The Horse In Motion As Shown By Instantaneous Photography by Stillman J. D. B - 1882

London: Printed by W. Lewis for Thomas McLean, 26, Haymarket, 1822. Hardcover. Very Good. Hand-coloured aquatint plates (16 of 19) after H. Alken and J. Barenger by G. and T. Hunt.. Volume I, Nos. I-VI Jan-June 15 1822 [all published] Royal octavo red half roan, original boards covered in blue sugar paper, spine title gilt (rebacked with matching red roan corners, original spine laid on), original free end-papers with new pastedown, armorial bookplate with motto DA VIS and pencilled ownership H. Davis at head of titlepage, vi + [2]pp list of engravings +540pp +16 of 19 hand-colored plates. LACKS 4 text leaves (pp 217-24) - the missing 3 plates and 4 text leaves in colour facsimile reproduced from the 1904 reprint, bound in to match. One gathering with edges browned, some offsetting from plates to text, otherwise clean and crisp throughout. *Beautiful bright hand-coloured plates of hunting, shooting, tandem-driving, livestock etc. Very rare in original edition (Schwerdt II p.212 "the first and only… Read More

1697 1st ed Evelyn Numismata Illustrated Medals Coins Physiognomy Numismatics

"The long and prolixer beard was ever a mark of gravity and wisdom in men, but a woman with a hairy chin, was saluted as a monster, by a peal of stones at her."
– John Evelyn, Numismata

John Evelyn's 'Numismata' is one of the most important 17th-century books on numismatics, ancient coins, medals, collecting them, and identifying authentic and fakes. This 1697 first edition is illustrated with engravings of medals each with inscriptions and commentary on the figures. While the title of the works refers to both numismatics, which includes coins, the content of Evelyn's treatise focuses primarily on medals alone.

This work though, takes a bizarre turn and covers more than just the study of medals. Evelyn writes about human physiognomy and the importance of the human face which appears on medals and coins. One rather odd section discusses the appearance of a beard on both a man and a woman!

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Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2002. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Limited edition, one of 110 copies for private distribution none of which were for sale; this copy is unnumbered and out of series. Near Fine, in a Near Fine publisher's white slipcase, which is lightly soiled and wit ha touch of shelf-wear. A lovely collection of Montfort's candid photographs of Bukowski.

s.l.: S.n., 1955. Fine. S.n., s.l. s.d. (circa 1955), 5x8cm, une photographie. - Photographie originale en noir et blanc représentant Vladimir Nabokov. Tirage argentique d'époque. Mention manuscrite postérieure au stylo bille au dos du cliché : ""photo Clayton-Smith mention obligatoire"". La photographie servit d'illustration au catalogue de l'année 1959 d'Olympia Press, éditeur de Nabokov, dans le cadre de la réédition de Lolita. Beau portrait de profil de l'un des écrivains les plus sulfureux du XXème siècle. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Original black and white photograph representing Vladimir Nabokov n. p. [ca 1955] | 5 x 8 cm |one photograph Contemporary silver print. Handwritten note in ballpoint pen at the back of the photograph: ""Photo Clayton-Smith mention obligatoire"". The photograph was used as an illustration for the Olympia Press catalog 1959, Nabokov's publisher, in the context of the re-edition of Lolita.… Read More

Budapest: Magyar Helikon, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 25x21 cm. . Black paper-covered boards with gilt lettering in bright, photo-pictorial dustjacket. Illustrated throughout with 96 black and white reproductions of photographs and 2 blue transparent pages. Missing 1,7 mm. at top of spine strip. Dust jacket with light edge wear and professionally restored chip to upper spine end. Unpaginated [97 pp.] The Photobook Parr & Badger, Vol.1. Dust jacket now protected by mylar cover. .

"'Varianti' è un libro-progetto interamente concepito dall'Autore, sia nella scelta delle immagini che nei testi. Guido Guidi ha immaginato il libro come la più naturale sequenza di immagini che si susseguono col ritmo di una narrazione intima, pura, come quella, semplice, delle fotografie di un album. Tutte le immagini che datano dal 1969 al 1994 sono riprodotte in grandezza originale e nella loro più totale interezza, come oggetti leggeri, con i segni che l'uso e il passare del tempo ha lasciato su di loro, appoggiati sulla pagina (dal risvolto di copertina) / "Varianti is a project book conceived entirely by the author, both as regards the choice of images and the text. Guido Guidi, one of the most sophisticated and elegant contemporary Italian photographers, visualized this book as a sequence of images unfolding with the natural rhythm of pure, intimate narration, like the simple story told by an album of photographs. All images dated from 1969 to 1994 are reproduced to their original scale in… Read More

Westminster London: Archibald Constable and Co, 1900. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. vittorio sella. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Rebound in green cloth to resemble the original binding with original front cover title patch cleanly mounted in original position on front cover and original spine patches similarly mounted. Overall nice condition. Tight binding with no loose pages (the text block has been sewn into page gatherings = the stitching shows at the start/end of each gathering --> see photo). Gift inscription on front pastedown. No other former owner writing or marks in book. Based on the inscription, this book was given to Smoke Blanchard prior to his 1964 expedition to Mt St Elias, possibly by Vin Hoeman, beloved climber & mountaineering historian who perished in an avalanche on the 1969 Dhaulagiri expedition along with 6 others, though the "Love Always" seems a bit melodramatic. Smoke Blanchard's St Elias expedition was a 4-man… Read More

Album Odysséen. Photographies de Fred. Boissonnas. 1ère édition. 8 pp. + 265 héliogravures + 1 folding map h.t. 26,4x22,5 cm. Librairie Armand Colin, Paris, 1933.
--- (...) Les photographies qui sont reproduites dans ce volume sont l'oeuvre de Frédéric Boissonnas. C'est avec lui qu'au printemps de 1912, songeant à donner une nouvelle édition de ses Phéniciens et l'Odyssée, Victor Bérard entreprit de refaire le périple d'Ulysse dont, par une patiente étude, il s'était efforcé d'identifier toutes les étapes. Dans cette Méditerranée où rien ne change, il put retrouver intacts les sites et les paysages qui rendaient tout leur sens aux descriptions du Poète. (...)
Jean Bérard
--- Text in french. Captions in ancient greek, translated in french. A spot on front cover. Otherwise the book is fine.

This book has its own slip case. The slip case has a bump to one corner and a bump to spine area of slip case. See photos.

Evanston, Illinois:: Mardy Sears,, 2022.. Edition of 8. 101 cyanotypes. Wooden boards.Ethiopian binding with carved walnut covers, cyanotype prints and indigo Kozo on the spine of some signatures. Signed and dated by the artist. Mardy Sears: "In 2020 I was asked to hand bind a Caxton Club publication, Chicago by the Book, 101 publications that shaped the city and its image, that would be put up for auction along with several other Chicago artist bindings. As I am more of an artist than a binder, I decided to make an artist book using the commercially printed book pages. The first question I asked myself in the process is 'What shapes Chicago?' and the answer I gave myself was - the people. I decided to create portraits of 101 Chicagoans to pair with the 101 publications; but how to go about this during a worldwide pandemic? I began at work while the Art Institute of Chicago was shut down and very few people were working in the museum. I wandered the empty galleries looking for those who… Read More