Prayers Written at Vailima
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Grey boards with black spine, with red and black lettering; xiii, [1], 19 pp. Introduction by Mrs. Stevenson. Reprint of a 1904 publication. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Grey boards with black spine, with red and black lettering; xiii, [1], 19 pp. Introduction by Mrs. Stevenson. Reprint of a 1904 publication. More
Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1926. Hardcover. Navy cloth, gilt lettering. xxiii, 531 pp. Numerous bw plates. Many illustrations show eighteenth-century life. Interesting facts about marriage and the law in eighteenth-century England. More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1845. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards; Gilt titling and decoration to spine and front cover; All edges gilt; 315 pp. plus 24 pp. advertising other titles; 6 bw plates. A handbook, written by "A Lady," which provides instruction for all kinds of fancy work, including..... More
Mendocino, California: R.L. Shep, 1997. enlarged edition. Softcover. Yellow illus. wraps; 241 pp. with bw illus.;. a facsimili edition of the book first published in London in 1811; contains 12 chapters about the English lady's dress, manners, health, etc. More
Netherlands: Peter Sasburg, 2011. Hardbound. Color illustrated boards, 128pp, profuse color illustrations. From the book--This tasteful, elaborately illustrated book contains a wealth of information about food and drink in 17th century Holland. Text and illustrations have been mixed with recipes and festive songs from the Golden Age to create a...... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Paperback. Softcover. Green illus. wraps; 373 pp., occasional illustration. More
Garden City: Doubleday and Co, 1981. Hardcover. Taupe cloth, pictorial DJ. 167 pp. 17 color, 73 bw plates. More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1972. Hardcover. Brown cloth with white lettering and design. Purple dust jacket with color illustration and white lettering. 219 + [8] pp. 9 color plates, 81 monochrome plates, and 100+ engravings. "This is a unique study of the spirit and raidance of the eight..... More
Toronto: University of Toronto, 1992. Original book and supplement. Hardbound. Dark Red/Brown cloth w/ gold background for black lettering; same on spine; 213 pp and 51 bw plates. Series of lectures by 14 specialists (two in French); Originally came with a supplement featuring English translations of the French lectures, but..... More
Chicago, IL / London. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. 2 volumes (xxx, 1481 pages) : maps; v. 1. A-L -- v. 2. M-Z. Includes Vol I and II. Presents overviews of countries on the Continent during the 18th century where the Enlightenment philosophy took hold, cultural topics(astronomy, libraries, salons..... More
Portugal: Comissao Executiva dos Centenarios, 1940. Softcover. Pale green wraps with color illustrated front cover, pale green lettering on an off-white spine; 5 preliminary leaves, 7-259 pp, 2 leaves of color illustrations, bw and color plates. Text in Portuguese. Life and art of the Portuguese people. Preface signed: Antonio Ferro..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2004. First American Edition. Hardcover. Evergreen boards. Gold lettering on black spine. Color-illus. dj with gold lettering on spine. 499 pp. with 24 color and 55 bw illus. "This book is filled with details that bring the Victorian London home so vividly alive..... More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth, burgundy ill. DJ. lx, 285 pp. Bw frontispiece. More
Berlin, Germany: Deutscher Kunstverlag Berlin, 1928. Hardcover. Color illus. paper over boards; Off-white cloth at spine; 67 pp. plus approx. 200 pp. of plates and figures; Numerous bw illustrations; 12 color plates, 306 bw photos. Text in German; A history of German toys, from antiquity to the 19th century. More
London: Alex Hogg, 1795. Hardcover. Brown full leather binding. Spine has five compartments, label, gilt lettering, and gilt decoration. 424 pp. plus index. Engraved plates. Quite rare: ceased publication. Volume 2. Includes short stories, poems, articles concerning famous women, fashion and beauty advice, monthly calendar of "provisions in season," charades..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993. Hardcover. White boards, red ill. DJ. xx, 315 pp. 4 color, 40 bw plates. Discusses how, over the years, successive rulers reshaped the architecture of internal space of their residences to reflect changes in the elaborate ceremony that regulated every aspect of daily..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1874. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with extensive black and gilt illustrations on front and spine, gilt lettering on front and spine; color illustrated frontispiece; XVIII, 554 pp; profusely illustrated in bw and color. "Illustrated with fifteen chromolithographic prints by F. Kellerhoven, and upwards of..... More
Softcover. Mauve ill. stapled wraps. 20 pp. Numerous bw plates. Introduction by John Brewer. Catalogue by John B. Thomas, Paula Matthews, and Deborah Berman. More
Glasgow: Robert MacLehose and Company Limited, 1968. Softcover. Off-white wraps. 103 pp. A few bw illus. A Renaisance-era morality tale for women, first written in Italian by Alexander Piccolomini (1503-1578), the Archbishop of Patras, in 1538. Here, retold in English by John Nevinson. More
New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1909. Complete 1st edition. Hardcover. Pale green patterned (finely woven) cloth. Vol. I: xvi, 180 pp. Numerous bw and color plates. Vol. II: 164 pp. Numerous bw and color plates. Vol. III: 157 pp. Numerous bw and color plates. Covers the period from..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1913. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration. xii, 169 pages, 19 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations. Contents: Paris and the Parisians -- The Parisienne -- How I learned French long ago -- The Parisian's amusements : the café -- The..... More