SWITZERLAND by BEATTIE, WILLIAM - 1836

Paperback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

London : George Virtue, 1836 . Leather. Very Good. 10.5" by 8.5". W. H. Bartlett. An illustrated guide of Switzerland with William Beattie. A later edition, with the first edition published in 1834.Volume one of Switzerland.  This volume contains a series of views of picturesque Switzerland, expressly for this work. The views are illustrated by W. H. Bartlett and the text by William Beattie. With an engraved title page and fifty-eight plates. Collated, complete. Previous owner bookplate to the front pastedown for Walter J. H. Jones Esquire. In half leather with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart with some marks to the boards and extremities and some rubbing to the leather to the rear board and joints. Previous owner bookplate to the front pastedown for Walter J. H. Jones Esquire. Internally, firmly bound with bright pages with some scattered spots mainly concentrated to the first and last few pages. Very Good

London : George Virtue, 1838. First Edition. Softcover. Poor set in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age (spines damaged). Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; 2 v. : ill., folded map ; 29 cm. Notes; Each volume has added t.-p. with engraved vignettes. The engravings are identical with those in the work by N. G. van Kampen, entitled ""Zwitzerland en de Alpen van Savoye, in afbeeldingen en tafereelen geschetst."" Vol. 2 has [49] leaves of plates. Subjects; Switzerland � Description and travel. Switzerland � Pictorial works. Genre; Illustrated.

, in 2 volumes, 108 plates including 2 vignette titles and folding map of Switzerland, armorial bookplate Sir Robert Sheffield to each volume

London: George Virtue, 1836. hardcover. very good. Bartlett, W.H.. Illustrated in a series of views taken on the spot and expressly for this work, by W.H. Bartlett. Title page engraving, many engraved plates, 2 volumes. 4to, older 1/2 black morocco with gilt-decorated spines (well-worn but sound and attractive with minimal foxing; folding map and tissue guard in first volume have tears). London: George Virtue, 1836. Very good.<br/><br/>

1839. 2 Bände. London, George Virtue, 1839 4°. (2), IV, (2), 188 S.; (1) Bl.; (4), 152 S. Mit 2 gest. Titel und 106 Stahlstiche von William Henry Bartlett sowie 1 gef. Karte. Okerfarbige Kalblederbände mit reicher Deckel- und Rückenvergoldung, marmorierte Vorsätze und dreiseitigem Goldschnitt. Vgl. E-HLS, für die Erstausgabe von 1834 und für den Autor William Beattie. – Schönes Exemplar. Einbände berieben und verblichen.

LONDON, VIRTUE, 1836. FIRST EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES, QUARTO, HALF LEATHER, WITH 106 ENGRAVED PLATES, MARBLED ENDPAPERS, AEG. FOLDING MAP AT THE END OF VOLUME 2. SCUFFING TO THE LEATHER, OCCASIONAL SPOT OF FOXING, BUT PLATES VERY GOOD, A VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT SET, NICELY BOUND.

Ottawa, Ontario: Chief of the General Staff, 1949. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Canadian Army Journal. Lead article is War on the Western Front: The Russo-German Campaigns. Quite a nice copy of uncommon magazine. From collection of historical material amassed through lifetime of local St Thomas historian Don Cosens.

France: Pierre Tisne, 1945. (Limited, 1st edition). Oversize Paperback. VERY GOOD+. #228 of 1720 copies. Protective glassine cover shows signs of wear around edges. Slight age soil and yellowing to protective cover and rough cut page edges. Interior on high quality art papers. Map of "La Colonne Du Tchad" plus 68 drawings (charcoal, ink and sepia) and water color prints tipped in) by the official painter of the Leclerc column (Philippe de Hauteclocque) - WWII North African campaign from the French Fort Lamy in Chad (December, 1942) to joining Montgomery's 8th army in January 1943 in Tripoli. Text in French. "Les dessins et tableaux de Rene-Jean Clot ont fait revivre devant nos yeux des paysages auxquels je ne pense jamais sans emotion. Ils les ont fait revivre avec force, tels que nous les avons connus et aimes." "Les lignes qui suivent, puisees dans le journal de marche de mon aide de camp, animeront ces toiles et les situeront dans le temps et dans l'espace… Read More

Original book from the publisher to the artist including a certificate of recognition for Max ten Bosch. The book is still in the original packing and in plastic. Both the letter from the publisher and the original certificate are included.

Amsterdam: Kunsthandel Goudstikker, 1933. Book. Good. Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. text in Dutch. rubs to covers, edges chipped, as they extend over the edge of the text block. blank and white plates..

New York: Macmillan, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Smerican edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Illustrated. 8vo. 214 pp. including index.

Paris: La Bibliotheque Des Arts, 1962. First edition thus. First French edition. Text in French. Published Paris: La Bibliotheque Des Arts, 1962. Folio, 11" x 14 1/4." 32 pages text plus 34 tipped in color plates, 35 black and white (not tipped in). Sea blue cloth with gilt lettering and white paper covered boards lettered in black and gray. Foxing to the covers, end papers and interior face of dust jacket (facing the book), age toning along the margins of the page block, otherwise, clean, tight in dust jacket chipped along the edges. Good plus.. 1st. Hard. Good Plus/Good Plus. Folio.

NY: Norton, 1969. Complete four volume set in slipcase. All first editions. Published NY: Norton, 1969, first printing. 8vo., illustrated with 352 b/w and color plates. Volume 1: Late Gothic to High Renaissance. xi+352. Volume 2: Baroque. 355-711. Volume 3 Neoclassic to Post-Impressionist. 713-1124. Volume 4: Plates and Index. 7-400. Green linen cloth with gilt titles, text printed on bright white laid paper. A near fine set in a good slipcase with wear at the top and external tape repair.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo..

First American edition, presumed first printing. A Studio Book. by Viking Press. Text in English translated from the French. This massive book includes a map of Lautrec's Paris, a catalogue of his graphic works and a chronology of his life and work. Many magnificent full page color reproductions as well as paste-on reproductions and b&w photos. no pages or illustrations, photos, etc. are missing.Book is in excellent condition. Only faults we could find in book are some shelf wear/white spotting at bottom edge of the back cover, a small (about 1/8") stain at top of spine extending about one inch from the spine at the top of the pages; however, the stain is only visible on the top edges of the pages when the book is closed. It does not show on the pages themselves. The Dj is whole but shows its age with some light stains and wear marks on front cover and shelf wear at edges including some small tears and chipping at bottom of spine are. (see photos which will be posted shortly).Priority mail provided… Read More

Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and… Read More

Yale University Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW in publisher's shrink-wrap. hardcover, Yale University Press, 2014, 272 pages. Ships from Hawaii. This compelling examination of the work and lives of Expressionist artists Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter and Dadaists Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber illuminates the roles of gender and the applied arts in abstraction's early days. Both couples, like Expressionism and Dada more generally, strived to transcend the fragmented individualism promoted by capitalism. Through abstraction and by unsettling the boundaries between the decorative and fine arts, they negotiated tensions between the philosophical and commercial aspects of their production. Both pairs were feminist―the women ambitious and the men supportive of their work―but theirs was a feminism that embraced differences between the sexes. This innovative look at the personal relationships of two influential artist couples shows how everyday life―mundane concerns along with… Read More