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1847ref. 269466Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1847. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good hinges and gutters cracked leather spine ends chipped with some minor loss leather on covers and spine scuffed lightly worn cover corners library bookplate and tiny writing in ink on front pastedown title plate glued to front fly paper glued to rear pastedown light water stains on page edges small line in pen on second free end paper. 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Carey and Hart hardcover books
1885ref. 30824Glasgow: David Bryce & Son 1885. First English language edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. XXX 333 1 3pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine. The present work is a captivating survey of the German Universities for the last 50 years between 1835 and 1885. It forms the second part of the third volume of a series of statistical inquiries in various departments of the national economy of Germany conducted by Dr. Conrad Professor of Political Science at Halle. Minor age wear on binding with spine slightly age toned. Previous owner's signature in ink on half-title page and dated 1885. Very minor age toning along paper margin. Binding and interior in overall good condition. David Bryce & Son hardcover books
1956ref. 1398161New York: Pantheon Books 1956. Hardcover. Octavo 397 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine light yellow with black and green lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut: "$6.50." Sunning to spine. Mild tearing along edges of dust jacket. Scuffing and foxing to dust jacket. Bumping to top edge of front board. Spine cocked. Foxing to edges of textblock endpapers and title pages. Light scattered staining throughout interior. With a loose folded diagram stored in rear pocket. Shelved in World Architecture. Bollingen Series XLVIII. 1398161. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Pantheon Books hardcover books
1817ref. 1356611New-York: Collins & Co 1817. Fourth American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xvi 915 pp. Fourth American Edition from the Fifth London Edition. Good plus; bound in contemporary leather with some slight surface marks to covers minor tear to spine edges and wear to corners; binding tight; text block slightly age-toned with some scattered ink marks; extensive foxing and some age-toning to pages throughout; previous owner names in ink on ffep; tear to lower corner of ffep; MF consignment. 1356611. Special Collections. Collins & Co hardcover books
1817ref. 1363370New York: Collins & Co 1817. Fourth American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xvi 915 pages 3; G; Bound in full tree calf with banded spine and morocco spine label with gilt lettering; Boards show light wear overall with moderate wear to bottom edges some light bumping to fore- and top-edge minor chipping to head of spine some light bumping to head and tail of spine and several faint scratches to front cover; Partial splitting to text block spine at page 514 all pages intact; Text block has moderate age toning to edges light to significant uneven age toning and foxing throughout interiorly owners inscriptions in 19th century hand on ffep and title page with several ink emendations to front paste down; With three pages of publishers ads at back; In protective mylar cover. RWO. 1363370. Special Collections. Collins & Co hardcover books
1965ref. 53748New York: Abrams 1965. First English language edition. Hardcover. very good/very good. Elephant folio 16 1/4 x 13 1/2. 307 1pp. Vol. 1; 16pp. Text liv 54 leaves Plates Vol. 2. Original illustrated dust-jacket over olive cloth with gold lettering to front covers and spines. Title pages in burgundy and black lettering. Each dj with a small 1" closed tear otherwise a fine set but lacking the publisher's cloth slipcase and priced accordingly. "These two folio volumes contain the most complete coverage of the Sistine Chapel possible within the pages of a book. The text lavishly illustrated with tipped-on black-and-white plates and color plates charts and diagrams has been divided into several parts. From Roberto Salvini eminent professor of the University of Florence comes the grand account of the whole and its parts; from Ettore Camesasca a distinguished younger scholar comes an exacting study of the literary and critical sources that have accumulated since 1541 when the completed Chapel was unveiled concerning each scene and figure as well as ceremonies architectural aspects and contemporary letters poems and drawings; Professor Carlo Ragghianti of the University of Pisa contributes a summation of the system of decoration. Descriptions historical background documents and literature and great events are covered and there is a full apparatus of notes and bibliography. The second volume is devoted to extraordinary full-page color platesseveral of them multipaged fold-outs. Not only are whole walls and ceilings shown in stunning totality but actual-size details of the frescoes make it possible to examine these with cinematic clarity. The result is an overwhelming effect of power and immediacy; no visitor to the Chapel itself can receive all the impressions this book provides" From the Publishers. There are a total of 323 illustrations including 260 in full color. The text is printed on high quality laid watermarked paper with deckled edges. Abrams hardcover books
1800ref. 1418407New York: Printed and sold by J. Tiebout 1800. Hardcover. Octavo vii 354 86 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is brown with gold print on red banner. Boards in brown leather; tattering to spine caps and corners tears to hinges toning to spine peripheral toning small surface tears to rear panel. Text block has damp stain and name in ink to front endpapers name and and name in ink on title page frontispiece map tipped in on page preceding title page cracked front hinge tear to page 267 age toning to paper. Illustrated: b&w folded map. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F ND-F . 1418407. FP New Rockville Stock. Printed and sold by J. Tiebout hardcover books
1961ref. 88393Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 1961. Softcover. Octavo 23cm; beige paper wrappers; 78-1839pp. Text in Spanish. Fuentes Indigenas de la Cultura Nahuatl Textos de los Informantes de Sahagun: 3. Pencilled price and stamp to first page. Tanned with modest shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good. Examines the social history and economics of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. 88393. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México unknown books
ref. 9042Ditchling Sussex: Printed and published at S. Dominic's Press on the Feast of S. Bartholomew 1920. Hardcover. Sm 8vo 7.75" x 5.25" cloth spine printed paper over boards. 4 viii 40 pp. emblem of S. Dominic's Press and one wood-engraving by Gill other engravings by the author and Desmond Chute. Bookplate of "Wyman Parker" on front pastedown also ticket on ffep reading: "This book can be supplied by the Dryad Works Handicraft Department 42 St. Nicholas Street Leicester." CONDITION: Good spine slightly browned corners slightly curled endpapers toned first two leaves partially detached but holding firm. First edition. Number 10 of the S. Dominic's Press publications. Gill's "introduction was revised and the book was enlarged.published as the fifth edition by Faber & Faber in 1938" Gill. Wyman Parker was a librarian at Wesleyan University librarian at the Bread Loaf School of English and a collector of fine press books. REFERENCES: Gill 77. Ditchling, Sussex: Printed and published at S. Dominic's Press, on the Feast of S. Bartholomew, 1920 unknown books
