American Type Founders Company: Specimen Book and Catalogue 1923
Jersey City, NJ: American Type Founders, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in publisher's original dark grey boards with cloth spine. Spine and front and back covers stamped in black. Some fraying to head and heel of spine and wear to the hinges and extremities of front and back covers. Hinges are solid. Text block is in fine condition. Illustrations include types, industry tools and furniture. Types are organized by families. 7 x 10 inches. 16 page index. 1,148... Read More
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Orinoco-parima; Indian Societies In Venezuela; The Cisneros Collection
Germany: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 264 pages with 293 illustrations, 139 in color. Fine condition in fine dust jacket.
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San Francesco di Rimini. (print)
London: Henry Bohn, 1843. Very good condition. Original tinted lithograph of this fifteenth century church from Henry Gally Knight's The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy from the Time of Constantine to the Fifteenth Century published in 1843 by Henry Bohn in London. Image size is 15 1/2 x 11 inches. Sheet size is 14 1/2 x 21 1//2 inches. Drawn by Domenico Quaglio II (German, Munich, 1787 - 1837) and printed by G. Moore. Dampstain in lower right corner... Read More
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Minneapolis; Gateway To The Northwest
Chicago, S.J. Clarke, 1923. Deluxe supplement. Professionally rebound in quarter leatherette and cloth boards lettered in gilt on the spine, t.e.g., uncut, 876 pp., 172 full-page portraits. Contains biographical sketches of Minneapolis pioneers, early industrialists, politicians, and prominent citizens. Title page lightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy in a handsome new binding.
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The History of the Royal Family; Or, A Succinct Account Of The Marriages and Issue of all the Kings and Queens of England, from the Conquest. Treating distinctly of their Children, with a View of their Births, Characters, Lives, and Actions, Titles, Offices, Deatjs, and Places of Burial. Shewing as well the Descent of several Foreign Princes and Potentates now reigning, as of many Noble and Eminent Families in England stilll flourishing, that are Maternally descended from, or otherwise Collaterally sprung from the Blood-Royal of this Kingdom, brought down to this Time
London: R. Gosling, 1713. Hardcover. Very Good. Beautifully rebound in quarter calf with marbled boards, spine stamped in gilt, and marbled edges. 4 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches. 274 pages plus index.
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Catalogue Of Art Treasures Of Ten Great Temples Of Nara, Volume One: The Hôryûji Temple, Part I.
Tokyo: Otsuka Kogeisha, 1932. Hardcover. Very good. With 106 black-and-white full page photographic illustrations. Text is in Japanese and English. Bound in the publisher's original tan cloth with the title in Japanese stamped in gilt on the spine and a decoration stamped in grey on the back cover. Top edge gilt. Internally clean and bright. There is minor wear through the cloth at the heel of the spine, otherwise in very good condition.
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The Korean Relics in Western Europe
Seoul: Korea Foundation, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original dark green cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt, and printed endpapers. Profulsely illustrated with plates, most in color, of Korean artifacts found in western European museums. Text is in both Korean and English. Leaf size 11 1/2 x 8 inches. Printed slipcase in fine condition.
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Hali magazine; Issues 1-164 & 166-176 (1978-2013)
London: Hali Publications, 2010. Softcover. Fine. London-based international quarterly devoted to antique carpet and textile art. Every issue from the first 36 years of publication, lacking only #165 (Autumn 2010). Bound in publisher's original illustrated wrappers. Lavishly illustrated with full color photography throughout. Includes 30 library cases bound in maroon cloth with spines stamped in gilt. Cases manufactured by publisher and did not come stock with issues, originally cost £31/$39 each, and are no longer in production. Each... Read More
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San Lorenzo, Genoa. (print)
London: Henry Bohn, 1843. Very good condition. Original tinted lithograph of this fourteenth century cathedral from Henry Gally Knight's The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy from the Time of Constantine to the Fifteenth Century published in 1843 by Henry Bohn in London. Image size is 15 5/8 x 10 1/4 inches. Sheet size is 21 1/2 x 14 1//2 inches. Drawn by Giulio Aliusetti (Italian, 19th century) and printed by G. Moore. Dampstain in lower left corner easily matted... Read More
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The Penny Magazine Of The Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge. 1834.; Vol. no. 113 for January 4, 1834 through vol. no. 176 for December 31, 1834
London: Charles Knight, 1833. Hardcover. Volume Three of the collected publications. Bound in contemporary quarter brown pebbled cloth and marbled paper boards with the title stamped in gilt on a leather label on the spine. Rubbing and chips at the extremities, otherwise very good condition.
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The Holy Bible, In Bengali, With References.; i.
Calcutta: Bible Translation Society, 1897. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Translated out of the original tongues by the Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, with Bengali assistants. First edition of the revised edition with footnotes at the bottom of each page. Rebound in brown cloth with a red leather spine label stamped in gilt. All edges red. Darlow & Mouole, 2119.
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The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. 13 No. 2, February 1872
New York: Sheldon & Co, 1872. Paperback. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original illustrated wraps. Covers have begun to separate at the heel but are holding. Frontis of John Ruskin. Contributions from Alexander Young, Lily Nelson, Isaac Butts, G. A. Custer, Anthony Trollope, and many more.
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A Thomas Nast Christmas Compendium
Forest Park, IL: Acorn Press, 1961. 1st. Softcover. Fine. One of 150. Bound in publisher's original red wrappers with cover stamped in red. Illustrated throughout with beautiful black and white cartoons by Nast. 6 x 9 inches. 16 pages.
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Scenes in Colorado; A Souvenir of Colorado
Denver: Colorado News, 1888. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound in cloth covered boards, cover stamped in black and gilt. Lightly rubbed at the edges and extremities. Illustrated throughout with twelve postcards in excellent condition, black & white.
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North Central Printing Types
Saint Paul: North Central Publishing, 1967. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's red cloth with spine stamped in gilt, Volume one deals with monotype, foundry type and Ludlow faces. Volume two deals with lonotype and monotype text faces. Illusttated book of type faces used by the North Central Publishing Company.
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P. P. Reubens: L'Oeuvre du Maitre (Nouvelle Collection des Classisiques de l'Art Series)
Paris: Librairie Hachette. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine condition. With 551 reproductions in black-and-white. Signed by, and from the library of, the former Director of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Russell Plimpton. In publisher's original dark red cloth, with gilt art nouveau stamping on cover and spine. Minor wear. Internally clean and bright. Text is in French.
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Principles of Profitable Farming
New York: The German Kali Works, n.d.. Paperback. Fine. Contains a free translation of Professor PaulWagner's report of "The Rational Fertilization of Agricultural Plants." Includes information and photographs from the "Experiment Farm" in South Carolina. 72 pages.
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Chicago Hand Bookbinders; Tenth Anniversary Exhibition
Chicago, 1989. Softcover. Fine. Bound in brown paper stock with red thread holding text block. Front stamped in black. Hand bound book with built in two envelopes built in on back endsheet, each holding a collection of loose photographs. Loose plastic sleeve holding postcards included. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches.
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New Directions Books 1941-1942
Norfolk: New Directions, 1942. Softcover. Fine. Publisher's catalog with descriptions and prices. Authors include Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Arthur Rimbaurd, Vladimir Nabokov, Henry Miller, et al. Bound in publisher's original navy paper with title and words printed in red. 5 x 7 3/8 inches. Not paginated.
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Primitive Art Masterworks
New York: American Federation of Arts, 1974. 1st. Softcover. Fine. An exhibition jointly organized by The Museum of Primitive Art and The American Federation of Arts, New York." Bound in publisher's original illustrated wrappers. Designed by Kathleen Haven. Texts by Nelson Rockefeller, Wilder Green, Douglas Newton, Susan Vogel, and Julie Jones. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Fine except for very minor wear to rear corner of spine head. Sharp edges and corners. 8 1/2 x 11 inches.... Read More
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The Herbert Baker Collection:; The Museum of Primitive Art, New York
New York: New York Graphic Society, 1969. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine.. Exhibition catalog, with the castalog from the traveling exhibition to Lake Forest College, laid-in.
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British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975 in 37 Volumes. Compact Edition
New York: Readex Microprint, 1970. Hardcover. Very good condition.. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt.
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The Flying Lady; The Periodical of the Rolls-Royce Owners' Club, 1951-1984, in six volumes
RollsRoyce Owners' Club, 1984. Hardcover. Fine. Six volumes bound in publisher's original blue library buckram, stamped in silver. The only run of this length currently on the market. Exhaustive and fascinating information for any automobile enthusiast, with full index. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with some color. 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches.
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Gyldendal Norsk Forlag; 25ar, 1925-1950
Hardcover. GYLDENDAL NORSK FORLAG; 25AR, 1925-1950. Oslo, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, [1949]. Issued to commemorate 25 years of publishing. Well illustrated with many photographs and Norwegian text. Very good condition.
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Hand Book of Gasoline Automobiles; For the Information of the Public Who Are Interested in their Manufacture and Use 1907
New York: Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, 1907. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. includes pictures and descriptions of automobiles of the time. Some repair to binding.
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