Travelling Sketches In Russia And Sweden, During The Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808
by Porter, Robert Ker
London: T. Gillett for Richard Phillips, 1809. First edition. Hardcover. Modern three quarters navy morocco and marbled gray boards and matching endpapers. Very good/Near fine. vi, 302; vii, 296 pages. 30 x 23 cm. 41 engraved plates (3 folding, 29 hand-colored, 11 sepia-toned). Porter was commissioned by Tsar Alexander I of Russia as an historical painter (a genre... Read More
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Lithography 200 Years Of Art, History, & Technique; With the Collaboration of Rosalba and Marcello Tabanelli Essays by Jean Adhemar, Jacqueline Armingeat, Michel Melot, Fernand Mourlot, Domenica Porzio, and Alain Weill Translated from the Italian by Geoffrey Culverwell
by Porzio, Domenico (Editor)
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1983. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 280 pages. 31 x 24 cm. Providing a profile both of the technical evolution of the medium and of the actual history of lithographic art. Essays about the artist and the printer, the poster, social comment and criticism, the illustrated book, and... Read More
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Watteau: A Lady at her Toilet
by Posner, Donald
New York: Viking, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Orig.black cloth. Fine in good dust wrapper. Watteau, Jean-Antoine. 112 pages. Illustrated in black and white, with one color plate. Notes. Index. Explains the revolutionary change in artistic vision and expression embodied in this work, and uncovers its sources and motives. FREITAG 10160.
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Crosscurrents Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private Collections
by Poster, Amy G.
New York: Japan Society, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth lettered in blind. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 195 pages. 30 x 26.5 cm. Japanese, Chinese and Korean collections with illustrations in color and black and white. Contributions by Richard M. Barnhart and Christine M.E. Guth. Distributed by Harry Abrams. Index.
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Along The Tokaido Twelve Views By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
by Poster, Amy
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Kuniyoshi, Utagawa. 32 pages. Twelve full-color reproductions. Woodblock prints from a prolific and inventive ukiyo-e artist. His satire remains alive and humane today.
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History of the Discovery of Photography
by Potonniee, Georges
New York: By the author [Walker Engraving Company], 1934. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine. 214 pages. 19 x 12 1/2 cm. Limited edition, one of 25 copies, this being no. 12 presented to Dr. Fritz Wentzel, with the bookplate of his son, Volkmar Wentzel, who worked for National Geographic for forty-eight... Read More
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Ginger & Pickles
by Potter, Beatrix
New York: Frederick Warne And Co, 1909. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's tan boards, color pictorial inset front cover. Fine in fine velvet lined half green morocco and green cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, raised bands and spine panels also gilt. Box bound by Asprey. 52 pages. 15.5 x 14 cm. Colour frontispiece, plain title vignette, 9... Read More
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L'Histoire De Petit-Jean Des Villes; (The Tale Of Johnny Town-Mouse)
by Potter, Beatrix
London & New York: Frederick Warne And Co. Ltd, 1976. Hardcover. Orig. light gray boards, paper color inset front cover. Fine in fine dust wrapper replicating front cover design. In fine velvet lined half green calf folding box with matching green cloth, again replicating in gilt the original front cover illustration. Box bound by Asprey, raised bands, backstrip lettered... Read More
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L'Histoire De Deux Vilaines Souris; (The Tale Of Two Bad Mice)
by Potter, Beatrix
London & New York: Frederick Warne And Co. Ltd, 1975. Hardcover. Orig. yellow boards, paper color inset front cover. Fine in fine dust wrapper replicating front cover design. In fine velvet lined half red calf folding box with matching red cloth, again replicating in gilt the original front cover illustration. Box bound by Asprey, raised bands, backstrip lettered and... Read More
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The Tailor Of Gloucester
by Potter, Beatrix
New York: Frederick Warne And Co, 1903. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. green boards lettered in silver, cover illustration inset in triangular frame. Fine. 85 pages. 14 x 11 cm. illustrated with a color frontispiece (man and woman in period dress on a cobblestone street with Simpkin in the background), twenty-six color illustrations, bound in publisher's dark green... Read More
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Le Tailleur De Gloucester
by Potter, Beatrix
London & New York: Frederick Warne And Co. Ltd, 1967. Hardcover. Orig. yellow boards, paper color inset front cover. Fine in fine dust wrapper replicating front cover design. In fine velvet lined half red calf folding box with matching red cloth, again replicating in gilt the original front cover illustration. Box bound by Asprey, raised bands, backstrip lettered and... Read More
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The Tale of Mr. Tod
by Potter, Beatrix
New York & London: Frederick Warne And Co, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. light gray boards lettered in black, cover illustration inset in frame. Near fine. 94 pages. 14 x 11 cm. First edition, first or second printing with date on title, color frontispiece and 14 color plates, plain title vignette and illustrations in text. illustrated endpapers, bookplate... Read More
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Mademoiselle Moppette; (The Story of Miss Moppet)
by Potter, Beatrix
London & New York: Frederick Warne And Co. Ltd, 1976. Hardcover. Orig. beige boards, paper color inset front cover. Fine in fine dust wrapper replicating front cover design. In fine velvet lined half navy calf folding box with matching blue cloth, again replicating in gilt the original front cover illustration. Box bound by Asprey, raised bands, backstrip lettered and... Read More
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L'Histoire De Tonton-Le-Voltigeur; (The Tale Of Timmy Tiptoes)
by Potter, Beatrix
London & New York: Frederick Warne And Co. Ltd, 1978. Hardcover. Orig. beige boards, paper color inset front cover. Fine in fine dust wrapper replicating front cover design. In fine velvet lined half maroon calf folding box with matching maroon cloth, again replicating in gilt the original front cover illustration. Box bound by Asprey, raised bands, backstrip lettered and... Read More
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L'Histoire D'Un Mechant Lapin Mal Eleve; (The Story Of A Fierce Bad Rabbit)
by Potter, Beatrix
London & New York: Frederick Warne And Co. Ltd, 1977. Hardcover. Orig. yellow boards, paper color inset front cover. Fine in fine dust wrapper replicating front cover design. In fine velvet lined half red calf folding box with matching red cloth, again replicating in gilt the original front cover illustration. Box bound by Asprey, raised bands, backstrip lettered and... Read More
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Les Récits De Feu Ivan Pétrovitch Bielkine; Traduits Du Russe Par G. Wilkomirsky
by POUCHKINE, Alexandre (Eaux-fortes d' A. Alexeieff)
Maestricht & Bruxelles: A.A.M. Stols, 1930. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. stiff wrappers lettered in black and red in fine slipcase. Fine. 94 pages. 25 x 19 cm. Limited edition, one of 200, this copy not numbered, printed in Garamond on Hollande paper. Six original eaux-fortes (etchings) by Alexeieff. The latter a Russian Empire-born artist, and illustrator who... Read More
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Cathay: Poems After Li Po
by Pound, Ezra
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1992. Hardcover. Orig. blue Japanese linen with blocked design in blind on upper cover. Very good in very good slipcase. Clemente, Francesco. 34 pages. 32 x 25.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 13 of 300 set in Monotype Lutetia, signed by Francesco Clemente with seven color woodcut illustrations by the latter. Francesco Clemente is... Read More
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The Book Of Days Of Llewelyn Powys; Thoughts From His Philosophy Selected By John Wallis
by Powys, Llewelyn
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter green morocco and brown canvas boards. Teg. Fine. Corsellis, Elizabeth. 88 pages. Folio, 34 x 24 cm. Title printed in red and black, side notes printed in red, twelve full-page etchings by Elizabeth Corsellis. Limited edition, copy 261 of 295 on Batchelor hand-made paper, out of a total... Read More
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Super-Iride. Prodoto Chimico Brevettato Di Fama Mondiale; Per Tingere In Casa Qualsiasi Abito, Tessuto, Filato, ecc. Risultati ottenuti tingendo Su Tessuto Bianco Di Lana, Cotone E Seta
by Prato, Italy. Ditta Ruggero Benelli
Prato: Ditta Ruggero Benelli, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Panels are faux-diced shagreen, gilt lettering first panel, two brass rivets front cover for hanging the display. Very good. 27.5 x 13 cm. Salesman's sample advertising display for Super-Iride, 48 dyed sample mounted, eight panels bound accordion style, each panel as noted previously, folds out to approximately 40 inches when... Read More
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American Country Houses of Today; Chiefly For Moderate Incomes
by Aymar Embry II (Preface)
New York: Architectural Press Book Publishing Company, Inc, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth front cover printed in gilt. Very good. IX, 118 pages. 28 x 22 cm. All architects with home designs herein listed, including H.T. Lindeberg, Charles Platt and Aymar Embry II. Photographs with accompanying plans and a listing of all architects represented. Interior contents... Read More
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The Complete Graphic Works of Ben Shahn
by Prescott, Kenneth W.
New York: Quadrangle, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Fine in nicked at head dust wrapper. Shahn, Ben. 250 pages. 24 x31 cm. 100 color illustrations and 309 text figures (illustrated). Preface by Lessing J. Rosewald. Bibliography. Chronological Listing of Figures. Index. Shahn's graphics are discussed and illustrated here for the first time. FREITAG 8931.
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Pertinent & Impertinent An Assortment Of Verse
by Ditchling. St. Dominic's Press
Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth spine and dark buff boards. Very good. 69 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 200 on batchelor hand-made paper. Wood engravings by David Jones, et al. Jones served in World War I. After the war he embraced Roman Catholicism and joined a small community... Read More
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The Masque Of The Edwards Of England: Being A Coronation Pageant To Celebrate The Crowning Of The King
by London. Essex House Press
London: Essex House Press (Edward Arnold), 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth front cover lettered in black. Very good. 45 pages. Oblong folio, 29 x 39 cm. Limited edition, copy 16 of 300 with color lithograph illustrations after Edith Harwood of which 17 are full-paged. Ashbee created the Essex House Press after Morris's Kelmscott Press closed in 1897,... Read More
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A Showing of Baskerville (Mergenthaler Linoterm & Monotype and Foundry * A Showing of Bembo (Merganthaler Linoterm) & Monotype 270 * A Showing of Galliard (Merganthaler Linoterm) * A Showing of Optima (Merganthaler Linoterm) * A Showing of Sabon (Merganthaler Linoterm) * A Showing of Time Roman (Merganthaler Linoterm) * A Showing of Trump Mediaeval (Merganthaler Linoterm)
by Lunenberg. The Stinehour Press
Lunenberg: The Stinehour Press, 1980. First Editions. Wraps. Orig. publisher cream wrappers covers printed in red and black. Fine. Nine issues. Unpaginated. 26.5 x 18 cm. All nine type specifications printed in red and black. As new condition. Sold as a lot only.
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A Collection of Palaemon Press Poetry Broadsides [87 in Total]
by Palaemon Press
[Winston-Salem, N.C.]: Palaemon Press, 1980. First Editions. Wraps. Fine. Editor, publisher, and translator Stuart Wright founded the Palaemon Press Limited in Winston Salem, North Carolina, in 1977. The press published books, pamphlets and broadsides, primarily by Southern authors, and in most cases offering the first printing or first separate appearance of the work as noted herein). Authors published... Read More
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