Search Results: Renaissance from Black Cat Hill Books

Paris, France Les Editions Braun & Co., 1951. Paperback First Edition (1951), unstated. Very Good in Wraps: shows very light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing and faint soiling to the wrapper covers; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the covers. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 16mo. (6.35 x 4.8 x 0.2 inches). 12 pages of written text; 60 black & white plates. Language: French, English, German. "Les Maitres" Series. First Edition (1951), unstated. Paperback: Heavy Pictorial Card Wraps. Includes biography of Cranach (1472-1553) and reproductions of 60 of his paintings.

New York, NY Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Hardcover First Edition USA (1930); Second Printing in the same year. Good: Shows significant indications of use: moderate to heavy wear to the extremiteis; rubbing and soiling to the panels; the entire outside of the book has been covered with clear packing tape and the interior front hinge has been reinforced with the same; a former owner's name inscribed at the front pastedown endpaper; some faint, neat PENCIL underlining in the first few pages of text; the binding is square and secure now that it has been reinfoced. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Will serve as a good reading copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (10.6 x 7.2 x 1.4 inches). 353 pages + Index. Translated from the German by Charles Francis Atkinson. Language: English. Weight: 35.2 ounces. Tan cloth over boards with black titles and designs at backstrip. Lime green tinted top edge. First Edition USA (1930); Second Printing in the same year. Hardback: Lacks DJ.

New York, NY Penguin Books, 2000. Paperback First Edition thus (2000), so stated; Seventeenth Printing. Fine in Wraps: the pages have tanned just slightly, due to aging; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.35 x 5.5 x 1 inches). 420 pages. Illustrated in black & white. Language: English. Weight: 14.9 ounces. First Edition thus (2000), so stated; Seventeenty Printing. Trade Paperback.

Venezia, Italia Fantoni Artegrafica , 1964. Paperback Very Good in Wraps: shows light wear to the the extremities; mild rubbing and faint soiling to wrapper covers; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Despite some minor flaws, remains a handsome copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Large 8vo. 70pp. with about 32pp. black & white illustrations. Introduction by Erich Steingraber. Edited by Peter Streiber. Catalogue raisonnee of Show: Firenze,Uffizi, Dicembre, 1964-Gennaio, 1965. Text in Italian. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps.

San Diego, CA Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Paperback Second Edition [1969] and Revised [1975]; the first edition was published in 1952. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to the extremities; the mildest rubbing to the panels; a price inked in at the upper front endpaper; a hint of sunning to the top edge of the front panel (the titles thereon remain unaffected: bold and clearly legible). The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Shows several minor flaws, but in overall appearance, remains very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Large 8vo. (9 x 6.2 x 0.75 inches). xxii, 391 pages. Weight: 20.3 ounces. Second Edition [1969] and Revised [1975]; the first edition was published in 1952. Academic Press Paperback.

New York, NY Macmillan Publishing Company, 1928. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Very Good: shows moderate wear to extremities; some faint, but pervasive soiling and several small but heavier soil spots. Binding square and secure; text clean. Remains clean, sturdy, presentable. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 487pp. Hardback: Lacks DJ. A general description of Italian art during the Renaissance--architecture, painting, and sculpture. Attempts to give the reader an appreciation of this Golden Age of artistic endeavor, including commentary on Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian and others.

New York, NY Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, 1967. Paperback First Edition Thus in USA [1967]; so stated. First Edition Thus in USA [1967]; so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use: light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to wrapper covers; binding shows barely discernible lean, while remaining secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 215pp. Praeger World of Art Paperback. Trade Paperback.

New Haven, CT Yale University: Beinecke Library, 2002. Hardcover Presumed First Ed, but unstated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minor indications of use. Book shows binding slightly cocked, but it remains perfectly secure secure; text clean. DJ shows just a touch of wear at front corner tips; unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 340pp. Presumed First Ed, but unstated. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY The Philosophical Library, 1959. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: Book shows only minute indications of use; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows light wear to extremities; mild rubbing; price unclipped; mylar-protected. No longer 'As New', but remains close to it. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 66pp. irst Ed, unstated. Hardback with DJ. The book treats of the ideal of the renaissance man, the growth of individualism, and the "universal man" ideal.

New York, NY John Lane Company, 1909. Hardcover Second Edition [1909]. EX-LIBRARY, showing an attractive bookplate at the front pastedown endpaper and a card-pouch at the rear pastedown and a "Due Date" slip affixed to the rear free endpaper; the front free endpaper has been removed. Else, Very Good: shows light wear to extremities; mild rubbing amd some faint spots of soiling to the front panel; slight spine lean. The binding remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Despite some minor flaws, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.75 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches). 260 pages. Olive green cloth over boards with gilt titles at the backstrip. Top Edge Gilt. Shipping Weight: 17 ounces. Second Edition [1909]. The first edition was published in 1895. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of the British writer Violet Paget (14 October 1856 – 13 February 1935). She is remembered today primarily for her… Read More

London, UK T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1913. Hardcover First Edition, unstated. Very Good+: shows very light wear to the extremities and the mildest rubbing. Sparse, faint foxing to the front and rear endpapers. Binding square and secure; text clean. Remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Large Format 8vo. 456pp. Tipped-in Frontispiece Portrait of Erasmus by Holbein. Twenty-two illustrations by Holbein, Cellini, Giotto, Botticelli, Vasari, Raphael, Michael Angelo, Rubens, Velasquez, Etc., many tipped-in and in color. Each colored plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. "H. S. H. Prince Vallabhakara did the work of compiling this volume and preparing it for the press. First Edition, unstated.Rough-cut bottom and fore-edges. Top Edge Gilt. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.