Titles starting with J from Gallagher Books, ABAA, ILAB

New York:: Watson-Guptil,, 1974.. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto in coarse white cloth stamped in red. 207 [208] pages illustrated by the artists works, many of which are reproduced in color. The definitive monograph on one of the most important graphic artists of the early twentieth century. Includes his poster work, his Saturday evening post covers, and other important advertising art. Bright, unmarked and soundly bound inside and no sign of wear. The jacket is bright and clean but there are a few... more information

London / New York:: Phaidon,, 2002.. First Edition. Hardcover. Wide quarto, about 12 inches tall, in gilt stamped black cloth. 251 pages. 211 color plates, many full page. A beautifully produced monograph on this late 19th century romantic and classical artist. The book is sound and both book and jacket are bright and clean. However the jacket is a little rubbed and there is an abrasion with a small tear at the middle rear flap fold. ... more information

Philadelphia:: Jewish Publication Society,, 1989.. First edition. Hardcover. Small thick hardback quarto. Quarter blue cloth on gold paper covered boards. 430 pages. The book is clean and bright with just a minor corner bump and the most minimal extremity wear. Jacket has light soiling on rear panel and very slight edge wear. ... more information

New York:: Hurst & Co.,, 1905.. No Edition Indicated. Hardcover. Hardback 16mo, about 6.5 inches tall, in brown cloth decorated in black and white. 126 pages. A group of humorous short stories of carousing in various western cities including Denver, Colorado Springs, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Tacoma, all in the form of letters to a friend in Chicago. A very nice copy with just light wear to the extremities and very light toning to the text. ... more information

New York:: Cupples & Leon,, 1908.. Early printing. Hardcover. Hardback. Octavo, Decorated red cloth in black and yellow. Spine slightly sunned; very minor edge wear. Frontis on coated paper. ... more information

Chicago:: Reilly & Lee,, 1908.. Later printing ca. 1925. Hardcover. 16mo,. less than 7 inches tall, in olive drab cloth with a color pictorial pastedown on the front cover. Unpaginated, about 50 pages with 16 full page color illustrations and several other illustrations in black and white, elaborately illustrated endpapers. This volume also includes "Robinson Crusoe". This is the ninth volume in the publisher's "Children's Own Books" series (which was originally called &q... more information

New York:: Abbeville,, 1981.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11.25 inches (29 cm) tall, in burgundy cloth stamped in gilt and blind. 271 pages illustrated by 108 plates, many in color, but including 97 numbered figures and many etchings not in color. A lovely monograph on this 17th century Dutch Master prepared for an exhibition at Mauritshuis at The Hague and the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard. Clean, bright and sound inside; covers have a hint of extremity wear. Jacket spine is modestly faded (t... more information

Koln (Cologne):: Wolfgang Hake,, [1966].. First Edition. Softcover. Softcover small square quarto, about 10 inches tall, in white wraps in a slightly undersize mylar jacket. A collection of original lithographs, each signed in pencil by the artists, most of which are numbered in editions of 100. Some are tipped in and others are printed and bound in. Limited edition, #12 of 100. Each lithograph is accompanied by a text in various forms by different authors. The artists represented are: Karl Otto Gotz... more information

New York:: Dutton,, 1984.. First Edition. Jacket is very lightly edgeworn and cover appears to be unevenly faded. Photos. ... more information

Indianapolis:: Bobbs Merrill ,, 1937.. First edition, First printing. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in green cloth. 286 pages illustrated by frontis portrait. A biography of a Chicago newspaperman who rose from cub reporter to editor of the Chicago Tribune and provides a view of Chicago from the 1890's to the 1920's. A remarkably nice copy with a previous owner name on the verso of the front endpaper, but the book is otherwise clean, bright, crisp, soundly bound. The jacket is nearly as nice: bri... more information

New York:: Watson-Guptil,, 1974.. First edition. Hardcover. Hardback quarto in coarse blue cloth. Both the book and the jacket are pristine, without a hint of wear, bright and clean. The major monograph on the developer of the most familiar Uncle Sam image, and one of the premier graphic artists of the first half of the twentieth century. ... more information

Denver:: Old West Publishing Co.,, 1957.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, just under 10 inches tall, in gilt stamped blue cloth. 188 pages illustrated by drawings, portraits, folding map. LIMITED EDITION, #179 of 500. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Association copy: the large and elaborately designed bookplate on the front pastedown, that of Earle R. Forrest, a historian and photographer of the Southwest Indians. The book covers the later years of the African American frontiersman, mountain man, trapper, f... more information

Washington:: Smithsonian,, 1968.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11 inches tall, in dark blue stamped in silver. 241 pages illustrated by drawings, color plates. A detailed record of the famous expedition to open Japan. Note that there were other stops on the voyage so this is not just related to the Japanese part of the trip. Light edge and extremity wear; fore edge of text block moderately soiled. Otherwise sound and unmarked. The jacket is mostly present, but it is somewhat degraded with t... more information

Rutland VT:: Charles E. Tuttle Co.,, 1994.. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Quarto, almost 12 inches (30 cm) tall, in green cloth titled in silver. 259 pages illustrated in color. The original in Japanese was published in 1987. A wonderful survey of Japanese art, architecture, design, and the influences and movements over 3000 years that shaped it. Clean, bright and soundly bound inside. The covers show barely a hint of edge wear and there is a small abrasion at upper right front. The jacket is compl... more information

Philadelphia:: John C. Winston Co.,, 1902.. Later Printing. Hardcover. Two octavo volumes, about 8 inches tall, in bright red cloth decorated with three gilt cranes over a floral branch, top edges gilt. 377 and 374 pages respectively with 25 photogravures by Gilbo Co. in each volume; folding map at end of vol. II. The first was published by Porter & Coates in 1902 but that company was purchased by John C. Winston in 1903. This was produced by Winston fairly soon thereafter, and the quality of these b... more information

Rutland VT:: Charles Tuttle Co.,, 1965.. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Privately published in 1937. Twelve mo, just under 7 inches tall, in blue cloth (silk?) with a target worked into the weave on the front cover. 84 pages illustrated by drawings. A small but authoritative work on the differences between Japanese style and that of the west. A lovely copy, clean, bright and sound inside, covers unworn. The jacket is rubbed with some extremity wear and a tiny abrasion at top rear panel next to the s... more information

Broken Arrow OK:: Cedar Ridge Publications,, 1988.. No Edition Indicated. Hardcover. Quarto, 11.25 inches (29.5 cm) tall in gilt stamped green cloth. 152 pages illustrated by photographs drawings. Very nicely produced, this includes cross references to other bayonet books. Also a glossary. Photographic detail is very good. There is minor toning to the fore edges of the pages, but otherwise a clean, sound copy with no sign of wear to the covers. The jacket is unworn, crisp and bright but also very lig... more information

Tokyo:: Japan Publishing,, 1971.. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto hardback in quarter white and green cloth. Nearly unworn copy. Nice how-to with black and white photos (some color). Jacket with barely noticeable sunning to spine; very minor extremity wear. No chips or tears. ... more information

Rutland VT / Tokyo:: Charles E. Tuttle Co. / Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha,, 1965.. First U.S. Edition . Hardback quarto. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. 516 pages. A short introductory text is followed by high quality photographs, some in color, organized under the district where they were produced (the first five on Honshu, the last, Kyushu). Commentary on the illustrations follows. Nicely produced, but the translator notes that some compression and modification from he original Japanese text has taken place. Sti... more information

Paris:: Arts et Metiers Graphiques,, 1969.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback quarto in bright red cloth stamped in white. 495 pages illustrated by 430 black and white plates and 95 figures. A huge survey of Japanese art forms including carving, architecture, ceramics, religious art, etc. French language. A clean, soundly bound, unmarked copy with just a touch of wear and bumping to tips. The jacket is complete but for about a square inch missing at top front panel adjacent to spine; edges with modes... more information