Titles starting with I from marilyn braiterman rare books

Paris: Loubok. 1932. Folio. H Boards.. Very Good.. Paris: Loubok, 1932. Folio, glossy red boards with square cover image in silver of the machinery of the firm; spiral binding; somewhat chipped at joints and edges, internally pristine.An elaborate advertising piece for Loubok, the well-known printing and binding firm. Their products, workers and machinery appear on glossy photographic plates, some double page. A series of full page color plates shows how a simple design of a rose can be reinterpreted in dif... more information

New York: Scribner's. 1905. F First Edition.. H Decorated Cloth.. About Fine.. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1905. Tall 8vo, dark green cloth, gilt- lettered cover and spine with design of stylized tiles in blue, gray and cream by Margaret Armstrong. Tear to top margin of title page; front inner hinge lightly cracked. Fine and bright. First edition of the first of Edith Wharton’s travel books. Photogravure frontispiece and twelve reproductions of architectural etchings by E.C. Peixotto wi... more information

(Paris): Prault,. 1757. Small 8vo. H Morocco and Boards. Fine.. Fine. London (i.e. Paris: Prault), 1757. Five volumes. Small 8vo, later half- brown morocco and marbled boards. Fine set with wide margins. Five engraved title page s, 111 plates and 97 tailpieces after Eisen, Gravelot, Boucher, Cochin and others. This version with Italian text is considered to have better impressions of the plates than even the finest copies of the later French edition, and they are in this set rich and dark. Lewine, Bibliogra... more information

New York. 1893. Oblong 4to. H Cloth. Fine. Fine. New York 1893. Oblong 4to, black pebbled cloth, decorative gilt lettering on front cover. Fine copy of a handsomely produced catalogue for a firm established in 1874 which manufactured piano components. Two plates of the company's factory and office at 457 W. 45th Street and Tenth Avenue, portrait of the company's principals, four pages text and 53 spectacular illustrations, most lithographed in color, silver and gilt, of the firm's products. They... more information

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown.. 1817. 8vo. H Boards. Fine. Excellent. (London) 1820. 8vo, newly bound in marbled paste paper boards with copy of the title page lettering and vignette laid down on front cover. Title page within border and mounted color- printed vignette on India paper and descriptive plate list. The 24 amusing, color-printed illustrations are mounted within Greek key and vine borders. They represent contemporary types in an alphabet format. For example: Antiquary, Buffoon ,Cri... more information

Indianapolis: Aubrey Beardsley Club. 1926. 4to. H Illustrated Cloth. Near Fine.. 4to, black cloth with lettering and illustration of woman and cat on front cover. Inner hinge split else clean and bright. One of 107 copies with four drawings from earlier Poe portfolios and 13 of the forgeries published by H. S. Nichols in 1920. Lasner 80c:"The issuer's name and place of public are decidedly fictitious and the limitation number probably meaningless.". Binding is Illustrated Black Cloth. ... more information

Chicago & NY: Herbert S. Stone. 1898. 12mo. F 1st Edition... H Decorated Cloth. Fine.. Literature Chicago & NY: Herbert S. Stone, 1898. Dark gray cloth, gold leaves on covers, strapwork design on spine. Fine copy of the first U.S. edition, preceded by one month by the English edition. E del and Lau rence A51b. ... more information

New York. 1927. 4to. H Pictorial Boards. Fine. 4to, cream boards with figure on cover in colors and gilt. Edges of binding lightly toned else a lovely copy in later clamshell box with gilt- lettered leather spine label. Former owner's name and 1930 date on front endpaper. An original signed color drawing by Bakst is tipped into the box. It is the design for the dust jacket (not present in this copy and for Plate XXI: A costume for the "Fantastic Shop" in which a masked Harlequin holds aloft a ... more information

Paris: Ernest Flammarion,. 1893. Oblong Large 4to. H Illustrated Cloth. Fine. Fine. Paris: Ernest Flammarion (1893). Oblong large 4to, gray cloth with black lettering and illustration in color and gilt. The cover illustration is repeated in monotone on the title page. Fresh, bright and very appealing. Imaginary interviews with theatrical figures, asking how they prepare for their roles. Twenty illustrations signed "Bac" with half the page devoted to a caricature of the actor and the other half a f... more information

Paris: F. Contet,. 1932. Folio. H Portfolio.. Fine.. Paris: F. Contet, 1932. Folio, portfolio with cloth spine and color lithograph marbled boards; large cover labels; ties. Fine. Plate list and 24 beautiful color plates of Directoire and Empire furniture, wall, ceiling and floor decorations and paneling by Belanger, Percier, Prieur, Santi and others at the end of the 18th century in the neo-classical style. Includes the Hall of Théâtre Feydeau erected by Legrand and Molinos in 1790. ... more information

Paris: Editions Des Muses Francaises,. 1919. Square 4to. S Wrappers. Fine. Square 4to, outer wrapper of black art paper with gilt lettering within large double gilt triangle (bit missing from top of back wrapper). Attached inside this wrapper is a heavy cream wrapper with color image of Duncan dancing and gilt lettering; this wrapper within a frame of matching black heavy paper. Fine. One of only 100 numbered copies printed on Japon paper with text by Divoire, the color cover illustration and two black and ... more information

New York: MITCHELL KENNERLEY. 1929. 4to. H Cloth... Fine.. Performing arts New York & London: Mitchell Kennerley, 1929. 4to, black cloth with gilt lettering and vignette. Fine in soiled pictorial box (repaired at spine and sturdy). The photographic studies we re made by Genth e during Isadora Duncans 1915-1918 visit to America at the height of her career. ... more information

London: Harding and Wright. 1810. 4to. H Boards. Fine.. Fine. 4to, attractive new paste-paper covered boards. Fine. Facsimile reprint of Robert Triphook's 1609 edition. Bold woodcut illustrations in the text. Binding is Binding is Modern Boards. ... more information

New York: Brentano's. 1924. Folio. H Cloth. About Fine.. Architecture & Landscape Design New York: Brentano (circa 1924). Folio, gilt-lettered blue linen. Neat ex- library with gilt numbers on spine, bookplate on front paste-down and blind-stamp on title pa ge. With 59 pages, indexes and 36 1 full page plates. Fifteenth and sixteenth century garden development in Florence and Rome and the later art of garden planning in Italy. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday Page,. 1916. Thick Small 4to. H Illustrated Cloth. Fine.. Fine. Archaeology Garden City: Doubleday Page, 1916. Thick small 4to, paste-down illustration on front cover and illustrated paste-down label on spine. A bit of rubbing to these labels as usual and th e spine paste-down lightly chipped at corners, else a beautiful, fresh copy. Chapters on evolution and development of the elephant, on elephant hunting and on the art and commerce of ivory carving. ... more information