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1778. A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOST EMINENT PAINTERS. London: Cadell, 1778. 8vo. Later quarter-calf with marbled boards. (124) pag First edition. Being an index "intended to instruct and assist the memory of those gentlemen and connoisseurs, who either travel abroad for improvement of their taste, or intend to view the curious collections in these kingdoms." The list of paint is printed across each double-page opening with seven columns identifying the painters' name, da... more information

1961. (WILLIAMSBURG) A GENTLEMAN OF VIRGINIA. RESTORATION COMEDY.... Richmond: The Dietz Press, 1961. 12mo. Cloth spine, boards, dust jacket. 67 pages. First edition. "Being a Brief & True Account of the Adventures of David Carter Pencible, Esq in Kingsburg, Virginia, during National Restoration Week in May." A spoof of Colonial Williamsburg in the eighteenth century manner of Jonathan Swift. Fi ... more information

1857. A LADY. NOTHING TO DO: AN ACCOMPANIMENT TO 'NOTHING TO WEAR.' New York: Wiley & Halsted, 1857. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. 57, (7) pages, 8 lithographic plates. First edition. Inspired by William Allen Butler's widely popular Nothing to Wear, Nothing to Do, by "A Lady," appeared shortly after Butler's work. Illustrated with lithographs of the nouveau rich at play. Curiously, at the same time another, different book with the same title appeared (attributed to Horatio Alge... more information

1820. Paperback. (LITHOGRAPHY) A LITHOGRAPHIC DRAWING BOOK. London: J. Burgh, and others, 1820. Oblong 8vo. (6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches). Publisher's wrappers, later protective cloth folder. 4 plates. First edition. No. 7 of a series originally issued weekly at six pence each. The four plate show charming, rustic scenes in a nicely toned style of original charcoal sketches. In all, twenty-four parts were published. Rare in original wrappe ... more information

1927. (PHILADELPHIA) A NEW HOME FOR AN OLD HOUSE. Philadelphia: Drexel and Co., 1927. 4to. Cloth spine, boards. Frontispiece, (1) pages, 9 plates. First edition. A history of Drexel & Company and the development of Philadelphia's financial district, with illustrations of the firm's buildings and other commercial buildings. Covers worn. ... more information

1960. A SHORT HISTORY OF TENRIKYO. Tenri: Tenrikyo Kyokai Honbu, (1960). 8vo. Oriental cloth binding. (viii), 2 pages, 12 plates. With a contribution on the doctrine of Tenrikyo by Shozen Nakayama. Name in on front endpaper, else fine. ... more information

1972. A.T.F. DUPLICATES OF TYPE SPECIMEN BOOKS, ETC. San Diego: Frontier, 1972. 4to. Cloth. 53 leaves. A reprint of the 1934 American Type Founders sales catalogue, with historical notes and comments by Henry Lewis Bullen. Fine. ... more information

1978. Paperback. (AALTO) ALVAR AALTO, 1898-1976. (Helsinki:) Museum of Finnish Architecture, 1978. Square 8vo. Wrappers. 168 pages. Second edition. Catalogue of Aalto's sketches for decorative arts and architecture. Illustra with two hundred and thirty-six photographs and drawings of his work, many in color. Very good. ... more information

1960. Paperback. STEDELIJK VAN ABBEMUSEUM. STEDELIJK VAN ABBE-MUSEUM EINHOVEN: DE VERZAMELING. (Einhoven: Stedelijk Van Abbe-Museum, 1960.) Small 4to. Wrappers. 143 pages. First edition. Catalogue of European modern art from the 1920's to the 1950's. Illustrated with many color and black and white plates of the art--including works by artists such as Picasso, Kokoschka, Dubuffet, and Miro. Cover worn; chipped base of spine; torn at hinge. ... more information

1976. Paperback. (BIRD & BULL PRESS) ABERCROMBIE, Lascelles. A TOWER IN ITALY. Toronto: Basilike, 1976. 8vo. Wrappers. 32 pages. One of 175 copies. Being a one act play printed by Henry Morris at The Bird & Bull Press in two colors throughout. Fine. ... more information

1941. ABERCROMBIE, Patrick, and others. TOWN PLANNING REPORT. (Dublin:) (1941). 4to. Cloth. 62 pages. First edition. Planning report for Dublin and its environs. Cover lightly soiled. ... more information

1949. ABERCROMBIE, Patrick, and Richard Nickson. WARWICK, ITS PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. London: Warwick Borough Council, (1949). 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. Folding frontispiece plate, 152 pages, 4 colored folding plates. First edition. Post-war renovation, integrating modern structures with the original town buildings. Dust jacket chipped, else very good. ... more information

1932. ABERCROMBIE, Patrick, and Sydney A. Kelly. CUMBRIAN REGIONAL PLANNING SCHEME. Liverpool: University Press, 1932. 4to. Cloth spine, boards. Frontispiece, xviii, 220 pages, 18 plates, 19 maps. First edition. A comprehensive urban planning study with numerous text illustrations and map Cover soiled. ... more information

1945. ABERCROMBIE, Patrick, and others. A PLAN FOR BATH. London: Isaac Pitman, 1945. Folio. Cloth. viii, 120 pages, 28 plates. First edition. Urban planning for the post-World War II era. Illustrated with photographs a large folding color map in the rear pocket. Very good. ... more information

1891. ABNEY, W. de W. COLOUR MEASUREMENT AND MIXTURE. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1891. Small 8vo. Publishe red cloth. Frontispiece, 207, (6) pages. First edition. Part of the "Romance of Science" series--a study of color theory in light written by William Abney one of the founders of modern photography. With forty-five illustrations in the text. Very good. ... more information

1933. ABRAHAM, James Johnston. LETTSOM, HIS LIFE, TIMES, FRIENDS, AND DESCENDENTS. London: Heinemann, 1933. 4to. Cloth, top edge gilt. Frontispiece, xx, 498 pages, with illustrations throughout. First edition. A comprehensive biography of John Coakley Lettsom, 18th Century physician, fr of slaves, and man of letters. ... more information

1982. Paperback. ABT, Jeffrey. THE PRINTER'S CRAFT. Chicago: Regenstein Library, (1982). Oblong 8vo. Wrappers. First edition. An exhibition selected from the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company collection. Fi ... more information

(TAPESTRIES) ACKERMAN, Phyllis. A CATALOG OF THE TAPESTRIES IN THE COLLECTI OF FRANK GAIR MACOMBER. N.P.: n.d. Folio. Quarter-vellum. (iv), vi, (iii), 107 pages, 24 plates. Fir edition. One of 50 copies. Tapestries from the middle of the fifteenth century to the end of the eighteenth. The collection regards them as both an industry and an art. Sho tear at head of spine, boards rubbed, internally very good. ... more information

1922. Paperback. (TRADE CATALOGUE) ADAM ELECTRIC COMPANY, FRANK. THE CONTROL OF LIGHTING IN THEATERS, MAJOR FA SYSTEMS. St. Louis: Frank Adam Electric Co., (1922). 4to. Wrappers. (ii), 25 pages, 1 triple-fold leaf. The Major System Co. installed lighting in theaters in Chicago, Dayton, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Dallas, San Francisco, etc., all photographically illustrated. The first ten pages deal with features of their electrical equipment. Very good. ... more information

1910. (ADAM, Robert and James). DECORATIONS INTERIEURES MEUBLES, STYLE ANGLAIS, EPOQUES LOUIS XVI & EMPIRE. Paris: Armand Guerinet, (circa 1910s). Folio. Cloth. (ii) pages, 28 plates. A selection of interior designs by the Adam brothers from works published fro 1767-1822. Plates slightly toned, binding sunned. ... more information