Italy: No Photographer Noted, 1895. F. A series of loose plates, with tipped-on photographs on paper in black and white; about 1/2 of the plates with 2 images; sizes vary, with the largest approx. 10" x 13" and ranging to 3" x 6" (for those having 2 plates per page);.....
Nicely accomplished, with especially vivid orange and turquoise highlights to the sky and water, in Fauve-like hues; winter cottage on lake scene at sunset; no date, artist signature or title; purchased years ago from a Southampton Long Island estate sale; Approx. 14" x 15 1/4" size; some edge, tips wear.....
Brooklyn, New York: 1932. Original watercolor art by this child; 13 1/2" x 11" including framing; with a pencil explanation, faintly at left edge, echoed by the written slip of paper with the same message below left on the piece; very skilled work, in a period style and color scheme;.....
New York, New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1892. First American Edition. Hard Cover. xiii + 417 pages. Black and white illustrated frontispiece & throughout; with color folding "Map Showing M. Bonvalot's Route" in pocket at front, approx. 16 1/4" x 20" size. The Translator's Preface notes that "...Starting from the.....
New York: Ward Motor Vehicle Company, 1916. F. A snappy-looking simple electric vehicle design in fine pen and ink and hand-colored in blue, yellow and heightened in white; chain-driven, steering 'bar' instead of wheel, open top, plush interior visible; side and front views; bottom third of drawing with pencil details.....
Venetiis: Typis Remondinianis, 1752. Editio Postrema Veneta Emendatissima. Leather. xxxii + 496 pages, with a few woodcut initial letters and tailpieces. The medical work of Giorgio Baglivi (1668 - 1707) an Armenio-Italian physician and scientist. This copy does not have the author's portrait; Pages 231-232 with woodcut figures; Dissertatio VI.....
Milano, Italy: Electa Architecture, 2004. First English Language Edition. Soft Cover. 247 pages; illustrated in color and black & white throughout; with a short selected bibliography and a useful index of names. Text reviews the history of the subject; the Luminator; Pietro Chiesa interpreted by Gio Ponti; Gino Sarfatti on.....
Paris France: J.-J. Bailliere et Fils, Libraires, 1859. Deuxieme Edition. Leather. Three separate publications, bound in one - successively the deuxieme, premiere & deuxieme editions, as bound; the first two, 1859; the last, 1860 published dates; French texts. The first volume 366 pages, with the Table des Matieres pages bound.....
Bermuda: Not Published, 1899. F. Five images of Bermuda; identifications handwritten in white ink on the backer-paper, including: Admiral Sampson - Admiral Sir John Fisher on board U.S.S. New York, Bermuda, Feb 23rd, 1899 (6" x 8" approx., faded); At Happy Valley (c. 80 well-dressed people in group pose, 6".....
Paris, France: Editions J'ai Lu - Editions Stock, 1994. Later Printing. Soft Cover. 152 + (6) publisher's catalog at back. Affectionately inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page, "Pour Kaylie, la femme-tendresse Celle piu de son amour illumine le crepuscule des hommes. Tendresse Calixthe". French text; the.....
Petersburg, Russia: Alkonost, 1922. F. 110 + (1) pages; poetic works by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921); Russian text throughout; approx. 5 7/8" x 8 5/8" size; original paper wraps, titled in black with blue decorative additions; some edge, tips wear and soiling, dustiness to covers; leaves browned, many.....
Milano: Societa Tipografia Dei Classici Italiani, 1845. 1/2 polished calf leather binding, paper covered boards, five raised bands, gilt spine lettering; color coat of arms on title page; limited "Edizione di soli 250 exemplari"; in Italian; former private library stamp on endpaper; some corner, tips wear and rubbing; overall, very.....
Frankfurt Am Main: Societats-Verlag, 1930. 14 pages of black and white illustrated text in German, followed by 199 plates, also in black and white, with captions in English and German; reproductions of examples of the work of the luminaries of the photographic art of 1840-1870 including Talbot, Nadar, Hill, Daguerre.....
New York City: Tiber Press Publishers, 1954. F. Limited edition No. 247 of 1500; with 13 color plates (one double-fold) reproduced by silkscreen; accompanied by poetry below. The plates accomplished on good chain-laid paper stock and in very good condition, the paper remaining white and clean while the backing cardstock.....
Sao Paulo, Brasil: Theodor Preising, 1930. Photographs. Not Bound. Group of thirty-six (36) small-format photographs, three "series" of 12 each, all of Rio de Janeiro and environs by the photographer Theodor Preising. With the original paper packet-covers having the studio imprint of Photo Rotativo TP Sao Paulo on each. The.....
New York - London: Ambassador Theatre, 1960. Group of material includes: a black and white 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" approx. size photographic 'show card' for the production, mounted to an old card matte; (with) 14 (including one double) 8" x 10" bw photographic stills from the production, depicting the.....
Boston: D. Lothrop, 1877. F. Not paginated but 32 pages; illustrated in black and white throughout by L. Hopkins; contents include Miltiades Gets Best of Santa Claus; Declares War on Turkey; Guilty of Eavesdropping; Boasts of His Courage; Celebrates the Glorious Fourth; Unable to Mind His Own Business, more; publishers'.....
Edinburgh & London: Edinburgh, printed by Mundell & son. London, sold by Messrs. Nicol, Egerton, Edwards, Faulder, Hookham & Carpenter, and Vernor &, 1795. F. xvi + 319 pages; inscribed on the front endpaper, "To John Fordyce of Ayton Esq: from the author"; Fordyce being one of the subscribers on.....
London: John Murray, 1821. F. xxi + 261 pages + (1) page of publisher's announcements at back, listing the titles of Byron; couple of leaves of the "Notes" on Dante piece unopened; page 151 with the longer speech by the Doge, indicating the second issue of the first edition; George.....
New York: Signet-New American Library, 1981. . xviii + 265 pages; humorously inscribed and signed on the half-title page by Truman Capote, "For the (underlined) Miss Jones with good wishes from an admirer of beauty and mystery The (underlined) Mr. Capote"; accomplished in Capote's half-printed half-script hand, penned in blue.....
London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1876. Henry Holiday. First Edition. Hard Cover. 83 pages + (1) page publisher's announcements at back. Amusingly illustrated by Henry Holiday. Small bookseller's ticket on the back endpaper, W. & E. Pickering New & Second Hand Booksellers, Stationers &c. 3, Bridge Street Bath. Approx. 5.....
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881. xxxii + 373 pages; inscribed on the front endpaper "Mrs Wagstaff with the high consideration of John Dean Caton"; tissue-guarded engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by H.B. Hall; illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations; information on the natural history of the.....
Paris, France. Henri Plon, Imprimeur-Editeur, 1863. First Edition. Leather. (2) + 278 pages. French text; historical information on the climatology of Spain, and of various regions, cities, coastal areas and a chapter on the mineral waters of the country. Title page with the small previous owner name-stamp of collector George.....
Buffalo, New York: D.T. Stiles, 1861. F. 136 pages + errata slip tipped onto final pastedown; bound in contemporary publishers' cloth, gilt spine titles; some edge, tips wear to covers; good condition.
A handwritten note, interestingly written from Carnegie Hall and dated May 2 1912 and with a artists' palette-style "Dana" in the signature; evidently the addressee had asked Gibson about using an image he'd drawn; to a Mr. Abbott, and describing the process for using the art, fees & copyright notice;.....
