1732. ARNAUD, George d'. GEORGII D'ARNAUD DE DIIS PAREDROIS, SIVE ADSESSORIBUS ET CONJUNCTIS, COMMENTARIUS. Hagae Comitum, apud Petrum de Hondt, 1732. First edition. On the title-page paredrois is in Greek; the text is written in both Latin and Greek. [6], 206, [15] pp. 4to., full speckled calf, skillfully rebacked, with..... More
ARNDT, Johann. SECHS BUCHER VOM WAHREN CHRISTENTHUM/PARADIESGARTLEIN. Philadelphia: Schafer and Koradi [n.d. ca. 1832]. 8vo., original calf, awkwardly rebacked in darker leather (which is chipped and charred). 941 pp. + 232 pp. Joints cracked, boards worn. Front flyleaf through title page detached. Many engravings. Block sound. In German. Mystical theology..... More
1811. ARNOLD. THE CUSTOMS OF LONDON, OTHERWISE CALLED ARNOLD'S CHRONICLE; containing, among divers other matters, the original of the celebrated poem of The Nut-Brown Maid. Reprinted from the First Edition, with the Additions included in the Second. London: F.C. and J. Rivington [et al.], 1811. Quarto: lii,300 pp. Quarter bound..... More
1892. BLUM, Robert. ARNOLD, Sir Edwin. JAPONICA. Illustrated by Robert BLUM. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. 2nd printing, originally published in 1891. xv + [1] + 128 pp. Tall 8vo., half green morocco with gilt rules, raised bands, gilt spine lettering and ornaments, with green marbled paper covered boards..... More
1894. ARNOLD, Edwin. WANDERING WORDS. London: Longmans, Green, 1894. 8vo, xii + 372 pp. + ads., 22 plates, further ills. in text; red cloth. Lacks flyleaf, hinge cracked, some foxing and dampstaining; rubbed. Good only. More
1864. ARNOLD, Matthew. A FRENCH ETON; Or, Middle Class Education and the State. London and Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1864. First edition. 12mo., burgundy cloth over limp boards; lettered in gilt. Library bookplate to fpd; no other library marks. Ink ownership to ffep, verso. Some bubbling, rubbing to cloth; boards..... More
1970. (ART). THE ART OF CYPRUS. By Tony Spiteris. Translated from the French by Thomas Burton. New York: Reynal and Co., [1970]. 4to., decorated paper-covered boards, spine in gilt. Illustrated with photographs throughout. A very good copy in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Ink ownership at ffep... More
1940. (ART). AN EXHIBITION OF PRE-COLUMBIAN ART. January 15 through February 10. Arranged by the Peabody Museum and the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum. Cambridge, MA: William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, 1940. Pink printed wrappers. Some soiling to covers. Small closed tear to heel of spine. Text and plates are..... More
1990. (ART). GEORGE TSUTAKAWA. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1990. 4to., illustrated paper wraps. Illustarted with colour photographs throughout. A fine copy. More
1938. (ART). JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY. American Portraits in oil, pastel and miniature with biographical sketches by Barbara Neville Parker [and] Anne Bolling Wheeler. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1938. First edition. 8vo., blue cloth, spine in gitl. A near fine copy with just a hint of rubbing at the spine..... More
1975. (ART). MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MINIATURES from the National Gallery of Art. Compiled by Carra Ferguson, David S. Stevens Schaff and Gary Vikan under the direction of Carl Nordenfalk.. Edited by Gary Vikan. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1975. 4to., illustrated paper wraps. Illustrated throughout. A fine copy... More
1980. (ART). PRINTMAKING IN CANADA. The earliest views and portraits. [by] Mary Allodi. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, (1980). 4to., illustated paper wraps. Illustrated throughout. A fine copy. More
[ART] ROUMANIAN PEASANT ART. Bucharest: [n.p, n.d. ca. 1940s?]. Unpaginated [36 pp.]. Oblong 8vo., color illustrated wrappers. Light soil to wrappers, corners slightly creased, nicked at heel and crown. Color and monochrome illustrations. More
1925. [ART DECO] THE JOHN PLAIN BOOK [1925]. Chicago: The John Plain Company, 1925. 97 pp. 4to., quarter brown cloth with brown paper covered boards, color pastedown label to front cover. Spine worn at heel and crown with small tear to top section. Light wear and a few pale spots..... More
[ART DECO] Morinaga. DAISANKAI MORINAGA KYARAMERU GEIJUTSU-SHÔ. n.p. [Tôkyô c.1930]. A heavy bronze plaque, 22.0 x 21.0 cm, a bas-relief image of a man mounted on a winged horse. The plaque itself is mounted on a hardwood plank 42.1 x 35.5 cm. This momento of a "Prize for the Third..... More
1970. ART GALLERY, University of Notre Dame and University Art Gallery, State University of New York at Binghamton. THE AGE OF VASARI. Notre Dame, Indiana and Binghamton, New York: Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame and University Art Gallery, State University of New York at Binghamton, [c.1970]. A Loan Exhibition..... More
1950. FE. (ART, Ancient). PREHISTORIC ART. Photographs by W. and B. Forman. Text by Josef Poulik, translated by R. Finlayson Samsour. London: Spring Books, [c. 1950]. Deals with early cultures in central Europe, from Middle Palaeolithic to Roman periods. Folio. 22 color plates and 189 monochrome illustrations. Tape repair to..... More
1852. ARTHUR, William. THE SUCCESSFUL MERCHANT: SKETCHES OF THE LIFE OF MR. SAMUEL BUDGETT, LATE OF KINGSWOOD HILL. London: Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1852. Fourth edition. Presentation from the Dowager Lady B - (illegible) to Amos Laurence (Lawrence?) tipped in at front pastedown, with Laurence's signature. Tipped in at end..... More
1918. ASAI Chû. MOKUGO NIHONGA SHÛ. Kyoto: Unsôdô, (1909) 1927. Printed paper covers, tassle bound. This tall 4to sized volume (37 x 25.5 cm) which is an epitome of Asai Chû's "Japanese-style" painting is a companion to the MOKUGO TOAN-SHÛ, which focussed on his design work. Asai is famous as..... More
1909. ASCHOFF, L. [Karl Albert Ludwig], & A[dolf]. Bacmeister. DIE CHOLELITHIASIS. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1909. First edition. German language text. 117 pp. + 18 color and monochrome lithographic plates, some folding. Tall 8vo, green cloth with gilt spine. Ex-library, with only a canceled bookplate on front pastedown and no other..... More
1865. ASHTON, T. J. PROLAPSUS, FISTULA IN ANO, AND HAEMORRHOIDAL AFFECTIONS: THEIR PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT. London: Churchill and Sonsm 1865. Second edition. x + 182 pp. 8vo., brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Ex-library with usual markings. top of backstrip partially detached, light soil to covers. Interior clean, tight..... More
1928. [ASIAN ART]. MYTHOLOGIE ASIATIQUE ILLUSTREE. Paris: Librairie de France (1931). Later printing. x + 432 pp. 4to., quarter red morocco with raised bands, gilt spine lettering, marbled paper covered boards. 14 of 15 color plates (missing plate facing p. 236), 23 b/w plates and b/w reproductions in the text..... More
1927. [ASIAN ART - AUCTION CATALOGUE]. BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LIVRES JAPONAIS ILLUSTRES APPARTENANT A M. EMILE JAVAL, 2 volumes. Paris: M. Charles Vignier, 1927. 45 pp. + 12 b/w plates/55 pp. + 6 b/w plates. Folio, grey wrappers printed in dark blue. Good, some sunning and edgewear to wrappers, acetate tape..... More
1904. [ASIAN ART - AUCTION CATALOGUE]. COLLECTION P. BARBOUTAU PEINTURES - ESTAMPES ET OBJETS D'ART DU JAPON, 2 VOLUMES IN 1. Paris: Chez S. Bing/Chez l'Auteur, 1904. var pp. Folio, half dark red morocco with raised bands, gilt spine lettering, rebacked; red pebbled cloth boards. Top edge gilt. Over 1,000..... More