copy. Uncommon. Americas Society, Inc., Library of Congress unknown books
197772376Chicago:: University of Chicago Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0226499936 . First printing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper underlining on five pages else good in a good fading along the spine moderate shelf wear dust jacket. . University of Chicago Press, hardcover books
198760229Chicago:: University of Chicago Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0226499901 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Chicago Press, hardcover books
198710242Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0226499901 . First printing. Near fine in a near fine light vertical crease to front flap dust jacket. . University of Chicago Press hardcover books
19861330440Glasgow: Brown Son & Ferguson Ltd 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto; unpaginated; VG-/G; light blue spine with blue text; dust jacket has slight toning toward edges; minor edge wear; cloth clean; slightly splayed boards; text block has slight tone to exterior edges; interior clean; illustrated; arts-Drawings; additional shipping may be added to items due to weight. 1330440. FP New Rockville Stock. Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd hardcover books
1963142519New York:: Ace Books 1963. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books F201. "A literate post-holocaust story in which a new form of life threatens to take over from the remnants of outmoded destructive Man." - John Clute SFE online. Published earlier in the UK as MIDGE 1962. Cover art by Ed Emshwiller. A fine unread copy. #142519 Ace Books unknown books
2013158617Chicago IL: Museum of Contemporary Art 2013. First edition. Hardcover. 110 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran December 15 through April 7 2013. Foreword by Madeleine Grynsztejn. Text by Dieter Roelstraete Adam Szymczyk Grant Watson and Macuga. Includes numerous illustrations with many gatefolds and includes an artist biography exhibition history bibliography and checklist. A near fine copy in illustrationed front board and cloth spine and rear board and with an indetererminate signature on the title page. No dust jacket as issued. Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
2013162432Syracuse NY: Lightwork 2013. First edition. Softcover. 48 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 14 through March 22 2013 and then traveled for additional dates. Text by Hannah Frieser and with a brief artist statement by Magyar. Includes some color and numerous black and white images with some fold out plates. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Lightwork unknown books
197132829Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press 1971. Third printing 4to original orange pictorial wrappers; illustrated throughout; near fine. <br/><br/> Ward Ritchie Press unknown books
