1943-1964. KAVE. Softbound. 47 loose issues. Contains the following issues: Vol. 79-81:3; Vol. 88:5; Vol. 89:3; Vol. 90:6; Vol. 91:1,3,4-6;Vol. 92:1,3; Vol. 106:1; Vol. 110:2,4,5; Vol. 111:4,5; Vol. 112:1, Vol. 115:1,2; Vol. 118:1,4,5; Vol. 120:3-5; Vol. 121:2. A significant collection but not complete. Architectural Forum covered topics in the homebuilding... More
Paris: Chez Helleu et Sergent, 1926-1927. Hardcover. Portfolio. 8-pp. booklet with a laid-on illus., 54 BW plates laid on individual sheets, housed in a tan cloth portfolio with ribbon tie and paper title plate; weighs 6 lbs. OVERSIZE. Title on front cover: 55 Dessins D'Honore Fragonard. Text is in French... More
Paris: Les Editions G. Van Oest, 1929. Hardbound. Original wrappers bound into blue library buckram. First part: 41, (3) pp., plates 1-72 + 2 folding diagrams at rear. Second Part: title-page, plates 73-150. Text is in French. A stunning photographic record of this area of Indochine and this Temple in particular. More
Boston, Mass. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000-2009. CAVE. Softcover. 36 loose issues. A substantial run of this valuable quarterly genealogical magazine, from Vol. 154:2 to Vol. 163:1 (April 2000-January 2009). More
Madrid, Spain: Espasa-Calpe, S.A. 1970. Second Edition. Hardcover. 2 vols. Tan cloth, gilt letters on spines & front covers, white & illus. dust jackets, 1466 pp. 1063 bw plates, approx. 36 color plates. Text is in Spanish. An exhaustive biography and updated catalog of works of Spanish Renaissance painter El... More
Moscow: Izobrazitelnoe iskusstvo, 1992. Hardcover. White illus. dj.; Grey cloth over boards; Gilt titling to spine and front cover; 238 pp.; 194 color and bw plates and figures. Text in Russian; A collection of works by Russian painter Leon Bakst; Wonderfully illustrated with many full-page plates. More
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Easton, Maryland: The Pushin Group and The Timkov Collection, 1999. Hardcover. In English. Slate grey cloth boards with grey spine lettering, Dark green DJ with color illustration; 167 pp.; over 150 color plates and illustrations. From the dust jacket: Founded in 1884 in the northern province... More
Paris / London: Galignani and Co. / John Mitchell, 1846. Hardcover. Green library buckram. 399 pp. More
New york: John Wiley & Son, 1870. Green publishers' cloth with gilt design and title on spine, beveled boards. xxiv, 1098 pp, 4 pp. ads at rear. Index to different fruits goes from pp. 1013-1095, General Index frpm pp. 1096-1098. Single-sheet notice on the Fruits of California immediately following the... More
Antverpiae (Antwerp): Sumptibus et prelo, viduae et haeredum Ioannis Cnobbari, 1660. FN. Original. Hardcover. Two volumes, brown leather/folio boards. 7 raised bands on each spine with gilt titles in block 2 and decorations in other blocks. Pages edges speckled red. Volume I: (54) + 938 + (17) with engraved/illustrated title... More
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1972. Hardcover. Orange cloth book with gilt letters and color illus. laid on front cover; [24 pp.], BW illus.; in original gray cloth clamshell case with cream title block on front cover. A single poem crafted by Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), supplemented by... More
Paris, France: A. le Vasseur et Cie. 1894 (?). Hardcover. Color marbled paper over boards; Black leather at spine and corners; Color marbled endpapers; 543 pp.; 1 bw, 5 color plates; 461 bw figures. Text in French; A collection of French paper pieces--stationery, postcards, letters, calling cards, pamphlets, bulletins, and the like; Extensive text; Nicely illustrated. More
London, England: H. Payne and W. Cropley, 1761. First. Hardcover. Brown leather; Raised bands and gilt titling at spine; 146 pp., 156 pp.; No illustrations. Two-volume set of Almoran and Hamlet by English author and editor John Hawkesworth; This is NOT a print-on-demand copy. More
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1957. Hardbound. Dark blue gray boards with red paper DJ, Vol. 1: xxvii, (3), plates 1-472. Vol. 2: [viii] 260 pp plus [40] pp of plates profuse BW plates including one large fold out. ncorporates the notes and photographs of the late Jeno Lanyi... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888 or 1889. Softbound. Loose sheets and tissue guards. 22 pp. with illustrations. Includes the following article and illustrations: Albert Besnard and His Work (pp. 151- 172, with five illustrations (4 of them tissue guarded, and 2 of which appear to be original etchings). The... More
Los Angeles, Calif. Klein Art Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth, green & color illus. dust jacket, maps of Paris on flyleaves, 247 pp., many color illus. Title on front cover: Edouard Cortes: Le Poete Parisien de la Peinture. A consideration and tribute to French post-impressionist Edouard Cortes (1882-1969)... More
Louisville, KY: Courier-Journal Job Printing Company, 1899. Hardbound. Full embossed leather (spine gone). All edges are gilt. 560 pp., few illustrations. This copy, though in dire need of rebinding (spine gone, covers off, text block intact and solid) is unique in that it bears a dedication bookplate stating as follows... More
Paris: Adrien Maeght Editeur, 1979. Hardcover. Thick clear plastic case; Yellow cloth over boards; Accordion-fold pages; Approx. 40 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Text in French, English, and German; Artist's book; Warja Honegger-Lavater's telling of "Tom Thumb" through symbols. More
1922. Hardbound. Elephant sized, embossed leather portfolio with copper gilt clasps. 7 fascicules within, each printed upon large paper imported from Italy. 51 pp. + [7], 22 tipped-in color plates each with elaborate border. Binding suffers from dried leather along spine. Minor discoloration to the paper at the extreme corners... More
London, England: T. Cadell, 1801. Third edition. Hardbound. Full contemporary calf. 1088 pp. 1 bw plate. The title gives a pretty accurate description of this rare three-volume set. All volumes are present and intact. More
Baltimore, London, Oxford: Johns Hopkins Press; Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press, 1931. Hardcover. Brown cloth with stamped border, gilt spine titling. [xiv] 129 pp. plus 2 bw figures and 28 bw plates. Details the characteristics of the over 1,000 coins found on the site and plates include 979 bronze and... More
Northampton, MA: The Gehenna Press, 1969. Baskin, Leonard. First; 78/100. Hardcover. Marbled boards with tan leather spine and gilt spine lettering. 67 pp. with one bw illustration. Number 78/100. With separate, signed, original engraving of Sewall by Baskin, #78/100. Baskin started The Gehenna Press with two others, Harold McGrath (pressman)... More
London: MGFA (Marylebone and General Fine Art), 2014. Slipcased. Both volumes: Beautiful, coal-black cloth/boards with gilt lettering on spine. Black dj with color illustration and white lettering. Decorative end papers. Both housed in a board slipcase covered with evergreen cloth, color illus. pasted down, and with gilt lettering on spine... More
Moskva: Iz. I. Knebel', 1911. Hardcover. Red/Green floral motif paper/boards; white title square with green lettering. Brown faux leather spine.188 pp. with 5 plates tipped in on grey paper and numerous other bw illus. and full plates. Text in Russian. Volume 1 in a series of monographs on Russian artists... More
