Verrocchio's Christ And St. Thomas A Masterpiece of Sculpture From Renaissance Florence
by Dolcini, Loretta
New York: Abrams, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Verrocchio, Andrea del. 125 pages. Square 4to, profusely illustrated in color and black and white. The painter-sculptor-goldsmith Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence.
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The Art of Saliba Douaihy A Retrospective Exhibition
by Domit, Moussa M.
Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1978. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. 104 pages. 22.5 x 20.5 cm. Signed in ink on half title by Saliba Douaihy. Saliba Douaihy is considered to be one of the leading twentieth century painters of Lebanon. Douaihy developed a talent and passion from an early age. Douaihy... Read More
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AMC Collectie. Vijftien stromingen in de Nederlandse schilderkunst na 1945 uit de collectie van het Academisch Medisch Centrum
by Dooren, Elmyra M.H. van und W.H. Brummelkamp
Amsterdam, 1989. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine illustrated dust wrapper.. 392 pages. 28.5 x 24.5 cm. Text in Dutch. Host of color and black and white plates presenting Dutch modern art artists. Index.
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Their Majesties Servants" Annals Of The English Stage From Thomas Betterton To Edmund Kean; Edited And Revised by Robert W. Lowe
by Doran, John
London: John Nimmo, 1888. board_book. Scarlet three quarter crushed morocco and marbled boards, matching endpapers. Teg. Near fine. 3 vols.. 436, 414, 428 pages. 25 1/2 x 17 1/2 cm. Fifty copper engraved portraits, each in two states (one on Japanese and the other on plate paper, as India proofs), separated by tissue guards and eighty mounted wood-engraved... Read More
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Enid by Alfred Tennyson
by Dore, Gustave (Illustrator)
London: E. Moxon, Son, & Co, 1868. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. publisher green morocco, rectangular gilt front cover frame houses center gilt escutcheon, beveled edges. Aeg. Very good. Folio, 35.5 x 26.5 cm. Enid, Elaine, Vivien and Guinevere were part of a series published by Moxon, illustrated by Dore. Enid is the Fourth Part of Idylls of the... Read More
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Elaine by Alfred Tennyson
by Dore, Gustave (Illustrator)
London: E. Moxon, Son, & Co, 1867. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. publisher blue morocco, rectangular gilt front cover frame houses center gilt escutcheon, beveled edges. Aeg. Very good. Folio, 35.5 x 26.5 cm. Enid, Elaine, Vivien and Guinevere were part of a series published by Moxon, illustrated by Dore. Enid is the Fourth Part of Idylls of the... Read More
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Surprise Party; Illustrated by Cindy Yacower
by Dorset, Gerald
Oneonta: Swamp Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. patterned boards with front cover paper label. Fine. 7 leaves. 28.5 x 11 cm. Type set in Goudy Oldstyle, one of 75 copies. Printed on Basingwerk mouldmade paper. Full page illustrations in a variety of colors.
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Early English Churches in America 1607-1807
by Dorsey, Stephen
New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Signed presentation copy. Orig. royal blue cloth. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper. 206 pp. With 118 photographs of interiors and exteriors. Notes. Bibliography. Index. A list of churches in each region that were built before 1808 and are still standing provides a guide in each locality to some... Read More
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Cuba, Cubans and Cuban-Americans, 1902-1991: A Bibliography
by Dossick, Jesse J.
Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami North-South Center, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine.. 116 pp. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", this is a classified bibliography of 900 dissertations accepted by North American, British, and Canadian universities concerning Cuban life and culture. Index to Names in Titles of Dissertations. Index of Authors.
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A Raw Youth
by Dostoevsky, Feodor
Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Gray-green cloth, spine labels printed in gilt. Fine in fine green slipcase. 2 vols. Eichenberg, Fritz. 576 pages. 28.5 x 20.5 cm. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Translated from The Russian by Constance Garnett with an Introduction by Konstantin Mochulsky. Limited edition, copy 1301 of 2000, signed by Fritz Eichenberg. Designed... Read More
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South Wind
by Douglas, Norman
Chicago: Argus Books, 1929. First illustrated edition. Hardcover. Three quarter red morocco and red cloth. Teg. Near fine. 2 vols. Austen, John. 288, 300 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Limited edition, one of 40 copies (this copy out of series) signed by Austen and Douglas with an original ink drawing, "A Clubland Habitué," signed by John Austen. Illustrated... Read More
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A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to America; Etc.
by Downing, A.J.
New York: C.M. Saxton And Company, 1857. Fifth Edition enlarged. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind. Very good . 532 pages (2). 24 x 15.5 cm. Enlarged and newly illustrated,eighteen sixteen plates including frontispiece with copious illustrations in the text. Originally published 1841. HITCHCOCK 364. KARPEL B528. "This is the first book devoted entirely to landscape gardening and... Read More
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The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America; or The Culture, Propagation, and Management,in The Garden and Orchard, etc.
by Downing, A.J.
New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1846. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's, forest green cloth. Very good. 594 pages. 20 x 12.4 cm. More than 210 text illustrations. Extensive Index to the Different Fruits. General Index. Abbreviations and Books Quoted.Downing notes, "there are more peaches exposed in the markets of New York, annually, than are raised in all of France;" a... Read More
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The Architectural Heritage Of Newport Rhode Island 1640-1915
by Downing, Antoinette F. & Vincent J. Scully, Jr.
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue-green cloth. Near fine in illustrated dust wrapper nicked at spine with some loss at head. 241 pages in text. 30.5 x 23 cm. 250 plates, most of which contain two or more illustrations per plate; many withdrawings and plans to scale. With key map, a paste-down at back... Read More
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Random Notes of Boston
by Dowst, Henry P.
Boston: H.B. Humphrey, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Teg. Near fine. 91 pages. 25 x 17 cm. Forty-three illustrations, tissue guards for each with descriptive text. A presentation of the American Bankers Association to members atthe 39th annual convention. Well printed and illustrated.
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The Foreign Tour of Messrs Brown Jones and Robinson Being The History of What They Saw, And Did In Belgium, Germany, etc.
by Doyle, Richard (Dickie)
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Late 19th century three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards with matching endpapers. Aeg. Very good. 80 pages. 29.5 x 24 cm. 80 wood-engraved illustrations printed recto only. Gordon Ray [THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790 TO 1914] calls this "Doyle's most personal book with respect to... Read More
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In Fairy Land A series of Pictures from the Elf World by William Allingham
by Doyle, Richard (Illustrator)
London: Longman Green & Company, 1875. Second edition. leather_bound. Orig. full vellum backstrip decorated in gilt motifs. Aeg. Fine in fine matching custom slipcase, tan leather lined. Doyle, Richard A. 31 pages. Folio, 37 x 26.8 cm. 16 pages of color wood engraved plates, containing 36 images printed by Edmund Evans. This is "Dicky" Doyle's most ambitious and... Read More
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Our Colonial Homes
by Drake, Samuel Adams
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth. Aeg. Very good. 211 pages.Twenty-one illustrations in black and white. KARPEL B128. "The author discusses and illustrates (mostly from photographs) twenty houses, all but three of which are in Massachusetts." Backstrip worn head and foot.
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The Works Of Michael Drayton, Esq; A Celebrated Poet in the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth, King James I, and Charles I.
by Drayton, Michael [1563-1631]
London: J. Hughs, 1748. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter period half russia and marbled boards. Very good. 12 {2} 400 pages. 16" x 10.5". First collected edition. List of Subscribers, engraved vignette at title, and several elegantly engraved headpieces, woodcut headpieces, and initials. Born within a year of Shakespeare and dying when Milton was twenty three. CBEL Vol.IV, p.168.... Read More
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Endimion & Phoebe Ideas Latmus; Edited by J. William Hebel Professor of English Literature at Cornell University
by Drayton, Michael
Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1925. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Near fine in decorated dust wrapper lacking centimeter at spine. 52 pages. xviii, 23 x 18 cm. Wide text margins, interior bright and clean. Marbled endpapers, small fade at bottom of spine. Small owner inscription front free endpaper.
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A Gallery of Women
by Dreiser, Theodore
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's quarter vellum and decorated boards. 2 vols. Very good. 823 pages. 25 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 346 of 560, signed by Theodore Dreiser. A bright, fresh set, slight toning spine extremities, covers decorated in silver in leaf and branch design. A work of non-fiction.
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The Primer Of American Antiques
by Drepperd, Carl W.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Very good in rubbed dust wrapper. 271 pages. With 1200 graphic drawings and a large glossary listing 2200 separate items. A good guide for a beginner.
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Histoire Des Naufrages Pirateries, Abordages, Famines, Hivernages, Incendies, Delaissements, Taite De Negres, Revoltes, Combats, Desastres Et Aventures Sur Les Mers Et Les Oceans Du Globe
by Driou, Alfred
Paris: Fonteney Et Peltier, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's maroon cloth decorated in blind, spine sunned. Very good. 396 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Half title, twelve lithographs by Charles Gaildrau, ten are tinted. History of shipwrecks from the 16th century onward. Intermittent, scattered text browning, plates generally clean, a few with marginal toning. Text in French.... Read More
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Consequences A Complete Story In The Manner of Old Parlour Game In Nine Chapters By A Different Author
by Druten, John van et al.
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. Hardcover. Orig. tan patterned boards and quarter green spine lettered in gilt. Very good. Ravilious, Eric. 67 pages. 24 x 15 cm. Frontispiece by Eric Ravilious. Contributions by John Van Druten, G.B. Stern, A.E. Coppard, Sean O'Faolain, Norah Hoult, Hamish Maclaren, Elizabeth Bowen, Ronald Fraser and Malachi Whitaker. Signed by all... Read More
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Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, From Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems WITH Poems On Various Occasions; And Translations From Several Authors
by Dryden, John
London: Jacob Tonson, 1701. First Collected edition. leather_bound. Modern Cambridge style binding in full brown morocco. Very good. 646, 232 pages. 33 x 20 cm. ESTC R31983 bound with T124515, the two works are generally found bound together. Of the second work, as ESTC notes, "Absalom and Achitopher,``The Medal,`Religio laici` and `The hind and the panther` each have... Read More
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