Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Volume IV: Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1966/68
Dordrecht: D. Reidel Pub. Co., [1969] First edition. Cloth. Thick octavo. Fine in dust jacket with several short tears. D.j. good to very good.
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Reflections in a Glass Eye: Works from the International Center of Photography Collection. Preface by Willis E. Hartshorn. Essays by Anne Hollander, Diane Johnson, Ann Lauterbach and Charles Simic
Boston: Little, Brown, [1999] First edition. Boards. Quarto. With 145 duotones and 30 color photographs. Fine in fine d.j.
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George Caleb Bingham [By] Michael Edward Shapiro Barbara Groseclose Elizabeth Johns..
New York: The Saint Louis Art Museum in association with Abrams, [1990] First edition. Cloth. Quarto. With 85 illustrations, including 50 in color. Fine in fine d.j.
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Paul Cezanne. Paintings from the Museums of the Soviet Union. The Hermitage, Leningrad. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, [1985] Cloth. Folio. Color and black and white illustrations. Fine in fine d.j.
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Sinbad the Voyager; Robin Hood Ballads; and Other Stories
London: Routledge, 1853 Routledge Illustrated One Shilling Juveniles. Original dark blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Small octavo. Engraved frontispiece and three woodcuts in text. A little edgewear, old pencil signature. A very good copy of a rare item. OCLC lists only modern editions with the Harvey illustrations. This book includes: 'Sinbad the Sailor,' 'The Eve of St. Agnes: A Poem by John Keats,' 'The True History by Lucian of Samosata', and 'Robin Hood Ballads' ... Read More
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Cow Parade Kansas City
New York: Workman Publishing, [2001] First edition. Boards. Oblong quarto. Color illustrations throughout. Fine in fine d.j.
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Catalogue d'une collection unique de volumes imprimees par les Elzevier et divers typographes hollandais du XVIIe Siecle redige par Edouard Rahir
Paris: Damscene Morgand, 1896 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Binding extremities lightly rubbed. A couple of leaves poorly opened. Overall very good.
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Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum. Catalogus der Bibliotheek.
Amsterdam: Cornelis Schuytstraat, 1960 First edition. Dark blue cloth with gilt spines. 2 vols., quarto. Plates, including two tipped in color plates. Text illustrations. A very good set. The catalogue of the library Amsterdam's great maritime museum. The museum houses paintings, scale models, weapons, maps, books, and artifacts associated with shipping and sailing. Highlights include works by the famed seventeenth-century cartographers Willem and Joan Blaeu and a first edition of Maximilan Transylvanus' work, De Moluccis Insulis, the first... Read More
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Diccionario Porrua: De Historia, Biografia, y Geografia de Mexico
Mexico: Editorial Porrua, [1970-1] Third edition. Cloth. Two volumes, thick octavo. Very good.
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Matisse in Morocco: The Paintings and Drawings, 1912-1913
Washington: National Gallery of Art/Harry N. Abrams, [1990] First edition. Cloth. Quarto. With 255 illustrations, including 50 in color. Fine in fine d.j.
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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: A Manuscript in the British Library
New York: Braziller, [1983] First edition. Boards. Octavo. Twenty-eight full-page color illustrations. Fine in publisher's slipcase.
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Frances Toor's Motorist Guide to Mexico. Maps and drawings by Carlos Merida and A. Certantes
Mexico City: Frances Toor Studios, [1938] Pictorial cloth. Twelvemo. Maps, text illustrations. Former owner's pencil signature on title-page, several stray pencil marks in text. One folding map has several marginal tears, not affecting image. Otherwise very good.
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The World of M.C. Escher
New York: Abrams, [1971] Cloth. Quarto. With 300 illustrations, including eight in color. One tiny spot on front pastedown. Else fine in very good d.j. with light crease near top.
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May Day; or, Anecdotes of Lydia Lively. Intended to Improve and Amuse the Rising Generation. By the Author of "La Bagatelle."
London: Printed, by Assignment of John Marshall, for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1816 Fourth edition. Three previous editions were published under the John Marshall imprint (in 1787, 1793, and 1797). The present edition is the first under the Darton, Harvey, and Darton imprint. All previous editions are scarce. Original paper-covered boards with green roan spine lettered in gilt. . Twelvemo. With a copper-engraved frontispiece. Some rubbing to extremities and some foxing and dampstaining throughout. Some light pencil markings on a... Read More
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Photo Annual 1998: The International Annual of Photography. Publisher and Creative Director: B. Martin Pederson
New York: Graphis, 1998 First edition. Boards. Quarto. Color and black and white illustrations. Corners lightly rubbed. Near fine in fine d.j. Selected largely from an international competition, this collection represents some of the most exciting work of 1998.
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American Architecture of the 1980s
Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Architects Press, [1990] First edition. Boards. Quarto. Minor shelfwear. Near fine in fine d.j.
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The Elegant Preceptor; or, an Introduction to the Knowledge of the World. Containing, Instructions in Morality, and in Useful and Ornamental Accomplishments. Selected from the Works of the most eminent Writers
London: Printed by W. M'Dowell for B. Crosby and Co., 1809 Third Edition. Includes a section by Ms. More (Hannah More?) criticizing contemporary female education, which was entirely focused on the arts. The first edition was published in 1803. . Contemporary quarter green sheep over drab boards. Twelvemo. Engraved frontispiece. Binding extremities worn or rubbed. Spine slightly toned with a few small chips and tears. A bit of dampstaining to rear boards and last few leaves, touching text... Read More
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The New Cambridge Modern History. Volume VII: The Old Regime, 1713-63, edited by J.O. Lindsay
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1957 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Bookplate, rubberstamp. Very good in lightly chipped d.j.
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Miripolsky: a Retrospective Exhibition 1975-2000
Los Angeles: Vincent Price Gallery, 2000 Heavy paper covers, spiral-bound. Folio. Color illustrations throughout. A fine copy.
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Taste in Decor: an Italian Experience
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[Rome:[ Gambero Rosso, [2005] First edition. Cloth. Folio. Color illustrations throughout. Fine in fine d.j. A look at great Italian hotels through the year. Includes Christmas eveents and themed parties.
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The Three Kittens.
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Designed in England, Printed in Germany, [n.d., ca. 1895]. First printing? The present item was probably part of the Panorama Toy Booklets series published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. The title-page indicates that it is "No. 25." A set of twelve of the Panorama Toy Booklets were published in a box set as the Youngsters Library, though The Three Kittens was not included in that set. . Bound in accordion format. Joints... Read More
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Woman's Year Book. Containing for each day a quotation about woman…The whole collected and arranged by two Wells College Girls.
Toledo, Ohio: The Merrill Press, [n.d., ca. 1900] Original pictorial boards, quarter faux suede. Octavo. All versos blank. Alternating leaves are half-leaves that, when lifted, reveal a blank space for the reader's notes. Decorative floral borders on every leaf and text ornaments on most leaves. Final leaf is printed with decorative borders but otherwise blank for the reader's notes. Text and borders are mostly black throughout, with some text and ornaments in red as accents. With a red ribbon... Read More
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Footsteps to Natural History. [Vol. I. No. I].
Boston: Leonard C[rocker] Bowles, 1830 Apparent first edition. A companion volume (No. II) was published in the same year. Publisher's printed paper wrappers. . 5.5 x 3.5." . Engraved frontispiece. Rear wrapper is printed with publisher's ads. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled with a few small tears and creases. Slight foxing and intermittent minor soiling, short closed 1" tear to title-page, touching text on verso, but not affecting legibility. Contemporary presentation inscription to a young woman from her... Read More
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Laquer: An International History and Collector's Guide. [By]Jonathan Bourne, Anthony Christie, Craig Clunas...[et al.]
London: Bracken Books [1984] First edition. Boards. With 330 illustrations, 135 in color. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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The Guide, or Counsellor of Human Life; Containing Miscellaneous Pieces, on a Variety of Useful and Entertaining Subjects
Springfield: Printed by Edward Gray, 1794 First edition of a moral guide book that serves to impart virtue and advice to readers on a variety of subjects: taste, time management, study, the cultivation of reason, friendship, aging, death, the "different and absurd notions which men entertain of God," of the duty of parents in education, children, good and evil, business, the omnipresence of God, and much more. . Contemporary full sheep. . Sixteenmo. Binding extremities have some wear and light... Read More
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