1922. Stewart, Basil. SUBJECTS PORTRAYED IN JAPANESE COLOUR PRINTS.... New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1922. Folio, xvi, 382pp. Grey paper covered boards backed in tan cloth, leather title label in gilt. With reproductions of over 270 prints (22 in colour). A very good copy that shows some soiling at..... More
1916. ADAMS, Charles Francis. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS 1835-1915: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, WITH A MEMORIAL ADDRESS DELIVERED NOVEMBER 17, 1915, BY HENRY CABOT LODGE. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press, 1916. 4th printing. 224 pp. 8vo., black cloth stamped in gilt with embossed cover vignette. Ex-library with no external..... More
1904. [DESIGN] Shimomura Tamahiro, designer. SEKAI SARASA 2 vols. Kyoto, Unkindo^, 22.3 x 31.3 cm., Meiji 37 [1904]. 2 vols., Tassel-bound in decorated paper covers, fukuro-toji. 27 full page color woodcut plates of cotton chintz designs from around the world. Nicely printed, very good condition. More
1882. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, Sr. AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. 17 lines, 1 1/2 pages, octavo. Written from Beverly Farms, [Massachusetts], September 19th, 1882, and addressed to the writer and editor H. E. Scudder. Holmes states that he is busy making arrangements for lectures at present and "had better not make any..... More
1933. (FRENCH LITERATURE). LE LIVRE DE DEMAIN. Paris: Librairie Artheme Fayard, 1933 - 1938. 23 vols. 4to., decorated yellow paper wraps. A selection of 23 vols. from this series that includes works by Georges Duhamel, Gustave Flaubert, Colette, Georges Immann, Andre Gide, and others. Each vol. illustrated throughout with original..... More
1917. MORSE, Edward S. JAPAN DAY BY DAY: 1877, 1878-79, 1882-83. Boston: Mifflin Company, Cambridge: The University Press, 1917. First edition. Two volumes: xiv, [2], 441; [6], 453 pp. Illustrated with a color frontispiece in each volume and throughout with many b&w text illustrations by the author. Large 8vo., grey..... More
1808. NOEL, Fr. DICTIONARIUM LATINO-GALLICUM | DICTIONNAIRE LATIN-FRANCAIS. Paris: Chez le Normant, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1808. Second edition. [viii] + 1026 pp. + 8 pp. publisher's ads. Thick 8vo., vellum with gilt red paper spine label. Vellum is lettered on both boards in ink, mostly illegible, not unpleasant. Ink ownership to front..... More
1814. [EHON] Sato SUISEKI. SUISEKI GAFU. Bunka 11 [1814]. 25.6 X 18.8 cm. This copy of the first series of Suiseki's gafu of figures is a classic of the Shijo genre, universally praised. [See Mitchell pp 505,6; Hillier Vol.2, pp. 753-6; Holloway 51; Ryerson 379; Brown p.93] This copy is..... More
1924. MURAYAMA Tomoyoshi. MIZUE, No. 217. Tokyo, Taisho 13 [1924]. Wrappers, 8vo. This issue of the important art journal MIZUE is notable for the inclusion of a 5 page article by avant-garde artist and critic, Murayama Tomoyoshi, entitled "KIKAITEKI YOSO NO GEIJUTSU E NO DONYU" ["THE PATH TO A CONSTRUCTIVIST..... More
1933. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 12, #2. Tokyo, February 1933. 26.0 x 18.7 cm There are 32 color pages on heavy paper with work by such artists as Takei himself, Maeshima Tomo, Kawakami Shiro^, Kumatani Motoichi, and many others. There is also a 20 page flimsy..... More
1954. ZENGER, John Peter. ZENGER'S OWN STORY: A BRIEF NARRATIVE OF THE CASE AND TRYAL OF JOHN PETER ZENGER PRINTER OF THE NEW-YORK JOURNAL: A LITERAL REPRINT OF THE ORIGINAL PAMPHLET PRINTED BY ZENGER IN NEW YORK IN 1736. 45 pp. 4to., b/w patterned paper covered boards with printed paper..... More
1851. A BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME. Illustrated by John Leech. (London): Bradbury, Evans, and Co., (1851). First edition bound from original parts. Illustrated with 10 full-page hand-colored steel etchings and with smaller wood engravings in text. Octavo. xii,308 pp. Full calf skillfully rebacked, with decoratively gilt-tooled..... More
1859. (A Reporter of the New York Press). MATRIMONIAL BROKERAGE IN THE METROPOLIS; Being True Narratives of Strange Adventures in New York, and Startling Facts in City Life. New York: Thatcher & Hutchinson, 1859. First editon. Illustrated. 8vo., brown cloth stamped in blind; spine in gilt. Spine is sunned, slight..... More
1774. A SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS. THE BUILDER'S MAGAZINE: OR MONTHLY COMPANION FOR ARCHITECTS, CARPENTERS, MASONS, BRICKLAYERS &C. ... [ALPHABETICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE TERMS OF ART WHICH ARE USED IN BUILDING; FORMING ALSO A COMPLETE BUILDER'S DICTIONARY, 2 VOLS]. London: Printed for the Authors; and sold by F. Newbery, 1774. [4]..... More
1934. A TORY. FRANKIE IN WONDERLAND. With Apologies to Lewis Carroll, the orginator and pre-histroian of the New Deal. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1934. Small 8vo., printed wrappers; 24 pp. Mild soiling to wraps, slight nick to one page. About very good. More
1963. ABAA. RARE BOOKS FIRST EDITIONS AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS, 9th Cooperative Catalogue of Members of the Middle Atlantic Chapter of the Antiquarian Bookseller's Ass'n of America. NP, ND [1963]. 8vo., wrappers. Ink to front wrapper; wrappers lightly stained, sunned and soiled. Interesting early ABAA piece, in about very good condition..... More
1950. ABBE, Elfriede, illus. AESOP'S FABLES. Retold, illustrated with woodcuts, and printed by Elfriede Abbe. Ithaca N.Y.: [n.p.], 1950. One of 500 numbered copies. Inscribed presentation from the author. Small folio, illustrated paper covered boards. A very good copy that shows some soiling and a few small spots of dampstaining..... More
1842. ABBOT, Rev. Abiel and Rev. Ephraim ABBOT. A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER OF THE DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE ABBOT, OF ANDOVER, GEORGE ABBOT, OF ROWLEY, THOMAS ABBOT, OF ANDOVER, ARTHUR ABBOT, OF IPSWICH, ROBERT ABBOT, OF BRANFORD, CT. - AND GEORGE ABBOT, OF NORWALK, CT. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1842. xx..... More
FE. [ABBOTT, Jacob]. COUSIN LUCY ON THE SEA-SHORE. Boston: B.B. Mussey, 1842. First edition. Slightly over-opened, with a little foxing and some spotting to the cloth. Overall, a very good and attractive copy. More
FE. ABBOTT, Jacob. HARPER'S STORY BOOKS. A Series of Narratives, Dia-logues, Biographies and Tales for the Instruction and Entertainment of the Young. Embellished with Numerous and Beautiful Engravings. Volume 10. New York: Harper and Brothers, (1857). First edition. There is a bookplate on the front pastedown and a name stamped..... More
1857. ABBOTT, John S. C. CONFIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE: Including letters from the time of their marriage until the death of Josephine, and also several private letters from the emperor to his brother Joseph, and other important personages. With numerous illustrative notes and anecdotes..... More
1855. ABBOTT, John S. C. HISTORY OF HERNANDO CORTEZ. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. First edition. Inscribed presentation copy to "Mr. Chase from his friend the Author March 6, 1856." Illustrated with full-color title page and engravings. 12mo., red cloth, gilt. Moderate rubbing and edgewear; shallow loss to spine..... More
1811. ABERNETHY, John. SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORIGIN AND TREATMENT OF LOCAL DISEASES; AND ON ANEURISMS. ON DISEASES RESEMBLING SYPHILIS; AND ON DISEASES OF THE URETHRA. Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson; Fry and Kammerer, Printer, 1811. Offered with: SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE INJURIES OF THE HEAD; AND ON MISCELLANEOUS..... More
1887. ABOUT, Edmond, 1826-1885. LES MARIAGES DE PARIS. (STIKEMAN binding). Paris: A. Lahure pour Les Amis des Livres, 1887. 8vo. [vi]565. With frontispiece and 52 plates in two states, and numerous vignettes in the text, all drawn by Piguet and engraved on wood by Huyot. Number 6 of 100 copies..... More
1949. ABRAMS, Barney. THE TECHNIQUE OF FASHION LAYOUT. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1949). Review copy. HC w/dj. Very good plus in a moderately soiled and edgeworn dust jacket. More