Search Results: Titles starting with A from Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers

New York: American Institute of Physics, 1988. Cloth w/o jacket (as issued). 258 pp.; illustrated. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine.

New York: American Institute of Physics, 1988. Cloth w/o jacket (as issued). 300 pp.; illustrated. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine.

Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1939. Original wrappers (softcover), printed wraps, (12.25 x 9.75 inches). 67 [3] pages; illustrated by engraving on lino by Matisse. A woodcut by Lespinasse, Decoration for the wrappings of scent-cascerts and an Imidia inset for 'Votre Beaute'. Containing a letter from Federico Garcia Lorca to J. Bergamin; Romance de la Lune, Lune (Poème). Text in French. Wrappers (covers) showing soiling and some wear, internally clean.. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. Illus. by MATISSE (Henri), LESPINASSE (Henri), MAKOVSKY (Jacques), LORCA (Federico Garcia), LEVIS-MANO (Guy), Etc. Folio.

Columbus: Richard Nevins, 1858. Original brown embossed cloth (hardcover). 8vo: (9 1/2" 6 1/2"), 112 pages; illustrated with tables. A scarce reference regarding agriculture, manufacturing, mining, commerce and navigation, etc., in pre- civil war Ohio. Showing moderate overall wear, some internal foxing heaviest at prelims. Size: Octavo. Cloth.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2014. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, gilt title, (9.5 x 6.5 inches), 367 pages. True First Edition/First Printing preceding the US and UK editions. SIGNED by author on title page. The twenty-third Inspector Banks novel. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in like unclipped jacket, collector fine condition. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

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.

Vilnius: Leidykia Vaga, 1975. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 88 pages, plus list of illustrations; illustrated. Lithuanian text with English summary. This scarce work depicts the Ablinga folk sculptures. A clean, tight copy Size: Octavo. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. Quarter black calf leather over illustrated board with portrait of Lincoln, housed in clamshell box, (7 x 4.75 inches). Custom deluxe binding. 112 pages with copy of program for New York Premiere of "Abraham Lincoln" at Cort Theatre bound in at rear. Minor rubbing at head and tail of spine, internally clean and bright, clamshell box lightly worn. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. Octavo.

New York: Delacorte Press, 2004. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, gilt title, (9.25 x 6.25 inches), 367 pages. First Edition/First Printing with number "1" on publisher's number line. SIGNED by author on title page. A haunting thriller by the Edgar Award winning author. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in like unclipped jacket, collector fine condition. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Abrams, 1992. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 163 pp., w/ bibliography and index; color illustrations. This book surveys the art of nineteen Abstract Expessionist artists's works on paper from the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Boston: Four Seas Co., 1924. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 64 pp. A work by a "forgotten" early twentieth century poet whose verse was acclaimed to be marked by charming imagery and delicate rhythm. A Scarce copy in original dust jacket showing some chipping and an open tear on front flap. Size: Small Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good.

Fullerton, CA: The Sultana Press, 1970. Quarter leather over cream buckram boards housed in publisher's slipcase, gilt titles, actual "fly" example encased into front board. (10" x 7"). Limited 1/350 copies SIGNED and numbered by author on half title page. 92 pages, with Bibliography at rear; color illustrations including color frontis of the California Golden Trout by Brayshaw. Full title reads: An Address on Angling Literature Including Some Mysteries and Personal Observations as well as some Comments on Piscatoria California and HInts for Collector's of Angling Books. Edited with an introduction by V.S. HIdy, and Preface by Joseph D. Bates. A clean, tight copy showing minimal wear. Size: Tall Octavo. Signed. Limited First Edition.. Leather. Fine. Illus. by Thomas Brayshaw.

New York: Club Press, 1898. Original cloth (hardcover), embossed gilt title and deer emblem on front board, (8" x 6"). 92 pages; illustrated with photographs and four fold-out maps. Contains Club Rules, Annual Report, Club Constitution, By-laws, Member List, List of Plants Found on the Adirondack League Club Tract, Allotments on Lakes Honnedaga, Little Moose, and Bisby (also shown on maps). Former owner's signature on front pastedown, showing general overall light wear and rubbing, maps in very good condition. A desirable copy of a scarce work. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth.

Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009. Green cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, (9.5 x 8 inches). First Edition. 130 pages, with Appendix, Notes and Index; 47 color plates and 50 b&w illustrations. This scholarly work is the first book in English on the French artist Adelaide Labille-Guiard. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in "as new" condition. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Quarto.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 202 pp., w/ notes and index. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Praha: Statni Nakladatelstvi Krasne Literatury, Hudby a Umeni, 1957. Tan cloth with decorative embossed "artist motiff" on front board. 205 pp., with index; illustrated with 292 plates. Text in Czech. This scarce work documents the life works of the artist and book illustrator, Adolf Kaspar. Internally clean, front board shows stain at upper right corner, some minor wear at corners, owner's inscription Size: Quarto. Cloth. Very Good.

New York: Pergamon Press, 1960. Complete in three volumes. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jackets. 1204 pp., w/ index; illustrated with charts, tables and graphs. This work contains the authoritative proceedings of a Congress held at Cambridge to honour the 70th birthday of Nobel Laureate Jaroslav Heyrovsky, whose genius created polargraphy and fostered its development in many fields. Owner's bookplates (chemistry lab motif), else clean, tight copies. SCARCE Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Boston: Ginn and Company, 1912. Red cloth w/ gilt titles and black embossed image of "Grillo" on front board. 226 pp., translated and edited by M. Louise Baum. Illustrated with full-page and in-text, b&w drawings by Harriet Baum. An exceptionally clean, tight copy Size: Octavo. Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by Harriet N. Baum (after Renard).

London: C. Cooke, 1795. [Fine Binding]. Complete in two volumes. Cooke's Edition. Full calf, red morocco title labels, gilt titles and decorative tooling on spine and boards, marbled endpapers. (6" x 4"), circa 1795 as indicated by date on plates. 240 pages, 256 pp.; illustrated with full-page engraved plates. Provenance: ex libris stamp of C.A. Petry Showing some light expected general wear, a collector copy in a handsome fine binding Size: 12mo. Leather. Very Good.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. Original gilt-blocked cloth, gilt title and black-tooled illustration on front board, map endpapers, (7.5 x 5.25 inches). First Edition (with date on title page and no other printings listed). 272 pages; illustrated with maps, including fold-out map of "Line of Retreat and Advance" at rear. Previous owner's inscription dated Christmas 1915, else a clean, tight, well-preserved copy. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Octavo.