Np: Privately Printed, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 53 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Four tipped-in photographs. Signed by John Singer Sargent and Charles Sprague Sargent across from their photograph. The privately printed history of the Sargent family going back to 1644, and with the signature in pencil of the renown... More about Early Sargents of New England
London: Printed by Howlett And Brimmer, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. [VI] 72 (1) pages. 21.5 x 27 cm, 24 (of 25) hand-colored aquatint plates lacking plate no. 18 (Thirwall Castle). Text leaf with small marginal chip (no loss), each plate protected by thick paper guards, scattered foxing to text, but... More about British Castles; A Compendious History Of The Ancient Military Structures of Great Britain.;...
London: R. Ackermann, 1828. First edition. leather_bound. [VII] 325 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. 25 hand colored aquatint plates. Plates bright and fresh, as is the text, faint stain bottom of title page. D'Oyly, a British public official and member of the Bengal Civil Service based in Calcutta, Dhaka and... More about Tom Raw, The Griffin: A Burlesque Poem, In Twelve Cantos; Illustrated By Twenty-Five Engravings,...
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. [XVI] (1) 375 (1) pages. 20 x 13.5 cm. Illustrations mostly after Dodgson's photographs. The first work is the first publication of Dodgson's manuscript notebook of "Alice;" the second is an interesting miscellany of Carroliana. Buxton Forman's copy with his bookplate. Front... More about The Lewis Carroll Picture Book; A Selection From The Unpublished Writings And Drawings Of Lewis...
London: Macmillan, 1886. First (and apparently only) edition. Hardcover. {XIV] 96 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Edition of 5000 copies. Manuscript facsimile, including 37 line drawings (14 full-page) after Dodgson who illustrated this edition himself, 2 pages of publisher's ads. Triple gilt front cover fillets, back cover design decorated in... More about Alice's Adventures Underground; Being A Facsimile Of The Original Book Afterwards Developed Into...
London: Rudolph Ackermann (Eclipse Sporting Gallery), 1842. Alken, Henry. First edition. leather_bound. 402 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Thirty six hand colored plates including frontispiece and title by Alken. TOOLEY 65. " First issue, "with four plates mounted, with titles beneath them." He goes on to note, "Considered by many... More about The Life Of A Sportsman
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1846. Alken, Henry. First edition. Hardcover. 326 pages. 25.5 x 17 cm. First issue, six hand-colored plates by Alken, all with tissue guards, additional pictorial vignette title, and forty-three illustrations on wood engraved by Cook. GORDON RAY p.36, said of Alken, "He worked in color aquatint in... More about The Analysis Of The Hunting Field; Being A Series Of Sketches Of The Principal Characters That...
London: Sherwood, Jones, 1825-1826. Cruikshank, Robert & Thomas Rowlandson. First edition. leather_bound. 412, 399 pages. 24 x 15 cm. 71 hand-colored aquatints with tissue guards, of which 67 are by Robert Cruikshank, 2 by Rowlandson and one each by T. Wageman and G.M. Brightly; full page woodcut [Five Principal Orders... More about The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And...
Boston: J.B. Millet, 1900. First edition. leather_bound. 161 & 361 pages. 25 x 17 cm. 107 hand colored transfers on fifty-seven plates mounted on stubs with the latter printed from engravings. Limited edition, copy 5 of 50 for the United Kingdom and 500 for the US. Denton notes, "The colored... More about As Nature Shows Them Moths And Butterflies Of The United States East Of The Rocky Mountains; With...
London: Printed For R. Hunter, 1816. Second edition. leather_bound. 324 (22, Index) pages. 25.5 x 16.5 cm. Hand colored aquatint frontispiece by Stadler after Jackson, and five black and white engraved plates. Signed presentation copy on title page: "Presented by the author, Lt. Col and author, to F.W. Kalkbrenner, Esq.... More about Instructions to Young Sportsmen, On The Choice, Care, And Management Of Guns; Hints For The...
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 162 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. More than 100 photographs, plus graphs and charts. As the authors postulate, walking is not eccentric behavior. Signed presentation copy, "To Chris with affection Boris P." More about Urban Space for Pedestrians; A Report of the Regional Plan Association
New York: Philosophical Library, 1955. Hardcover. 271 pages. Voluminously illustrated with photographs, plans and drawings to scale -- XCII plates. Index. This set aims to present a balanced picture of 20th Century architecture in Europe, embracing all the main trends, new and experimental, traditional and conservative. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER J140. "Especially useful... More about European Architecture in the 20th Century; Volume II: Part IIIThe Era of Functionalism 1924-1933
New York: Harbor Press, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. 224 pages. 25.5 x 18 cm. History of Somerton, an 18th century mansion near Philadelphia, occupied by Charles Thompson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, rebuilt in 1798, and acquired by the Fairmount Park Commission after the Civil War, restored in 1931. Illustrated... More about Strawberry Mansion First Known As Somerton The House of Many Masters
Germantown: Site and Relic Society, 1926. Hardcover. 15.5 x 12.4 cm. Discusses the history of the settlement of Germantown with 36 individual historic buildings of which 24 are illustrated with charming line drawings. A number of sites presented have since been razed. Title printed in red and black. Bookplate. More about The Guide Book To Historic Germantown Prepared For The Site & Relic Society
Princeton: D. Van Nostrand, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 161 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. New Jersey Historical Series Vol. 6. Illustrated with photographs. Bookplate. More about Architecture In New Jersey; A Record of American Civilization
Freeman, South Dakota: Pine Hill Press, 1988. Hardcover. 210 pages. 28.56 x 22 cm. Illustrated with photographs. Taken from the archives made by the North Carolina Department of Archives and History. Presents vernacular and designed buildings -- log houses, Georgian, Federal and Greek Revival structures. Signed by the author. Bookplate. More about Early Architecture of Franklin County (Revised Edition
Mexico City: Instituto Nacional De Bellas Artes, 1948. First edition. Wraps. Unpaginated. Approx. 120 pages. 29.5 x 22.5 cm. Illustrated in black and white and color. Contains "Calaveras," ballet, opera, and a host of cultural issues. Text in Spanish. First and last few leaves damp stained at fore-edge not affecting... More about Mexico En El Arte Numero 5 Noviembre De 1948
Np: Np, Np. Wraps. Illuminated manuscript leaf heightened with gold leaf, colored in blue, red and green. 17 7/8 x 12 1/4 inches. More about
Paris: Louis Carre, 1945. Leger, Fernand. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 52 pages. 26 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 510 of 950 printed by Mourlot with original color lithograph covers (wraparound) plus full color lithograph frontispiece, and 32 black and white plates. This exhibition catalogue of Leger's paintings prior to... More about Fernand Leger Peintures Anterieures A 1940 by Jean Bazaine
Paris: La Jeune Parque, 1945. Rodin, Auguste. First edition. Stiff Wraps. [X11] 23 pages. 24.5 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 925 of 2500. Title page printed in red and black, with six watercolor reproductions by Rodin. Preface by A.-H. Martinie, and printed by Imprimerie Dumoulin. Clean, very bright copy with wide text margins. More about A La Venus De Milo
Cambridge: Printed For His Friends By The University Printer, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 48 pages. 25.5 x 16.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 500. Half title, title page printed in red and black, decorative initial, 14 illustrations, some in color, 6 printing specimens tipped onto stiff blue card stock. Written... More about Two Men; Walter Lewis And Stanley Morison At Cambridge
Kirkwood, MO: The Printery, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated, approx. 28 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Limited edition, one of 100. Facsimile letter from Franklin to Straham tipped-in on front pastedown, portraits of Franklin and Strahan tipped-in, ornamentation and borders in red and blue ink. Complimentary card from the publisher laid-in. Fresh, clean copy. More about You Are Now My Enemy; A Brief Monograph Regarding The Friendship & Correspondence Of Two...
Paris: E. Maincent, ca 1890. Hardcover. 13. 5 x 17.5 cm. Empire style furniture, frontispiece and 67 plates, all colored by hand and printed recto only of Empire furniture designs. Lavish presentation: drapery, chairs, bedding, tables and more. Contents clean, bright and fresh. More about Le Carnet Empire Publie par E. Maincent
Weimar: Cranach Presse, 1929. Craig, Edward Gordeon. Hardcover. 203 pages. Folio, 35.2 x 24. Limited edition, copy 74 of 230. Woodcut illustrations by and after Edward Gordon Craig, half title and title printed in red and black from type by Eric Gill, typeface designed by Edward Johnson. Ancillary texts in... More about Die Tragische Geschichte Von Hamlet Prinzen Von Daenemark; In Deutscher Sprache
Southampton: Lisle, Munday & Co., ca 1930. Stiff Wraps. 17 pages. 25 x 18.5 cm. This trade catalogue contains sixty variant designs of stained glass reflecting design details of domestic stained glass when suburban Britain was expanding rapidly with images in floral Art Deco and maritime motifs popular in its... More about Solent Brand Leaded Lights