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1921ref. 187745Dresden: W. Jess 1921. Hardcover. G/G covers have wear and are chipped and frayed along edges. Pages have slight toning and paper clip marks. Color plares are bright though some have toning along edges. Good re-bind candidate. Navy boards w/tan tape spine. xv 236 pages 27 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations some color ; 24 cm. Text in German. Includes bibliographical references pages 207-211 and index. Features Dresden porcelain and is excellent resource for pottery marks. Title translated: "Meissner porcelain; its history and artistic development" W. Jess hardcover books
1948ref. 45461Bern: Graf 1948. hardcover. very good. Many illustrations including several color plates. 174pp. Small folio burgundy cloth-backed tan boards. Bern: Graf 1948.Very good . Graf unknown books
1948ref. 9014182Bern: Urs Graf-Verlag 1948. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white and color. Bound in publisher's original cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Text is in German. Stamped "Discard" otherwise internally clean and bright. Urs Graf-Verlag hardcover books
ref. B174807-1Paris Arthème Fayard & Cie. Éditeurs 1928. 94 2pp. 16 woodcut illus. Sm. 4to. Dec. wraps. Paris (Arthème Fayard & Cie., Éditeurs), 1928. paperback books
1936ref. 4298Berlin: Deutscher Drucker 1936. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 96 pages and 42 full-page color plates. A guide to the process of book illustration in color. The plates demonstrate the process of color separation by showing an illustration in full color followed by a number of plates in the hues that make up the final print. Deutscher Drucker unknown books
1985ref. 183067Paris: Denoël 1985. Hardcover. VG dj has yellowing on edges. Illustrated glossy dj; black cloth covers gilt lettering on spine. 191 pages : chiefly illustrations. Text in French. Preface de Henri Raczymow. Awesome pictures of life in Paris. Denoël hardcover books
1925ref. 144940Leipzig Germany: Klinkhardt & Biermann 1925. Hardcover. VG- Slipcase is substantially tanned and aged; book has been protected except for some soiling to spine; interior surfaces are pristine. White boards with red decoration with white leather spine in original white-tan paper slipcase; 546 pp. BW illus. and plates. Text is in German. Evidently the first and only issue of this German book- and fine art-related periodical. Contains quite a variety of articles beginning with what items were once found in the library of Frederick the Great Friedrich der Grosse. Nice! Klinkhardt & Biermann hardcover books
1964ref. 146540Brussels: Federation Belge de Culture Physique 1964. Magazine. 20p 8.25x10.5 inches text in French photo-illustrated physique magazine very lightly worn in stapled pictorial wraps. Federation Belge de Culture Physique unknown books
1934ref. 27423Chicago. John Winston Company. 1934. Pictorial blue cloth. Decorated endsheets. Thick 8vo. 1st Edition. Illustrated with delicious full page colour and monochrome plates by Willy Pogany. Spine a bit dusty small stain to edge of front cover else A Very Good tight copy. John Winston Company. hardcover books
1986ref. 20552Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget 1986. Hardcover. Octavo 22.5 cm pp. 1373. Blue cloth boards no jacket. Endpapers are a map of the North Sea. Light edge wear and smudging. Kunnskapsforlaget hardcover books
1980ref. 617478Camden Maine: International Marine Publishing Company 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Translated by Bruce Penman. Foreword by Rear-Admiral G.S. Ritchie. 208pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. A spot on the top page edge else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a crease on the rear panel. International Marine Publishing Company hardcover books
1954ref. 349650New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1954. Hardcover. x 246p. fore-edge stained else very good condition in an unclipped and heavily worn dj with a tear along the bottom edge. On the fight to save the Jewish population of Denmark from the Nazis. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1953ref. 08019ON THE TRAIL OF THE SPACE PIRATES Grosset & Dunlap 1953 first edition later printing near fine in near vg full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and chipping. Tom Corbett Space Cadet #3 of 7. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
1930ref. 163830N.p.: N.p. 1930. Vintage caricature drawing of silent film actress dancer and Jazz Age icon Louise Brooks smiling in a short pink dress executed in graphite charcoal and pastel by noted Hungarian artist Willy Pogány circa 1930s. Drawing comes with a letter of provenance from the Louise Brooks estate. A contemporary of Edmund Dulac Harry Rountree Sarah Stilwell Weber and others artist Willy Pogány is perhaps best remembered today for his versatile illustrations for children's books. He also worked prolifically as a sculptor painter portraitist and muralist and even briefly as a designer of stage sets and costumes. During the 1930s Pogány moved to Los Angeles where he found employment as an art director in Hollywood-likely the time period in which this drawing was created. Drawing approximately 14 x 19 inches unexamined out of frame. Near Fine lightly age toned along the edges. N.p. unknown books
1976ref. 164488Boston: Little Brown 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First am. Very good in very good dust jacket. Sticker remnants to cover/ minor bumps and rubs to edges and corners. Little, Brown hardcover books
ref. 106857hardcover. Illus. 524pp. 8vo cloth torn d.w. Boston: Little Brown 1976. unknown books
1978ref. 9011784Boston: Little Brown 1978. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket has minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. Little, Brown hardcover books
1990ref. 143019Schaffhausen: Edition Stemmle 1990. cloth dust jacket. Posters. small folio. cloth dust jacket. 272 pages. Text in German. Fine in near fine jacket. Contains color illustrations throughout. Edition Stemmle unknown books
1993ref. 363400London: Bill Kenwright Ltd 1993. Softcover. Very Good. Playscript. 70pp. Photocopied sheets clasped in blue textured wrappers with a die-cut window revealing the title. Very good with toning wear and tidemarks to the front wrappers and first page. From the 1993 Broadway production at The Music Box of this Olivier Award-winning musical directed by Bill Kenwright and Bob Tomson starring Petula Clark David Cassidy and Shaun Cassidy. Signed by Shaun Cassidy Barbara Walsh and one other cast member. Bill Kenwright Ltd unknown books
1963ref. 405907London: Macmillan 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Light wear at the spine ends near fine in moderately soiled about very good dust jacket with a very faint stain. Macmillan hardcover books
1963ref. 600614London: Macmillan & Co 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Compiled for the English Association. Macmillan & Co hardcover books
1985ref. 210690Zurich: ABC Edition 1985. Hardcover. VG. Lightest touches of shelf wear. Square quarto. Hardcover. White cloth boards with black titles in red/black illustrated jacket. 155 pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm. Parallel English French and German text. ABC Edition hardcover books
1939ref. 617007New York: Street & Smith 1939. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 162pp. Perfect bound in wrappers. A small tear to the front wrap near the middle of the spine and some light edgewear near fine. Includes the first part of the Gray Lensman story misspelled on the cover by E.E. Smith with a notable cover illustration by Hubert Rodgers. Additional contributions by Malcolm Jameson John Berryman Harry Walton Lee Gregor Joseph E. Kelleam Harold Lower and Willy Ley. Street & Smith unknown books
1915ref. 24685Wien: Munk 1915. Stiff Boards. Tan front cover boards lettered in silver and decorated in colors. Very good. Poganny Willy. 24 leaves. Folio 32 x 26 cm Printed on glossy paper with full page color illustrations by Willy Pogany. Text in German. Owner ink inscription dated 1915 on inside front cover and 1917 on title page. Interior contents sharp and very clean with all color plates in fine condition. Nick to front cover upper corner at right head. Title page in multicolored designs. Munk unknown books
1962ref. 629010Zürich: Conzett & Huber 1962. Softcover. Near Fine. No. 251. Tall quarto. Measuring 9¾" x 12¾". 68pp. Illustrated see below. Two-page introduction in English the remainder of the text in German. Printed wrappers with light wear and the rear cover a trifle soiled near fine. Notable for nicely reproducing a collection of Frank's photographs 32 photos-half from The Americans- and two pages of film stills with texts by Willy Rotzler and Hugo Loetscher as well as a collection of color photographs by Harry Callaghan. We also note a couple of Steinberg drawings for what it's worth. Conzett & Huber) unknown books