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Studio, London, 1927. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. MALCOLM C. SALAMAN. E.A. Verpilleux, London: The Studio, 1927.Quarto, pp. 6, 10 plates with color prints tipped in, illustrated boards, bookplate on free front endpaper. Emile Antoine Verpilleux, in spite of the French-sounding name, was a British artist specializing in woodcut printing. Some of his best-known work is here, including St. Paul's From Cheapside and St. Pancras Railway Station. The publisher calls the process used here, Blackmore Tintex, "a new method unique the the history of colour printing." With intro by Salaman.Condition of this book:Backstrip gone, covers weakly attached, prints fine but one has come unglued from its plate. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1.… Read More

Martello Bookshop, Rye, 1984. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. REAVELL, CYNTHIA and TONY. E.F. Benson, Mr Benson Remembered in Rye, and the World of Tilling, Rye: Martello Bookshop, 1984.Octavo, priority unknown to me, pp. [ii], 102, wraps, halftones. A literary biography coupled with a guide to Benson's most famous setting, Tilling, which was based on the geography of Rye, where the author lived (at Lamb House, previously the dwelling of Henry James). For the diehard fan of Benson's Mapp/Lucia series.Condition of this book:Very good with wear to edges, small corner crease in rear cover, paper label on spine is starting to come loose. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography &… Read More

Grafton, London, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. LYELL, JAMES P.R. Early Book Illustration in Spain, London: Grafton & Co., 1926.Quarto, No. 414 of an edition of 500, pp. xxvi, 331, orange library buckram with white lettering on spine, color frontis, extensive woodcut reproduction, ex-library with the usual library markings. Covers the 15th and 16th centuries.Condition of this book:Very good with a minor stain at the top edge, leaves age-toned at edges, images fine. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Quarto. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Spain; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Books on Books. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52526. .

Morgan, New York, 1975. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Good. GERALD GOTTLIEB. Early Children's Books and Their Illustration, New York: Morgan Library, 1975.Quarto, catalog, pp. xxx, 261, red cloth boards with gilt lettering and logo to spine, top edge lightly tinted red, color illustration. Essential to the collector and dealer, covering 225 items in the Morgan collection.Condition of this book:Jacket edge-worn with a 2-inch tear in rear panel. Book near fine with sunning to the covers. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Books on Books; Children. ISBN: 0879231580. ISBN/EAN: 9780879231583. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon… Read More

Oxford, Toronto, 1965. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. [19TH-CENTURY PHOTOS] Early Photography of Canada, Ralph Greenhill, quarto, Oxford University Press, 1965, pp. 173, including 106 plates, most from the author's private collection, beige cloth boards, near fine.Condition of this book:Dust jacket shows light wear, a bit of sunning, chipping.Pages clean and tight. Size: Quarto. 173. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; Canada; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50372. .

Osgood, Boston, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HARTE, BRET. East and West Poems, Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1871.12mo, first edition, pp. 171, green cloth boards with beveled edges and gilt lettering and Osgood colophon on spine, gilt Harte signature on front, label on free front endpaper identifying this as part of the Estelle Doheny Collection of American Literature. Doheny, wife of the oil baron played by Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will Be Blood," amassed a valuable collection that was dispersed in auctions after she died in 1988. Doheny acquired the book from Frederick W. Skiff, another voracious collector, based in Portland, Ore. His bookplate, an elaborate sporting pictorial, is on the front pastedown (see below). This plate was designed by W.F. Hopson and is a small gem of American graphic art. Frank Weitenkampf, in "American Graphic Art," called Hopson's bookplates "that combination of… Read More

Russell, New York, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. CHARLES DANA GIBSON. The Education of Mr. Pipp, New York: R.H. Russell, 1899.Oblong folio, unpaginated, printed boards half-bound in vellum, beveled edges, pen-and-ink illustration, no text. One of a series of thematic folios Gibson and Russell published around the turn of the 20th century, when Gibson was at the peak of his popularity. His young female characters, known collectively as The Gibson Girl, were an idealized version the American woman. Frank Weitenkampf in American Graphic Art says Gibson's work was more than a cliche: "Gibson broadened out, widened his outlook on humanity, which, with a smile, he presented in its failings and virtues, in continued performances such as 'The Education of Mr. Pipp' [Weitenkampf, p. 200].Condition of this book:Covers darkened (as usual), dust smudges on endpages, overall very good. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body… Read More

Abrams, New York, undated. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. LLOYD GOODRICH. Edward Hopper, New York: Abrams, undated (late 1960s or early 1970s).Large, heavy folio (16.5x13 inches), priority unknown, pp. 306, green cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering to spine, gilt lighthouse scene on front, extensive illustration including fold-out color reproductions of Hopper paintings, other color illustrations tipped in. Beautiful presentation of the artist's best-known work, spanning his entire career.Condition of this book:Jacket is age-darkened with a small tear at the top of the front panel. Age toning at edges of text leaves, prints fine. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design;… Read More

self-published, Pennsylvania, 1996. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. New Book/New. FLETCHER, J.M.W. Edward Willis Redfield 1869-1965, An American Impressionist, Pennsylvania: self-published, 1996.Quarto, pp. x, 214, red printed boards with gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine, color plates. Thorough, high-quality treatment of a significant regional artist who was a leader in the so-called New Hope School. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; United States; Antiques & Collectibles. ISBN: 0965240207. ISBN/EAN: 9780965240208. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51076. . 9780965240208

Curatorial Assistance, Los Angeles, 1991. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. [Exhibition catalog.] Eikoh Hosoe: Meta, Los Angeles: Curatorial Assistance, 1991.Quarto, exhibition catalog, pp. 123, wraps, duotone plates, signed in Japanese on the free front endpaper by Hosoe, text in English. Samples some of Hosoe's most important artistic projects including Barakei, Embrace and Simmon, among others.Condition of this book:Fine, no flaws. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; Japan; 1990s; Art & Design. Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54149. .

Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative, New York, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. FORCHE, CAROLYN. El Salvador, Work of Thirty Photographers, New York: Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative, 1983.Oblong quarto, first paperback edition, pp. 120, wraps, about a hundred duotones, library markings, card pocket. A news photography collection documenting the violence plaguing El Salvador since the 1970s, with heavy representation by Susan Meiselas, who also gets an editing credit.Condition of this book:Fair, heavy wear to covers, bumped corners, short tears at spine ends, photos fine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; El Salvador; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0863160646. ISBN/EAN: 9780863160646.… Read More

Chandler Brothers, Philadelphia, 1905. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. ANONYMOUS. The Electric Railways of Indiana, Philadelphia: Chandler Brothers, 1905.Octavo, pp. 48, folding map, wraps, halftone photos, former owner's name stamped on title page. Published by a financial firm to advertise the railways as investments; map shows the electric rail lines. Worldcat locates five copies; scarce in the marketplace.Condition of this book:Spine perished, binding sound; a few minor pencil marks on cover, map fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Railways; United States; 1900-1920; Business, Finance & Marketing. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54489. . Read More

John Van Voorst, London, 1834. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. THOMAS GRAY. Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard, London: John Van Voorst, 1834.Octavo, illustrated edition, unpaginated, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front, engravings after various artists including Constable and the Landseers. Some of the most famous verses in the English language accompanied by vignette images selected by the editor, John Martin.Condition of this book:Spine cloth splitting at front joint but binding is sound. Covers browning, leaves age-toning. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; England; 19th century; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here… Read More

St. Onge, Worcester, Mass, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. THOMAS GRAY. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1960.Miniature (about 1.5x2.25 inches or 4x6cm), limited edition of 1000, pp. 45, 1 (note), frontis portrait, undyed natural calf covers with gilt lettering to front, all edges gilt. Printed at Merrymount Press. Beloved poem writ small, even for a St. Onge publication.Condition of this book:Fine. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Miniature. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Poetry; 1960s; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53971. . This booklet or book is lighter than a… Read More

Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Signed by person(s) connected with book. ALBERT CHRIST-JANER. Eliel Saarinen, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1948.Folio, copy No. 174 of an edition of unstated quantity, pp. xi, 154, printed beige cloth boards, top edge tinted gray, halftone photos, signed by the author and Saarinen and numbered on a rear flyleaf.Covers some of the architect's best-known projects, especially in the U.S.Condition of this book:Jacket is darkened, missing small pieces at the edges. Leaves' edges show minor foxing. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Architecture; 1940s; Art & Design.… Read More

John Sharpe, London, 1817. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Richard Westall. MADAME COTTIN (Marie Sophie Ristaud). Elizabeth; or, The Exiles of Siberia, London: John Sharpe, 1817.12mo, English edition of a French work published in 1806, pp. viii, 184, full brown calf with French fillets to covers, gilt lettering and decoration to spine with morocco label, marbled edges, title page and chapter title page vignettes but Richard Westall, gift inscription on flyleaf. Author says the story is based on a real-life occurrence in which a girl rescued her father from exile in Siberia. For the French editions, see Vicaire V.2, 1035, and Brunet V.2, 332.Condition of this book:Covers stained, front joint starting, clean and bright inside, overall good and sound. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is… Read More

Manuel Bruker, Paris, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Jacques Villon. JACQUES LASSAIGNE. Eloge de Jacques Villon, Paris: Manuel Bruker, 1955.Folio, No. 89 of an edition of 200 printed on velin de rives paper by Madame J.G. Daragnes, unpaginated, cardboard covers with a parchment wrapper, 10 original gravures by Villon, text in French. Biographical information by a friend of Villon's, with comments by Villon in the form of a letter to the publisher.Condition of this bookSome leaves loose, parchment wrapper is toning, very clean overall. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text is in French. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Jacques Villon. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art &… Read More

Thames & Hudson, London, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. BERNARD CHEVALLIER. Empire Style, Authentic Decor, London: Thames & Hudson, 2008.Folio, English-language edition, pp. 232, printed boards, color photos. French curator describes high points of the Empire style used at palaces and chateaux.Condition of this book:Jacket lightly worn, overall near fine. This is the first UK edition. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; France; Antiques & Collectibles. ISBN/EAN: 9780500514405. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53718. . 9780500514405

Watch Hill Press, New York, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Asa Cheffetz. HELEN PEARCE. The Enchanted Barn, New York: Watch Hill Press, 1929.Tall octavo, No. 82 of an edition of 100 hand-printed copies, unpaginated 4-page poem, illustrated boards, woodcut frontispiece by Asa Chaffetz, signed in pencil by Cheffetz. Printed by Frederic Warde -- see Ransom Check Lists, Warde No. 110.Condition of this book:Spine cloth worn away but binding is tight. Covers' edges chipped, leaves age-toned, woodcut fine. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Asa Cheffetz. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; United States; 1920s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not… Read More

Abrams, New York, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. DWECK, MICHAEL. The End, Montauk, N.Y., New York: Abrams, 2004.Tall folio, first edition, unpaginated, beige cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering on spine and front, dust jacket with translucent overwrap, about 150 halftone and color photo plates profiling the free-spirited surfing community at the eastern end of New York's Long Island. The photographer wrote of Montauk: "It's 100 miles from Manhattan, yet almost no one locks their doors and the taco stand extends credit. Everyone knows the freewheeling vibe can't last, they're just determined that it won't disappear on their watch. ... I focused on the subjects I was most interested in, the surfers. By and large these are kids who are the same age I was when I first fell in love with the place. They are beautiful and sexy and tribal in a way no one who hasn't been part of the surf community can… Read More