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New York: Knopf, 1991. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very minimal edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very light shelf/edge wear. Sage green cloth boards, Sage green boards, beige endpages, gilt lettering. Oblong 4to. 250pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Bibliography. Index. A lovely copy of this important book of early Montana photography by Evelyn Cameron. Having left a comfortable background, she took up ranching in Montana and then photography. Developing her pictures in a cave-like darkroom dug ... more information

New York: Knopf, 1991. Second Printing. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Sage green cloth boards, beige endpages, gilt lettering. Oblong 4to. 250pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Bibliography. Index. A lovely copy of this important book of early Montana photography by Evelyn Cameron. Having left a comfortable background, she took up ranching in Montana and then photography. Developing her pictures in a cave-like darkroom dug into a hillside, she presents a remarkable view of the past. Exc... more information

New York: Knopf, 1991. Second Printing. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Sage green cloth boards, beige endpages, gilt lettering. Oblong 4to. 250pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Bibliography. Index. A lovely copy of this important book of early Montana photography by Evelyn Cameron. Having left a comfortable background, she took up ranching in Montana and then photography. Developing her pictures in a cave-like darkroom dug into a hillside, she presents a remarkable view of the past. Exc... more information

New York: Knopf, 1991. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very minimal edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very light shelf/edge wear. Sage green cloth boards, Sage green boards, beige endpages, gilt lettering. Oblong 4to. 250pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Bibliography. Index. A handsome copy of this important book of early Montana photography by Evelyn Cameron. Having left a comfortable background, she took up ranching in Montana and then photography. Developing her pictures in a cave-like darkroom du... more information

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of foxing/glue toning at preliminaries, else tight, bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece. 8vo, xvi, 205pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index. From the library of Susan Mary Alsop. Born Susan Mary Jay in Rome in 1918, she was the daughter of Peter Augustus Jay (and Susan Alexander McCook) and granddaughter of Augustus Jay (and Emily Astor Kane), both statesmen, legates ... more information

New York: Prentice Hall Press, September 1986. First American Edition. Hardcover. First very light hint of foxing at edges of text block, bump at bottom edge, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ clean and bright. Pictorial boards in gold, green, violet, mauve, etc. striving for faux half bound leather, marblized boards and gilt effect. 192pp. 26 cm. Illus. (color plates). Bibliography. Index. In 1982, 300 rare and beautiful flower paintings were discovered in the attic of Frampton Court in Gloucestershire,... more information

New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, very minor sporadic foxing, tidemarks at head near spine, else tight and bright. Halfbound, burgundy leather spine and tips, burgundy cloth boards, five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorative elements, marbled endpages, teg. 8vo. 197pp; 190pp plus np ads. Seldom found complete and/or in acceptable condition. A very handsome copy of this minor classic. ... more information

New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author at ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light toning, chips at head and tail, several small spots, else clean. Black cloth board, silver gilt lettering. 12mo. 20pp. Laid in clipping. Laid in letter (see below). A collection of poetry by the author while he was Librarian of Congress. Letter, on "The Librarian of Congress" letterhead and dated March 22, 1941, laid in. Letter is to the Advert. Manager o... more information

London: Phaidon Press Inc., 1993. First edition. Original Wraps. Very small manufacturing flaw at top of back wrap, otherwise, tight, bright and unmarred. 60pp. 0.50 x 11.75 x 12.00. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Notes. ... more information

Cumnock: Auchinleck Society, 1972. Pamphlet. Minor wear to menu, light toning to letter. Full leather curved back slipcase with matching sleeve, slipcase and sleeve spine in red leather, black cloth sleeve boards. 12mo. Laid in clippings. Presentation note from G. Hoyle on Society letterhead. The Auchinleck Boswell Society was founded in 1970 by 3 men who desired to see some form of Memorial to James Boswell, the biographer of Samuel Johnson. They were John MacCulloch, stationmaster at Auchinleck, John Pat... more information

New York: David McKay, 1919. First Edition Thus/First State. Hardcover.. Very minor shelf/edge wear, discrete owner signature on ffep, hint of toning at textblock edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Beige cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, blue ink lettering and decorative elements, color pictorial onlay, pictorial endpages, frontispiece, teg. Small 4to. 342pp. Illus. (color plates). The classic story richly illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. First state (see, Nudleman, A53.1). A h... more information

New York: Newsweek, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece, color pictorial endpages. 4to. 172pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Bibliography. Maps. Index. ... more information

New York: E. P. Dutton, September 1983. Second printing. Oversized Paperback. Tight, bright and unmarred. pp160. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Index. Bibliography. Chronology. Originally published in 1968, this edition extends & amplifies his text with added illustrations. ... more information

London: Macdonald, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Tips very gently bumped, ownership signature at front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Green textured paper boards, gilt lettering, map endpages. Small 4to. 207pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). From the library of noted architect and writer on architecture, J. Sadler. Sadler was prone to marginalia and laying in clippings and ephemera related to a given bookÕs subject. The presence o... more information

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books/Bird & Bull Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, beige cloth spine, patterned paper boards, brown leather spine label, gilt lettering. 8vo. 103pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Chronology. Bibliography. Numbered limited edition, this being 43 of 210. Includes 20 tipped-in samples of handmade paper. Richly illustrated exploration of contemporary villiage-based industry of papermaking in India and Nepal. Designed by Henry Morris at teh Bi... more information

Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Company, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear (focused at head and heel), bottom corner bumped, tips through, front board shows soft crease at bottom corner, Dark teal paper covered cloth boards, in blind decorative elements, paper label at spine, black ink lettering, frontispiece, tissue guards. 8vo. 64pp. Illus. (b/w plates). A well-told biography of Dodd who, while at Massachusetts General Hospital, learned of Roentgen's discovery and became relatively obessed wi... more information

New York: Aperture, 1989. Third Printing. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Very minimal shelf wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. 8vo. 281pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Bibliography. Index. A wonderful, award winning, biography of one of the formative forces in photography. Many excerpts from journals and letters. ... more information

New York: Pharos Books, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright and apparently unread. DJ Fine. Beige boards, tan cloth spine, gilt. 288pp. 24 cm. Illus. (b/w plates). Bibliography. Maps. Index. A true story of crime, romance, & social/political awakening. A wealthy couple loses a fortune in 1929 stock market crash and ends up running an anti-government newspaper in Saigon. An intriguing story very well told. Pristine copy. ... more information

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1912. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, hint of toning at spine, two small scuffs at rear board and small stain, light fraying at head and heel, owner inscription on ffep, crease at ffep, hint of toning/foxing at endpages, several of the longer plates have small corner creases (one moderate), else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative endpages, teg, frontispiece, tipped in plates. Small 4to. 265pp. Illus. (color p... more information

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1996. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Gray cloth boards black ink lettering, pictorial endpages. 4to. 392pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Errata bound in at rear. Following [Maguire's first] publication there still remained among collectors and historians a desire for more information. There was also an outpouring from many serious collectors who made available a wealth of items-the... more information