Avigdor Arikha Dessins 1965/6
by Arikha, Avigdor(art of). Beckett, Samuel (text by)
Jerusalem: Tarshish Books, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Issued withoutd dustjacket. An apparently unused copy. Fine all over.
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The Chinese Drama from the Earliest Times until To-day: A Panoramic Study of the Art in China, Tracing Its Origin and Describing Its Actors. Concluding with Synopses of Thirty Chinese Plays
by L. C. Arlington
Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. First edition, limited. 750 copies, this number 566. 4to, xxxi, (i), 177, (11) pp, including colored frontispiece and 115 plates, patterned endpapers. Errata slip bound-in at title page. Limited to 750 numbered copies, this being No. 581. Peacock-feather patterned covers over quarter cloth, gilt spine titles, matching endpapers. Cloth spine moderately soiled, corners bumped/ slightly worn. Covers still sharp, internals fine. A highly presentable copy, a... Read More
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ACCENT ON AMERICA
by Armitage, Merle. (Lancelot, Milton)
NY: E. Weyhe, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited to 1675 copies. Black cloth, stamped red titles and eagle design. Lacking dustjacket, spine faded. Illustrated with a series of woodcuts of eagles by book designer Armitage. Inscribed by Armitage to Milton Lancelot, author and authority on WWI aircraft on the dedication page: "For Milton Lancelot/ good colaborator/ and good friend! / Merle Armitage" (suggesting Lancelot advised on the WWI historical section of Armitage's book).
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History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture & Photography
by Arnason, H. Harvard
NY: Prentice-Hall/ Harry Abrams, 1968. 1st Edition. Very Good/Near Fine. The dedication copy - inscribed by art historian H. Harvard Arnason to his wife Elinor, to whom he dedicated his book, "With all my love" upper corner ffe, The first three chapters are replete with Arnason's line edits and marginalia, as if he were editing the book for an abridged version. His efforts stop abruptly at the end of chapter three; the book, still in print, is in... Read More
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A CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COMPETITION
by Arnell, Peter and Ted Bickford (editors) (Pelli, Cesar)
Oxford: Rizzoli, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Ownership copy for the competition for the new visual arts center for Ohio State of Argentinian-born, American architect Cesar Pelli (1926-2019) with his signature and July 1982 date in his hand upper right corner ffe, the design for which Pelli competed. (Eisenman won.) Pelli's signature andApril 1985 date in his had upper right corner ff. plus a charmiong inscription to him with a skecth form an unidentifiable associate: "For C.P.... Read More
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AESOP'S FABLES
by Arthur Rackham (illustrated by). Chesterton, G. K. (introduction by)
London/ NY: William Heinemann/ Doubleday, 1912. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. VG+. Limited to 1450 copies, this #1330 signed by Rackham on the limitation. Large 4to, quarter brown cloth, paper-backed covers, front stamped in gilt, gte, sides untrimmed, xxix (1) 223 (1), 25 full page color tipped-in plates. 13 tipped-in color plates and numerous b7w text illustrations. This copy one of the 250 copies reserved for sale in teh United States as Doubleday is the publisher in gilt at... Read More
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OBSERVATIONS CRITIQUES SUR LES TABLEAUX DU SALON 1787 (and) ENCORE UNCOUP DE PATTE POUR LE DERNIER OU DIALOGUE SUR LE SALON (1787) (2 items)
by (Beaux Arts)
Paris, 1787. Presumed First Edition. Soft cover. Good. Two uncommon pamphlets of criticism of works in the 1787 Salon, the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world. This 1787 salon was just two years before the Revolution of 1789. OBSERVATIONS is printed by Chez les Marchands de Nouveautes, front cover detached, rear missing, 32 pages (complete) with... Read More
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Mitchell, Thomas
by A Rudimentary Manual of Architecture Being A History and Explanation of the Principal Styles of European Architecture Ancient, Mediaeval and Renaissance
London: Longmans, Green, 1870. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+`. 8vo, pub brown cloth, blind rules, gilt tites spine, coated endpapers, xiv + 304p, illustrated. Slightest wear to spine ends nd corners, some light fozxing largely confined to prelims and rears, solidly bound. uncommon Mitchell title.
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The Columbia Magazine, Designed to Promote Evangelical Knowledge and Morality
by Ashbel Stoddard (publisher, printer)
Hudson NY: Abel Stoddard, 1815. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Early issue of The Columbia Magazine, published in the newly prosperous Hudson, NY, the first city to be incorporated in the United States after independence, located in Columbia County, hence the magazine name. A remarkably unsophisticated copy, as issued, printed paper covers, string-tied, sides uncut, paginated (1), 130 - 160 (1). Includes reports on all conduct of morality: reflections on the new year, gaming, the third commanement;... Read More
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COLORED SCULPTURE
by Ash, Hiram (catalogue designed by). Geist, Sidney (exhibit curated by)
np: The American Foundation of Arts, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Exhibition catalog, designed by Hiram Ash, for exhibition of 22 sculptures, curated by artist and scholar Sidney Geist. One sheet, folded to oblong, printed on one side only, rear panel Geist's text, front panel 8 rectangles stacked alternating in gold and orange, cut along their common interfaces. Rare Ash-designed item. Sculptors include Louise Nevelson, Geist, William King et al. Exhibit organized by The American Federation... Read More
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Rollo's Journey to Cambridge
by John T. Wheelwright and Frederic J. Stimson. Illustrated By Francis G. Attwood
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Stated second edition on title page. Covers soiled, edges worn, some loss to paper over spine, archival repair to ffe. Publisher's list on ffe and front fly. 28 pages, rear endpaper loose.
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THE BAR OF OTHER DAYS
by Auerbach, Joseph S.
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good -. Sides slightly foxed, internals clean. Dw spine soiled, a few chips at bottom and top edge. Inscribed by Auerbach and dated 1940 on ffe.
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MANSFIELD PARK, PERSUASION, LETTERS (5 volumes)
by Austen, Jane
Boston: Dana Estes. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. nd, circa 1905. Five volumes only of the Illustrated Cabinet Edition of the works of Jane Austen: MANSFIELD PARK Vol I and II; PERSUASION; LADY SUSAN THE WATSONS LETTERS Vol I and LETTERS Vol II. Light green cloth, Arts and Crafts style floral decoration in gilt to spine. gte, sides untrimmed. Solid copies all around. No names, inscriptions or bookplates.
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CONVENTION, REVOLT AND INNOVATION IN CONTEMPORARY CHURCH ARCHITECTURE
by Austin, Holcombe M.
Amsterdam: Fifth International Congress of Aesthetics, 1964. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. A paper Prof Austin delivered at the ACTES DU CINQUIEME CONGRES INTERNATIONAL D'ESTHETIQUE in Amsterdam in 1964. Booklet, printed paper covers, stapled spine, 163-167pp. (4 pages), inscribed with "compliments of the author HMA. Cofernce on 'Tradition and Innovation'". Austin was professor of philosophy from 1941 to 1972 at Wheaton College in Massachusetts.
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Responses
by Various Authors
Great Britain: The National Book League and Poetry Society, 1971. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1 of 500 copies printed.
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BEYOND THE PLANE: THE RELIEF PAINTINGS OF JUDITH ROTHSCHILD
by Axsom, Richard H.
NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1992. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Rothschild, Judith (paintings of). Inscribed by artist Rothschild. Based on an exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
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Christo & Jeanne-Claude (Basic Ser.)
by Baal-Teshuva, Jacob
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Taschen America, LLC, 1995. First Edition. Laminated Pictorial Wraps. Almost As New.
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Silas Strong: Emperor of the Woods
by Bacheller, Irving
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1906. First Edition. Red Cloth. Near Fine -. Ex libris bookplate opposite inscribed ffe at front pastedown. Gilt title in decoration and double ruling at front cover. Corners gently bumped, edges sharp. Binding tight.
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D'ri and I: A Tale of Daring Deeds in the Second War with the British. Being the Memoirs of Colonel Ramon Bell, U.S.A.
by Bacheller, Irving
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1901. First Edition. Red Cloth. Very Good +. Inside front cover cracked at spine, netting visible, binding still firm. Ex libris bookplate at front pastedown. Black and white pictorial in gilt decoration beneath title at front cover. Spine ends and cover corners gently rubbed.
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A Page from Bacon's "Essays
by Bacon, Francis
Pawlet, VT: Claude Fredericks, 1956. Limited. Paper Covers. Very Good +/No Dustjacket. front portion of front cover missing (covers are quarter-folded sheets) but all internal sheets are fine, number 58 of 180.
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BACON's NEW MAP OF LONDON WITH GUIDE
by Bacon, G. W.
London: G. W. Bacon & Co, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Undated, but neat previous owner inscription on cover sates "purchased July 1928". Near fine, no apparent signs of use. 36 panel folds out to aboout 38" x 29". Green cloth covers, with 24 page text titled "Strangers' Guide to London" which includes detailed street index. A collectible copy.
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Paris Und Umbebungen
by Baedeker, Karl
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1891. Dreizehnte Auflage. Hardcover. Very Good. An apparently little or unused copy. All plates in original folds. Ribbon marker.
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Baedeker's Northern France
by Baedeker, Karl
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1894. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Solid copy in uncommon dustjacket with minor loss at corners, more so at spine head. . All maps in original folds, ribbon markers present, no names, inscriptions bookplates or annotations. . Leaves gently toned as usual.
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A few flowers worthy of general culture : an effort to win for hardy plants, a recognition of their great wealth of beauty
by (B. A. Elliot, Co, Plantsmen)
Pittsburgh: B.A. Elliott Co., Plantsmen, 1940. Seveenth Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Original printing, seventh edition (1940) after the first (1890). Plant nursery catalog, uncommon. Decorated paper covers (soiled), 112 pages, loads of old-fashioned gardening hints, plant lists and illustrated with the plates from the early editions. Some photographs, including one of Cornelius Vanderbilt's house and grounds. Internals near fine. Charming period catalog.
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RICHFIELD SPRINGS ILLUSTRATED. HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE
by Bailey, Dr. W. T.
Richfield Springs NY: Mercury Office, F. E. Mungor, Proprietor, 1886. First Edition, thus>. Hardcover. Very Good. Presumably a first edition of variant or an abridged version of the 1874 edition, "designed as a guide to those who visit Richfield Springs" in the new preface, published by the local newspaper. Short 8vo, pebbled black cloth over full-grain brown, gilt-printed decoration front cover. 106 pp, 18 full page illustrations. Missing ffe, old owner names.
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