‎Design‎

‎Better Homes and Gardens.‎

‎AMERICAN PATCHWORK & QUILTING.‎

‎320 p. Numerous color photographs and patchwork designs. 4to. Original glossy pictorial covers. Original dust jacket. First edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TEXTILE 1/2 x4. -‎

‎Martin, Mary.‎

‎MARY MARTIN'S NEEDLEPOINT.‎

‎pp. x, 148 + Color frontis and photographs. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First edition. TEXTILE 2.‎

‎Curtis, Edmund deForest.‎

‎POTTERY. Its Craftsmanship and Its Appreciation.‎

‎pp. 100 + photo frontis and full page plates. XLib. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding. Worn. An important study. ART 4‎

‎Bunyan, Paul; Untermeyer, Louis.‎

‎THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF PAUL BUNYAN. Now Retold by Louis Untermeyer. Together with Illustrations by Everett Gee Jackson.‎

‎pp. (vi), 131 (1) + Great colored plates printed in offset lithography by Duenewald Printing. Designed by Richard Ellis; printed at Aldus Printers; set in Linotype Caslon Old Style; on Worthy Special Paper. Bound by Russell-Rutter Co. in quarter brown morocco leather over wood-grain boards. Wood-grain paper solander case, worn at extremities. Number 794 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. Handsomely produced edition. It would make a wonderful gift. W35‎

‎Aristophanes.‎

‎THE BIRDS. Introduction by Dudley Fitts.‎

‎66 double-folded pages. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Marian Parry. Beautifully bound in parchment boards, backed in black calf, and preserved in a color designed solander case. Slipcase with a couple of minor stains. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller, the original subscriber, on front fly leaf. Number 420 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. A fine copy of this handsomely produced edition of the great classical Greek play. It would make a great gift. W42‎

‎Crane, Hart.‎

‎THE BRIDGE. A Poem. With an Introduction by Malcolm Cowley and Photographs by Richard Benson.‎

‎pp. xx [ii], 70 (1) + Illustrated with one double-page and four full-page photographs by Richard Benson, superbly printed in a 300 line screen process by Meriden Gravure Co. Small folio. Designed by Stephen Stinehour; printed by Michael & Winifred Bixler; set in Monotype Dante; on soft-white Mohawk smooth wove paper. Bound at the Stinehour Press in full silver-gray Dutch natural finish cloth, stamped in blue and blind. Original glassine wraps. Original blue paper covered cloth slipcase. The beautiful endpaper designs and slipcase decorations are reproduced from original paste papers designed by Carol Blinn. Copy number 1848 of and edition limited to 2,000 numbered copies signed by the photographer, Richard Benson. "Bright, volatile, short-lived and hard-drinking, Crane was in some ways an archetype of the Roaring Twenties author. Crane is best known for The Bridge (1930), an epic vision of American life with the Brooklyn Bridge as a central image. Crane is often compared to Walt Whitman, both for his modern American sensibilities and for the homoerotic imagery some find in his work. In sheer style Crane also resembled T.S. Eliot, whom he admired. Crane committed suicide by leaping from the S.S. Orizaba in 1932. Slipcase has some soiling on the top and bottom edge. There is also a small (less than 1/2") loss of colored paper in the lower corner of the slipcase. A brilliantly photo illustrated work. It would make a great gift. W37‎

‎Dumas, Alexandre (Fils).‎

‎CAMILLE. La Dame Aux Camelias. The Authorized Translation into English by Edmund Gosse, With an Introduction by Andre Maurois, a Prefatory Letter from the Author and a Memoir of Marie Duplessis by Jules Janin. Illustrated by Bernard Lamotte.‎

‎pp. xxiv, 232. Illustrated with wash drawings by Bernard Lamotte, reproduced in collotype by Arthur Jaffe. Designed by George Macy; printed at the Garamond Press, Baltimore; set in Monotype Bodoni; on Curtis Paper. All edges decorated blue. Bound by Russell-Rutter Co. in full blue moire silk. The slipcase is broken, but the volume itself is brilliantly clean. 4to. Number 769 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. It would make a great gift. W42‎

‎Flaubert, Gustave.‎

‎SALAMMBO. With an Introduction by Justin O'Brien. Illustrated by Edward Bawden.‎

‎pp. xi, 316 (1) + Powerful double page color illustrations by Edward Bawden. 4to. Designed by John Dreyfus; printed and bound at the Cambridge University Press; set in Monotype Barbou; on Abbey Mills Chariot Paper. Full ivory buckram binding with guilloche design stamped in blue on the spine. Handsome matching slipcase. Number 769 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. A fine copy of this handsomely produced edition. It would make a wonderful gift. W42‎

‎Gay, John.‎

‎THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Preface by A. P. Herbert.‎

‎180 p. Illustrated with fifteen (15) full page original monochrome lithographs drawn on stone by Mariette Lydis, and pulled in Paris by F. Mourlot Freres. Designed by Giuseppe Govone; type hand-set in Inkunabula; on Rives gray hand-made paper, uncut. Bound by Russell-Rutter Co. in dark blue buckram stamped in blind and gold, from a design by C. P. Hornung. Slipcase slightly soiled. Number 1465 of an edition limited to 1500 copies, signed by the artist. A nice copy of this handsomely produced edition. It would make a great gift. The lithographs are alone worth the price. W37‎

‎Hughes, Richard.‎

‎THE INNOCENT VOYAGE. Illustrated with Lithographs in Color by Lynd Ward and with an Introduction by Louis Untermeyer.‎

‎Designed by Robert I. Dothard; printed by E. L. Hildreth Company; set in Linotype Baskerville; on Worthy Special Paper. Tall 8vo. Bound by Russell-Rutter Co. in full maroon sheepskin, handsomely decorated in gold. Binding slightly rubbed. No slipcase. Old generic bookplates. Number 448 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. The leather binding on this edition is especially interesting. W35‎

‎Sassoon, Siegfried.‎

‎MEMOIRS OF AN INFANTRY OFFICER. Introduction by David Daiches and Illustrations by Paul Hogarth.‎

‎pp. xvii, 224 + Eight plates after water-colors by Paul Hogarth. Large 8vo. The typography was designed by Dennis Grastorf; printed at the Anthoensen Press; set in Linotype Baskerville; on soft-white Monadnock egg-shell paper. Bound by A. Horowitz & Sons in full natural-tone rough linen. Slip-case. Number 1818 of an edition limited to only 2000 copies, signed by the artist. A very fine copy of this handsomely produced edition. It would make a great gift. W36‎

‎Alarcon, Pedro Antonia de.‎

‎THE THREE-CORNERED HAT. The True History of an Affair current in certain Tales and Ballads, here written down as how it befell, by Don Pedro Antonio de Alarcon, Bachelor in Philosophy & Theology, etc. Now translated out of the Spanish by Martin Armstrong,‎

‎pp. xx, 155. Illustrated with hand-colored line-and-wash drawings by Roger Duvoisin; designed by Saul and Lillian Marks; set in monotype Bembo on Curtis rag paper. 4to. 7 1/4 x 11 inches. Bound by Russell-Rutter Company in quarter black buckram, gold stamped, patterned silk-finish cloth sides. Original slip case. Number 769 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist, Roger Duvoisin (1904-1980) - a Swiss born artist, who is most famous for his children's books. Very fine copy. The books published by the Limited Editions Club are justly treasured for the quality of the texts, the beauty and artistry of the illustrations, the creativity of design, and the overall excellence of the paper, presswork, and binding. Each book would make a wonderful gift for any occasion. W97‎

‎Balzac, Honore De.‎

‎OLD GORIOT. Translated form the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Francois Mauriac and illustrations by Rene ben Sussan.‎

‎pp. xv, 316. Illustrated with water-colors by Rene ben Sussan, key black printed in collotype by Georges Duval, hand-colored by Maurice Beaufume; designed by Francis Meynell; set in monotype Bembo on English Luxor paper. 4to. 7 x 10 3/4 inches. Bound at The Curwen Press in deep blue half-morocco decorated and lettered in gold, hand-made French marbled-paper sides. Original marbled-paper slip case, torn at top. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller, the original subscriber, on front fly leaf. Includes the Monthly Letter. Number 420 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist, Rene ben Sussan. The books published by the Limited Editions Club are justly treasured for the quality of the texts, the beauty and artistry of the illustrations, the creativity of design, and the overall excellence of the paper, presswork, and binding. Each book would make a wonderful gift for any occasion. W97‎

‎Swan, Susan Burrows.‎

‎PLAIN & FANCY - AMERICAN WOMEN AND THEIR NEEDLEWORK, 1700-1850.‎

‎240 p. Highly illustrated, including many photos in color. Includes photos by George J. Fistrovich of items from the special needlework collection of the Winterthur Museum. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding. Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Not only a comprehensive survey of American needlework forms from the late 17th century into the Victorian era, but also a social history of women who did this needlework, their primary and most acceptable creative outlet." **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TEXTILE 3. -‎

‎Stevenson, Robert Louis.‎

‎THE BEACH OF FALESA. Introduction by J.C. Furnas. Illustrated with paintings by Millard Sheets.‎

‎pp. (xvii), 113 (1). Small folio. Designed, printed, and bound by Ward Ritchie. Set in Intertype Waverly; on Linweave Paper, deckle edged. Bound in paper boards decorated by the artist, backed in brown cloth. Slipcase covered in rice paper, slightly soiled. Number 769 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. A fine example. From Wiki: The story is told in the first person by John Wiltshire, a British copra trader on the fictional South Sea island of Falesá. Upon arriving on the island, he meets a rival trader named Case, who (in an apparently friendly gesture) arranges for him to be "married" to a local girl named Uma in a ceremony designed to impress the natives but to be completely non-binding in the view of Europeans. Wiltshire soon discovers that Uma has a taboo attached to her which causes all the other natives to refuse to do business with him, to Case's profit. He also hears rumors of Case having been involved in the suspicious deaths of his previous competitors. Although realising that he has been tricked, Wiltshire has genuinely fallen in love with Uma, and has their marriage legalised by a passing missionary. Wiltshire gradually learns that Case's influence over the villagers stems from their belief that he has demonic powers, as a result of his simple conjuring tricks as well as strange noises and visions they have experienced at a "temple" he has built in the forest. Upon investigating, Wiltshire finds that these experiences are also tricks produced by imported technologies such as luminous paint and Aeolian harps. Wiltshire sets out that night to destroy the temple with gunpowder. Case confronts him and the two men fight, resulting in Case's death. The story concludes with Wiltshire several years later living on another island, still happily married to Uma, worrying about what will happen to his mixed-race children. Stevenson saw "The Beach of Falesá" as the ground-breaking work in his turn away from romanticism to realism. Stevenson wrote to his friend Sidney Colvin: 'It is the first realistic South Seas story; I mean with real South Sea character and details of life. Everybody else that has tried, that I have seen, got carried away by the romance, and ended in a kind of sugar candy sham epic, and the whole effect was lost - there was not etching, no human grin, consequently no conviction. Now I have got the smell and look of the thing a good deal. You will know more about the South Seas after you have read my little tale than if you had read a library.' In an unusual change for Stevenson, but in-line with realism, the plot of the story is less important, rather the realistic portrayal of the manners of various social classes in island society is foregrounded; it is essentially a novel of manners. As Stevenson says to Colvin in a letter, "The Beach of Falesá" is "well fed with facts" and "true to the manners' of the society it depicts." Other than the island itself which is fictional, it contains the names of real people, real ships and real buildings which Stevenson was familiar with from his personal travels in the South Seas. W42 L‎

‎Walton, Izaac.‎

‎THE COMPLEAT ANGLER; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing for the Perusal of Anglers, by Izaak Walton; with Instructions, How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream, by Charles Cotton; and with an intro‎

‎pp. lxii, 316 (1). Illustrated with wash drawings and engravings. Partially unopened. Folio. Designed by George Macy; printed by Aldus Printers; set in , the design by Bruce Rogers on the Janson type face; on Worthy Special Paper. Bound by Russell-Rutter Co. in decorated blue paper boards, backed in ivory calf gold. The spine slightly rubbed. Heavy slipcase, sunned and cracked at edges. Number 794 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. A nice copy of this wonderfully entertaining English classic. It would make a great gift for any fisherman. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W38‎

‎Corning, Gerald.‎

‎SUPERSONIC AND SUBSONIC AIRPLANE DESIGN.‎

‎pp. xviii, 454. Mimeograph errata sheet insert. Numerous charts and graphs. XLib. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding, slightly worn. Hardbound. This self-published first edition is rather scarce. SPACE/5‎

‎Bush-Brown, James & Louise.‎

‎AMERICA'S GARDEN BOOK.‎

‎pp. xiii, 752. Illustrated with numerous drawings and photographs. Edges foxed. Large 8vo. Original full cloth binding, soiled. Hardbound. First published 1939. PLANTS W132‎

‎Page, Victor.‎

‎THE MODERN GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE. ITS DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. A PRACTICAL COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE EXPLAINING ALL PRINCIPLES PERTAINING TO GASOLINE AUTOMOBILES AND THEIR COMPONENT PARTS. 1918 EDITION.‎

‎pp. 1032, (34)[Publisher's catalog including Aviation books] + Plus numerous folding plans and designs of automobiles. Numerous text drawings. Front inner hinge cracked. Endpapers foxed. Stamped ownership of Harold O. Thorne, McGill Building, Washington, DC. Large 8vo. Original full cloth binding, lettered in white. Front cover ruled in black with drawing of an automobile. Binding faded and worn at extremities. Hardbound. With all the folding plates. A useful reference. AUTO/1‎

‎Conte, Joseph Le.‎

‎EVOLUTION. Its Nature, Its Evidences, and Its Relation To Religious Thought. Second Edition, Revised.‎

‎pp. xxii, 382. Damp stained. Illustrated with drawings. Top edge gold. 8vo. Original half leather over marbled boards. Old repair of spine with black tape. Hardbound. First published in 1888. Good. Joseph Le Conte (1823-1901) was physiologist and geologist who was won over by the theories of evolution in 1873. He later became a neo-Lamarckian, arguing that the theory justified social policies that would lead to the betterment of mankind. SCIENCE BOX 1‎

‎Chaucer, Geoffrey.‎

‎THE CANTERBURY TALES. Rendered into Modern English Verse, by Frank Ernest Hill.‎

‎pp. xxii, 330; 670 (2) + Frontis. Color floriated initials. Each page set within a light ruled frame. Small folio. Designed, printed, and bound (in quarter cream linen, brown paper sides with Chaucer's arms in color) by George W. Jones, at the Sign of the Dolphin; set in Linotype Granjon; on Malling Mills Special paper. Slipcase shows some soiling and wear. Number 1465 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by Jones. A handsomely produced edition, of these immortal bawdy and satirical tales. *PRICE JUST REDUCED! W37/44‎

‎Hale, Edward Everett.‎

‎THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Introduction by Carl Van Doren and Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson.‎

‎pp. (12) 55 (1) + Six full-page illustrations and vignettes hand-colored through stencils by Wilson. Designed by Edward Alonzo Miller. 4to. Bound in full terra-cotta leather with a design embossed in blind on the front cover showing the land mass of North America - but lacking the United States. Spine lettered in gold. Mildly XLib. Slipcase. Number 1187 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. A lovely edition of an extremely influential book.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! W35‎

‎American Annual of Photography.‎

‎THE AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1945. VOLUME FIFTY-NINE. Edited by Frank R. Fraprie and Franklin I. Jordan.‎

‎pp. 200, 43 [Advertisements, some illustrated]. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Includes list of pictorial illustrations, index of Advertisers and list of photographers and their addresses. Double column. 245 mm. Softcover. Original full yellow wraps, slightly soiled. Very good. W104RtStk‎

‎Virgil. (Publius Vergillius Maro) [70-19 BC].‎

‎PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS MARO THE ECLOGUES. Translated into English verse by C.S. Calverley, with an introduction by Moses Hadas and drawings by Vertes.‎

‎pp. xxvii, 96, (1). Thin folio. 320 mm. Gold toned Shiki silk boards binding, silk screened with a Vertes drawing in green. Gold stamped linen spine, nicely toned. Original glassine wraps. Slipcase is soiled, but tight. Number 769 of an edition limited to 1500 copies. Signed by the Artist, Vertes on the colophon. Hardbound. Very Good. W96‎

‎McKim, Ruby.‎

‎ONE HUNDRED AND ONE PATCHWORK PATTERNS.‎

‎124 p. 140 Illustrations. 4to. Softcover. Very good. Complete instructions for making over a hundred patchwork quilts in classic patterns. Originally published in 1931. ISBN: 0486207730. TEXTILE 3‎