18 LINE LEAF Identified as from a 15th Century Psalter, in Latin with read and blue initials.
8.25x6", matted and framed to 14.5x12"
BINDING
THE AGE OF ILLUMINATION: Steven Runciman's BYZANTINE ART AND CIVILISATION, George Henderson's GOTHIC ART AND CIVILISATION, and George Henderson's EARLY MEDIEVAL ART AND CIVILISATION.
The Folio Society: London, 2004. Illus, 10.5 x 7.5", gilt cloth, vg in slipcase.
THE ALDINE EDITION OF THE BRITISH POETS (30 Volumes)
William Pickering: London, 1830. Frontispieces, 6.75 x 4", gilt-dec (fish & anchor) green morocco; teg, spines sunned to brown, some extremity wear, some toning to eps else a nice set of 30 of the Aldine British Poets, including Butler, Coleridge, Dryden, Swift, Cowper, Spencer and others. Decorative binding set.
ALLEMGEMEINES DEUTSCHES KOMMERSBUCH
Mortiz Shauenburg: Baden, 1922. Illus incl color litho extra title page, 6.5 x 4.5", gilt-lettered pebbled cloth, 760pp with index + ads, coves rubbed & darkened, hinges loose, contents toned else a decent decorative binding.
ALOSIE OU LE AMOURS DE MME D.M.T.P.
Londres 1880. Frontis, 8x5.5", lea. Backed marbled boards, t.e.g. With: AMOURS DES DAMES ILLUSTRES de Noostre Siecle.. Cologne 1680 (must be 1880 though). Troisiene Edition Reveu et Gorrige.
AM RADIO DISGUISED AS A SET OF 8 "HISTORY OF NATIONS."
Emerson: NY n.d. 7x11x6.5", full gilt-stamped leather with raised bands and leather spine labels, t.e.g.
THE AMERICAN ART REVIEW, A Journal Devoted to the Practice, Theory, History and Archaeology of Art [two volume decorative binding set]
Dana Estes and Charles E. Lauriat: Boston, 1880. Hardcover. 2 vols. Illus., 17 x 12", full black gilt-ruled and gilt-lettered black crushed morocco; aeg, minor cover wear else a nice, clean set, filled with engravings. Decorative binding set.
ANNALES DU MUSEE et de L'Ecole Moderne des Beaux-Arts. 21 Vols.
London 1815. Illus, 8x5", gilt-dec red leather, a.e.g.
THE ANTIQUARIAN AND TOPOGRAPHICAL CABINET. 6 Vols.
London 1817. Illus, 9.5x6", half red leather w/gilt-dec spine; marbled boards, t.e.g.
ARIZONA HIGHWAYS [bound volume: Jan-Dec 1977 Vol. 53]
Arizona Dept. of Transportation: Phoenix, AZ, 1977. 12 issues bound in one volume, 12 x 9", dec embossed cloth showing a couple of cacti in the desert, hinges a little loose, former owner's name printed in silver on front cover else a nice, distinctive decorative binding.
THE ART JOURNAL For 1876. New Series. Volume 2.
D. APPLETON & Co: NY 1876. Illus including full page plates by Landseer, 13 x 10", half leather; cloth, binding ok but some leather skinned in some place, w/bookplate Dr. Herman Kieffer, famous Detroit physician.
THE ART JOURNAL, New Series, Volume XII
Virtue & Co: London, 1873. 13 x 9.5", half leather; gilt-lettered cloth. WITH 35 FULL PAGE ENGRAVED PLATES.
AT MARY'S KNEE, Lessons in Prayer by a Sister-Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Catholic Publications Press: NY, (1934). Hardcover. Illus., 4 x 2.5", gilt-dec pearly white plastic cloth-hinged boards; aeg, 192pp, one tiny chip from spine top but still a nice little miniature decorative binding. With little crucifix inserted inside front cover.
AN ATLAS OF THE WORLD.
London n.d. 6x4", full gilt-dec red leather, a.e.g. SIGNED BINDING BY RIVIERE & SON.
AUCASSIN & NICOLETTE. Translated from the Old French by Eugene Mason.
London 1925. "With Colored Illus by Maxwell Armfield", 7x5", full gilt-ruled orange leather, a.e.g., SIGNED BINDING BY SANGOVSKI & SUTCLIFFE.
AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE.
Adam and Charles Black: London 1911. Illus by A. Anderson, 10 x 7.5", dec cloth. Translated & Edited with an Introduction by Harold Child.
"AUTOGRAPHS"
N.p. n.d. (1870's-"80's-'90's). Oblong 4x7", gilt-lettered embossed leather.
AVE MARIA, Livrede Prieres contenant de Pieux Exercices, Nouvelle Edition
Etablissments Brepols: Turnhout, (1899). Frontis illus., 4.5 x 2.5", gilt-dec leather; aeg, hinges a bit loose, spine and covers a bit worn but still a nice, miniature leather decorative binding.
BALZAC IGNORE by Dr. Cabanes.
Paris n.d. Portrait; illus; facsimile, 7x5.5", 3/4 blue leather, marbled boards, t.e.g., original wraps bound in.
THE BARBARIAN KINGS, by Casson; THE GREEK CONQUERORS, by Casson; LORDS OF JAPAN, by Wiencek; THE PHARAOHS, by Casson; THE FRENCH KINGS, by Grunfeld; THE RULERS OF BRITAIN, by Cowley.
Each: Chicago 1981 or 1982. 11x9", full gilt-dec silk, a.e.g. Each….
BEAUTIFUL CALIFORNIA By the Editorial Staffs of Sunset Books and Sunset Magazine.
Menlo Park, Calif. 1963. Photos, 11x8.5", gilt-dec blue leather in a sunburst design, t.e.g.
THE BIBELOT, A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers… [20 volumes plus index]
Thomas B. Mosher: Portland, ME, 1895-1914. 20 Volumes + Index, 6 x 4.5", parchment backed boards, some spine wear & staining to some volumes else a nice, decorative set with original wraps bound in.
The Bible With the Apocrypha, King James Version
The Folio Society: London, 2008. 11 x 7.5", two-tone gilt-dec cloth, teg, hinges a little loose else a nice, fresh copy in a lightly rubbed, finger soiled and bumped slipcase. Decorative binding.
BIBLIA Das Ist, Die Gantze Heilige Schrift...
Johann Andrea Endterischen: Nurnberg, 1768. Hardcover. 17.5 x 11.5", full vellum with metal corners and remnants of clasps, covers darkened and soiled and worn, bottom of spine chipping horizontally, pp darkened at edges, but still a decent, usable Bible in German. A newspaper article affixed to title page tells of...
BIBLIA SACRA VULGATAE EDITIONIS…VOL III (only).
Mediolani 1967. "Imaginibus Salvatoris Dali", 20x14.5", full gilt-dec leather, t.e.g., big scuff mark on one spine compartment, other scuffs and dings to edges, ALL ILLUSTRATIONS REMOVED (not by us) and not included, in scuffed and soiled leather and cloth slipcase. A giant, wonderfully printed book. Psalmorum through Ecclesiastici. "Edition's 'Luxus'".....