Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Prints Including an Extensive Collection of Works by Arthur B. Davies
by N.Y. Sotheby Parke Bernet
New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1973. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Near fine. 40 pages. Sale December 19, 1973. Illustrated in black and white. Printed price estimates laid-in.
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Raul Dufy
by Berr de Turique, Marcelle
Paris: Librairie Floury, 1930. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Original multicolor cover in clear plastic overwrapper. Near fine in fine brown cloth slipcase. 288 pages. 26 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 745 of 1000 with an original etching by Raoul Dufy (frontispiece) with many additional in black and white and nine full page color lithographs. The etching (eau-forte)... Read More
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An Authentic Narrative Of The Proceedings Of His Majesty's Squadron Under The Command Of Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, From Its Sailing From Gibraltar To The Conclusion Of The Glorious Battle Of The Nile; Drawn Up From The Minutes Of An Officer Of Rank In The Squadron
by [Berry, Edward]
London: Printed For T. Cadell, Jun, and W. Davies, 1798. Second edition. Hardcover. Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. Fine. 56 pages. 21 x 13 cm. With folding copper-engraved plan of the Battle of the Nile, also called the Battle of Abu Quir, one of Nelson's greatest victories, restoring the British presence in the Mediterranean and dooming Napoleon's... Read More
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George Chinnery 1774-1852 Artist of the China Coast; with Foreword by Alice Winchester
by Berry-Hill, Henry & Sidney
Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 56 pages in text. 29 x 22 cm. Limited edition, one of 500. Signed presentation [both authors] copy to James S. Copley with his bookplate. 76 plates, many with multiple images per plate. Bibliography. An English painter who spent the... Read More
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La Lithographie Originale En France
by Bersier, Jean E.
Paris: Librarie des Arts Decoratifs, 1960. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed gray wrapper portfolio. Very good.. 16 pages in text. Folio, 30 x 23 cm. Fifty-two plates, a few in color loose as issued. Lithographs by major French artists -- Ingres, Daumier, Manet, Dore, Renoir, Lautrec, Bonnard, Matisse et al.
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Robert Duncan A Descriptive Bibliography
by Bertholf, Robert J.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig.illustrated boards and cloth. Fine. 491 pages. Preface by Robert Creeley. Approximately sixty illustrations. Limited edition, Copy 5 of 176 signed by Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley and Robert J.Bertholf. These special copies were handbound by Earle Gray and designed by Barbara Martin.
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Les Rois Et Reines De France En Estampes, Ou Abrege Historique Et Chronologique De Chaque Regne, Suivi Du Tableau Des Moeurs Et Usages Des Francais Sous Chaque Race
by Bescher, M.
Paris: Alexis Emery, 1825. Second edition. Hardcover. Orig. vellum backed pictorial boards with moderate wear. Very good. 139 pages. Landscape octavo, 13 x 22 cm. 28 hand-colored plates, all with multiple images per plate, depicts the history of the French monarchy in costume, beginning with the reign of Pharamond through to Louis XVIII. Chronological Table of the Monarchy... Read More
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Liebesverse
by Bethge, Hans & Georg A. Mathey
Leipzig: Privatdruck, 1922. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. full red morocco. Teg. Very good. Unpaginated. 29.3 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 12 of 20 Deluxe leather bound copies signed by Bethge and Mathey (from total edition of 150). Etched title vignette and six full page etchings signed by Mathey, and printed in Haenel-Antiqua on Zanders-Butten hand made paper.... Read More
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A Connoisseur's Guide to Chinese Ceramics; Translated by Katherine Watson
by Beurdeley, Cecile & Michel
New York: Harper & Row, 1974. First American edition. Orig. cream patterned cloth. Fine in nicked, very good dust wrapper. 317 pages. 33 x 28.5 cm. 111 tipped-in color plates, more than 350 black and white illustrations, plus drawings and maps. Printed in Switzerland. A definitive study of Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the 20th century.... Read More
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L'Assiette au Beurre -- Majestes Et Altesses Par Camara [Legends de Jehan Rictus]; No. 130 -- 26 September 1902
by Paris. L'Assiette au Beurre
Paris: E. Victor, 1903. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good. Camara. 16 pages. 31 x 24 cm. A satirical journal illustrated frequently by Anarchist and radical socialist artists, founded by Samuel Schwarz, a naturalized Hungarian Jew. Each issue contained 16 full page designs in color and black and white. This issue illustrated mostly in color by... Read More
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L'Assiette au Beurre -- Le Metro-Necro; No. 125 -- 22 August 1903
by Paris. L'Assiette au Beurre
Paris: E. Victor, 1903. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good. Steinlen, Theophile. 16 pages. 31 x 24 cm. A satirical journal illustrated frequently by Anarchist and radical socialist artists, founded by Samuel Schwarz, a naturalized Hungarian Jew. Each issue contained 16 full page designs in color and black and white. This issue illustrated mostly in color... Read More
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L'Assiette au Beurre -- Maternities par Paul Thesing; No. 441 -- 11 September 1909
by Paris. L'Assiette au Beurre
Paris: E. Victor, 1909. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good. 16 pages. 31 x 24 cm. A satirical journal illustrated frequently by Anarchist and radical socialist artists, founded by Samuel Schwarz, a naturalized Hungarian Jew. Each issue contained 16 full page designs in color and black and white. Backstrip reinforced with archival tape.
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L'Assiette au Beurre -- Les Anglais Chez Nous; No. 92 -- 3 January 1903
by Paris. L'Assiette au Beurre
Paris: E. Victor, 1903. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good. Sancha. 16 pages. 31 x 24 cm. A satirical journal illustrated frequently by Anarchist and radical socialist artists, founded by Samuel Schwarz, a naturalized Hungarian Jew. Each issue contained 16 full page designs in color and black and white. This issue illustrated all in color by... Read More
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A General History Of Quadrupeds. The Figures Engraved On Wood by Thomas Bewick
by Bewick, Thomas
Newcastle Upon Tyne: S. Hodgson et al., 1792. Third edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf rebacked, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good. Bewick, Thomas. 483 pages. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Voluminously illustrated with wood-engravings. First published 1790, GORDON RAY 49 notes, "Bewick faithfully depicted each quadruped in proper sequence. Exotic animals like the lion and... Read More
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A History of British Birds. Volume I: History And Description Of Land Birds & Vol. II: History And Description of Water Birds
by Bewick, Thomas
Newcastle: Sol, Hodgson, For Beilby & Bewick, 1804. First editions. leather_bound. Rebacked, full brown diced morocco covers. Very good. 2 vols. Bewick, Thomas. 335, 400 pages. 24 x 14.5 cm. Voluminously illustrated with wood-engravings. The first volume of this work was published in 1797 for which Beilby furnished the written descriptions with Bewick providing the text of the... Read More
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Select Fables; With Cuts, Designed And Engraved Buy Thomas And John Bewick, and Others, Previous To The Year 1784: Together With A Memoir; and a descriptive Catalogue Of The Works Of Messrs. Bewick
by Bewick, Thomas & John
Newcastle: S. Hodgson, For Emerson Charnley, And Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London, 1820. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary tree calf, red leather spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Fine. Bewick, Thomas. 332 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Illustrated wood engraved frontispiece Thomas Bewick, 336 wood engraved vignettes by the Bewicks. GORDON N. RAY 52: notes "Bewick... Read More
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Camera Ed Inscrizioni Sepulcrali De' Liberti, Servi, ed Ufficiali della Casa di Augusto Scoperte nella Via Appia, ed illustrate Con le Annotazioni
by Bianchini, Francesco
Roma: Giovanni Maria Salvioni, 1727. First edition. leather_bound. 19th century three quarter calf and marbled boards. Very good. (8) 87 pages. 35 x 24 cm. Seven copper engraved plates, six are fold-outs, title page in red and black with engraved vignette. A study of funerary inscriptions of slaves, freedmen, and other officials in the household of the Roman... Read More
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The First Christmas Story From The Gospel According To Luke (2: 1-18)
by Bible
Santa Cruz: The Good Book Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter brown calf spine and marbled boards. Fine. 6 leaves. 23 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 99 of 100 hand printed using Centaur type and hand bound. Five wood engravings by Donna Thomas on hand made paper by Peter Thomas. As new copy.
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![The self-pronouncing New Testament [of] Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : translated out of the original Greek and with the former translation[s] frequently compared and revised ; the smallest in the world. [MINIATURE BOOK]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/313/722/1430722313.0.m.jpg)
The self-pronouncing New Testament [of] Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : translated out of the original Greek and with the former translation[s] frequently compared and revised ; the smallest in the world. [MINIATURE BOOK]
by Bible
Np: Np, 1900. leather_bound. Orig. brown leather. Very good. 185 unnumbered pages. 3 x 2 cm. Illustrated. As miniature as one can possibly imagine.
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A Bibliography of The First Editions In Book Form Of The Writings Of James Russell Lowell
by New York. The Chamberlain Bibliographies
New York: Privately Printed, 1914. First edition. Boards. Orig. thick charcoal boards with red spine label. Lovely copy. Fine in glassine wrapper in worn slipcase. 136 pages. Compiled largely from the Collection formed by the late Jacob Chamberlain with the assistance from his notes and memoranda by Luther S. Livingston. Limited edition,copy 109 of 500 printed on Old... Read More
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Bicknell's Village Builder A Victorian Architectural Guidebook
by Bicknell, Amos Jackson
Watkins Glen: American Life Foundation & Study Institure, 1976. Reprint. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. 146 pages. 36 cm. One color plate, fifty-five plates drawn to scale. With a new introduction and commentary by Paul Goeldner. Reprint of the 1872 edition.
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Detail, Cottage And Constructive Architecture Containing 75 Large Lithographic Plates.; Showing a Great Variety of Designs For Cornices, Brackets, Windows, Window Caps, Doors, Plazzas, Porches, Bay and Dormer Windows, Observatories, Towers, etc...
by Bicknell, Amos Jackson
New York: A.J. Bicknell & Co, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pebble grained brown cloth, backstrip gilt designs bright and fresh. Front cover lettered in black. Near fine. Unpaginated. Folio, 35 x 27 cm. Seventy five lithographs plates (most with multiple images) plus lithographic frontispiece -- many plates are tinted, Included are forty-five perspectives, elevations and plans of... Read More
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Sarvistan A Study in Early Iranian Architecture
by Bier, Lionel
University Park: Pennsylvania State Univ. Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Published without a dust wrapper. Orig. brown cloth. Fine. 81 pages in text. 28 x 22 cm, Eighty-eight illustrations. Bibliography. Index. The research attempts to determinethe position of the Sarvistan monuments in the history of Persian architecture, and the author raises some doubts as to the Sasanian origin... Read More
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Architectural Drawing Framed: Art Deco Design
by French School: "Bijouterie
NP: NP, ND. Fine. 21 x 16 inches, gouache on paper of Art Deco jewelry shop designed by R. Tailliard.
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![Sestritsa Alenushka i Bratets Ivanushka, Belaya Utochka. [Sister Aloynushka and Brother Ivanushka; and The Little White Duck.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/964/359/1272359964.0.m.0.jpg)
Sestritsa Alenushka i Bratets Ivanushka, Belaya Utochka. [Sister Aloynushka and Brother Ivanushka; and The Little White Duck.]
by Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (Illustrator) & Aleksandr Nikolaevich Afanasiev (Illustrator) & Aleksandr Niolaevich Afanasiev
St. Petersburg: State Printing Company for Securities [Expeditsii Zagotovleny Gosudarstvennukh Bumag], 1903. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers rebacked. Near fine. 12 pages. 32.5: 25.5 cm. Original cover chromolithograph, 8 chromolithographed illustrations (including 3 full-page), decorative borders printed in brown, all after Bilibin. Commissioned by the Tsarist government in 1899, this series of skazki [fairy tales]... Read More
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