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

Matted original engraving " Nani (Young Girl with Umbrella)" by Ulpiano Checa y Sanz, engraved by M. Deville. Paper dimensions: 42 x 30 cm (16.5 x 11.8 inches); image dimensions: 38 x 25 cm (15 x 9.8 inches). An 19th century engraving by Ulpiano Checa (1860-1916). Checa was a Spanish painter, sculptor, poster designer and illustrator. Expected paper toning, else clean and sharp.. Art Print.

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1990. Red cloth (hard cover) in mylar protected, unclipped dust-jacket. First Edition (stated on copyright page). 230 pages; color photographs. In more than 300 color photographs, Nantucket's little seen, private, elegant life-style is revealed. A clean, tight copy Size: Oblong Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Photographs By Taylor Lewis.

St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 192 pages, w/ Biographical Notes, Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions, Selected Public Collections, Selected Bibliography, List of Illustrations; Color Illustrations. ENGLISH TEXT. An important monograph on one of the most distinguished Russian contemporary artists. A clean, tight copy Size: Folio. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Natchez, Mississippi: Plantation Publishing, 1992. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. "First Edition" stated on copyright page. 104 pages, w/ index; profusely illustrated. This copy SIGNED by Carolyn Vance Smith on title page. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Brooklyn, New York: National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, Inc., 1968. Red cloth, 250 pp., lineage book listing registers of members along with index of ancestors and living descendant members. A tight, bright, clean copy. Size: Octavo. Cloth. As New.

Boston: Carter, Hendee, & Co., 1835. Original full calf leather, gilt title and label, (7.5 x 4.75 inches). 276 pages. Pierpont's fourth reader. Provenance: Gift inscription in Spencerian hand, "Presented to James M. Monroe by a Friend" on front free endpage. Showing some expected wear, internally clean and tight. Leather. Good. Octavo.

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.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1919. Original red cloth (hardcover), gilt titles, t.e.g., (11"x 13"). viii, 72 pages; illustrated with 60 tissue-protected plates, 24 in colour and 36 in collotype, including frontis. Typical occasional foxing and light wear, owner's signature on front fly Size: Folio. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. Green cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket, (9.5 x 6.5 inches). First Edition / First Printing (with "1" on publisher's number line). 226 pages, w/ Notes and Index. In this seminal work, the celebrated Harvard philosopher explores rationality of decision and belief, showing how principles function in our thinking and our efforts to live peacefully and productively. A clean, tight copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

London: William Heinemann, 1892. Full red polished calf, five raised bands, black morocco title labels, gilt decoration and tooling, gilt embossed elephant design on front board, inner dentelles, marbled enpapers, top edge gilt. 8vo: (7 3/4" x 5 1/2"), 276 pages, plus publisher's list at rear. Original cloth covers bound in. Signed binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Spine lightly toned and rubbed, remains a handsome fine binding. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Leather. Near Fine. Fine Binding.

Locust, New Jersey: Jervey Close Press, 1964. Dark blue cloth, gilt titles, without dust-jacket, (12.25 x 9.25 inches). First Edition. 128 pages with Bibliography and Index; illustrated with maps, charts and drawings. Previous owner's inscription, else a clean, tight copy. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Folio.

Edinburgh: Alexander strahan and Co., 1862. Half blue calf, over marbled boards. red morocco title label, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edged marbled, (5" x 6.5"). 311 pages. showing some exterior rubbing, Previous owner's signature (Annie G. Palmer, Sept. 5th 1865). Expected age toning of paper, remains an attractive copy Size: 12mo. Leather.

Baltimore: Swain and Matchett, 1809. Original full mottled calf (leather), red morocco title label, (8.75" x 5.5"). pages. viii, 171, [1]. Plus bound with "A Key to the Greek Exercises" by Neilson at rear (Swain and Matchett 1809), 71 pages. Text in Greek and English. Previous owner's signature with notation "$3.00 for nothing." Apparently students were frustrated at the cost of textbooks even back in early 1800's. Showing minimal wear, an exceptional copy of a scarce early American textbook published in the United States. Size: Octavo. First American Edition.. Leather.

Munchen: Franz Hanfstaengl, 1924. Publisher's deluxe half red morocco (leather) over marbled boards, gilt title and decoration on spine, top edge gilt, in mylar protected dust-jacket, (8 x 5.75 inches). First Edition. 168 pages; illustrated 145 plates. German text. Translated title: New German nude bookplates; 145 Illustrations, With Introductory Text By... A clean, tight copy in handsome leather binding, and toned jacket. . First Edition. Leather. Fine/Very Good. Octavo.

Baltimore: George McDowell & Son, 1833. Original full calf, black morocco title label. (9.5" x 6"). 475 pages, with Appendix and Corrections; illustrated (lacks two folding maps). Showing exterior wear and rubbing, pages toned, lacks front free endpaper. Size: Tall Octavo. Leather.

New York: Morgan & Lester, 1951. Tan cloth in mylar protected dustjacket, (9 x 6.25 inches). 432 pages, with Index; 345 illustrations in black & white and color. This edition with all new text covering important information for the Leica camera owner. A comprehensive manual for the amateur and professional covering the field of Leica camera photography. A clean, tight copy in a jacket showing some wear and chipping. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

Boston: The Metcalf Press, 1941. Gilt stamped dark green cloth (hardcover) in original mylar protected dust-jacket. First Edition/First Printing; 1941 copyright by the publisher, no other dates, $2.50 price on jacket. [ix] 102 pages, Octavo (5 5/8" x 8 1/4"). First printing of Garfield Albee Drew's investing classic. Drew presents for the first time a classified analysis of easily understood and tested specific methods for timing stock market operations. Includes discussions of Dow theory, wave principles and moving average methods of market forecasting. An exceptionally clean, tight copy with a hint of end paper toning in a moderately worn jacket with a few short closed tears, edge chipping and abrasions. A collectable copy of a Wall Street classic in the original, scarce and highly desirable dust-jacket. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good.

Boston: Metcalf Press, 1941. Blue cloth (hard cover), w/ gilt title on spine. 1941 printing stated on copyright page with second edition stated below. This is a 1941 second printing of the 1941 first edition, not the 1948 second edition. 102 pages; illustrated by charts and graphs. This scarce work, even in the collectable second edition, stands as a classic in the field of stock market investing. A clean, tight copy showing just minimal wear Size: Small Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good.

London: Cresset Press, 1927. Original quarter vellum over tan boards, gilt title, top edge gilt, uncut, (8.75 x 7 inches). xxvi, 116 pages; Illustrated with a vignette title page, and in-text woodcuts throughout. An illustrated limited edition (650 copies printed) of William Lawson's important 1618 work on gardening, illustrated with woodcuts. An accurate facsimile, including the notes on beekeeping, planting, graffing, and how to make an orchard. A clean, tight copy in the scarce jacket, chipped with paper loss.. Limited. Vellum. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991. 316 pgs., colour frontis, 103 b&w illustrations. In publisher's shrink-wrap. Size: Octavo. Cloth. As New/As New. University Press.