The Antiquarian
1926, 1929. Hardbound. In buckram. Contains the following bound issues: Vol.5:6; 6, 7:1-5; 11:6; 12, 13:1-5. Uncommon. More about The Antiquarian
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Austin Hall, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. H. H. Richardson, Architect. (Monographs of American Architecture issued in connection with The Amercian Architect and Building News, Volume I)
Boston: James R. Osgood & Company, 1885. Hardcover. Original boards. 18 bw plates, loose as issued. In protective black buckram library wrapper and slipcase. Oversize. More about Austin Hall, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. H. H. Richardson, Architect. (Monographs of...
Eye: The International review of Graphic Design
England: Peter Murray, 1993-2002. Softbound. Loose issues. Includes whole issue numbers 8, 15, 19-41, 43. A total of 26 issues. Scarce, especially in groups. Some issues are still available from the publisher, but many are out of print. More about Eye: The International review of Graphic Design
La Decoration Picturale au XXme Siecle publiee avec la collaboration des principaux decorateurs
Paris: Librairies-Imprimeries Reunies / Maison Morel, n.d. Hardcover. Marbled boards with 3/4 green leather. 60 color plates. Oversize. Beautiful book on turn-of-the-century European interiors and ornament, featuring reproductions of murals and wall paintings, including many art nouveau examples by Barbaud and Bauhain, Cruveilhier, Moreau-Neret, Niermans, Rudnicki, and many others. Many... More about La Decoration Picturale au XXme Siecle publiee avec la collaboration des principaux decorateurs
Le palais du Grand Trianon intérieurs; sculptures décoratives, meubles et bronzes
Paris: A. Guerinet, (1907). Leather bound. 3/4 Red leather with 5 raised bands and red cloth covers, gilt devices in compartments. Marbled endpapers top edges gilt. 3 preliminary leaves, 196 plates on 74 leaves. Scant text is all in French. More about Le palais du Grand Trianon intérieurs; sculptures décoratives, meubles et bronzes
Peintures soviétiques relatives à l'exécution du plan quinquennal
Paris: Galerie Billiet, 1933. Original. Ephemera. Small, single cream sheet, folded. Black lettering. No illus. 4 x 5 inches. Catalogue from the preview of the exhibition of paintings by Soviet artists, based on Stalin's 5-year plans. The preview was held Monday, April 3, 1933, and the opening night of the... More about Peintures soviétiques relatives à l'exécution du plan quinquennal
Royal Academy Exhibitors, 1905-1970. A dictionary of artists and their work in the summer exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts, (Complete Set, 6 Volumes)
Wakefield, Yorkshire, England: EP Publishing Limited, 1973. Volumes published individually, 1973 through 1982. Hardbound. All volumes: Bright red cloth/boards. Gilt lettering. Beige dj with olive/black lettering. Mylar cover. Volume I: 278 pp.; Vol. II: 212 pp.; Vol. III: 269 pp.; Vol. IV: 227 pp.; Vol. V: 484 pp.; Vol. VI... More about Royal Academy Exhibitors, 1905-1970. A dictionary of artists and their work in the summer...
Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society (Periodical run, 1995-2001)
London: The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1995-2001. KAVE. Hardbound. 5 bound vols. (cream cloth). An incomplete but sizable run of this valuable publication from 1995-2006. It consists of bound vols. for Vol. 60 and Vols. 62-65. Each issue/volume contains illustrated articles enhanced with BW or color illus. A treasure trove for... More about Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society (Periodical run, 1995-2001
Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes (The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor) (2-volume set)
Fribourg: Office du Livre for the National Trust, 1974. Hardbound. 2 vols. Blue cloth with brown & color illustrated dust jackets. 903 total pp., profusely illustrated in bw and with 49 tipped-in color plates. A complete two-volume set within a set, representing yet another illustrated catalogue of a portion of... More about Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes (The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor)...
Examen du livre de M. Malthus sur le Principe de population : auquel on a joint la traduction de quatre chapitres de ce livre supprimes dans l'edition francaise : et une lettre a M. Say sur son Traite d'economie politique
Philadelphia: P. M. Lafourcade, 1817. Softcover. Original publishers plain wraps. [4], 159 pp. untrimmed and uncut. Du Pont de Nemours responds here to the book and hypothesis put forth by Malthus in his treatise Essay on the Principle of Population (1798), which was revised in a second edition published in... More about Examen du livre de M. Malthus sur le Principe de population : auquel on a joint la traduction de...
Recent Ideals of American Art (Volume 1)
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888. Aquarelle Edition. Hardcover. Black library buckram. 80 pp + plates. 41 tissue guarded plates (12 repeated in color). Oversize (elephant folio). Very interesting resource for a connoisseur or student of 19th century American art. This increasingly scare edition was limited to 75 copies... More about Recent Ideals of American Art (Volume 1
Stadt des Schwarz : eighteen photographs of Berlin
Washington, DC: Loosestrife Editions, 1987. Hardcover. Black cloth, BW photo inlaid on front cover, mylar dust jacket, 8 pp. plus 18 BW plates, OVERSIZE. Text is in English. Presents 18 photographs taken in Berlin between 1982-1986 by American photographer John Gossage (b. 1946). "With an introduction by Jane Livingston, and... More about Stadt des Schwarz : eighteen photographs of Berlin
The West of Buffalo Bill: Frontier Art, Indian Crafts, Memorabilia from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center
New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1974 (?). Hardcover. Green leather over boards; Buffalo Bill medallion affixed to front cover; Light green moire endpapers; 290 pp.; 7 gatefolds; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Special leatherbound edition limited to five hundred copies, with eleven copies lettered A -... More about The West of Buffalo Bill: Frontier Art, Indian Crafts, Memorabilia from the Buffalo Bill...
The XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir El-Bahari, Parts 1-3 (28th, 30th and 32nd Memoirs of The Egypt Exploration Fund)
London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1907, 1910, 1913. Hardbound. Paper covered printed boards with black printed cloth spines. Sold as a set of three volumes. Published under the auspices of the Archaeological Survey of Egypt, edited by F. Ll. Griffith. Part I, 1907: 4to, 31 plates (3 coloured), (x)+1-75pp. Part II... More about The XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir El-Bahari, Parts 1-3 (28th, 30th and 32nd Memoirs of The Egypt...
I Macchiaioli Toscani, nella racolta di Enrico Checcucci di Firenze
Milan, Italy: Galleria Pesaro, 1928. Hardcover. Blue cloth, black title block with gilt letters on spine, unpaginated, 215 plates, mostly in BW. Text is in Italian. Features works by the Macchiaioli group of Italian painters who operated in the Tuscany region in the second half of the 19th century, as... More about I Macchiaioli Toscani, nella racolta di Enrico Checcucci di Firenze
Letters to a Painter on the Theory and Practice of Painting
Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1907. First/Original Edition (1907). Hardcover. Burgundy cloth/boards; paper title label on spine. 162 pp. No illus. These letters first appeared during the winter and spring of 1903-1904 in the scientific supplement of the Münchener Allgemeine Zeitung, in German. Translated into English by H.W. Morse and..... More about Letters to a Painter on the Theory and Practice of Painting
The Helena Rubinstein Collection: African and Oceanic Art Parts One and Two
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1966. Softbound. Green and White wraps, [12] 250pp, profuse BW illustrations. Each part of this catalog listing is well annotated and some contains historical background or usage of the piece. Sale dates were Thursday, April 21 and Friday April 29, 1966. Mainly sculpture. A vital... More about The Helena Rubinstein Collection: African and Oceanic Art Parts One and Two
The Mond Collection: An Appreciation (2 vols.)
London, England: John Murray, 1910. Hardcover. 2 vols. Ivory vellum boards with gilt letters and decorations. 613 pp. Numerous bw plates; set weighs 17 lbs. This magnificent two-volume set was the first to provide details of the 42 paintings that art collector and chemist Dr. Ludwig Mond (1839-1909) bequeathed to... More about The Mond Collection: An Appreciation (2 vols
The Sonnets to Orpheus
New York: Wittenborn & Co., 1944. Hardcover. Light blue boards, with blue paper dust jacket, navy blue cloth-bound slipcase, unpaginated, 9 BW engravings. OVERSIZE AA3. Text is in German and English. A special edition of one of Bohemian-Austrian poet Rilke's master works, the 55-sonnet cycle known as "Die Sonatta an... More about The Sonnets to Orpheus
Ernst Barlach : Werkkatalog der Zeichnungen
Hamburg: Hauswedell, 1971. Hardcover. Blue library cloth with applied paper printed label, 288 pp. Black and white illustrations of over 2150 works. Text in German. A beautiful copy. More about Ernst Barlach : Werkkatalog der Zeichnungen
Le Vrai & Le Faux Chic
Paris: Succes, 1914, March 25. Hardbound. Large folio mounted in buckram with pochoir plates, tipped-in advertisements and additional illustrations throughout. Approx. 66 pp., including 22 pp. narrative text. See condition notes. No statement of limitation is noted, as has been described by other booksellers. Stunning and rare, a real shame... More about Le Vrai & Le Faux Chic
Working Designs for Ten Catholic Churches
New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co, Catholic Booksellers and Publishers, 1869. Hardbound. Green library buckram. 73 pp. with litho title page and 35 full-page litho plates, of which 8 are tinted. Oversize and heavy. Will require extra postage. A large folio with superb tinted lithographic plates; the designs... More about Working Designs for Ten Catholic Churches
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume XVIII, December 1858 to May 1859
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. Hardcover. Blue cloth/boards; quarter leather with gilt spine lettering. 864 pp. with 426 bw illus. Table of Contents listed in alphabetical order. Each issue included the Editor's Easy Chair, Editor's Foreign Bureau, Editor's Table, Editor's Drawer, Fashions. Interesting articles, among many, include Christian Martyrs... More about Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume XVIII, December 1858 to May 1859
AN INSTITUTION OF GENERAL HISTORY, or the HISTORY OF THE WORLD Being a complete body thereof, from the beginning of the world till the monarchy of Constantine the Great. Wherein are described the several empires, and the contemporaries with them, all distinctly and by themselves, and yet linked together by synchronisms. As also, the forms and models of governments, with the power and nature of their respective magistrates, customs, laws, and antiquities. All in such unbroken order and method as yet never was extant. The second edition with large additions.
London: Printed for Henry Herringman, Thomas Bassett, at the George in Fleetstreet, William Crook at the Green Dragon without Temple-Bar, and William Cademan at the Pope's Head in the New Exchange, 1680. Second edition with large additions. Hardcover. Full leather with 6 raised-bands each volume and embossed square on front... More about AN INSTITUTION OF GENERAL HISTORY, or the HISTORY OF THE WORLD Being a complete body thereof,...
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