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1970réf. 57563North Hills: Birf & Bull Press 1970. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. #142 of 250cc. Slim quart bound in publisher's cloth backed marbled boards with facsimile catalog in chemise in rear. Pages slightly tanned esle a very good example. Birf & Bull Press hardcover books
1970réf. 16315North Hills PA: Bird & Bull Press 1970. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 9-1/2 by 12 inches. 13 pages plus catalogue facsimile in pocket at rear board. Cloth spine with marbled paper boards. Typical slight discoloration in gutters which continues into text but fades as it gets away from boards appears to be offset from glue in binding. Otherwise in excellent condition. Neat previous owner's inscription on front free end paper. Number 56 of the 160 copies printed for members of the Philobiblon Club on handmade paper from a total edition of 250 copies. A fabulous story of one of the world's great biblio hoaxes. Neat inscription on front pastedown from Mort Whitehead to Robert K. Johnson. Bird & Bull Press hardcover books
1965réf. 08073The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress for July 1965 U.S. Government Printing Office first edition spine a bit tanned else just about fine in wraps. The first 45 pages concern Lessing J. Rosenwald and his fabulous collection much of which was bequeathed to the Library of Congress. Profusely illustrated of course. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback books
réf. 91936Vienna: 1980. hardcover. very good/very good. Profusely Illustrated. 117pp. square 8vo cloth d.w.; dust wrapper rubbed. Wien: Herder Freidburg 1980. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. 1980 unknown books
1988réf. 209488Flushing NY: The Paris Review 1988. First edition. Softcover. 306 pages. The highlight of this issue is David Foster Wallace's short story "Little Expressionless Animals." Features interviews of Doris Lessing and Marguerite Yourcenar. Includes Fiction by Thomas Glynn and Charlie Smith contributions by J.P. Donleavy and John Irving William Styron William Carlos Williams poems by Tom Disch Thom Gunn John Updike and numerous others. A near fine copy in wrappers that feature an illustration by Donald Sultan. The Paris Review unknown books
1893réf. 133975Berlin: Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth 1893. Hardcover. Good Plate images in beautiful condition but with ex-lib. stamps on reverse. A few pages have chipping to edges that affect only the margins not images or text. Portfolio boards are detached at the hinge. Other usual ex-lib. marks. Portfolio with thin stiff uncovered boards and blue cloth at corners and over spine. Approximately 4 letterpress pages and 12 color plates loose as issued. In German. Oversize. Beautiful color plates of intricate Italian baroque and rococo ceiling designs. Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth hardcover books
1951réf. 109140Munich 1951. hardcover. 8 color plates 58 black-and-white illustrations. 4to cloth d.w. Munchen 1951. unknown books
1990réf. 23212Paris: Berg international 1990. Reprint. Softcover. vg. Sm. 4to. 172pp. Stiff gray printed wrappers. Text in French. Overall very good condition. Berg international unknown books
1964réf. 124489London: Michael Joseph 1964. hardcover. very good/very good-. 263pp. 8vo brown cloth d.w.; dust wrapper chipped. London: Michael Joseph 1964. A very good copy in a very good - dust wrapper. Michael Joseph unknown books
1962réf. 124501New York 1962. hardcover. Illus. 8vo cloth d.w. New York 1962. Very good. unknown books
1908réf. 188715Leipzig: Baumgartner 1908. Hardcover. Fair heavy soilign and shelfwear to boards spine missing pages are age toned plates 1 and 2 have a small tear along top edges plates are otherwise clear and all are present. Oversized green and gray cloth boards; gold and black illustrated end papers; 4 pp followed by 104 bw plates. Text is in German. Ansbach Castle: Baroque and Rococo decorations from the 18th century. Includes an introductory foreword by the editor. Baumgartner hardcover books
2016réf. 181263Waterville Maine: Colby College Museum of Art 2016. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG. dustjacket has creasing & light rubbing to corners; wear to back cover spine edges; back cover scratched. red cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. book vii 163 w/ color & bw illustrations. illustrated & red dustjacket w/ white & red printing. Produced and circulated outside the elite sphere of fine art folk art appealed to the middle-class Americans who were eager to express their identities interests and social ambitions through these decorative vernacular objects. This catalogue presents new research on the Colby College Museum of Art's important collection of paintings sculptures needleworks and works on paper by self-trained artists working primarily in the eastern part of the United States during the long nineteenth century. Essays by Seth A. Thayer Jr. and Elizabeth Finch investigate the formation evolving interpretation and intended uses of the American Heritage Collection of Edith Kemper Jetté and Ellerton Marcel Jetté - one of the earliest gifts to enter the Colby Museum and the basis of its folk art collection. A third essay by Tanya Sheehan explores the complex relationship between folk art fine art and American visual culture. More than sixty catalogue entries by scholars curators and Colby students identify previously unknown makers and subjects uncover new information about the construction and original contexts of works in the collection and enlarge our understanding of what these artworks meant for the people who made and displayed them.--FirstSearch. Colby College Museum of Art hardcover books
1982réf. 19084NY: Montemora Foundation 1982. 8vo pages not numbered. Paper wraps. VG. Poems. Montemora Foundation unknown books
1982réf. 65182NY: Montemora Foundation 1982. First edition. 78 pp. Near fine in glossy printed wrappers with faint foxing along top edge. NY: Montemora Foundation unknown books
1905réf. 43857Berlin: Kommissions-Verlag bei Ernst Wasmuth 1905. First edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Folio 16 1/2 x 12 1/2". 6 86pp Text liv 54 tissue-guarded leaves Plates as issued. Original gilt-stamped cloth with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Large vignette to title page. Dedication to Kaiser Wilhelm II. Decorative initial. Illustrated with 54 mounted plates in photogravure including one in full color this remarkable work is devoted to the Pomeranian art cabinet a historic piece of furniture that the Augsburg art dealer and diplomat Philipp Hainhofer had built for the Pomeranian Duke Philip II at the beginning of the 17th century. The cabinet was a luxurious artfully crafted desk that looked like a miniaturized Wunderkammer wonder chamber a place where a collection of curiosities and rarities is exhibited. The art cabinet itself was destroyed in 1945 during World War II but many of the beautiful objects kept inside its numerous drawers remained intact and are still on display at the Berlin's Kunstgewerbemuseum Museum of Decorative Arts. Some of the objects displayed are: metal playing cards carved ivory chess pieces small paintings apothecary bottles small to large jars that fit into one another like Russian dolls a heart-shaped silver place setting toiletries such as an ivory comb razor shaving brush etc. Head and tail of spine frayed. Some soiling to both covers and spine. A 3" closed tear at lower front joint. Slight age-toning along paper margin. Text in German. Binding in overall fair to good- interior in very good condition. Kommissions-Verlag bei Ernst Wasmuth hardcover books
1895réf. 188611Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth 1895. Hardcover. Good heavy shelfwear and soiling to boards pages lightly age toned as expected but otherwise clear. All plates are present. Oversized portfolio tan paper boards with black and red lettering; 4 pp; 20 leaves of color plates. Text is in German. 18th century Berlin porcelain and pottery. At head of title: Koenigliche Museen zu Berlin. Series: Vorbilderhefte aus dem Kgl. Kunstgewerbemuseum hrsg. von Julius Lessing. Ernst Wasmuth hardcover books
1882réf. 199116Berlin: Franz Lipperheide 1882. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Poor Covers are detached and heavily edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; rear cover has masking tape remnants; spine strip is chipped off at both ends and heavily worn; textblock edges are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/foxed; interior is lightly toned with some smudging and foxing; bookblock appears solid. Three-quarter-bound green leather and marbled boards with gilt lettering and design; 3 volumes in 1; richly illustrated with plates. Text in German. Part one is dated "1882" 11 pages and 25 plates. Part two is dated "1881" 8 pages and 26 plates; Part three is dated "1881" with 32 pages and 23 plates. Franz Lipperheide hardcover books
réf. 34328LESSING Julius. ORIENTALISCHE TEPPICHE. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth 1891. Portfolio 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. 11 pages 13 colored plates. First edition. A set of chromolithographs showing major examples of oriental carpets from the collections of the Berlin Museum. Three plates are very large 18 5/8 x 25 inch double-pages. The carpets are mainly Persian and Turkish from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. One of the double-page plates has been professionally reinforced from the rear else very good. unknown books
1888réf. 188541Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth 1888. Softcover. Good shelfwear to portfolio age toning overall but plates are otherwise clear. Two volumes oversized tan paper portfolios; Notebook 1 has 2 pp text followed by 13 bw plates. Notebook 2 has 2 pp text followed by 13 bw plates. Text is in German. Lfg. I. Italienische Renaissance -- Lfg. II. Italien und Deutschland XVI. Jahrhundert. At head of title: Koenigliche Museen zu Berlin. Ernst Wasmuth paperback books
1903réf. 114858Berlin: W. Buxenstein Printer 1903. Softcover. Good and tight but with sunning to covers an orange brush mark on back cover and a few pencil marks in catalogue. Pale blue paper wraps with black lettering; 53 pp. with 55 bw images. Text in German; an exhibition catalogue of silver pieces from the German museum at Harvard on display in Berlin in 1903. W. Buxenstein (Printer) paperback books
1929réf. 1404386Berlin: Soncino-Gesellschaft 1929. Limited edition 600 copies. Hardcover. Octavo 57 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is tan with black print. Boards quarter bound with tan cloth to spine and brown paper to boards; stray pencil mark on front panel. Text block has cracked front hinge. Text in German fraktur/gothic font. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Section. 1404386. FP New Rockville Stock. Soncino-Gesellschaft hardcover books
1949réf. 268809London: J. M. Dent & Sons 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint edition. 12 mo. Very good. A number noted inside front cover. Corners bent. J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover books
1973réf. 215009Germany: Rowohlt 1973. Softcover. Good. Good in wrappers a paperback. Pages browned. Corners flared. In German. Rowohlt unknown books
1920réf. 30889Leipzig: Insel Verlag 1920. Limited edition. Hardcover. g. 1/2000. 12mo. 3 189 1pp. Original three-quarter calf with finely gold-tooled spine over marbled boards. Black title-label with gold lettering. Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück is a play by Lessing in five acts. Illustrated with copper-engravings by German graphic artist and engraver Daniel Chodowiecki who was one of the most popular German engravers and illustrators of the 18th century. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1729-1781 is considered by many the true founder of modern German literature and was the main representative of the Enlightenment in Germany. His most famous works are Nathan the Wise 1779 Minna von Barnhelm 1755 and Miss Sara Sampson 1755. Text in German gothic script. Some age wear and sunning on binding. Tight copy with binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Insel Verlag hardcover books
1972réf. 401298Chicago: The University of Chicago Press 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Introduction and translation by Kenneth J. Northcott. Fine in a very good dust jacket with chips and tears. Poetry. The University of Chicago Press hardcover books
