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Valentine's Manual Inc, New York, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. HENRY COLLINS BROWN (editor). Valentine's Manual of Old New York, 1927, New York: Valentine's Manual Inc., 1926.12mo, No. 10 of the New Series, pp. xv, 392, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to the spine, gilt seal on front, halftones, lithographs. Brown's version of the D.T. Valentine manuals of the previous century, with the addition of photography where Valentine confined his illustration to lithography. This issue is entirely focused on the 1880s.Condition of this book:Very good with a bit of rubbing to the covers and a split in the rear paste-down near the hinge; a tight, solid copy. Size: 12mo. 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.… Read More

Chauncey Holt, New York, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HENRY COLLINS BROWN (editor). Valentine's Manual of the City of New York, 1924, New York: Chauncey Holt, 1923.12mo, No. 8 of the New Series, pp. xix, 386, blue cloth printed boards, gift inscription on free front endpaper, gravures, lithographs. Brown's version of the D.T. Valentine manuals of the previous century, with the addition of photography where Valentine confined his illustration to lithography.Condition of this book:Near fine with dust marks at bottom edge, slightly sunned spine; a tight, solid copy. Size: 12mo. 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: Genealogy & Local History; United States; 1920s; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this… Read More

Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1883. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN. Venetian Life, Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1883.16mo (6-7inches high), reprint of the 1867 second edition, pp. 391, vellum boards with gilt lettering and vine decoration to spine, frames with vine pattern on covers, all edges tinted red, 22 albumen prints bound in, Howells' signature tipped in at the free front endpaper, attached either by a prior owner or, more likely, an auction house. In the days before there were postcards, Tauchnitz, a reprint house, created editions like this one targeting wealthy English-speaking tourists, offering photos of tourist attractions bound into classy volumes of the works of well-known authors. The present book is all that, at a pocket size convenient to the traveler. Not in BAL.Condition of this book:Bright and clean. Vellum has some small discolorations but overall remains attractive, photos sharp but… Read More

Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1917. Early Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. EUGENE FIELD. Verse and Prose, Boston: Bibliophile Society, 1917.Quarto, pp. ix, 64, blue cloth boards half-bound in vellum with gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, slipcased, illustrated with photos and manuscript facsimiles, introduction by William P. Trent. BAL 5800: "Reprint save for the following: 'Oh, London is a Fine Town' and certain other scraps and trifles."Condition of this book:Near fine with a sunned spine that has a small spot. Slipcase worn but fully functional. Size: Octavo (staQuartondard book size). 2-volume set (complete). 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: Poetry; United States; 1900-1920;… Read More

Academy Editions, London, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/Fine. DAVID DERNIE and ALASTAIR CAREW-COX. Victor Horta, London: Academy Editions, 1995.Quarto, first edition, pp. 224, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, color illustration. Shows hotels and other buildings, interior design, furnishings.Condition of this book:Jacket not as glossy as new, but overall 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: 2-3 kilos. Category: Architecture; 19th century; Art & Design. ISBN: 1854904183. ISBN/EAN: 9781854904188. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54092. . 9781854904188

Book Press, Williamsburg, 1985. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. DOUGLAS BALL. Victorian Publishers' Bindings, Williamsburg: Book Press, 1985.Octavo, pp. ix, 214, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and device to spine, gilt Victorian decoration on front, halftone illustration. A leading reference on this subject, important to dealers, collectors and anyone interested in book design.Condition of this book:Fine quality overall. 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 Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; England; 19th century; Art & Design. ISBN: 0916271013. ISBN/EAN: 9780916271015. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55311. . 9780916271015

Ffotogallery, Cardiff, 2010. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. WOOLLEY, DAWN. Visual Pleasure, Cardiff: Ffotogallery, 2010.Oblong quarto, priority unknown to me, pp. 95, wraps, color photos, text in Welsh and English. Woolley uses cardboard cutouts to create highly suggestive but non-explicit tableaux of people having sex, with a section involving butchered meat. Many of these scenes are so realistic that it is hard to know that no live bodies are present. It's a demonstration of the power of human imagination and fantasy with a trick that has been done before, but never better.Condition of this book:Crease in lower forecorner of front cover, short tear in back cover, all else fine. Size: Quarto. Text is in multiple languages. 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… Read More

Editorial Plus-Ultra, Madrid, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. COOK, WALTER WILLIAM, and GUDIOL RICART, JOSE. Volumen Sexto of Ars Hispaniae, Historia Universal del Arte Hispanico, Madrid: Editorial Plus-Ultra, 1950.Quarto, first edition, pp. 405, maroon cloth boards quarter-bound in brown morocco with gilt lettering and rules to spine, embossed decoration with a gilt drawing on the front inside a gilt frame, gilt lettering to front and back, top edge tinted maroon, bookseller ticket on front pastedown, illustrated with rotogravures and color plates. Text in Spanish. Covers painting and other religious imagery such as woodwork and sculpture.Arntzen & Rainwater, I438, on the 22-volume series of which this book is a part: "Well illustrated. Each volume has a detailed bibliography and indexes by subjects, places, and persons."Condition of this bookVery good with rubbing to spine, light soiling at… Read More

Editorial Plus-Ultra, Madrid, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. GUDIOL RICART, JOSE, and GUYA NUNO, JUAN ANTONIO. Volumen Quinto of Ars Hispaniae, Historia Universal del Arte Hispanico, Madrid: Editorial Plus-Ultra, 1948.Quarto, first edition, pp. 399, maroon cloth boards quarter-bound in brown morocco with gilt lettering and rules to spine, embossed bust of a king on the front inside a gilt frame, gilt lettering to front and back, top edge tinted maroon, bookseller ticket on front pastedown, illustrated with rotogravures. Text in Spanish. Covers Romanesque architecture and architectural sculpture in Spain.Arntzen & Rainwater, I438, on the 22-volume series of which this book is a part: "Well illustrated. Each volume has a detailed bibliography and indexes by subjects, places, and persons."Condition of this book:Very good with rubbing to spine, light soiling at edges. Size: Quarto. 5 volumes of the… Read More

Editorial Plus-Ultra, Madrid, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. ALMAGRO, MARTIN, and GARCIA BELLIDO, Antonio. Volumen Primero of Ars Hispaniae, Historia Universal del Arte Hispanico, Madrid: Editorial Plus-Ultra, 1947.Quarto, first edition, pp. 371, maroon cloth boards quarter-bound in brown morocco with gilt lettering and rules to spine, embossed decoration including a bust on the front inside a gilt frame, gilt lettering to front and back, top edge tinted maroon, bookseller ticket on front pastedown, illustrated with rotogravures. Covers the earliest art of Iberia, including paleolithic, Greek, Carthaginian and Celtic, with stone ruins that resemble the work at Stonehenge in England.Arntzen & Rainwater, I438, on the 22-volume series of which this book is a part: "Well illustrated. Each volume has a detailed bibliography and indexes by subjects, places, and persons."Condition of this book:Near… Read More

MacMillan, New York, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. NORDENSKIOLD, A.E. The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe, New York: Macmillan, 1882.Quarto, first U.S. edition, pp. xxvi, 756, half black cloth over marbled boards, steel engravings, 10 folding linen maps. Chronicles the first-ever complete crossing of the Northeast Passage in 1879, translated from the Swedish by Alexander Leslie. This copy is sound and complete but only a map collector could love it, because the maps are fine while the rest of the book has numerous flaws, including cracked joints, library markings, pink stains, and tape repairs to text leaves. The maps are reproductions of much older work as well as original cartography, such as N. Selander's "The North Coast of the Old World" and G. Bove's "Sketch Map of Taimur Sound." This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact.… Read More

Aperture, New York, 1992. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Near Fine. BRETT WESTON. Voyage of the Eye, New York: Aperture, 1992.Quarto, revised edition with Hawaii photos, unpaginated, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, halftone plates. Published to celebrate Weston's 80th birthday.Condition of this book:Light wear to jacket, overall 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: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; United States; 1990s; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0893815063. ISBN/EAN: 9780893815066. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54151. . 9780893815066

Wetstein, Amsterdam, 1718. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. CORNEILLE LE BRUN (DE BRUYN). Voyages par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aus Indies Orientales, Volume 2, Amsterdam: Freres Wetstein, 1718.Folio, first French edition, pp. 253-468, contemporary marbled calf boards with morocco labels and gilt ornaments to spine, marbled edges, brown cloth-covered solander box, text in French, extensive illustration by the author. With 152 etched plates, many double-page and fold-out, numbered 111-262.This volume includes a long section on Persepolis, with 27 panoramic views of the ruins -- pillars, facades with ornaments and reliefs, columns, tombs of the king of Persia, figures, etc. Other plates show views of China, Arabia, animals, plants, Balinese slaves, various settlements, a "savage man of the South," and much more.The author was a painter and explorer who traveled from 1701 to 1708 to Russia, Persia, India, Ceylon and… Read More

Tence Freres, Brussels, 1828. Early Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. FRANCOIS-RENE de CHATEAUBRIAND. Voyages en Amerique et en Italie in 2 volumes, Brussels: Tence Freres, 1828.16mo, early edition, pp. lxxxv, 324; 446, marbled paper-covered boards quarter-bound in sheep with gilt lettering to spines, edges speckled red, text in French. Volumes 6 and 7 of Chateaubriand's complete works, covering his travels in America and Italy. The America reports were first published in 1826. Their accuracy came into question in the 20th century, especially the author's claim to have met with George Washington.Condition of this set:Extremities rubbed, internal foxing, overall good and sound. Size: 16mo (very small). 2-volume set (complete). 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.… Read More