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The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground (3 Vol. set)
New York: Bowling Green Press, 1929. Hardcover. #608 of 1000. Complete in 3 volumes. Twelvemo. Hardcover. Top edge gilt. Quarter bound in leather with raised bands, patterned paper boards and gilt titles on spines. 310, 328, 339 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm. More
The Works of Cowper and Thomson, Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in This Country, With a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of Thomson
Philadelphia: J. Grigg, 1837. Hardcover. A tan leatherbound book. x, 404, xxxvi, 133 pages; black-and-white frontispiece. More
Thoughts on outline, sculpture, and the system that guided the ancient artists in composing their figures and groupes: Accompanied with free remarks on the practice of the moderns, and liberal hints cordially intended for their advantage. To which are annexed twenty-four designs of classical subjects invented on the principles recommended ni the essay by George Cumberland.
London: W. Wilson, 1796. Softcover. Tan cardboard wraps, 2 preliminary leaves, iii, 52 pages, l leaves 24 plates. Some of the plates were engraved by William Blake from designs by Cumberland. Page 49-52: "A numerical catalogue of above six hundred subjects from engraved stones, almost all of which are from..... More
The Peleliu Project
Philadelphia: Seraphin Gallery, 2002. Paperback. Color-illustrated wraps with red and white lettering. Unpaginated. Color and BW illustrations. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 25-Dec. 3, 2002 and the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, Jan. 19-Mar. 23, 2003. More
Tonalism: An American Experience
New York: Grand Central Art Galleries, 1982. Hardcover. Black boards with gilt text on cover and spine. 95 pp. 25 color, 55 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a series of exhibitions organized by publishers, and held at Phoenix: Phoenix Art Museum, Mar. 13 to Apr. 25, 1982, two other..... More
Edmond Hawes of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, an Emigrant to America in 1635, His Ancestors, Including the Allied Families of Brome, Colles, Gresworld, Porter, Rody, Shirley and Whitfield; and Some of his Descendants
New York: The Lyons Genealogical Company, 1914. Hardcover. Red ribbed cloth, gilt letters on spine, 217 pp., one BW plate (family crest). A genealogy of this English family. The author published a shorter account in 1911 in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. "The present work gives a fuller..... More
Dutch Interior: Postwar Poetry of the Netherlands and Flanders
New York: Columbia University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine, black & illus. dust jacket, 327 pp. "To study the history of the world's art without considering Dutch painting -- from Rembrandt and Vermeer (and the Jan Steen of the Dutch interior) to Van Gogh, Mondrian, and..... More
The Ambassadors
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1994. Hardcover. Brown leather boards. xviii, 384 pages : illustrations (some color). illustrations by Alan Phillips ; frontispiece by Richard Sparks. More
The Bostonians
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1994. Hardcover. Brown leather boards. 378 pgs. More
The Europeans
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1994. Hardcover. Brown leather boards. 336 pgs. More
The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV (v.1-3 of 6)
New York: Macmillan, 1902. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth, 3 vols. of 6-vol. set, gilt letters on spines, 456, 483, 510 pp., 3 plates as frontispieces. "A new edition, with additions and notes bringing the work down to 1827." Note that this is volumes 1-3 of a 6-volume set. These are..... More
The Letters of Charlotte, During her Connexion with Werter: Volume II Only
London: Printed for T. Cadell and in the Strand, 1786. Hardcover. Brown leather with black mounted title card on the spine, with gilt lettering; 170 pp. This is Volume II only. More
The Turn of the Screw
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1977. Hardcover. Brown leather boards. xii, 145 pages : illustrations. with an introduction by Carl Van Doren & illustrations by Mariette Lydis. More
The National portrait gallery of distinguished Americans
Philadelphia: James B. Longarce, 1836-1840. Hardcover. Vols 3 & 4. Decorative boards with leather spines and corners. Gilt lettering and decorative elements on spine. Deciorative end pages. All edges tinted yellow. Illustrations. Conducted by James B. Longacre, Philadelphia ; and James Herring, New York ; under the superintendence of the..... More
The World's Painters Since Leonardo: Being a History of Painting from the Renaissance to the Present Day.
New York: Duffield & Company, 1909. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Top edge gilt. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles and illustration. xi, 288 pages b&w plates. More
Fine Arts Journal (January 1912 to December 1912)
Frank James Campbell, 1912. CAVE. Softbound. 12 loose issues in original brown-paper wraps. All 12 issues from 1912. Cover subtitle of this periodical is "Devoted to the fine and decorative arts, home building and adornment." The January issue includes an article on the art of Prince Pierre Troubetzskoy, which is..... More
Fine Arts Journal, December 1913
1913, December. Softbound. Printed wraps. pp. 701-750 +ads at front and rear. Major articles in this magazine include "The Twenty-Six Annual Exhibition of American Art" with 15 bw plates; Important Pictures In New York Galleries" with 4 bw plates; "A Study of Simplicity In Silver" (Towle Manufacturing Company) with 10..... More
Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1893-'94
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1897. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Cloth boards with gilt stamped illustration and titles. cxxi, 366 pages : illustrations, maps, plates ; 30 cm. Stone implements of the Potomac-Chesapeake tidewater province / William Henry Holmes -- The Siouan Indians: a preliminary sketch / W.J. McGee -- Siouan..... More
Medicology, or, Home Encyclopedia of Health: A Complete Family Guide, Abounding in Pratical Household Information on the Structure and Functions of the Human Body, the Laws of Hygiene, Diet, Accidents and Emergencies, Accesstory Treatments and Remedies, Air and Exercise, Sanitary House-Building, Duties of Mothers, Care of Children, Art and Science of Nursing and Cooking, Home Administration of Medicines
New York: University Medical Society, 1910. Hardcover. A hefty red casebound book with gilt text on the spine. Color patterned end pages. xxxvii, 1432 pages; illustrated with a majority black-and-white images, as well as several color plates. Ten volumes in one. Some really amazing plates, with liftable tabs to reveal..... More
Medicology, or, Home Encyclopedia of Health: A Complete Family Guide, Abounding in Pratical Household Information on the Structure and Functions of the Human Body, the Laws of Hygiene, Diet, Accidents and Emergencies, Accesstory Treatments and Remedies, Air and Exercise, Sanitary House-Building, Duties of Mothers, Care of Children, Art and Science of Nursing and Cooking, Home Administration of Medicines
New York: University Medical Society, 1907. Hardcover. A hefty brown casebound book with gilt text on the spine. Color patterned end pages. xxvii, 1432 pages; illustrated with a majority black-and-white images, as well as several color plates. Ten volumes in one. Some really amazing plates, with liftable tabs to reveal..... More
The Philadelphia directory, city and county register, for 1803: Containing the names, trades and residence of the inhabitants of the city, Southwark, Northern Liberties, and Kensington
Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1802. Hardcover. Three-quarter leather binding. Gilt lettering on spine label. 282 pp., [4], lix, [13] pages, 1 folded leaf. Includes "useful tables and lists" as well as an almanac "calculated for the latitude and meridian of Philadelphia, by A. Shoemaker." Provides name, occupation, and address of..... More
The Autobiography of A Journalist Vol. II
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901. Hardcover. Volume 2 only. Octavo. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth. Volume 2: pages 375 to 743. Includes a 15 page index. In addition to being a journalist, this man was the first student of Frederic Church, to whom he applied after being rebuffed by Durand. He..... More
Schofield, International Impressionist
Philadelphia: Woodmere Art Museum, 2014. Softcover. White wraps with color illustration and black/green lettering. 180 pp. with color images throughout and color thumbnails of the 71 works in the exhibition. Catalogue from the exhibition of September 18, 2014 to January 25, 2015. "Early in his career, Walter Elmer Schofield (American..... More
A Heritage of American Paintings From The National Gallery of Art
NY: Hammond, 1981. Hardcover. Blue boards. 256 pp. 75+ color, 100+ bw plates. Provides brief biographical information on numerous artists represented in the collection, as well as supplying generous quantities of plates. The collection is divided into 14 different chapters. More