The Iliad of Homer
by Homer
London: Cresset Press, 1928. Hardcover. Orig. half vellum and tan buckram with gilt front cover medallion bright. Teg. Near fine. 228 pages. 29 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 201 of 750, book plate designed by Rockwell Kent for Emily Pierson front cover pastedown. Translated into English by Maurice Hewlett. Clean, very fresh copy.
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German Porcelain
by Honey, W.B.
London: Faber & Faber, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. yellow cloth. Very good. 56 pages in text. Illustrated with fourcolor and ninety-six black and white plates. Illustrated list of Marks. Bibliography. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER P312. "A very concise survey in which theauthor's intention is `to describe in its setting this vital and original German porcelain of the eighteenth century,... Read More
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English Pottery And Porcelain
by Honey, William Bowyer
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1952. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Very good in worn dust wrapper.. 271 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Seventy-two photographs, twelve drawings and thirty marks. Bibliography. Index.
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Old English Porcelain A Handbook for Collectors
by Honey, William Bowyer
London: Whittlesey House, 1946. New Edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth rubbbed at extremities. Very good in worn dust wrapper. 292 pages. 112 plates, many in color. Marks. Bibliography. Index.
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European Ceramic Art from the end of the Middle Ages to about 1815: Illustrated Historical Survey
by Honey, William Bowyer
London: Faber and Faber, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated sea green cloth with leather spine label. Near fine. Royal 8vo, 79 pages in text. twenty-four color plates and more than 180 monochrome illustrations. List of Plates. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER P274. "Consists of an introductory survey....with references in the margins to the plates.
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Rural Recreations, Or Modern Farmer's Calendar; And Monthly Instructor: Exhibiting under a comprehensive form, All The Operations Necessary On A Farm, For Every Month Of The Year As Well As All The Recent Improvements In Agriculture and Rural Economy; BOUND WITH: Elements of Botany; Or An Introduction To The Sexual System Of Linnaeus; To Which Is Annexed An English Botanical Dictionary by R. Hall
by London. Vernor And Hood
London: Vernor and Hood, 1802. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary tree calf rebacked. Very good/Near Fine. 128 and 219 pages. 21 x 13 cm. First title with five copper-plate engravings, two folding; second has two folding plates, Divisions of the Linnaean System, Characters of the Genera of British Plants, English-Latin Dictionary of Botanical Terms, and Index to the British... Read More
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The Wreck Of The Deutschland; Introduction by James Dickey
by Hopkins, Gerard Manley
Boston: David Godine, 1971. Hardcover. Orig. decorated boards, front cover paper label. Fine. 35 pages. 26.5 x 17 cm. Copy 1200 of 1250 printed by Joh. Enscede ... Read More
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Heures Nouvelles dediées a Madame la Dauphine
by (Horea, B.M.V.) Senault, Louis
Paris & Versailles: Chez l'Autheur, 1690. leather_bound. Later full brown calf. Aeg. Near fine. 260 pages. 18 x 12.4 cm. Later variant printed by Hansy. Dedication and with head-piece of sirens on p.210 revealing their breasts covered in later, our issue -- Second state headpiece on page 210, finely engraved throughout with ornamental borders, vignettes, head- & tail-pieces... Read More
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The Hermitage Home of Old Hickory
by Horn, Stanley Fitzgerald
Richmond: Garrett & Massie, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. salmon cloth. Very good in ragged dust wrapper. 225 pp. 8vo, forty-one illustrations and four drawings. Index. KARPEL B960. "According to Talbot Hamlin, this is `an adequate monograph on an important house, largely from the historical point of view,' with good illustrations of the house.
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Treasury of American Design
by Hornung, Clarence P.
New York: Abrams, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in fine, clear plastic dust wrappers. 2 vols. Foreword by J. Carter Brown. Introduction by Holger Cahill. Voluminously illustrated with almost 3000 illustrations, about 850 in color. Index of Artists. Index. KARPEL F221. "Latest and fullest published selection of illustrations from the glorious collection of renderings produced... Read More
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The Conscience of Worms and the Cowardice of Lions: Cuban Politics and Culture in an American Context
by Horowitz, Irving Louis
Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami North-South Center, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper.. 81 pp. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", a series of lectures, The 1992 Emilio Bacardi-Moreau Lectures, delivered at the University of Miami. The lectures cover the paradox and paralysis of US foreign policy, the maturation of the Cuban-American community,... Read More
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The History, Antiquities And Topography Of The County Of Sussex
by Horsfield, Thomas Walker
Lewes: Baxter, 1835. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary half brown leather and marbled boards. Very good. 2 vols. 592 [15] & 274 [90] [XV] [VIII]. 33 x 26 cm. The Subscriber's Copy with label, priced at 4 pounds, 4 shillings, inside front cover paste down of Vol.I. Profusely illustrated: fifty-six copperplate engravings with tissue guards, eighty wood engravings, plus... Read More
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Andrea del Castagno Complete Edition With a Critical Catalogue
by Horster, Marita
Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, 1980. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth. Near fine. Castagno, Andrea del. 224 pages. 134 plates and twenty-four text figures. Bibliography. Index of Works by Location. General Index. The first full study of Castagno to appear in English. FREITAG 1465.
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British Fresh-Water Fishes; Illustrated With A Coloured Figure Of Each Species Drawn From Nature By A.F. Lydon, And Numerous Engravings
by Houghton, William
London: William Mackenzie, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Light brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt with backstrip also similarly detailed. Near Fine. 2 Vols.. 204 pages. Folio, 36.7 x 27 cm. illustrated with 41 fine chromoxylographed plates of fish engraved by Benjamin Fawcett after drawings by A.F. Lydon, and numerous steel-engraved plates of angling locales. Houghton, a Shropshire... Read More
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Lives Of Great And Celebrated Characters Of All Ages And Countries: Containing Heroes, Conquerors, Statesmen, Authors, Artists, Extraordinary Humorists, Misers, Mountebanks, And Queens, Jugglers....; Compiled From Authentic Materials Illustrated By Several Hundred Engravings
by New York. World Publishing House
New York: World Publishing House, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth, backstrip bright, decorated in gilt. Near fine. 767 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. This type of encyclopedic publication for the masses was popular and common in the 19th century -- something for everyone. Napoleon heavily featured here with a side attraction -- an Irish dwarf (Owen... Read More
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The Fruits Of America, Containing Richly Colored Figures, And full descriptions On All The Choicest Varieties Cultivated In The United States
by Hovey, Charles Mason
New York: D. Appleton, 1856. First edition. leather_bound. Modern three quarter brown calf and marbled boards. 2 vols. Fine. 100 & 96 pages. 8vo, 26 x 18 cm. Ninety-six chromolithograph plates [with tissue guards] by Boston's William Sharp & Son, plus a plethora of woodcuts of fruit, flowers and trees. "He published also two complete volumes and part... Read More
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Imitative Art, Or the Amateur Sketcher. Representing The Pictorial Appearances Of Objects As Governed By The Aerial And Linear Perspective
by Howard, Frank
London: Weldon & Co, 1878. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth decorated in blind, front cover and backstrip lettered in gilt. Near fine. 111 pages. 18 x 12.5 cm. Host of text illustrations and 12 plates with multiple images per plate. Eight pages of adverts at rear. The Introduction: "..............a ready means of producing a representation of any favoured scene... Read More
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Brunelleschi A Poem
by Howard, John Galen
San Francisco: John Howell, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue boards with paper spine label. Near fine. 92 pages. Limited edition, one of 480 copies printed by Taylor, Nash and Taylor. Brunelleschi (1377-1446) was Filippo di Ser Brunellesco Lapi. Nice copy, well-printed with wide text margins.
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The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature
by Howe, George Frederick, et al (Editors)
New York: Macmillan, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper. 961 pp. Index. The Guide is in a sense a bibliographic panorama as well as an inventory ofthe best historical literature extant at the time of publication.
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African Ecology and Human Evolution
by Howell, F. Clark & Francois Bourliere (Editors)
New York: Wnner-Gren Foundation, 1963. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed stiff wrappers. Very good. 666 pages. Illustrated with charts, graphs, maps and photos. Bibliography. Index. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology No. 36.
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Lost Examples of Colonial Architecture Buildings That Have Disappeared Or Been So Altered As To Be Denatured
by Howells, John Mead
New York: William Helburn, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth, backstrip and front cover lettered in gilt. Near fine in very good dust wrapper, slight loss at spine bottom and back cover head. 246 pages 33 2 24 cm. 244 plates. With an Introduction by Fiske Kimball. Limited edition, copy 543 of 1100. KARPEL B691. "A fine... Read More
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American Country Houses of To-Day; An Illustrated Account Of Some Excellent Houses Built An Gardens Planted During The Last Few Years Showing Unmistakable Influence Of The Modern Trend In Ideals Architectural
by Howe, Samuel
New York: Architectural Press Book Publishing Company, Inc, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth front cover printed and decorated in gilt. Very good. XIX, 424 pages. 28 x 22 cm. A more detailed presentation than works from this publisher printed in later years. Chapters on Stucco, Brick and Half-Timber and Framed House, Stone House, et al. List... Read More
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The Apocryphal Wisdom Of Solomon
by Hoyem, Andrew
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth with triangular front cover paper label. Fine. 32 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Keepsake of an Essay for subscribers and friends in which Hoyem explains the profundity of Solomon in a one page laid-on introduction. As a Lutheran, Hoyem became first interest in the Apocrypha as a... Read More
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Garnett And The Brindled Cow Also Other Mothers
by Hubbard, Alice
East Aurora: Roycrofters, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. half brown morocco, morocco tips, backstrip bands, Art Nouveau design in blind, lettering in gilt and marbled boards with matching endpapers. Fine. Unpaginated. 24 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 189 of 1003 signed by Alice Hubbard, all copies illumined by hand. Illustrated with photographs, latter with tissue guards. Unopened,... Read More
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A Message To Garcia And Thirteen Other Things
by Hubbard, Elbert
East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter red morocco and marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers. Teg. Fine in near fine publisher original fleece-lined clamshell box. (8), iv, (9)-166, (3) pages. 22x 14 cm. Limited edition, copy 16 of 50 on Japan vellum signed by Hubbard and the illuminator, Lily Ess. Portrait frontispiece of Elbert... Read More
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