Technics And Creativity II Gemini Gel With An Essay By Riva Castleman
by Johns, Jasper (Illustrator)
New York: MOMA, 1971. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers in white plastic case embossed in blind. Fine. 108 pages. 27 x 22 cm. Contains a catalogue with 364 illustrations, twenty in color, and a catalogue raisonne of Gemini's complete production. Also included in the box is a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2" multiple by Jasper... Read More
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A Manual Of Natural Philosophy Compiled From Various Sources, And Designed For Use As A Text-Book In High Schools And Academies
by Johnston, John
Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1856. New and Revised Edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown roan. Very good. 379 pages. 18 x 11 cm. Illustrated with 320 engravings. First edition published 1851. Nice, tight copy, modest age-toning, backstrip chipped at head, binder stamp, lacks spine label.
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Delacroix Pastels
by Johnson, Lee
New York: Braziller, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. scarlet cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Delacroix, Eugene. 191 ppages. Small folio, sixty-five color plates. Delacroix's pastels are published here as a group for the first time in full color.
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Osborne & Little The Decorated Room
by Johnson, Lorraine & Gabrielle Townsend
New York: Overlook Press, 1988. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 176 pages. 28 x 22 cm. More than 150 color photographs.
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The Human Cage: A Brief History of Prison Architecture
by Johnston, Norman
New York: Walker, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white cloth. Very good. 68 pp. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and plans. Published under the auspices of The American Foundation, a non-profit, private organization, the monograph is a brief,but authoritative history of the development of correctional architecture. Covers dusty.
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The Shape of Things The Art Of Frances Lee Jaques
by Johnston, Patricia Condon
Camden, South Carolina: Live Oak Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pebble grained black cloth front cover illustrated and lettered in gilt. Aeg. Fine. 167 pages. 26 x 30 cm. Limited Edition, copy 872 of 2300. A tribute to wild life by the artist. Profusely illustrated in color and printed on high gloss quality paper. Bibliography. Marbled endpapers.... Read More
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Creating with Paper Basic Forms and Variations
by Johnson, Pauline
Seattle, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper. 207 pages. Voluminously illustrated. Foreword by Trevor Thomas. According to the latter, "it is one of the best [books] from an educational point of view, and it offers a wide range of techniques and ideas.....
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Philip Johnson/John Burgee Architecture 1979-1885; Introduction by Carleton Knight III
by Johnson, Philip & John Burgee
New York: Rizzoli, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 192 pages. 30.5 x 23.5 cm. Twenty five projects are presented here, plus a chronological index of their major projects. No single architectural firm has had the influence on the shape of the American skyline. Copiously illustrated, mostly in color.
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Philip Johnson Architecture 1949-1965
by Johnson, Philip
New York: Holt, Rinehart &Winston, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. light beige cloth with Johnson's name in blind. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Johnson, Philip. 115 pages. 28.5 x 26 cm. Signed presentation copy in blue ink to August Heckscher May 1966 (Parks Commissioner under Mayor John V. Lindsay who was long active in public affairs). Introduction by... Read More
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The New London Letter Writer containing the compleat Art Of Corresponding with Ease, Elegance, and Perspicuity as is now practised by all Persons of Respectability
by Johnson, Samuel
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1948. Hardcover. Marbled boards by Sidney Cockerell and maroon cloth spine. Teg. Fine. 64 pages. 22.5 x 14 cm. Foreword and 14 decorations by Averil Mackenzie-Brieve. Designed, produced and published by Christopher Sandford in Caslon's Old Face on Arnold's mould-madepaper. A rare 18th century book reprinted here. Limited edition, copy 301 of 500. PERTELOTE,... Read More
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Old English Lustre Pottery
by John, W.D. & Warren Baker
Newport: R.H. Johns Ltd, 1951. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. full blue calf lettered and decorated in gilt. Teg. Near fine. 132 pages. Folio, 545 illustrations with forty-five in color. Bibliography. Index. Limited edition, one of 35 copies, this one unnumbered. As the authors note in their introduction, "The increase in the prices for lustre ware of all types... Read More
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The Prints of Rockwell Kent A Catalogue Raisonne
by Jones, Dan Burne
Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth. Fine in fine illustrated dust wrapper housed in original publisher clear cellophane wrapper. Kent, Rockwell. 219 pages. 32 x 24.5 cm. Dan Burne Jones, an artist, writer, and collector, was appointed official bibliographer to Rockwell Kent by the artist before his death. Foreword by Carl Zigrosser.... Read More
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The Book Of Jonah Taken From The Authorized Version Of King James I.
by Jones, David (Illustrator)
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Hardcover. Orig. white boards spine lettered in gilt. Very good/Near fine. Jones, David. 15 pages. Limited edition, copy 44 of 75. One of the most limited productions of the Golden Cockerel Press. Host of full page and wood engravings in the text. THE ARTIST AND THE BOOK 136. "Jones usually favored... Read More
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The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
by Jones, David [Illustrator]
Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon, 1929. Hardcover. Orig. quarter cream spine and blue/gray boards. Very good. Jones, David. 37 pages. Folio, 33 x 26 cm. Ten copper plate engravings by David. Jones. Limited edition, copy 366 of 460. Signed presentation copy to R. Critchell Rimington [noted yachtsmen and naval writer] with kind regards from Douglas Cleverdon. Jones, a friend and... Read More
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The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
by Jones, David [Illustrator]
Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon, 1929. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. Jones, David. 37 pages. Folio, 33 x 26 cm. One of sixty copies numbered copies with an additional suite of plates signed by Jones on the colophon. Total edition, copy 95 of 400. Jones, a friend and contemporary of Eric Gill converted to... Read More
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Old English Gold Plate
by Jones, E. Alfred
London: Bemrose & Sons, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth lettered in gold. Very good. 35 pages in text. Folio, 31 x 24 cm. Thirty-seven photographic plates with explanatory text. Chronological List of Gold Plate At Present In Existence. Ownership stamp of R & S Garrard & Co. Goldsmiths to the Crown. Bright, clean copy.
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Stanley Morison Displayed An Examination of His EarlyTypographic Work
by Jones, Herbert
London: Frederick Muller, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy, cloth covered boards. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Morison, Stanley. 127 pages. With a foreword by Sir Williams Emrys Williams. Ninety-six black and whiteillustrations. Index. Traces in particular, Morison's work during the nineteen twenties, the period when he did his most basic and also the most varied in character;... Read More
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From Here To Eternity
by Jones, James
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth in slightly nicked dust wrapper at upper corners and backstrip head. Very good. 861 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. This novel, his first won the 1952 National Book Award. With first issue dust wrapper, and with an additional later issue dust wrapper. Gilt spine lettering with... Read More
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The Sermon on the mount Gospel of st. Matthew; Chapters V, VI, VII
by Jones, Owen (Illustrator)
London: Longman & Co, 1845. First edition. leather_bound. Full brown calf. Aeg. Near fine. Jones, Owen. Unpaginated. 16.5 x 12 cm. Thirty two chromolithograph pages, stunning designs. GORDON N. RAY p.144. "a character example of the increasingly elaborate gift books which Jones produced in the late 1840's and the early 1850's." Raised bands, covers with decorations in blind,... Read More
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The History of Joseph And His Brethren; Genesis Chapters XXXVII. XXXVIII.XL
by Jones, Owen & Henry Warren (Illustrators)
London: Day & Son, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth lettered in gilt, rebacked with most of original spine laid down. Aeg. Very good. Jones, Owen. Small folio, 28 x 22 cm. 52 chromolithograph plates on twenty-six leaves by Owen Jones and Henry Warren, on stone by Albert Warren. Each illustration and accompanying text in a distinct decorative... Read More
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The Making of Ellor-gast 1985-1986; A Cautionary Tale
by Jones, Shirley
Np: Hen Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pebble grained light brown cloth decorated in a dark brown motif. Fine. 10 leaves. 26 x 17 cm. Ellor-gast, or alien spirit explores the theme of the monster in Beowulf. The book was hand-set Baskerville type and printed on Rives mould-made paper. A relief etching from one of the plates... Read More
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An Essay On The First Principles Of Natural Philosophy:; Wherein The Use of Natural Means, Or Second Causes, in the Oeconomy of the material World, is demonstrated from Reason, Experiments of various Kinds, and the Testimony of Antiquity
by Jones, William
Oxford: S. Parker and D. Prince et al., 1762. First edition. leather_bound. Early reback in contemporary full brown calf. Very good. 281 pages. 26 1/2 x 22 cm. Three copper-engraved plates, two are fold-outs. "Jones of Nayland" was one of the prominent churchmen of his day. He represented the school more numerous than is commonly supposed, which formed... Read More
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Toren en Beiaard te Mechelen; La Tour et le Carillon a Malines
by Joosen, Constant (Photographer)
Brussels: W. Godenne, 1930. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth spine and decorated boards. Very good. 30 pages in text. Preface by Dr. J. Laenen. Text in French and Dutch. Photographs of churches, church bells, all printed recto only. Index. Modest rubbing to extremities.
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American Log Buildings An Old World Heritage
by Jordan, Terry G.
Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 193 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Host of photographs, plans to scale. A study of origins shaped by central and western European countries with the Fenno-Scandian settlers exerting the largest degree of influence. Bibliography. Index.
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The Cuban Economy: Dependency and Development
by Jorge, Antonio & Jaime Suchlicki (Editors)
Miami: Univ. of Miami, 1989. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine.. 120 pages. 21 1/2 x 13 1/2 cm. Six essays on The Cuban economy. A presentation of the Research Institute for Cuban Studies, Institute of interamerican Studies of the Graduate School of International Relations (Univ. of Miami).
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