Japan: Otosaburo Moriizumi, 1972. F. 10 rubbings made by Otosaburo Moriizumi; these are printed in black and white on fine thin Japanese paper; each rubbing tipped-on by its corners to a thin cardstock backer and with a dark blue, gray or green stiff paper "window" surround; with a 4-sided folding.....
Japan. Two volumes; 255 + 266 pages; color, black and white illustrations, some folding, showing Japanese swords and sword-making techniques, blacksmithing, various sword furniture, tsuba, sheaths, decorative work, portraits of famous makers; text entirely in Japanese; part of a larger set; these are volumes numbered 6 & 7; approximately 7.....
Japan: 1881. A newsheet insert or separate broadside publication, printed one side only; approx.16 1/2" h. x 23" w., about a 1" margin surround; portraits of the British political worthies of the time; Japanese characters at top and bottom margins, with title in English as well; appears to be a......
11" x 14" size; digital photograph, printed on quality Fuji color Crystal Archive photo paper; Framed, signed, lower right; Kanako Uchino, Japanese photographer residing in Hawaii, photography work was recently exhibited at the International Olympic Center in Tokyo, photos have also appeared in feature articles in numerous magazines and publications.....
11" x 14" size; digital photograph, printed on quality Fuji color Crystal Archive photo paper; Framed, signed, lower right; Kanako Uchino, Japanese photographer residing in Hawaii, photography work was recently exhibited at the International Olympic Center in Tokyo, photos have also appeared in feature articles in numerous magazines and publications.....
11" x 14" size; digital photograph, printed on quality Fuji color Crystal Archive photo paper; Framed, signed, lower right; Kanako Uchino, Japanese photographer residing in Hawaii, photography work was recently exhibited at the International Olympic Center in Tokyo, photos have also appeared in feature articles in numerous magazines and publications.....
New Haven, Conn. Department of Physiology Yale University, 1938. F. (5) + 60 leaves; tipped-on photograph portrait of Chimpanzee "Frenchie" and other tipped-on photographs within; with extensive bibliography, trial tables in the appendix section; Solomon Charles Kasdon ( 1912 - 1992) Tufts professor, his typed doctoral dissertation for his Yale.....
No Place Listed: No Publisher Listed, 1955. 9 black and white reproductions of Kathe Kollwitz drawings on good paper stock, nearly all signed in the plate; large format, approx. 12" x 15"; no date or publisher listed - a search of OCLC revealed no additional data, other than a (purported?).....
New York: Harper & Row, 1979. F. Inscribed and signed "Paul and Ruby - Elliott Kaufman 1979" at bottom of photo sheet; a large format black and white photograph of 'Diner' by Elliott Kaufman, 20" x 16" size, on glossy photographic paper; one of the images that this photographer created.....
New York: Studio Book the Viking Press, 1981. F. 141 pages; dated in the year of publication, signed and inscribed on the title page by the photographer, his first book "15 Nov. 1981 for Lou, on his 50th birthday Malcolm Kirk"; Introduction by Andrew Strathern; illustrated in color, black and.....
Kjobenhavn: L.A. Jorgensens Forlag, 1879. F. The atlas with title page, followed by 106 color plates, collated complete; Danish text, atlas volume with fraktur & italicized Latin titles for the birds; atlas with previous owner inscription at top edge of title page and old pencil bookseller notations on front endpaper;.....
New York: Kramer's Pastries, 1984. F. A bright, colorful group of 'souvenirs' from this German bakery on the upper West side of Manhattan; usually children, little boys are posing as the 'bakers' - little girls are the 'customers'; one of these has an elf or dwarf as the baker; the.....
Paris: Chez Claude Barbin, 1691. 312 pages; text in French; with an pictorial engraved title page and a printed titlel; with a couple of type ornaments, capitals in the text; originally appearing under the title 'Morale Galante, Ou, L'art de bien Aimer in 1669 - an OCLC search at time.....
Paris, France. Imprimerie Chaix (Encres Lorilleux & Cie), 1897. "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" were reduced-size fine art poster lithographs of famous images of the Belle Epoque, 1895-1900, offered by subscription and never released as bound books; approximately 240 were done over a 60-month period and reflected the best of the.....
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Printed By William Duane, 1811. First American Edition. Leather. viii + 268 pages; useful subject index at back. This the First American, from the Sixth London Edition, of the work of James Lind (1716 - 1794) British naval surgeon and physician, whose "...final book, his Essay on Diseases.....
Barcelona Spain: Empresa Editorial La Ilustracion, 1874. First Edition. Leather. lxi + 266 pages + (1) page plate list + (1) publisher's announcements. With 10 black and white plates illustrating the cantos of the poem, collated complete. Luis de Camoes (c. 1525 - 1580) Portugal's greatest poet, the Lusiads his.....
Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1779. 3 pages; wherein this ordinance declares that there is provision for punishment for anyone, specifically servants and negroes, to carry weapons, ie. swords, other implements; coming at a time in which Louis XVI (1754-93) at which the king was struggling with just how much freedom he.....
Los Angeles, California: Andrew Ward Fine Art Photographs, 2011. Alen MacWeeney. Second Edition. Soft Cover. New in shrink-wrap. Approx. 9 1/2" x 11 1/4" size; illustrated polished paper covers; new condition.
New York: Not Published, 1856. F. Collection includes c. 70 individual items; mostly involved with clearing the estates of James Wright and that of Nathaniel Pearsall; with many of the documents involving both of these families and heirs from each; interesting accounts of estate contents, will bequests, debts being paid;.....
New York: Not Published, 1864. F. About 35 pieces of ephemeral material relating to the education, medical career, family life of this physician; including: a Matriculation Ticket for the University of the State of New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, for 185(5) Gordon Buck, M.D. Registrar-the back of card.....
Amsterdam Holland: Gerard Valck, 1700. F. Copper-engraved map of Asia, with original hand coloring; colored cartouche at top left; no date and circa 1700; 58.5 cm x 49.0 cm approx.; laid-down to cardstock; darkened, slightly paler along old fold line; few closed tears visible at bottom edge, unobtrusive; not much.....
Utica New York: Grand Lodge. This large asylum and home for the children, mostly for orphans and aged New York State Masonic families, was built in the early 1890s in Utica, New York by the state Grand Lodge; Collection of mostly 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" size views, a few.....
New York, NY: Random House, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. xi + 339 pages; coast chart of the East End of Long Island endpapers and illustrated throughout in black and white. Signed on the title page by Peter Matthiessen (1927 - 2014) American novelist, naturalist, explorer, and advocate for the.....
New York, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. William Pene Du Bois. First Edition. Hard Cover. 78 pages. Signed on the title page by Peter Matthiessen (1927 - 2014) American novelist, naturalist, explorer, and advocate for the life of the planet; this is his only children's book, illustrated by William.....
Philadelphia, PA: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. 143 pages. Chapter contents on chemical & mechanical stimulants, narcotics; alcohol, opium and other considerations as applied therapeutically. Title page with the small name-stamp of collector Geo. R. Brush, M.D. U.S. Navy. Approx. 5 1/8" x 7 1/8" size; bound in.....
