Journey Into China
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 518 pages. 412 color photographs. List of Authors. Bibliography and Index. More
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What Is Art?; An Introduction To Painting, Sculpture And Architecture
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 386 pages. 29 x 23.5 cm. More than 460 illustrations in color and black and white. Glossary and Index. More
Great Gardens Of The Western World; Introduction by Harold Nicolson
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 299 pages. 32 x 25.5 cm. Forty color pates, 350 in monochrome, plus documentary drawings and engravings to show how they appeared in previous centuries. Formal gardens in Europe and America are presented. More
Twentieth Century Art; Painting and Sculpture in the Ludwig Museum
New York: Rizzoli, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 327 pages. 32 x 24.5 cm. The German Cologne Museum houses masterworks by Matisse, de Vlaminck, Kandinsky, and Kokoschka and Russian avant garde artists, Dada and Surrealists. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. List of Illustrations. Index. Small stains lower front..... More
Gardens of the Riviera
New York: Rizzoli, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 160 pages. 29 x 24 cm. Profusely illustrated mostly in color. Presents botanical, contemporary and various garden styles, plus gardens open to the public. Index. Bibliography. More
The Renaissance Of Italian Gardens; Text in association with Giuppi Peitromarchi Photographs by John Ferro Sims
London: Pavilion, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 192 pages. 26 x 26.5 cm. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Bibliography. Plant Index. The author is also a well known food writer. More
Jedd Garet
Pasadena: Twelvetrees Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 167 pages. 33 x 26.5 cm. Mostly color plates printed recto only on high gloss stock. Laid in the invitation to his exhibition at the Robert Miller Gallery in New York, March 29 through April 23, 1983. More
L.V. Sheffel's Trompeter Von Sakkingen.; Launige Lesart von Max Braun Autograph Ausgabe
Newark: Np, (1891). Braun, Max. Hardcover. 2 preliminary leaves, 110 pages illustrations (including music). 30.5 x 23 cm. Hand written text interspersed with drawings by Braun create a comic visual artifice. OCLC: 5109191. Interior contents very clean, fresh and bright. Text in German. More
Secrets Of The Samurai; A Survey of the Martial Arts of Feudal Japan
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, 1980. Hardcover. 483 pages. 26.5 x 19 cm. Illustrated in black and white with text figures and 18 Charts. Bibliography and Index. Two small spots to front cover/. More
The Border Antiquities Of England And Scotland, And Other Vestiges Of Former Ages,; Accompanied By Descriptions. Together With Illustrations Of Remarkable Incidents In Border History And Tradition, And Original Poetry
Edinburgh & London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, 1814-1817. First edition. leather_bound. CXXVII, 209, CI (Appendix) & General Index Of Names And Subjects (6 leaves). 28.5 X21.5 cm. Frontispiece, two additional engraved titles, 92 engraved plates, all with tissue guards. Owner inscription free endpaper, Vol. II, and Morrell armorial..... More
Calendar For 1884
London & New York: George Routledge & Sons, ca 1884. Greenaway. Hardcover. 19 x 25.5 cm. Color printed on card stock with adhesions to the verso. The entire year for 1884 with rather tiny type detailing a notable activity for each day. Right margin browned and nicked at corners. Assume..... More
Bradley His Book
Springfield: Will Bradley, May 1896 - January 1897. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Six of eight issues, and a duplicate of Vol.1#2 (June 1896. With issues as follows: Vol.1#1 [May 1896], Vol.1#2 [June 1896], Vol.1#3 [July 1896], Vol.1#4 [August 1896], Vol.2#2 [December 1896], Vol.2#3 [January 1897] . In the latter issue..... More
The Medallic History Of England; Illustrated by Forty Plates
London: E. Harding, 1802. Hardcover. 112 pages. Folio, 33 x 25.5 cm. Printed at the Oriental Press. The first edition was printed in 1790 and considered a notable work on the subject. Clean, bright and very fresh copy with wide text margins. Marbled endpapers, raised bands, spine labels richly gilt..... More
Numismata Londinensia. Medals Struck By The Corporation Of London To Commemorate Important Municipal Events 1831 to 1893
London: Corporation of London, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. 169 pages. 31.5 x 26 cm. Title page printed in red and black. Twenty six illustrations of medals with multiple images per page, all with tissue guards, printed on glossy stock. At rear an order sheet for Metals Struck by the Corporation..... More
Historical Record Of Medals And Honorary Distinctions Conferred On The British Navy, Army & Auxiliary Forces From The Earliest Period; To which is added the Catalogue of the Collection of Colonel Murray Of Polmaise
London: Spink & Son, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. 483 (3). 26 x 20 cm. Seven color lithograph plates of Ribbons, and 17 full page black and white plates of Medals. Extensive selection of black and white illustrations in the text. Title page printed in red and black. Three pages of..... More
Catalogue Of The Medals Of Scotland From The Earliest Period To The Present Time
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1884. First edition. Hardcover. 286 (2) pages. 29 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 71 of 350. 36 fine auto gravure plates each with a facing leaf of descriptive text. King George V and Queen Mary The historical record of the coronation of their Majesties. London, 1911..... More
Medals And Decorations Of The British Army And Navy
London: Archibald Constable And Co, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. 617 pages. 25.5 x 16.5 cm. Color frontispiece and 35 color and chromolithograph plates, all printed in gold and silver, plus an additional eighteen other plates of medals, one plate of memorial brass. Appendix and Index. Decorated endpapers, raised bands, spine..... More
Gold: Legal Regulations For The Standard Of Gold & Silver Wares In Different Countries Of The World; Translated and Abridged From "Die Gesetzliche Regelung Des Fringehaltes Von Gold Und-Silber-Waaren Von Arthur Von Studnitz"
London: Chapman & Hall, 1878. Seventh Edition, Revised and Enlarged. leather_bound. 140 (18) pages. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. With Notes and Additions By Edwin W. Streeter, F.R.G.S. Illustrated with colored plates, map and tables. Map and plates are color lithographs. Appendix and extensive Index. Interior almost as new. Raised bands..... More
The Collection Or Arms And Armor Of Rutherfurd Stuyvesant 1843-1909
New York: Privately Printed [at the De Vinne Press], 1914. First edition. Hardcover. [6], v-xiv, [2], 174 pages. 34 x 27 cm. Fifty four tipped-in plates, frontispiece portrait of Rutherfurd Stuyvesant. Over 200 small black and whitee text figures. Limited edition, one of 300 copies, our copy not numbered with..... More
A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, As It Existed In Europe But Particularly In England, From The Norman Conquest To The Reign Of King Charles II, With A glossary Of Military Terms Of The Middle Ages
London: Robert Jennings, 1824. First edition. leather_bound. [2], 20, [2], lxxviii, [2], 206.; vi, 297, vi, 147, [1], [134] pages. 39 x 27.5 cm. 80 engraved plates, 70 are hand-colored embellished with gold or silver. and with historiated hand-colored initials heightened with gold for each chapter throughout. Extra engraved title pages..... More
In The Night Kitchen
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Sendak, Maurice. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 29.5 x 22 cm. Signed by Sendak on the title page in black ink. Lettering by Diana Blair. With price $4.95 and 10/70 on front flap and 7 titles on the back flap. HANRAHAN A75. Interior illustrations as new, tan..... More
Marigold Garden; Pictures and Rhymes Printed In Colors By Edmund Evans
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1885. First edition. Hardcover. 60 pages. 27 x 22.5 cm. Second printing. Fresh, clean and bright images and text. Black endpapers, rubbing to corners. More
A Apple Pie
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. 44 pages. 21.5 x 26.5 cm. Color printing by Edmund Evans in his three color process. Twenty full page color plates printed recto only. Each letter of the alphabet with explication and illustration. Navy endpapers, backstrip head worn, front cover corner..... More
Paradisus Amissus. Poema A Joannis Miltonni.; Latine Redditum A Guileilmo Dobson, LL.B
Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1750-1753. leather_bound. 304, 303 pages. 26 x 21 cm. Errata. Latin and English text with latter in smaller type at the foot of each page. Translated by William Dobson. Dobson was an academic from New College, University of Oxford, and his translation written on commission. One..... More
Cuba The Pearl Of The Antilles And Garden Spot Of The World; A Brief Description Of Its Agricultural Resources
New York: Cuban Land And Steamship Company, 1902. First edition. Wraps. 32 unnumbered pages. 23.5 x 15 cm. Illustrated with photo engravings. An attempt after the Spanish-American war to sell "liberated" Cuban real estate to the US public. The publisher calls Cuba "The Garden Spot Of Our New Territory," with..... More