Painted and Printed Fabrics The History of the Manufactory at Jouy and Other Ateliers in France 1760-1815
by Clouzot, Henri
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927. First edition. Ex-library. Maroon buckram. Very good. 108 pages in text. Notes on The History of Cotton Printing Especially in England and America by Francis Morris. Ninety-twoblack and white and color plates. Bibliography. List of Centers of Cotton Printing in France 1760-1815. Index. Limited edition, one of 2000.ARNTZEN/RAINWATER P670. "An important... Read More
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La Ferronnerie Moderne L'Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs
by Clouzot, Henri
Paris: Editions d'art Ch. Moreau, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorative boards spine rebacked, original cloth ties. Very good. Eight text pages. Folio, 44 x 31 cm. 36 full page tinted plates, many with multiple images per plate. Cover decorated by Rene Gabriel. Survey of French Art Deco interior design -- ironworks, lamps, stair railings, tables, hand railing,store... Read More
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Fifty-Five Books Printed Before 1525 Representing The Works of England's First Printers
by New York. The Grolier Club
New York: Grolier Club, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth. Fine in chipped glassine overwrapper. 62 pp. An Exhibition from the Collection of Paul Mellon January 17-March 3, 1968. Six plates. Bibliography. Limited edition, one of 1650 copies.
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Catalogue Of Decorated Early English Bookbindings
by New York. Grolier Club
New York: Grolier Club, 1899. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. stitched stiff wraps. Near fine. 32 pages. 18 x 11 cm. 162 entries from 1533 - 1796. Clean copy, front cover printed in black and red.
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The United States Navy 1776 to 1815; Depicted in an Exhibition of Prints of American Naval Engagements and American Naval Commanders held at the Grolier Club November 19, 1942 to January 17, 1943
by N.Y. Grolier Club
New York: Grolier Club, 1942. First edition. Boards. Orig. blue/gray boards lettered in gilt with front cover pictorial inset. Near fine. 158 pages. 4to, 28 x 20 cm. Fifteen plates and 295 entries. Limited edition, one of 700 copies. Index.
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Great Gardens Of The Western World; Introduction by Harold Nicolson
by Coats, Peter
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Fine in faded and nicked dust wrapper. 299 pages. 32 x 25.5 cm. Forty color pates, 350 in monochrome, plus documentary drawings and engravings to show how they appeared in previous centuries. Formal gardens in Europe and America are presented.
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Derriere Le Miroir. No. 114, 1959
by Tal Coat
Paris: Maeght, 1959. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Coat, Tal. 16 pages. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. French text by Henri Madliney. Five double-paged color lithographs -- covers and four interior by Tal Coat. Fresh, clean copy.
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The American Gardener; Or, A Treatise; On the Situation, Soil, Fencing and Laying-Out of Gardens; on the Making and Managing of Hot-Beds and Green-Houses; and on the Propagation and Cultivation of the several sorts of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits and Flowers
by Cobbett, William
London: C. Clement, 1821. Stereotype edition. leather_bound. Modern full brown crushed morocco. Fine. Unpaginated. 19 x 12 cm. Four copperplate engravings. The author, also known under the pen name of Peter Porcupine, (as a controversial political pamphleteer) lived in the United States at the end of the 18th century before returning to England. Index. SABIN 13871. Light text... Read More
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Young Folks' Drawing Books
by Boston. Billings Clapp & Co
Boston: Billings Clapp & Co, 1884. Wraps. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Near fine. 18 unnumbered pages. 16 x 12 cm. Large folded advert for Nicol's Sarsaparilla with Iodode Of Lime at rear. A contemporary, perhaps scurrilous attempt to sell medicine to families via a purported children's book. Interior with blank checkerboard spaces opposite a drawing within the squares that... Read More
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The Progress Of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert Through The Cape Colony. British Kaffaria, The Orange Free State, And Port Royal, In The Year 1860
by Cape Town. Saul Solomon & Co
Cape Town: Saul Solomon & Co, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. charcoal cloth front cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Near fine. XII.180 pages. 28 x 22.5 cm. The first edition of the very first book to be illustrated with original photographs on the African continent, and very important as such. It includes photos by the... Read More
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Catalogue Of The Medals Of Scotland From The Earliest Period To The Present Time
by Cochran-Patrick. R.W.
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter green morocco with matching green buckram, spine evenly faded to brown. Teg. Near fine. 286 (2) pages. 29 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 71 of 350. 36 fine auto gravure plates each with a facing leaf of descriptive text. King George V and Queen Mary The historical record of... Read More
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Swiss Scenery From Drawings By Major Cockburn
by Cockburn, Major-General James Patterson
London: Rodwell & Martin, 1820. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary half red morocco and marbled boards. Aeg. Near Fine. Unpaginated. 27 1/2 x 18 1/2 cm. Sixty steel plates engraved by Heath, Owen, Lacey, et al (with tissue guards), including vignette title and frontispiece. Plate Index. Bound without letterpress title. Each plate described in English (recto) and French (verso).... Read More
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The Clever Young Boston Architect
by Codman, Florence
Augusta, Maine: Florence Codman, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white boards. Fine in fine clear acetate dust wrapper. 39 (4) pages. 31 x 23 cm. Privately printed and Illustrated with photographs and one plan. A personal appreciation with laid-in card noting "With Compliments Of The Author.
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The Birth of Photography the story of the formative years 1800-1900
by Coe, Brian
London: Ash & Grant, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. 144 pages. 28 x 21 cm. Copiously illustrated with photographs. Bibliography. Index.
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Small French Buildings The Architecture of Town and Country Comprising Cottages, Farmhouses, Minor Chateaux or Manors With Their Farm Groups, Small Town Dwellings, and A Few Churches
by Coffin, Jr., Lewis A. et al.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pictorial navy cloth. Very good. [VII] 3 pages in text. 29 x 23 cm. 183 plates with an introductory comment preceding the plates. A pictorial survey: photographs and drawings, some of the latter with details to scale. Co-authors are Henry M. Polhemus and Addison F. Worthington. Small nicks... Read More
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Georges Braque
by Cogniat, Raymond (Text)
New York: Abrams, 1980. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. light blue cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Braque, Georges. 168 pages. 121 illustrations; forty-eight tipped-in color plates. Bibliography. Index. Critical commentary on each plate. FREITAG 1027.
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Markus Lupertz Semiramis
by Cohen, David
New York: Knoedler, 2002. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed stiff wrappers. Fine. Lupertz, Markus. 45 pages. 10 x 8 ". Illustrated with color plates.
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Successful Houses
by Coleman, Oliver
Chicago: Herbert Stone, 1902. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated tan cloth. Very good. 165 pages. 22 x 17.5 cm . Profusely illustrated with photographs. Taste at the turn of the century for the upward bound -- decorous, decent but never declasse. Published by one ofthe more distinguished Chicago houses. Bumps to corners.
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Gigi; Illustre de 15 pointes seches (dry points) de Mariette Lydis
by Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle
Paris: Georges Guillot, Editeur, 1948. Hardcover. Gray board portfolio, spine lettered in red housed in matching very good nicked slipcase. 96 pages. Folio. 32 x 25 cm. One of 45 copies on Arches paper, with an extra suite of plates, hors commerce for the artist and collaborators -- and numbered XI of a total edition of 325 copies. The... Read More
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A Chronology Of Printing
by Colin, Clair
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. Unpaginated. 25 x 19 cm. A compendium of printing history. Index of more than 14,000 references provided. Owner inscription.
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Catalogue of The Avery Architectural Library A Memorial Library of Architecture, Archaeology, and Decorative Art
by N.Y. Library of Columbia College
New York: Library of Columbia College, 1895. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Teg. Very good. 1189 pages. 28 x 22 cm. Printed by DeVinne in a Limited edition, one of 1000 copies. Introduction by George W. Baker, William R. Ware and Russell Sturgis. An important compendium and still useful bibliography. Bookplate. Corners... Read More
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Stanley Spencer A Biography
by Collis, Maurice
London: Harvill Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Orig.two-toned cloth. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper. Spencer, Stanley. 255 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Index. A standard work on Spencer. FREITAG 9093.
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The Rubaiyat Of A Scotch Terrier
by Collins, Sewell
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. yellow pictorial cloth. Very good in frayed dust wrapper. Unpaginated. 19 x 13.5 cm. Copiously illustrated in black and white with drawings by the author. Doggerel limericks take the familiar stanzas of Omar to the universe of a Scottie. Owner inscription, small cover blemishes, dust wrapper wear... Read More
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Secret Memoirs Of The Court Of St. Petersburgh Particularly Towards The End Of The Reign Of Catherine II. And The Commencement of That Of Paul I; Translated from the French
by London. H.S. Nichols & Co
London: H.S. Nichols & Co, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth front cover gilt decorated, spine lettered in gilt and slightly darkened. Very good. 390 pages. 22.5 x 15 cm. Limited edition, one of 500 copies. Title page printed in red and black, frontispiece of Catherine II. Appendix. Mostly unopened. Presents customs and manners of the Russian... Read More
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Minor English Domestic Architecture Being a Collection of Plates From Photographs Made By Wm. M. Clarke of The Cottages And Lesser Domestic Work Of The English Country-Side; Volume III only
by Los Angeles Pressed Brick Co
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Pressed Brick Co, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Portfolio, half morocco and beige cloth ties are lacking. Very good. Ten text pages. Folio, 48 x 36 cm., image sizes approximately 21 x 16 cm. With location and descriptive text for each. Photos are tipped-in on thick cream colored rag paper. Title page printed in red and... Read More
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