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A monograph of the Alcedinidæ: or, family of kingfishers

A monograph of the Alcedinidæ: or, family of kingfishers by SHARPE, R.B. [Richard Bowdler]

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
A monograph of the Alcedinidæ: or, family of kingfishers
Author
SHARPE, R.B. [Richard Bowdler]
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: Published by the author, 1871. FIRST EDITION. With 120 hand-colored lithographs and taxonomical chart. Hand-colored map of the family Alcedinidae laid in. Dark red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, interior dentelles, gilded fore-edge; interior generally in good condition with some foxing throughout. Rare first edition of monograph on kingfishers, a family of small, brightly colored birds known for their long sharp bills. This was Sharpe’s first book and launched his career as one of the most prominent ornithologists of the time. Significantly, it also marked the first collaboration between Sharpe and the artist John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912), who made the drawings and transferred them to stone. Keulemans made drawings for Sharpe’s later books as well as instructing several of his daughters in the art. Sharpe provides detailed descriptions of each species and the beautifully colored plates portray all the species of kingfishers in their various natural habitats. The book is one of many important ornithological monographs of the nineteenth century with its refined lithograph plates magnifying its significance as a scientific as well as aesthetic resource. Sharpe (1847–1909) was a British ornithologist and curator at the British Museum. His interest in birds started as a recreation and developed into a lifelong passion and pursuit. During his time at the British Museum, the collection of bird specimens increased from 35,000 to over half a million thereby making the museum one of the leading institutions in the field of ornithology. Sharpe was also responsible for completing many of fellow ornithologist John Gould’s unfinished books when he died in 1881.
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Rhyme? and Reason by CARROLL, Lewis

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Title
Rhyme? and Reason
Author
CARROLL, Lewis
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: Macmillan, 1883. FIRST EDITION. With 65 illustrations by Arthur B. Frost and 9 by Henry Holiday. Publisher’s green cloth, title in gilt on spine, gilt roundels with motifs from the book to covers inside triple gilt ruling, head and foot of spine with very minor wear; interior excellent. First edition. The text is made up of poems chiefly republished from Phantasmagoria but renewed with the wonderful Frost illustrations. Included are a few newly published poems and riddles. Williams, Madan, Green, 160.
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Traite de La Couleur by ROSENSTIEHL, M.A.

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Title
Traite de La Couleur
Author
ROSENSTIEHL, M.A.
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1913. ROSENSTIEHL, M.A. Traité de la Couleur au Point de Vue Physique, Physiologique et Esthétique Comprenant l'exposé de l'état de la question de l'Harmonie des Couleurs avec 56 figures et 14 planches coloriées. xvi, 278 pp., plus 2 pp. of ads. Illustrated with 14 colour plates including 4 tipped-in pochoir designs and 24 dyed fabric samples. 8vo., 245 x 160 mm, bound in publisher's cloth. Paris: H. Dunod, 1913. First Edition. "This book expands upon the author's important brochure, Les premiers elements de la science de la couleur (Mulhouse, 1884), which had helped spread knowledge of Maxwell color disks, the adjustable colored discs, which when spun at high speed form a single color. Rosenstiehl's book, published at the height of cubism, was the acknowledged inspiration for the color system of Julie Beaudeneau which, in turn, was used by Jacques Villon" (R. Herbert, "A Color Bibliography," Yale Lib. Gazette, July 1974, p. 45.) Birren Collection 560.
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Margaret Bourke-White: a retrospective

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Title
Margaret Bourke-White: a retrospective
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good-
Description
In Japanese. 85 photos shown at various museums in Japan, 1992-3.Japanese essay by photographer, Ruiko Yoshida. One corner creased on wraps.
Anata wa dare [But Not Billy]

Anata wa dare [But Not Billy] by ZOLOTOW, Charlotte. Lys Cassal, illustrated by

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Title
Anata wa dare [But Not Billy]
Author
ZOLOTOW, Charlotte. Lys Cassal, illustrated by
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9784924684577
Condition
Very Good
Description
(Tokyo: Dowa-ya Co., Ltd, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good. First Japanese edition. Illustrated Lys Cassal. Translated by Nana Mirai. Oblong slim quarto. Pictorial boards sunned at the spine and edges thus very good or better in a printed wraparound band sunned at the spine and shoulders. Publisher's material laid in.

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