The Happy Hypocrite; A Fairy Tale For Tired Men
by Beerbohm, Max
London: John Lane, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. tan decorated wrappers housed in half brown morocco and very good brown cloth slipcase with raised bands and spine lettered in gilt. Slight loss at head of leather slipcase. Beerbohm, Max. 53 pages. 16.5 x 13 cm. Number One of the Bodley Booklets printed by Will Bradley at the Wayside... Read More
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The Story of Frederic W. Goudy
by Beilenson, Peter
Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth with Goudy initials in gilt, front cover. Fine in slightly chipped glassine overwrapper.. 68 pages. 17 1/2 x 11 cm. Printed for the Goudy Centennial. One of 1250 copies.
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The Story of Frederic W. Goudy; Written by Peter Beilenson and printed with a personal supplement for The Distaff Side
by Beilenson, Peter
New York: Distaff Side, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth front cover and spine paper labels. Fine in original glassine. 58 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Limited edition one of 300 signed by Goudy on front free endpaper. Title page portrait reproduced from a wood engraving by Charles. E. Pont. 8 unnumbered pages of plates & portraits.... Read More
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Oregon Imprints 1845-1870
by Belknap, George N.
Eugene: Univ. of Oregon Books, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. 305 pp. Illustrated. Subject Index. Index, Printers and Publishers. As the author notes, "this is substantially a new book, though built on his (Douglas C. McMurtie) accomplishment." This book describes 1,521 imprints, 962 additional titles to the 589 located... Read More
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Three Eyes The Old Master painting from different view points
by Bellamy, Michael (Editor)
London: Heim Gallery, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 112 pages. 9 x 9". 39 color plates with detailed descriptive text.
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Painters In A New Land From Annapolis Royal to the Klondike
by Bell, Michael
Toronto: McClellandand Stewart, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Very good in chipped dust wrapper. 224 pages. Over 200 illustrations with more than half in color. Bibliography. Index. A panorama of Canadian art complemented with descriptions from contemporary travel literature, diaries and letters. A good survey of the topic.
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The Builder's Guide, or Complete Builder's Guide, Illustrated by Sixty-Six Engravings, Which Exhibit The Orders of Architecture And Other Elements Of The Art. Designed For The Use Of Builders, Particularly Of Carpenters And Joiners
by Benjamin, Asher
Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1850. leather_bound. Contermporary full brown calf, black leather spine label printed in gilt. Near fine. 83 pages. 27 x 22 1/2 cm. One of the early and important Pattern Books, and the author's first in that genre. This is the fifth: preceded by The American Builder; The Rudiments of Architecture; The Practical House Carpenter... Read More
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Ancient Art of The Andes
by Bennett, Wendell C.
New York: MOMA, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated gray cloth. Very good in worn dust wrapper. 187 pages. Small 4to, 206 plates. Bibliography.
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Ancient Arts Of The Andes
by Bennett, Wendell C.
New York: MOMA, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Orig.gray cloth. Near fine in worn dust wrapper. 188 pages. 208 plates with six in color. Introduction by Rene D'Harnoncourt. Bibliography. Maps. A survey by a leading anthropologist who died prior to the volume'spublication.
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Fletcher Benton
by Benton, Fletcher
NY: Tasende Gallery, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 48 pages. 10 1/2 x 8". Color and black and white plates.
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Green Grow The Lilacs A Play By Lynn Riggs
by Benton, Thomas Hart (Illustrator)
Norman: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. Orig. tan cloth illustrated in blind with glassine overwrapper. Fine in near fine slipcase. Benton, Thomas Hart. 162 pages. 30.5 x 23.5 cm. Black and white lithographs by Thomas Hart Benton. Introduction by Brooks Atkinson. Book design by Will Ransom. This work is the original play upon which the musical "Oklahoma" was... Read More
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A St. Giles's Beauty
by John Hodges Benwell
London: E.M. Diemar, 1783. Stiff Wraps. Very good. Sepia stipple engraved portrait: plate mark 25 x 19 cm., with border 30.5 x 27.5 cm. Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi. John Hodges Benwell, R.A. an English genre painter. Emmanuel Matthias Diemar. German born was a print dealer and publisher.
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I Dogi
by Benzoni, Gino (Cura)
Milano: Electa, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper in matching fine slipcase. 292 pages. 28.5 x 25.5 cm. 258 color and black and white plates. Nine chapters by various hands. Text in Italian.
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The Seasons By James Thomson With Five Pictures By Jacquier
by Beresford, John (Introduction)
London: Nonesuch Press, 1927. Hardcover. Orig. marbled cloth. Very good. Jacquier. 198 pages. 27.5 x 20 cm. Five copper-plates were engraved by C. Sigrist, and the prints by Jacquier, water-coloured through stencils by The Curwen Press. Limited edition, copy 1328 of 1500. The text of this edition is that finally revised by James Thomson and issued in 1746.... Read More
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A Collector's Guide to Paper Money
by Beresiner, Yasha
New York: Stein & Day, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. burnt siena linen cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. With more than 100 black and white photographs and eight color plates. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.
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Jean de Boschere ou le mouvement de l'attente; Etude biographique et critique
by Berg, Christian
Bruxelles: Academie Royale de Lenge et de Litterature Francaises, 1978. First edition. Pamphlet. Loose as issued in paper covers. Very good. Bosschere, Jean de. 354-365 pages. 21.5 x 16 cm. Bibliography in French covers correspondence, articles on or about de Boschere, and letters addressed to him.
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Industry, Architecture, and Engineering
by Bergeron, Louis, & Maria Teresa Maiullari-Pontois
New York: Abrams, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 287 pages. 29 x 25 cm. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs mostly drawn from HAER's impressive collection. Index. Bibliography.
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Musical Prints 1568-1949
by Bergquist, Stephen A.
Storrs: William Benton Museum of Art, 2011. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 93 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. 64 illustrated entries with print medium in color and black and white. Bibliography and Index.
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Dutch Still-Life Painting in The Seventeenth Century
by Bergstrom, Ingvar
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1956. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark navy cloth. Very good. 330 pages. Large 8vo, eight color plates and 239 black and white illustrations. Translated by Christina Hedstrom and Gerald Taylor. Bibliography. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER M415. "The best comprehensive study." It remains so.
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Voyage Musical En Allemagne Et Italie; Etudes Sur Beethoven, Gluck Et Weber Melanges Et Novelles
by Berlioz, Hector
Paris: Jules Labitte, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Three quarter gilt lettered black morocco, marbled boards and marbled endpapers. 2 Vols. Very good. 422, 370 pages. 21.5 x 13 cm. It was this period in his life (1840's) Berlioz spent much of his time making music outside France. He struggled to make money from his concerts in Paris, and... Read More
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Chinese Folk Art The Small Skills of Carving Insects
by Berliner, Nancy Zeng
Boston: Little, Brown, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. 254 pages. With 228 illustrations, including 109 in color. Foreword by John M. Rosenfield. Chronology. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Offers a thorough study of the long and rich folk art tradition of the Chinese, presenting not only the evolution, materials, and... Read More
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The Graphic Work Of Eugene Berman
by Berman, Eugene
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. 332 pages. More than 700 black and white reproductions. Foreword by Russell Lynes. Preface and Notes by Eugene Berman. A neoromantic who rebelledagainst the Cubists, Berman, according to Lynes is "an echo of early masters which he (Berman) claims... Read More
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Les Petits Espiegles
by Bernard, Martial
Paris: Bernarding-Bechet Libraire-Editeur, Paris. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated cover front and back, Very good. 10 leaves. 26 x 23 cm. Not located in OCLC. Six full page chromolithograph plates, all but one printed recto only. The author is not located in any of the standard search engines. Text in French. Nicks to corners and spine, interior contents clean... Read More
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Book Of Nations; New York World's Fair
by Bernbach, William & Herman Jaffe (Editors)
New York: Winkler & Kelmans, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated white boards. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper. 189 pages. 27.5 x 20 cm. Book and Maps designed by Clarence Pearson Hornung. "This general, and I might also say spontaneous, participation by other countries, is a gesture of friendship and good-will toward the United States for which... Read More
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Twentieth Century Prints
by N.Y. Sotheby Parke Bernet
New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good.. 50 pages. Sale December 18-19, 1974. Illustrated in black and white. Printed price estimates laid-in.
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