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Merrymount Press, 1913. Hardcover. Near Fine. Gilt lettered and decorated red hard covers, one very small spot at bottom panel; top edge is gilt, panel gilt is bright. 8 1/2" x 11", 259 pages - near fine; INSCRIBED in ink: "To dear old Hugh with compliments of the Editor", signed F. B. Crowninshield. WITH a 5" X 6 1/2 Christmas card picturing the Cleopatra's Barge II and greetings from Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Crowninshield AND pasted in on the front flyleaf a "8" x 10" photographs of Cleopatra's Barge II; most tissue guards present. color decorated end papers illustrate images from the voyage.

London, 1760. Modern blue paper covered boards with matching brown leather corner tips and spine with gilt ruled and decorated raised bands, gilt decorated and lettered red leather spine label --- fine condition; text is near fine; 10 page description followed by 31 of the 35 single and double page plates (missing plates 1 and 2, 15 and 16); 2 plates have small spot in outer margin, 1 plate has both side margins cut (top and bottom fine); all remaining margins are in original condition and all plates are in fine condition; Sold by C. Fourdrinier at the Corner of Craggs Court ... (5lbs)

London: B. T. Batsford, 1933. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed copy. Two hard cover volumes bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamped on gilt decorated turn-ins) in brown, full Morocco leather, with 5 gilt ruled raised bands, top edge is gilt; all gilt bright except for volume numbers which are slightly dull; covers, 12" x 16.5", are very good with light wear mainly to corner tips and spine with small, thin stain to bottom of each spine (not affecting end papers or text) ; text is near fine, light wear, 6 pages have quarter sized spot to back of plate - not adversely affecting image or text; all illustrations printed on 1 side only with wide margins; Volume I (museums, auditoriums, railway terminals, public and college buildings, libraries, department stores, hotels, etc) contains plate 1-187, Volume II ( bank and office buildings) plates 188 to 386; #124 of 300 SIGNED copies (Ernest R. Graham); Photogravure plates engraved and printed by hand at A. Alexander & Sons, Ltd; letterpress… Leer más

Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of the Interior, 1859. Hardcover. Very Good. Original soft covers bound into three-quarter marbled boards with matching gilt lettered spine and corner tips; 9.50" x 11.75", margins, corner tips and spine show light wear and soiling - very good+; preliminary title page trimmed approximately 1/4" at bottom of page with lower corner missing; text is divided as follows: Mammals of The Boundary, 62 pages, followed by 27 black-and-white plates, which have variable light spotting (Plate I has moderate spotting); Birds of the Boundary, 32 pages, followed by XXV color plates all of which are clear and fine (Plate XI has faint shadow, Plate XVII has small spot (one quarter size of a dime) to right margin; the plates were produced by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia (also the producer of the octavo edition of Audubon's Birds of America; Baird studied with John James Audubon); plates drawn by William H. Dougal; Reptiles of the Boundary; 35 pp., 41 black-and-white… Leer más

Boston: Houghton Miffliin, 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. Twenty two volumes, 6" x 9" in blue 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt ruled corners and 5 gilt raised bands on spines with gilt vine decoration to the compartments, top edge is gilt: gilt is bright - No. 168 of 500 copies; covers are very good+ to near fine; text with matching marbled endpapers and deckle-edged paper is very good+ to near fine; captioned tissue guards for illustrations by Childe Hassam, Howard Pyle, Frank Schoonover, Alice B. Stephens, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Ernest Peixotto, et al. Shipping to be determined

London: H. C. Dickens, 1922. Hardcover. Fine. William Walcott. Three quarter printed board covers with cloth spine, 13.75" x 20.50", 8 pages of commentary by Neil Munro (the initial page is age-toned); 5 original and signed etchings: The Forth, 8" x 6.25", The Tyne, 13" x 5", The Mersey 10.75" x 4.50", The Thames, 13" x 5.25" and The Clyde, 10.5" x 4.5"; all prints are fine, mounted and signed in pencil. They all show river activity and famous river landmarks, e.g., Estuary at Russel's Yard, Greenock

Six folio volumes quarter bound in red leather each with their own matching case; 597 illustrations, as black-and-white photographs, of chateaux, manoirs, farms, et cetera; condition is very good to near fine

Kowloon, Hong Kong: Cafa Company Limited, 1970. Soft cover. Near Fine. Eight volumes in soft cover, elephant folio size, 15" x 22", medium blue covers with gilt lettering , volumes are near fine to fine, gilt is bright; texts are near fine to fine; illustrations of hanging scrolls, hand scrolls and album leaves are printed in 3 colors; hundreds of color illustrations with proportional margins; part of the Selected Works of Famous Painters in Chinese History. Wang Shin-Shen, Li Shan, Huang Shen, Chin Nung, Kao Hsiang, et al. Illustrations are printed on one-side only. From the library of the late H. A. Crosby Forbes, founder of the Museum of American China Trade, Milton, MA and Curator of Asian Export Art at Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, MA.

Samuel Holdsworth, Amen Corner, 1838. Hardcover. Near Fine. Green hardcover book with embossed covers; light wear to edges and corner tips, 3 small spots to front cover, gilt lettered, original spine laid on to new spine - gilt is bright - very good+ or better; text has no spotting or damp staining- near fine (no frontis present); VIII, 344 pages.

Basel: Verlag Karl Werner, 1952. Hardcover book; text is near fine; dustwrapper is very good with light to moder signs of use and age INSCRIBED on the front endpaper, "Meinem lieben Freund und Meister Walter Gropius und seiner Frau Ise" Max Bill, November 1952; 168 pps. profusely illustrated in black-and-white with drawings by the author and further illustrations of the works of Hans Hofmann, Florence Knoll, Marcel Breuer, et al; parallel texts in French, German and English (f) SOLD WITH 2 privately recorded cassettes of interviews with Ise Gropius: Tape 1: Interview - Ise Gropius - Small but Perfect Things and Tape 2: Ise Gropius - Stories with Music - Small but Perfect Things. The original dust wrapper is present under a newly printed reproduction dust wrapper.

Paris: Michel Levy Freres/Colmann Levy, 1874. Hardcover. Very Good. Seven volumes, published between 1874-1890; 5.5" x 9", three-quarter marbled paper boards with blue raised band, gilt paneled spines and red gilt-lettered spine panels; books are ex-library with the book-plate of The Royal United Services Institution, a dime-sized embossed stamp on the title page and a duplicate stamp on the book-plate top and inside back cover (no other marks noted) -- the preliminary pages and back six pages are moderately foxed, within the texts the foxing is variable from predominately none to very light with a very few pages moderate --- overall all volumes are very good; the covers are good+ or better with wear to leather corner tips and spines, two spines have repaired tears with piece missing at the top; top edges are "dusty" and remaining two sides are moderately spotted; Premier Tome: 598 pages, Tome Deuxieme: 569 pages; Tome Troisieme: 691 pages; Tome Quatrieme: 732 pages; Tome… Leer más

Lancaster, PA: Jacob Bailey, 1789. Thirty-four page kalendar 6.75" x 9.75", bound with string, all pages browned and with variable staining (some clear, some with stain at top or bottom), all page corners creased, 6 small ink blots and alphabet letters in outer margin and 2 pp with small piece missing at margin - overall good; all text is legible and not obscured; text includes: Calendar on the left side -- Der Erste Monat, Januarius, oder Jenne to Der Zwolfte Monat, December oder Christmonat; each page has religious text citation for the day, signs of zodiac, phases of the moon, religious days and Bauern-Regel - texts to the right; additional texts follow and include Eine Tabelle oder Ausrechnung der Thaler zu Pfunden, Tabelle der Interessen nach 6 vom Hundert gerechnet, Courten, oder Gerichts Tage, etc. The kalendar is contained in a purpose-made grey/brown hardcover folder; gilt lettered spine is bright (1 very small spot to back) otherwise fine 8oz f

London: L. Reeve, 1875. Hardcover. Near Fine. Original gilt lettered and decorated maroon cloth covers with bevelled panels; gilt is bright, light wear to top and bottom of spine; light darkening to spine and to outer margins of front panel - overall near fine; internally also near fine; 6.75" x 10", XVI, 95 pp., followed by XLVIII hand colored plates (Plate I is the frontis); all plates are bright and clear; very occasional, light spotting to tissue guards; text includes History of Cultivated Daffodils, Poetry of the Narcissus, Propagation, Diseases and Insects, Species and Varieties, etc. 1lb 15oz

Schwerte, Germany: Katholische Akademie, 1979. Soft cover. Near Fine. Softcover exhibition catalog, 8.25" x 9.75", black illustrated covers are near fine; text (light crease bottom corner of 1 page and the lightest of age toning to page margins) is near fine also; 45 pages with 119 works listed (tempera, oil, India ink/paint brush, u. s. w.), 2 color and 22 black-and-white illustrations; original signed drawing on title page with inscription, "Great Neck den 11. Juli 1988 fur Ruth Eckstein von Ruth Eckstein in Dankbarkeit und fur den wunderbaren Aufenthalt"; with 2) original signed (lower right in ink) 2 color landscpae drawing on the back of Cunard White Star Franconia note paper (6 7/8"x 5 2/8"); 3) original lithograph, 4" x 8 1/4", signed in pencil at lower left; 4) 2 printed works 4.25" x 6", 1 signed in pencil under printed signature; 5) 3 fold exhibition invitation (Ruth Eckstein Malerei. Grafik. Ausstellungseroffnung 12.7 1987 Kunstkreis… Leer más

Thirty-three and a third (33 1/3) speed vinyl record in original sleeve illustrated in red, white, black and yellow - color is bright, very good+ to near fine; vinyl record is fine; parallel Chinese and English texts on sleeve. Adapted by The Shanghai Dance School; directed by Fu Ai-Ti, Cheng Tai-Hui and Ling Yang-Yang; music and words by Shanghai Dance School; performed by the Symphony Orchestra of the Shanghai Dance School; sung by Chorus and Art Troupe of Shanghai Broadcasting Station; solos by Chorus of the Art Troupe of Shanghai Broadcasting Station; solos by Chu Fung-bo, Liu Wen-Ping and Chu Chun-Hsiun; conducted by Fen Cheng-Wu and Chen Hsieh-Yang. Side 1: Prelude (at the Gate of Huang Shih-Jen's House). 1) Overtures (orchestral, solo and chorus); Scene 1 (at Yang Pai-Lao's House); 2) The North Wind is Blowing (female Solo) Pasting paper-cut window flowers for the New Year (orchestral); 3) Snowstorm in the Sky (male solo), Daddy back home (orchestral), Tying the red ribbons (female… Leer más

New York, 1926. Very Good. This book is the outgrowth of the International Exhibition of Modern Art held at the Brooklyn Museum" --from the introduction. Softcover book, 7" x 10", is very good; printed in 1926 by The Polygraph Company of America; there is no red color on the covers as in the original - black-and-white throughout; introduction and foreward; 124 pp with black-and-white illustrations; arranged by country (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechosolvakia, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Rumania, Russia, Spain, U.S.A. , et cetera; photographs and brief biographies of the artists, their work and individual statement about their work; dedicated to Wassili Kandinsky on his 60th Birthday. This is a concurrent reprint of the original catalog. From the library of Prince Michael Cantacuzene with his bookplate.

London: Privately Printed for the Fine Art Society, 1888. Hardcover. Very Good. Black lettered board covers with blue cloth spine, 7.5" x 11", covers are good (overall wear, sunning and soiling, 1/4" stain length of right side of front cover) bump/crease to bottom corners extends lightly to bottom of text page - text is very good, offset to title page and last page; all text and images are fine and clear; 34 pages of 27 leaves including blank ones); 400 names of makers in Japanese characters with English to right - printed on 1 side only; list of corrigenda; "These signatures are those represented at the Loan Exhibition of Japanese Art held at The Fine Art Society, 1888. They have been copied by Mr. M. Kataoka, the expert who compiled the exhibition catalogue".

London/Far Hills, New Jersey: Ackermann/The Essex Gallery of Sport, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine. Bright green box portfolio made by A. W. Lumsden of Edinburgh, Scotland, 22.25" x 18.25", box is near fine (lightest of wear and light bumps to corner tips), gilt lettered Antigua 1830 is bright, matching green ribbon and interior paper - paper is near fine - light signs of wear; 36 pages of text, 5 colored prints and map all loose as issued; Governors of Antigua, List of Estates in the Island of Antigua, Names of Proprietors, Number of Slaves; color map printed on both sides: 1) Geological map with color keys by county and Outline Chart of the Caribee Islands, showing the Tract of Columbus, in his second voyage in 1493 and relative situation of Antigua also with color keys; 5 prints with generous margins and bright color are: A) Saint John's Harbour, Antigua from the Southward and Eastward B) View in Old North Sound from Freeman's C) View Near St. John's from Gambles D) Saint… Leer más

Paris: Goupil & Co. Hardcover. Near Fine. Edition deluxe, 1 of 10 numbered copies; text and engravings on Holland paper with 24 plates on Satin; captioned tissue guards; 106 pp with 100 plates in photogravure + engravings; English text by Henry Bacon; text is near fine; covers are very good (3/4 pebbled cloth with gilt ruled leather corners and spine with has 5 gilt ruled raised bands - wear to corner tips, top and bottom of spine

New York: Christies, 1992. Soft cover. Fine. Soft cover auction catalogs, ALL WITH PRICES REALISED LISTS. Sale Nos. 7420, 7524 and 7554 (March 31, October 22 and 17 December 1992), 8.5" x 11.75", dust wrappers are fine (Vol.III near fine); all contents are fine; Vol. I: 399 lots on 429 pages, Vol. II: 317 lots on 235 pages and 255 lots in final Vol. III sale; color and black-and-white illustrations, some with information regarding/showing signature and detail, configuration, forging pattern, tempering pattern, and detail of signature and pattern; list of swordsmiths, schools, bibliography and glossary; price list with exchange rates for 6 currencies at the date of sale (9lbs 5 oz)