Search Results: Titles starting with I from Kama’aina Collection

Glasgow: BLACKIE & SON: OLD BAILEY, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. DISTINGUISHED MODERN PAINTERS, AND FROM AUTHENTIC STATE PORTRAITS.. None. None 4tos. pp 184 & 171. 2 Frontispieces and 67 full-page engravings 'from important works by distinguished modern painters, and from authentic state portraits.' Two volumes. Very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. Original publisher's full red morocco, a Blackie presentation luxury binding with bevelled edges, extensive and elaborate gilt tooling and blind stamping with various English and Scottish heraldic gilt crests on front and back boards. Spines with 6 raised bands, and elaborate gilt decoration. Inner gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled end-papers. Some slight rubbing at hinges, cover and edges o/w vg+ with the small label on the rear pastedown 'Bound by Blackie.'. Insect damage to back cover of Volume 1 and the mirror damage on front of Volume 2. Heaving foxing on preliminary pages of Volume 1.… Read More

London : Edward Moxon and Co., 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. GUSTAVE DORE . Bookplate for: Joseph W. Drexel, Josephine W. Drexel. None Folio 16"" x 12.5"", Complete with 37 tissue protected plates. Pages and plates range from very modest to moderate foxing but not heavy, first edition of the Dore Illustrations. Covers and spine have been professionally strengthened with a matching red leather underpayment - see photos- pages gilt on three sides and still shines and bright. Overall a very handsome first edition. ——Joseph William Drexel was a partner in the firm of Drexel, Morgan and Company; tired of battling the brusque J. P. Morgan, Joseph retired from the business and devoted his life to philanthropic and civic organizations.——He owned a 200-acre farm near New York City, where people without work were housed, clothed, fed, and taught agriculture until they could find a job. He owned a large tract of land in Maryland, which was developed into Klej Grange, a planned community, where… Read More

Chicago: Illinois Engraving Company, 1896. First Edition. Paperback. Good/Fair. Gustave Dore. None. None This is the exhibition catalogue for the 1896 exhibit of Gustave Dore’s work that was held at the Art Institute of Chicago. A very Rare Find. Bumped edges and some holes in the red jacket cover. Back page is loose. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR Plain Red Paper wrap for the catalogue

Chicago: Inland Architect Press, 1990. First Edition. Magazine. Good. None. None Monthly magazine. This issues feature stories: A Wright Restoration (Dana-Thomas House), Perkins in the Park, The Triumph of Union Station, Resue+Retail=Razzamatazz, Street as Stage, Restoring Trajan’s Forum, Toward the Education of an Architect. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos.

London: Blackie And Son, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Stanfield, R. A.., Robert’s, R. A., Harding, Proust, Leitch, Brockedon, Barnard, etc, etc,. Bookplate for: Coningsby C. Sibthorp. From the Italian by David Dundas Scott, Esq. frontispiece, two title pages, cviii, 159, [1]. Thick Folio, (13 1/2"" tall). Includes 60 engraved plates including frontispiece with tissue guards. Second title page dated 185. Marbled end papers. Book is solid, square, and tight, no cracked hinges or chips. Binding does have minor corner and edge wear with some scuffs. Foxing on the image and edge browning occurs mainly on the early and last plates. Most plates are clean except for some edge browning, not on the image. Text pages are very clean. Famous Person Connection: Colonel Coningsby Sibthorp (1783–1855); popularly known as Colonel Sibthorp, was a widely caricatured British Ultra-Tory politician in the early 19th century. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1826 to 1832 and from 1835… Read More