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Axel Herman Haig And His Work; Illustrated From His Etchings, Pencil-Drawings and Water-Colours, With A Biography And A Descriptive Catalogue Of His Etched Works
London: The Fine Art Society, Ltd, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 176 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Haig, Swedish painter, draftsman, engraver noted for his architectural etchings lived in England, traveled widely, dying in 1921. Title page in red and black. Essentially a catalogue raisonne with note stating there will be..... More
The Puppet Show
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 154 pages. 19 x 13 cm. An early effort from the Press, the 6th publication. Some spotting of endpapers. Limited edition, one of 1200. There was a second edition the following year of 1500 copies. CHANTICLEER 6. More
The Light of Asia Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama Prince of Indian and Founder of Buddhism
Avon Ct: Limited Editions Club, 1976. Ayres Houghtelling. Hardcover. 220 pages. 30 x 24 cm. With an introduction by Melford E. Spiro and illustrations by Ayres Houghtelling, eight full page watercolors, eight two color line drawings and 8 black and white illustrations. Printed by A. Colish. Limited edition, copy 1267..... More
Proverbial Comparisons in Ricardo Palma's Tradiciones Peruanas
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1966. First edition. Paperback. More
The Artist In America
New York: W.W. Norton, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 256 pages. Lavishly illustrated with color and black and white plates. A survey of 300 years of American Art with essays by experts. Introduction by Lloyd Goodrich. More
Proyectos De Interiores
Barcelona: V. Casellas Moncanut, Nd. Hardcover. 17.5 x 25 cm. 40 plates printed recto only in full color, tinted and black and white of furniture styles -- dining rooms, bedrooms, entrance halls, staircases, chairs, and tables in extraordinary condition; plates being bright, clean and fresh. More
Derriere Le Miroir No. 181 November 1969
Paris: Maeght, 1969. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 22 pages. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. Text in French by Pierre Courthion. Black and white lithographs and color illustrations of Artigas' ceramic art. Almost as new copy. More
The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration Of The Sacraments & Other Rites & Ceremonies Of The Church, According To The Use Of The Church Of England; Together With The Psalter of Psalms Of David, Pointed As They Are To Be Sung or Said In Churches; & The Form And Manner Of Making, Ordaining, And Consecrating Of Bishops, Priests, And Deacons
Chipping Camden, London & New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1904. First American edition. leather_bound. 387 pages. Folio, 36 x 28.5 cm. One of a small number of copies printed on vellum for the American market, The Trinity Edition with a hand illuminated presentation leaf to Anna L. Wilson tipped-in. With..... More
Les Amours Pastorales De Daphnis Et Chloe; Traduction de Messire J. Amyot editee et corrigee par Paul-Louis Courier
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1933. First edition thus. Hardcover. 163 pages. 25.5 x 18.5 cm. Limited edition of 310 copies. Printed in red and black in Ptolemy type. Initials hand-colored in blue by Graily Hewitt, wood-engravings throughout by Gwen Raverat. HORNBY XXXIX. This edition was initially printed in 1931, the ink..... More
Architect and Sculptor in Classical Greece; The Wrightsman Lectures Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Delivered at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
New York: New York Univ. Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 218 pages. 26 x 20 cm. 220 illustrations. Index. A discussion of sculpture executed for the adornment of architecture during the "Golden Age." More
Asian Processional
Np: Np, Nd. wraps. Two paintings, each 28 x 65 cm. (image size) on silk and mounted on paper, depicting what appears to be a Royal processional with some characters represented carrying instruments, drums and banners. Colors are bright and sharp. Small stain upper left corner in paper backed margin..... More
Nineteenth Century English Furniture
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1962. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 93 pages in text. With 139 plates, four in color, as well as seven illustrations in the text. Bibliography. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER P174. "A study of the evolution of 19th-century furniture which analyzes the Gothic and Rococo revivals and traces the influence..... More
Muebles et objets divers au Moyen Age et de la renaissance issues d'apres nature et lithographies par Asselineau
Paris: Veith & Hauser, (1854). First edition. Hardcover. Folio, 43 x 29 cm. Engraved title and 114 engraved plates, each with small publisher's blind stamp in lower margin, a few plates with light spotting, balance exceptionally bright and clean. Provenance: Furstliche Furstenbergische Hofbibliothek at Donaueschingen with inkstamp on lower corner..... More
Atkinson's Sign Painting Up To Now
Chicago: Frederick & Company, 1915. Second edition. Very good. 356 pages. 25.5 x 32 cm. Originally published 1914. Black and white alphabets and host of signboard illustrations printed recto only. Interior contents clean and fresh. Rubbing to corners. More
rickety rimes of riq
Chicago: Robert O. Ballour, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. 123 pages. 15.5 x 10.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 600, title page and label designed by Will Ransom. Ditties galore. Bright copy. More
Atwood's Country and Suburban Houses
New York: Orange, Judd, 1871. First edition. Hardcover. 287 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Approximately 150 engravings, including model homes, floor plans and drawings. "Atwood's designs illustrate well the tendency at this period of American building to regard architectural style as a kind of overlay... There are designs in picturesque..... More
The Dance of Death
London: Faber And Faber Limited, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. 38 pages. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Owner signature front free front endpaper: Herrbert C. Barrows Jr. 8 March 1934, book label of The Grolier Book Shop, Cambridge. More
The Enchafed Flood or The Romantic Iconography of the Sea
London: Faber And Faber Limited, 1951. First UK edition. Hardcover. 126 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. Clean copy, light owner stamp inside front cover pastedown. More
Homage To Clio
London: Faber and Faber, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 91 pages. 22 x14 cm. Slight loss at head, nicked at foot dust wrapper. More
Some Poems
London: Faber and Faber, 1947. Hardcover. 80 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Owner inscription free front endpaper. More
Thank You, Poems
London: Faber and Faber, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 57 pages. 22 x14 cm. Note by Edward Mendelson. More
Van Gogh a self-portrait Letters revealing his life as a painter
London: Thames and Hudson, 1961. Gogh, Vincent van. First edition. Hardcover. 398 pages. More
a melodrama in three acts On The Frontier
London: Faber and Faber, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 123 pages. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Bookplate "From The Library of Julian Barnes," a prominent English author in his own right. Book label of Myers Co. Booksellers London. Small owner inscription front free endpaper. More