The Ring And The Book
by Browning, Robert
London: Smith, Elder And Co, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth backstrips lettered in gilt, beveled edges, borders decorated in blind. Very good housed in near fine full red morocco drop box. 4 Vols. 245, 251, 249, 235 pages. 17.5 x 11 cm. Browning's long epic blank verse poem which is composed of 12 books cemented his reputation as the leading English Victorian poet, and is arguably his greatest work. Book plates front cover pastedowns. Interior contents... Read More
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Men from Under the Sky The Arrival of Westerners In Fiji
by Brown, Stanley
Rutland: Charles E.Tuttle, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Index. Bibliography. Orig. sandlewood cloth. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper.. 327 pages.
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The Carpenter's Assistant: Containing A Succinct Account Of Egyptian, Grecian, And Roman Architecture; Also, A Description Of The Tuscan, Doric, Corinthian And Composite Orders; Together With Specifications, Practical Rule And Tables For Carpenters, And A Glossary Of Architectural Terms..............Revised, Improved And Enlarged With Additions On Rural Architecture; Embracing Plan, Elevations, Ground, &c, &c, Of Cottages, Villas, And Farm Buildings; Including New And Valuable Designs For Church Edifices BY LEWIS. E. ROY, Architect
by Brown, William
Boston: Edward Livermore, 1854. Fourth Edition. leather_bound. Handsomely recased in modern full brown leather. Near fine. 140 pages. 28 1/2 x 24 cm. First published, 1848. Fifty full-page engraved plates and sixty wood engravings. Uncommon publication, being both a builder's guide and house pattern book." HITCHCOCK. 219. KARPEL B268. "Contains a supplement on rural architecture by Louis E. Joy. This edition is of special interest for the manner in which it is illustrated; it contains `old fashioned' full... Read More
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The Profession of Authorship in America, 1800-1870 The Papers of William Charvat
by Bruccoli, Matthew J (Editor)
Columbus: Ohio State Univ. Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. 327 pages. Foreword by Howard Munson Jones. Checklist of the Publications of William Charvat. Index. This work was planned as a systematic and comprehensive investigation of the triadic relationship of author-publisher-reader.Although the work was not complete at the time of Charvat's death, enough survived for this volume to be compiled.
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Memoires De Jacques Casanova De Seingalt 1734- Extraits - 1772; Colliges Par Rene Groos
by Brunelleschi, Filippo (Illustrator)
Paris: Gibert Jeune, 1955. Later printing. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated tan wrappers. Very good in very good slipcase. 2 vols.. 346, 338 pages. 26.5 x 20 cm. Thirty-two full-page pochoir plates and seventy-nine black and white designs by Brunelleschi. Limited edition, copy 1192 of 3000 copies. Casanova illustrated with Brunelleschi panache: high socks, hi-jinks and high-camp. Bright, fresh set, backstrips slightly darkened.
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Le Malheureux Petit Voyage by Gabriel Soulages
by Brunelleschi, Umberto (Illustrator)
Paris: L'Estampe Moderne, 1926. Original Wraps. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine in patterned chemise portfolio, spine worn and evenly faded to brown. In matching, edgeworn slipcase. Brunelleschi, Umberto. 208 pages. 22 x 17 Twenty-six pochoir plates, including fifteen color engravings. Limited edition, copy 135 of 435 copies on Velin Arches. Brunelleschi's polite, décolleté nudity, romantic rather than hard core, paints a style popular in its day.
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Historian's Holiday
by Bryant, Arthur
London: Dropmore Press, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter vellum and dark salmon boards, front cover decorated in gilt. Near fine. 84 pages. 26.5 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 1 of 25 signed by Bryant, printed on a hand press on paper hand made by Portals of Whitechurch. The author, an English historian and one time columnist for the Illustrated London News was also noted for his studies of Samuel Pepys. Unopened, bound by Evans of Croydon.... Read More
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The Growth Of Canadian Painting
by Buchanan, Donald W.
London: Collins, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Very good. 112 pages. Sixteen color plates and 64 black and white illustrations. With a Foreword by Eric Newton. Index. CHAMBERLAIN 1248. "Tries to give a chart of 20th century painting in Canada. Not an orthodox history of Canadian Art. Covers the work of 27 artists who are discussed in the text.
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The Book Illustrations of George Cruikshank
by Buchanan-Brown, John
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. Cruikshank, George. 256 pages. 249 black and white illustrations. Index. Cruikshank turned to book illustration at the age of thirty-one and dominated the field in England for the next twenty-five years. FREITAG 1968.
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The Story of David Gray
by Buchanan, Robert
Portland: Thomas Mosher, 1900. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. stiff printed wrappers. Fine in rubbed very good dust wrapper. [viii] 85 pages. 20 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 37 of 50 on Japanese vellum. Frontispiece is an engraved portrait of David Gray, title page printed in red and black. Clean, fresh copy,
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Six Months in the Gold Mines From a Journal of Three Years' Residence in Upper andLower California 1847-8-9
by Buffum, E. Gould
Np: Ward Ritchie Press, 1959. Hardcover. Orig. decorated boards and cloth. Fine in clear plastic dust wrapper. 145 pages. Edited and With an Introduction by John W. Caughey. Originally published in 1850, Wheat [Books of The Gold Rush], regards it as "one of the earliest authentic personal accounts of the California diggings." BARRETT 389.BLUMANN & THOMAS 4876. COWAN p83. HOWES B943. JONES 1229. SABIN 9067. WHEAT 28.
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There's No Business; Illustrations By R. Crumb
by Bukowski, Charles
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pale pink illustrated boards and yellow cloth spine in original clear acetate dust wrapper. Fine. Crumb, Robert. 17 pages. 27.5 x 19.5 cm. One of 400 copies signed by Bukowski and Crumb and laid-in the mauve colored Broadside/ Flyer No.12 announcing the publication of the short story.
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The Captain Is Out To Lunch The Sailors Have Taken Over The Ship; Illustrated By Robert Crumb
by Bukowski, Charles
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth spine and illustrated boards. Fine. Crumb, Robert. 144 pages. 23 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 183 of 326 signed by Crumb in pencil and handbound by Earle Gray each containing an original color serigraph portrait of Charles Bukowski by Robert Crumb. Plus, there are additional black and white drawing by Crumb. Text set in Calisto with Korinna display by Words Worth.
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The Life And Letters Of Charles Bulfinch Architect With Other Family Papers
by Bulfinch, Ellen Susan (Editor)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896. First edition. Orig. brown cloth with bevelled edges. Teg. Near fine. Bulfinch, Charles. 323 pages. 24 x 17.5 cm. Thirty-one photogravure illustrations with lettered tissue guards. Introduction by Charles A. Cummings. List of Public Buildings Designed by Charles Bulfinch. FREITAG 1163. KARPEL B1081. "...This is the major primary source, although as Garrett points out, many of the letters are excised and few attempts were made to date drafts." Title page in red and black.... Read More
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The Judgement of Paris
by Bunbury, Henry William
London: Np, 1766. Wraps. Near fine. 22 x 19.5 cm. Engraving. The judgment of Paris y, fecit et a cere incidit 1766. "Outside a thatched cottage, partly visible on the left, Paris, a loutish peasant, hands the apple to an old harridan holding a fan and wearing a very wide hoop.
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The X Mas Academics A Combination Game At Whist
by Bunbury, Henry William
London: J. Bretherton, 1773. Wraps. Very good. 27 x 40 cm. Stipple engraving. Satire on Cambridge academics: four dons are playing whist, grimacing at each other; a man standing beside the table holds up his hand spreading his fingers to signal the cards held by a player seated in front of him; an old woman serves wine; two dogs approach the table; on the wall behind is a portrait of Archbishop Synge. Corner adhesion marks on verso. ... Read More
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A Visit to the Camp
by Bunbury, Henry William
London: Watson & Dickinson, 1779. Wraps. Near fine. 30 x 35.5 cm. Stiple engraving. Aa group of visitiors being shown around the tents of a camp by two soldiers in uniform. Even the dog appears to be standing at attention. Bright, fresh copy.
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The American Presidency A Glorious Burden
by Bunch III, Lonnie G. et al.
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 187 pages. 11 x 9 ". Lavishly illustrated in color and black and white: a collective memory of the American presidency.
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The Pilgrim's Progress
by Bunyan, John
London: Cresset Press, 1928. Hardcover. Orig. thick black boards lettered in gilt. Teg. Near fine in fine matching slipcase. 2 vols. Hughes-Stanton, Blair. 174 & 162 pages. Large 4to, 36 x 25 cm, ten full-page wood-engraved plates: six by Blair Hughes-Stanton, and four by Gertrude Hermes. Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press under the direction of Bernard Newdigate. As Roderick Cave noted [see: THE PRIVATE PRESS, p.183], "As Colin Franklin has so well put it in a phrase... Read More
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The Maxims Of Noah; With Illustrations and Designs by Louis D. Fancher
by Burgess, Gelett
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1913. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards. Near fine. Four full page colored illustrations and each page withing illustrated boarders. Contents and illustrations almost as new.
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The Maxims of Methuselah; Being the Advice given by the Patriarch in his Nine Hundred Sixty Year to is Great Grandson at Shem's Coming of Age
by Burgess, Gelett
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards. Fine in matching near fine dust wrapper with slight loss at backstrip head. 108 pages. 18 x 13 cm. 12 page introduction. 29 Maxims. Four full page colored illustrations and each page within illustrated boarders. Signed presentation copy in ink 0n half title "To H. Fisher Esq. with the compliments of Gelett Burgess 1907......A woman's a woman For a chat" with small drawing of woman... Read More
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Substance Of the Speech Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke In The Debate On The Army Estimates. In The House Of Commons, On Tuesday the 9th Day of February, 1790. Comprehending A Discussion Of The Present Situation Of Affairs In France
by Burke, Edmund
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1790. Second edition. Hardcover. Modern chocolate brown calf and medium brown cloth. Fine. 36 pages. 21 x 13 cm. Interior contents clean, title page very slightly toned. An Old Whig opposed to the James Fox faction of the party, and supported the war against French revolutionary forces.
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Hogarth The Complete Engravings
by Burke, Joseph & Colin Caldwell
New York: Abrams, 1968. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown basket weave cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. 30 pages in text. 34 x 25 cm. 267 black and white illustrations with detailed notes on the plates. FREITAG 4341. Owner inscription.
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Travel in England, From Pilgrim and Pack-Horse to Light Car and Plane
by Burke, Thomas
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. More than ninety illustrations. Index. Owner inscription. Orig. cloth. Very good in worn dust wrapper.. 154 pp.
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The Stone Circles of the British Isles
by Burl, Aubrey
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1976. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth chipped at spine foot. Very good. 410 pages. Thirty-six black and white plates and fifty text figures, many are drawings to scale. Bibliography. Index. An in depth study of stone circles which flourished betweenthe middle of the Neolithic and Late Bronze Age from approximately 2500 to 1000 BC.
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