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1873856331873. FOX Tilbury. SKIN DISEASES: THEIR DESCRIPTION PATHOLOGY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. London: Henry Renshaw 1873. 3rd edition re-written and enlarged. xii 532 pp. 16 pp. publisher's catalogue. 8vo. dark red cloth stamped in gilt and blind sunned to tan at spine. Corners bumped spine slightly frayed. Front hinge starting. Owner's inkstamp and light soil on half-title. Interior clean and tight. B/w illustrations in the text. unknown books
19991312127New York: The Solomon Guggenheim Foundation 1999. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto 183 Pages; VG/VG; Spine is black with white lettering; dust jacket has minimal wear on the top and bottom edges; binding and pages clear; shelved textiles. 1312127. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Solomon Guggenheim Foundation hardcover books
2006169606New York: Aperture Foundation 2006. First edition. Oblong hardcover. First printing. 203 pages. Published in conjunction with a major retrospective exhibition that started at the Smithsonian and traveled to New York. Foreword by Elizabeth Broun. Essays by Walter Hopps Andy Grundberg and Howard N. Fox. Includes 160 color and black and white images. A tight close to near fine copy with some light bumping to the corners and with another slight bump to the top of the rear board in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear as well. One of the best books on this important American artist and photographer. Aperture Foundation unknown books
1890000628London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. 1890. Very good. Second edition with plans; 5 x 7 1/2; pp. 13 4-105 7 index and publisher's list; original green cloth over boards; gilt title; slight fading and some rubbing to spine; very faint foxing to first several pages only; most pages unopened; large fold-out with 5 separate plans of the Royal Public and Private Baths the Grand Pump Room etc. small cut to edge of lower fold-line; engraved lettrines at beginning of chapters; overall very good. There has been archaeological evidence that humans have been utilizing the natural hot springs around which Bath England was established since about 8000 B.C. The book comprises part history and part manual - specifically focusing not only on the benefits of the mineral water but also on the health risks incurred through improper use of the springs. The only copy in the trade in the US as of May 2021. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. hardcover books
57222FOX Carl. THE DOLL. Text by Carl Fox. Photogtraphs by H. Landshoff. New York Harry N. Abrams Inc. n.d. 4to. burgundy cloth; illustrated. A Slight touch of dampstaining to top corner of front board else fine in dust jacket with a touch of soil. unknown books
199191564Petersborough Cambs.: Spectacular Diseases 1991. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Cover drawing by Maria Bernadete Costa. Fine copy in wrappers as issued. One of 350 copies printed. Written by Hugh Fox using his female pseudonym. Spectacular Diseases unknown books
1931288991New York .: Scribners. 1931. . 1st Edition. Hardcover black cloth gilt spine title color illustration on cover color illustrated endpapers. . Very good no dust jacket. . 8vo. From the library of noted American illustrator John La Gatta with his bookplate to the second endpaper. 14 full-page color illustrations by N.C. Wyeth. Scribners. hardcover books
193730312London: Lawrence & Wishart. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine copy with some foxing to endpapers in very good price-clipped dust jacket with 1" triangular chip at head of rear panel. This is the correct first edition far more scarce than the US first edition. With ownership signature of David Daiches noted Scottish literary historian. Some of his notes appear throughout the book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 172 pp . Lawrence & Wishart hardcover books
1952127206New York: Grune & Stratton 1952. First Edition. hardcover. very good. 133 illustrations. Tall 8vo blue cloth. New York: Grune & Stratton 1952. First Edition. Scarce. Very good .<br/><br/> Grune & Stratton unknown books
1999166844New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications 1999. Paperback. VG-. Color-illustrated and BW-photographic softcover with white lettering. 181 pp. Color and BW illustrations. "Among the foremost textile designers of the 20th century Anni Albers was a central figure of the Weaving Workshop at the Bauhaus in prewar Germany. Accompanying a centennial retrospective of her work this volume contains full-color reproductions of Albers's most important weavings drapery materials and wall coverings as well as scores of her highly influential commercial textile designs. Anni Albers had an enormous effect on the design of yard materials worldwide."--Amazon. Guggenheim Museum Publications paperback books
188216232London: Smith Elder 1882. pp. 335 353. Untrimmed bound in publisher's green cloth. Blain notes that Fox 1819-1871 was known for these diaries and her close relationships with Mill the Carlyles and Wordsworth. She was widely read and admired Emerson and heard Clara Balfour talk on women's rights. Her diaries contain accounts of her varied travels acquaintances and friends and of her spiritual life though struggles with religious doubt were censored by Pym. She termed herself a Quaker Catholic meaning an inclusive Quaker. Smith Elder unknown books
B19490-ECentury House . Collectible - Good. 1953 NAP signed by Fox on reverse of half-title red hardcovers have light spotting corners bumped interior is clean and sound dust jacket is edgeworn and lightly soiled dust jacket front panel is made to resemble an old newspaper cream color with blue lettering. Century House hardcover books
19696294JNew York: Award Books 1969. First Edition. Paperback original of this novel issued to coincide with the release of the Sam Peckinpah directed western film. Very good in wrappers. Award Books paperback books
1946006663Grey Walls 1946. Book. Fine. Cloth. First English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in like jacket.First English Edition.Beautiful Copy. Grey Walls Hardcover books
200628047Portland OR: Nazraeli Press 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Stunning aerial photographs of the Los Angeles area by photographer David Maisel. Photographs take on an almost surveillance-like feel from the height at which they were taken and printed as they appear in the original negative form. The photographs are preceded by Mark Strand's poem "Black Maps" and ends with an essay by William L. Fox entitled "Shadowlands." First Printing. Unpag. 15 black and white plates. Clean crisp copy with Maisel's photograph illustration of reprinted on cover. Nazraeli Press hardcover books
198019112Washington D.C.: National Access Center 1980. Original wraps. Very Good . Uncommon 1980 Flo Fox collection of very skillful often humorous black-and-white photographs of the marginalized in New York. Solid and VG in its pictorial wrappers with very light creasing along the spine. Oblong octavo "'Asphalt Gardens' may be the first book featuring autofocus photography. Clearly Flo Fox has shaped a new and much denigrated technology into images that startle and amuse. Her craft legitimizes democratic photography". Designed by Angela Perretta edited by Peter Green. <br/><br/> National Access Center paperback books
19698763ENew York: Award Books 1969. First Edition. Paperback original of this novel issued to coincide with the release of the Sam Peckinpah directed western film. Very good plus in wrappers Award Books paperback books
1808WRCLIT21040London: Printed for William Miller 1808. liv55-2773clviii pp. Quarto. Contemporary three quarter calf and marbled boards retaining the half title. Portrait. Some edge wear and occasional foxing but a nice copy. First edition. The long introduction to this posthumously published work is by Vassall Holland. Printed for William Miller hardcover books
19593731959. FOX Charles Philip. A TICKET TO THE CIRCUS. A Pictorial History Of the Incredible Ringlings. Seattle: Superior Publishing Company 1959. Quarto: gray cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Fox on the title page. Also with a signed presentation from Fox on the verso of the front endpaper: "Best Wishes to Ray Heim- You have one of the most finished model circuses I have ever seen- Chappie Fox. At your home Oct. 16 1959." With the bookplate of the Circus World Museum Baraboo Wisconsin on the front endpaper. Near fine; some edgewear short tears & creases d/j. $100.00 . <br/><br/> hardcover books
193791737Boston:: Little Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. B0008706K4 . Stated first edition. Foxing on edges else very good in a very good sun faded along the spine some foxing on rear panel dust jacket. ; 275 pages . Little, Brown and Company, hardcover books
200739008College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Press 2007. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new. xvii 389 pp. Illus. with color plates and photos and b/w photos and plans. 4to. Number Eleven: Sara and John Lidsey Series in the Arts and Humanities. Inscribed by the photographer. John F. Staub 1892-1981 was a MIT trained architect most associated with the River Oaks area of Houston where he designed thirty-one houses between 1924 and 1958. Richard Cheek is a noted architectural photographer. Texas A&M Univ. Press hardcover books
1914402878Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1914. 8vo. 364pp. Frontispiece of Rabindranath Tagore 14 plates and 2 tables. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth; printed dust jacket. A near-fine copy with slight toning to the spine a few minor stains and light wear. FIRST EDITION. <br/><br/> The Clarendon Press hardcover books
19297081Joliet IL: The P.F. Volland Co 1929. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A solid copy of the 1929 1st edition beautifully illustrated by Justin Gruelle. Tight and VG in its lightly-faded and soiled gilt-decorated and lettered red cloth. Octavo 80 pgs. <br/><br/> The P.F. Volland Co hardcover books
200219023Philadelphia: Pond Press 2002. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Square 8vo. Pictorial wraps. Near fine with touches of wear and some faint sunning to spine. Else tight and sharp. <br/><br/>Scarce first edition of this remarkable exhibition catalog of Graham's photos of the Kellams a couple who lived alone in a tiny house in remote corner of Maine. Nicols provides a remarkable essay exploring why a couple would remove themselves so completely from society: "Forty years of solitude.of winter storms and late springs and hungry mosquitos.of canned sardines.of reading to each other." Indeed for book lovers a particularly engrossing portrait of bibliophilia with numerous images of the couples' books and library. This catalog was to lead to a two-page article in the New York Times on Feb. 13th 2003 which itself led to the sale of all available copies of this remarkable collection. It remains scarce to this day. A 2007 reprint of this book by Boxed Books includes all the same images but substitutes Fox's essay with the NYT article. Pond Press paperback books
198323964Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press. 1983. New Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. One of 26 lettered copies signed by the editor on a tipped in leaf. Fine in fine dust jacket. Collects the writings from Filibusters in Barbary and Kasbahs and Souks much of which was never published. Contains 15 drawings by Lewis a partial bibliography of works he consulted.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 234 pp . Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
