Vorlegeblatter Zum Nachzeichnen

Np: Wesel W Düms, 1900. Wraps. Orig. side stapled illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Six leaves. 14.5 x 22 cm. No. 750, Heft X. Six images of heads -- child (two heads), young woman, north African, young girls (two heads), woman in tunic, and man with Tyrol cap. Back cover text in German. Contents clean and crisp.

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Magdalena Abakanowicz

by Abakanowicz, Magdalena

Chicago: Richard Gray Gallery, 1990. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine. 32 pages. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Forward by Barbara Rose. Essay by Mary Jane Jacob. Illustrated in sepia and black and white.

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Changing New York; Text by Elizabeth McCausland

by Abbott, Berenice

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher’s dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and emblem of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Fine in fresh dust wrapper lacking small pieces at rear backstrip head and upper front cover corner. 206 pages. 29 x 22.5 cm. A production of... Read More

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The City is the Frontier

by Abrams, Charles

New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth.Very good in chipped dust wrapper. 394 pages. Illustrated with tables and charts. Index. Details with intense concern the main causes of urban blight, examining racial discrimination, narrow tax policies, inadequate housing, and lack of comprehensive planning. Identifies the mistakes that account for the disappointing results of... Read More

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A Suite Of Eight Woodcuts To Illustrate Steppenwolf By Herman Hesse Published Exclusively For The Members Of The Limited Editions Club

by Ackermann, Helmut

New York: The Print Club, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher beige cloth portfolio, cover lettered in black with lighter beige cloth ties. Fine. Folio, 47 x 33.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 51 of 200. Eight woodcuts reproduced in two colors, directly from the blocks, each print signed by Helmut Ackermann and numbered in pencil. Latter pulled on... Read More

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The Microcosm of London

by Ackermann, Rudolph

London: R. Ackermann, 1810. leather_bound. Contemporary brown Russia, a dark reddish brown calf. Very good. iv, [2], 231; [6], vi, 239; [4], iv, 280, [6] pages. Folio, 35 x 29 cm. Contents leaf in the first state. The key plates, some in first, some are later. Plate water marks mostly early, primarily 1807 & 1808 in Vol. I.... Read More

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Milwaukee Then And Now

by Ackerman, Sandra

San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards. Fine in matching fine slipcase. 144 pages. 24 x 28.5 cm. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white plates on glossy stock. Index.

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Chatterton

by Ackroyd, Peter

New York: Grove Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 234 paqes.

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Le Burundi

by Acquier, Jean-Louis

Marseille: Editions Parentheses, 1986. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. pictorial stiff wrappers. Very good. 129 pages. 21 x 24 cm. Profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. A thorough study of the vernacular architecture of Burundi. Glossary. Text in French. Back cover upper corner creased.

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Yosemite and the Range of Light

by Adams, Ansel

Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated gray stiff wrappers. Near fine. Adams, Ansel. 28 pages in text. 22.5 x 28.5 cm. Introduction by Paul Brooks. Illustrated with 116 reproductions of Adams photographs, all taken in the Sierra Nevada. Photographs of Yosemite National Park are specified as taken in Yosemite Valley.

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American Lithographers 1900-1960; The Artists and Their Printers

by Adams, Clinton

Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 228 pages. 31 x 24 cm. 118 black and white plates and 9 color plates. Index. An historical review of 20th century American lithography by the director of the Tamarind Institute.

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The Arts & Crafts Movement

by Adams, Steven

London: Chartwell, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 128 pages. 28 x 21 cm. Copiously illustrated in color and black and white. Bibliography. Index.

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The Non-Cartographical Maritime Works Published By Mount And Page. A Preliminary Hand-List; Occasional Papers Number 1

by Adams, Thomas R.

London: Bibliographical Society, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed stiff wrappers. Fine.. 54 pages. 29 x 21 cm.

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The Works of The Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq

by Addison, Joseph

London: J. and R. Tonson, 1761. leather_bound. Contemporary polished brown calf. Very good. 4 Vols. 30 x 25 cm. First Baskerville edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Kneller, 3 engraved plates after Hayman, woodcuts of medals, with the rare 'Directions to Binder' leaf usually lacking. 13 woodcuts of coins. DIBDEN noted, "He who hath the Baskerville edition hath a... Read More

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Elmer Adler In the World of Books; Edited by Paul A. Bennett

by Adler, Elmer

Princeton: Princeton Univ. Library, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brick and black cloth front cover lettered in gilt. Fine. 114 pages. 18 x 11 cm. Illustrated. Reminiscences of noted bibliophiles. Limited edition, one of 2100. Bright, very fresh copy.

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The Art of Illumination An Anthology of Manuscripts from the Sixth to the Sixteenth Century

by d'Ancona P. & E. Aeschlimann

London: Phaidon, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. royal blue illustrated cloth. Very good in fine dust wrapper. 235 pages. 30 x 23 cm.Translated from the Italian by Alison M.Brown. With additional notes on the plates by M. Alison Stones. 145 plates with twenty-four in full-color. Notes on the Plates. Bibliography. List of Collections. A concise and informative survey... Read More

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The Fables Of Aesop ; Translated Into English By Samuel Croxall, D.D. With new Applications, Morals, &c. By The Rev.Geo. Fyler Townsend

by Aesop

London: Warne And Co, Nd. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth spine and illustrated boards lettered in red and black. Very good. 152 pages. 15.5 x 11.5 cm. With 80 original illustrations, and colored engraved frontispiece and vignette. Rubbing to extremities. National Nursery Library.

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Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae Graece et Latine, cum alijs opusculis, quorum Index proxima refertur pagella [Together With] Institutiones absolutissimæ in Græcam linguam

by Aesop

Tubingen & Cologne: Ulrichus Morhandum & Martinus Gymnicus, 1546. Hardcover. Later half calf rebacked and marbled boards. All edges red. Near fine. 451 (Index & Errata on four unnumbered pages). 15.1 x 9.5 cm. 16th century edition printed in Greek and Latin. Included are Homer, Ranarum & Murium Pugna (24 pages printed in Greek and Latin); Musaeus, Deero... Read More

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Fabulae Aesopiae, curis posterioribus, omnes fere, emandatae, accesserunt plus quam CLXX nova; tum etiam observations, grammaticae praesertim, complures, et Index copiosus, nec desunt Hominum et pecudum figurae elegantes.Mannheim, Typis Academicis

by Aesop. (Francois Joseph Desbillons, Compiler)

Manheim: Typis Academicis, 1768. First German Edition. leather_bound. Full contemporary morocco, black spine and green covers, marbled endpapers in very good marbled slipcase. Aeg. Two Vols. in one. Near fine. [2], 58, 290, [2], 291-615 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Desbillons was a neo-Latin French fabulist and poet. As a Jesuit , he taught humanities at Nevers, at... Read More

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Comoediae

by Publius Terentius Afar

Birmingham: Baskerville, 1772. Hardcover. Three quarter modern navy blue morocco blue cloth. Aeg. Fine. 364 pages. 28.5 x 23 cm. Publius Terentius Afar better known in English as Terence was a playwright during the Roman Republic. He was the author of six comedies based on Greek originals. His plays form the basis for of the modern comedy of... Read More

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Descriptions of The Country from thirty to forty Miles around Manchester

by Aiken, John

London: John Stockdale, 1795. First edition. leather_bound. Modern full brown calf. Fine. 624 pages. 30 x 23 cm. Engraved frontispiece and additional title, two immense folding engraved maps (including one hand-coloured map of country around Manchester, 43 engraved plates and 18 single-page maps and plans, list of subscribers includes Booksellers as a separate entity after the alphabetical list.... Read More

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Annotations Upon the second book of Moses called Exodus * Annotations Upon The Third Book Of Moses Called Leviticus * Annotations Upon The Fourth Book of Moses, Called Numbers * Annotations Upon The Fifth Book Of Moses Called Deuteronomie * Annotations Upon the fifth book of Moses called Genesis

by Ainsworth, Henry

Amsterdam: (Giles Thorp), 1621. First editions. leather_bound. Modern full brown morocco, raised bands, red leather spine labels printed in gilt. Genesis volume half brown morocco and brown boards. All bindings fine. 5 vols. 20.5 x 16 cm & 21 x 16 cm. (Exodus: A4-Gg4, Hh2), (Leviticus: A4-Mm4), (Numbers: A4-Qq4), (Deuteronomie: A4-Nn4, Oo2), (Genesis: *4-**2, A4-Ii4, Kk3). Printed in... Read More

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Guy Fawkes An Historical Rromance

by Ainsworth, W. Harrison

London: Bentley's Miscellany, 1840. leather_bound. Full brown morocco. Teg. Near fine. 540 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Full page illustrations printed recto only by George Cruikshank. Illustrated book plate of George Cukar, who was an American film director and producer (My Fair Lady). Elegantly bound by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Interior contents clean and fresh. Raised bands, spine panels... Read More

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Stanley Brereton

by Ainsworth, William Harrison

London: George Routledge, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter maroon morocco and red cloth. Teg. Very good. 3 vols. 252, 277, 290 pages. 19 x 13 cm. This is Ainsworth's last novel. He was an English historical novelist born in Manchester. Popular in his lifetime, his novels sold in large numbers. he is described by S.M. Ellis as... Read More

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The Art Of The Hittites

by Akurgal, Ekrem

New York: Abrams, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. 315 pages. 30 x 24 cm. 174 plates in color and black and white. Bibliography. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER I62. "A comprehensive, authoritative survey of pre-Hittite and Hittite art up to c.760 BC. Superb plates.

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