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Cambria Depicta

Cambria Depicta by PUGH Edward

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Cambria Depicta
Author
PUGH Edward
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1816. First Edition. [PUGH, Edward]. Cambria Depicta: a Tour through North Wales, Illustrated with Picturesque Views. London: E. Williams, 1816. Folio (9-1/2 by 12-1/2 inches), 20th-century three-quarter red straight-grain morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $6200.First edition of this wonderfully illustrated tour of North Wales, written in ""a lively and entertaining style,"" with 71 fine hand-colored aquatints. This copy richly extra-illustrated with the inclusion of 23 hand-colored aquatints from Compton's Northern Cambrian Mountains of 1820, for a total of 94 hand-colored aquatint plates. A handsomely bound copy.""The best of all the books on Wales is the Cambria Depicta of Edward Pugh, the drawings for which took ten years to complete. In the preface the author speaks of the multiplication of illustrations of the same scenes owing to the fact that most travellers, being ignorant of the language of the country, never left the frequented routes, and he claims all his drawings are new to the public"" (Prideaux). ""By 1793, Edward Pugh (1763-1813), miniature painter and topographer, was exhibiting miniatures at the Royal Academy where he continued to show both portraits and landscapes until 1808. ""It was Pugh's association with John Boydell, the publisher of prints, which led him in 1804 to commence his most important work, Cambria Depicta. Over the next nine years Pugh travelled extensively on foot through north Wales, and both wrote the substantial text and provided the original drawings for aquatints. Although the biographical details of Pugh's life are sketchy, a great deal can be said of his character, since Cambria Depicta was written in the first person and in a lively and entertaining style. It presents Wales from the perspective of a native Welsh-speaker, rather than of an English traveler, on which grounds the author particularly commended the work to his audience for the insights it offered. Pugh regaled his readers with interesting incidents, gossip, and his idiosyncratic opinions on aesthetics and the general state of the world. His was a fresh and democratic voice, expressing ambitions for the improvement of contemporary Welsh culture, as well as relating its history and myths. Pugh did not see his masterpiece in printed form; it was published by Evan Williams in London three years later. Examples of his work are in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, the National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London"" (ODNB). ""Breddyn Mountains from Powis Castle Grounds"" bound slightly out of order, but present. Abbey, Scenery 521. Prideaux, 348. (See Abbey, Scenery 523 for Compton's Northern Cambrian Mountains.). Only occasional minor spot of foxing. Plates generally quite clean and vivid. Binding fine and handsome. An excellent extra-illustrated copy.
Constantinople

Constantinople by CONSTANTINOPLE

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Constantinople
Author
CONSTANTINOPLE
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1890. PHOTOCHROM ZURICH. Constantinople. [Zürich: Photochrom Zürich, circa 1890]. Oblong folio (16 by 12 inches), 30 photochrom images each measuring approximately 9 by 6-1/2 inches and mounted on heavy cardstock; original red velvet, blue silk gilt-lettered title centerpiece on front cover, brass cornerpieces. $4500.Rare photographic album of Constantinople, circa 1890, by the renowned studio of Photochrom Zürich, with 30 beautiful mounted vintage photochrom color prints offering exceptional views of majestic mosques, palaces, and plazas, as well as the people of this great city, in magnificent velvet binding with brass furniture.This splendid souvenir album of Constantinople contains exquisite color photographic prints of images taken at the turn of the 20th century, produced by the revolutionary photochrom process. Photochrom (also called the Aäc process) is ""a very successful form of color photolithography developed in the late 19th century by the Swiss firm of Orell Füssli and used mainly for topographical views; photochroms have almost the appearance of color photographs, but through a glass will show a delicate ink pattern which was achieved by a combination of photographic and manual work on grained [i.e., lithographic] stones, being a forerunner therefore of modern screenless offset lithography"" (Gascoigne, 206). In this process, black and white photographic negatives were directly transferred onto lithographic printing plates to produce color prints. These photographs are a high point in late 19th-century photography, when albums such as these captivated a world newly spellbound ""by photography's capacity to 'take them there,' and bring them directly in contact with the long ago and far away"" (Parr & Badger I:18). Each image captioned with a four-digit number followed by ""P.Z."" for Photochrom Zürich, and then the title of the scene in French. A few instances of marginal spotting to mounts; photochrom prints clean and fine, with vivid colors. Binding splendid. An about-fine copy of this lovely album.
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Urbanistica della Roma Mussoliniana-Urbanisme de la Rome de Mussolini - Staedtebau des Mussolinischen Rom- Town planning of Mussolinian Rome by FASCIST ARCHITECTURE.

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Urbanistica della Roma Mussoliniana-Urbanisme de la Rome de Mussolini - Staedtebau des Mussolinischen Rom- Town planning of Mussolinian Rome
Author
FASCIST ARCHITECTURE.
Seller
Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1936. FASCIST ARCHITECTURE. Urbanistica della Roma Mussoliniana-Urbanisme de la Rome de Mussolini - Staedtebau des Mussolinischen Rom- Town planning of Mussolinian Rome. Special issue of: Architettura : Rivista del sindacato nazionale fascista architetti. 102 pp. Profusely illustrated. Folio. Publishers wrappers. Rome: Fratelli Treves,1936. An important survey of town planning in Italy between the wars. OCLC lists Berkeley, National G\llery, Oxford and the Herziana. Grillo, Il Libro Fotografico Italiano 1931-1941.pp. 114-115.
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THREE GUINEAS by Woolf, Virginia

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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY
Title
THREE GUINEAS
Author
Woolf, Virginia
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
THREE GUINEAS, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1938, first American edition, just about fine in vg/vg+ dust-wrapper save for 2 tiny chips missing from the head of the dust-wrapper spine, some slight fraying to the base of the dust-wrapper spine, several tiny short closed tears and some light dust-soil to the dust-wrapper spine and rear dust-wrapper panel.
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THE TOURIST'S MARITIME PROVINCES by Wood, R.K.

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Title
THE TOURIST'S MARITIME PROVINCES
Author
Wood, R.K.
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
THE TOURIST'S MARITIME PROVINCES, Dodd Mead, 1915, first edition, a good copy with full color maps and other photos.
IN OUR TOWN

IN OUR TOWN by WHITE, William Allen

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IN OUR TOWN
Author
WHITE, William Allen
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
NY: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906. First Edition, first printing. Signed presentation from White on the half-title page: “For Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Franklin with affectionate regards from W.A. White. Emporia Kansas April 4, 1906.” Edward Curtis Franklin [1862-1927] taught chemistry at Stanford University and was president of the American Chemical Society in 1923, the first from Stanford. He grew up in Kansas and got his degrees in chemistry at Kansas University, where he met his wife, Effie Scott. Both were good friends of William Allen White, a famous Kansan. This book is a series of short stories about the goings-on of White's small town (Emporia, Kansas) and the lives of its residents. A Merle Johnson High Spot of American Literature. Small 8vo., embossed, ribbed red cloth, stamped in gilt; 369 pages. Illustrations by F.R. Gruger and W. Glackens.. Very Good (covers nice & bright with little fading spine; contents clean & tight). A nice copy with a nice association!
12mo Valentine with Printed Verse, Lace Paper, Victorian Scrap

12mo Valentine with Printed Verse, Lace Paper, Victorian Scrap

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12mo Valentine with Printed Verse, Lace Paper, Victorian Scrap
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Near-fine. Some toning/dust soiling.
Description
London: [Whitney Co.?], 1860. Near-fine. Some toning/dust soiling.. An attractive 12mo lace paper valentine made from lace paper, and Victorian scrap. The oval lace paper is affixed to the valentine with folded tabs, allowing it to float above the valentine and create depth. The larger scrap on the bottom of the valentine depicts a pastoral scene, with a farmer leaning against his horse and ox-pulled plow. Includes four lines of verse printed in pink inside the valentine with decorative border that reads, "These few lines to you are tendered By a Friend sincere and true, Hoping but to be remembered When I'm far away from you." Possibly produced by the valentine maker Whitney Co. Bifolium (4.75" by 3.5").
Diary of a Candid Lady

Diary of a Candid Lady by Arroway, Francis M.

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Title
Diary of a Candid Lady
Author
Arroway, Francis M.
Seller
ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
Description
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [minor wear to cloth at spine ends, otherwise a pristine copy; jacket has a couple of tiny tears and some associated wrinkling/creasing at top of spine, one small closed tear at top of rear panel, very minor rubbing and edgewear]. Satirical novel about a couple of ex-prostitutes (one now married to a stockbroker, the other the editor of a leading fashion magazine), who find themselves responsible for the "oafish" 19-year-old daughter of their former (deceased) employer, and decide the quickest way to get her off their hands is to introduce her into New York's high society -- by blackmailing some of their former johns. [From our Catalog #2, "Skirts, in Jackets"; ask for it by name or number.] .
Born Brothers
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Born Brothers by Woiwode, Larry

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Title
Born Brothers
Author
Woiwode, Larry
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780374115524
Description
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 610pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/4 black cloth over teal boards. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by the author.
Mafioso (Eight original photographs from the US release of the 1962 Italian film)

Mafioso (Eight original photographs from the US release of the 1962 Italian film) by Alberto Lattuada (director); Rafael Azcona, Marco Ferreri, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli (screenwriters); Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell (starring)

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Mafioso (Eight original photographs from the US release of the 1962 Italian film)
Author
Alberto Lattuada (director); Rafael Azcona, Marco Ferreri, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli (screenwriters); Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell (starring)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
Los Angeles: Zenith, 1964. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1962 Italian film. All with a stamp noting production No. 65-527 on the verso, and seven with the same stamp on the bottom right corner of the recto. After many years living in northern Italy, a factory worker takes his wife and children on a vacation to his rural Sicilian hometown, where he is unknowingly conscripted into performing a hit for the local mob boss. One of the first Italian films to address the Mafia, a pitch-black satire of class difference and Italian twentieth century culture. Set and shot on location in Sicily, New Jersey, and New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 424.
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Kokka : an illustrated monthly journal of the fine and applied arts of Japan and other eastern countries (issue 1313) The World of Goryeo Dynasty Buddhist Painting: The Various Aspects of Boundaries In East Asian Arts

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Kokka : an illustrated monthly journal of the fine and applied arts of Japan and other eastern countries (issue 1313) The World of Goryeo Dynasty Buddhist Painting: The Various Aspects of Boundaries In East Asian Arts
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG
Description
Tokyo, 2005. Hardbound. VG. Original tied wraps. appx. 66 pp, 7 large crisp color plates and many bw plates.
Meat Cooking Made Easy

Meat Cooking Made Easy

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Title
Meat Cooking Made Easy
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780856857034
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American. Illustrated with color photographs. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

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