HOUSES AND GARDENS
by BAILLIE SCOTT, Macay Hugh
BAILLIE SCOTT, Macay Hugh. HOUSES AND GARDENS. London: George Newnes, 1906. Folio. Publishers green cloth, top edge gilt. x 247 pages, 17 colored plates including frontispiece, 12 halftone plates. Firs edition. In 1906 Baillie Scott published House and Gardens, an illustrated survey of h works which gives a detailed account of his work and ideas at this time in hi career, and elegantly describes his philosophy of design. The work is divide into two sections, the first containing... Read More
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CABINET MAKER'S ALBUM OF FURNITURE
by (BAIRD, Henry Carey)
(BAIRD, Henry Carey). CABINET MAKER'S ALBUM OF FURNITURE. Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1868. Small oblong folio (7 x 10 3/4 inches Later cloth. Printed title leaf, leaf listing plates, 48 lithograph plates. First edition. Baird's pattern book was the third such work published in America and one of most pivotal books in shaping American taste. It included a comprehensive ra of items from bureaus, desks, wardrobes, chairs, bookcases, tables, and beds. The style incorporated American colonial design with... Read More
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CABINET MAKER'S ALBUM OF FURNITURE
by BAIRD, Henry Carey
BAIRD, Henry Carey. CABINET MAKER'S ALBUM OF FURNITURE. Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1868. Small oblong folio (7 x 10 3/4 inches Publisher's cloth. Printed title leaf, leaf listing plates, 48 lithograph plates. First edition. Baird's pattern book was the third such work published in America and one of most pivotal books in shaping American taste. It included a comprehensive ra of items from bureaus, desks, wardrobes, chairs, bookcases, tables, and beds. The style incorporated American colonial design with... Read More
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BIOGRAPHIA DRAMATICA; OR, A COMPANION TO THE PLAYHOUSE: CONTAINING
by BAKER, David Erskine
BAKER, David Erskine. BIOGRAPHIA DRAMATICA; OR, A COMPANION TO THE PLAYHOUSE CONTAINING HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL MEMOIRS, AND ORIGINAL ANECDOTES, OF BRITIS AND IRISH DRAMATIC WRITERS, FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF OUR THEATRICAL EXHIBITIO AMONGST WHOM ARE SOME OF THE MOST CELEBRATED ACTORS. Two Volumes. London: Printed for Messrs. Rivingtons, 1782. 8vo. Early nineteenth century diced calf. (ii), v-lii, 496 pages; (ii), 442 pages. New edition, and continu from 1764 to 1782 Edited by Isaac Reed, and his first important... Read More
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ARCHITECTURAL METAL HANDBOOK
by BAKER, Earl P., and Harold S. Langland
BAKER, Earl P., and Harold S. Langland. ARCHITECTURAL METAL HANDBOOK. (Washington): National Association of Ornamental Metal Manufactures, 1947. 4 Cloth. (viii), 319 pages. First edition. A book of standards for ornamental metal workers. Light wear.
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BUILDING AND ORNAMENTAL STONES OF NEW SOUTH WALES
by BAKER, R.T.
BAKER, R.T. BUILDING AND ORNAMENTAL STONES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. (Sydney: Gullick, 1909.) Oblong 8vo. Later stiff wrappers. 85 pages, 36 plates, 1 map. Second edition. First published in 1908, this book has photographic illustrations of most of major public buildings of the area. Most of the plates are in color. There a marginal stain at the base of the spine; with new wrappers on which color printed portions of the original wrapper are applied as an overlay.... Read More
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THE AMERICAN SOUTH, FOUR SEASONS OF THE LAND
by BAKE, William A. and James J. Kilpatrick
BAKE, William A., and James J. Kilpatrick. THE AMERICAN SOUTH, FOUR SEASONS THE LAND. Birmingham: Oxmoor House, (1980). Oblong 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. xxxvi, 188 pages. First edition. Bake's photographs of four seasons in fourteen Southern states are accompanie by Kilpatrick's eloquent text. Slight sunning to edges of cloth, small stain fore-edge, else very good in a sunned dust jacket with two tape repairs of sh tears.
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DE VOLKSHUISVESTING TE 'S-GRAVENHAGE, 1914-1939
by BAKKER SCHUT, P.
BAKKER SCHUT, P. DE VOLKSHUISVESTING TE 'S-GRAVENHAGE, 1914-1939. Alphen aan den Rijn: N. Samson, 1939. 4to. Cloth. x, 240 pages. First editio One of the best books on public housing in The Hague, heavily illustrated wit photographs and floor plans of projects by Kok and others. A very good, brig copy.
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MOSCOW
by (BALANENKO, Yuri)
(BALANENKO, Yuri) MOSCOW. Moscow: Planeta, 1968. Folio. Cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. First English language edition. An expansive photographic essay. Fine.
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DIE NIEDERLANDISCHE LANDSCHATSMALEREI VON PATINER BIS BRUGEL
by BALDASS, Ludwig von
BALDASS, Ludwig von. DIE NIEDERLANDISCHE LANDSCHATSMALEREI VON PATINER BIS BRUGEL. Wein: F. Tempsky, 1918. Folio. Contemporary cloth spine, boards, with the original wrappers bound-in. Pages 111-157, 8 plates and 37 additional illustrations in the text. First edition. This work, complete in itself, is part of the Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischer Sammlungen des Allerhochsten Kaiserhauses. The monograph is on early Dutch landscape painting. Covers worn, internally very good.
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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN DESIGN
by BALDWIN, Benjamin
BALDWIN, Benjamin. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN DESIGN. New York: (1995). Square 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. 199 pages. First edition. Considered by Louis I. Kahn to be "the dean of American interior designers", Baldwin discusses his long and distinguished career and works. Fine.
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VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BINDINGS
by BALL, Douglas
BALL, Douglas. VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BINDINGS. Williamsburg: The Bookpress Ltd., (1985). 8vo. Cloth. x, 214 pages, 12 plate illustrations in the text. First edition. A detailed survey of trade bookbindings in nineteenth century England, from t introduction of cloth bindings through the myriad of technological and decorative innovations that helped to define an artistic age. The book's appendices include methods for identifying cloth grains, a list of books published in papier mache and Relievo bindings, a list of nineteenth... Read More
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VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BINDINGS
by BALL, Douglas
BALL, Douglas. VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BINDINGS. Williamsburg: The Bookpress Ltd., (1985). 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. x, 214 pages, 12 plates, illustrations in the text. First edition. A detailed survey of trade bookbindings in nineteenth century England, from t introduction of cloth bindings through the myriad of technological and decorative innovations that helped to define an artistic age. The book's appendices include methods for identifying cloth grains, a list of books published in papier mache and Relievo bindings, a list... Read More
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THE WILLIAMSBURG FORGERIES
by BALLINGER, John
(BIBLIOMYSTERY) BALLINGER, John. THE WILLIAMSBURG FORGERIES. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. Second printing An excellent novel set in Williamsburg, Virginia, centering around a large an fine collection of modern first editions. The author's first detective novel Fine.
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THE WILLIAMSBURG FORGERIES
by BALLINGER, John
(BIBLIOMYSTERY) BALLINGER, John. THE WILLIAMSBURG FORGERIES. New York: St. Martin's Press, (1989). 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 276 pages. First edition. An excellent novel set in Williamsburg, Virginia, centering around a large an fine collection of modern first editions. Very good.
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THE JEFFERSON LETTERS
by BALLINGER, John Emerson
BALLINGER, John. THE JEFFERSON LETTERS. Richmond: Dietz Press, 2001. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. 225 pages. First editi This is the second novel to feature Brad Parker, antiquarian bookseller from Williamsburg, Virginia, in his attempt to deal with a batch of newly discover letters by Thomas Jefferson. Fine, at publication price.
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DECORATIVE MOTIVES OF ORIENTAL ART
by BALL, Katherine M.
BALL, Katherine M. DECORATIVE MOTIVES OF ORIENTAL ART. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, (1927). Small folio. Cloth. xxvi, (ii), 2 (2) pages. First edition. Decorative Motives of Oriental Art is a revised reprint of a series of articl that appeared in Japan. Well illustrated. Ex-library copy, with appropriate markings, front hinge internally cracked, covers rubbed, head of spine torn; text good.
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BAGATELLE" ALTMAN SPORTSWEAR FROM EUROPE
by B. ALTMAN & CO., LTD
(SPORTSWEAR PROMOTION) B. ALTMAN & CO., LTD. "BAGATELLE" ALTMAN SPORTSWEAR FROM EUROPE. Paris: 1926. 10 pochoir color women's fashion illustrations, the cover art a 9 numbered sheets, signed Chazelle in the plate. Each plate is printed on tissue and tipped-on at the top edge to larger paper the clothing ensembles are fully described, including available sizes and pricing. Plates loosely laid-in, not dated and circa 1926 and printed in France, with the original (worn) mailing envelope. Approx. 4... Read More
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DAS UNBEKANNTE MEISTERWERK
by BALZAC, Honore de
BALZAC, Honore de. DAS UNBEKANNTE MEISTERWERK. Dusseldorf: Droste Verlag, n.d., (1966). Folio. Cloth, dust jacket. 48 pages Translation of title: "The Unknown Masterpiece". Contains 12 illustrations b Pablo Picasso. Very good with sunned dust jacket.
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WILL H. BRADLEY, HIS WORK, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE
by BAMBACE, Anthony
(BRADLEY) BAMBACE, Anthony. WILL H. BRADLEY, HIS WORK, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1995. 4to. Cloth. xxiv, 216 pages. Fi edition. A guide to the artistic output of turn of the century book designer Will H. Bradley. Covers his illustrations of books, magazines and newspapers, advertisments, and posters. Also includes uncredited works that were either produced by Bradley or influenced by his Art Deco style. Fine.
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IN CAMP WITH A TIN SOLDIER
by BANGS, John Kendrick
Ashe, E.M.. BANGS, John Kendrick. IN CAMP WITH A TIN SOLDIER. New York: Russell, 1892. 12mo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece, 194 pages, 4 plates. First edition. [BAL, 710]. A children's story by the popular American humorist. Spine darkened, else ve good. Illustrated by E.M. Asch.
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THE HARBOR OF LOVE
by BARBOUR,Ralph Henry
Plank, George W.. (FINE BINDING-HOLLOWAY, EDWARD STRATTON) BARBOUR,Ralph Henry. THE HARBOR OF LOVE. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1912. 8vo. Fine cloth binding, top edge gilt. Color frontispiece, 162 pages. First edition. Special decorative natural linen stamped binding in pink, blue and gilt in th style of an old sampler with stylised flowers and birds designed by artist Edward Stratton Holloway who worked as art director for J.B. Lippincott Compa for forty-six years and wrote a number of books... Read More
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AQUEST ALBUM FOTOGRAFIE, COPIE DE...``ARXIA MAS,''...
by (BARCELONA)
Mas, A. (BARCELONA) AQUEST ALBUM FOTOGRAFIE, COPIE DE..."ARXIA MAS." Barcelona: 1920. Large folio. Green brocade binding. 82 plates. First editio A lavish photographic album showing furniture, sculpture, ironwork, crucifixe and paintings from the Museu d'Art de la Ciatat de Barcelona. An attractive copy.
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GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUDERLUNST VON IHREN UNFANGEN BIS ZUR GEGENWART
by BARGE, Hermann
BARGE, Hermann. GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUDERLUNST VON IHREN UNFANGEN BIS ZUR GEGENWART. Leipzig: Philipp Reclam, n.d. (1991?). 8vo. Cloth. viii, 520 pages, (15) plates, (1) fold-out plate. Being a German language survey of the history of printing in comemoration of four hundredth anniversary of Gutenberg's Bible. With illustrations with-in text and a fold-out facsimile leaf in a rear pocket. Fine.
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GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST
by BARGE, Hermann
BARGE, Hermann. GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST. Liepzig: Philipp Reclam Jun., (1940). 8vo. Cloth. viii, 520 pages, 16 plates First edition. A history of early printing illustrated with sixteen plates and one hundred a thirty-four illustrations in the text. Spine dulled, else very good.
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