Old Naval Prints Their Artists and Engravers
by Robinson, Charles N.
London: The Studio, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth backstrip faded to brown. Teg. Very good. 36 pages in text. 30.5 x 25.5 cm. Twenty-four tipped-in color plates with lettered tissue guards with ninety-six illustrations in total. Limited edition, copy 452 of 1500. Following a distinguished career in the Royal Navy he was appointed Naval Correspondent of... Read More
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Gabriel Metsu (1629 - 1667) A Study of His Place in Dutch Genre Painting of the Golden Age
by Robinson, Franklin W.
New York: Abner Schram, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Fine in slightly nicked near fine dust wrapper. Gabriel Metsu. 240 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. 240 black and white illustrations, frontispiece in color. One of the major figures of the Golden Age of Dutch genre scenes and religious subjects.
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John Robishaw Prints; Textiles, Block Printing, Global Inspiration, and Interiors
by Robinson, John with Elizabeth Garnsey
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated cloth. Fine. 169 pages. 30.5 x 24 cm. Profusely illustrated with color plates. Interior design, Batik and other textiles from the Far East for decorating the home.
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Designs For Farm Buildings With A View To Prove That The Simplest Forms May Be Rendered Pleasing And Ornamental By A Proper Disposition Of The Rudest Materials
by Robinson, Peter Frederick
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1837. Third edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter roan and green cloth with front cover inset -- leather label printed in gilt. Very good. Folio, 30 x 25 cm, 22 printed leaves and fifty-six full-page lithograph plates. First published 1830. ARCHER 291.3 "Altogether there are 25 designs, in four different styles that he felt were particularly... Read More
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City Child poems by Selma Robinson
by Robinson, Selma * Kent, Rockwell
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. chocolate brown cloth with gilt front cover decoration. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 64 pages. 21.5 x 12.5 cm. Plethora of Kent vignettes heading Robinson poetry titles. Laid-in a sweepstakes entry to be signed for a chance to win a copy of the limited edition of Child... Read More
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The Monarchs Of Merry England (William I To Henry III)
by Robinson, W. Heath (Illustrator)
London & New York: Alf Cooke Ltd. & Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards and red cloth spine. Very good. Unpaginated. 29 x 23 cm. Full page color plates and black and white illustrations in the text. Bright, clean copy with interior contents sharp.
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The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais Doctor in Physick Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds & Sayings of The Lives, Heroick Deeds & Sayings Of Gargantua And His Sonne Pantegruel
by Robinson, W. Heath [Illustrator]
London: Grant Richards, 1904. Hardcover. Orig. white cloth with front and spine decorations and lettering in gilt. Teg. Very good. 2 vols. Robinson,W. Heath. Vol.I, xlii, 377pp. Vol. II, xliv, 350 pages. 28.5 x 22.2 cm, A total of ninety-eight full-page illustrations, ninety-four grotesque heads, and seventy small drawings,all in line. Two photogravure frontispieces. According to Geoffrey Beare,... Read More
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The Life of Hyder Ally with an Account of his Usurpation of the King of Mysore...to which is Annexed, a Genuine Narrative of the Sufferings of the British Prisoners of War, Taken by His Son Tippoo Saib
by Robson, Francis
London: Printed for S. Hooper, 1786. First edition. Hardcover. Modern black cloth backstrip lettered in gilt with marbled endpapers. Fine. VI, 228 (3) pages. 22 x 14 cm. Signed by author at end of Preface. Hyder Alie was the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India, or more famously known as "the Napoleon of South... Read More
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The Mason's, Bricklayers, Plasterer's And Decorator's Practical Guide
by Robson, Robert (Editor)
London: James Hagger, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter black calf and black cloth. Very good. (vi), viii, 266 pages. 11.2 x 9 inches. 146 wood engraved plates with 35 printed in colors. Essentially a practical guide to the trade of the period with suggestions for improving the work of masonry, foundations, domes, bridges, windows. Also provides designs... Read More
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Israel Land of Promise
by Roby, Richard E. & Cathy A Kass (Text)
Portland: Graphic Arts Center, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. 112 pages. 34 x 25 cm. Photography by David Fitzgerald. Ninety-five color plates.
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Book Plate
by Kent Rockwell
Wraps. Fine. Kent Rockwell. 8.5 x 7.5 cm. As new.
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Neue farbig Vorlagen fur die Textil-Industrie (Series I)
by Roder, Carl Gottlieb
Plauen: Verlag von Christian Stoll, 1907. First edition. Boards. Orig. brown boards, cloth spine renewed, cover printed in dark red, cloth ties. Very good. Folio, 48 x 33 cm. No text. Twenty-four plates printed recto only, color lithographs with a host of images per plate of textile designs made in the Atelier Haebler or by Fritz Herz --... Read More
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Venus To the Venus of Melos
by Rodin, Auguste
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1912. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. boards and cloth. Very good. 26 pages. Frontispiece illustration of Rodin by Gertrude Huebsch. Authorised translation from the French by Dorothy Dudley. Spine extremities and corners rubbed. Modest cover soiling.
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Letter-Books and Order-Book of George Lord Rodney
by Rodney, George Brydges
New York: New York Historical Society, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Orig.dark green cloth. Very good. 2 vols. Introduction by Dorothy C. Barck. Index. An important primary source for naval operations during the Revolutionary War. Vol. I:Letter-Books July 6, 1780- Feb. 4, 1781; Dec. 10, 1781; Dec. 10, 1781 - Sept. 21, 1782. Vol. II: Order-Book July, 1781; Nov.... Read More
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Victorian Corners The Style and Taste of An Era
by Roe, F. Gordon
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. vermillion cloth. Near fine in rubbed dust wrapper. 116 pages. Twenty plates, and approximately forty text illustrations by Frances Maynard and others. Index. A diary of Victorian taste.
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Windsor Chairs
by Roe, F. Gordon
London: Phoenix House, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth. Very good. 96 pages. Fifty-four plates plus textillustrations. Bibliography. Index. Primarily a book about English Windsors with a chapter on American made varieties. Ex-library, no exterior marking:bookplate and small rubber stamp at verso.
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Sammlung Von Ofen In Allen Stilarten Vom XVI. Bis Anfang Des XIX. Jahrhunderts
by Roeper, Adalbert
Leipzig: A. Schumann's, 1895. Second edition. Hardcover. Three quarter black morocco and marbled boards. Very good. 6 pages in text. Folio, 42 x 33 cm. Sixty plates, a survey of decorated German ovens in a variety of designs from the 16th through the beginning of the 19th century. Foreword by Hans Bosch. Plates are immaculate, lower extremities rubbed.... Read More
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The Claude Lorrain Album In the Norton Simon, Inc. Museum of Art
by Roethlisberger, Marcel
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Orig white cloth. Near fine. Lorrain, Claude. 33 pages in text. Illustrated in black and white and color. Bibliography. Presents works which span Lorrain's entire life, showing his depth and growth as an artist.
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Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
by Rogers, Bruce (Designer)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth and beige boards, paper spine label. Very good. 180 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. With an Introduction written for this edition by Edith Wharton. This edition designed by Bruce Rogers. Limited edition, one of 2000 copies. WHARTON 165. Sharp, bright copy, rubbing to backstrip extremities. Owner inscription free... Read More
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The Work of Bruce Rogers Jack Of All Trades: Master of One
by Rogers, Bruce
New York: Oxford University Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Very good. 127 pages. 24 x 15.5 cm. Signed by Bruce Rogers. A catalogue of an exhibition arranged by the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Grolier Club of New York with an introduction by D.B. Updike a letter from John T. McCutcheon and an... Read More
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Tuscan Songs; Collected Translated and Illustrated by Francesca Alexander
by Rogers, Bruce (Designer)
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1897. First edition. Orig. full vellum in fleur de Lys gilt designs. Aeg, Very good. 58 pages in text. Folio, 36.5 x 28 cm. Limited edition, copy 6 of 50 designed by Bruce Rogers, printed on Japan vellum: the first work produced by Rogers for the Riverside Press. One hundred and eight photogravures from the... Read More
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Jocelin of Brakelond from Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle
by Rogers, Bruce (Designer)
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1923. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in nicked very good slipcase. 157 pages. Uncut with rubricated title page. Limited edition, copy 315 of 510. WARDE 168. Lovely copy.
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LXXV Sonnets William Wordsworth
by Rogers, Bruce (Designer)
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1910. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth, tan cloth spine. Near fine in worn slipcase lacking back panel. Rogers, Bruce. 75 pages printed recto only. 22 x 16.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 121 of 450 copies printed by the Riverside Press. WARDE 101. Uncut, bright, very fresh copy. Backstrip darkened at center.
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The Relation of Art to Nature by John W. Beatty
by Rogers, Bruce (Designer)
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth with brown cloth spine. Front cover and backstrip lettering in gilt. Fine. 71 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Uncut, iIntroduction by Gari Melchers. References. A well-known painter and director of Fine Arts of the Carnegie Institute, Mr. Beatty presents a convincing and lucid treatise on the... Read More
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La Gravure Francaise Au XIXe Siecle
by Roger-Marx, Claude
Paris: Hyperion, 1939. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good.. 59 pages in text. 31 x 22 cm. Sixty-four black and white plates. Alphabetical List of Artists. Cover very slightly toned, nicks backstrip extremities.
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