‎Biographie‎

‎Luisa Becherucci; Alessandro Marabottini; Anna Forlani Tempesti; Giuseppe Marchini; Giovanni Becatti; Ferdinando Castagnoli; Vin‎

‎The Complete Works of Raphael‎

‎NY: Reynal & Company. As New in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full oatmeal cloth gilt lettering on spine and cover. Profusely illustrated with over 875 B&W illustrations and 49 full-page plates in color.Raphael the genius of the High Renaissance is seen here for the first time in the full breadth of his artistic activity. Though he died during his 37th year Raphael achieved universal fame for his paintings drawings and architectural projects. These activities of the artist are treated by eight of Italy`s leading scholars together with his interests in Ancient Rome his poetry and a full exposition of his life. This study is the most complete one on Raphael in the English language. The volume is in perfect pristine condition unmarked unread tight square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket now in Mylar has a few closed tears else fine. An extremely large heavy book about 15 pounds - additional shipping charges may apply. AS NEW/VERY GOOD. Color Plates. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 649 pp . Reynal & Company hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 29014

‎Ross, Alexander; Milo Milton Quaife (ed)‎

‎Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River: Being a Narrative of the Expedition fitted out by John Jacob Astor to establish the "Pacific Fur Company" with an account of some Indian Tribes on the Coast of the Pacific‎

‎Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1923. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green boards gilt lettering on spine gilt medallion and border on cover t.e.g. fore-edge and bottom edges deckle. Illustrated with fold-out map of northwest region of U.S. ca. 1850. Alexander Ross 1783-1856 was a fur trader and author. In 1811 while working for John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company Ross took part in the founding of Fort Astoria a fur-trading post at the mouth of the Columbia River. During the same year he led a detachment up the Columbia River and founded Fort Okanogan where during the winter he was the sole PFC employee at the trading post. During his solitary posting Ross' hair greyed from the stress of being socially isolated among the welcoming Syilx people "savages who had never seen a white man before." In 1818 Ross acted as scribe for a trading party from the North West Company who traveled within sight of the Teton Range in modern Wyoming. He and trapper Daniel Potts apparently viewed some of the thermal features of what is today Yellowstone National Park. Each of them produced an account of these features with Ross reporting that ".boiling fountain having different degrees of temperature were very numerous; one or two were so very hot as to boil meat." Ross explored various territories of the Pacific Northwest. In 1824 while searching the mountain wilderness of what is present day Idaho known to them as Columbia District for beaver Ross came up the Wood River and discovered Galena Summit on September 18. Leading a large brigade of Hudson's Bay Company trappers he wondered if he could get through unknown mountains and rocky defiles that obstructed his passage back to his base of operations at present Challis. Unwilling to turn back he pressed on to explore Stanley Basin and the difficult canyon beyond. When he reached Challis on October 5 1824 he had traveled the route now followed by Idaho State Highway 75 from Bellevue to Salmon through mostly unexplored land. . The volume is in perfect pristine condition unmarked unread tight square and clean. FINE. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 21. Map. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. xvii 388 pp . R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 29203

‎Salter, James‎

‎Burning the Days: Recollection‎

‎NY: Random House. As New in As New dust jacket. 1997. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0375500154 . Flat-signed by the author on the first blank preliminary page. Publisher's full ivory cloth black lettering on spine and cover plum endpapers fore-edge deckle. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect pristine condition; unread unmarked tight square and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xii 365 pp. Signed by Author . Random House hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 29237 ISBN : 0375500154 9780375500152

‎Philbin, Regis‎

‎How I Got This Way‎

‎New York: Harpercollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2011. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0062109758 . Clean unmarked square & tight with unclipped dust jacket. . Color and B&W photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 333 pp . Harpercollins hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 27791 ISBN : 0062109758 9780062109750

‎Hutton, Harry Vaughn‎

‎A Tough Nut to Crack‎

‎Orangevale CA: Harry Vaughn Hutton 2008. Hardcover. Fine. Very clean. tight and bright. <br/> <br/> Harry Vaughn Hutton hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 017867

‎Raskin, Louis M‎

‎My American Dream & Beyond: The Journey‎

‎USA: Self 2002. Soft cover. Near Fine. Inscribed by Raskin on title page minor edge wear pages clean binding tight scarce. <br/> <br/> Self paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 017934

‎Beveridge, Albert J‎

‎Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 Volume One only of Two‎

‎Boston: Houghtom Mifflin Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's tan cloth over green boards gilt lettering on black panel on spine fore and bottom edges deckle. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait and B&W photographs. . Brief gift inscription on ffep dated 1954 ffep only has small old dampstain not affecting any other pages else fine; hinges strong pages supple otherwise unmarked tight square and clean. In Mylar cover. VERY GOOD. . Maps and Portraits. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xxviii ii 607 pp . Houghtom Mifflin Company hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28144

‎Cummings, Delano‎

‎Moon Dash Warrior: The Story of an American Indian in Vietnam a Marine from the Land of the Lumbee‎

‎Rockbridge Baths VA: Signal Tree Pubns 1998. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. Inscribed by author on blank page after first end paper minor edge wear pages clean and bright. <br/> <br/> Signal Tree Pubns hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 018225 ISBN : 0965185834 9780965185837

‎Matthews, Christopher‎

‎Hardball: How Politics is Played - Told by One Who Knows the Game‎

‎NY: Summit Books. New in New dust jacket. 1988. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0671631608 . First edition first printing. Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over blue boards silver lettering on spine blue endpapers. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect pristine condition; unread unmarked tight square and clean. NEW/NEW. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 233 1 pp . Summit Books hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28298 ISBN : 0671631608 9780671631604

‎North Shore Country Day School‎

‎The 1964 Mirror‎

‎Winnetka IL: North Shore Country Day School. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1964. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full cloth photographic endpapers. Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs. This is the 1964 "Mirror" the yearbook prepared by the Senior Class at North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka Illinois. . Former owner's name and label some notes else fine. VERY GOOD. . B&W Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 144 pp . North Shore Country Day School hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28326

‎Hamilton, Patricia‎

‎Hidden Treasure: The Life and Art of Theodore Czebotar‎

‎Madison WI: Borderland Books 2015. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author on title page very clean tight and bright. <br/> <br/> Borderland Books hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 018304 ISBN : 0983517495 9780983517498

‎Wiseman, Carter‎

‎I. M. Pei: A Profile in American Architecture‎

‎NY: Harry N. Abrams. As New in As New dust jacket. 1990. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0810937093 . Publisher's full black cloth silver lettering on spine Pei's name in reverse gilt on silver panel on cover. Profusely illustrated with 335 illustrations including 60 in full-color. Traces the career of the world-famous architect and looks at his most influential designs including the Kennedy Library the Dallas Municipal building the National Gallery the Louvre expansion and the Bank of China. This is the first full-length study of this extraordinary artist and the only comprehensive visual record of Pei's work. Includes an illustrated catalogue of every building and project completed by Pei's firm since its inception and a Bibliography. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect pristine condition; unread unmarked tight square and clean. A large heavy book five pounds - additional shipping charges may apply. AS NEW/AS NEW. Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 320 pp . Harry N. Abrams hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28741 ISBN : 0810937093 9780810937093

‎Dawson, William James‎

‎Makers of English Fiction‎

‎NY: Fleming H. Revell Company. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1905. Second Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 316 4-adverts pp . Fleming H. Revell Company hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28831

‎Hunter, Sam‎

‎Larry Rivers‎

‎NY: Rizzoli. As New in As New dust jacket. 1989. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0847810941 . Publisher's full cream cloth boards brown lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with 400 illustrations including 155 plates in full-color most full-page and many double-page. "Rivers's public persona as an artist combines that of bohemian outsider sensualist and entertainer. His best-known images of the 1960s -- Dutch Masters cigars French money cigarette packs -- became Pop icons. Eschewing abstraction he came up with startling disquieting figures such as his obese sagging mother-in-law depicted in the nude with brutal honesty Double Portrait of Berdie . Yet there is more to Rivers than the hipster as this lavishly illustrated monograph by a former Princeton art historian shows. Hunter makes a case for Rivers as a social realist: witness his powerful construction piece Ghetto Stoop or recent works that include searching portraits of Primo Levi Leonard Bernstein and New York's ex-mayor Ed Koch. In History of Matzoh a collage-like chronicle of the Jewish people Rivers born Yizroch Grossberg in 1923 in the Bronx explores his Jewish roots. His latest series of 3-D paintings encompasses dancers movie stars Chinese and surrealist motifs.". Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect pristine condition; unread unmarked tight square and clean. A large heavy book six pounds - additional shipping charges may apply. AS NEW/AS NEW. Color Plates. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 358 pp . Rizzoli hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28854 ISBN : 0847810941 9780847810949

‎Gumpert, Lynn (Author); Christian Boltanski (Artist); Francis Cowper (Translator)‎

‎Christian Boltanski‎

‎Paris: Flammarion. As New in As New dust jacket. 1994. First Edition . First Printing. Hard Cover. 2080135597 . Publisher's full burgundy cloth black lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with 50 color and 150 B&W illustrations. Translated from the French by Francis Cowper. Christian Boltanski born in Paris in 1944 and one of France's best-known artists of the postwar generation has developed a highly personal and often disconcerting œuvre that challenges basic assumptions of what constitutes an artwork. Using media as diverse as newspaper clippings used clothes amateur snapshots and flickering shadows Boltanski forges an original universe in which he is frequently the central protagonist. One of Boltanski's favorite themes is his own life story both actual and reinvented which he evokes through startling collections of photographs and objects. In other pieces he assembles seemingly mundane elements to address some of the most fundamental and disturbing contradictions of twentieth-century life. In a beautifully written and erudite essay art historian Lynn Gumpert analyzes and provides a context for these haunting works that have the unsettling ability to be merry and morbid at the same time. With over 150 black-and-white and 50 color illustrations that span the entire range of Boltanski's production materials and influences this insightful monograph--the first to be published in English--is essential reading for collectors art historians students and anyone interested in contemporary art. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect pristine condition; unread unmarked tight square and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW. Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 192 pp . Flammarion hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28890 ISBN : 2080135597 9782080135599

‎Duchin, Peter‎

‎Ghost of a Chance : A Memoir‎

‎NY: Random House. As New in As New dust jacket. 1996. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0679414185 . Inscribed by the author on the ffep. First edition first printing. Quarter bound in black cloth over black boards gilt lettering on spine author's initials blind-stamped on cover. News article laid in. This is the memoir of famous society pianist conductor and composer Peter Duchin who provided music for U.S. presidents society galas and charity events for more than 30 years. Peter Oelrichs Duchin born 1937 is an American pianist and band leader. Duchin formed his first professional band which played the St. Regis Hotel in New York City in 1962. The band's style and genres have been described as "a musical approach that incorporates big bands swing and Broadway songs and nowadays old-fashioned rock 'n' roll." Duchin's music was much heard on middle of the road radio in the late 1960s and early 1970s from albums and singles released on the Decca Bell and Capitol labels. His single "Star Dust" reached No. 143 in the Cashbox survey 1964. By 2009 Duchin's band had played at an estimated 6000 performances. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect pristine condition; unread unmarked tight square and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. vi 380 6 pp. Signed by Author . Random House hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28978 ISBN : 0679414185 9780679414186

‎Painter, George D‎

‎William Caxton: A Biography‎

‎NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1977. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0399118888 . Publisher's full blue cloth gilt lettering on brown panel on spine gold endpapers. Illustrated with 15 plates and reproductions. Includes Notes on the Illustrations Select Bibliography References Chronological List of Caxton's Editions Caxton's Device as Evidence for Dating and detailed Index. "Caxton is one of the most famous yet least known of great Englishmen. The sources for his eventful life are unexpectedly rich and varied but have not as yet been adequately studied and interpreted. They range from the abundant contemporary documents in which his name and affairs are mentioned to the hundred surviving editions of books from his press with their texts types and woodcut illustrations and the revealing and entertaining prologues and epilogues which he wrote for them. An attractive and original but distinctively English character emerges a man of gusto piety and humour of business acumen and enduring political loyalties a gifted compulsive writer with a special delight in printing his own works an editor-publisher of Chaucer Gower Lydgate and Malory who enriched English literature by translating the bestsellers of France and Burgundy and the offstage companion as propagandist and protégé of Yorkist and Tudor royalty and nobility of the heroes and villains of Shakespeare's Henry VI and Richard III. In this biography I have described and discussed every known Caxton document and edition both intrinsically and in relation to the events persons and movements of contemporary history in which Caxton was so intimately involved. I have tried to rectify the disconcertingly many established and hitherto unsuspected errors of fact or inference in the work of William Blades E. G. Duff W.J. B. Crotch and others to bring new light and truth to all aspects of Caxton's career from an independent study of the primary sources and to write for the general reader the student and the specialist scholar alike. New conclusions are reached on Caxton's family connections his early activities as apprentice in London and cloth-trader at Bruges his appointment and fall as Governor of the English merchants in the Low Countries his diplomatic missions in the protracted trade negotiations of the 1460s his discovery of his vocation for writing and printing his relationships with his instructor Johann Veldener and Colard Mansion his associate and the foundation and chronology of his first press at Bruges.Caxton's hitherto unrealised function as a Yorkist and Tudor propagandist is explored in detail as a major key to his entire career as a printer. New information is given on the sources and authorship of Caxton texts previously misattributed and dates are supplied on new typographical and other evidence for many of Caxton's undated editions." . Former owner's name neatly written on title page otherwise unmarked unread tight square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket now in Mylar is in perfect condition. NEAR FINE/FINE. . Reproductions. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xi 227 pp . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 27203 ISBN : 0399118888 9780399118883

‎Schroeder, John Frederick‎

‎Life and Times of Washington; containing a Particular Account of National Principles and Events and of the Illustrious Men of the Revolution. Two Volumes Complete‎

‎NY: Johnson Fry and Company. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1857. First Printing. Leather. Bound in half brown morocco over embossed boards spines in six compartments gilt lettering in two compartments gilt tooling in remainder embosed gilt medallion with portrait of Washington on each cover in addition to blind-stamped decorative motif a.e.g. cream endpapers. Tissue-protected frontispiece portrait of Washington in each volume. Two title pages one engraved and one printed in each volume. Illustrated with numerous tissue-protected highly-finished steel engravings from original designs of historical scenes and full-length portraits by Alonzo Chappel. . Spines and covers mildly rubbed former owner's name and brief gift inscription and date Apr. 1 1894 on each ffep otherwise unmarked else near inef; tight square and clean. VERY GOOD. . Steel Engravings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. iv 708; iv 762 pp . Johnson, Fry, and Company hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 27668

‎Johnson, Osa‎

‎Four Years in Paradise‎

‎Garden City NY: Halcyon House 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Osa Johnson on half title page one crease and small tear on side edge portion of half title page one small tear to cloth at base of spine edge papers lightly foxed otherwise bright and tight. <br/> <br/> Halcyon House hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 016267

‎Perry, Maria‎

‎Elizabeth I: The Word of a Prince: A Life from Contemporary Documents‎

‎London: The Folio Society. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1990. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's burgundy cloth over parchment coloured elephant-hide boards with gilt facsimile signature of Elizabeth I on upper board decorated endpapers. Profusely illustrated with color and B&W reproductions. Typeset in Garamond and printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd Frome on Fineblade Smooth Cartridge. Bound by Butler & Tanner in cloth and elephant-hide. Design by Malcolm Harvey Young. Endpaper design by Anna Murray. This is a fictionalized first person biography of Queen Elizabeth I based on contemporary documents many of which are reproduced. The volume is in perfect pristine condition unmarked unread tight square and clean. The slipcase also burgundy is lightly sunned. AS NEW. Color Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 352 pp . The Folio Society hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1630

‎Haslam, Nicky‎

‎Nicky Haslam: a Designer's Life‎

‎New York NY: Rizzoli 2014. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. DJ lightly rubbed tips bumped "Happy Holidays Nicky Haslam" on half title page. <br/> <br/> Rizzoli hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 016604

‎Cross, Samuel Creed‎

‎The Negro and the Sunny South‎

‎Martinsburg WV: S.C. Cross 1899. Hardcover. Good. Title page missing brown cloth with gilt lettering and illustrations small ink stained area on front cover soiled top edge papers 136 pages. <br/> <br/> S.C. Cross hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 016954

‎Treves, Sir Frederick‎

‎The Cradle of the Deep: An Account of a Voyage to the West Indies‎

‎NY: E. P. Dutton & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1925. Eighth Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth gilt lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with 44 photographs and four maps. Sir Frederick Treves 1st Baronet GCVO CH CB FRCS 1853-1923 was a prominent British surgeon of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. An expert in anatomy Treves was renowned for his surgical treatment of appendicitis and is credited with saving the life of King Edward VII in 1902. He is also widely known for his friendship with Joseph Merrick dubbed the "Elephant Man" for his severe deformities. Treves' ability as an author was discovered by Malcolm Morris of Cassell & Co. He wrote many books including The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences 1923 Surgically Applied Anatomy 1883 The Highways and Byways of Dorset the county in which he was born 1906 A Student's Handbook of Surgical Operations 1892 Uganda for a Holiday The Land That is Desolate and The Cradle of the Deep 1908. This last volume is an account of his travels in the West Indies interspersed with portions of their histories; describing among other things the death of Blackbeard the pirate an eruption of Mount Pelée which destroyed the city of St. Pierre Martinique and a powerful earthquake at Kingston Jamaica shortly before he landed there. . Former owners' small label on fep and brief gift inscription on ffep otherwise unmarked; covers and spine moderately soiled edges mildly worn else fine; all illustrations and text clean and bright. VERY GOOD. . Photographs and Maps. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xii i 378 pp . E. P. Dutton & Co. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 27059

‎Jenkins, Roy‎

‎Churchill: A Biography‎

‎NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0374123543 . Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over charcoal boards gilt lettering on spine. Generously illustrated with 92 B&W photographs and color reproductions of art by Churchill. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect pristine condition; unread unmarked tight square and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW. Color and B&W Photographs. Thick 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xxi 1002 pp . Farrar Straus and Giroux hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 27100 ISBN : 0374123543 9780374123543

‎McCully, Marilyn (Editor)‎

‎Picasso: The Early Years 1892-1906‎

‎Washington DC and New Haven CT: The National Gallery of Art and Yale University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1997. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0300071663 . Publisher's full brown cloth black lettering on spine blue endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 182 full-color plates many full-page as well as 115 B&W reproductions. This catalogue accompanies a major travelling exhibition organized by The National Gallery of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston exploring the early work of Picasso including the Blue period the Rose period and an important series of nudes from 1906. Linking the development of his later work to these early achievements the authors discuss them in the context of the artist's life and in the cultural and political climate of the time. Edited by Marilyn McCully the contributing authors include Natasha Staller Robert S. Lubar Phillip Dennis Cate Robert J. Boardingham Jeffrey Weiss Peter Read Robert Rosenblum Margaret Werth Mark Rosenthal and Ann Hoenigswald. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect pristine condition; unread unmarked tight square and clean. A large heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. AS NEW/AS NEW. Color Plates. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 374 pp . The National Gallery of Art and Yale University Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 27119 ISBN : 0300071663 9780300071665