A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, By The Dobbs Galley and California, In the Years 1746 and 1747, For Discovering a North West Passage; With An accurate Survey of the Coast, and a short Natural History of the Country; Together With A fair View of the Facts and Arguments from which the future finding of such a Passage is rendered possible
by Ellis, Henry
London: H. Whitridge, 1748. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full calf rebacked, raised bands, gilt cover border panels, red leather spine label. Very good. 336 pages 20.5 x 13 cm. Folding map: 9 engraved plates of which five are folding. A synopsis of twenty three voyages in an attempt to discover the Northwest passage. Transformative voyage under Captains Moore... Read More
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Five Hundred Years of Printing From Type
by Ellis, Richard
Camden: Haddon Craftsmen, 1940. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. printed wrappers. Very good. Approx. 36 pages. 26 x 18 cm. A series of notes on printing from Gutenberg to Bruce Rogers. Wrappers lightly soiled.
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Wilde And The Nineties An Essay And An Exhibition
by Ellmann, Richard, et al.
Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1966. First edition. Paperback. Orig. decorated wrappers. Near fine. 65 pages. 23 1/2 x 15 cm. Illustrated. Edited by Charles Ryskamp.
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Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 1800-1950
by Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield
New York: Random House, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cloth. Fine in fine decorated clamshell box with calligraphic paper spine label and pictorial cover colored inset. Aeg. 3 vols. 399, 369. 281 pages. 38 x 39 cm. 850 examples: 550 paintings and 325 calligraphies with 875 colored plates. Volume covers in tan, green and blue. Research and Translation... Read More
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English Furniture And Decoration 1680 To 1800
by Ellwood, G.M.
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1911. Second edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth with front cover black morocco label lettered in gilt. Very good. 201 pages. 29 x 22 cm. Profusely illustrated: black and white photographs cover four broad periods -- William & Mary, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Adam, Hepplewhite and Sheration. Two spots front cover else clean inside and out. Backstrip... Read More
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Davideis: The Life Of David King Of Israel: A Sacred Poem
by Ellwood, Thomas
Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1805. First American edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full calf.Very good. 160 pages. 17 x 11 cm. Scattered foxing, ownership signature dated 1807 and pencil notations on back free endpaper and pastedown dated 1806. Nicks to corners and backstrip head and foot.
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works on paper
by Elrick-Manley, Marianne
NY: Elrick-Manly Fine Arts, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed stiff wrappers. Fine. Approx. 48 pages. 8 x 8 ". Bonnard, Vuillard, Dali, et al: color illustrations and provenance.
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Seymour Lipton
by Elsen, Albert (Text)
New York: Abrams, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. Lipton, Seymour. 63 pages in text.215 illustrations, including fifty-two in color. Selected Bibliography. This monograph traces for the first time the sources and evolution of Lipton's art, from its beginning in the 1930's to the present. FREITAG 5687.
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En Avril 1944: Paris Respirait Encore!; Poeme De Paul Eluard Illustrate Septa Gouaches De Jean Hug
by Eluard, Paul
Paris: Editions De La Galleria Carpenter, 1945. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. stiff wrappers lettered in dark green. Very good. Unpinned. 30 x 21.5 cm. Limited editions copy 6 of 43 sur velin pur chiffon du Marais (of a total edition of 991). In addition to the seven gauchos with text there are five additional by Jean Hugo... Read More
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Charles Keene Etcher, Draughtsman And Illustrator 1823-1891
by Emanuel, Frank L.
London: Print Collectors' Club, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. silver boards and black cloth spine in worn as issued glassine dust wrapper. 29 pages in text. 25 x 18 cm. Nineteen collotype plates. Limited edition, copy 85 of 300. Presented as a lecture delivered to the Print Collectors' Club Nov. 1932. One of the great if not the... Read More
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Chapter One from the essay Nature
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Frankfort, Ky: Whipporwill Press, 1983. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth with front cover paper label. Fine. 13 pages. 7.5 x 5.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 32 of 125 in Garamond type, signed by j. Hill Hamon.
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Nature
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Munich: Bremer Presse, 1929. Printed for Random House. Hardcover. Orig. cream vellum spine lettered in gilt and marbled boards. Fine in near fine red cloth dust wrapper in matching slightly worn slipcase. 86 pages. 29 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 16 of 250 printed by hand on Zanders hand-made paper, title and initials designed by Anna Simons.... Read More
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An Ode To Kentucky
by By An Emigrant
Lexington: The Kings Library Press, 1992. Stiff Wraps. Orig. dark green stiff wrappers, lettered in gilt, spine cloth tie. Fine. 4 leaves. 25 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 105 of 200. Thought to be the second separate printing of the earliest known poem about Kentucky. Set in Caslon Oldstyle, hand-printed on Rives mould-made paper in the Gravesend... Read More
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James Ensor l'homme & l'oeuvre
by Ensor, James [Firman Cuypers]
Paris: Les Escrivains Reunis, 1925. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wraps. Fine. Ensor, James. 22 text pages. 19 x 14 cm. Limited edition, copy 41 of 50 on Japan Imperial paper. Unopened. Host of black and white plates printed recto only. Biography of Ensor. The essay in French by Firman Cuypers, Belgian journalist. Ensor was a... Read More
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A Letter About Sir Thomas More From Erasmus Of Rotterdam To Ulrich Hutten Dated: 23 July 1519
by Erasmus
Np: Np, 1935. Hardcover. Orig. brown boards lettered and decorated in gilt. Near fine in original, slightly nicked glassine. 12 leaves. Small folio, 31 x 23 cm. Limited edition, one of 100 privately printed in New York. The original letter cannot be traced but the greater part of this epistle was first published in 1536 and established in... Read More
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Marc Chagall
by Erben, Walter
Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cloth. Very good. Chagall, Marc. 160 pages in text. 25 x 21 cm. Twelve full-color plates, and sixty four plates in black and white. Signed by Chagall in blue pencil on title page. Text in German. By exploring the scenes of his life, his personal experiences, the author demonstrates how... Read More
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Chinese Influence On European Garden Structures
by Erdberg, Eleanor Von
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brick cloth. Fine in fine, plain dust wrapper. 221 pages. 26 x 20 cm. Ninety-four black and white illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Annotated List of Buildings Mentioned in the Text. Edited by Bremer Whidden Pond. Von Erdberg sums up, "The eighteenth century covered many pages with the pros and cons... Read More
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Peintures En Relief De Hans Erni by Walter Ruegg
by Erni, Hans (Illustrator)
Geneve: Pierre Cailler, 1963. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. Erni, Hans. 23 pages in text. 68 illustrations, three in color, all printed recto only. Limited edition, copy 25 of 50 with an original numbered etching 25/50 signed by Erni laid-in. Text translated from the German by P. Lafue.
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Vie et Mythologie; 7 avril au Mai 1989
by Erni, Hans (Illustrator)
Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1989. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. pictorial stiff black wrappers decorated in blue, red and white. Fine. Erni, Hans. 159 pages. 24 x 22 cm. Text by Pierre-Francis Schneeberger. Commentary by Leonard Gianadda, Claude Richoz and Jura Bruschweiter. 140 illustrations mostly in color of his paintings and lithographs, plus his sculptures. Black and white... Read More
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Schritte in Reich de Mitte; [aquarelles et dessins]
by Erni, Hans
Genf: Promedi, SA, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red/brown velvet, front cover decorated in blind. Fine. Erni, Hans. Unpaginated. 24 x 32 cm. Limited edition Luxe, copy 46 of 145 (total edition of 165) signed by Erni. Text in German. Erni steps into the Middle Kingdom of China presenting color and black and white drawings. Plus an original... Read More
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Broderies Populares Espagnoles, Ornements De Perles Des Peuples Finnois, Siberiens & Broderies Russes Tartares Armeniennes
by Ernst, Henri
Paris: Henri Ernst, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Three portfolios in marbled boards, brown and black boards respectively with contents loose as issued laid-in. Very good. Folios, 38.5 x 28.5 cm. All contents in French, and retrospectively -- 4 page text Espagnoles by J. Villaba (30 plates with locals); Finnois & Siberiens, 4 pages text with map (28 plates... Read More
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Etoffes et Tapissieries Coptes
by Ernst, Henri
Paris: H. Ernst, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cloth and board portfolio with ties. Very good. 4 pages in text. 22 x 17 cm. Folio, a total of forty-eight plates loose as issued -- thirty-six in color, many with multiple images per plate, and twelve in black and white. Vivid and nuanced color reproductions. Backstrip extremities chipped. ... Read More
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Journal D'Un Astronaute Millenaire
by Ernst, Max
Paris: Alexandre Tolas, 1969. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers in slightly nicked original glassine overwrapper. Near fine. 59 pages. 22 x 25 cm. Limited edition, copy 798 of 1215, one color tipped-in plate and more than 50 black and white illustrations. French leaved, clean, bright copy.
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Brusberg Dokumente 3 Max Ernst: Jenseits der Malerei-Das grafische Oeuvre
by Ernst, Max
Hannover: Galerie Brusberg, 1972. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated black wrappers. Fine in fine glassine overwrapper. Unpaginated. 34 x 22.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 838 of 5555. Profusely illustrated in black and white, one tipped-in color plate. Essay by Werner Spies and Erhart Kastner. Exhibition at the Kostner-Museum. Text in German. Typed price list tipped-in.
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Adam And Eve Though He Knew Better
by Erskine, John
Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated decorated boards in red, gilt and black, black cloth backstrip, paper spine label. Top edge red. Fine. 338 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Signed copy by John Erskine in ink on front free endpaper. Special first edition of 1000 copies presented to John R. McCann. The author... Read More
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