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Russell, New York, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. CHARLES DANA GIBSON. Americans, New York: R.H. Russell, 1900.Oblong folio, unpaginated (front endpage is lacking), printed boards half-bound in vellum, beveled edges, pen-and-ink illustration, no text but for a few captions. One of a series of thematic folios Gibson and Russell published around the turn of the 20th century, when Gibson was at the peak of his popularity. His young female characters, known collectively as The Gibson Girl, were an idealized version the American woman.Condition of this bookCovers darkened (as usual), scratched, edges worn, rear joint has a short split. Front hinge cracked, but no loose leaves. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos.… Read More

Russell, New York, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. CHARLES DANA GIBSON. The Education of Mr. Pipp, New York: R.H. Russell, 1899.Oblong folio, unpaginated, printed boards half-bound in vellum, beveled edges, pen-and-ink illustration, no text. One of a series of thematic folios Gibson and Russell published around the turn of the 20th century, when Gibson was at the peak of his popularity. His young female characters, known collectively as The Gibson Girl, were an idealized version the American woman. Frank Weitenkampf in American Graphic Art says Gibson's work was more than a cliche: "Gibson broadened out, widened his outlook on humanity, which, with a smile, he presented in its failings and virtues, in continued performances such as 'The Education of Mr. Pipp' [Weitenkampf, p. 200].Condition of this book:Covers darkened (as usual), dust smudges on endpages, overall very good. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body… Read More

Stabilimento de Arte Grafiche, Fabriano, 1934. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. BRUNO DA OSIMO. Silografo, Fabriano: Stabilimento di Arte Grafiche, 1934Octavo, pp. 48, wraps, most of the text is in Italian, but some French and English also, inscribed by the artist on a front blank ("in memory of our first meeting on a spring day"). Various authors discuss the woodcuts of Da Osimo, which are reproduced here.Condition of this book:Covers darkened with tears along spine, which is weak and missing a piece at the top end; clean inside. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text is in multiple languages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is loose but fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Italy; 1930s; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available… Read More

Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1988. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Fine. DABROWSKI, MAGDALENA. The Drawings of Philip Guston, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1988.Quarto, released to accompany an exhibition, pp. 188, black cloth boards with white lettering on spine, blind-stamped on front, color and black-and-white gravures. A full-career retrospective of this dynamic artist.Condition of this book: Very near fine with tiny white marks at bottom edge of boards. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; United States; 1980s; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 087070351X. ISBN/EAN: 9780870703515. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51866. . 9780870703515

Gasprint, Yerevan, 2004. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. DANIELYAN, HASMIK. Armenia, Yerevan: GASPRINT, 2004.Quarto, English language edition, pp. 112, black cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering on upper panel, color photos with very little text. Danielyan presents a medieval Armenia of beautiful churches and landscapes, with no people whatsoever. Scarce.Condition of this book:Spine slightly shaken, jacket edges worn and wrinkled.Leaves clean and tight, images fine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; Armenia; Modern; Architecture. ISBN: 9994191780. ISBN/EAN: 9789994191789. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52045. . 9789994191789

Erie Art Museum, Erie, 1989. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. DARLING, SHARON S. Teco, The Pottery of the Prairie School, Pennsylvania: Erie Art. Museum, 1989.Quarto, exhibition catalog, pp. 192, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front, color plates, halftones, former owner's bookplate on free front endpaper. Architectonic pottery from the early 20th century, designed by famous American architects in an Arts & Crafts style.Condition of this book:Near fine with moderately worn jacket. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; United States; 1900-1920; Architecture. ISBN: 0961662328. ISBN/EAN: 9780961662325. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available… Read More

Land Yacht Press, Nashville, 1997. Later Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. DARRAH, WILLIAM C. The World of Stereographs, Nashville: Land Yacht Press, 1997.Quarto, second edition, pp. (iii), 246, wraps. The essential reference for this 19th-century photographic format.Condition of this book:Minor spotting at top and bottom edge, all else fine. Size: Quarto. 246. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; 19th century; Reference. ISBN: 0965051315. ISBN/EAN: 9780965051316. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50531. . 9780965051316

Putnam, New York, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. CYRIL DAVENPORT. Mezzotints, New York: Putnam, 1903.Fat quarto, first edition, pp. xlv, 208, green cloth boards with gilt lettering and floral decoration to spine and front, 11 mezzotint plates (of 12 that are called for). Arntzen & Rainwater, N22: "Contains a technical description of the process and an historical survey, still not superseded."Condition of this book:Covers discolored with slight wear at corners; front endpaper is loose. Overall very good, clean. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; 1900-1920; Reference. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54358. .

Academy Editions, London, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/Fine. DAVID DERNIE and ALASTAIR CAREW-COX. Victor Horta, London: Academy Editions, 1995.Quarto, first edition, pp. 224, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, color illustration. Shows hotels and other buildings, interior design, furnishings.Condition of this book:Jacket not as glossy as new, but overall fine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Architecture; 19th century; Art & Design. ISBN: 1854904183. ISBN/EAN: 9781854904188. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54092. . 9781854904188

Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, 1912. Early Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Good. HENRY DAVID THOREAU. The Little Book of Nature Themes, Portland: Thomas Mosher, 1912.18mo (about 5.5x3 inches), second edition, pp. xv, 80, printed cardboard covers with dust jacket and parchment wrapper, slipcased. R.U. [Rutgers?] Library deaccession bookplate on front paste-down and on top of dust jacket flap. Selections from Thoreau works made by Thomas Coke Watkins. See BAL 20209 for the first edition of 1906.Condition of this set:Slipcase tape-repaired and lacking its top edge. Parchment wrapper and covers darkened, overall very good. Size: 18mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 1900-1920; Environment & Ecology. Pictures of… Read More

St. Onge, Worcester, Mass, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HENRY DAVID THOREAU. Wild Apples, History of the Apple Tree, Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1956.Miniature (about 2x3 inches or 5x7.5cm), pp. 95, 1 (note), diced pigskin covers with gilt lettering to front, back and spine, gilt apples on front and back, all edges tinted yellow. St. Onge, in his advertising for this book, said it was the smallest book designed by Bruce Rogers. Printed at Marchbanks Press. BAL 20278, Bradbury 2915.Condition of this book: Fine, spot of discoloration at fore edge. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Miniature. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Environment & Ecology; United States; 1950s; Literature… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, New York. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. WYSS, JOHANN DAVID. Swiss Family Robinson, New York: Hodder & Stoughton, undated (early 1900s).Octavo, among numerous issues of this children's classic that first appeared in 1814 as The Family Robinson Crusoe, pp. xii, 431, (lacking a front blank), red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and upper panel, black stamped illustration on upper panel repeated in gilt on spine, 20 color plates. Illustrated by Thomas Heath Robinson, who worked on children's books in the early 1900s and was one of three brothers in the business. There is no way of telling whether this is a first edition of the T.H. Robinson illustrations, as the publisher's practices were haphazard in regard to edition identification, but this book is scarce.Condition of this book:Boards lightly worn, spine sunned a bit.Leaves clean and tight, hinges cracked, images fine.… Read More

Agrinde, New York, 1978. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Half Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. DAVIDSON, BRUCE. Photographs, New York: Agrinde/Summit, 1978.Square quarto, priority unknown to me, pp. 167, gray paper-covered boards quarter-bound in cream-colored cloth, gilt lettering to spine, duotone photo plates, inscribed on the half-title by Davidson. A selection of photo from Davidson's best-known projects, including Brooklyn Gang and East 100th Street.Condition of this book:Near fine light wear to jacket, age-toning at the spine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; Reference. ISBN: 0671400673. ISBN/EAN: 9780671400675. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53122. . 9780671400675

Black Cat Press, Skokie, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS. Awakening and Other Poems, Skokie: Black Cat Press, 1978.Miniature (about 2.75x2 inches or 7x5cm), edition of 249 copies, unpaginated, black morocco boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt forearms and hands on front, Norman Forgue design. Foreword says these poems come from "a sensitive man who happens to be black under the impact of a material civilization with leitmotif of racial prejudice."Condition of this bookFine Size: Miniature. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; United States; 1970s; Antiques & Collectibles. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55306. .

Hachette, Paris, 1866. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. MADAME DE SEVIGNE. Lettres, Album volume, Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1866.Quarto, unpaginated with 13 engraved plates and 16 facsimile letters, some folding, half morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettering and frames in six compartments, no title page but dated 1866 on spine. Apparently the last volume in an edition that began release in 1862. See Bulletin de la Librairie Morgand et Fatout, Entry 5317.Condition of this book:Boards lightly worn with a few surface chips.Leaves clean and tight, occasional foxing but overall near fine. Size: Quarto. Text is in French. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; France; 19th century; French Language;… Read More

Heinemann, London, 1899. Later Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. PRINCE de LIGNE (Charles-Joseph Lamorel). Memoirs, Letters and Miscellaneous Papers in two volumes, London: William Heinemann, 1899.Octavos, English-language edition, pp. vi, 328; vi, 324; brown cloth boards half-bound in brown morocco with gilt lettering and devices in six compartments on spine, top edges gilt, gravure plates. Text selected and translated by Katherine Prescott Wormeley from the prince's extensive writings about his Napoleonic-era military career. He served for Austria and Russia. His writing began appearing in the late 18th century and mushroomed to 34 volumes. The present set includes introductions by Saint-Beuve and Madame de Stael.Condition: Near fine with a little wear at joints, scattered foxing. Overall a beautiful set. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and… Read More

Limited Editions Club, New York, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Mimi Korach. WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS. The Rise of Silas Lapham, New York: Limited Editions Club, 1961.Quarto, No. 1,164 of an edition of 1,500, pp. xiii, 365, 1 (limitation page), printed boards, top edge tinted gray, slipcased, illustrated by Mimi Korach and signed by Korach on the limitation page. Condition of this book:Fine in a sound but discolored slipcase. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Mimi Korach. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; 19th century; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54978. .

Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1883. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN. Venetian Life, Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1883.16mo (6-7inches high), reprint of the 1867 second edition, pp. 391, vellum boards with gilt lettering and vine decoration to spine, frames with vine pattern on covers, all edges tinted red, 22 albumen prints bound in, Howells' signature tipped in at the free front endpaper, attached either by a prior owner or, more likely, an auction house. In the days before there were postcards, Tauchnitz, a reprint house, created editions like this one targeting wealthy English-speaking tourists, offering photos of tourist attractions bound into classy volumes of the works of well-known authors. The present book is all that, at a pocket size convenient to the traveler. Not in BAL.Condition of this book:Bright and clean. Vellum has some small discolorations but overall remains attractive, photos sharp but… Read More

Putnam, New York, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. LEN DEIGHTON. Horse Under Water, New York: Putnam, 1968.Octavo, first American edition, pp. 255, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black-stamped rubberstamp on front with a blind-stamping that says "DOWNGRADED TO UNCLASSIFIED." Delayed American release of a 1963 novel of international intrigue and a ghost of Nazi Germany.Condition of this book:Edges foxed, jacket worn at edges, still a nice copy; over all very good. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; 1960s; Crime Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55335. .

Harcourt Brace, New York, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. LEN DEIGHTON. Yesterday's Spy, New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1975.Octavo, first American edition, pp. 282, orange paper-covered boards half-bound in brown cloth with gilt and orange lettering to spine, top edge tinted red, gift inscription on free front endpaper. Aging spies plunge into a contemporary adventure.Condition of this book:Pen mark at fore edge, jacket price-clipped; still a nice copy. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; 1970s; Crime Fiction. ISBN: 0151997535. ISBN/EAN: 9780151997534. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No:… Read More