Einfuhrung in das Grune Gewolbe.
Dresden, West Germany: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, 1985. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. 120pp. Numerous color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine. Later printing. More
Dresden, West Germany: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, 1985. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. 120pp. Numerous color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine. Later printing. More
Vilnius: [Vilnius University Library], 1970. Hardcover. 32mo. Green paper over boards. 16pp, 46pp. Illustrations. Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear. Interesting little production, with introduction text in Lithuanian, Russian and English, of this gathering of bookplate designs submitted for a contest marking the 400th anniversary of the Scientific Library..... More
Brussels: l'Imprimerie des Sciences, 1950. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff wrappers. 168pp, (8pp ads). Very good. Minor shelfwear; last few pages (mainly the ads) on inferior, acidic, heavily age toned stock, as usual. First edition of the Jean Cocteau tribute edition of this short-lived "Revue periodique." More
Hanover, PA: The Historical Publication Committee of The Hanover Chamber of Commerce, 1985. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 274pp. Map frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Seconds printing of this 1963 text with the mile-long title, tight and attractive. More
London: Octopus Books, 1974. Hardcover. Foreword by Emrys Jones. 4to. Blue decorated paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 400pp. Color frontispiece, numerous color illustrations, maps, color pictorial endpapers. Very good/near fine. First British edition. More
Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe, [1884]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth over bevel-edged boards with gilt/black lettering and ornate black decorative stamping. 304pp. All edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 17 full-page tissue-guarded plates, decorative endpapers. Very good. Mild binding edgewear; 1886 ownership signature on inner flyleaf and slip tipped to front flyleaf with..... More
New York: American Tract Society, 1841. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff green wrappers. 36pp. Illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear; slight age toning and bit of foxing. Interesting if irrelevant sidebar: This came from the private papers of Enoch Long, though it bears no ownership signature or markings. While living in Alton, Illinois..... More
Englewood Cliffs: Columbia House, 1978. Hardcover. 4to. Yellow buckram, pictorial dust jacket. 240pp. Numerous illustrations, numerous diagrams. Near fine/near fine. Later printing. Extensive collection of instructional needlepoint crafts. More
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, [1950]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff green pictorial wrappers. 96pp. Illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear. A tight and nice first edition of Home and Garden Bulletin No. 1 -- standard post-World War Two fare with which Mrs. Cleaver would have felt quite familiar. Name/address inkstamp..... More
N.p. [London]: Sotheby Publications, 1973. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 293pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Spine slightly cocked. First edition of this lovely pictorial study of "some of the finest and most interesting antiques and works of art that have recently appeared on the market..... More
Gettysurg: Dean S. Thomas, 1984. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow pictorial glazed paper over boards.vi, 152pp. Illustrations. First of this facsimile reprint of the 1862 Richmond first edition, with a photo section added at the conclusion. More
New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1979. Paperback. Square small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 85pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Auction catalogue (Sale Number 4323) for this December 12, 1979 offering. More
Philadelphia: The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1943. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth. 60pp, 27pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Very good. Fascinating account of this early ascent, followed by the text of Jean Pierre Blanchard's "Journal of my Forty-fifth Ascension and the First in America" (Philadelphia, 1793). More
N.p. [San Francisco?]: Temple Emanu-el, n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 4pp (single sheet, second and fourth leaves blank). Very good. Minor age toning to front wrapper. Program for the premiere performance of this composition, conducted by Milhaud himself and performed by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra with the University of California..... More
Princeville, IL: The First Presbyterian Church, 1974. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers, black plastic comb binding. (12pp). Illustrations. Errata slip. Charming membership directory of this tiny Illinois parish. As homespun as it gets. More
Manitowoc, WI: Mirro Aluminum Company, n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. (12pp). Illustrations, line drawings. Near fine. Tight, handsome copy of this undated (circa 1965) booklet touting recipes using teflon cookware from this largest producer of aluminum cooking utensils. More
Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service, n.y., [ca. 1970?]. Folio. Stiff glazed portfolio housing 38 high-quality chronologically-arranged reproductions of significant colonial documents ranging from the Declaration of Independence to New York's Ratification of the Bill of Rights. Near fine/very good. Slight soiling and minor edgewear to portfolio. More
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Mint, 1974-1977. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff color pictorial wrappers. 34 issues housed in two "Franklin Mint Almanac" slipcases. Very good to near fine overall. Starting with the December 1974 issue (Volume 5, Number 12), this brief run consists of all twelve 1975 issues, all twelve..... More
Freeport: Freeport Lincoln-Douglas Society, [1988]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green leatherette with gilt lettering. 291pp, xi, (8pp). Illustrations. Fine. A tight, pristine facsimile of the 1930 first edition of this history of the creation of sculptor Leonard Crunelle's moving statue of Lincoln, erected in Freeport in 1929 on the 71st anniversary..... More
Freeport, IL: W.T. Rawleigh, 1930. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green textured cloth with gilt lettering. 291pp, xi, (8pp). Illustrations. Near fine. A tight and attractive first edition of this history of the creation of sculptor Leonard Crunelle's moving statue of Lincoln, erected in Freeport on the 71st anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas..... More
Freeport, IL: W.T. Rawleigh, 1930. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green textured cloth with gilt lettering. 291pp, xi, (8pp). Illustrations. Near fine. A tight and attractive first edition of this history of the creation of sculptor Leonard Crunelle's moving statue of Lincoln, erected in Freeport on the 71st anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas..... More
Freeport, IL: W.T. Rawleigh, 1930. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green textured cloth with gilt lettering. 291pp, xi, (8pp). Illustrations. Near fine. Handsome, quite tight attractive first edition of this history of the creation of sculptor Leonard Crunelle's moving statue of Lincoln, erected in Freeport on the 71st anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1940]. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xliv, 419pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with large chip along top of front panel and several small archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears. A tight, attractive first edition of this hefty gathering..... More
New York: Negro Universities Press, [1969]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth. x, 232pp. Fine. Tight, superb facsimile reprint of this 1905 title from the American Unitarian Association, featuring Kelly Miller discussing Howard University, William G. Frost discussing Berea College, Roscoe Conkling Bruce discussing Tuskegee Institute, H.B. Frissell discussing Hampton Institute, W.E.B...... More