12 Million Black Voices; A Folk History of the Negro in the United States
by Wright, Richard. Photo direction by Edwin Rosskam
New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First Edition. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. Moving, memorable and disturbing photos by some of the greats, including Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, Arthur Rothstein, etc. 4to. 26 by 18 cm. 152 pp. Darkening to parts of the cloth, with some spotting/foxing spread about but inconspicuous given how it blends into the material. DJ neatly price clipped but otherwise is well preserved, with perhaps a touch of soil, and now protected by mylar. Interior... Read More
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A History of Caricature & Grotesque In Literature and Art
by Wright, Thomas. Drawn and engraved by F. W. Fairholt
London: Virtue Brothers & Co. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. N.d, circa 1865. 8vo. xvi, 494 pp. History from the Classical world up to the early 19th century, with particular strength in its coverage of the early Modern era, or the 17th to early 18th century. Rebacked, preserving orginal spine in virtually its entirety. Clean within. New endpapers. Tight. Signs of wear along edges and the joints.
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Eunuchism Display'd. Describing all the different Sorts of Eunuchs; The Esteem they have met with in the World, . .
by Written by a Person of Honour [Ancillon, Charles, 1659-1715.]
London: E. Curll, 1718. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Everything the inquisitive early 18th century mind wanted to know about eunuchs, touching on such topics as eunuch marriages, the law regarding eunuchs, etc. etc. 12mo. 162 by 115 mm. xxiv, 240, 12 pp. Condition: modern library-style blue buckram binding lightly scuffed, soiled. We would note that there are no signs that the book is ex-lib, though. Leaves have considerable age toning, with more pronounced staining along the upper... Read More
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Eros
by Wyneken, Gustav
Lauenberg, Elbe, Germany: Adolf Saal Verlag, 1924. First Edition, later printing (1,600 to 1,700). Wraps. Very Good. Trailblazing work on homosexuality. 8vo. 21.5 by 14.5 cm. 72 pp. With two slips of typed assessment of the importance of the work by Kurt Hiller -- both slips are identical. Also a small newspaper clipping about Wyneken pasted onto inside cover. These extras we see as a plus, notwithstanding that the short clipping is mounted. Light wear to the wraps.... Read More
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Military Manuscript
by Wynter, W. A.
Chattenden, Kent, England, 1891. Limp leather. Very Good. 8vo. 18 by 11.5 cm. Unpaginated, 83 pages of content relating to military engineering, design, etc. (There are a pages of accounts, many of these clipped closed, unrelated to the military interest, starting from the opposite cover and written upside down to the military notebook part.) About half of the pages are mostly or entirely illustrations, some precise, others, sketchy, of bridges, loopholes, gun epaulments, etc. Text full of precise... Read More
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Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Reikichi
by Yalin, Mehmet Selim
North Clarendon, Vermont, U.S.A.: Tuttle Pub, 1961. Ninth Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book. 1974 printing. 325 pp., with 226 photographs in color and black and white. Core reference on topic.
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Reveries of Childhood and Youth
by Yeats, William Butler
Dublin: Cuala Press, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Cloth. Cloth spine, paper pastedown on boards. Slipcase: quarter morocco. Fine/fine. No. 289 of 425 limitation. Besides this copy being a beautiful example of the limited first edition, it was notably from the library of actor, Kenneth MacKenna, and his wife, Mary, and contains the bookplate of Kenneth MacKenna. The set comes with a short note on stationary written by Mary MacKenna to James Frasher, to whom she gave the book... Read More
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Letters of Horace Walpole, with Portraits and Illustrations (2 volumes)
by Yonge, Charles Duke, Editor; Horace Walpole
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1890. Half Morocco. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾. xxxi, 287, xi, 322 pp. Clean, with some uncut pages. Some rubbing to gray green morocco. Five raised bands on spine. Over marbled boards, with marbled endpapers. Still attractive fine binding.
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My Hand My Master
by York, Gilbert
Pad Adult Library, 1973. Paperback. Very Good Plus. N.p. 192 pp. Scarce -- no copies found in commerce or in institutions, excepting a microfilm compendium of pornography held by the NYPL. Leaves heavily age toned, as to be expected given pulp content of paper. One inch long closed tear upper spine extremity. Small and neat knife indentation, lower edge of cover and all leaves, as if it were a remainder book. Otherwise light wear.
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Switzerland, As Now Divided into Nineteen Cantons; Interspersed with Historical Anecdotes, Local Customs, and a Description of the Present State of the Country. . . . Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Swiss, Illustrated in Fifty Coloured Engravings of the Costume. To which is added a short guide to travellers. (Two Volumes in One)
by Yosy, A.
London: J. Booth; J. Murray, 1815. First edition. Half Morocco, Marbled Boards. Very Good. Large 8vo. 24 by 17 cm. viii,236, 211, [1] pp. With 50 hand-colored plates. Two plates of musical notation. Colas 3102. Rubbing along joints and spine extremities. Moderate to heavy shelfwear. Clean internally.
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New-York and New-Jersey Almanac, for the Year 1822; Second after Bisextile, and 46th of American Independence
by Young, David
New York: Printed by S. Marks [Samuel Marks], 1821. First Edition. NA. Very Good. Quite rare, with the only institutional copy (of which we can be certain) located on OCLC First Search at the AAS. A few other institutions may have the same or similar from another publisher or in a Sammelbund, if you will, of early American almanacs, and one can find the same title for 1823, but being a different year, the contents would also be... Read More
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The Complaint, and The Consolation; or Night Thoughts
by Young, Edward. William Blake, artist
London: R. Noble for R. Edwards, 1797. First Edition. Full Morocco. Very Good. Elephantine folio, 44 by 34 cm. viii, [2], 95, [2] pp. 43 of the pages have Blake's expansive, charismatic illustrations surrounding the text. Four of these are section heads, the balance, being border ornamentation, but even the latter are far more than merely decorative. The distinctive Blake artwork fires the imagination regardless. In fact, the text, which is framed with ruled lines, seems to cover... Read More
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Advertising Layout
by Young, Frank H.
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1928. First Edition, Stated Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. An Art Deco feast -- many color plates of period advertising. Folio, 32.5 by 25 cm. 170 pp. A glossy heavy paper was used. Light wear to cover. Easily Very Good.
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Der Kosmos-Tierfuhrer (Kosmos Naturfuhrer)
by Zahradnik, Cihar
Augsburg: Franckh-Kosmos Verlags, 1996. Hardcover. Like New. 389 pp. 1092 illustrations. In German.
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Gemalde aus der Romischen Geschichte nach Millots Plane dargestellt; Mit 48 Kupfern
by Professor Zappe
Wien (Vienna): Anton Pichler, 1817. Half Morocco. Good. 4to. (27 by 21 cm, 10.5 by 8 inches.) 199, [1] pp., plus 48 copper engraved plates, including three that are folding and are more than double the size of the standard plates in their width. The plates, depicting scenes of Roman history, are full of gore, drama, action. They are rendered in the historical style that might be associated with the Baroque but was still certainly going strong in... Read More
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The History and Art of 25 Travers
by Zast, Vic. Featuring the artwork of Greg Montgomery. Foreword by Carl Nafzger
Utica, New York: North Country Books, Inc, 2008. First. Cloth. Like New/Fine. Greg Montgomery. A fabulous survey of the Saratoga racing season through a 25 year chronicle of its most iconic race, the Travers, named after the founder of the track. Above all else, a survey of the inimitable posters of Montgomery, so full of color and excitement. Folio, 31 by 23.5 cm. Besides exemplary full page spreads for each of the posters, many color photographs of the... Read More
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Zoo Nonsense Verses
by Illustrated by Violet Blue Zebra
England. Hardcover. Homemade outer folder. Very Good. N.d., circa 1910. 4to. 26 by 21.5 cm. 54 loose handwritten pages with 25 original half page pen-and-ink drawings of animals, sometimes anthropomorphosed, sometimes doing kooky things, occasionally with humans as well, and always illustrative of the jolly doggerel verses. The lilting nonsense of the poems co-exists with the vaguely pedagogic thrust of them. As an example there is the following: "See! up and down and round about its cage the... Read More
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Petit Guide Historique de la Syrie, la Palestine et l'Egypte
by Zehil, M. Abdallah
Marseilles (and Paris, respectively): Imp. E. Maurin & M. Pages. (Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner}, 1929. First Edition. Wraps. Stapled. Very Good Plus. 4to. 24.5 by 14 cm. 60, [5] pp. Also interspersed, including frontis, photo plates, one to three photos per, on a glossy stock, with photos all on one side. Followed by folding colored map of region. Map is 44 by 27 cm. Wraps with areas of light darkening. Generally a clean copy otherwise.
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Helden-Stret und Heldentod Schweizerische Historienmalerei im 19 Jahrhundert
by Zelger, Franz
Zurich: Buchclub Ex Libris, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 230 pp., 93 illustrations, some in color. Treatment of academic and historic painting. Covers Girardet, Hodler, Bocklin and some less well-known artists. Painting and art were an important means of expressing and promoting the nascent nationalism which was a defining aspect of nineteenth century politics. Before then it was dynasty that predominated, with few of the nationalities we know today organized... Read More
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L'Art des Cyclades du Début a la Fin de l’Age du Bronze, 2500-1100 Avant Notre Ère
by Zervos, Christian
Paris: Éditions “Cahiers d’Art”, 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. An extensive survey on early Greek or Hellenistic art, , and much illustrated, with 344 large photographs, one to three per plate page, with some of these in color. Some drawn illustrations interspersed in the scholarly text, which is in French. A serious treatment of the subject -- this is not a coffee table book by any means. Folio, 38 by 28 cm. 278, [1] pp.... Read More
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Les Arts de la Maison Printemps -- MCMXXV; Choix des Oeuvres les Plus Expressives de la Décoration Moderne. Troisième Année. Numéro 7
by Zervos, Christian. Andre Groult, Georges Andre
Paris: Albert Morancé, 1925. Wraps. Very Good. 4to. 29 by 23.5 cm. 24 page brochure, followed by 20 plates of Art Deco decor and decorated rooms and design, three of which are colored plates. Brochure and plates are loose, as issued. Brochure includes many pages of advertisements. Condition: Chips at spine extremities of orange wraps. Light soiling on front and rear cover. Plates and brochure are in fine condition, though. (Brochure has uncut pages.).
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Neues Bilderbuch zur Belehrung und Unterhaltung
by Zoller, K. A. [Karl August Zoller]
Stuttgart: Carl Hoffmann, 1840. Hardcover. Very Good. An early example of a quintessential German color plate book created for a juvenile audience, pedagogical in nature, with wonderful color plates printed on thin, cheap paper, and published under various imprints in or around Stuttgart. Small folio, 37 by 24 cm. Title leaf, Vorwart leaf, with preface by Zoller, followed by 29 hand-colored plates, and world map (two hemisphere maps on this plate). Only this final plate is not in... Read More
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Venetian Palaces
by Zorzi, Alvise. Photography by Paolo Marton. Translated from Italian by John G. Harper. Editing, bibliography and index by Beatrice Simonutti and Rodolfo Illich
New York: Rizzoli, 1990. First Edition Thus (In English). Cloth. New/New. Folio, 33 by 27 cm. 537 pp. Profusely and richly illustrated with spectacular photographs principally but also some images of prints, maps, etc. The survey captures the Venice of fantasy, taking us into interiors mostly inaccessible to the tourist. The book has previously been unused and is essentially new. It does have a short red magic marker line on lower edge right by spine tip -- the... Read More
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Zweites Rokoko: Innenraume Und Hausrat in Wien Um 1830-1860
by Zweig, Marianne
Wien (Vienna): Kunstverlag Anton Schroll & Co, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Book. 4to - over 9¾. 80pp. 80 plates, 167 photos on text pages. Discusses Rococo Revival in all the decorative arts as pertained to Vienna (German and Austrian trends) in the mid-19th century. Includes not just furniture but fashion, fabrics, lighting, porcelain, silver, etc. Copy is VG +. But for slightest of soilage on boards and flypaper, would be fine.
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Amok; Novellen Einer Leidenschaft
by Zweig, Stefan
Frankfurt: S. Fischer, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Pages are age toned. DJ with mylar protection.
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