OLD WILLIAMSBURG AND HER NEIGHBORS
by STEVENS, William Oliver
STEVENS, William Oliver. OLD WILLIAMSBURG AND HER NEIGHBORS. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1938. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. Frontispie xviii, 337 pages. Third printing. Light rubbing to edges, else good.
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A HISTORY OF BRITISH CIRCULATING LIBRARIES
by STEWART-MURPHY, Charlotte A.
(BIRD & BULL PRESS) STEWART-MURPHY, Charlotte A. A HISTORY OF BRITISH CIRCULATING LIBRARIES. Newtown: 1992. 8vo. Quarter-morocco. 155 pages. One of 185 numbered copies. English circulating libraries shaped the publishing of fiction throughout the nineteenth century. Complimenting the text are illustrations of book labels ephemera collected by Sir Ambrose Heal and Michael Papantonio. Fine, at publication price.
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ROBERT EDGE PINE, BRITISH PORTRAIT PAINTER IN AMERICA 1784-1788
by STEWART, Robert G.
Pine. (PINE) STEWART, Robert G. ROBERT EDGE PINE, BRITISH PORTRAIT PAINTER IN AMERICA 1784-1788. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979. 4to. Stiff wrappers. 126, ( pages. First edition. An exhibition catalogue by the National Portrait Gallery, with illustrations. Bookplate, else very good.
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A PICTURE OF THE EMPIRE OF BOUNAPARTE,..
by (STEWARTON)
(STEWARTON) A PICTURE OF THE EMPIRE OF BOUNAPARTE, AND HIS FEDERATED NATIONS OR THE BELGIAN TRAVELLER. Middletown, Connecticut: Alsop, Riley and Alsop, 1807. 8vo. Contemporary cal xix, (i), 460 pages. First American edition. A series of letters from a nobleman to a minister of state were written betwe 1804 and 1805, and were edited by Stewarton. The first English edition was i London in 1806. It was translated from German, from which this first America edition was taken.... Read More
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THE STORY OF A DEVELOPING FURNITURE STYLE, ITS INSPIRATION, ITS OBJECT
by STICKLEY, Leopold
STICKLEY, Leopold. THE STORY OF A DEVELOPING FURNITURE STYLE, ITS INSPIRATIO ITS OBJECTIVE. Fayetteville, New York: 1950. 4to. Boards. 52 pages. First edition. A fiftieth anniversary publication for Stickley furniture, signed by the auth Very good.
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THE PHARAOHS MASTER-BUILDERS
by STIERLIN, Henri
Stierlin, Anne. STIERLIN, Henri. THE PHARAOHS MASTER-BUILDERS. (Paris:) Terrail, (1995.) Small folio. Printed wrappers. 220, (4) pages. Fir English edition. Richly illustrated study of Egyptian architecture and art. Over two hundred color photographs. Very good.
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DECORATIVE WORK OF ROBERT ADAM
by STILLMAN, Damie
(ADAM) STILLMAN, Damie. DECORATIVE WORK OF ROBERT ADAM. New York: St. Martin's Press, (1973.) 8vo. Boards, dust jacket. Frontispiece viii, 119 pages, 173 illustrations on plates. First American edition. A well-illustrated examination of Robert Adam's decorative work, with notes t the illustrations and a bibliography. Very good.
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ORIGINES SACRAE: OR A RATIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE GROUNDS OF NATURAL AND R.
by STILLINGFLEET, Edward
STILLINGFLEET, Edward. ORIGINES SACRAE: OR A RATIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE GROUNDS NATURAL AND REVEALED RELIGION. Two volumes. Oxford: University Press, 1836. 8vo. Nineteenth century full-calf. xxiv, 515 vi, 542 pages. New edition. Written by the Bishop of Worcester and first published in 1662, the title was found in many colonial Virginia libraries including those of John Mercer, William Byrd, and Philip Ludwell. Virginia's Governor Francis Nicholson presented his copy to the first library of William and Mary in... Read More
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THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD OF BOOKS, 1450 TO 1470
by STILLWELL, Margaret Bingham
STILLWELL, Margaret Bingham. THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD OF BOOKS, 1450 TO 14 New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1972. 4to. Cloth. xxxviii, 122 pages. First edition. ``A chronological survey of the texts chosen for printing during the first twenty years of the printing art, with a synopsis of the Gutenberg documents. Fine.
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ARCHITECTURE AND THE DECORATIVE ARTS
by STIVERSON, Cynthia Zignego
STIVERSON, Cynthia Zignego. ARCHITECTURE AND THE DECORATIVE ARTS. West Cornwall: Locust Hill Press, 1989. 8vo. Cloth. xli, (i), 245 pages. Fir edition. An annotated catalogue of the A. Lawrence Kocher Collection of books at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library. Fine, at publication price.
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ARCHITECTURE AND THE DECORATIVE ARTS
by STIVERSON, Cynthia Zignego
STIVERSON, Cynthia Zignego. ARCHITECTURE AND THE DECORATIVE ARTS. West Cornwall: Locust Hill Press, 1989. 8vo. Cloth. xli, (i), 245 pages. Fir edition. An annotated catalogue of the A. Lawrence Kocher Collection of books at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library. Fine.
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JOHN SLOAN'S NEW YORK SCENE
by ST. JOHN, Bruce. (editor)
(SLOAN) ST. JOHN, Bruce. (editor). JOHN SLOAN'S NEW YORK SCENE. New York: Harper & Row, 1965. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. Frontispiece, xxvi, 6 pages. First edition. A biographical sketch of the New York art scene from Sloan's diaries, notes, correspondence, 1906-1913, with an introduction by Helen Farr Sloan. Bookpla very good.
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THE OSBORNE COLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1566-1910
by ST. JOHN, Judith, compiler
(CHILDREN'S BOOKS) ST. JOHN, Judith. THE OSBORNE COLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDRE BOOKS. Two volumes. Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1966-1975. 8vo. Cloth. xxiv, (ii), 561 page 11 color plates, 25 pages of black and white plates; Frontispiece, xii, (ii), 563-1138 pages. The collection covered the period between 1476 and 1910. Volume I has a few ex-library marks, else a very good set.
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GOVERNMENT PAPER BIBLIOGRAPHY
by STOCKBRIDGE, Helen E.
STOCKBRIDGE, Helen E. GOVERNMENT PAPER BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Washington: U.S. Forest Service, 1918). 8vo. Disbound. 6 pages. First editi Being a bibliography of Government publications pertaining to pulp and paper, reprinted from Paper, Vol. xxii, No. 11. Rubber stamp on front leaf, brownin to edges, else very good.
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AUSGEWAHLTE KUNSTWERKE AUX DEM SCHATZE DER REICHEN CAPELLE IN DER
by STOCKBAUER, J.
STOCKBAUER, J. AUSGEWAHLTE KUNSTWERKE AUX DEM SCHATZE DER REICHEN CAPELLE IN DER KONIGLICHEN RESIDENZ ZU MUNCHEN. Munich: F.X. Zettler, 1876. Folio. Contemporary half-morocco. (ii), 8 pages, plates, each with its own text leaves. First edition. With contributions by Leonh. Enzler, F.X. Zettler, and Dr. J. Stockbauer, and forty chromolithographs by Brukner and Company of church ornaments. Light foxing; covers rubbed; still an attractive copy.
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RED-LETTER DAYS ABROAD
by STODDARD, John L.
STODDARD, John L. RED-LETTER DAYS ABROAD. Boston: Osgood, 1884. 4to. Publisher's cloth, all edges gilt. 202 pages. First published the previous year. Illustrated, very good.
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AMERICAN HISTORICAL PRINTS, EARLY VIEWS OF AMERICAN CITIES, ETC.
by STOKES, I.N. Phelps, and Daniel C. Haskell
STOKES, I.N. Phelps, and Daniel C. Haskell. AMERICAN HISTORICAL PRINTS, EARL VIEWS OF AMERICAN CITIES, ETC. New York: New York Public Library, 1933. 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece, xxxiii, 2 pages, 118 plates. First edition. A valuable reference tool in early American prints, with historical notes, an indices of artists, engravers, and subjects. Very minor rubbing on covers, e fine.
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THE AEROFILMS BOOK OF BRITAIN FROM THE AIR
by STONEHOUSE, Bernard
STONEHOUSE, Bernard. THE AEROFILMS BOOK OF BRITAIN FROM THE AIR. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1982). Oblong 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. First edition. With one hundred and fifty-two color and four pages of black and white photographs. Chipping and wear to edges of boards and endpapers, else very good.
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STONE'S ADVANCED SUPERLATIVE TROUSER SYSTEM
by STONE, Charles J.
STONE, Charles J. STONE'S ADVANCED SUPERLATIVE TROUSER SYSTEM. Chicago: Charles J. Stone Company, (1913). Folio. Cloth. 55 pages. First edition. A pattern book for creating trousers for men of all sizes. Name in ink on fro blank.
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ALL HOPE ABANDON, YE WHO ENTER HERE.
by STONE, Edward L.
(RUDGE) STONE, Edward L. "ALL HOPE ABANDON, YE WHO ENTER HERE." N.P.: William Edwin Rudge, n.d. 12mo. Red wrappers. Frontispiece, (xiv) page First edition. An essay on book collecting written as a letter to Rudge by Edward Stone of Roanoke, Virginia. Very good.
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PLANTATIONS OF THE CAROLINA LOW COUNTRY
by STONEY, Samuel Gaillard
STONEY, Samuel Gaillard. PLANTATIONS OF THE CAROLINA LOW COUNTRY. Charleston: Carolina Art Association, 1945. Folio. Cloth. (ii), 243 pages, plates. Second printing. Historical sketches of fifty-five plantations constructed from 1686 to 1878, half of which were built in the eighteenth century. Illustrated with one hundred and fifty photographs of the interiors and exteriors and twenty-seven measured drawings, with an index and bibliography. A very good, fresh copy.
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PLANTATIONS OF THE CAROLINA LOW COUNTRY
by STONEY, Samuel Gaillard
STONEY, Samuel Gaillard. PLANTATIONS OF THE CAROLINA LOW COUNTRY. Charleston: Carolina Art Association, (1969). Small folio. Boards, dust jack slipcase. 247, (1) pages. Sixth edition. With an introduction by John Mead Howells and edited by Albert Simons and Sam Lapham, Jr., the plantation and church architecture of South Carolina is illustrated with measured drawings, elevations, and photographs. Very good i worn slipcase.
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BOOK-PLATES OF TO-DAY
by STONE, Wilbur Macey, editor
STONE, Wilbur Macey, editor. BOOK-PLATES OF TO-DAY. New York: Tonnele & Company, 1902. Small 4to. Cloth spine, boards. Frontispiece, (viii), 62 pages. First edition. With checklist of twenty-three prominent designers of bookplates. Covers rubbed, edges worn, name in ink, else very good.
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BAST FIREPLACES
by STONITE COMPANY, LTD
(TRADE CATALOGUE) STONITE COMPANY, LTD. BAST FIREPLACES. Horwich, Bolton, Lancastershire: 1937. 8vo. Printed wrappers. 11 pages. Rare trade catalogue not recorded on OCLC. An illustrated catalogue of a selection of eight of the Bolton Co., fireplaces with Art Deco styled stone mantles all illustrated in color. Each with dimensions and model number. Loosely laid-in is a four-page leaflet "Terms to Merchants" with conditions o sale, dated April, 1938. Very good.
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MAUGHAMIANA
by STOTT, Raymond Toole
(MAUGHAM) STOTT, Raymond Toole. MAUGHAMIANA. Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. xiii, (i), 73 pages. First edition. A bibliography of W. Somerset Maugham's writings. Very good in lightly rubbe dust jacket.
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