Other Voice Other Rooms
by Capote, Truman
New York: Random House, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cream cloth spine lettered in red. Fine in near fine dust wrapper.. 231 pages. 21 x 14 cm. His first novel in unclipped dust wrapper, a bright, very fresh copy. The only fault a very slight crease to front cover of the dust wrapper at the lower foot.
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The Muses Are Heard
by Capote, Truman
New York: Random House, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth backstrip lettered in white and blue with front inset in three colors. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 182 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Capote's trip to the Soviet Union in 1955 to present "Porgy And Bess" in Leningrad, as a cultural exchange attempt at the height of the cold war. Almost as new copy in unclipped dust wrapper, tiny nicks at foot.
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The Grass Harp
by Capote, Truman
New York: Random House, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth spine lettered in red and green. Fine in very good dust wrapper. 181 pages. 21 x 14 cm. His second novel in clipped dust wrapper, a bright, very fresh copy. Double illustrated title page lettered in red.
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Observations On The Passage to India Through Egypt, and across the Great Desert With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, and also Sketches of the different Routes
by Capper, James
London: W. Faden, 1783. First edition. Hardcover. Untrimmed in modern cloth-backed boards, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good. [XX] 110 pages. 27.5 x 22.5 cm. 2 folding engraved maps of Egypt and Syria/Iraq. This work by Capper is in two parts; one describing the route from India by way of the Red Sea, Suez and Egypt, the other from England by way of Aleppo and Mesopotamia and down through the Persian Gulf to Muscat. Provenance:... Read More
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Nos Actrices
by Cappiello, Leonetto
Paris: Editions de la Revue Blanche, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. printed cream stiff wrappers with original acetate overwrapper. Fine in fine orange clam shell box with gilt lettered black cover label. 45 x 35 cm. One page Preface by Marcel Prevost, French novelist and women's rights advocate. Limited edition, copy 16 of 44 on Japan imperial paper. 18 color pochoir plates of contemporary actresses in their famous roles, including Sara Bernhardt, Marthe Brandes, Mariette Sully, Lucienne Breval,... Read More
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In Open Court at the Court Of Our Sovereign Lord King George V held in and for the City of Cardiff
by Wales. City of Cardiff
Cardiff: City of Cardiff, 1932. First edition. leather_bound. Navy morocco decorated in multiple designed gilt and emblem features both front and back covers. Two pages. 25.5 x 32.5 cm. A calligraphic tribute to the visit of Cardiff, a two page varicolored manuscript certificate. Presented by Cardiff to His Royal Highness Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund. He was named honorary Freeman. Signed in ink by the Lord Mayor and the Town Clerk. An exemplary sample of calligraphic art. Silk... Read More
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Songs & Poems; With Decorations By Robert Gibbings
by Carey, Henry
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1924. Boards. Parchment spine lettered in gilt, pale blue boards. Very good. Gibbings, Robert. 64 pages. 4to, 27 x 19 cm. Twenty wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Music drawn by Glayds Evans. The third book under Gibbings' direction of the Press; this one printed in red and black using Caslon Old Face. Limited edition, copy 198 of 350 on hand-made unbleached Arnold paper. Mostly unopened, spine darkened, interior very clean and crisp.... Read More
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Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard A Bibliographical and Descriptive Note
by Carlton, W.N.C.
New York: Privately Printed, 1925. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed gray wrappers. Near fine. 14 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Limited edition, one of 1000 copies on hand made paper.
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A Guide to the Principal Sources for American Civilization,1800-1900, in the City of New York: Printed Materials
by Carman, Harry J. & Arthur W. Thompson
New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. 630 pages. 23 x 16.5 cm. Index. Much of these materials concern New York and the eastern seaboard, but a surprising amount covers affairs pertaining not only to the nation as a whole but also to other states and particular regions.
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Anthony Caro The Barbarians
by Caro, Anthony
NY: Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. light brown cloth. Fine. 64 pages. 11 1/2 x 9". Color plates.
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Lorenzo Lotto e la nascita della psicologia moderna
by Caroli, Flavio
Milan: Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. light brown cloth lettered in white. Fine in fine dust wrapper in protective plastic overwrapper. 335 pages. 30 x 25 cm. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white, more than 290 plates. Index of Names. Chronology of Lorenzo Lotto who was an Italian painter, draughtsman and illustrator of the Venetian school who was active during the High Renaissance. Text in Italian.
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Mirrored Landmarks Of Cincinnati; A companion volume to "The City On Seven Hills
by Williams. Caroline
Cincinnati: Cincinnati Inquirer, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth front cover gilt decorated. Near fine. 204 pages. 27.5 x 20 cm. Drawings by the author. Clean, bright copy.
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Masters Of Boxing
by Carpenter, Harry
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. salmon cloth. Fine. 246 pages, 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Illustrated with photographs. A history of the sport. Laid-in a complimentary review copy to Frank Mastro boxing reporter for the Chicago Tribune. 1930-1969.
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Air
by Carraci, Annibale (1560-1609)
Np: Np, Nd. Very good. Numeral 370 below Carraci's name in print. Sepia engraving image 10 x 12.5 cm., with plate mark 16 x 26 cm. Carraci, an Italian painter was influential in recovering the classicizing tradition of the High Renaissance from the affectations of Mannerism.
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Shades Of Our Ancestors; American Profiles And Profilists
by Carrick, Alice Van Leer
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cream cloth illustrated and lettered in black. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. 205 pages. 25 x 17.5 cm. Comprehensive survey of the art of the silhouette in America, and handsomely illustrated with black and white plates of profiles. Bibliography and Index.
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Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There; Illustrations By Franklin Hughes
by Carroll, Lewis
New York: Cheshire House, 1931. Hardcover. White silked boards with silver decoration front and back cover and silked top edge. Near fine.. 129 pages. 28.5 x 19 cm. Limited edition copy 324 of 1200 printed for Richard Ellis. Seven full page color lithographs by Hughes. Bright, very fresh copy, owner signature free front endpaper. Backstrip darkened.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Carroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] & Marie Laurencin
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. Stiff Wraps. Orig. beige stiff wrappers, clear cover glassine intact. Fine in board chemise lacking backstrip, in original worn slipcase. 114 pages. Landscape 29.5 x 24.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 94 of 350 on Rives paper of the American issue from a total edition of 790. Six full page chromolithographs (all with tissue guards) by Marie Laurencin, lithographs executed by Desjobert of Paris. Title page printed in red and black, wide text margins... Read More
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland; With A Proem by Austin Dobson
by Carroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1948. Reprint. leather_bound. Orig. polished red calf. Near fine. Rackham, Arthur. 162 pages. 20 x 14.5 cm. Assume publisher meant to state "Poem." 13 full page plates in color and black and white. Bound by Baynton. Double gilt border panels, backstrip with raised bands spine panels decorated with playing cards, black and brown spine labels lettered in gilt. Inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. Front cover gilt illustration of a rabbit. Color plates with descriptive... Read More
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The Egyptian Revival Its Sources, Monuments,and Meaning 1808-1858
by Carrot, Richard G.
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1978. First edition. Orig. two-toned brown cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 221 pages. 26 x 18 cm. 138 photographs. A review of the influence of Egyptian themes on American architecture -- designs by Latrobe and others were inspired by Egyptian revival architecture. Bibliography. Index.
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The Sea Around Us; With an Introduction by Maitland A. Edet * Illustrated with photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt
by Carson, Rachel L.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Hardcover. Orig. full blue buckram stamped in gold and in blind. Fine in near fine slipcase. Eisenstaedt, Alfred. 284 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 752 of 2000. Color photographs by Eisenstaedt printed by Princeton Poly-chrome Press, and designed by Philip Grushkin. NEWMAN & WICHE 515. Laid-in the LEC Monthly Letter and "Number Four -- The fourth volume in the Forty-fifth series" printed one side only.
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The Sea Around Us; With an Introduction by Maitland A. Edet * Illustrated with photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt
by Carson, Rachel L.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Hardcover. Orig. full blue buckram stamped in gold and in blind. Fine in near fine slipcase. Eisenstaedt, Alfred. 284 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 752 of 2000. Color photographs by Eisenstaedt printed by Princeton Poly-chrome Press, and designed by Philip Grushkin. NEWMAN & WICHE 515. Laid-in the LEC Monthly Letter and "Number Four -- The fourth volume in the Forty-fifth series" printed one side only.
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The Firm of Charles Ottley, Landon & Co. Footnote to an Enquiry
by Carter, John & Graham Pollard
London: Rupert-Hart Davis, 1948. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed blue wrappers. Very good. 95 pages. Illustrated with three black and white plates. Chronology. Further evidence to substantiate, that Wise was not merely harmless, if distorted, ["Enquiry into The Nature of certain 19th-century Pamphlets, " 1934], but rather, he was indeed motivated by sheer greed. Errata sheet laid-in.
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Ancient Architecture of England; A New And Improved Edition, With Notes And Copious Indexes, By John Britton
by Carter, John
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1837. Hardcover. Three quarter dark green cloth and brown morocco rebacked. Near fine. 74 pages & Alphabetical Index & Chronological Index, Folio, 50 x 33 cm. Etched frontispiece by and after Carter, and 106 etched plates. Originally issued in 27 parts, 'this is Carter's most important book... It was probably the first [work] to analyze the morphological development of English Gothic (or, as Carter insisted, ''the Pointed Arch style'') on a systematic comparative basis... Read More
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Les Cahiers de la Photographie
by Cartier-Bresson, Henri
Paris: Argenton/Creuse, 1984. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. stiff wraps, illustrated front cover lettered in red. Near fine. Cartier-Bresson, Henri. 157 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Signed presentation copy "a Daniel tres amicalement Henri" inside front cover. Illustrated throughout in black and white most full page images on glossy stock. Text in French. Laid-in the original publisher announcement. Interior contents clean and fresh.
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The Europeans; Photographs By Henri Cartier Bresson
by Cartier-Bresson, Henri
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards. Near fine. Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Unpaginated. 37 x 27 cm. Original cover design by Joan Miro. Separate Caption booklet laid-in. The more than 100 photographs herein taken by Cartier-Bresson from 1950-1955, and the production printed in France by Draeger. This, the companion' book to Cartier-Bresson's 'The Decisive Moment'. Slight rubbing to backstrip head and foot. Lacks clear acetate dust wrapper,
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