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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Graphic Art the 19th Century
by Roger-Marx, Claude
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth. Near fine. 254 pages. 168 plates; sixteen in color. Index of Names. The author outlines the chronological development of various print techniques, and the artists whodeveloped printmaking as a spontaneous art form. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER N49. "A popular survey of the development of graphic art in the 19th century,... Read More
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Finding Literature On The Texas Plains; With a Representative Bibiography of Books on the Southwest by J. Frank Dobie
by Rogers, John Williams & J. Frank Dobie
Dallas: The Southwest Press, 1931. Revised. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth spine and thick beige boards lettered in gilt. Very good.. 55 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Clean, fresh copy, slight rubbing backstrip extremities, one lower corner nicked.
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The Song of Roland
by Rogers, Bruce (Designer)
Boston: Printed by the Riverside Press for Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1906. Hardcover. Quarter vellum, fleur-de-lis decorated boards, vellum tips. Fine. XXXIV pages. Folio, 45 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 205 of 220. This 11th century epic poem (chanson de geste) based on Roland and the battle of Roncevaux Pass is the oldest surviving major work of... Read More
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Oxford College Gardens
by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Very good. 193 paes. 25 x 19 cm. Twenty-four illustrations in color and one black and white by Estella Canziani; and with additional illustrations. Index. Backstrip extremities nicked.
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Les Copains
by Romains, Jules [Louis Henri Jean Farigoule]
Paris: Jeanne Walter, 1929. Hardcover. Three quarter burgundy morocco and marbled boards, matching endpapers, with original wrappers bound-in. Teg. Fine. Veillepreux, Rolad de. 221 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Eighty-six charming colored woodcuts by Veillepreux, and ten hors texte illustrations. Limited edition, copy 141 of 400. An early work of fiction first published 1913. An English edition "The... Read More
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Bernardino Lanino E Il Cinquecento A Vercelli
by Romano, Giovanni, Cura
Torino: Cassa Di Risparmio Di Torino, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. salmon cloth lettered in black. Near fine in fine dust wrapper. 303 pages. 30.4 x 23.5 cm. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white, printed on quality glossy stock. Commentaries are chapters by eight scholars. Bibliography. Text in Italian. Small dampstain lower front cover at backstrip.... Read More
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Bibliography of Early American Architecture Writings on Architecture Constructed Before 1860 in Eastern and Central United States
by Roos, Frank J., Jr.
Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Library, 1968. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 389 pp. Revised edition. Architects. Bibliographies. Index. Astandard and still useful bibliography of early American Architecture. A comprehensive geographical bibliography of books and articles on architecture inantebellum American, from the East Coast to the western edge of the Mississippi Valley. Contains 4337... Read More
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Philip Hooker A Contribution To The Study of The Renaissance in America
by Root, Edward W.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth, tan spine and dark green covers. Fine. Hooker, Philip. 242 pages. 30.5 x 24 cm. 100 illustrations. List of Drawings by Hooker and of Engravings Made From His Drawings. Bibliography. Limited edition, copy 653 of 750. KARPEL B1107. "Philip Hooker (1766-1836) was an important Greek Revival... Read More
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Early American Children's Books; With Bibliographical Descriptions of the Books in his Private Collection
by Rosenbach, A.S.W.
Portland: Southworth Press, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue morocco front cover decorated in blind. Spine evenly sunned to brown. Aeg. Near fine in fine felt lined slipcase with front cover pictorial paper plate. 354 pages. 27 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 61 of 88 Roman numeral copies printed on Zerkall Halle paper, signed by Rosenbach on... Read More
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The Davanzati Palace Florence Italy A Restored Palace of The Fourteenth Century; Measured And Drawn Together With Short Descriptive Text
by Rosenberg, Louis Conrad
New York: Architectural Book, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated brick cloth chipped at backstrip extremities. Very good. [v] 72 pages. Folio, 35 x 27 cm. Seventy plates -- photographs, drawings, diagrams and plans -- drawings to scale; the book executed in an oversized format. An effort to examine the domestic architecture of the early Renaissance. The restoration... Read More
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Cottages Farmhouses And Other Minor Buildings in England of the 16th 17th and 18th Centuries
by Rosenberg, Louis Conrad
New York: Architectural Book, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth lettered in gilt. Very good. 102 pages. Folio, 34 x 27 cm. 10 pages in text and 102 plates in black and white. Index to plates with a description for each. From the Costwolds through Surrey, Sussex and Kent the builders were local craftsmen who used the... Read More
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The Counties Of Chester, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, And Rutland; Illustrated From Original Drawings By Thomas Allom
by T. Noble & T. Rose
London, Paris and New York: Fisher, Son, & Co, 1836. First edition. Contemporary three quarter morocco, marbled boards, backstrip decorated and lettered in gilt. Aeg. Very good. Allom, Thomas. 76 pages. 27.5 x 21.5 cm. 73 plates, line engravings on steel, including vignette title, most with tissue guards. RUSSELL, RONALD (Guide to British Topographical Prints), p.122. "Allom was... Read More
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Modern and Classic Woodburning Stoves and the grass roots energy revival
by Ross, Bob & Carol Ross
Woodstock: Overlook, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Very good in chipped dust wrapper. 143 pages. 40 line drawings, diagrams and illustration. Index.
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Goblin Market
by Rossetti, Christina
London: MacMillan, 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Art Nouveau gilt decorated green cloth. AEG, Fine. Housman, Laurence. 63 pages. 18.5 x 11 cm. The first trade illustrated edition of Rossetti's poems, illustrated by Laurence Houseman, who also designed the book covers. Twelve full page wood engravings with smaller, scattered illustrations throughout the text. A narrative poem It tells the... Read More
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Hand & Soul
by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Upper Mall, Hammersmith: Kelmscott, 1895. leather_bound. Stiff vellum, beveled edges. Fine. Morris, William. 56 pages. 14.5 x 11 cm. Printed in Golden type in black and red. Wood-cut title page. This was the only book Morris printed for the American public, and the only Kelmscott book to bear the name of an American publisher. The English and American... Read More
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The House Of Life
by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Boston: Copeland and Day, 1894. Hardcover. Orig. parchment paper spine and plain cream boards. Very good in dust wrapper with lettered spine. Very good. 119 pages. 21.5 x 16 cm. Limited edition, one of 500 on French handmade paper (of 550 total), contains three borders, 114 initial letters designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. First complete edition. Nicks to... Read More
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Through the Lich-Gate Biography of the Little Church Around The Corner
by Ross, Ishbel
New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. full vellum. Teg. Fine. 164 pages. 33 x 25 cm. Grand Edition de luxe, copy 21 of 175, printed on Rives Paper. Sixteen illustrations in Dry Points by Ralph L. Boyer. Inscribed by The Rector, The Vestry, George Arliss, Otis Skinner and Grant Mitchell, and printed on Rives... Read More
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Beaton In Vogue
by Ross, Josephine
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth backstrip lettered in tan. Fine in fine dust wrapper in clear protective plastic wrapper. 240 pages. 29 x 25 cm. A collection of his photographs, paintings and portraits produced here in color.
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96 Piccadillies
by Roth, Dieter
Stuttgart and London: Eaton House Publishers Ltd, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. light gray boards. Fine in fine dust wrapper housed in fine matching gray slipcase. Roth, Dieter. Unpaginated. 23.5 x 17.5 cm. Limited edition one of 200 of Deluxe copies with an original speedy drawing by Dieter Roth, "Selfportrait as Piccadilly-Eros," and signed by him. Total edition... Read More
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Stanley Spencer
by Rothenstein, Elizabeth
Oxford: Phaidon, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Very good in worn dust wrapper lacking portion at head. Spencer, Stanley. 25 pages in text. Illustrated with eighty-two plates in black and white and color. Index of Collections. FREITAG 9096.
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Carnets De Gilbert By Marcel Arland
by Rouault, Georges (Illustrator)
Paris: NRF [Nouvelle Revue Francaise], 1931. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. cream stiff wrapper lettered in black. Very good in original glassine wrapper, wear at backstrip extremities. Rouault, Georges. 61 pages. 28.5 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 99 of 180 (from a total edition of 216) on velin d'Arches. Frontispiece, a black and white lithograph is signed... Read More
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Female Form Paintings, drawings and sculpture from the 19th and 20th centuries
by Dickinson Roundell
NY: Dickinson Roundell, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. Approx. 100 pages. 12 x 9". 51 color plates.
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19th and 20th century works of paper
by Dickinson Roundell
NY: Dickinson Roundell, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed stiff wrappers. Fine. Approx. 140 pages. 12 x 9". 51 color plates with descriptive text.
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Monuments Historiques De France Ensembles D'Architecture Details Decoratifs - Documents
by Roussel, Jules
Paris: Armand Guerinet, Nd. Hardcover. Orig. board and cloth portfolio lacking ties and worn. Good. Folio, 30 x 40 cm, forty-eight photographic plates, Third Series: Periode Romane, Period Ogivale, Renaissance, XVII et XVIII Siecles. No text. Ex-library, library stamp lower corner of plates, title page and plates leaves edge chipped.
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