The Golliwogg's Air-Ship; Verses By Bertha Upton
by Upton, Florence K.
New York, London & Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards, beige cloth spine. Very good. Upton, Florence. 64 pages. 22 x 28 cm. Clean, fresh copy with full color plates and small line drawings printed in brown on the text pages. Sarah Jane, Meg, Peg & Midget, are 4 wooden dolls who... Read More
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The Standard Contatas; Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composer
by Upton, George P.
Chicago: UP 17, 1907. Full black calf. Very good. Teg.. 367 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Appendix. Index. Upton was the music critic for the Chicago Tribune. Interior contents clean, backstrip eroded, but binding tight, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles.
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Illuminating Fixtures of Etruscan Bronze
by Utica, NY. The William Gray Company
Utica: William E. Gray Company, Nd. Stiff Wraps. Orig. stiff tan boards with embossed lantern front cover. Fine. 71 pages. 25 x 17.5 cm. "Etruscan Bronze -- so named because first used in a crude form by the inhabitants of ancient Etruria, has long been known to metallurgists, but only in recent years has it been successfully used... Read More
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Frontier Regulars The United States Army And The Indian 1866-1891
by Utley, Robert M.
New York: Macmillan, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in good, slightly nicked dust wrapper. 462 pages. 24 x 17 cm. Illustrated. From the first skirmishes over the Bozeman in 1866 Trail to the defeat of the Sioux in 1890. Small owner stamp.
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The Costume Of The University of Oxford, Illustrated By A Series Of Engravings From Original Drawings; To Which Is prefixed A Brief Account Of The Members And Officers Of That University
by Uwins, Thomas
London: R. Ackermann, 1815. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. thick buff boards. rebacked in gray cloth. spine paper label. Very good. 14 pages in text. Folio, 37.5 x 30 cm. Half title, 17 hand-colored stipple and engraved plates on "JWhatman Turkey Mill/1821" watermarked wove paper (free endpaper watermarked "Whatman Turkey Mill/1821). Armorial bookplate of George Benson Tatum, of Christ... Read More
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La Locomotion a Travers l'Histoire et les Moeurs
by Uzanne, Octave
Paris: Paul Ollendorff, 1900. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary half brown morocco and marbled boards. Teg. Very good. Courboin, Eugene. 281 pages. 4to, 28 x 19 1/2 cm. Twenty illustrations hors texte, pochoir plates (aquarelles) by Eugene Courboin, large fold-outs; plus eighteen full-page reproductions of prints and a host of text illustrations. Limited edition, copy 89 of 1500. History... Read More
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L'Art Dans La Decoration Exterieure Des Livres en France et a L'Etranger; Les Couvertures illustrees les Cartonnages d'Editeurs la Reliure d'Art
by Uzanne, Octave L.
Paris: Societe Francaise d'Editions d'Art, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter navy morocco and patterned boards. Teg. Very good. 272 pages. 28 x 21 cm. Limited edition, copy 690 of 1000, original wrappers designed by Louis Rhead bound-in. Plethora of color tinted and black white text illustrations. French text treats book decoration and the book arts at the... Read More
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L'Ombrelle La Gant - Le Manchon
by Uzanne, Octave L.
Paris: A. Quantin, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary three quarter blue morocco and marbled boards. Teg. Very good. Avril, Paul. 138 pages. 27 x 18 cm. Illustrated by Paul Avril: Each page with a process border printed in black, or photogravure border or vignette or various shades of blue, red, green, or brown. This work and "L'Eventail," were... Read More
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La Femme A Paris Nos Contemporaines; Notes Successives Sur Le Parisiennes de ce Temps dans leurs divers Milieux, Etats et Conditions
by Uzanne, Octave L.
Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter burgundy morocco and marbled boards with matching endpapers. Teg. Near fine. 328 pages. 28.5 x 20.5 cm. Illustrations by Pierre Vidal, 20 eaux-fortes hors texte with tissue guards. Also, a plethora of tipped-in process head and tail pieces, vignettes, and hand-colored plates. Original illustrated wrappers in Art Nouveau... Read More
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Quito Eterno; La ciudad ayer y hoy
by Valencia, Hector Merino
Quito: Ediciones Paralelo Cero, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in very good dust wrapper. 377 pages, 27 x 22 cm. Profusely illustrated; black and white and color photographs. Texts by Andres Penaherrera Mateus, Juan Fernando Peres Arteta and Milton Barragan Dumet. Text in English, Spanish, French and German. Bright, fresh copy. ... Read More
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Paris 1937
by Valery, Paul et al.
Paris: J.-G. Daragnes Pour La Ville De Paris, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pictorial white wrappers, contents laid-in unbound as issued. Very good in worn cloth chemise and slipcase.. 294 pages in text, plus Index of all contributors, literary and artistic. Limited edition, copy 485 of 500, prepared in tribute to the forthcoming Paris World's Fair of 1937.... Read More
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Reflexions Simples Sur Le Corps
by Valery, Paul & Hans Erni
Paris: (E.A.D.), 1967. Stiff Wraps. Loose as issued in plain, cream stiff wrappers with original glassine. Near fine. 133 pages, Folio, 41 x 30.5 cm. 25 original lithographs by Erni, most in color, five double-page in color, printed by Mourlot. This copy marked "Exemplaire d'artiste," with justification -- Editions Originale Collective reservee aux Bibliphiles Suisses: 25 on Japon... Read More
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L'Ame Et La Danse
by Valery, Paul
Paris: Le Livre Contemporain, 1925. leather_bound. Full decorated black morocco. Fine in matching fine slipcase. 80 pages. 34 x 26 cm. 22 lithographic illustrations by Raphael Drouart. Limited edition, copy 56 of 120, signed by Paul Valery and Raphael Drouart. This copy dedicated to M.R. Delaine. Rouart was proficient in all the printmaking techniques; etching, engraving, mezzotint, relief... Read More
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Carnet Inedit De Fernand Leger
by Vallier, Dora
Paris: Cahiers d'Art, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. royal blue cloth lettered in white. Very good in very good slightly rubbed dust wrapper. Fernand Leger. 16 pages in text. 31 x 24.5 cm. Seventeen tipped-in color lithographs by Leger, and 20 tipped-in collotype plates (drawings). Text in French. Bright, clean copy.
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La Revolte Des Anges by Anatole France
by Van Dongen, Kees (Illustrator)
Paris: Scripta Et Picta, 1951. leather_bound. Full green morocco, covers and spine inlaid with light green, tan and gray morocco, ruled in colors and gilt, all edges gilt, green suede doublures, uniform morocco edged chemise. Fine in slightly nicked slipcase. 221 pages. Folio, 47 x 29 cm. Fifty-eight colored lithographs by Kees Van Dongen. Text printed in red... Read More
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Cain Killing Abel
by Van Leyden, Lucas
Np: Np, 1524. Fine. Van Leyden, Lucas. 12 x 7.5 cm. One copper engraved plate. BARTSCH B13. Lucas van Leyden was among the first Dutch exponents of genre painting and is generally regarded as a very accomplished engraver. Born in 1494, the engravings herein are early efforts by a highly skilled engraver who learned his art at a... Read More
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The Decorated Letter From The VIIIth To The XIIth Century
by Van Moe, Emile A.
Paris: Les Editions du Chene, 1950. First edition. Boards. Orig. thick, tan boards. Small nick at backstrip head, else very good in chipped dust wrapper. 120 pages. Eight plates of which twenty-three are tipped-in, full-color reproductions, and the quality of the color plates are estimable. Numerical List of Manuscripts Used (Bibliotheque Nationale). The book jacket is a color... Read More
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The First Hundred Years of Painting in California 1775-1875 With Biographicaland References Relating to The Artists
by Van Nostrand, Jeanne
San Francisco: John Howell-Books, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 135 pages. Forty-two plates, most in color.Foreword by Alfred Frankenstein. List of Artists. Bibliographical Information and References Relating to the Artists. Index. Well presented in an oversize format. Color reproductions of good quality. Limited edition, one of 3500.
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Selected Monuments of French Gothic Architecture One Hundred Plates from the Archives de la Commission Des Monuments Historiques. Vol. III
by Van Pelt, John V.
New York: Pencil Points Press, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter brown cloth and light brown boards front cover lettered in brown. Near fine. 213 pages. 30 x 23 cm. 105 plates with descriptive text. The Library of Architecture Documents Volume III. The Index names Cathedrals, Monuments and a Table of Plates. All plates printed recto only on... Read More
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Seasons Seven Poems by Kenneth A. Lohf; with a color relief print by Claire Van Vliet
by Van Vliet, Claire (Illustrator)
Newark, Vermont: Janus Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Brick cloth spine and decorated boards. Fine. Unpaginated. 18.5 x 14 cm. Limited edition, copy 57 of 150, signed by Lohf and Van Vliet. Printed in red and black, the text is Trump Medieval Italic set and printed by Nancy Reid on old Fabriano paper; the Japanese paper on the... Read More
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Of Gravity And Grace by Sabina Thorne
by Van Vliet, Claire (Illustrator)
Newark, Vermont: Janus Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Mauve cloth spine and light brown boards. Fine. Unpaginated. 23 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 56 of 225, signed by Thorne and Van Vliet. Printed in red and black, the text set in fourteen point Monotype on Barcham Green Dover paper and bound into Diana covers. Van Vliet received... Read More
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French Costumes
by Varagnac, Andre
London*Paris*New York: Hyperion Press, 1939. First edition. Boards. Orig.plain boards with full-color illustration on overwrapper. Near fine. 17 pages in text. Forty full color plates printed recto only on thick paper. Bibliography. Designed by E. Lepage-Medvey. The colored lithograph plates are brilliant, the binding, contents and cover, clean and crisp.
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La Casa de Cita Mexican Photographs From The Belle Epoque
by Vargas, Ava (Compiler)
London: Quartet, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 4to, approx. 120 pages in text. Eighty-two black and white photographs. Afterword by Colin Osman. Stereo glass plates of a photographer known only as JBG, made ostensibly for a high-class Mexican bordello between 1900 and 1905, and discovered in 1975 in a flea market... Read More
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Vasarely
by Vasarely, Victor
Neuchatel: Editions du Griffon, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. charcoal gray cloth. Near fine in fine dust wrapper. Vasarely, Victor. 194 pages. 29 1/2 x 23 cm. 197 plates in color and black and white with an host of stunning overlay designs, exquisitely printed on glossy stock. Introduction by Marcel Joray. Text and Dummy by Vasarely. Translated into... Read More
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The Dom Cathedral Architectural Ensemble in Riga
by Vasilyev, Yuri (Editor)
Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. terra-cotta cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. 46 pages in text, 123 plates, many in full-color with the technical quality of the latter quite good. Essays by Yuri Vasilyev, Tatjana Pavele, Lidija Rendele and Karina Vitola. Notes on the plates. Bibliography. The Dom was estimated to have been... Read More
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