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Antichità Romane de' tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori, disegnate, ed incise da G.B.Piranesi architetto Veneziano… Parte Prima [-Seconda]

Antichità Romane de' tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori, disegnate, ed incise da G.B.Piranesi architetto Veneziano… Parte Prima [-Seconda] by Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778)

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Title
Antichità Romane de' tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori, disegnate, ed incise da G.B.Piranesi architetto Veneziano… Parte Prima [-Seconda]
Author
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778)
Seller
Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Rome: Si vende dall' Autore dirimpetta l'Academia di Franzia, 1748. FIRST EDITION. The paper bears the watermark “lily within two circles”. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary patterned boards, painted vellum spine and corners (boards and paint with some wear). Internally a fine copy with very wide margins and minimal light foxing. Part I: 4 plates comprising the title, dedication, and 2 leaves of inscriptions; 11 plates numbered 1, 6-15 (the plate numbered “1” is in some copies corrected in ink to “5”). Part II: title, 13 plates numbered 16-28, and 1 unnumbered plate “Facciate della chiesa di S. Vito. Arco di Galieno”, as called for. First edition of this work comprising some of Piranesi's earliest etchings of ancient Roman monuments. These views are “among his purest etchings in their early states. One of them, the Arco di Galieno, has a simplicity of tone reminiscent of Tiepolo or Canaletto, but in most of the others Piranesi is already using double biting to add variety and depth to his light and shade. From the purely artistic side there is scarcely anything more attractive in Piranesi’s work than this early series.”(Hind) The work was published at Piranesi’s first Rome address, on the Corso across from the French Academy (i.e. Palazzo Salviati.) The first part comprises views of monuments within the city; in the second “Antichità Romane fuori di Roma…”, Piranesi presents others found in Rimini, Pola, Foligno, Albano, Ancona, and elsewhere. Piranesi's archaeological interests are evident not only in the historical accuracy of the views, but in the two plates recording the inscriptions found on the arches and bridges depicted in the plates. The first of the two plates also includes a list of the subjects illustrated, though the final, unnumbered Arco di Galieno plate is not included in the list. In the dedication, Piranesi explains that he produced this dual volume of etchings for the purpose of placing unobserved and hidden monuments before the eyes of all, while at the same time presenting the well-known ones to a broader, international audience. “These exquisite plates, based on sketches made during Piranesi’s travels in Italy, c.1743-47, may be considered among the artist’s graphic masterpieces. They possess a unity and range of experiment lacking in the ‘Varie Vedute’ and even in the early plates of the larger ‘Vedute di Roma’, which probably overlap this series in time… They show strong evidence of Tiepolo's decisive influence on Piranesi during the latter's return visit to Venice in the mid-1740's, together with the first signs of certain compositional ideas which were to be transferred to the larger Vedute in the next decade.”(Wilton-Ely, t. I, p. 144) The work is dedicated to Monsignor Giovanni Gaetano Bottari, chaplain of Benedict XIV, Vatican Librarian, and art historian, whom Piranesi met while frequenting Casa Corsini, at the time a meeting place for intellectual and, under Bottari’s stewardship, a growing repository of prints.
Noticia de California, y de su Conquesta Temporal, y Espiritual ..

Noticia de California, y de su Conquesta Temporal, y Espiritual .. by Venegas, Miguel (and Andres Marcos Burriel)

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Noticia de California, y de su Conquesta Temporal, y Espiritual ..
Author
Venegas, Miguel (and Andres Marcos Burriel)
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Hardcover
Description
Madrid: Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, 1757. First edition. Fine. Hardcover. Three volumes. Small 4tos. (24),240; (8),564; (8),436. First issue with p. II, 479 misnumbered 476. Contemporary vellum, yap edges, manuscript titles on the spines. Four folding copperplate maps: Vol. 1 contains the Mapa de la California, y su Costa Oriental Nuevamente Descubierta, based on Padre Kino's revolutionary map. Vol. 3 contains three maps: Seno de California; Carta de la Mar del Sur; and Mapa de la America Septentl. etc. The first map has a professional, nearly invisible, repair of a closed separation across the upper third of the image, no loss. Map number 4 has a neat nearly invisible repair of a closed marginal tear, no loss. Scattered light foxing; small marginal paper flaw on II, 449/450, n ot affecting the text; stamps of the Museo of Teneriffe on the second leaf of II, the third leaf of III, and a paper repair on the second leaf of III suggesting there was once a stamp there. No text is affected, Remains of string ties. Inner hinges of I and II expertly repaired. An altogether superior copy of this set, called by Cowan the"foundation of a library of Californiana." Venegas' manuscript was written between 1734 and 1739. It went unpublished because the Spanish Crown did not want details of New Spain disseminated. But eventually another Jesuit, Padre Burriel, edited the manuscript and saw it published. The large map in volume 1 is based on Kino's 1702 map. It is indeed revolutionary as it was the first attempt to end the notion that California was an island. Padre Consag confirmed KIno's findings in a 1746 expedition to the mouth of the Colorado. As Tooley notes (p. 111), Kino's map was not generally accepted; it was not until Consag confirmed Kino's discovery that caused Ferdinand VII in 1747 to issue a royal decree: California is not an island. The London edition, issued in 1758, was an abridgment of this work. Not Arizona 100, but arguably should have been; Kino and his followers are treated in several other numbers of that reference. Zamorano 80, No. 78. Cowan, p. 238; Howes V69; Palau 358387. .
Géométrie Descriptive

Géométrie Descriptive by Monge, G.

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Géométrie Descriptive
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Monge, G.
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Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Paris: Bachelier (Succcesseur de Mme. Ve. Courcier), 1827. Hardcover. Fine. Fifth edition. 4to. xx,188pp. followed by 28 fold-out engraved plates, Leather spine of marbled sheep, gilt spine titles, decorated paper over boards. A fine copy, with a trace of foxing to the first couple of pages, and light rubbing at edges and hinges, Gaspard Monge was a French mathematician, the inventor of descriptive geometry. This edition also contains he Theory of Shadows and Perspective extracted from his paper. .
Sacajawea

Sacajawea by Hebard, Grace Raymond

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Sacajawea
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Hebard, Grace Raymond
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Fine
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Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 340pp.Red T-grain cloth, gilt spine title. A fine, bright copy. With the publisher's plain dustwrapper, also fine. Laid-in is an original 3 x 5 inch photograph of the author at the grave of Sacajawea with the in inscription along the bottom in the author's hand, signed "G. R. H." With is is a larger photograph, a copy of the original. .
Foreign Topography; Or, An Encyclopedick Account ... of the Ancient Remains of Africa, Asia and Europe

Foreign Topography; Or, An Encyclopedick Account ... of the Ancient Remains of Africa, Asia and Europe by Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley

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Foreign Topography; Or, An Encyclopedick Account ... of the Ancient Remains of Africa, Asia and Europe
Author
Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley
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Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
London: J. B. Nichols and Son, 1828. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. xlviii, 348pp. Illustrated with 11 full page engraved plates, the plate of Egyptian Trades with contemporary hand-coloring. Recently bound to style in quarter calf, spine in six compartments and raised bands; leather lettering labels, gilt. The plates include scenes of Thebes, Acheron, Bacchus, Roman Houses, Pompeii, Telmessus, etc. Without the additional plates from other works sometimes found. The frontispiece was once closely trimmed, not affecting the image, is now mounted on paper of similar size and age as the text block. Occasional light foxing, one short marginal closed tear on a text page else a very good copy in a fine binding.
Madeline

Madeline by Bemelmans, Ludwig

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Madeline
Author
Bemelmans, Ludwig
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
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Very Good
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing with dated title page. Signed by Ludwig Bemelmans and dated in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original decorated paper covered boards. Very Good with edge wear heaviest at corners and spine ends. Toning to edges, light foxing to rear cover and several to pages, browning to endsheets. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with edge wear, soiling and heavy toning. A major classic in children's literature and a Caldecott Honor book, scarcely found signed.
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Osnovy sovremennoj architektury by CHERNIKOV, Yakov; CHERNIKHOV,Jacob; TCHERNIKOV, Ja

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Osnovy sovremennoj architektury
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CHERNIKOV, Yakov; CHERNIKHOV,Jacob; TCHERNIKOV, Ja
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Ursus Books (United States)
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1931. CHERNIKHOV, Yakov. Osnovy sovremennoj architektury: eksperimental'no-issledovatel'skie raboty / J.G. Tchernikhov - Les bases de l'architecture contemporaine: essai de recherches expérimentales / J.G.Tschérnikhow - Die Grundlagen der modernen Architektur: erfahrungsmässige - experimentelle Forschungen / J.G. Tschernichow. 96 pp., illustrated with 46 photographically reproduced colour plates and numerous black and white designs. Folio, 304 x 206 mm., bound in original boards. Leningrad: Izdanie Leningradskogo Obscestva Architektorov, 1931. Second, enlarged edition (the first edition had only 5 plates). A fine copy of this rare treatise by the legendary Soviet architect Yakov Chernikhov, whose books are among the most visually striking of all Russian avant-garde books. One of the few copies we have seen that has not needed to be rebacked. Incredibly rare with OCLC listing no copies in the U.S. Getty Research Institute, Russian Modernism 129.
Pygmalion; A Romance in Five Acts

Pygmalion; A Romance in Five Acts by Shaw, George Bernard

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Pygmalion; A Romance in Five Acts
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Shaw, George Bernard
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Biblioctopus (United States)
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New York: Everybody’s Magazine, 1914. First Edition. 1st separate edition (unauthorized), and 1st separate issue, comprised of sheets from the periodical publication, specially bound up and distributed by Putnam. When advised by Shaw’s agent that they had acquired only the serial rights, distribution in this format was halted. Formal book publication in English finally happened in 1916. Near fine original violet cloth, dustjacket chipped and with a split to spine strengthened, else good. An early pencil note on the endpaper promulgates the lie that this is one of 50 copies given to Shaw by the publisher, but this is not a common book and it is scarce in the original jacket. Cloth slipcase and chemise.
Les Presidents des Etats-Unis

Les Presidents des Etats-Unis by Anon. - AMERICAN PRESIDENTS

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Les Presidents des Etats-Unis
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Anon. - AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Near fine; excellent color; old folds.
Description
[Paris?], [1829]. As issued.. Near fine; excellent color; old folds.. Folio, roller print on cotton in blue ink, meas. appx. 630 x 660 mm. This is similar to a print created by the lithographer Antoine Maurin in Paris by Pierre Langlume between 1825-1829. The image depicts the first six Presidents of the United States: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and John Quincy Adams [see the Maurin version in the collection of the Library of Congress]. The eagle with the banner - E Pluribus Unum - is surrounded by 24 stars that represent the states of the union at that time. Threads of History #70 - that states this is the earliest issue.
The Law of Errors and Writs of Errors, Being a Treatise Wherein is..

The Law of Errors and Writs of Errors, Being a Treatise Wherein is.. by Writs; Great Britain

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The Law of Errors and Writs of Errors, Being a Treatise Wherein is..
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Writs; Great Britain
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The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
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1703. London, 1703. Only edition. London, 1703. Only edition. "The Nature and End of the Writ of Error" [Writs]. [Great Britain]. The Law of Errors and Writs of Errors. Being a Treatise Wherein is Contained the Nature and End of the Writ of Error. The Several Sorts of Writs of Error. Wherein and When a Writ of Error is a Supersede as or Not. Errors in Law and Errors in Fact. How and When Errors are to be Assigned and by Whom, And What Things are Assignable for Error. Of Bail in Error, According to the Statute. What Shall be Said a Prosecution with Effect, Or Not. Upon What Judgements Error Lies Not. In What Courts Error to be Brought, And Within What Time. Of Errors in the Exchequer-Chamber; And to what Actions the Statute Extends, And to What Not. Errors of Judgments in Inferior Courts Under Several Titles. Errors to Reverse Outlawries, Fines and Recoveries. Of Reversing Judgments in Wales and in Ireland by Writ of Error. Or Joynder in Error. Together with the Pleadings. And How an Erroneous Judgment May be Avoided by Plea, Or Not. What Things May be Pleaded in Bar of Error. How Many Ways Errors May be Aided. How, And when the Record Shall be Said to be Removed. Of Diminution. The Several Statutes of Feofails, And to What they do not Extend; And how the Errors in Parliament may be Brought, And the Effect Thereof: With Other Useful Cases Relating to Errors. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, Esqs, 1703. [xxxii], 335, [25] pp. Lacking initial publisher advertisement leaf. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and faint residue from early paper shelf label to spine. Light rubbing and a few shallow scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, tiny chip to head of spine, corners bumped and lightly worn, hinges partially cracked, rear free endpaper lacking. Light toning to text, slightly heavier in places, light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf of index. A nice copy of a scarce title. $750. * Only edition. A thorough guide to writs of error and their relating procedures at the beginning of the eighteenth century. English Short-Title Catalogue T123879.
Roy DeCarava: A Retrospective (Signed Association Copy)

Roy DeCarava: A Retrospective (Signed Association Copy) by DECARAVA, Roy, Peter Galassi and Sherry Turner DeCarava

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Roy DeCarava: A Retrospective (Signed Association Copy)
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DECARAVA, Roy, Peter Galassi and Sherry Turner DeCarava
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780870701276
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New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 280 pages. Still one of the best books on this important African-American photographer. DeCarava's collaboration with Langston Hughes resulted in the classic book "The Sweet Flypaper of Life" which is widely considered one of the best photo books of the 20th century. Produced on the occasion of a major traveling retrospective on DeCarava. Features an introduction by noted curator and photo historian Peter Galassi along with an essay by Sherry Turner DeCarava Includes 194 tritone photographs and an additional 43 duotones. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by DeCarava in the year of publication. The recipient was Michael Roudette who was a senior research librarian for the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture. Additionally this copy has been signed by Sherry Turner and Peter Galassi. A nice association copy.
Dissertation sur la Situation de la Bourgogne, sur les vins quelle produit, sur la manier de cultiver les vignes, de faire le vin ..

Dissertation sur la Situation de la Bourgogne, sur les vins quelle produit, sur la manier de cultiver les vignes, de faire le vin .. by Arnoux-C. [Arnoux, Claude]

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Dissertation sur la Situation de la Bourgogne, sur les vins quelle produit, sur la manier de cultiver les vignes, de faire le vin ..
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Arnoux-C. [Arnoux, Claude]
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
[Luzarches, France]; London: [Imprimeries r*eunies de Senlis pour Daniel Morcrette]; Samuel Jallasson, 1978. FACSIMILE. Small octavo (17.5 x 11 cm.), 55 pages. One folding map. Text in French. FIRST EDITION THUS, no. 75 of 150 copies initialed by the publisher. A facsimile of the extremely rare original, published London 1728 by Samuel Jallasson (only six copies of the original are recorded by OCLC). Considered the earliest known work on the wines of Burgundy. The book discusses Burgundy and its wines, its climates, the manner of managing the vines, of vinifying the grapes, testing and marketing wines, and offers a plea for the export of bottled wine to be authorized. One of the series of handsome facsimiles of culinary works made by the important collector Daniel Morcrette of Limoges. In full reddish brown calf-skin, gilt-titled and -decorated. With the bookplate of the Carl Sontheimer Foundation. Scarce. [OCLC locates six copies of this facsimile (five in the US) and six copies of the 1728 original; Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 06590.1; Oberlé 279 (for this facsimile and citing the rarity of the original)].
The Agate Cook Book [title from cover]

The Agate Cook Book [title from cover] by [Trade catalogue – Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Company (New York City)]

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The Agate Cook Book [title from cover]
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[Trade catalogue – Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Company (New York City)]
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
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[New York: Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Co.; Macgowan & Slipper, Printers, 30 Beekman Street, 1885. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (15.5 x 12 cm.), [136] pages. Illustrated throughout. Title from cover. Date from page of medals received. Stated "Fourth Edition". There were at least three distinctly different works with this title, issued by the corporate author: (1890) 72 pages, with the Lalance and Grosjean Manufacturing Co name; (1891) 32 pages, an almanac, not a trade catalogue; and this one (undated) [~136 pages], a trade catalogue. Promotional, combined trade catalogue and cookbook for Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of kitchen ware. Illustrated descriptions of the wares (typically two to a page) face recipes. The recipes are decidedly Anglo-French, not American, and they lean towards more elegant fare. Illustrations include the Agate Iron Ware manufacturing plant on front wrapper verso, an assortment of medals and awards, and an image of a homemaker sitting in her kitchen (surrounded by Agate Ware) while consulting this cookbook. The front panel bears the printed promotional statement, "Compliments of F. A. Walker & Co. Cornhill". In original, chromolithograph wrappers, decorated in a Japonisme-style. Small stain along bottom edge of text block, bit of bumping to the corners. Wrappers worn at corners, and with some wear to the bottom of the spine panel. Overall, near very good.
The Allardt Cook Book.The way to a man's heart

The Allardt Cook Book.The way to a man's heart by The Allardt Presbyterian Missionary Society (Tenn.)

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The Allardt Cook Book.The way to a man's heart
Author
The Allardt Presbyterian Missionary Society (Tenn.)
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
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Allardt; Jamestown, Tenn: Printed by Cumberland Printing Company, 1959. Quarto-sized booklet, stapled in cloth-backed wrappers (27.5 x 21.5 cm.), 85 pages. Mimeographed. Stated "Fifth edition, revised", though the same publication info appears on a 1953 edition (which contains 76 pages, and was printed by Lola Gernt and June Bagse). A scarce Tennessee community cookbook, with recipes attributed. Allardt is a a small town in north central Tennessee, about halfway between Nashville and Knoxville.Ink correction to one recipe; small stain to bottom edge of text block. Some fading to original green card stock wrappers, backed in black cloth. Very good. [OCLC locates just two copies of any printing (UKentucky, Tennessee State Library)].
Karte von dem Eylande Jamaica

Karte von dem Eylande Jamaica by BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas

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Karte von dem Eylande Jamaica
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BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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Fine
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Leipzig: J.J. Schwabe, 1760. Fine. English translation: Map of the Island of Jamaica. 9 x 14 1/2", 8 x 12 3/8" within the neat line; plate mark visible, two vertical folds as issued; decorative ornate cartouche with title and date; rose compass over cartouche; fine. This map produced by Jacque Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) a French cartographer and hydrographer, Bellin produced important maps of his time. He was a member of the Royal Society of London and the Académie de Marine in France. He served as a hydrographer to the French navy from the age of 18 and rose to the title of Official Hydrographer to the King. This map issued in 1760.
An Autobiography: Richard Avedon

An Autobiography: Richard Avedon by AVEDON, Richard

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An Autobiography: Richard Avedon
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AVEDON, Richard
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN
9780679409212
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A fine copy with some very light toning to board edges
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New York; Toronto: Random House; Eastman Kodak Compny, 1993. First edition. A fine copy with some very light toning to board edges. 14.25 x 11.25 inches. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Original cloth; acetate dust jacket.
Exhibition postcard: ”Including the Walls,” works by Daniel Buren (opens 22 May 1975)

Exhibition postcard: ”Including the Walls,” works by Daniel Buren (opens 22 May 1975) by (BUREN, Daniel)

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Exhibition postcard: ”Including the Walls,” works by Daniel Buren (opens 22 May 1975)
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(BUREN, Daniel)
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Houston: Cusack Gallery, 1975. Postcard invitation for Buren’s 1975 show at Cusack Gallery in Houston. In fine condition. Mailed to Eve Sonneman and Bob Yucikas.
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The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley. by Beardsley, Aubrey; C. Lewis Hind.

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The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley.
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Beardsley, Aubrey; C. Lewis Hind.
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Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
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Very Good
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London and New York: The Bodley Head; Dodd, Mead & Co., 1925. Not numbered or limited. Cloth. Very Good. 30cm;  [4], xxvi, [4] pages, 162 plates, some in color, all with printed and numbered overleaf. Bound in decorated cloth and (rare) dustjacket, protected in mylar. Somewhat toned but unblemished.
Nature's Metropolis; Chicago and the Great West

Nature's Metropolis; Chicago and the Great West by Cronon, William

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Nature's Metropolis; Chicago and the Great West
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Cronon, William
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Swan's Fine Books (United States)
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Fine
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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First printing, large octavo size, 530 pp. William Cronon (b. 1954) has earned multiple degrees and garnered multiple awards. This book, "Nature's Metropolis", won "the 1992 Bancroft Prize, the 1993 George Perkins Marsh Prize, and was a finalist for the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for History" (n.b., per Wiki). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in half red cloth over blue paper-covered boards, gilt lettering stamped on the spine, map endpapers, some maps and reprints of black-and-white photographs throughout, with extensive Notes, Bibliography and Index at the rear; large octavo size (9 1/2" by 6 1/4"), 530 pp. In publisher's wrap-around pictorial dust jacket with summary and review blurbs on the both flaps and short author bio on back flap. ___CONDITION: Volume fine; dust jacket near fine, clean with light wear at the head of the spine. ___POSTAGE: International customers, note that additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
RISE AND FALL OF THE PRINTERS' INTERNATIONAL SPECIMEN EXCHANGE.|THE

RISE AND FALL OF THE PRINTERS' INTERNATIONAL SPECIMEN EXCHANGE.|THE by Young, Matthew McLennan

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RISE AND FALL OF THE PRINTERS' INTERNATIONAL SPECIMEN EXCHANGE.|THE
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Young, Matthew McLennan
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
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9781584563099
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. hardcover, dust jacket. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 160 pages. "Matthew Young's book showcases over 80 specimens (full size and in color), and gives a detailed account of the behind-the-scenes machinations that affected the course of the Specimen Exchange.... If you are interested in the history of graphic design, Young's book is a wonderful account of a lesser-known part of the story. It's handsome and lucidly presented and worth your time and attention." - Alastair Johnston, Booktryst The Rise and Fall of the Printers' International Specimen Exchange is the first in-depth study of an institution whose goal was nothing less than a renaissance of fine printing at a time when quantity mattered far more than quality. The Printers' International Specimen Exchange was founded in 1880, first and foremost as a means to encourage British printers to improve their technical and artistic skills, which lagged far behind those of their American and European counterparts. It came to be a far more international and influential institution than its originators imagined, its 16 volumes including the work of more than 1,000 printing establishments (several times that number of contributors, including employees and apprentices) from 28 different nations. The story of the Specimen Exchange involves the development of new machinery and processes, "Old Style" vs. "Artistic" printing, the histories of the two innovative printing houses that managed the Exchange, cooperation and conflict among outsize personalities, and the extraordinary efforts of a few talented and dedicated people. The history of the Specimen Exchange also involves a Victorian-style hostile takeover and a separate breach-of-contract court case. The Specimen Exchange is a record of a remarkable period in letterpress and lithographic printing. As a subscription publication distributed primarily to contributors, only a few hundred copies of each volume were issued, and many of the specimens were produced expressly for the Exchange. Consequently, some of the examples reproduced in this book have not been seen before outside the original volumes, and the selection presented here should delight any printing historian or admirer of good graphic design. This book includes 81 full-page reproductions of some of the best examples, in a wide range of styles and from many countries. Matthew McLennan Young is a practicing graphic designer and book collector, and the author of a previous study, Field & Tuer, the Leadenhall Press, (Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2010) that earned positive reviews in the TLS, the Book Collector and elsewhere. He has presented papers on the Printers' International Specimen Exchange, the Caxton Celebration of 1877, and the Leadenhall Press at various conferences. He and his wife, Valerie, live in Hopewell, New Jersey.
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LIUBOV POPOVA by (Popova) . Dabrowski, Magdalena

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LIUBOV POPOVA
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(Popova) . Dabrowski, Magdalena
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New York., The Museum of Modern Art., 1991. 4to. Paperbound. In fine condition.
The Best Man: A Play About Politics

The Best Man: A Play About Politics by Vidal, Gore

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The Best Man: A Play About Politics
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Vidal, Gore
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Little, Brown and Company, 1960. hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed. White cloth spine over blue cloth boards, under white & blue dust jacket priced at $4.95. Fourth printing stated. Inscribed by author on title page. Book itself near fine, DJ has two small dings to front panel, and rubbing to rear panel.
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Otto Perry: Master Railroad Photographer. Biography by R.H. Kindig by Albi, Charles, and Jones, William C

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Otto Perry: Master Railroad Photographer. Biography by R.H. Kindig
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Albi, Charles, and Jones, William C
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Golden, Colorado: Coilorado Railroad Museum [1982] First edition. Cloth. Quarto. Fine in lightly edgeworn very good d.j.
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The Shipwright's Trade. by ABELL, Sir Westcott.

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The Shipwright's Trade.
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NY:: Caravan Book Service,. Very Good. 1962. Hardcover. B00VU93QU6 . A reprint edition. Moderate shelf wear and aging, else very good in green cloth. No dust jacket. .
The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus

The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus by Allison, Dale C.

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The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus
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Allison, Dale C.
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Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2009. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 119pp+ indices. Very good in publisher's wraps.
The Review of Radical Political Economics, vol. 7 no. 3, (Fall 1975): Perspectives on the political economy of racism

The Review of Radical Political Economics, vol. 7 no. 3, (Fall 1975): Perspectives on the political economy of racism

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The Review of Radical Political Economics, vol. 7 no. 3, (Fall 1975): Perspectives on the political economy of racism
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New York: Union for Radical Political Economics, 1975. Magazine. 102p., 7.75x10.5 inches, wraps yellowing at edges, a few small stains on front wrap, staples rusted else good condition.
A Technique for Producing Ideas
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A Technique for Producing Ideas by Young, James Webb; Bernbach (foreword), William

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A Technique for Producing Ideas
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2016. Fine. Young, James Webb. A Technique for Producing Ideas. Bernbach (foreword), William. Lexington, KY: NP, 2016. 36pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine.

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