Milton Glaser: Art Is Work (The Deluxe Edition in Slipcase AND a Milton Glaser Handwritten Letter)
Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2000. Cloth. Very Good +. The 2000 Deluxe edition, SIGNED BY MILTON GLASER on the half-title and including the matching cloth slipcase, though lacking the silkscreen called for in this Deluxe edition. ALSO INCLUDES A WARM 1 PG. ALS from Milton Glaser (on his own stationary) glued to the front free endpaper. Both the book and slipcase are solid and VG+ in their dark-blue cloth, with fading along the book's spine and the... Read More
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Jerusalem of Lithuania (complete in 3 Vols.)
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The Laureate Press, New Jersey. Soft Cover. An exhaustive 3 volume history of Jewish life and culture and creativity in Vilna, Lithuania. Spanning 500 years, from the earliest days until just after the Holocaust. Over 1000 pgs. of photographs and documents and text in 4 different languages (English, Russian, Hebrew and Yiddish). Vols. 1 and 2 are tall hardbacks, folios, bright and clean and VG+, in red cloth with pictorial gilt design. Vol. 3 is in a smaller format,... Read More
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Manhattan Graphics Center Rubber Stamps Book April-May 1997
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New York: Manhattan Graphics Center, 1997. Printer Wrapper. Collectible; Fine. First Edition. A bright copy of this handsome 1997 artists' book. 15 different prints tipped-in, EACH SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, most part of a very small limitation (1/15 copies, 1/20 copies, etc.). Crisp and Near Fine in its sewn brown wrappers. Octavo, 15 pgs.
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Atlas of Connecticut Topographic Maps
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Hartford, Connecticut: Department of Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut, 1994. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. 1994 revised edition, containing 8 new maps and "scaled down copies of all topographic (topo) maps of Connecticut, reproduced from original United States Geological Survey maps". A clean, Near Fine copy, in its original pictorial wrappers and spiral binding. Folio, 116 full-spread, detailed topographic maps.
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Lancaster and Fairfield County, Ohio
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George A. Kraemer, Publisher, 1901. Half-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. 1901 1st edition. VG- in its half-leather over matching boards. Bright gilt-lettering to front panel, rather pronounced chipping and wear along spine. Quarto, 221 pgs., marbled endpapers. Former owner bookplate to verso of front free endpaper.
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Frontier Ballads
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1927. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1927 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends (barely affecting the lettering). Octavo, 181 pgs. "Heard and Gathered" by Charles J. Finger. Woodcuts by Paul Honore.
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Col Tempo" The W. Project: Peter Forgacs's Installation
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Budapest: 53rd Int. Art Exhib., Venice/Mucsarnok Non-profit, 2009. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. First Edition. A bright, Near Fine copy in its original wrappers. The 2009 catalogue of the installation, curated by Andras Renyi, which appeared at the 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice. Octavo, also includes the pictorial wraparound band.
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Waiting for Death: An Unfinished Wood Engraving By Thomas Bewick
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Greenock, Scotland: The Black Pennell Press, 1982. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. Lovely 1982 1st thus, printed by Thomas Rae at the Black Pennell Press of Greenock, Scotland and limited to 250 copies. Bright and Fine in its gray wrappers. 7 pgs. plus a fold-out photo-litho reproduction at rear. Also includes publisher's matching gray chemise.
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Les Tissus: Documents Choisis De Decoration Textile Des Origines Au Debut Du XIX Siecle
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Paris: Librairie Des Arts Decoratifs. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A sharp copy of this Parisian study of textile, tapestry and rug design. Circa 1920. VG in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-design and lettering at the front panel and spine. Light wear at the spine ends and very light scuffing to the panels. Internally, clean as could be, with no writing or markings of any kind. Tall quarto, 320 pgs., including 8 lavish color plates. ... Read More
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Typographic Design By Ikko Tanaka
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Japan, 1977. 1st. cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A clean, well-preserved copy of the 1977 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 96 pgs. Text in Japanese, dozens and dozens of vivid color plates thruout demonstrating leading Japanese graphic design and display art.
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Genre Japonica: The Shogakukan Atlas of Japan (2 Vols.)
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Japan: Shogakukan, 1976. 1st. Collectible; Fine/Fine. Handsome, lavish 1976 2 volume "Shogakukan" Atlas of Japan. Detailed color maps thruout, an exhaustive study of the nation's topographic make-up. An immaculate set, complete in 2 vols. Both volumes Fine in bright, Fine dustjackets (and including publisher's plastic outer jackets as well). Also includes well-preserved examples of the publsiher's printed slipcases. Folios, text in Japanese.
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Handbook of Industrial Metrology
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1967. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The 1967 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling at the rear panel. Octavo, 492 pgs. "A reference work on the theory, principles, standards, techniques and instrumentation design and application for physical measurements in the manufacturing industries
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Best in Children's Books (4 Vols.)
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Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday Inc. Hard Cover. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. Four Andy Warhol illustrated volumes in the "Best in Children's Books" series. Volumes 15, 21 and 27 (2 copies). 1958 and 1959 first Doubleday editions. All four octavo books clean and near fine in bright, VG+ or better dust jackets. In each case, Warhol has contributed 8 or more color illustrations.
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Plain Wrapper Press 1966-1988: An Illuastrated Bibliography of the Work of Richard-Gabriel Rummonds
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Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1993. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY RICHARD-GABRIEL RUMMONDS at the colophon. An immaculate copy to boot of the 1993 1st edition, limited to 300 copies. Bright and Fine in its printed card wrappers. Quarto, 74 pgs., also includes publisher's original prospectus.
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Anselm Kiefer Bilder 1986-1980
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Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1987. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. A clean copy of the 1987 catalogue of the exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Solid and VG in its dark-gray wrappers, with very light wear along the panel edged. Quarto, 120 pgs. Text in both English and Dutch.
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Hommage a Jean Fautrier: Rare and Master Prints
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Geneva/New York: Emmanuel Benador Fine Arts. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A pristine copy of the catalogue based on the exhibition at New York's Emmanuel Benador Fine Arts. Bright and Fine in its stiff card wrappers.
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Bruno Ceccobelli: D'Avo Uova
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Bologna, Italy: Galleria Nicola Verlato, 1989. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The catalogue based on the October-November 1989 exhibition at Bologna's Galleria Nicola Verlato. Solid and VG+ (with light soiling at the front panel) in its printed white wrappers.
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Vincent Bioules: Nues
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St, Etienne, France: Musee d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, 1992. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine/Fine. The catalogue based on the 1992-93 exhibition at Musee d'Art Moderne, Siant-Etienne, France. Clean and Near Fine in its white wrappers. And in a bright, Near Fine printed dustjacket.
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Studies of Water Storage for Flood Prevention and Power Development in New York State Under Piublic Ownership and Control
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Albany, NY: State Water Supply Commission of New York, 1908. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1908 study, issued by the State Water Supply Commission of New York, of the "water storage for flood prevention and power development in New York State". Tight and VG+ in its russet cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and insignia at the spine. Octavo, 252 pgs., dozens of maps (including a number of fold-out maps) thruout.
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Millard Sheets: Recent Watercolours
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London: Arthur Tooth & Sons, 1964. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. The catalogue based on the June 1964 exhibition at London's Arthur Tooth & Sons Gallery. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers.
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Madame Des Ursins et La Succession D'Espagne: Fragments de Correspondance (Complete in 6 Vols.)
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Nantes & Paris: Inmprimerie Emile Grimaud et Fils & Honore Champion, 1902. Original wraps. Very Good +/Very Good +. A handsome example of this sweeping 6 volume set. 1st editions, 1902-1907. Each volume clean and VG+ in its original beige wrappers. Light chipping along the spine crown of Vol. I, very light offsetting to several of the front free endpapers. And each volume includes a clean, VG+ example of the publisher's wax-paper dustjacket. Tall quartos, beautiful engraved frontispieces.... Read More
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1946 New York City Symphony Announcement (and Leonard Bernstein Ephemera)
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The New York City Symphony, 1946. Near Fine. A nice example of New York City Symphony history -- and a wonderful piece of very early Leonard Bernstein ephemera. The original flyer announcing the 1946 Fall series ("10 consecutive Monday evening concerts/Tuesday evening concerts --September 23 to November 26"), with a prominent photo of the new Music Director of the New York City Symphony, a baby-faced, 28 year old Leonard Bernstein, who held this position from 1945-1947. The flyer... Read More
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The Journal of the American Society of Marine Draftsmen (2 Issues -- January 1915 and July 1918)
Washington DC: American Society of Marine Draftsmen, 1915. Original wraps. Very Good +. 2 issues (January 1915 and Juky 1918) of this technical Quarterly issued out of Washington and devoted to shipbuilding and ship repair. Both issues crisp and VG+ in their stapled, gray card wrappers. Very light wear along the spines and just a touch of ink at the top of January 1915's front panel. Tall, uniform quartos, nice trade-oriented ads (some engraved) at the rears. ... Read More
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The Prints of LeRoy Neiman: A Catalogue Raisonne of Serigraphs and Etchings 1980-1990 (In the Publisher's Original Shipping Carton)
New York: Knoedler Publishing Co, 1991. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy of the 1991 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. High-quality reproductions throughout of the serigraphs and etchings. Also includes a sturdy, very sharp example of the publisher's printed shipping carton, which houses the catalogue raisonne.
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The Conjurors' Magazine (43 Issues)
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New York: Conjurors' Press Inc. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Almost a complete run of the magazine's first 4 years, including its maiden issue of February, 1945. Runs thru Dec. '48 and is only missing Feb. '46, Aug. and Sept. '47 and Jan. '48. All 43 issues are clean and bright and VG+ in their original stapled wrappers. Thin quartos, each issue wonderfully illustrated thruout (often in color diagrams and crisp black-and-white photography).
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