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The Limited Editions Club: NY, 1946. Illustr by Arthur Szyk, 10.25 x 6.75, white leather backed pict boards, 550 pp, extremities a bit worn, spine browned a bit, hinges loose, contents nice, in lightly extremity-worn slipcase. LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY ARTIST ARTHUR SZYK. More
np (Paris), nd (c, 1845). 28 engraved views of Paris, oblong 10.5 x 13, gilt stamped embossed red boards, covers heavily rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and frayed, hinges loose, bookplate of famed collector Otto Orren Fisher, ink gift presentation inscription dated Oct. 1857, eps foxed with small stain at..... More
np (Paris), nd (c, 1850s). 18 full page engraved plates, oblong 11 x 15, cloth backed patterned boards, covers heavily worn and water splashed, most of spine gone, front cover detached, rear hinge very loose, eps toned with flied creased, contents foxed and soiled, tissues creased, foxed, soiled, with one..... More
R.H. Russell and Son: np, 1895. 30 cartoons by "Chip" printed on rectos only, oblong 9 x 11.75, cloth backed pict boards, unpag, covers very worn and soiled, hinges loose, front inner hinge cracked, pp toned but still a decent copy of this scarce book. More
Cemetery Dance Publications: (Forest Hill, MD), (2005). Illus.; ads, 10.25 x 6.5", color pict stapled wraps, covers a little rubbed else a nice, clean copy. More
Cemetery Dance Publications: (Forest Hill, MD), 2008. Illus.; ads, 10.25 x 6.5", color pict stapled wraps, front cover and first page creased at bottom fore-corner else a nice, clean copy. More
NY 1906. 9 1/2 x 7", cloth, w/pict label, 157pp, cover loose and heavily worn with chipped cover label. 2nd printing. WITH 16 FULL PAGE COLOR PLATES AND OTHER DRAWINGS BY CHRISTY. More
np, 1926. 7.5 x 4.75, stiff presentation folder with two flaps, embossed with silhouette of young woman on front panel, opens to picture mat in center, cover and rear flap stained, overall wear, mattedimage is magazine photo of Christy painting, a bit rough condition-wise but mat below picture is INSCRIBED..... More
J. Doddsley: London, 1777. Hardcover. Fore-edges, 8 x 5", full green leather, gilt dentelles/inner dentelles, gilt dec spine, red spine labels, aeg, marbled endpapers, 343pp; 319pp, Leather rubbed, scuffed/scraped, shelfworn, spines darkened, volume I front cover, ffep and blank page detached, bookplates of Sir Richard Vivyan and Helen Hanle Madison..... More
np (USMA: West Point, NY), nd (1973). Pamphlet is 9 x 6, pict stapled wraps, unpag, minor wear else a nice copy of this pamphlet advertising author John M. Carroll's exhibition of western US art; pamphlet is signed by John M. Carroll and participating artists Jose Cisneros, JK Ralston, Lorence..... More
Philadelphis (1877). 12x8.5", rebound cloth using panels of original covers, unpaged, a.e.g., tissue guards missing, some marginal staining else v.g. WITH 4 FULL PAGE COLOR PLATES PLUS OTHER DRAWINGS BY AUTHOR. More
Printed for R. Scholey by James Ballantyne and Co: Edinburgh: London, 1812. Eighty nine plates including both frontis, half leather, blindstamped with gilt decoration and lettering, marbled boards and endpapers, 203, 96 + "Analysis of Beauty". Covers worn, rubbed, soiled, shelfworn, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, leather scuffed..... More
Lee Douglas van Antwerp: (Meridian, CT), 1935. Hardcover. Illustrated with wood-cuts by Loring W. Turrell, 10.75 x 7", cloth backed boards with pict title label on front cover, 45pp, covers rubbed and darkened/soiled/stained, extremities bumped and worn, some staining to foredge of textblock, pp finger soiled, old ink inscription from..... More
George H. Doran: NY, nd. Hardcover. Illus. including color plates by Willy Pogany, 10 x 7", cloth backed patterned boards, unpaginated, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, pp toned and a bit used; but beautiful color plates and other illustrations by Willy Pogany. INSCRIBED "To Veronica S. Hutchinson with my..... More
Henry Frowde: London, nd. Frontis portrait of author, 7.5 x 5, full gilt-ruled tree calf; aeg, 1072 pp with Index of first lines, covers with minor extremity wear, hinges starting, spine a little worn, hinges loose, old ink inscription else a nice copy. WITH TWO FOREDGE ILLUSTRATIONS: one of a...... More
G. W. & C. B. Colton: New York 1869. 18 x 15", quarter leather, color maps, frontispiece, original leather backed blind-stamped cloth with gilt-lettering and decorations, spine ends, fore corners and edges worn, some chipping and tear to world flags plate otherwise a very sound copy. Ink owner's name... More
Ackermann's Repository of the Arts: London. 1813. 30 aquatints + title page illustr by Thomas Rowlandson, 9.25 x 6, half blue leather, marbled boards, 276 pp, covers very worn, extremities bumped and skinned, outer hinges cracked, spine sunned and worn with spine tips torn and chipped, inner hinges cracked, pp..... More
Philip C. Duschnes: NY, 1942. Hardcover. Illus. by Edward A. Wilson, 8 x 5", pink boards, 59pp, covers lightly rubbed, spine sunned, contents nice. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, E.A. WILSON. Printed by A. Colish, planned by Bruce Rogers; tipped-in at front is printed note: "This is..... More
Philip C. Duschnes: NY, 1942. Hardcover. Illus. by Edward A. Wilson, 8 x 5", pink boards, 59pp, covers lightly rubbed, spine sunned, contents nice in glassine cover (browned/torn/chipped). LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, E.A. WILSON. Printed by A. Colish, planned by Bruce Rogers; tipped-in at front is..... More
R. Ackermann by J. Diggens: London, 1815. Hardcover. 2 vols. 72 full-page hand-colored plates plus two frontispieces and one title vignette by Thomas Rowlandson, 9.5 x 6", finely bound in gilt-ruled crushed brown morocco with gilt skulls and crossbones at corners; aeg, SIGNED BINDINGS BY BAYNTUN, 295pp; 299pp, covers beautiful..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1919. Hardcover. Illus. in color by N.C. Wyeth, 9.5 x 7", black cloth with color pict label on front cover, 370pp, covers heavily worn and spotted, extremities bumped and worn, pp edge-toned and used with some scattered finger soiling. WITH 14 FULL PAGE COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY..... More
Cassell, Petter, Capin & Co.: London, 1881. 14 full page color plates + title page, black and white illus. including silhouettes, 9.5 x 7.25", pict boards, unpaginated, covers quite rubbed, RE-SPINED IN BLUE CLOTH with newer paste-downs, extremities bumped and chipping, hinges loose, contents toned and fingersoiled; but, the quaint..... More
First [1st] Amendment Publishing: np, 1993. Illus., 10.25 x 6.25", pict color glossy stapled wraps, unpaginated, covers a little rubbed, bar code sticker on Amy's cover, pp toned; printed dos-a-dos, as a comic book. #1. FIRST EDITION. More
The Prang Co.: NY (1920). 12 x 10", pict. Wraps, 90pp, corners badly bumped, spine frayed with 2" lacking at bottom, heavily soiled. FINE EXAMPLES OF CORY'S AND OTHERS' POLITICAL CARTOONS AND HOW TO DRAW THEM. 2nd ed. More
Alfred A. Knopf: NY, 1925. 9 x 7, cloth backed boards, unpag, fully illustr with four color plates and numerous b&w plates, boards and spine edgeworn and age darkened, owner's bookplate otherwise internally clean and sound. Some subjects: Jack Dempsey, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Babe Ruth, Picasso, Carl Van Vechten..... More