1989. [AUCTION CATALOGUE]. JAPANESE PRINTS, PAINTINGS, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE THEODOR SCHEIWE, PART I. Tuesday, March 21, 1989 at 10:00 a.m. (Lots 1-296). New York: Christie's, 1989. Illustrated throughout, some color, but mostly black & white. 201, [6] pp. Quarto, dark blue cloth with..... More
1989. [AUCTION CATALOGUE]. JAPANESE PRINTS, PAINTINGS, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE THEODOR SCHEIWE, PART I [AND II]. New York: Christie's, 1989. Two volumes: Part I (sale #6782) held 21 March 1989, lots 1-296; Part II held 16 October 1989 (sale #6896), lots 1-176. Illustrated throughout..... More
1930. [Auction Catalog]. COLLECTION JACQUES DOUCET. Paris, 1930. Catalog of East Asian materials including sculpture, ceramics, decorative tile and other works from Japan, China, and Persia. Includes 32 illustrated plates in addition to item descriptions. Spine cover is absent and pages almost completely disbound. A fair copy. More
1971. AUDIENCE. (Periodical). Vol. 1, No. 1,3,5; Vol. 1-6, Boston: Hill Publishing Company, Inc., (January, 1971 - October, 1972). 4to. Nine issues, each bound separately in decorated boards. Contributors include some of the literary luminaries of the period For the most part fine copies. Volume one, #1 is worn and..... More
1881. [CERAMICS] AUDSLEY, George A., and BOWES, James L. KERAMIC ART OF JAPAN. London: Henry Sotheran, 1881. 4to, xiv + 304 pp., 32 plates in color and halftone, red cloth decorated in gilt and t.e.g. Leather library spine. Ex-library, broken hinges clumsily repaired with white tape, cloth worn. All plates..... More
1875. AUDSLEY, George Ashdown, and BOWES, James Lord. KERAMIC ART OF JAPAN. London: Henry Sotheran & Co, 1875. First edition, in 7 part. Folio. In total: lxxi + 61pp. with 12 plates (plate "J" not included, as usual); 50 (of 51-- plate #35 missing) plates with accompanying text (missing text..... More
1898. AUDUBON, John J. AUDUBON AND HIS JOURNALS. [Edited] by Maria R. Audubon. With zoological and other notes by Elliott Coues. In two volumes. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. First British edition. "Illustrated with Thirty-seven [black and white] illustrations, including Three hitherto unpublished Bird Drawings, and Ten Portraits of Audubon."..... More
1980. AUEL, Jean M. THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR. New York: Crown Publishers, (1980). First edition. 8vo., green paper boards, backed in yellow cloth. Light edgewear. Small spot of dampstain to bottom fore-corner of bookblock, affecting about 100 pages near the middle of volume; text unaffected. First edition of..... More
1985. AUEL, Jean M. THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1985). First edition. 8vo. Minimal soiling to rear board. Near fine, in the dust jacket. More
1990. AUEL, Jean M. THE PLAINS OF PASSAGE. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1990). Volume 4 of Earth's Children. First edition. 760pp. 8vo., red cloth-backed ochre boards. A fine copy, clean and bright, in the illustrated dust jacket. More
1666. AULUS GELLIUS. NOCTES ATTICAE cum Selectis Novisque Commentariis, et Accurati Recensione Antoni Thysi, J.C., & Jacobi Oiseli, J.C. Leiden, Peter Leffen, 1666. Octavo. [1f.][xlviii]1129[lvii]pp. Engraved pictorial title plus typographic title. Woodcut printer's device. Aulus Gellius (ca. 125-after 180 CE) was a Roman jurist, grammarian and rehetorician. "Attic Nights" contains..... More
1730. [AUSONIUS, Decimus Magnus. WORKS.] D. MAGNI AUSONII BURDIGALENSIS OPERA. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Julianus Floridus..., jussu Christianissimi regis in usum serenissimi Delphini. Recensuit, supplevit, emendavit, Dissertationem de Vita & Scriptis Ausonii suasque Animadversiones adjunxit Joannes-Baptista Souchay... Parisiis: Typis Jacobi Guerin, 1730. Engraved title-page by Mathey precedes the letterpress title;..... More
1931. (AUSTEN, John). VANITY FAIR. By William Makepeace Thackeray. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Illustrations by John Austen. (In Two Volumes). Oxford: Oxford University Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1931. 2 vols., small folio, with 20 color plates and many line illustrations by John Austen. Purple cloth backs, patterned paper..... More
1918. AUSTIN, Mary. THE TRAIL BOOK. Illustrated by Milo WINTER. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company (October 1918). First edition, later printing. xi + [1] + 305 pp. 8vo., orange cloth stamped in black with color pastedown illustration to front cover. Spine sunned, light soil to top edge of..... More
1932. AUSTIN, Oliver Luther. MEMOIRS OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB, No. VII: The Birds of Newfoundland Labrador. With map. Cambridge, MA; Published by the Club, September, 1932. First edition. 4to., grey cloth, untrimmed. Faint number pencilled to spine; overall, a fine, clean copy. More
1971. author unknown. Tesoros del Arte Precolombiano de Costa Rica. San Jose: Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. (1971). pb. Very Good. Art. More
1790. [STEELE, Richard] Authors of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian. THE TOWN TALK, THE FISH POOL, THE PLEBEIAN, THE OLD WHIG, THE SPINSTER &c. London: John Nichols, 1790. First Collected in 1789: A New Edition. Title page engraving of Steele and two plates. iv + 439 pp. + 1 p...... More
1930. THE AUTOCAR. FOLDING MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES. London: The Autocar Offices, circa 1930s. A 45.5" by 54" map on colored paper mounted on white cotton canvas. This is an ex-library copy with markings on the slip case and ink call number on the map. It is folded in..... More
1937. [Avant Garde] Kindai Bijutsu Shichō Kōza L'Idee et L'Esprit de L'Art Moderne 近代美術思潮講座 Atelier-sha. Tokyo. Shôwa 12, 13 [1937, 1938]. Six volumes in printed publisher's slipcases. 22.5 x 16.3 cm. Cloth bound western-style. A fascinating series of volumes. The critics Sagara Tokuzô and Araki Sueo wrote REALISME and FAUVISME, respectively. The artists..... More
1926. [AVANT GARDE EROTICA] MURAYAMA Tomoyoshi. HENTAI GEIJUTSU-SHI. Taishou 15 [1926] Bungei Shiryou Kenkyuukai, Toukyou, Frontis., 2pp, 2pp, 52+pp. 22.0 x 15.0 cm., bound Japanese-style, string- bound, fukuro-touji, with a printed paper title label on the cover. There are many plates, b+w and color, selected to demonstrate Murayama's essay on..... More
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1927. [AVANT GARDE] UMEHARA Hokumei, editor. BUNGEI ICHIBA [BUNGEI SHIJO] Vol.3 #6. Wrappers, 21.7 x 15 cm. Tokyo, Showa2 [1927] First published in November of 1925, the BUNGEI ICHIBA [MARKET OF THE ARTS] unleashed its mordant humor on the literary world of Japan. The contents ran the gamut from literary..... More
1927. [AVANT-GARDE] UMEHARA Hokumei, et al. BUNGEI SHIJO Vol.3 #6. Wrappers, 21.7 x 15 cm. Tokyo, Showa 2 [1927] First published in November of 1925, this issue of June 1927 unleashed its mordant humor on the literary world of Japan. The cover is a study all on its own, with..... More
1983. AVIATION. THE ULTRALIGHT PILOT CASSETTE GROUND SCHOOL. COmplete Guide to FLying Ultralights Safely, with text and cassettes. [n.p.], Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., 1983. Blue plastic three-ring binder with text and four audio cassettes. Very good plus. Aviation. More
1977. (AVIATION). WORLD WAR I AIRPLANES. Poughkeepsie, NY: Leonard E. Opdycke, 1977. Oblong 8vo., stapled pamphlet, 24 xeroxed typscript pp. Touch of ruffling to edges, gentle vertical crease to whole; very good. More
1906. AXE, J. WORTLEY. THE HORSE: ITS TREATMENT IN HEALTH AND DISEASE: WITH A COMPLETE GUIDE TO BREEDING TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT. London: Gresham Publishing Company, 1906. 9 volumes, green decorated Art Nouveau bindings. Numerous illustrations in color and black and white, foldout pedigree tables and, on the rear pastedown endpaper..... More