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19132294727Frederick A. Stokes Company 1913. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Shepherd J. A. First edition. No jacket. Bookplate removed from front paste-down endpaper. 1913 Hard Cover. vii 144 pp. Brown boards with a rooster illustration on the front board. A fable of the Chanticleer--a proud and fierce rooster who dominates the barnyard. Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover books
191690509NY:: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1916. Hardcover. B07GY4QG8S . With an introduction by J. W. Mackail. First edition thus. INSCRIBED by the author to a previous owner in 1916. Very good in dark green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. No dust jacket. . Charles Scribner's Sons, hardcover books
199976571New York NY.: DK Publishing Inc. Very Good. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in red paper covered boards with blind-stamping to the upper cover and gilt stamping to the spine in a very nice dust jacket. The covers have a touch of light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with nice color illustrations. This book is signed/inscribed by the illustrator Mary Grandpre on the title-page. - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu 1945-2019 of Columbus Ohio - known to many of his bookseller author and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired including Gorey Sendak Heaney Byatt Morrison Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. ; Signed by Illustrator . DK Publishing, Inc. hardcover books
1981RJONTRI00JKNTrinity County Historical Society 1981. Fine. Jones Alice Goen editor. Trinity County Historic Sites. Krieg Richard; Langworthy Elizabeth Bigelow; Meckel Henry C.; Morris Florence Scott; Robb Walter; Woods Herbert. Weaverville CA: Trinity County Historical Society 1981. 1st edition. 422pp. Indexed. 8vo. Hardcover. Signed by author. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Rubbing to edges. One inch tear in bottom edge of front panel. Signed by Jones Krieg Langworthy Meckel Morris and Woods on title page. Trinity County Historical Society hardcover books
200475032México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia 2004. 19x19 cm. Colección Alquimia. Traducción Isabel Victoria Anaya Ferreira 278ip b/w and color plates facs. ports. appens. bibl. cat. bibl. color fldg. wrps AUGMENTED REVISED AND EXTENDED SPANISH EDITION. Little has been said about Hercule Florence his research and inventions until this presentation. A lost genius in the Sao Paulo hinterland he was an excellent draftsman and painter and invented photography in an independent isolated manner in 1833. According to his diary the idea of printing by light came to him on August 15 1832 he was familiar with the camera obscura. His experiments are noted in 5 handwritten diaries. There are many who feel that he invented photography and never was given credit. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000. Primera edición en español modificada y aumentada. Libro dedicado al estudio de la labor de Hercule Florence precursor y descubridor de la fotografía y famoso recopilador de la expedición al Brasil. Este libro presenta parte de sus notas como expedicionario y descripciones de su libro de notas sobre fotografía. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia unknown books
200977667Paris:: Galerie Daniel Maghen. Fine. 2009. Hardcover. 9782356740175 . Text is in French. Illustrated by the author. First edition. Fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Galerie Daniel Maghen, hardcover books
201477666Paris:: Galerie Daniel Maghen. Very Good. 2014. Hardcover. 9782356740373 . Text is in French. Illustrated by the author. First edition. Boards are slightly splayed else very good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Galerie Daniel Maghen, hardcover books
194698517Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1946. Hardcover. 183p. first printing lightly worn dj. Story set partly at Tuskegee partly in the Sea Islands on a young black woman furthering her education. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1899164203Boston and New York / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin and Company / Riverside Press 1899. Hardcover. VG-. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library with usual marks stickers stamps bookplate. Pages tanned with age but clean and tightly bound. Brown cloth over boards with mauve lettering. 171 pp. An interesting look at the lives of early Mormons in Utah through the eyes of Florence Merriam discussing their religious doctrines and practices. Houghton, Mifflin and Company / Riverside Press hardcover books
19842204697James Brunner 1984. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1984 reissue of 1838 original. Folding map included. Ink note on front endpaper "To Judge Forsyth With love and gratitude for 20 yrs. of dedication and service. Town Hall Employees Dedication - May 17 1987" minor wear to jacket corners. xxii 416 pp. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece of Rochester in 1812 46 engravings throughout text including many of religious government and commercial buildings in Rochester and views of the Genesee River. Not in Sabin. Howes O122: "Enlarged from the author James Brunner hardcover books
2008124719New Brunswick New Jersey: Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum Rutgers The State University of New Jersey 2008. Softcover. VG. Color illus. wraps; 90 pp.; 45 color and duotone figures. Accompanied a 2008 exhibition of work by French artist Honore Daumier 1808-1879. "Highlights both Daumier's crucial role as a sculptor and lithographer within the Romantic and Realist traditions of nineteenth-century French art as well as his captivating genre scenes made after the political journal La Caricature ceased publication in 1835." foreword With illustrated essays by Florence Quideau and Edouard Paper. The exhibition checklist cites 105 pieces and many are pictured here. Includes an artist chronology and selected bibliography. A scarce catalogue. Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey paperback books
1989qms1314Norfolk Virginia: The Donning Company 1989. First Edition. Quarto green leatherette hardcover gilt letters photo. illus. endpapers 208 pp. Fine As New in a Fine As New dust jacket. From dust jacket: .This book presents in pictorial form with enough text to outline the historical facts a review of how Nashua has evolved into the city we see today. Through the visual elements of maps artists’ sketches and most of all photographs this evolution is presented. The Donning Company, (1989). First Edition. hardcover books
189236796New York: F. M. Lupton Publisher 1892. 1st printing of this edition of which OCLC shows no holding institutions. Printed self wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age toning to paper which is becoming fragile. Two stab holes in margin along spine. Minor edge rash. A VG copy. 16 pp. Last page "The Engineer." Text triple column. Wood engraved masthead. Wood engraved illustrations p. 13 & p. 15. 11-3/8" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> F. M. Lupton, Publisher unknown books
19423958Racine WI : Whitman Publishing Co. 1942. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/Near Fine in Wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear else tight bright and unmarred. Color pictorial cut-out wraps. 4to. np. Illus. color plates. <br/><br/>One of the publisher's "Peek-A-Boo Book" series. Winship's wonderful illustrations are revealed ahead though clever cut-outs. A very handsome copy of a volume seldom found in such nice condition. Whitman Publishing Co. paperback books
196027233New York: New York State Commission on Historic Observances 1960. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. 8 pages plus wrappers. 8 3/8 x 11 inches. Stapled printed wrappers. Wrappers soiled creased. This copy INSCRIBED "For Mrs. Mabel Kerr and Donald Kerr with warm regard Florence Ripley Mastin May 1960" on title page. Wraps. Mastin's poem won the "New York State's Year of History Poem". Includes bio of Mastin the poem and information on the award. New York State Commission on Historic Observances unknown books
4765Homolka Florence. FOCUS ON ART. Foreword by Aldous Huxley. New York Ivan Obolensky 1962. 1st edition. Cloth over paper boards. Thin octavo 116 pp. numerous black and white photographs. Dust jacket has previous owner's writing on the front panel. Near fine condition. <br/><br/> hardcover books
197177879Detroit: Gale Reseach Company 1971. cloth. small 8vo. cloth. 5131 pages. Reprint. Foreword by Robert Adger Law a professor at the University of Texas. Listing of modern Texas authors with quotations from their works. Index of names by primary subject. Bibliography and a fold-out literary map of Texas. Gale Reseach Company unknown books
199226934West Chester: Schiffer Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0887403786 . Color photographs throughout. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Schiffer Publishing hardcover books
193016828E1930s. Original autograph signature of British novelist Florence Bone written in vintage fountain pen ink on a 4†x 3†piece of paper. Fine. Florence Bone is the author of Love Across the Cobbles The Brownie's Box Dividing Gates A Coach for Fanny Burney A Flutter in Brocade etc. unknown books
193044721Washington 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. photos 121p. Navy blue cloth. 23cm. Two holes in rear joint insect-damage. Covers somewhat bowed. Slight cover spotting and wear. Browne was employed at the Embassy for over 40 years. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1969130144London: Latimer Press 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 35 pages. Copy 21 from an edition of only 25 that were specially bound in buckram. A collection of poems with drawings by Kate Jackson. A fine copy in an about very good glassine jacket that has a long tear and some chips to the top of the rear panel. Signed by both Bull and Jackson on the limitation page. Latimer Press unknown books
1937147790New York: Associated American Artists 1937. Softcover. VG- One small blind stamp from Philadelphia Museum of Art. Brown card wraps with black lettering and insignia. 26 pp. with numerous bw illus. Catalogue of prints available for sale. Each one pictured with a brief biography of the artist. List of artists and titles of each work on last page. Included are 3 reprinted articles/reviews by 3 art critics of the time: A Golden Opportunity by Florence Davies Detroit News; Ekeabir Hewett Chicago Tribune and Jean Laurier New York Evening Journal all recommending the subscription prints to the public. In addition a page of excerpts from other reviewers is included under the heading "A Nation-wede Press Herals an Unusual Program." Also with a page explaining how etchings are made along with processes of drypoint lithographs and originals. With a preface as well as a list of awards and distinctions for the artists included in this catalogue. This is an original catalogue and four of the works have a pink stamp "Edition Exhausted" over the image. Judging from the list of artists and their works available this catalogue seems to be from 1937 although there is no date specified within the catalogue itself. Associated American Artists paperback books
20151341017New York: Rizzoli 2015. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 223 pages; VG/VG; spine blue with light green lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and scuffing; inscribed at half title by Ripert; full color photos throughout; pages clean; shelved Cookbooks. 1341017. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Rizzoli hardcover books
1970158601970. Softcover. Good Some soiling and wear to wraps; Pages discolored around edges due to age; Former owner's name written in ink on first page. Color wraps. 225 pp. 77 bw plates. Text in Italian; An exhibition of works of Caravaggio and his followers from the Florentine museums this book features an eight-page introduction biographic notes on various artists catalogue of 70 works and an interesting passage on the restoration of the pieces by Paolo Dal Poggetto. Text in Italian. paperback books
1942290919New York: The Macmillan Company 1942. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Fair dust jacket. Photographic illustrations and text diagrams. Toning to the endpapers and foxing to the edges of the the textblock. Significant chips and tears to the dustjacket minor loss to the head of the spine and rear cover and beginning of separation along the joints and folds. Red cloth with a Fair dustjacket. Very Good binding / Fair dust jacket. The Macmillan Company unknown books
