Art Forms in Nature: With an Introduction by Karl Nierdorf
by Blossfeldt Karl
New York E. Weyhe, 1929. 4to. (12 14 x 9 3/4 inches), publisher's green canvas cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the cover and spine. Fine.Published in London (by A. Zwemmer ) and in New York (by E. Weyhe), based on the German edition (by Ernst Wasmuth), this first American edition contains 120 spectacular plates, early examples of close-up botanical photography. Professor Blossfeldt's photographs are today also valued as pioneering examples of abstract images. The book is often... Read More
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Det menneskelige Livs Flugt, eller Doden-Dands...Besorget til sine Landsmænds Rytte og Fornøjelse af
by Borup Thomas Larsen
Copenhagen J. H. Schubothe, 1814. Small 4to., more-or-less contemporary marbled boards with a morocco spine label and a gilt cypher on the cover (by Gustave Hedberg, Stockholm, with his ticket). Woodcut title-page with two skulls followed by 36 large (5 x 5 1/4 inch) woodcuts and verses devoted to the Dance of Death. Although the theme is traditional--Death in the form of a skeleton ushers away people of every class to their final reward: the Pope, Emperor, King, Queen, right... Read More
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HAUSBÜCHLEIN FÜR EHELEUTE UND EHELUSTIGE
by LÄSSIG B
Leipzig Poeschel & Trepte, 1926 [1856]. 32mo. (1 3/4 x 1 3/16 inches) in a clamshell case measuring 11 x 8 1/8 inches. Publisher's plain red cloth over boards; the bright yellow clamshell case has a central cut out section into which the book fits, and a silk ribbon to assist in its removal. FINE. Published by the Gesellschaft der Bibliophile to celebrate their annual meeting in Leipzig 23-25 Oct. 1926, the volume contains a foreword signed by B. Lässig... Read More
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A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY. BY MR. YORICK
by [Sterne Laurence]
London J. Creswick & Co., 1794. Sm. 8vo. (6 1/4 x 4 1/16), full acid calf with a single narrow floral border on the covers; spine with five raised bands and elaborate gilt decoration. Board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g. (by Zaehnsdorf). This exceptionally well printed edition with its six engravings by W. Bromley after drawings by M. Archer employs excellent typography and a few well chosen head and tail pieces, making it highly attractive and readable. The... Read More
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A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy with Illustrations
by Sterne Laurence
London Bliss, Sands & Co., 1897. 8vo., full russet oasis morocco with a single gilt fillet border on both covers, with three gilt bullets in each corner; spine with five raised bands extended in blind onto both covers, with gilt titling and gilt fillets within the compartments. Board edges gilt, inner gilt fillets, a.e.g. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Marshall Field. A beautifully bound, attractively illustrated, exact reprint of the first edition (1768), with numerous full-page illustrations and part-page... Read More
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THE BEAUTIES OF STERNE: Including All His Pathetic Tales, and Most Distinguished Observations on Life. Selected for the Heart of Sensibility
by [Sterne Laurence]
London T. Davies, et. al., 1782. 8vo. (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches), contemporary burgundy morocco with a double gilt fillet border on the covers; spine with five raised bands, gilt decoration, and a green morocco title label. A VERY NICE COPy with minor occasional browning, in a handsome contemporary binding. Although first published in 1782, this popular compilation from the author's oeuvre, here designated A NEW EDITION, was often reprinted, the selection being altered from edition to edition. The... Read More
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LE CABINET SATYRIQUE, ou Recueil de vers Piquans & Galliards de ces temps
by [Lenglet-Dufresnoy, N.] ed
Au Mont Parnasse [Amsterdam?] De l'imprimerie de messer Apollon, 1697. Two vols. 8vo., full crushed crimson morocco with triple gilt fillet borders. In the center of both upper covers is the gilt-stamped design of the former owner: a serpent holding a long quill, writing in an open book the words of a muse or spirit pictured above. The initials on the book, F.L., are those of the collector, F. Lachèvre, whose bookplate, featuring a skull resting on an open book,... Read More
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Der grosse Tag nahet heran!
by JUNG ABBÉ L
Frankfurt am Main Undreåischen Buchhandlung, 1838. Bound with; JUNG, ABBÉ L. Der herr ist mein Untheil! Frankfurt am Main (Undreåischen Buchhandlung), 1840. Two works bound in one. 8vo., full dark brown crushed calf with a single gilt fillet border surrounding a pair of gothic arched windows; in the center of the upper cover is a six-sided cartouche with the name of the owner stamped in gilt; Clémentine Simonnaire. Smooth, slightly rounded spine with gilt decoration; bright turquoise endleaves; a.e.g. The name of... Read More
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PHARSALIA SIVE DE BELLO CIVILI CÆSARIS ET POMPEII LIB. X
by LUCAN (Marcus Annæus Lucanus)
Amsterdam J. Blaeu, 1643. Sm. 8vo. (5 1/16 x 3 1/8 inches), contemporary tan calf, double blind fillets with blind blocked corner fleurons; spine with four raised bands and a manuscript paper label; all edges stained red. On the front free endleaf is a woodcut ownership stamp of a ram in profile standing on a platform above the name Sheppard, encircled by a wreath of laurel leaves. Below this mark is the large woodcut number 23. The Thornton Hall... Read More
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LUDWIG HOHLWEIN. Compiled and Edited by Prof. H. K. Frenzel with an Introduction by Dr. Walter F. Schubert. Translated by Herman George Scheffauer
by Hohlwein Ludwig
Berlin Phönix Verlag, 1926. Lg. 4to. (11 7/8 x 9 inches), publisher's turquoise cloth with gilt titling, spine a little sunned, but a very good copy of a book that, because of its size and weight, is invariably disbound, or altogether rebound. First edition of this bi-lingual edition devoted to the art of this innovative genius who "masters the language of the poster like no other, and whose designs for book jackets, "…are all derived from the same rich soil... Read More
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Les Affiches illustrées (1886-1895)
by Maindron, Ernest
4to (12 ½ x 9 ¼"). Gold morocco with beige onlays and brown lines in an overall Art Nouveau design to spine and both covers; year and title stamped in black on spine and title on front cover. Binding signed on free front end paper by James Brockman, world famous London binder. Marbled endpapers; a.e.g. Black felt lined clamshell case with matching gold morocco and black lettering to spine. No. 7 of 25 on Japon out of a total edition... Read More
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THE FOUR GEORGES: Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court, and Town Life
by Thackeray William Makepeace
London Smith, Elder & Co., 1861. 8vo., publisher's bright green cloth with an all-over blind-embossed design on both covers; spine titled in gilt. Preserved in a quarter morocco clamshell case. FIRST EDITION. The book was based on a series of lectures on Kings George I-IV and their times, delivered by Thackeray in the United States and London, which were printed in Cornhill Magazine. This copy belonged to Albert M. Cohn, the bibliographer and noted collector of the work of... Read More
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Verve Revue Artistique Et Litteraire Vol. VI, Nos 21 et 22
by (Matisse, Henri)
Folio (14 x 10 ½ inches). Unpaginated with 40 black and white illustrations and 24 in color plus colored covers, all by Matisse. Represents work by Matisse while in St Paul de Vence from1944 through 1948. Near fine.
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VANCOUVER ISLAND AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. Their History, Resources, and Prospects
by MACFIE F.R.G.S MATTHEW
London Longman, Green et. al., 1865. Thick 8vo., publisher's blue and black marbled cloth with gilt titling on the spine, rebacked. FIRST EDITION with 9 maps (two fold-outs) and plates. A very nice copy in the unusual marbled cloth publisher's binding. Much useful information for immigrant settlers, with information on mining possibilities in the area. Sabin adds, "Includes many interesting details on the life and customs of the Northwest Indians. (43253)." See also: Smith 6334. ...the life & customs of... Read More
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![The Banditti of the Plains or the Cattlemen’s Invasion of Wyoming in 1892. [The Crowning Infamy of the Ages].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/183/352/800352183.0.l.jpg)
The Banditti of the Plains or the Cattlemen’s Invasion of Wyoming in 1892. [The Crowning Infamy of the Ages].
by Mercer, A.S.
8vo. (8 1/4" x 5 1/2"), original plain black cloth, re-backed, 139pp., several pages bearing minor repairs. Preliminary leaf with instructions to send orders to the author in Cheyenne. Annoyed and angry that strangers were settling on land in Wyoming that they thought they owned, larger cattle lords imported help from Texas to help drive out the "nesters" and thereby almost precipitated a civil war. The author was a journalist who supported the smaller homesteaders and thereby incurred the wrath of... Read More
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Estampas Del Popol-Vuh
by Merida, Carlos
Folio (16 ¾ x 12 ¾ inches). Gray cloth over orange printed paper boards with black lettering and decoration to top cover. Light wear to tissue guards and boards with 1 ½” smudge to lower bottom board; all ties present. As issued, ten loose original color lithographs, each with tissue guard containing text in Spanish and English, from the Popol-Vuh. In addition to the title and justification pages, two pages, one in English and one in Spanish, tell the story of the... Read More
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A Translation of the First Book of Ovid's Tristia...with the Original Text. By Francis Arden
by OVID (Publius Ovidius Naso)
New York C. S. Van Winkle, 1821. Tall 8vo., original bluish gray boards with white paper spine, worn with two small pieces wanting; original paper spine label; quite a tall, sound, uncut copy. With bookbinder's ticket of T. Garson, at the same Greenwich Street address as the printer. Arden, a counselor at law and a great admirer of John Jay ("...a firm patriot, an enlightened statesman, an upright man, and sincere Christian."), says in his Preface that he has attempted... Read More
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Ovid's Metamorphoses; with an English Translation by Davidson and Clarke
by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
Phila. Wm. Spotswood, 1790. 8vo., contemporary sheep; rubbed but very solid, top of the spine chipped, spine label no longer readable; internally quite clean. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Ovid (there was a New York printing in 1795); this edition contains a Prosody Table and references (after the manner of Mr. Stirling), pointing out, at one view, the scanning of each verse; it also contains Davidson's English notes. The Latin text (with its English translation below), follows 40 pages of introductory... Read More
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Four Prominent So and So's. Illustrated by OTTO SOGLOW. Music by R. Ambruster
by Nash Ogden
New York Simon & Schuster, 1934. 8vo., publisher's decorated wrappers. First complete edition. Nash wrote the piece to be performed at the Dutch Treat Club show in March, 1933. It was then published in a collection of poems entitled Happy Days, but in a Bowdlerized version. There then followed pirated editions of this version, until S & S decided to issue it in its original form. The work contains four cartoon drawings by the artist who is best remembered... Read More
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COMPENDIO DEL GRAN VOLVME DELL'ARTE DEL BENE LEGGIADRAMENTE SCRIVERE...
by Palatino, Gio. Battista
Sm. 4to., Professional repairs to the title-page with the loss of a few letters and the last part of the date, which have been supplied in manuscript facsimile; the lower corner of A2 and a small piece of the border has been skilfully replaced. Occasional soiling and light water staining to the lower portion of the leaves in the last three signatures. A few marginal notes [the names Andras Praga and Andreas Praga] towards the front and some faded notes... Read More
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Le Trésor de L'Art Chrétien: L'Euchariste. Monuments Iconographique
by Jamot Paul
Paris H, Floury, 1927. Folio (15 x 11 inches), white linen back over paper boards with ties, front cover with red titling. One of 500 numbered copies printed on Arches (there were another 26 copies with a second suite of plates printed on Madagascar), all executed by Daniel Jacomet in GRAVURE, some of which are HAND COLORED. The Introduction by Paul Jamot compares the subject of the plates, which cover various representations of the Eucharist from the second to... Read More
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LIFE AND TIMES OF FRANCESCO SFORZA DUKE OF MILAN. With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Italy
by Urquhart Wm. Pollard
Edinburgh & London Wm. Blackwood, 1852. Thick 8vo. (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches), two vols bound in one. Brownish red oasis niger with a double gilt fillet border on the covers; spine with five raised bands and detailed gilt tooling in the compartments. Slight rubbing at the top of the spine; all edges marbled; bookplate: R. Kenneth Cock. The Sforza family ruled in the second half of the fifteenth century at Milan. From their obscure origins as soldiers of... Read More
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POSTERS
by Price, Charles Matlack
Fine 4to (11¾ x 8¾"). Tan cloth with gilt lettering stamped to spine and top cover. Slight wear to head and tail of spine. Frontis laid in. First edition, No. 79 of 250. 42 colored plates and 120 in black and white. Most of the great Art Nouveau poster artists are represented including Mucha, Cheret, Crane, the Beggarstaffs, Beardsley, Grasset, Bradley, Hardy, Lautrec, etc.
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CARMEN...Embellished with Drawings by ALBERT STERNER
by Merimee Prosper
New York Wm. Farquhar Payson, [1931]. Original drawing (approx. 12 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches), matted, framed and glazed, executed in charcoal, bistre, watercolor and india ink. The drawing formed the basis for the dust jacket art (with minor alterations), for the first edition of the work, which was dedicated by the artist to his wife.Albert Sterner was born on London in 1863 and spent his youth in London and in Germany. He studied art on the Continent, coming to... Read More
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OVIDIO ISTORICO, POLITICO, MORALE Brevemente spiegato, e delineato con artificiose figure. Consagrato al celebre pittore patrone mio collendisimo GIUSEPPI NASINI
by OVIDIUS NASO PUBLIUS
Venice Girolamo Albrizzi, 1696. 8vo., full crushed brown 19th century morocco with plain sides. Spine with five raised bands and gilt titling. Albrizzi, the publisher, has used a number of the wood blocks from the Giolito editions of Ovid's Le Trasformationi [1553 and afterwards]. In the present edition, there are a total of 73 images measuring approximately 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches, almost all of which, according to Ruth Mortimer, "...were designed for this [1553] edition." The history of... Read More
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