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Berlin: Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1990. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 119 pages; profusely illustrated in color. German text. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Oblong Octavo. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1928. Volume VII, Number IX. Printed color pictorial wrappers, stapled binding, (12 x 9 inches), 513-567 pages; illustrated. Cover design by Hazel Frazee and illustrations by Mildred Lyon Hetherington, Ruth Eger, Corina Melder-Collier, Kate Deal, et al. A monthly magazine with content and advertisements for both parents and children. Shows some expected overall wear. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. Illus. by Hazel Frazee. Quarto. Magazine.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1928. Volume VII, Number I. Printed color pictorial wrappers, stapled binding, (12 x 9 inches), 64 pages; illustrated. Cover design by Hazel Frazee and illustrations by Margaret Mitchell, John Gee Curley, et al. A monthly magazine with content and advertisements for both parents and children. Shows some expected overall wear. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. Illus. by Hazel Frazee. Quarto. Magazine.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1929. Volume VIII, Number II. Printed color pictorial wrappers, stapled binding, (12 x 9 inches), 49-96 pages; illustrated. Cover design by Alexander Key and illustrations by Katherine Wireman, Kate Deal, Clarence Biers, Mary Royt, et al. A monthly magazine with content and advertisements for both parents and children. Shows some expected overall wear. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. Illus. by Alexander Key. Quarto. Magazine.

New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1983. Cloth in mylar protected dustjacket. 214 pp., with color photographs. Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 696 pp., with 1,120 illustations, including 1,028 color plates. The National Gallery of Art is the greatest treasure house of Western art in the United States and this landmark work is the first book devoted to a museum ever to reproduce so many art works in full color. Owner's blind stamp, else a clean, tight copy in "as new" condition. Size: Thick Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

[Original Etching]. Sue Wall (American 1950- ). Untitled architectural etching of country house, barn and well. Pencil signed "Sue Wall" lower right with Edition Number "9/16" lower left. Sheet size: 6.75 x 8 inches; plate size: 5 x 3.5 inches. Excellent condition with deep bite into wove paper. Unframed, loose and unmounted. Signed. Fine. Print.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 316 pp., publisher's review slip laid-in, dj is price-clipped, book is clean and tight. This book is a fascinating combination of literary detection and biography, capturing lives of extraordinary people who inspired memorable characters in ficiton. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Review Copy.

Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.: Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.: Bits Press, 1983, 1983. As New/As New. Octavo. 147 pp., cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. Cloth. As New/As New. Illus. by Crosbie, Neal (illustrator). Octavo.

Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1929. Full natural morocco, tooled in gold, with marbled endpapers, and top edge gilt on the rough. 631 pages; with text set in Monotype Poliphilus and printed on Pannekoek mould-made paper. Illustrations include six copper engraved portraits by Charles Sigrist, and ten drawings of fish and a lead weight by Thomas Poulton printed from line blocks, stencil-tinted at the Curwen Press. Limited to 1600 copies. The first collection of Walton's writings published under one cover. A near fine copy in the lightly worn original marbled boards slipcase. Size: Octavo. Limited.. Leather. Near Fine.

London: George C. Harrap & Co., 1931. Full Title: "Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers." Original publisher's full vellum, gilt stamped title and vignette, top edge gilt, others untrimmed with many pages being uncut, (10.5 x 8.25 inches). Deluxe Limited Edition, one of 775 copies, SIGNED by Arthur Rackham on limitation page. 223 pages; Illustrated title-page in green and black, 12 tissue-protected colored plates, many b&w in-text illustrations, pictorial endpapers all by Rackham.. Showing only light wear and moderate spotting heaviest in upper corners, interior text and all plates are clean and bright, Armorial Bookplate of M. Warner Riddle on front free fly. Overall, a collectable, clean, tight copy unread copy of a desirable and sought-after title for the Walton or Rackham collector.. Signed. Limited Edition. Vellum. Very Good. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. Quarto.

London: Henry Washbourne, 1847. Full red morocco leather, raised bands, gilt title, elaborate gilt tooling to compartments, front and rear boards, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, (6.75 x 4.5 inches). New Edition, with major's illustrative notes, portraits, etc., revised by W. Nicol. 453 pages, with Index; illustrated with engravings. Printed at the Shakespeare Press by W. Nicol. Sold by R. Grant and Son, Edin. Showing just light wear and rubbing, former owner's inscription dated 1855 on free endpage else internally clean and tight. Leather. Very Good. Octavo.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1992. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 224 pp., with index. Contains 178 illustrations, including 93 color plates. This is an extraordinary voyage through an area rich in American history and in the arts of America and the world. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1965. Black cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. Limted 1/2000 copies. 289 pages; jacket art by Howard Wandrei; design and lettering by Frank Utpatel. The second Arkham collection of Wandrei stories. An exceptionally clean, tight and bright copy in unclipped ($4.00) jacket. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1948. Black cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. Limited 1/3000 copies. 191 pages; jacket by Audrey Johnson. Wandrei's second Arkham publication and his first published novel. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in a like, price clipped jacket. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1948. Black cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. Limited 1/3000 copies. 191 pages; jacket by Audrey Johnson. Wandrei's second Arkham publication and his first published novel. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in a like, unclipped ($3.00) jacket. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1944. Black cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 1617 copies printed. xiii, 344 pages; jacket by Howard Wandrei. Wandrei's first book of fiction and the fifth book published by Arkham House. Wandrei was a co-founder of Arkham House. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in a vibrant green "price clipped" jacket showing minimal wear and remant of tape repair at head and tail. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Abrams, 1991. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 140 pp., w/ checklist of objects; 94 color illustrations. Remainder mark, else a tight clean copy Size: Quarto. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Atheneum, 1986. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 247 pp., w/ bibliography and index; illustrated. An lucid and exceptionally readable account of the life of Britian's last great military hero. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Octavo. First American Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

London: B. S. Williams, 1886. [Volumes 5 and 6 bound as one]. Original half dark blue morocco leather over blue pebbled cloth boards, four double raised bands, gilt titles, marbled endpapers and edges, (12.5 x 10.75 inches). First Editions: vol. 5- 1886, vol.6- 1887. Unpaginated; each volume illustrated with 48 (96 total plates) tissue-protected chromolithographs by John Nugent Fitch (1836-1895). One of the great orchid books of the nineteenth century, published at the height of the 'Orchidelirium' mania. Exterior showing some wear and rubbing heaviest at extremities, spine sunned to brown as expected, light typical foxing and toning to text pages (all plates clean and bright). Provenance: Bookplate from the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library, deaccessioned with "Cancelled" stamp on bookplate (no other library markings in book).. The Lindley Library in London is the largest horticultural library in the world. . First Edition. Leather. Very Good. Illus. by John Nugent… Read More