New York, N.Y. D. Appleton and Company, 1863. First American Edition. Hard Cover. 150 + (6) pages of publishers' announcements, including that for the American edition of Charles Darwin's "On The Origin..." Text interspersed with black and white illustrations; contents include a "Critical Examination of Mr. Darwin's Work, "On the.....
Japan: No Publisher Noted, 1889. Map. Not Bound. Very bright and vividly illustrated map-view of this Japanese lake; printed calligraphic text at top. A handwritten note at bottom right margin notes, "Map of Oz-su, Lake Biwa 15th March 1889." Approx. 14" x 18" (36 x 45.5 cm) overall size; good.....
Tokyo, Japan: No Publisher Noted, 1887. Map. Not Bound. Black and white illustrated bird's-eye view-plan of the extensive grounds of this temple, finely drawn; with a large red publisher's chop at lower left corner. Japanese and English title - cartouche at top; not dated in English and circa 1887 according.....
Edinburgh, Scotland: No Publisher Stated, 1699. First Edition. Soft Cover. (4) + 57 + (1) blank pages. Title page location noted as "Edenburgh" (Edinburgh) and the OCLC record notes for this version of the book that the Dedication to the King is "signed: Philo Caledon, i.e. Andrew Fletcher. (c. 1653-1716)".....
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1880. First Edition. Soft Cover. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1880. First Edition. 48 pages; with folding plates of the boiler of the steam yacht "Javelin" a plate depicting the workings of the boiler system of the steam yacht "Kelpie"; both built by Herreshoff in.....
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.....
Constantinople, Turkey: W. Sender, 1915. Postcards. Not Bound. Group of forty (40) real photo postcards of Constantinople (Konstantinopel) with two original paper packet-covers; both having the studio stamp of W. Sender Artiste Peintre Atelier Photographique, artistique, Peinture et dessin Specialite photographie technique et archaeologique Constantinople, Pera Rue Cabristan No. 147.....
Arequipa, Peru: Vargas Hnos. 1930. Postcard. Not Bound. Real photo postcard, with the blind-stamp of the notably artistic and innovative Vargas brothers' studio in Arequipa at lower right. Not dated, circa 1930; not mailed; divided back. Slight wear; in very good condition.
Paris, France. G. Di San Lazzaro Editor, 1939. First Edition. Soft Cover. Black and white illustrated, with a 12-plate section by E. Blumenfeld, printed on heavy paper stock as is an 8-plate selection of sculpture of the Musee de l'Homme. With articles on sculpture, including by Kandinsky and George Duthuit.....
Paris, France. Publiee Sous Les Auspices Du Conseil Des Musees Nationaux, 1953. First Edition. Soft Cover. 67 + (3) pages; black and white illustrated throughout, with a color lithograph on heavy paper stock of an ancient Greek portrait of a woman recently acquired by the Louvre. French text; articles and.....
New York, New York: David A. Schorsch Incorporated, 1989. First Edition. Soft Cover. 189 pages; variously tone-printed & black and white illustrated throughout, with a useful index. Front endpaper with a handwritten presentation in ink from the author in the year of publication, "for Mary Abbott with best personal regards.....
New York, New York: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rizzoli New York, 1993. First Edition. Soft Cover. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the architect-designer's works at the SF MOMA in 1993. 139 pages; color, black and white illustrated throughout. Includes an interview with the architect, bibliography.....
New York, New York: The Art Digest, 1953. First Edition. Soft Cover. 31 pages; black and white illustrated throughout. Belle Krasne, editor; associate editors included Dore Ashton, Margaret Breuning, Hubert Crehan. Magazine with current news of the day in the arts, coast to coast and internationally, auctions, shows, museum openings.....
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1984. First Edition. Soft Cover. 32 pages; color, black and white illustrated throughout. (From the editor's notes by Mildred Friedman) "...contains all of the attitudes and qualities that have made this designer's work consistently fresh, insightful and stimulating to the eye and mind..." Paul Rand.....
New York, New York: Wittenborn, Schultz, Inc., 1951. First Edition. Soft Cover. Circa (60) pages; black and white illustrated throughout, including a 'comic centerfold.' The magazine "...affirms that art, science, technology are interacting components of the total human enterprise...(trans formation) will cut across the arts and sciences by treating them.....
New York, New York: Oxford University Press - Nierendorf Gallery, 1941. Paul Klee. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Including two color serigraphs; a photo-portrait of Paul Klee by Joseph Albers 1929; introduction by James Johnson Sweeney, notes by Karl Nierendorf; with a useful bibliography. Previous owner name in pencil on endpaper.....
New York, New York: Erich S. Herrmann, 1944. Degas. First Edition. Spiral Bound. With a one-page preface by Walter Mehring. Black and white illustrated throughout with the drawing work of Edgar Degas. Previous owner name of painter (Randolph Lewis) Teague on the title page edge. Approx. 9 3/4" x 12.....
New York, New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1984. Joan Miro. First Edition. Slipcase. The George Braziller reproduction of the 1958 original by Eluard & Miro; with the separate essay on the making of the book and its background by Anne Hyde Greet. Approx. 10 1/4" x 13 1/4" size; illustrated.....
New York, NY: Walker and Company, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. "This volume reproduces, in exact size, 24 charcoal drawings executed by de Kooning in 1966..." (from the colophon information) Ownership signature in ink on front endpaper of New York School Abstract Expressionist artist Mary Abbott (1921-2019) who was a......
New York, New York: Livermore and Rudd, 1856. First Edition. Hard Cover. 428 pages + (10) pages of occasionally illustrated publishers' announcements at back. A somewhat darkly humorous novel, unsparing in its sarcastic wit concerning prostitution, political corruption, slavery, forlorn love, the ridiculous behavior of the gambler, the ego driven.....
Flanders, New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Photograph. Not Bound. Black and white image of this locomotive, approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images, as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from a......
Flanders, New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Photograph. Not Bound. Black and white image of this box car, approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images, as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from.....
Flanders, New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Photograph. Not Bound. Black and white image of this locomotive, approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images, as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from a......
Flanders, New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Photograph. Not Bound. Black and white image of this streetcar system, approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images, as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from.....
Flanders, New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Photograph. Not Bound. Black and white image of this streetcar system, approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images, as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from.....
