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1836519431836. Edinburgh 1836. Only ed. Edinburgh 1836. Only ed. Rare Essay on Bills of Exception from the Library of Woburn Abbey Adam William 1751-1839. Additional Observations on Bills of Exception Being a Supplement to His Treatise on Trial by Jury. Edinburgh: Thomas Clark Law-Bookseller 1836. 41 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Contemporary cloth printed paper title label to spine. Some rubbing to extremities corners bumped front joint just starting at head light fading to spine and parts of boards. Armorial bookplate of Woburn Abbey dated 1873 to front pastedown "Bedford" in bold hand to front free endpaper one leaf partially detached but secure. Faint dampstaining to foot of text block light foxing internally clean. $150. Only edition. This is a supplement to Adam's Practical Treatise and Observations on Trial by Jury in Civil Causes 1836. Adam produced this "supplement" to answer the objections of the dean of faculty of the University of Edinburgh to his doctrine on bills of exception and elaborate his argument. The signature "Bedford" is probably that of William Russell 1809-1872 Eighth Duke of Bedford and the owner of Woburn Abbey or his son Francis Charles Hastings Russell 1819-1891 Ninth Duke. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 5:4. unknown books
185034684Troy NY: Steam Press 1850. 8vo pp. 18. Wraps removed o/w VG. Steam Press unknown books
20181318681Delhi: Facsimile Publisher 2018. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 416; VG/VG; black/red spine with yellow text; originally published in 1898 by Longmans Green and Co. this facsimile reprinted 2018; dust jacket shows minimal wear to exterior; mylar wraps; cloth has little wear to exterior; lightly bumped corners; strong boards; text block shows light soiling to exterior edges; frontispiece; interior clean;. 1318681. FP New Rockville Stock. Facsimile Publisher hardcover books
1926014878New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock/The Grafton Press 1926. First Edition. Octavo. 322pp. photo-illustrated. A true story of a trip around the world and the author's big game hunting in Africa and India. Bound in dark blue pictorial cloth lettered in gilt photograph of author standing on a giraffe mounted to upper board spine lettering gilt top edge just a bit dust soiled. A handsome copy in very scarce printed dust jacket with piece torn away at foot chipping to head and corners some damp staining. Frederick H. Hitchcock/The Grafton Press unknown books
1926Embry 176527Hitchcock 1926. First edition. Fine with light rubbing and edgewear to boards. In protective mylar. B&W illustrations and photos. Brick red cloth with gilt titles and pictorial onlay. Includes considerable big game hunting in Africa and India. Hitchcock, 1926. First edition. hardcover books
1979255004Stockholm: Socialdemokraterna 1979. Paperback. 96p. 8x11.75 inches text in Swedish Illustrations in b&w and color of Swedish Social Democratic posters good trade paperback in pictorial wraps edge worn with minor fading. Socialdemokraterna paperback books
2011130588Middleburg Virginia: The National Sporting Library and Museum 2011. Softcover. New. Deep red wraps with color illus. xl 208 pp. 148 color plates. Catalogue to accompany the inaugural exhibition at the National Sporting Library and Museum in Middleburg Virginia October 11 2011 - January 14 2012 designed to raise awareness of the importance of animal and sporting art as a reflection of American history and cultural life. Over 100 outstanding works of fine art representing every category of the genre have been selected. American artists include Albert Bierstadt Thomas Eakins Alfred Jacob Miller and Frederic Remington as well as John James Audubon Paul Manship Edward Troye Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait and William Tylee Ranney. The National Sporting Library and Museum unknown books
1976148007Santee: The Blueboy Library 1976. Paperback. 184p.ads very good first edition PBO in original camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Blueboy Library 80017. Gay's Anatomy! Is there a doctor in the House The Blueboy Library paperback books
1970142048Stockholm Sweden: Nationalmusei 1970. Red stapled wraps with black lettering. 28 pp. with 7 bw images. Exhibition catalogue no. 334 from January-February 1970: Current Trends in French Graphics. Text in Swedish. Lists the 119 works in the exhibition by artist with brief information about each artist. Nationalmusei paperback books
200549952New York: Rizzoli 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The Story of AmericaÕs Preeminent Interior Designer. New York: Rizzoli 2005. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the subject Albert Hadley. Numerous full color photographs. 272 pp. Hardcover. Large 4to. Black paper covered boards. Head heel and corners very lightly rubbed. Else a very nice copy in like dustjacket. Very good/Very good. Rizzoli 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
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
2001176108Kansas City MO: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art 2001. Hardcover. VG. Color illustrated paper over boards black spine with white lettering unpaginated profusely illustrated with large colorful illustrations. Exhibition tour Addison Gallery of American Art Phillips Academy Andover MA April 7-July 31 2001 and others. Includes bibliographical references. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art hardcover books
2002280249Kansas City: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art 2002. hardcover. fine. Katz Alex. Introduction by Eric de Chassey. 26 color plates. 87pp. tall thin 8vo pictorial boards. Kansas City: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art 2002. A Fine copy.<br/><br/> Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
1995119071Chicago Illinois: Alice Adam Ltd 1995. Softcover. VG. Dark blue wraps; Unpaginated approx. 30 pp.; 21 color and duotone plates. Features 21 new acquisitions by the gallery including works by Max Beckmann James Ensor Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Emil Nolde Kurt Schwitters and more; Price list included. Alice Adam, Ltd unknown books
199217642np: Carleton University 1992. First edition. 40 pp. Fine in stapled printed wrappers. (np): Carleton University, unknown books
2012189559Osprey Publishing 2012-09-18. Paperback. Very Good. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Osprey Publishing paperback books
2000287084Boston: Little Brown 2000. First. hardcover. near fine/fine. His Battle for Chicago and the Nation. Illus. 614pp. 8vo black cloth d.w. Boston: Little Brown 2000. Near Fine<br/><br/> Book has remainder marks.<br/><br/> Little Brown unknown 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
2009011762Kelly-Winterton Press 2009. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As New. PRESENTATION COPY from artist van Doren to arhcitect Cesar Pelli inscribed by van Doren on the half title "To Cesar with admiration. Best Adam 1/31/17" With a ANS on a correspondence card with envelope of van Doren as lecturer residential college seminars at Yale: "Jan 31 2017 Dear Cesar. Many thanks for sharing your memories of Yale. Best Adam" Limited edition 500 copies signed by van Doren on the colophon. Ten colored plates of van Doren's paintings. AS NEW IN SLIPCASE. Kelly-Winterton Press hardcover books
1967428353Augustus M. Kelley 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile of the 1801 London edition. 4 vol. set. 4to. Brown cloth. Some wear and soiling to exterior. Light soiling to the textblock edges. Very good no jacket. Augustus M. Kelley hardcover books
38715ANDERSON Adam. AN HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL DEDUCTION OF THE ORIGIN OF COMMERCE. Two Volumes. London: A. Millar J. and R. Tonson and others 1764. Folio. Contemporary quarter calf marble papered boards. x xxxiv iii 500 pages; ii 434; Chronological Index 126; Postscript 4; Appendix 111; Index 5 pages. Fir edition. According to the title page it contains the "Origin of commerce from the earliest accounts of time to the present time. Containing an history of the great commercial interests of the British Empire. To which is prefixed an introduction exhibiting a view of the ancient and modern state of Europe; of the importance of our colonies; and of commerce shipping manufactures fisheries &c. of Great Britain and Ireland: and their influence on the lande interest. With an appendix containing the modern politico-commercial geography of the several countries of Europe." There are regular references the colonies. Those for Virginia begin with Sir Walter Raleigh's attempt to establish a colony in the New World in 1584 up to references in 1740 to tobac shipments to England from both Virginia and Maryland. Copies of the book wer in Virginia libraries including those of John Mercer of Marlborough Lord Botetourt the royal governor of the colony Thomas Jefferson and Ralph Wormeley in Rosegill Plantation in Middlesex County. Jefferson and Wormeley owned the later 1790 octavo edition of this popular work. While many copies but not all of this edition of Anderson's work have up to three folding map in the first volume there is no evidence our copy was ever bound in the eighteenth century with maps. Being that it is an untrimmed copy it probabl was never intended to have plates. Bookplates of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation library on the inside of the front boards of both volumes. Hinges cracked. Lacks the three folding maps however copies of the three maps are loosely laid-in. Text collates complete with untrimmed leaves. Boards worn along edges. unknown books
2010USISHON00HMRRandom House 2010. Very Good. Sisman Adam. An Honourable Englishman: The Life of Hugh Trevor-Roper. New York: Random House 2010. 643pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with subtly bumped edges and shallow scratches in rear panel. Random House hardcover books
2010USISHON00DGRandom House 2010. Fine. Sisman Adam. An Honourable Englishman: The Life of Hugh Trevor-Roper. New York: Random House 2010. 643pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine with a small red remainder mark on the bottom edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light bumping to edges. Random House hardcover books
1804011225Oliver D. Cooke 1804. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1804 2 Volume EditionNew Edition. Beautiful Contemporary Leather with 6 Raised Bands.Internally Very Fresh.Very Rare Edition.Gorgeous Copy With Red Labels. Oliver D. Cooke Hardcover books