Robert Field Portrait Painter in Oils, Miniature and Water-Colours and Engraver
by Piers, Harry
New York: Frederic Fairchild Sherman, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth spine read leather spine label printed in gilt and dark green boards. Very good. Field, Robert. 202 pages. 24 x 19 cm. Limited edition, one of 325 copies. Fifty three full page plates with descriptive text. With a "Descriptive Catalogue Of Field's Works." Diane Foskett, author... Read More
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Jedd Garet
by Pincus-Witten, Robert
Pasadena: Twelvetrees Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark brown cloth lettered in black. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 167 pages. 33 x 26.5 cm. Mostly color plates printed recto only on high gloss stock. Laid in the invitation to his exhibition at the Robert Miller Gallery in New York, March 29 through April 23, 1983.
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The Basilica Of St. Peter's In The Vatican
by Pinelli, Antonio (Editor)
Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine matching decorated slipcase. 4 vols. A total of 2287 pages. 30.5 x 25.5 cm. Two Atlas volumes, one Text and one Essay volume. Elegantly printed on glossy stock with text in English and Italian. Atlas volume with black and white and color plates (photographs)... Read More
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The Medallic History Of England; Illustrated by Forty Plates
by Pinkerton, John
London: E. Harding, 1802. Hardcover. Orig. diced calf covers rebacked, and laid-down with corners repaired. Near fine. 112 pages. Folio, 33 x 25.5 cm. Printed at the Oriental Press. The first edition was printed in 1790 and considered a notable work on the subject. Clean, bright and very fresh copy with wide text margins. Marbled endpapers, raised bands,... Read More
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The Young Gentleman's Library Of Useful & Entertaining Knowledge; Intended As A Holiday Or Birth-Day Present; Embellished with Thirty-Five Beautiful Engravings By M.E. Sears
by Pinnock. W.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, And Green, 1829. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards. Aeg. Very good. 354, (2), (4) pages. 14 x 9 cm. J.J, Jarvis illustrator, errata page and List of Contents. Bookplate of Marjorie Moon with inscription front cover pastedown -- a gift note. Interior contents bright and clean, backstrip worn, cover soiling with binding... Read More
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![Ferme Ornee; Or Rural Improvements. A Series Of Domestic and Ornamental Designs, Suited To Parks, Plantations, Rides, Walks, Rivers, Farms, &c. Consisting Of Fences, Paddock Houses, A Bath, A Dog-Kennel, Pavilions, Farm-Yards, Fishing-Houses, Sporting-Boxes, Shooting-Lodges, Single And Double Cottages, &c. Calculated For Landscape And Picturesque Effects {BOUND WITH] Sketches For Country Houses, Villas, And Rural Dwellings; Calculated For Persons Of Moderate income, And For Comfortable Retirement. Also Some Designs For Cottages, Which May Be Constructed Of The Simplest Materials; With Plans and General Estimates [BOUND WITH] ATKINSON, WILLIAM, Views Of Picturesque Cottages With Plans Selected From A Collection Of Drawings Taken In Different Parts Of England, And Intended As Hints For The Improvement Of Village Scenery](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/832/562/832562832.0.m.1.jpg)
Ferme Ornee; Or Rural Improvements. A Series Of Domestic and Ornamental Designs, Suited To Parks, Plantations, Rides, Walks, Rivers, Farms, &c. Consisting Of Fences, Paddock Houses, A Bath, A Dog-Kennel, Pavilions, Farm-Yards, Fishing-Houses, Sporting-Boxes, Shooting-Lodges, Single And Double Cottages, &c. Calculated For Landscape And Picturesque Effects {BOUND WITH] Sketches For Country Houses, Villas, And Rural Dwellings; Calculated For Persons Of Moderate income, And For Comfortable Retirement. Also Some Designs For Cottages, Which May Be Constructed Of The Simplest Materials; With Plans and General Estimates [BOUND WITH] ATKINSON, WILLIAM, Views Of Picturesque Cottages With Plans Selected From A Collection Of Drawings Taken In Different Parts Of England, And Intended As Hints For The Improvement Of Village Scenery
by Plaw, John
London: I and J. Taylor, J. Taylor, T. Gardiner, 1805. Second edition, First edition, First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary brown calf-backed spine and marbled boards, armorial bookplate, spine lack 3 centimeters at head. Very good. 3 vols in one. 13 pages in text. 31 x 26 cm. Thirty-eight engraved plates, sepia aquatints. First published 1795: "These designs were among... Read More
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The Education of Shakespeare Illustrated from the Schoolbooks In Use in his Time
by Plimpton, George A.
London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Very good. 140 pages. Illustrated. Owner inscription. Front cover gilt illustration of a Horn Book.
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Epistolarum Libri X. Eiusdem Panegyricus Traiano Principi Dictus
by Plinius Secundas, Gaius
Venice: Aldi, et Andreae Asulani (Aldus), 1518. Second Aldine Edition. Hardcover. Later full vellum. Very good. 525 pages. 8vo, 14 1/2 x 9 cm. [*8-****2,a8-z8,aa8-kk8]. DIBDIN notes, "Containing ten books, with many Epistles never before published: it has also the "Panegyric." These are the only editions of Pliny's Epistles that ever issued from the Aldine press......The edition of... Read More
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English Printers' Ornaments
by Plomer, Henry R.
London: Grafton, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. taupe cloth and boards. Very good. 292 pages. Limited edition, one of 500. 284 illustrations cover borders, head-pieces, tail-pieces, ornaments, initials and modern printer ornaments. Index. The author conjectures whether the early printers employed their own artists to design and engraved blocks, or whether they obtained them from the typefounders, but... Read More
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L'Art de Tourner, ou de Faire en Perfection toutes Sortes d'Ouvrages au Tour
by Plumier, Charles
Paris: Pierre Aubouin et al., 1706. Second edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf. Very good. 187 pages. Folio, 37.5 x 24.5 cm. 72 engraved plates including engraved additional title. French and Latin text. The first tome devoted exclusively to the lathe and concerned primarily with ornamental wood turning. Interior contents faultless and fresh. Owner inscription verso of free... Read More
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Modern Finishings For Rooms: A Series Of Designs For Vestibules, Halls, Stair Cases, Dressing Rooms, Boudoirs, Libraries, And Drawing Rooms;; With Their Doors, Windows, Chimney-Pieces, And Other Finishings, To A Large Scale; And the Several Mouldings and Cornices at full Size: Showing Their Construction And Relative Proportions. Etc.
by Pocock, William Fuller
London: J. Taylor, 1811. First edition. Hardcover. Recased in modern three quarter black morocco and marbled boards. Fine. 23 pages in text. 26 x 21 cm. Eighty-six engraved plates. Pocock was an early member of the Institute of British Architects, and was Master of the Carpenters' Company. "As an architect he was competent but unremarkable, his best work being in... Read More
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The Fall Of the House of Usher; Illustrated By Alice Neel
by Poe, Edgar
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1985. Hardcover. Orig. quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Fine in fine sued lined slipcase with front cover gilt lettered leather label. Neel, Alice. 32 pages. 39 x 28 cm. Limited edition, copy 1267 of 1500 copies, signed by Raphael Soyer and Alice Neel in pencil. Neel signed an undetermined number of copies... Read More
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The Gift: A Christmas And New Year's Present 1845
by Poe, Edgar Allan
Philadelphia: Cary and Hart, 1845. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf binding, black leather spine label printed in gilt. Aeg. Near fine. 300 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Second issue without date on title or copyright date, and without printed title. First appearance of THE PURLOINED LETTER, with twelve steel engraved plates including frontispiece with tissue guards.... Read More
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The Light Of Asia or The Great Renunciation (Mahabhinishkramana) Being The Life And Teaching Of Gautama Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (As Told in Verse by and Indian Buddhist) by Sir Edwin Arnold
by Pogany, Willy (Illustrator)
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1932. First edition thus. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth, silver front cover panel with cloth inset illustrated by Pogany. Fine. 192 pages. 25 x 20 cm. Illustrated in black and white by Will Pogany. Signed presentation copy "To Herbert Morrison from his old friend Hollywood 1937." Morrison, Life Peer Baron Morrison of Lambeth was a member... Read More
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Wilderness Kingdom Indian Life in the Rocky Mountains: 1840-1847 The Journals & Painting of Nicolas Point, S.J.
by Point, Nicolas
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Very good in worn dust wrapper lacking pieces. 274 pages. 285 of Father Point's paintings, 232 full-color are reproduced.. Translated and introduced by Joseph P. Donnelly, with an Appreciation by John C. Ewers. Bibliography. Father Point's paintings offer the only first hand information we have... Read More
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The Earliest Directory Of The Book Trade by John Pendred (1785)
by Pollard, Graham (Editor)
London: Bibliographical Society, 1955. First edition. Paperback. Orig. gray wrappers. Very good.. 90 pages. 22 x 18 cm. Oxford Bibliographical Society: for Year 1954.Unopened.
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A Dictionary Of Members Of The Dublin Book Trade 1550-1800 based on the records of the Guild Of St Luke The Evangelist Dublin
by Pollard, M.
London: Bibliograhical Society, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Fine.. 675 pages. 25 x 17 cm. Sources -- Manuscripts; Printed Books, Pamphlets, & Unpublished Theses; Books Issued by Subsription ; and Newspapers & Periodicals.
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Jackson Pollock Drip Paintings On Paper 1948-1949
by Pollock, Jackson
New York: C&M Arts, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth lettered in black. Fine. Pollock,Jackson. Six leaves. Commentary by Carter Ratcliff. Color plates printed recto only with media. Works in the Exhibition.
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Russkii Revolyutsionny Plakat [Russian Revolutionary Posters]
by Polonskii, Vyacheslav
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoye Izdatel'stvo, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pictorial boards in red and black, backstrip rebacked in cloth with wear at head. Very good. 192 pages. 35 x 27 cm. Fifty-six color lithographs and 129 black and white text illustrations, depicting more than 850 posters with descriptive text for each. A comprehensive catalogue of revolutionary posters by Demi,... Read More
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Who Was Raphael
by Ponente, Nello
Geneva: Skira, 1967. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated white cloth. Near fine in repaired, very good printed, plastic overwrapper. Raphael. 149 pages. Voluminously illustrated in color and in black and white. Translated from the Italian byJames Emmons. Bibliography. Index of Names and Places. FREITAG 7898.
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Colonial Architecture of Cape Cod Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard
by Poor, Alfred Easton
New York: William Helburn, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth spine and front cover lettered in black. Very good. 28 x 21 cm. 135 plates including buildings, windows, doorways, interiors and measured drawings; however, there are a total of 200 individual photographs and plans. KARPEL B747. "A superb collection of photographs and measured drawings." ROOS 863. Laid-in... Read More
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Italian High Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture
by Pope-Hennessy, John
Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. delft cloth. Near fine. 3 vols. Voluminously illustrated in black and white with 178 figures in the text and 168 full-page plates. Vol.I: Notes on the Sculptors and on the Plates. Index of Sculptors. Index of Places to Parts I-III. Vol.II: Text, and Vol.III: Plates. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER K164. "The... Read More
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Essays on Italian Sculpture
by Pope-Hennessy, John
London: Phaidon Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth. Very good.. 243 pages. 248 illustrations. Index. Twenty-five essays by a noted authority which according to the author, fall into three critical categories -- MuseumMonographs, factual essays, and interpretive analysis.
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Three Cantos From To the Unborn -- Greetings
by Popham, Hugh
London: Dropmore Press, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter vellum and gray boards lettered in red. Very good. Unpaginated. 10 leaves. 22.5 x 17.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 65 of 81 signed by Popham on J. Whatman hand made paper, watermarked 1852. From his obituary: "Perhaps the only British poet of stature to reflect the experience of young flyers... Read More
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Geodesics; industrialization and Technology Course Supplement Number I.
by Popko, Edward
Detroit: University of Detroit, 1968. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. spiral bound illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. 9 pages in text. 106 illustrations; drawings and photographs, most with multiple images per plate. Discussion of Polyhedra and its related constituents. Selected bibliography.
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