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Univ. of Arts, Tokyo, undated. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. [Catalog.] Paintings of Modern Japanese Style; Tokyo: University of Arts, undated (mid-20th century).Folio, unpaginated, illustrated wraps with parchment overwrap and cardboard slipcase, 27 tipped-in color prints with Japanese text, typed English list of titles and artists laid in. Shows work from the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the university's collection. Artists include Hogai Kano, Gaho Hashimoto, Kanzah Shinomura and several others.Condition of this book:Brown stain to covers, inside clean. Parchment wrapper in pieces, slipcase splitting at bottom and top edges but still functional. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text is in Japanese. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight:… Read More

Shakespeare Head, Oxford, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Inscribed by Author. R.H. CLAPPERTON. Paper, An Historical Account of Its Making by Hand From the Earliest Times..., Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1934.Large folio, No. 164 of an edition of 250, pp. xvi, 158, occasional tissue interleaving, brown cloth boards half-bound in blue morocco with gilt lettering to spine, gilt rules on front, collotype illustration, inscribed on the half-title page by Clapperton.Begins with the origin of paper in China and progresses around the world, predating the researches of Dard Hunter. Printed on handmade paper, this is a beautiful presentation befitting its subject. With two blank leaves that can be held up to light to display watermarks.Condition of this book:Bumped corners, wear at edges, else fine. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body is clean, and free… Read More

Pynson Printers, New York, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. DARD HUNTER. A Papermaking Pilgrimage to Japan, Korea and China, New York: Pynson Printers, 1936.Quarto, copy No. 117 of an edition of 370, pp. 148, 2 (ad, colophon), numerous photogravure plates, 50 specimens of paper gathered on the pilgrimage, printed paper-covered boards quarter-bound in black morocco with gilt lettering and red rules and device to spine, slipcased. Signed on the colophon by Hunter and Elmer Adler, the Pynson printer, small bookseller sticker on rear paste-down.Hunter, probably the greatest-ever authority on paper-making, wrote in his autobiography that this edition was printed on handmade Japanese mulberry bark paper, and the paper covers were printed from an old woodblock he found in northern Korea. (see My Life With Paper, p 128).Condition of this book:Small chip in spine, else fine. Special Limited Edition, first… Read More

Scorpio, Scottsdale, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. JULES HELLER. Papermaking, The White Art, Scottsdale: Scorpio Press, 1980.Quarto, copy No. 69 of an edition of 200, pp. 216, 1 (colophon), cream cloth-covered boards half-bound in black calf with gilt lettering and rules to spine, signed original lithograph by Heller, who also signed the colophon, numerous paper samples tipped in, slipcased. Created as a collectible, this book also serves as a manual for paper makers and those who want to learn the craft.Condition of this book:Fine Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Crafts & Hobbies; 1980s; Art & Design. Signed by Author.… Read More

Pynson Printers, New York, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Inscribed by Author. DARD HUNTER. Papermaking by Hand In India, New York: Pynson Printers, 1939.Quarto, copy No. 225 of an edition of 370, pp. 129, 2 (ad, colophon), numerous photogravure plates, 27 specimens of Indian paper, floral-patterned cloth boards quarter-bound in black calf with gilt lettering and blue rules to spine. Inscribed by Hunter on the free front endpaper to his friend Virginia Nye, and signed on the colophon by Hunter and Elmer Adler, the Pynson printer.Hunter wrote in his autobiography: "Mr. Adler and I would have preferred using Indian handmade paper for the text, but it was not suitable, being too uneven in thickness, texture and finish. We felt the Indians might resent the use of English-made paper, so ... we decided upon Swedish handmade paper for both text and illustrations" (see My Life With Paper, p 208). He had no shortage of… Read More

Cassell, New York, undated. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Gustave Dore. JOHN MILTON. Paradise Lost, New York and London: Cassell & Co., undated (1860s-80s.)Tall quarto, early edition, pp. lxii, 329, pebbled blue cloth boards with stamped lettering in blind, black and gilt to spine and front, gilt angel on front, illustrated plates by Gustave Dore. Includes a Milton biography by Robert Vaughn.Condition of this set:Covers worn with some loss at spine ends, front joints starting, substantial loss of gilt on front. Inside clean, leaves toned, especially at edges. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Gustave Dore. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; 19th century; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this… Read More

Editions B. Arthaud, Grenoble, 1929. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. GAUTHIEZ, PIERRE. Paris, Grenoble: Editions B. Arthaud, 1979.Octavo, pp. 220, 6 (notes, ads), boards illustrated with a maroon and silver abstract design quarter-bound in navy cloth with maroon morocco labels on spine, illustrated with fine gravures in text and on plates, top edge silver, text in French. This book is commonly found as a paperback, and the original paper cover created by Paul Leroy is preserved here. It is unknown to me who did this binding, which is attractive even though rubbed at extremities and discolored in spots.Condition of this book:Very good with a discolored section on front board, possibly caused by water; fore edge and end leaves have minor foxing, silver top edge a bit dulled, images fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text is in French. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is… Read More

6x6, Berlin, 2004. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). New Book/New. Female nudes, mainly student models, color and duotone. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). 126. Text is in German. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; Germany; Modern; German Language; Erotica. ISBN: 3926318066. ISBN/EAN: 9783926318060. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50159. . 9783926318060

Chapman and Hall, London, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. AUGUSTUS MAYHEW. Paved With Gold, or The Romance and the Reality of the London Streets, London: Chapman and Hall, 1858.Octavo, first edition, pp. viii, 408, green cloth boards with gilt-stamped lettering and illustrations to spine, illustration by Phiz (Hablot Browne). Original W. Bone and Son binding with their ticket on the rear pastedown. This is the book edition of a story that was first sold in parts by subscription. Subtitled "An Unfashionable Novel," it travels the same territory as the author's brother Henry, who chronicled the seamy, down-and-out side of Victorian London.Condition of this book: Both hinges split, boards scuffed with a couple chips in front joint. Inside clean, illustrations fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight,… Read More

Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, Buenos Aires, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. OLIVER, SAMUEL. Pedro Figari, Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1984.Oblong quarto, one of 1,000 English-language copies, pp. 111, 1 (limitation page), printed boards, color plates, foreword by Borges. Figari (1861-1938) studied art in France but created a style that was Latin American.Condition of this book:Boards lightly shelf-worn, very near fine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Uruguay; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 9509004510. ISBN/EAN: 9789509004511. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53515. . 9789509004511

E.B. Treat, New York, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. HEADLEY, J.T. Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Great Riots, New York: E.B. Treat, 1877.Octavo, pp. 560, 53 illustrated plates, green cloth boards with gilt lettering stamped on spine, black image of a steam train on upper board, various ownership signatures on endpages. Covers the New York draft riots, the railroad riots of Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia, and much other unpleasantness. Headley was a popular 19th-century author, known most for his book on the Adirondack Mountains.Condition of this book:Boards worn, rubbed at edges, front hinge cracked.Free front endpaper lacking, scattered minor foxing and staining, overall sound. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity… Read More

Harper & Row, New York, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. RIEFENSTAHL, LENI. The People of Kau, New York: Harper & Row, 1976.Tall quarto, first English language edition, pp. 224. green cloth boards with brown stamped lettering on spine, color photos. Record of the Nazi propagandist's time spent among a primitive tribe in Sudan.Condition of this book:Minor stain to boards at tail of spine, jacket chipped along top edge.Leaves clean and tight, little pink star at bottom edge (likely remainder mark), images fine. This is the first USA edition. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; Sudan; 1970s; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0060135697. ISBN/EAN: 9780060135690. Pictures of this item not… Read More

Rudge, New York, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. JOHN DRINKWATER. Persephone, New York: William Edward Rudge, 1926.Quarto, one of an edition of 550, unpaginated with 28 leaves, black cloth boards with gilt lettering and devices to spine, design by Bruce Rogers. A Greek myth retold. Fine copy, some leaves unopened, store and collector tickets on rear paste-down. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; 1920s; Poetry. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55443. .

Self published, London, 2008. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. [Catalog.] Peter Finer No. 8, London: self-published, 2008.Tall quarto, unpaginated, black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and upper panel, color photos, one fold-out. Rare and beautiful examples of early weaponry and hunting pieces, well-documented and photographed.Condition of this book:Fine, little sign of wear. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51931. .

John Lane, London, 1906. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Cottington Taylor. OSSIP SCHUBIN. Peterkins, The Story of a Dog, London: John Lane, 1906.Octavo, English-language edition, pp. [x], 180, 3 (ads), red cloth boards with gilt lettering and dogs on spine and front, illustrations by Cottington Taylor, translation from the original German by Mrs. John Lane, inscribed on the free front endpaper by her and her husband, the publisher, to Henry Harland and his wife. Harland is best remembered as the editor of The Yellow Book, an 1890s art and literary quarterly that launched Aubrey Beardsley. The story involves a puppy's progress in Germany.Condition of this book:Spine sunned, covers darkened with a couple spots on the back panel, hinge crack at title page. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Cottington Taylor.… Read More

A. Vincent, Paris, 1927. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. GEORGES GROMORT and AUGUSTIN BERNARD. Petits Edifices, Normandie, Constructions Urbaines et Pans de Bois, Paris: A. Vincent, 1927.Folio, pp. vi, 10, 56 heliotype plates, 8 drawings, marbled boards quarter-bound in green cloth, string ties. Preface by Gromort, 6 drawings by Bernard, photos uncredited, printed by Vigier et Brunissen. Shows urban architecture of Rouen, Caen, Lisieux and elsewhere. A good record of what these places looked like before the calamities of World War II.Condition of this folio:Fine, no flaws. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text is in French. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Architecture; France; 1920s; French Language; Photography. Pictures of this item… Read More

Oxford, New York, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Dust jacket chipping at edges; some pages have underlining in pencil. Covers Norwegian accents, syllabification, written and spoken language. Size: Octavo (standard book size). (xv), 366. Text contains marks and notes scattered throughout, in pencil. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; norway; Reference. ISBN: 0198237650. ISBN/EAN: 9780198237655. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50410. . 9780198237655

Bulfinch, Boston, 1994. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/As New. CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI. Photographer, Boston: Bulfinch, 1994.Large, heavy quarto, revised edition, pp. 343, beige cloth boards with white lettering on spine, blind-stamped lettering on front, 155 duotones. A comprehensive recapitulation of Bresson's career as the father of modern photojournalism, with all his greatest photos in one beautiful book. Includes images from all over the world plus the great famous from his early days in France: On the Banks of the Marne and Place de l'Europe in the Rain.Condition of this book:Remainder mark at bottom edge, all else fine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Photography; Reference. ISBN: 0821219863.… Read More

Agrinde, New York, 1978. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Half Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. DAVIDSON, BRUCE. Photographs, New York: Agrinde/Summit, 1978.Square quarto, priority unknown to me, pp. 167, gray paper-covered boards quarter-bound in cream-colored cloth, gilt lettering to spine, duotone photo plates, inscribed on the half-title by Davidson. A selection of photo from Davidson's best-known projects, including Brooklyn Gang and East 100th Street.Condition of this book:Near fine light wear to jacket, age-toning at the spine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; Reference. ISBN: 0671400673. ISBN/EAN: 9780671400675. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53122. . 9780671400675

Appleton, New York, 1862. Later Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. NATHAN G. BURGESS. The Photograph Manual; A Practical Treatise ..., New York and London: Appleton and 16 Little Britain, 1862.12mo, apparent 7th edition, pp. 261, 3 (ads), preliminaries lacking, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Burgess evolved with the ever-changing processes and practices of early photography, issuing this book in 1856 as The Ambrotype Manual and, as ambrotypes went out of style, writing new editions as new ways took over. Here he deals with cartes de visite, stereographs and other new styles. See Imagining Paradise, p. 166, and Epstean Collection 704 and 705.Condition of this book:Covers heavily stained and discolored, hinges repaired, inner margins lightly dampstained. Tears in advertisements at end of book. Size: Duodecimo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers… Read More