Basil Al-Bayati
by Al-Bayati, Basil
London: Academy Editions, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. vermillion cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 276 pages 31 x 26 cm. 400 illustrations, including over 50 in color. Al-Bayati , born in Baghdad, is one of the leading contemporary architects practicing in London. Bibliography. Index.
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Benjamin West A Biography
by Alberts, Robert C.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth. Fine in slightly chipped dust wrapper. West, Benjamin. 525 pages. Illustrated. Extensive Bibliography. Index.
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Tokyo Meisho Shashincho [Photograph Album of Famous Sites in Tokyo]
by Tokyo. Photo Album
Tokyo: Np, 1910. Hardcover. Orig. brown boards. Very good in fine recent cloth case with Japanese style bone ties. 12 x 9.5 cm. Accordion fold album, 64 subtly colored or tinted photographs, each with caption in English and Japanese, depicting notable sites in Tokyo -- Yoshiwara, Ueno Buddha, Hibiya Park, the University of Tokyo et al. An untitled... Read More
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America in Bloom Great American Gardens Open to the Public; Introduction by Phoebe Cutler
by Alcosser, Murray (Photographer)
New York: Rizzoli, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. mauve cloth decorated in blind. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 225 pages. 29 x 23.5 cm. Profusely illustrated with color plates printed on high gloss stock. List of Public Gardens represented. Public Garden Source List. Index.
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Ezra Pound & T.S. Eliot A Lecture
by Aldington, Richard
Hurst, Berskshire: Peacocks Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated patterned boards. Fine in fine clear plastic wrapper.. 20 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Limited edition, one of 350 copies on Barcham Green "Medway" paper. Lecture by the author at an American university approximately 15 years prior to this publication. Owner inscription free front endpaper.
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Richard Aldington 1892-1962 A Catalogue of The Frank G. Harrington Collection of Richard Aldington and Hilda "H.D." Doolittle Comprising Books & Manuscripts and Miscellanea
by Aldington, Richard
Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Libraries, 1973. First edition. Paperback. Orig. tan wrappers. Very good.. 28 pages. 23 x 15 cm. One of 450 copies. Ex-Library.
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Ponkapog Papers
by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Very good. Rogers, Bruce. 195 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Printed by the Riverside Press with typography by Bruce Rogers. Owner inscriptions and bookplate. ROGERS 87. WARDE 41.
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The Decorated Letter
by Alexander, J.J.G.
New York: Braziller, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. 40 pages. Forty-color plates, and eighteen black and white figures. Bibliography. With critical commentary on each color plate by the author. Owner notation.
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The Architecture of MAXIMILIAN GODEFROY
by Alexander, Robert L.
Baltimore: John Hopkins Univ. Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 246 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. More than 100 illustrations. Index. Most of Godefroy's life in America, 1805-1819 was spent in Baltimore. KARPEL B1097a. "... describes Godefroy's masterful reconciliation of the blunt demands of the industrial age with the tastes of... Read More
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The Engraved Work of F.L. Griggs, A.R.A., R.E. Etchings & Dry-Points 1912-1928
by Alexander, Russell George
Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth lettered in gilt. Fine. Griggs, F.L.. 93 pages. 30 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 315 of 325. Index of Titles. Bibliography. Bright, very fresh copy.
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Ragged Dick; Or, Street Life In New York With The Boot-Blacks
by Alger, Jr., Horatio
Boston: Loring, Publisher, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. Modern quarter brown cloth and marbled boards. Fine. 296 pages. 18 x 12 cm. This copy with ad leaf and Dick standing alone with his boot-blacking box: later issues have image of four street boys. Ad leaf here contains two titles in the "Ragged Dick Series," plus three in "Campaign Series."... Read More
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La Vita Nouva; Nel Sesto Centena Rio Della Morte Di Dante Alighieri
by Dante Alighieri
Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'arte Grafiche, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. purple cloth decorated in gilt. Teg. Fine, in worn but sturdy original clam shell box. Grassi, Vittorio. 93 pages [4]. Folio, 36 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 1193 of 1321, signed by the illuminator, Nestore Leoni and the illustrator, Vittorio Grassi to commemorate the sixth centenary of... Read More
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Essays On The Nature And Principles Of Taste
by Alison, Archibald
Boston: Hilliard & Metcalf, 1812. First American edition. Hardcover. Three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Very good. (xii) (18) 434 pages. 22 x 13 cm. The author's aesthetics played an important part in the development of romantic classicism in American architecture. His essays were popular and came to be considered a textbook for artists and the highly... Read More
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Sporting Scrap Book
by Alken, Henry
London: Thomas McLean, 1824. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. deep rose boards, front cover text within rectangular border, backstrip rebacked in modern red morocco with red morocco corners housed in red cloth chemise in matching half red morocco slipcase, the latter with raised bands, spines lettered and decorated in gilt. Fine. Alken, Henry. No text. 27 x 19 cm.... Read More
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Jorrocks's Jaunts And Jollities; Being The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating. Eccentric And Extravagant Exploits Of That Renowned Sporting Citizen, Mr. John Jorrocks, Etc.
by Alken, Henry (Illustrator)
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1843. Second edition. Hardcover. Three quarter dark green calf, marbled boards, matching marbled endpapers and edges. Very good. Alken, Henry. 358 pages. 21 x 14.2 cm. First edition with colored plates -- 15 hand-colored aquatint plates, including the engraved title vignette. Each plate marked, drawn and etched by H. Alken (except the title which does... Read More
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Memoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton ... with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, and extravagant exploits by Nimrod ... reprinted from the New Sporting Magazine
by Alken, Henry [Apperley, C.J.] by Nimrod
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind, front cover scroll device lettered in gilt. Very good in fine full red morocco pull-off case by Riviere & Son. 108 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. Twelve hand-colored etched plates, the design and etching by Henry Alken, the aquatint by E. Duncan. Apperley had been... Read More
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Illustrations To Popular Songs
by Alken, Henry
London: Thomas McLean, 1823. Second edition. Hardcover. Original half red roan, and matching red cloth, sine and front cover lettered in gilt. Alken, Henry. Unpaginated. 25 x 36 cm. Thirty two of 42 engraved color plates including the frontispiece all with hand coloring printed recto only with blanks between each plate. All color plates bright and sharp from... Read More
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La Vie Drole
by Allais, Alphonse
Paris: Editions Fournier, 1946. Paperback. Orig. printed tan wrappers over boards. Fine in nicked portofolio with stains to backstrip.. Hallo, Charles. 174 pages. 22 1/2 x 17. Original colored wood engravings by Charles Hallo. Limited edition, copy 561 of 900. Preface by Sacha Guitry. Fresh, bright copy.
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The Papers of Francis Gregory Dallas United States Navy Correspondence And Journal 1837-1854
by Allen, Gardner W.
New York: Navy Historical Society, 1917. Hardcover. Surfaces rubbed. Orig. light blue boards and vellum. Teg. Very good. Four illustrations. Index. A naval officer who served in the navy of the German Confederation before beingreinstated in the US Navy (he was dismissed from the US Navy for having engaged in a duel). Publications of the Naval History Society,... Read More
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Christmas Epithalamium
by Allen, Hervey
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. scarlet boards, front cover paper label. Very good. Rogers, Bruce. Seven leaves printed recto only. Limited edition, one of 325 copies. Each page with decorative red border. Designed by Bruce Rogers. WARDE 177. Nicks to backstrip extremities,wear to joints.
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Covered Bridges Of The Middle West
by Allen, Richard Sanders
Brattleboro: Stephen Greene, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. 152 pages. 26 1/2 x 19 1/2 cm. More than 100 illustrations, diagrams and maps. Covers bridges in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas and Minnesota. Selected Bibliography. Glossary. Index. ROOS 252.
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Covered Bridges Of The Middle
by Allen, Richard Sanders
Brattleboro: Stephen Greene, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper.. 120pages. 26 1/2 x 19 1/2 cm. More than 100 illustrations, diagrams and maps. More than 400 existing bridges located and described. Selected Bibliography. Glossary. Index. ROOS 252. "Basic history for Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, W. Virginia and Washington, DC. ... Read More
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Color Silkscreen Seriograph; Print
by Allsburg, Chris Van
69. Allsburg, Chris Van. 26 1/2 by 20 1/2 inches. Copy 269/300. Suitable for framing. Fine.
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Hints To Young Practitioners in the study of Landscape Painting; Illustrated by Fine Engravings. Intended to show the Different Stages of the Neutral Tint. To which are added, Instructions In The Art Of Painting On Velvet
by Alston, J.W.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1820. Third edition. Hardcover. Original gray boards, paper spine label front cover, and modern cloth back. Very good. 67 pages. 23 x 15 cm. First published Edinburgh, 1804. Engraved title page. ABBEY LIFE 91. One colored aquatint, one etching, and three uncolored aquatints. New endpapers, covers rubbed, minor foxing and soiling. ... Read More
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The Precious Legacy Judaic Treasures From The Czechoslovak State Collections
by Altshuler, David (Editor)
New York: Summit, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth. Very good in very good dust wrapper. 288 pages.
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