Search Results: Authors starting with A from Argosy Book Store

Baltimore: F. Lucas. Second. hardcover. very good. The text is interspersed with blank sheets of colored paper, possibly for owner's notations or where plates were to have been inserted (clearly nothing has been removed). Small 4to, contemporary 3/4 leather (edges well-rubbed but sound; some light foxing). Baltimore: F. Lucas, no date [1830]. Errata slip for second edition is laid-in and with a very neat owner's inscription dated 1830.<br/><br/> A charming dictionary of flowers as mentioned in poetry and literature of the past.<br/><br/>

New York: New-York Courier, 1815. First. pamphlet. 21 pages, printed with text in double columns. Original pamphlet, sewn (dampstain at upper corner, and rough at edges but well inside the ample margins; some pages still un-opened). New York: At the Office of the New-York Courier, 1815. First edition. A very good copy of this exceedingly scarce pamphlet. OCLC lists only 13 copies, including those at Columbia, Cornell, Yale, Harvard, and the New York Historical Society.<br/><br/> Attributed to Isaac Bronson by F. Redlich in "The Molding of American Banking," 1868, volume 1, page 308. "Isaac Bronson was a highly successful financier of the Jacksonian era who was also one of the period's most original and influential banking theorists. Bronson accumulated his very considerable fortune in New York primarily by judicious personal money-lending operations on long-term bonds and mortgages at a cautious 7 per cent annual return, supplemented by successful ventures in land… Read More

London: S. Bladon, 1779. First. hardcover. very good(+). 7 volumes with individual pagination for each trial. Pages lightly toned and with some dampstaining at bottom gutter on some pages, otherwise rather clean copies of these scarce books. 8vos, beautifully rebound in recent 3/4 brown calf over marbled boards; gilt spines with red morocco labels. London: Printed for S. Bladon, 1779-1780. First edition. Very good(+) copies in fine bindings.<br/> <br/> Complete in 70 parts, according to the "Address to the Public" at rear of volume 5. Volumes 1-3 are dated 1779; volumes 4-7 are dated 1780.<br/> <br/>

New York: Collins, 1986. hardcover. near fine/very good(+). Photographed by 100 of the world's leading photojournalists on one day, March 6, 1981. 286 pages of color and black & white photographs. Folio, black cloth, dust wrapper. Wrapper is very lightly rubbed on back cover. Sticker residue on back endpaper. Otherwise near-fine. New York: Collins, (1986).<br/> <br/>

New York: Collins, 1986. hardcover. fine/near fine. Photographed by 200 of the world's leading photojournalists on one day, May 2, 1986. 268 pages of color and black & white photographs. Folio, black cloth, dust wrapper. Wrapper is very lightly rubbed on back cover. New York: Collins, (1986). Near-fine.<br/> <br/>

New York: Collins, 1988. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Photographed by 100 of the world's leading photojournalists on one day, May 7, 1987. 220 pages of color and black & white photographs. Folio, black cloth, dust wrapper. Wrapper is lightly rubbed. Near fine. New York: Collins, (1988).<br/> <br/>

1931. hardcover. very good. Two volumes, lacks third volume, which contains the plates.. 8vo, cloth-backed boards; corners bumped. Paris: Librairie de Medecine, Folklore et Anthropologie, 1898. Reprint of the second, enlarged edition. Very good.<br/><br/> Limited edition of 500 copies.<br/><br/>

Prague: P. Bohmans Erben, 1824. hardcover. very good. Slim oblong 4to, contemporary calf (leather is well-rubbed with neat repairs to spine; rear endpaper lacking and front flyleaf clipped; light marginal stains on some plates but very little foxing). Prag: P. Bohmans Erben, 1824<br/><br/> "The Essence of Roman War" with incredible vivid illustrations featuring battle scenes, troop formations, naval warfare, war elephants, gladiators, fortifications, weaponry, etc.<br/><br/>

New York: Dia Art Foundation, 2012. First. paperback. fine. A, Koo Jeong. 100 drawings, ink on photographic paper. 290 pages. 4to, yellowish printed wrappers, protected with mylar. New York: Dia Art Foundation, (2012). First Edition. A fine copy.<br/> <br/> Foreword by Phillipe Vergne. Contains 10 critical essays by various authors. Catalogue published in conjunction with the 2010-2011 presentation of Koo Jeong A's work at Dia Beacon and several other sites.<br/> <br/>

London: S. Rousseau, 1808. paperback. very good. 112 pages. 12mo, modern blue paper wrappers. London: S. Rousseau, 1808. A very good copy.<br/><br/>

paperback. very good. 40 pages. 4to, missing covers, recased in plain black paper; some small chips to top edge of first pages (text unaffected), some scuffs on title page. No place and no date of publication indicated (c. 1800). A very good copy.<br/><br/>

London: J.S. Jordan. Second. paperback. very good. 119 pages. 12mo, recased in new blue paper wrapper; some light foxing throughout. London: J.S. Jordan, (1792, as indicated in advertisement at back page). Second edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/>

Milano: Museo Teatrale Alla Scala, 1964. First. hardcover. very good(+)/very good(-). Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. 414 pp. (one corner of index page creased). Small folio, dark blue cloth, d.w. (frayed). Milano: Museo Teatrale alla Scala, (1964). First Edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/>

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Matisse. 203 illustrations, including 150 in color. xii + 260 pages, 4to, light green cloth, d.w. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2012). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> With essays by several authors.<br/> <br/>

Rio de Janeiro: Editora Index, 1986. First. hardcover. good. Many color photo Illus. Oblong 4to, pictorial black boards, boards warped. (Rio de Janeiro): Editora Index, (1986).<br/><br/> Presentation copy from Jose de Paula Machado, one of the photographers of this work. Text in Portuguese and English.<br/><br/>

Paris: Monelle Hayot, 1985. hardcover. fine/fine. 101 plates, some in color. 4to, orange cloth, dust wrapper. (Paris): Editions Monelle Hayot, (1985). Fine.<br/><br/>

New York: Riverhead, 2010. hardcover. near fine/very good(+). Illustrated. 388 pages, 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Riverhead Books, 2010. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.<br/><br/>

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998. paperback. fine. With b/w and color images throughout. 409 pages. 4to, pictorial wrappers. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1998). A fine copy with just a touch of scuffing to spine head.<br/> <br/>

Bogota: Aguilar, 2007. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Many Illus. 339pp. Folio, black boards, d.w., corners of boards lightly bumped, otherwise very good. (Bogota): Aguilar, (2007). First Edition<br/><br/> History of the newspaper, El Espectador, published first in Medellin and then in Bogota, Colombia. Many of the illustrations are of front pages of the newspaper.<br/><br/>

Geneva: Skira, 1991. hardcover. fine/fine. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. 199pp., square 4to, beige cloth, d.w., board slipcase. (Geneva: skira, 1991). Text in French. Fine in fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/>