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2000174676Ostfildern-Ruit/ New York: Hatje Cantz/Distributed Art Publishers 2000. Hardcover. VG/VG slight shelf wear to corners. Bright red cloth boards with black stamped lettering on front cover and spine gray dust jacket with color illustration 634 pp 997 illustrations 104 in color. Text in German and English. Volume I 1905-1922. "The first volume includes early and little known workds from the period prior to World War I as well as the Merz works up until 1922 and a detailed illustrated biography of the artist." -dust jacket. Hatje Cantz/Distributed Art Publishers hardcover books
19315929New York: The exposition of Indian tribal arts Inc. 1931. First edition. Good/Extract from: Introduction to American Indian art to accompany the first exhibition of American Indian art selected entirely withconsideration of esthetic value. 27 cm; 13 pages including nine half-tone photographs. Printed self wraps. A little wrinkled and soiled. The exposition of Indian tribal arts, Inc. paperback books
UBISINC00LAWPhotography Magazine. Very Good. Bischof Werner. Incas to Indians. Frank Robert; Verger Pierre; de Lara introduction Mannuel Tunon. London: Photography Magazine ND. 76pp. Illustrated. 4to. Beige cloth with photographic endsheets. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped corners. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with chipped corners and subtly bumped edges. Flaps slightly curled. Photography Magazine hardcover books
196555348London: Dawsons of Pall Mall 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes in one: "A Collection of Letters Illustrative of the Progress of Science in England from the Reign of Queen Elizabeth to that of Charles the Second" and "Popular Treatises on Science Written During the Middle Ages in Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Norman and English." Facsimile of the 1841 first editions. This volume contains the whole of the publications of the first History of Science Society ever formed as well as the prospectus of the Society setting out its rules aims intended publications and list of members under the presidency of the Duke of Sussex. Original blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. Ink stamp to the front pastedown with a partial catalogue description affixed to the bottom of the rear pastedown. The boards are ever so slightly bowed; otherwise an especially crisp and clean copy. <br/><br/> Dawsons of Pall Mall hardcover books
1956248346Paris. : Robert Delpire. 1956. . 1st Edition. Tan cloth copper spine title. . A very good copy in a dustjacket with edgewear and short closed tears. . 4to. Introduction by Manuel Tunon de Laura. B&W photographs. Robert Delpire. hardcover books
1956179521New York: Universe 1956. hardcover. very good/very good. Numerous black & white photographic illustrations in color & in black & white. Slim 4to white cloth d.w. New York: Universe Books 1956. Very good.<br/><br/> Universe unknown books
195664933New York: Universe Books. Very Good. 1956. Hardcover. Large tan cloth covers contents are bright and nice with black and white photographs. Very Good in a slightly edge-chipped dust jacket. . Universe Books hardcover books
194515064Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana 1945. Former owner's signature slightly discolored at the spine heel; a very good copy in a very good jacket chipped at the spine heel lightly edgeworn. Uncommon in jacket. First Edition. Quarto. Prologue by Luis E. Valcáral translated to English in the rear. 148 images of Andean rituals captioned in Spanish and English. Printed in a washed-out but alluring gravure. The Latin American Photobook p. 8. Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana unknown books
19451340685Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana 1945. Hardcover. Octavo; G/fair; tanned beige spine without text; dust jacket missing rear; detached front at flap; mylar wrap; cloth shows modestly sunned spine; mild wear to front and rear; strong boards; slight rubbing to edges; text block exterior edges painted red; tight binding; patterned endpapers; profusely illustrated; interior has mild toning toward edges; intact binding; pp 199; text in Spanish. 1340685. FP New Rockville Stock. Editorial Sudamericana hardcover books
1852746851852. HALLIWELL James Orchard. A DICTIONARY OF ARCHAIC AND PROVINCIAL WORDS. Obsolete Phrases Proverbs and Ancient Customs From the Fourteenth Century. London: John Russell Smith 1852. 2 volumes. Second edition. 8vo. navy cloth title label to spine. Ex-library; bookplate to front pastedown and no other library marks. Pencil ownership to ffep. Spine and boards are rubbed. Spine coverings are nearly detached; 2 inch tear and loss of crown to spine of volume 1. Solid hinges; crisp and clean within. A good set. unknown books
192159511Los Angeles: California Orchard Company 1921. Very good. Mimeographed on nine sheets of 8 ½" x 11" paper with the company letterhead at the top of the first leaf. Annual report to the stockholders of the California Orchard Company of Los Angeles at the time owner of "1900 acres of California's finest fruit lands." Begins with a two-page summary by C. Thorpe Manager in which he notes "While the past year has been a season of light rainfall it has given us an opportunity of thoroughly testing out our pumping plants and irrigation systems. Ample water for irrigation is an invaluable asset to any California orchard property." Thorpe's overview is followed by a profit and loss statement. The remaining pages feature a total of six tipped-in photographs of the company's apricot almond pear apple and walnut orchards accompanied by brief comments about plantings and yields. The first of the mimeographed leaves is printed on California Orchard Company letterhead. Bound together with a paperclip at the top left corner. Housed in the original mailing envelope which is addressed to J.M. Quint of Los Angeles. Mild toning and creasing with a bit of edgewear to the envelope; otherwise very good. Scarce no copies in OCLC. California Orchard Company unknown books
1997187658Sutton Publishing Ltd 1997-09-17. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket and book are clean has a very good binding no marks or notations. Sutton Publishing Ltd hardcover books
1841779251841. HALLIWELL James Orchard ed. THE BOKE OF CURTASYE an English Poem of the Fourteenth Century. London: Printed for the Percy Society 1841. viii34 pp. Octavo publisher's printed paper wrappers. Nineteenth-century ink library stamp on front and back cover but no other marks. General light dust-soiling to wrappers which show light edgewear and are starting at heel and crown but clean within and very good overall. unknown books
1975162257New York: Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation 1975. Second edition. Softcover. VG Former owner embossment on first flyleaf; otherwise crisp and clean. Cream and color illus. paper wraps 168 pp. 16 color plates many BW illus. and figure. A highly illustrated update to the original 1929 reference on Native American beadwork. Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation paperback books
197594624NY:: Museum of the American Indian. Very Good. 1975. Paperback. B093ZCJFDL . Some color mostly black and white photographs throughout. Second edition paperback. Age toning to covers previous owner's name on front free endpaper else very good in illustrated wraps. . Museum of the American Indian, paperback books
1926001512New York: The Museum of the American Indian / Heye Foundation 1926. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 15pp. Frontispiece of hand-mounted color plate. Essay by William C Orchhard. In black lettered tan wraps. Many figure illustrate the weaving design attributed to this rare blanket. a nice copy in protective mylar. The Museum of the American Indian / Heye Foundation unknown books
1926154082New York: Vreeland Press 1926. Softcover. VG- light shelfwear top corner dog-eared with corners torn and missing on front cover and first few pages not effecting text or plates. Tan card wraps with string tie binding. Black lettering with museum emblem on front cover. 15 pp. with tipped-on color frontis 3 bw images tipped on and 7 bw line drawings. No. 5 in the leaflet series of the Museum of the American Indian New York now part of the Smithsonian. An excellent and enlightening study of the making of a blanket by the Salish Indians of the Northwest mostly in British Columbia. This particular blanket was obtained by a Hudson't Bay Company worker from the Chief of the Tsakuam band of the Cowichan Salish on the Lower Fraser River. The blanket is just under 4 feet square and pictured in the color frontis of the book. The Salish were known for the dogs they kept and whose hair was shorn for use in weaving blankets and other textiles. The dogs were shorn as closely as sheep. This catalogue includes a bit of history as well as the technique of blanket-making of the Salish with several illustrations of different kinds of weaves. A true treasure about Native American textile arts. Vreeland Press unknown books
