Chudo-Ken. Views Within and Outside. Chewdoh-Ken (Tudor House).
by SHIMOMURA, Shotaro
1930. SHIMOMURA, Shotaro. Chudo-Ken. Views Within and Outside. Chewdoh-Ken (Tudor House). One leaf of text and 31 mounted gelatin silver prints, each with printed tissue guard. Oblong 4to, 218 x 278 mm., bound in contemporary decorative morocco by Matsuzaki & Co, preserved in a new tan half leather folding box. Kyoto: [ca. 1930]. Only edition of this eccentric Japanese book, published to showcase a Tudor-style mansion designed by William Merrell Vories for Shotaru Shimomura, the chairman of... Read More
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Teikoku kaigun no iyo.
by TOKYO. NICHINICHI SHINBUNSHA.; TOKYO Nichinichi Sh
1942. TOKYO NICHINICHI SHINBUNSHA. Teikoku kaigun no iyo. 36 ff., illustrated throughout with photomontages. Oblong 4to, 350 x 255 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated blue cloth stamped in silver, in original printed cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: Tokyo Nichinichi Shinbunsha, 1942. A spectacular photo book on the Japanese Navy in World War II. It is two parts, the first one covers naval training, and the second part deals with the unfolding course of the war, recording of Japanese successes... Read More
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Postovni Knizka na Rok 1895
by SIMAK, Vaclav
1895. SIMAK, Vaclav. Postovni Knizka na Rok 1895. 82 pp. 12mo., bound in original illustrated wrappers. Prague: Jos. R. Vilimka, 1895. An immaculate copy of this little Victorian Czech almanach cum trade catalogue.
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Cineraccio.
by Sinisgalli, Leonardo
1966. SINISGALLI, Leonardo. Cineraccio. With 19 etchings by Orfeo Tamburi. Folio, bound in original grey Ingres paper wrappers, in slipcase. Florence: [Officina Bodoni for] I Cento Amici del Libro, 1966. Copy 6 of 118. Elegantly Printed in Dante 14 point roman, on Cernobbio mould-made paper. Mardersteig 145.
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Song of the Open Road.
by SISKIND, Aaron
1990. SISKIND, Aaron. Song of the Open Road. By Walt Whitman. Illustrated with six hand-pulled photogravure plates. Folio, 435 x 375 mm, bound in quarter black goatskin over green linen cloth-covered boards, in a black linen-covered slipcase. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1990. Designed by Kevin Begos Jr. and Dan Carr, the book was printed by Heritage Printers in English Monotype Scotch hand-set at Golgonooza Letter Foundry by Carr and Julia Ferrari,... Read More
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Souvenir 1894
by SKETCHBOOK
1894. SKETCHBOOK. Souvenir 1894. A collection of 99 original pen and ink drawings, some of which are cariacatures. 8vo, 195 x 146 mm, bound in full elaborately gilt contemporary red morocco, stamped "P de R" under a coronet. Paris, 1894. A unique album of 99 original ink drawings, sharply satirical in tone and executed in a confident hand reminiscent of Emmanuel Poiré (Caran d'Ache). The drawings vividly document Parisian political and social life during the... Read More
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Sidereal chromatics; being a re-print, with additions from the "Bedford cycle of celestial objects," and its "Hartwell continuation," on the colours of multiple stars
by SMYTH, W.H.
1864. SMYTH, W.H. Sidereal chromatics; being a re-print, with additions from the "Bedford cycle of celestial objects," and its "Hartwell continuation," on the colours of multiple stars. ix, [11]-96 pp., with 1 colour plate. 8vo, 255 x 160 mm., publisher's cloth. London: Printed for private circulation by J.B. Nichols and Sons, 1864. Admiral William Henry Smyth's Sidereal Chromatics (1864) represents a landmark achievement in nineteenth-century astronomy, offering the most precise observations of the colours of double stars... Read More
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The Theory and Practice of Color.
by SNOW, Bonnie E. and Hugo B. FROEHLICH
1920. SNOW, Bonnie E. and Hugo B. FROEHLICH. The Theory and Practice of Color. 59 pp. Illustrated with photolithographic frontispiece and 8 colour charts consisting of several hundred tipped-in hand-painted colour samples. 4to., 255 x 195 mm, bound in publisher's light brown cloth, stamped in gray on front cover and spine. New York: The Prang Co., 1920. ... Read More
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Prothalamion and Epithalamion.
by Spenser, Edmund
1902. SPENCER, Edmund. Prothalamion and Epithalamion. 28, [2] pp. Small folio, bound in deluxe three-quarter teal morocco, matching buff paper over boards. Deckled edge. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1902. A fine edition of Spencer's famous poetical celebrations of marriage, designed and printed by Bruce Rogers with delicate headpiece illustrations and vignettes by Edwin Howland Blashfield. A fine copy in a deluxe binding printed on handmade paper. One of 419 copies. ... Read More
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Deutsches Kriegs ABC
by STAHL, Emil
1915. STAHL, Emil. Deutsches Kriegs ABC. [25] color plates. 210 x 170 mm., publisher's illustrated boards, in a new cloth folding box. Munich: Holbein-Verlag, 1915. A surreal and bizarrely attractive German alphabet produced in the middle of the war by the future Nazi artist and politician Emil Stahl. In fine condition with just a touch of soiling to the covers. OCLC lists Stanford, Harvard and Princeton in the US.
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A Joseph Cornell Pop-Up Book for All Ages
by Starr, Sandra Leonard; CORNELL, Joseph; JOSEPH COR
2017. CORNELL, Joseph. A Joseph Cornell Pop-Up Book for All Ages. With text by Sandra Leonard Starr. 103 pp. Includes a 3D Viewer, 6 pop ups and a folding panorama. Oblong folio, bound in publisher's blue cloth and paper label preserved in a new blue cloth folding box. Tokyo: Tokyo Publishing House, 2017. An extraordinary homage to Joseph Cornell in the form of an artist's book. The... Read More
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L'Italia Fascista in Camino
by INSTITUTO POLIGRAFICO DELLO STATO\
1932. INSTITUTO POLIGRAFICO DELLO STATO. L'Italia Fascista in Camino. 239 pp., including 516 black and white photographs. 241 x 165 mm., publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new cloth folding box. Roma: [Instituto Poligrafico dello Stato], [1932]. A classic example of the photobooks produced to glorify Mussolini's achievements, with this one being unusual in its layout consisting largely of photographs, with relatively little text. A fine copy of a rare book for which OCLC lists only... Read More
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Seed Bags and Supplies.
by STECHER
1900. STECHER. Seed Bags and Supplies. 2 pp., index and 35 chromolithographic plates. Folio, bound in original illustrated wrappers (a small piece missing from the cover), preserved in a half green morocco box. Rochester, N.Y.: Stecher Litho Co., n.d. (#142669) A marvelous example of the work done by Stecher for various nurseries in the nineteenth century. This particular format is unusual because each sheet is comprised of 9 illustrated samples of fruit and vegetables, as opposed to... Read More
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Il Duce in Libia
by AGENZIA STEFANI
1937. AGENZIA STEFANI. Il Duce in Libia. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout. Oblong folio, 295 x 330 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. [Milano]: [Alfieri & Lacroix], 1937. One of several volumes published to celebrate Mussolini's various state visits, this one being to Libya. Given the limitations of the subject matter, one has to give the designer credit for coming up with a book with at least some imagination. Rare, with OCLC listing only 1 copy worldwide, in... Read More
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La Reproduction des Couleurs par la superposition des trois Couleurs s
by STEINHEIL, Robert
1896. STEINHEIL, Robert. La Reproduction des Couleurs par la superposition des trois Couleurs. [4], 44, [2] pp. Illustrated with 150 chromolithographic plates. Folio, 347 x 270 mm, bound in contemporary cloth-backed boards. Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1896. A fine copy of this magnificent and rare work, which is one of the most stunning books on colour-theory. The 150 plates show a vast range of tints, and are among the finest we have seen in all of the many books of this genre.... Read More
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The Comic Natural History of the Human Race
by STEPHENS, Henry Louis
1851. STEPHENS, Henry Louis. The Comic Natural History of the Human Race. [iii]-viii, [9]-216, [2] pp., illustrated with the original front wrapper chromolithograph bound in as frontispiece plus 39 chromolithograph plates of hybrid caricatures, and a final black and white vignette by L. Rosenthal after original drawings by Stephens. 4to, 260 x 170 mm, bound in contemporary three-quarter morocco. Philadelphia: S. Robinson, 1851. First edition of this extremely scarce American satirical colour-plate book, with depictions of... Read More
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Les Dieux Antiques.
by MALLARME. Stephane
1880. MALLARMÉ, Stéphane. Les Dieux Antiques, Nouvelle Mythologie Illustrée. Translated by Stéphane Mallarmé from the English of George W. Cox. xvi, 320 pp. Illustrated with 260 wood engravings throughout. 8vo., 211 x 140 mm, bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in black and gold. Paris: J. Rothschild, 1880. First Edition of one of Mallarme's earliest appearances in print. Mallarme's need to make a living resulted in this educational... Read More
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A Child's Garden of Verses.
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; JOYCE LANCASTER WILSON
1978. LANCASTER, Joyce Wilson. A Child's Garden of Verses. By Robert Louis Stevenson. 114, [4] pp. Illustrated throughout by Joyce Lancaster Wilson with 9 full-page woodcuts, 36 woodcut initials, and several woodcut vignettes of various sizes. Large 8vo., 250 x 160 mm, bound in half morocco over boards, title in gilt on spine. San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley, 1978. Nine poems by Stevenson are published here for the first time. ... Read More
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Ueber das Sehen der Farbenblinden
by STILLING, J.
1883. STILLING, J. Ueber das Sehen der Farbenblinden. Two volumes. Text volume: 91 pp. 8vo, 233 x 155 mm., publisher's wrappers. Atlas: 8 colour plates, oblong folio, 235 x 310 mm., loose in new folder with publisher's front and back wrappers laid on, both preserved in a new cloth box. Kassel and Berlin: Theodor Fischer, 1880-1883. Jakob Stilling (1842-1915) was a German ophthalmologist and professor at the University of Strassburg who invented pseudo-isochromatic charts called "Stilling's colour... Read More
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Imperatorum romanorum omnium orientalium et occidentalium verissimae imagines
by STRADA, Jacobus de
1559. STRADA, Jacopo. Imperatorum romanorum omnium orientalium et occidentalium verissimae imagines. [5], 118, [1] ff., illustrated with a large woodcut title composed of a Renaissance frame of garlands and festoons of fruit and putti, attributed by van Elck to Jos Murer, cut by Christoph Schweitzer, and with 118 full-page woodcut portraits of Roman and Holy Roman Emperors, surrounded by richly decorated Renaissance architectural borders, cut by Rudolf Wyssenbach and Christoph Schweitzer after Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch. Plus, there are... Read More
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Prohrama Mizhnarodn'oho konkursu na proiekt Derzhavnoho ukrai¨ns'koho teatru masovoho muzychnoho diistva na 4.000 cholovika, v m. Kharkovi
by STRAKHOV, Adolf' Iosifovich
1930. STRAKHOV, Adolf Iosifovich. Prohrama Mizhnarodn'oho konkursu na proiekt Derzhavnoho ukrai¨ns'koho teatru masovoho muzychnoho diistva na 4.000 cholovika, v m. Kharkovi. Unpaginated, illustrated with photogravure plates and fold-out map. 4to, 254 x 180 mm., bound in publisher's two-colour Constructivist tan wrappers designed by A. Strakhov, in a new cloth folding box. Kharkiv: Kharkivs'kyi okruzhnyi vykonavchyi komitet: Mis'ka rada: Komitet spryiannia budivnytstvu, 1930. The prospectus for a competition for a theatre in Kharkov, printed in Russian, German... Read More
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Methode analytique des fossiles, fonde´e sur leurs caracte`res exterieurs
by STRUVE, Henri
1797. STRUVE, Henri. Methode analytique des fossiles, fondee sur leurs caracteres exterieurs. xii, 174 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of hand-coloured plates. 4to, 120 x 191 mm, contemporary calf. Paris: Chez Henry Tardieu,1797. An interesting eighteenth-century study on minerals which includes an attempt to classify mineral colours. Spine rubbed, but overall an attractive copy.
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The Brownsville Boys.
by SULLIVAN, Larry; JEWISH GANGTERS; WAKEFIELD, D.R.;
2013. SULLIVAN, Larry. The Brownsville Boys, The Jewish Gangsters of Murder, Inc. [22] ff. Illustrated with 20 colour etchings by D.R. Wakefield. Folio, 450 x 330 mm, loose in publisher's black chemise in original black cloth covered clamshell box by Claudia Cohen. [Maine]: Two Ponds Press, 2013. Twenty biographies of notorious Jewish gangsters by crime scholar Larry E. Sullivan of John Jay College in New York. The accompanying etchings are by... Read More
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Transport-Next half century 1951-2000
by SUTNAR, L.
1950. SUTNAR, L. transport - next half century 1951-2000. With an introduction by Buckminster Fuller. 16 pp., illustrated throughout. Oblong 4to, 215 x 280 mm., publisher's wrappers. New York: Canterbury Printing Company, 1950. A fine copy of this extremely rare and attractive promotional booklet. OCLC lists only Mills College, Hagley, Northwestern, Smithsonian, Smith and Michigan in the U.S.
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Ladislav Sutnar : visual design in action
by Sutnar, Ladislav
1961. SUTNAR, Ladislav. Ladislav Sutnar : visual design in action. 12 pages with 11 b&w plates. 350 x 151 mm, wraps. Cincinnati: Contemporary Arts Center, 1961. Catalog for a traveling exhibition which coincided with the publication of Sutnar's similarly titled book, Visual design in action-principles, purposes. The interior is a mix of glossy and matte paper with eleven richly printed plates of exhibition photographs and select Sutnar designs. The text is printed in black, as well... Read More
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