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Chico: Positive Press, 1999. First. hardcover. fine. Illustrated with some b/w photographs by Treadwell along with numerous short snippets from various authors, 17 of which are signed (see below). Oblong 12mo, cloth-backed printed boards, issued without a dust wrapper. Chico CA; Positive Press, 1999. First edition. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Signed by: Robert Ferrigno, Michael Connelly, Rochelle Majer Krich, John Morgan Wilson, Dianne G. Pugh, Walter Mosely, Philip Reed, Stan Cutler, Jonathan Kellerman, Kelly Lange, Faye Kellerman, Gary Phillips, Gar Anthony Haywood, Michael Collins, Lee Goldberg, Barbara Seranella, and Jen Banbury.<br/><br/>

Aldine, 1515. hardcover. very good(+). Thick 12mo, (16 leaves) +346 + (15) + 48 leaves, rubricated edges. Tiny worm holes on top of first 7 leaves. Very little early small handwriting in margins and underlining. Printer's device on title of Lactantius and the title and verso of colophon of Tertullian. Full early vellum with manuscript title on spine, dust soiled. Venice, 1515. First Aldine Edition. Very good(+).<br/><br/> Sixteenth-century Aldine printing of the early Christian authors Lactantius and Tertullian. This volume includes the De Ira Dei, a treatise against the Stoics and Epicureans, the De Opificio Die, written during Diocletian's persecution of the Roman Christians, as well as the Divine Institutes, Lactantius' most important work. It concludes with a interpretive Greek to Latin dictionary of commonly-used Lactantian phrases, printed in both the Roman and Greek alphabets. The Lactantius is bound with another Aldine classic, Tertullian's Apologeticum, an… Read More

New York: Knopf, 2019. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Illustrated in black and white with few in color. xii, 398 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. First Edition. Some neat pencil marginalia, otherwise fine. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Some black & white illustrations. 318 pages. 8vo, black cloth, pictorial d.w. New York: St. Martin's Press, (2002). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

New York: Coumbia Univ, 1956. First. pamphlet. very good. 50pp. pictorial wrappers, stapled, (cover loose on 1 staple). New York: Columbia University, January- March, 1956.<br/><br/>

Cleveland: World, 1956. First. hardcover. near fine/very good(-). 117 black & white illustrations. Tall 8vo, beige cloth, d.w. Cleveland: World Publishing, (1956). First Edition. A near fine copy in a chipped dust wrapper.<br/><br/>

London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1980. paperback. near fine. Moholy-Nagy. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. 8vo, glossy pictorial wrappers. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, (1980). A near fine copy.<br/> <br/> This catalog accompanies the exhibition of Moholy-Nagy's works arranged by the Arts Council of Great Britain and shown across England in the year 1980.<br/> <br/>

Paris: Firmin-Didot. Third. hardcover. The superb series of plates were printed by chromolithography by Firmin Didot, each plate accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text. Fore edges of the first few pages are rough, the plates are fine and clean. Thick folio, publisher's ornately gilt red pebbled cloth, with gold lettering, a.e.g., extremities of spine rubbed. Paris: Firmim Didot, ca. 1887. Very good (+). Third Edition.<br/> <br/>

Paris: Firmin-Didot. hardcover. very good(+). 2nd series. 8 of 10 volume set. Missing volumes 5 and 9. The superb series of plates were printed in chromolithography by Firmin Didot, each plate accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text. There is some scattered foxing in the text but the plates are fine and clean. Slim folio, publisher's red pebbled cloth, with gold lettering. Paris: Firmim Didot, 1885 - 1887. Very good(+).<br/> <br/>

Norwich: Unicorn Press, 2010. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. L.S. Lowry. Illustrated abundantly in color and in black and white. 320 pages. Large 4to, black cloth with silver spine lettering, d.w. Inscribed by the author at title page. Fine in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

hardcover. 240 ilustrations after photographs and drawings by the author. Tall 4to, neatly rebound in rust cloth. Paris: Alphonse Picard, 1897. Very good.<br/><br/> One of only 300 copies. With the small ownership signature of art historian Meyer Schapiro.<br/><br/>

paperback. Illustrated with 89 plates of multiple images, many other in-text figures. 244pp of text in French. Very thick 4to, original printed wrappers; uncut edges (wraps are only slightly edgeworn but the spine is creased with one crack, neatly repaired). Paris: Les Editions G. van Oest, 1931. A very good copy of an uncommon and fragile book.<br/><br/>

Paris: Cakmann Levy, 1882. hardcover. near fine. [4], 266pp. 8vo, rebound in 1/2 blue morocco over marbled boards with gilt-lettered spine; marbled endpapers, uncut edges. Original pale blue wrappers bound-in. Paris: Calmann Levy, 1882. Text in French. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> A limited edition. Number 16 of only 50 copies printed on Holland Paper.<br/><br/>

Paris: Calmann Levy/Boussod, 1888. hardcover. fine. Lemaire, Madeleine. Illustrated with color plates by Madame Madeleine Lemaire, protected with tissue. 215pp. Thick 4to, rebound in 3/4 blue morocco; gilt-decorated spine with raised bands, t.e.g.. Paris: Calmann Levy/Boussod, 1888. Previous owner's inscription on flyleaf, otherwise a fine copy.<br/><br/>

Paris: Boussod, Valadon et Cie, 1887. hardcover. very good. Madeleine Lemaire. Illustrated with 9 plates & other vignettes by Madeleine Lemaire; photogravures by Goupil. Large 4to, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards; scuffed and darkened but still attractive. Paris: Boussod, Valadon et Cie, 1887.<br/><br/>

Paris: Nilsson. paperback. near fine. Keezer,Ro. Vanina Vanini. 2 vols. in one, numerous tipped-in and original aquarelles by Ro Keezer. 190pp., thick 8vo, stiff pictorial wrappers with tipped-in color illustration on cover, unopened (small stain on spine). Paris: Editions Nilsson, n.d. ca. 1930. Near fine.<br/><br/> "Collection Emeraude."<br/><br/>

Venice: Cataloghi Marsilio, 1987. hardcover. very good/very good(-). Well illustrated, much in color. 193 pages, 4to, red cloth, d.w.; book and dust wrapper both edgeworn, d.w. spine faded, ownership signature front free endpaper. Venizia: Cataloghi Marsilio, (1987). Internally fine, a very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

hardcover. Tome Second. Frontis. and 10 other engraved plates, 8 folding, title vignette. 673pp. 4to, old boards, crudely rebacked; hinges reinforced, ex-libris. Bruxelles, l'Imprimerie Academique, 1780.<br/><br/> John Turberville Needham's natural history of the ant, and observations on the honey-bee are among 12 scientific papers included in the second volume of the Royal Society of Belgium proceedings. DSB X 9-11.<br/><br/>

Paris: L'Aerophile, 1910. hardcover. fine. Publication Bimensuelle Illustree, Dix-Huitieme Annee. Small folio, linen, leather spine label. Paris: L'Aerophile, 1910. Fine.<br/><br/> Bound volume containing 24 numbers of this early aeronatics periodical.<br/><br/>

Stanford: Overbrook, 1937. Limited. hardcover. William Einstein. Original lithographs by William Einstein. 44 pages. Tall slim 4to, grey cloth with red leather spine label, uncut, edgeworn box. Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, 1937. Spine a bit sunned and some pages with light foxing, still a very good copy in a very good slipcase.<br/><br/> One of 150 copies.<br/><br/>