Art Across America An Exhibition To Celebrate TheOpening Of A New Building For The Museum Of Art Of The Munson - Williams, etc.
by Utica. Munson - Williams - Proctor Institute
Utica: Munson - Williams - Proctor Institute, 1960. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated cloth. Very good. Approximately 150 pages. 111 black andwhite illustrations. Foreword by William C. Murray. Introduction by Howard Mumford Jones. Text by Richard B.K. McLanathan. Catalogue designed by Leonard Baskin. KARPEL F53.
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The Ecclesiastical And Architectural Topography of England: Oxford * Berkshire * Buckinghamshire
by Oxford. Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Recased in modern green cloth. Fine. Approx. 100 pages. Study of three Counties bound in one volume. Alphabetical Indices for each County. An attempt to list all the architectural antiquities, large and small in the counties studied; Oxford assumes the predominant portion of the text.
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Picturesque Views, With An Historical Account Of The Inns Of Court, In London And Westminster
by Ireland, Samuel
London: R. Faulder And J. Egerton, 1800. First edition. Hardcover. Later three quarter red morocco and matching cloth. Teg. Very good. 254 pages. 25 x 18 cm. With half title, and 21 aquatints in sepia. Offsetting of plates to text clean and fresh, wide text margins with armorial bookplate of James Claude Webster, Middle Temple. Marbled endpapers, raised... Read More
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Knickerbocker's History of New York
by Irving, Washington
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. leather_bound. Orig. full English tan calf, brown spine labels lettered and outlined in gilt. Teg. Near fine. 2 vols. Kemble, E.W.. 364 & 379 pages. 26 1/2 x 19 cm. Illustrations by E. W. Kemble. The Peter Stuyvesant Edition, copy 225 of 281 copies (being one for each year since the founding... Read More
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Rip Van Winkle
by Irving, Washington
East Aurora: Roycrofters, 1905. leather_bound. Orig. green cowhide covers faded to brown at spine and cover extremities. Very good. 48 pages. 19 1/2 x 11 1/2 cm. Initials and title page designed by Dard Hunter, printed in red, black and tan. 18 page Foreword by Joseph Jefferson. A lovely example of the Hubbard style, soft cowhide covers overlapping... Read More
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Bracebridge Hall; Or, The Humorists; By Geoffrey Crayon, Gent
by Irving, Washington
London: John Murray, 1822. First English Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary polished brown calf. Near fine. 2 Vols. 393, 404 pages. 22 x 23.5 cm. Second printing Vol. II ending on p.404. A series of character sketches by Irving related to members of the Bracebridge family whom Washington once visited -- basically, character sketches of family members. Bound by Carss... Read More
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Wolfert's Roost And Other Papers, Now First Collected
by Irving, Washington
New York: G.P. Putnam & Co, 1855. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and blind. Near fine in maroon cloth chemise, housed in fine three quarter brown morocco slipcase. 383 pages. 19x 13 cm. Twelve pages of Publisher ads at rear dated February 1855. Essays include The Birds of Spring, The Creole... Read More
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Facsimiles And Illustrations No. III Printing Types [1535-58*1552-58]
by Isaac, Frank
Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth and brown boards. Near fine. Unpaginated. 28 x 23 cm. Title page printed in red and black. List of Facsimiles. Alphabetical Index of Printers. The monograph indicates the gradual predominance of Antwerp and the Low Countries over France as a centre of type production. The period also... Read More
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Round Buildings, Square Buildings & Buildings That Wiggle Like a Fish; With photographs by the author
by Isaacson, Philip M.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth and black boards. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 121 pages. 23.5 x 25.5 cm. Illustrated with a host of color plates on glossy stock. Signed presentation copy, "For August Heckscher With Admiration," dated 11.6.88. Heckscher was Commissioner of Parks and Recreation of New York during the... Read More
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The Book Of The Prophet Isaiah. The King James Version
by Isaiah
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1979. Hardcover. Orig. quarter sheepskin and brown linen boards with original acetate cover. Very good in fine matching brown slipcase. Gross, Chaim. 160 pages, 32 x 26 cm. Illustrated with 11 full-page water colors by Chaim Gross. Introduction by Franklin H. Littell, printed by A. Colish, composed in 18 point Goudy Bible type,... Read More
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Cherry Tree (Le Cerisier); Translated by Mark Treharne
by Jaccottet, Philippe
Birmingham: The Delos Press, 1991. Hardcover. Orig. quarter navy cloth and marbled boards, front cover and spine paper labels. Fine in fine slipcase. 14 pages. 27 x 20 cm. Limited edition 1 of 50 and signed by the author and translator on colophon page, not numbered. Printed on Zerkall mould made paper. Title page printed in red and... Read More
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Bill Jacklin Recent Paintings
by Jacklin, Bill
New York: Marlborough, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers slightly creased. Very good. 28 pages. 11 x 8 1/2". 22 plates, many in color.
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Common Houses in America's Small Towns: The Atlantic Seaboard To The Mississippi Valley
by Jackle, John A. et al.
Athens: Univ. of Georgia Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 238 pages. Copiously illustrated with photographs and drawings. Bibliography. Index. Glossary of Structural Forms. This monograph covers sixty-seven different house types and successfully describes 96% of the houses surveyed.
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Literary Landmarks of Philadelphia
by Jackson, Joseph
New York: David McKay, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned brown cloth. Teg. Fine in fine slipcase. 344 pages. Abundantly illustrated with nearly seventy-five photographs. Index. Limited edition, copy 238 of 1050. Unusually fresh and bright copy, very clean, bookplate.
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History of The United Service Club
by Jackson, Major-General Sir Louis C.
Aldershot: Committee of the United Service Club, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth with front cover decoration in gilt. Near fine. 132 pages. 25 1/2 x 16 cm. Sixteen illustrations. Index. History of the reknown English officer's club.
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The Florist's Manual, Or, Hints Of A Gay Flower-Garden; With Directions For Preventing The Depredations of Insects, Observations On The Treatment And Growth Of Bulbous Plants, Curious Facts Respecting Their Management, And Directions For The Culture Of The Guernsey Lily, Etc..
by Jackson, Maria Elizabeth
London: Henry Colburn, 1827. New Edition. Hardcover. Quarter brown calf and dark salmon boards. Very good. 136 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Six colored aquatint plates, one a large foldout. HENREY Vol.II, p.583. "No author's name appears on the title page......in the later editions the author signed her name and address" (rear of book). ABBEY LIFE p.13. Wide... Read More
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Reason in Architecture Lectures Delivered At The Royal Academy of Arts in the Year 1906
by Jackson, T.J.
London: John Murray, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. half vellum and green cloth. Teg. Very good. 189 pp. 8vo, sixteen plates, thirty-seven illustrations in the text. Index. Bookplate, owner inscription.
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The Jewish Festivals [MINIATURE BOOK]; New Year * The Day of Atonement * Tabernacles * Passover * Pentecost * Hanukkah * Purim
by Jacobs, Louis
Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1961. leather_bound. Orig. navy morocco covers decorated in gilt. Aeg. Fine. 63 pages. 7 x 5 cm. Illustrated with drawings. Printed on "Antiqua" paper by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland and bound by Albracht. As new copy. backstrip lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers.
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A Quiet Revolution British Sculpture Since 1965
by Jacob, Mary Jane et al.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1987. First edition. Boards. Orig. gray boards. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 188 pages. 29 x 24 cm. 149 illustrations, 32 in color. Artist Biographies. Owner inscription.
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The House: A Pocket Manual Of Rural Architecture: Or How To Build Country Houses and Out-Buildings; embracing the origin and meaning of the house; the art of house building, including planning, style and construction; designs and descriptions of cottages, etc.
by Jacques, D.H.
New York: Fowler And Wells, Publishers, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth embossed in blind and gilt, front cover and spine gilt lettering bright and fresh. Very good. 176, (xii) pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. 123 wood engravings. With numerous original plans designed by F.E, Graff et al. Contains a pot-pourri of designs: a log cabin, a... Read More
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Modern English Houses And Interiors
by James, C.H. & F.R. Yerbury (Edited by)
London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt. Very good. vii text. 28 x 22 cm. 99 pages of high gloss illustrations all printed recto only -- drawings, plans to scale, interior and exterior photographs. Index to Architects with key to plates. Interior contents very fresh, clean and bright.
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Modern English Houses And Interiors
by James, C.H. & F.R. Yerbury (Edited by)
London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt. Very good. vii text. 28 x 22 cm. 99 pages of high gloss illustrations all printed recto only -- drawings, plans to scale, interior and exterior photographs. Index to Architects with key to plates. Interior contents very fresh, clean and bright.
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Wings of the Dove
by James, Henry
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Very good. 2 vols. 329, 435 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. The novel explores one of James’s favorite themes: the cultural clash between naive Americans and sophisticated, often decadent Europeans. Bright, fresh copy. BAL 10647.
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The Madonna of the Future
by James, Henry
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1997. First edition thus. Hardcover. Orig. tan lettered cloth. Fine. Dine, Jim. 67 pages. 32 x 22.5 cm. With an introduction by Arthur C. Danto and a photogravure by Jim Dine. Limited edition, copy 111 of 125 signed by Jim Dine. Laid-in, an accordion fold announcement of the book by Arion Press explicating the... Read More
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A Little Tour in France
by James, Henry
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1900. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated cloth front cover decorated in gilt. Fine. Pennell, Joseph. 350 pages. 20 x 13 cm., illustrated by Joseph Pennell with more than 60 full page plates. Index. Interior contents fresh and clean.
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