Original Painting for the Cover of 'Baby Animals' (preliminary study)
by Williams, Garth
n.p.: n.p., 1955. Fine. Preliminary painting for 'Baby Animals' ca. 1955. On paper. Measures approx. 8 by 16 inches, in a mat 12 by 20 inches. Signed by Garth Williams. Overall fine condition and with marginal notes by Williams indicating color values. The illustration shows an elephant carrying bears, a mouse, a raccoon, a fox, and followed by a kangaroo, and a giraffe with two long-tailed passengers. 'Baby Animals' was printed by Simon and Schuster (with a different design)... Read More
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The Diamond Mines of South Africa
by Williams, Gardner F.
New York and London: Macmillan, 1902. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to. (4) v-xviii, [2], [2], 681pp. Frontispiece portrait, 28 photogravures on 27 plates, printed on thick japan paper, 3 in color, numerous illustrations and maps, some double-page. Nicely bound in half deep green morocco, spine in five compartments with raised bands, gilt rules and titles. Marbled paper sides. Top edge gilt. A couple of small spots on the spine else a fine copy, with the... Read More
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The Making of the King James Bible
by Willoughby, Edwin Eliott
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. 31,(3)pp. Finely printed at The Plantin Press by Saul and Lilian Marks. Gray cloth spine, gilt; gray paper over boards with a printed vignette on the upper board. Leather bookplate of H. Doolittle, Pasadena, on the front pastedown, which has offset to the facing page. A monograph, with comparisons fomo the Bishops Bible and the manuscript annotations of 1602, with an original leaf from the great... Read More
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In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
by Wolff, Tobias
New York: The Ecco Press, 1981. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. Stated first edition. White cloth, gilt spine titles. Trace of wear along bottom edge else a fine copy. fine copy. The dustwrapper is price-clipped; it has some light soil else is fine as well. Inscribed by the author on the half title; "For my friends Peter and Jackie...." dated 1981, the year of publication.
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Colors Between Two Worlds: The Florentine Codex of Bernardino de Sahagún
by Wolf, Gerhard, and Joseph Connors, eds.
Florence: Kunsthistoriches Institut / Harvard University Center, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 483pp/ Red cloth block in gilt on the spine and upper board. Illustrated throughout in color. Index. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Seventeen approaches to the painters of the New World, with emphasis on the Florentine Codex and Bernardino de Sahagún. .
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E. Irving Couse: 1866-1936
by Woloshuk, Nicholas
Santa Fe: Santa Fe Village Art Museum, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. vii,(1),115,(1)pp. Brown textured cloth spine, gilt; tan buckram printed in brown on the upper board. A fine copy. One of 3000 numbered copies; this copy is unnumbered and designated "Artist's Copy". In is inscribed on the limitation page and signed by Woloshuk.
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The Finishing of Jute & Linen Fabrics
by Woodhouse, Thomas
Manchester: Emmott & Co., Limited, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. xv,(1),326pp. followed by ads. Red cloth with gilt titles on the spine and upper board. Illustrated throughout and with folding plates depicting the machinery used in the finishing and calendering processes, and includes a section on starching. While not specific to the book arts, the content here comes very close to the manufacture of book cloth. Victorian bookcloth was starch filled then calendered to give... Read More
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Indian Costumes of Guatemala
by Wood, J., L De J. Osborne
n.p.: Graz, 1966. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 4to. Darl cloth with gilt title. 164 pages; 26 b/w and 60 tipped-in color illustrations. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is significantly rubbed else is in good condition. One of 250 copies. Authentic reproductions, in color, of sixty costumes worn in forty-one villages in the Highlands are illustrated from original drawings made between 1939 and 1942. The drawings are excellent, and each is accompanied by a description of... Read More
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The Kachina Series
by Wood, Peter
n.p.: The Frank Waters Foundation, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Thin 4to. (10),99,(1)pp. Beige cloth printed in black on the spine and upper board and with an onlaid illustration Na'ngasohu kachina.The text is followed by photographs of thirty Kachina etchings by the author. A fine as new copy. According to the publisher, only about 20 copies were isued in hardcover. .
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Index Testaceologicus; Or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, Arranged According to The Linnean System;; With the Latin and English Names, References to Authors, and Places Where Found
by Wood, W.
London: Printed for W. Wood, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. viii, 188, (2)pp. With 2300 Figures. Thirty-eight full page plates of shell in two states: One hand-colored followed by one uncolored. Contemporary full long grained red leather. Spine in five compartments with raised bands; two with gilt titles and the remainder tooled in gilt. Boards tooled in gilt and blind. All edges gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. With the bookplate of Wm. Strong, an engraved lion's... Read More
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Slander and Defamation of Character. The Great Crimes of the Nineteenth Century
by Worrall, Thomas D.
Washington, D. C.: Thomas D. Worrall, 1884. First edition. 12mo. 207, (1) pp. Original rust colored pebble grain cloth blocked in blind on the boards and with the spine title in gilt. Upper board worn and soiled, spine gilt perished, one signature a little loos,e else a very good copy. In the Dedication the author salutes those who have been unjustly slandered and defamed, and indicates he has suffered the same fate. The 37 chapters of the book... Read More
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Appletons' Cyclopædia of Drawing, Designed as a Text-Book for the Mechanic, Architect, Engineer, and Surveyor...
by Worthen, W. E., ed
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Thick 4to. xiv, 410pp. followed by a 6pp publisher's catalogue. Blue cloth, black lettering label on spine, gilt. Binding generally soiled with corner and edge wear, and the title page has light soil, else the textblock is very good, showing only occasional offsetting from the plates. Illustrated with text figures as well as full page plates. The plates generally are renumbered for each section. Altogether... Read More
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The Chinese Empire Illustrated; China, Its Scenery, Architecture, Social Habits, &c Illustrated ... by Thomas Allom
by Wright, G. N.
London: The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, 1858. Hardcover. Good. Thin small folio. Red cloth blocked in gilt. Letterpress text of 50 pp. preceded by 24 full page engravings and an engraved title page all from sketches by Thomas Allom. The binding is soiled and well worn, the gilt worn, and there is edge soil and occasional light foxing to the illustrations. Only a good copy. This appears to be something of a prospectus or salesman... Read More
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The Spirit of Athens, Being a Political and Philosophical Investigation of the History of that Republic
by Young, William
London: J. Robson, 1777. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. First edition. xv,196pp. Contemporary full calf. Spine in 6 compartments with raised bands; simple gilt rules separate the compartments. Red leather lettering label, gilt. Plain endpapers. Old, nearly invisible, repair to the spine; light wear to edges; else a near fine copy. Bookplate. Inscription on the front free endpaper reads: 'The Spirit of Athens / The Gifts of Sir Wm Young Bart / 1777 / Js. Payne' Whether... Read More
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The Last Defender of Camelot
by Zelazny, Roger
New York: Pocket Books: Simon & Schuster, 1980. Uncorrected Proof. Wraps. Fine. 8vo. Orange wraps printed in black. 282pp. A fine, as new copy of the uncorrected proof. Accompanied by the publisher's news release, a single page, folded. Some bends where it has been stored, else in very good condition. .
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The Last Defender of Camelot
by Zelazny, Roger
San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1981. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Alicia Austin.. One of 17 Presentation Copies. A special bookplate, printed for this edition, is signed by Zelazny and marked 'Presentation Copy'. Yellow cloth blocked in deep red and black. printed cloth. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. Issued without dustwrapper. Presentation Copy. According to the colophon, this edition was limited to 333 copies, plus 17 Presentation Copies.
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The Last Defender of Camelot
by Zelazny, Roger
San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1980. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Lela Dowling. Thin 8vo. 32p. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles on the upper board. Four illustrations (2 full page) by Lela Dowling. One of 35 hardbound numbered copies signed by the author on an affixed limitation slip. A fine copy. The title page bears an association inscription from the publisher, signing himself as "Yoganathan" then, in parentheses, "Tim Underwood". Laid in is a letter from the publisher dated... Read More
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The Last Defender of Camelot
by Zelazny, Roger
San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1981. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Alicia Austin.. One of 17 Presentation Copies. A special bookplate, printed for this edition, is signed by Zelazny and marked 'Presentation Copy'. Yellow cloth blocked in deep red and black. printed cloth. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. Issued without dustwrapper. Presentation Copy. According to the colophon, this edition was limited to 333 copies, plus 17 Presentation Copies.
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Bai Hua Shi Jian Pu: A Hundred Flowers; Wen Mei Zhai Shi Jian Pu
by (Color Block Book) Lei An (Zhaoxiang Zhang)
(Beijing): Wen Mei Zhai, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to. Two volumes, complete. One hundred woodblock illustrations of flowers intricately printed on one side of the page only in full color and bound in Oriental style, with three pages of introductory matter in Volume I. Basically these constitute illustrated paper for the writing of poems. Issued in two versions: red monochrome and full color. This is the full color version. This edition was printed in the... Read More
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