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New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. [Signed Binding]. Three quarter red morocco leather over red cloth boards, raised bands, gilt title and decorative gilt compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, (8.75 x 6.25 inches). First Edition/Fourth Printing. 452 pages, with Index; illustrated, including tissue-protected frontis portrait. SIGNED BINDING by Whitman Bennett Binders. Showing just light wear, internally clean and tight. A handsomely bound copy with a strong shelf presence.. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. Octavo.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket, pp. 287 w/ bibliography and index, illustrated. A title in the Civilization of the American Indian Series in which the author presents a comprehensive history of the Sac and Fox tribes, with particular emphasis on the period from 1804 onward. Some chipping and closed tears to DJ. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1864. Full polished calf (hardcover), raised bands, elaborate gilt decorative compartments, morocco title label, inner dentelles, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. (7 x 5 inches). Second Edition. 312 pages. SIGNED BINDING by W. Nutt, Binder. Former owner's inscription dated 1865. Title label chipped, showing some light general wear and rubbing, internally clean. Size: Octavo. Leather.

Prague: Artia, 1961. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 135 pages, plus color plates at rear. Text in French. A clean, tight copy Size: Quarto. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Werner Forman (photographer).

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co Three quarter morocco leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt decorative compartments, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). N.D. (no date). 166 pages; Illustrated by Madam Madeleine LeMaire with 36 examples, 18 being full page and tissue-protected frontis. Green morocco toned to brown, as expected, showing some general wear and rubbing, remains a desirable copy in attractive leather binding.. Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Madeleine Lemaire. Small Octavo.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1912. Brown buckram, pp. 262 with bibliography. From Studies in History, Economics and public law (Number 1, volume XLIX). An exceptionally clean and tight copy of a scarce work. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine.

Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1946. First edition (no other printing indicated). Pictorial boards in metal spiral binding. Unpaginated; illustrated in color. A clean, bright copy showing typical light rubbing and wear Size: Oblong Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Ruth Carroll.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. Full calf, black morocco title label, gilt title, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. 737 pages, with Index. Printed from the fifth London edition. Amorial bookplate of the Appleton family library, North Brookfield. Remains a clean, tight copy showing just minimal wear and rubbing Size: Octavo. Leather. Very Good.

New York: French & European Publications, 1941. Original illustrated portfolio with three string ties (14.75 x 11.75 inches). Contains 48 loose color plates (numbered 1-40 and A-H) and 8 pages (4 leaves) Preface and Table of Contents, all loose as issued. 40 of the plates are hand colored, as denoted on front board. The 40 color plates are of indigenious peoples in their costumes, representing Argentina, Boliva, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dutch Guiana, Ecuador, Panama, Patagonia, Peru, and Venezuela, plus 8 color plates of accessories. The edition is purported to be less than 1000 copies. All plates clean and bright, portfolio shows signs of sticker/bookplate removal from pastedowns, a SCARCE copy without library markings. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by Edouard Halouze. Folio.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882. Three quarter brown morocco leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt title and decorative panels, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, (7.25 x 5.25 inches). 508 pages with Index. A comprehensive study. a clean, tight copy in leather binding showing light wear and rubbing. . Leather. Very Good. Octavo.

Hallowell, ME: Glazier, Masters, & Smith, 1837. Origninal full calf (leather), red morocco spine label, gilt title. (9 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches), 500 pages, with Index and Appendix. "More commonly known as the Federalist Papers, this text includes 85 essays, most of which were originally published in New York newspapers under the pseudonym "Publius." This "New Edition" identifies the authors of the individual papers, and the "numbers written by Mr. Madison corrected by himself." It is called the "most famous and influential American political work" Showing general wear, crazing to spine, corners rubbed, some expected minor page toning and foxing, front hinge tender. Remains a desirable unsophisticated copy. Howes H114; Sabin 23981. Leather. Good. Octavo.

New York: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943, 1943. Very Good/Good. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth in mylar protected dustjacket. 327 pages, plus index. Chipped and spine sunned dustjacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

New York: Abradale/Abrams, 1995. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 167 pp., w/ notes, bibliography; 138 illustrations, including 48 color plates. This work surveys the enigmatic paintings of Rene Magritte, who used his art to create challenging visual puzzles from the most banal objects, and carefully elucidates forty works to explore his working methods and his obsession with pictorial riddles. A clean, tight copy Size: Quarto. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press, 1990, 1990. As New/As New. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket, 149 pp., illustrated.. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. Octavo.

New York: Washington Irving Art Department, 1923. Loose plates (as issued) in quarter cloth portfolio. 35 x 49 cm. Ex-library stamped "withdrawn" (there are NO library markings on plates or title page). Forty-four illustrative plates, ideas, original and adapted motifs by nineteen designers, dedicated to James Parton Haney. Our copy with 26 of the 44 plates (13 color, 13 b&w illustrations). Portfolio showing some overall wear with torn tie, internally plates are clean and bright, some plates show chipping at edges. Size: Elephant Folio. Cloth.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. pp. 366 w/ index, profusely illustrated with more than 200 b&w and 5 color photographs and 3 maps. These letters provide an informal account of fourteen years of work by a Harvard-Cornell team to retrieve evidence of the greatness of Lydian culture as well as of the Prehistoric, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine civilizations. Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Kalamazoo, Michigan: Rarach Press, 1990. Full pictorial leather design binding by Jan Sobota. (10 1/2" x 11 1/2"). Limited numbered edition of 40 copies, this being number 15. Unpaginated; Suite of 9 etchings each signed, numbered and dated in pencil by Hanka, (plate size 5" x 7.25") with letterpress printed title page, introductory essay ("On the Metaphysics of Fly Fishing for Trout") and colophon. Typography and letterpress work by Amy Bollinger; Printed on Lana Gravure. Hanka's artist's statement states, "Suppressing the trout's naturally brilliant coloration, the oranges, blues and reds which otherwise would eclipse their graphic elegance, I instead explore the splendid variety of form and pattern evident in these fish, through the black and white medium of intaglio." SIGNED by Hanka on Colophon and on each plate; also SIGNED "bound by Jan Sobata, 1995" on colophon. Shows some light rubbing, remains a clean, tight copy of a scarce… Read More

1881. [Original Etching]. Heywood Hardy (English 1843-1933). African Elephant's Head, hand-pulled etching on handmade watermarked laid paper. Sheet size: 9.5 x 13.5 inches; plate size: 8 x 11. Hardy was an accomplished English artist known for his sensitive portrayal of animals. Excellent condition, strong impression with crisp lines. Loose and unmatted. Fine. Print.

London: James R. Osgood, Mcilvaine & Co., 1891. FINE BINDING. Three volumes. First Edition / First Impression. Contemporary full red levant morocco, raised bands, decorative gilt panels, front and rear boards, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with original honeysuckle blossom design covers bound-in at rear of all volumes. SIGNED BINDING by Blackwell Bennett, New York. With ALL first impression points present in all volumes, including "1891" copyrights and "Chapter XXV" for "Chapter XXXV" on page 199 of volume 2. An exceptionally fine and beautifully bound copy in the earliest state of Hardy's famed tragic novel. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Leather. Fine.

San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co., 1905. Original illustrated paper over boards, with hand sewn twine binding, decorative endpaper, (7.75 x 6.75 inches). First Edition (no additional printings indicated). Unpaginated; illustrated throughout in black and white. Letterpress printed at the Tomoy Press, San Francisco, printed one side only, and folded at the fore edge Japanese style. Showing just light wear and rubbing to exterior, heaviest at corners. Internally clean and tight.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Octavo.