Another Common Place Book
by Sherwood and Katherine Grover
San Francisco: Grace Hoper Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter beige cloth and decorated boards. Near fine. 32 pages. 33 x 23 cm. Limited edition one of 75 copies. Title page printed in red and black, remainder of text printed in a variety of colors and type faces. Backstrip label chipped.
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Architectural Painting
by Grow, Lawrence
New York: Rizzoli, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 190 pages. 28 x 22 cm. More than 300 photographs in color an black and white. To endow and enhance architectural space with form, color and pattern is the raison d'etre of architectural decoration.
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Frank Stella An Illustrated Biography; Foreword by William Rubin & Afterword by Richard Meier
by Guberman, Sidney
New York: Rizzoli, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. orig. black cloth lettered in blind. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Stella, Frank. 247 pages. 30.5 x 24 cm. The author investigates the technical complexity of his work. There are nearly 100 of Stella's paintings and prints illustrated, most are colored. Notes. Bibliography and Index,
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A Gallery
by Guedalla, Philip
London: Constable & Co, 1924. Hardcover. Three quarter red morocco and marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt spine decorations. Near fine. 285 pages. A series of studies by a variety of authors taken from various sources. Bookplate.
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Letters Of Certain Jews To Monsieur De Voltaire, Containing An Apology For Their Own People, And For The Old Testament; With Critical Reflections And A Short Commentary Extracted From A Greater; Translated by the Rev. Philip LeFanu
by Guenee, Antoine
Dublin: William Watson, 1777. First edition. Hardcover. Modern black leatherette, spines printed in gilt. Near fine. 2 vols. 445, 428 pages. 21 x 14 cm. The controversy of Voltaire's anti-Semitism has been long disputed. He was at war with both Judaism and Christianity. He wanted to purge all men, of whatever persuasion, from these superstitions in order to... Read More
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J.-L. Forain Aquafortiste; Catalogue Raisonne De L'Oeuvre Grave De L'Artiste Avec Une Eau-Forte Originale
by Guerin, Marcel
Paris: H. Floury, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth, red leather spine labels printed in gilt. Fine. 2 vols. Forain, Jean-Louis. 16 pages in text. 27 x 23 cm. The frontispiece an original etching by Forain, plus 130 plates printed recto only, each with descriptive text and tissue guards. Limited edition, copy 58 of 300. Alphabetical Index of... Read More
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Art Of The October Revolution
by Guerman, Mikhail
New York: Abrams, 1979. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. ruby cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 35 pages in text. Square 4to, 30 x 26 cm. 429 illustrations, 184 plates in color. Index of Artists Names and Works Reproduced.
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Shiraz Painting In The Sixteenth Century
by Guest, Grace Dunham
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Very good. 70 pages in text. 36 x 26 1/2 cm. Fifty plates plus illustrations in the text. Comprehensive Index. Fresh, clean copy, small scratches front and back cover.
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Les Mille Et Une Heure, Contes Peruviens
by Gueulette, Thomas-Simon
London: Nyon et al., 1759. Nouvelle Edition. leather_bound. Contemporary mottled brown calf. All edges marbled. Very good. 2 vols. 407, 490 pages. 17 x 10 cm. "Peruvian Tales, related, in One Thousand and One Hours, by one of the Select Virgins of Cusco, to the Yncka of Peru." Text in French. The author, a French magistrate and prolific... Read More
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Touraine The garden of France
by Guignard, V.
Tours: Maison Alfred Mame, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter navy morocco and blue cloth lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. 25 pages in text. Small folio 31 x 23 cm. Illustrated with photographs and woodcuts. A lagniappe, complements of the Hotel De l'Univers, Tours. Lovely presentation, armorial bookplate, corners nicked, small abrasion front cover.
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The Cruise Of The Marchesa To Kamschatka & New Guinea; With Notices Of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, And Various Islands Of the Malay Archipelago
by Guillemard, Francis, Henry Hill
London: John Murray, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt and beveled edges. Very good. Vol.I: xviii, [2], 284 pages & Vol.2: xvi, [2], 400 pages. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. Includes: 14 maps (13 colored, 4 folding), 30 plates and 2 hand-colored frontispieces. Also: VoI has one hand-colored lithograph plate by J. G.... Read More
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Norman Rockwell Illustrator
by Guptill, Arthur A.
New York: Watson-Guptill, 1970. Later printing. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in fine slipcase. Rockwell, Norman. 208 pages. 515 reproductions, including fifty full-page color plates. Preface by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Biographical Introduction by Jack Alexander.
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Paul Klee Dialogue with Nature
by Guse, Ernst-Gerhard (Editor)
Munich: Prestel, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth decorated and lettered. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 183 pages. 29 x 23.5 cm. Foreword. Black and white and color plates. Index of Work. Biography and Selected Bibliography.
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A Dynamic Partnership: Canada's Changing Role in TheAmericas
by Haar, Jerry & Edgar J. Dosman (Editors)
Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami North-South Center, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine.. 192 pp. 6" x 9", ten essays presented here as a result of a jointly sponsored conferenceby the North-South Center and FOCAL [Canadian-Latin American Forum], held in Miami in 1992. A survey and debate regarding Canada's current and future rolein the Americas. Acronyms... Read More
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America's Historic Houses and Restorations
by Haas, Irvin
New York: Castle Books, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Bookplate.Orig. cloth and boards. Near fine in slightly chipped dust wrapper. 271 pages. Illustrated with photographs of interior and exterior views. A tribute to the preservation movement and a warning to maintain vigilance: to protect the remaining historical landmark buildings.
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Anne Boleyn And Other Poems
by Haberly, Loyd
Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1934. leather_bound. Orig. gilt stamped full brown morocco, backstrip lettered in gilt. Teg. Fine. 75 pages. 21 1/2 x 17 cm. Printed in red, green and black throughout. Limited edition, copy 166 of 300. Index Of First Lines. This Welsh press found by the Davies sisters in the early 1920's continued publishing through the... Read More
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Chelsea And Other English Porcelain Pottery And Enamel In The Irwin Untermeyer Collection
by Hackenbroch, Yvonne
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated two-toned cloth. Fine. 286 pages. 33 x 22 cm. 346 illustrations, many in color. Bibliography. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER P29. "The catalogues of an important private collection of decorative arts, now part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.....Notes and commentaries on pieces reproduced in the plates are... Read More
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Marc Chagall Gouaches * Drawings * Watercolors
by Haftmann, Werner
New York: Abrams, 1984. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated blue cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Chagall, Marc. 210 pages. Translated from the German by Robert Erich Wolf. Forty-two full-color illustrations within a total of seventy-seven plates. Apart from the specific emotive and mystical Russian-Jewish themes, Chagall is discussed in context of the emerging art movements in... Read More
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German Art of the Twentieth Century
by Haftmann, Werner et al.
New York: MOMA, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth. Near fine in nicked dust wrapper. 240 pages. With 178 illustrations, forty-eight in full-color. Bibliography. Index. Edited by Andrew Carduff Ritchie. Examines the most influential esthetic theories and the salient artists of the past fifty years in Germany.
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Jess
by Haggard, H. Rider
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1887. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. carmine cloth with front cover lettered and decorated in black. Gilt lettered spine faded. Very good. 336 pages. 19 x 12 cm, with eight pages of adverts at rear unopened. Text clean, partly unopened. 2000 copies printed. SCOTT 6. WHATMORE F5. WOLFF 2861. With cream endpapers in floral... Read More
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Hakluyt's collection of the early voyages, travels and discoveries of the english nation. A new edition, with additions
by Haklyut, Richard
London: R.H. Evans et al., 1812. New Edition. leather_bound. Contemporary calf paneled in gilt and blind in leather reback, red leather spine labels. 5 vols. Very good. Limited edition, one of 75 large-paper copies on "Imperial Paper" -- considered the best and most complete edition. "An accurate reprint of the best folio [edition of 1599-1600] with the addition... Read More
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The Man Without A Country
by Hale, Edward Everett
Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1865. First edition. leather_bound. Later full black morocco, spine lettered in gilt, rebacked. Teg. Very good. 23 pages. 16.5 x 11 cm. The story of an American Army lieutenant Philip Nolan, who renounces his country during a trial for treason and is consequently sentenced to spend the rest of his day as sea without... Read More
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The Brick Moon from the papers of Captain Frederic Ingham
by Hale, Edward Everett
Barre: Imprint Society, 1971. Reprint. Boards. Orig. decorated two-toned cloth. Fine in fine original glassine in fine slipcase.. McCurdy, Michael. 80 pages. 27 x 18 cm. Limited edition, one of 1950, this unnumbered and unsigned. Wood block illustrations by Michael McCurdy. A science fiction tale set in Boston, a tasty satire. As new copy.
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Little Boy's & Girl's Library; Sketches of Little Boys
by Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell & Justin H. Howard
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards. Very good. 64 pages. 17.5 x 13.5 cm. Edited by Mrs. Sarah Jane Hale & illustrated by J.H. Howard. Full page chromolithographs. Title on upper board: Good little boy's book. Frontispiece and leaves of illustrations are included in the paging. Pagination error: p. 64 misnumbered p. 61.... Read More
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Voyage To Corea And The Island Of Loo-Choo; A New Edition With Plates
by Hall, Captain Basil
London: John Murray, 1820. Second edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown boards, paper spine label. Very good. 259 pages. 18 x 11 cm. Signed presentation copy in ink on half title. Colored etched frontispiece and etched drawings by William Havel and a chart of the voyage of the "Alceste" at rear. The author, an officer in the Royal Navy was also a... Read More
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