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This is a 1926 edition of 20 etchings by French artist Charles Meyron (1821–1868). Meryon was celebrated among artists and collectors alike during the nineteenth century for his etched depictions of Paris. This series of his Parisian views were inspired by the novels and poetry of Victor Hugo.
Number 38 out of a limited edition of 636. Includes Meyron's original cover etching for the 1852 edition on the front board. Includes a portrait of Meyron by Félix Bracquemond, and Meyron's well-known etching "Le Stryge," often translated as "The Vampire," which shows the famous chimera perched on the balustrade of the gallery of Notre-Dame Cathedral against an aerial view of the expanding French capital.
An remarkable artistic document of old Paris prior its modernization. With a biographical essay by R. Cantinelli and a separate folder of notes on the etchings, all in French. Overall good condition with etched plates VG (several have moderate foxing). 20 plates are matted and contained in a folder attached… Read More

French language recipe book, paper back in VG+ condition.

This is the 6th edition of this volume of Edna St. Vincent Millay's poems. St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright. One of the most successful and respected poets of her time, she won a Pulitzer Prize for The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver in 1923, and was also known for her public persona, including her feminist activism and in-person readings and performances.
This volume is a limp leather bound edition with gilt lettering, with original glassine dust jacket, all in a board slip cover. Front hinge cracked (see image), otherwise mint. Slip cover is in good- condition, intact with discoloration around the spine and edges, rubbing on front edges and a top to bottom split on the front spine seam. VG overall.

1990 reprint. Very clean copy with only light use. DJ has slight soiling, a wrinkle and tear on top rear.

Rather than regarding bridges as simply marvels of engineering, this pioneering book is "dedicated to the premise that bridges are architecture, and that bridges throughout history can be judged by the same esthetic standards that we apply to architecture." By Elizabeth Bauer Mock, a former curator of architecture at the Museum of Modern Art and Taliesin West Fellow. 128 pages with multiple B&W images.
Book is in very good condition, dust jacket fair. Binding is tight, light page tanning, price written in pencil on front end paper. DJ tanned with multiple chips, tears and rubbing, mostly along the edges, large crease in rear. See pictures for a better idea of condition. Email with any questions.

This is a reprint of artist László Moholy-Nagy's essay "The New Vision," originally published in Germany in 1928; and also includes his 1944 paper "Abstract of an Artist," penned by him in Chicago. Fourth revised 1949 edition of the 1947 reprint. Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was an influential artist and photographer who taught at the Bauhaus in Germany before accepting an invitation in 1937 to found an industrial design school in Chicago. Modernist master architect and Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, contributes the preface and an obituary note, calling the book "the standard grammar of modern design."
A slim paperbound volume from the "Documents of Modern Art" series directed by Robert Motherwell. 96 pages with many B&W iillustrations, cover and typography by art director and graphic designer Paul Rand. Good+ condition, covers are tanned, spine has a tear at the top, rubbing and cracks beneath, price written in on upper right of rear cover. Interior pages are clean, binding is firm.

Reprint of 19th Century French cooking manual by Clement-Marius Morard. Cover and edge discoloration, wear and creases but otherwise a solid book.
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An overview of prehistoric earth architecture in the Eastern U.S. from about 2200 B.C. to A.D. 1500 by architect William N. Morgan. 197 pages with numerous drawings, maps, plans and aerial photographs of individual sites.
Book in VG+ condition, several small marks on page edges, slight soiling, discoloration along board edges. DJ is Good- with folds, rubbing and small tears. See images for better idea of condition.

In Portuguese and English, with photographs by Marcel Gautherot. Second edition, 1985, revised and expanded. Blank page facing front endpaper contains a personal dedication, signature and self-portrait drawn by Roberto Burle Marx in pen, dated 1985.
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