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1945. Paperback. NEW YORK HOUSING AUTHORITY. 10TH ANNUAL REPORT, 1944. New York: 1945. 4to. Stiff wrappers. 121, (1) pages. First edition. A review of public housing planned by the New York City Housing Authority fro 1934 through 1943. Included are plans, photographs, economic charts and othe statistics. Very good. ... more information

1895. Paperback. (TRADE CATALOGUE) MUNGER IMPROVED COTTON MACHINE MANUFACTURING CO. 13th ANN CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST 1895. Dallas: 1895. Large 8vo. Publisher's wrappers. 153 pages. First edition. An interesting trade catalogue showing the Munger cotton gin system in lined toned drawings in factory settings. A good forty percent of the catalogue ha testimonials, mostly from Texans, lauding the system. These are dated from 1 to 1895. Priced throughout. Five leaves have colored lithographs of medals a... more information

1851. (EXPOSITION--LONDON--1851) MAYHEW, Henry, and George Cruikshank. 1851: OR, ADVENTURES OF MR. AND MRS. SANDBOYS AND FAMILY, WHO CAME UP TO LONDON TO "ENJ THEMSELVES," AND TO SEE THE GREAT EXHIBITION. London: David Bogue, 1851. 8vo. Contemporary quarter-morocco, marbled boards Engraved title leaf, (iv), 242 pages, 10 plates, 9 of which are folding. Firs edition, early issue. Illustrated by George Cruikshank, this satire on a Cumbrian family's visit to The Great Exhibition is noted by Ffr... more information

1990. BEAN, Jacob and William Griswold. 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN DRAWINGS. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990. 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. First edition. "This volume illustrates 283 drawings by Italian artists of the eighteenth century in the museum's collection." Minor soiling to the dust jacket, else very good. ... more information

1984. THE PHILADELPHIA BOOK SHOW. 1980-1984. Five volumes. Annual volumes displaying the best in Philadelphia area book publishing. Each volume is 8vo and bound in cloth. Fine. ... more information

1970. HAMILTON, George Heard. 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY ART. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1970). 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. Frontispiece, 48 (3) pages. First edition. Hamilton explores the art, sculpture, and architecture of the period, with 41 illustrations, including 64 color photographs, and an extensive bibliography index. Ex-library copy, with a few markings, else fine in lightly rubbed dus jacket. ... more information

1966. Paperback. (ASHIDA, Chikako). THE 1ST JAPAN ART FESTIVAL. (Tokyo: Japan Art Festival Association, 1966). 8vo. Wrappers. 143, (1) pages First edition. Featuring painting, sculpture, and more from 20th-century Japanese artists. Fine. ... more information