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2015rif. 116806Schiffer Craft. New. Hardcover. IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer; 9.25 X 1 X 12.25 inches; 224 pages . 2015. 0764349945 . Schiffer Craft hardcover
2012rif. 102252Thames & Hudson. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 208 pages; 391 illustrations most in color. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2012. 0500290350 . Thames & Hudson paperback
2010rif. 88753Princeton University Press. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 328 pages. -- with a bonus offer--; As an artist Edgar Degas 1834-1917 defies easy description. Allied with the French impressionists through his commitment to portraying modern life he also took an independent course preferring line over color and the visible brushstroke and working in a studio instead of out-of-doors. He is perhaps best known as a painter but his most widely known work is a sculpture Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. Executed in wax near life-sized dressed in a ballerina's tutu with real ballet slippers and real hair the sculpture caused a sensation when it was exhibited in 1881. It is the only sculpture Degas ever showed publicly though more than one hundred--of dancers horses and bathers--were found in his studio after he died all dusty some fallen apart. For almost forty years after his death these works were known only through the bronzes his heirs had cast from the originals.Then in 1955 the waxes themselves appeared on the art market. Thanks to the discernment and generosity of Paul Mellon the majority are now preserved at the National Gallery of Art Washington most on permanent display. This groundbreaking volume honors this extraordinary gift by linking art and science. It brings together the insights of a distinguished art historian of nineteenth-century painting and sculpture and the specialized knowledge of National Gallery conservators and scientists who have published pioneering technical studies. Including essays on Degas' life and work his sculptural technique and materials and the story of the sculptures after his death it features art-historical and technical discussions of every work in the collection as well as indispensable concordances and bibliography. The richly illustrated text is intended for both art lover and specialist. Was Degas the sculptor technically inept or unusually inventive How do we understand his sculpture in light of his paintings prints and photographs These questions and many others are explored with originality and depth adding immeasurably to our understanding of the artistic avant-garde in the late nineteenth century and to our appreciation of this controversial artist. . 2010. 069114897X . Princeton University Press hardcover
2009rif. 79446Museum. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. 260 pp. 29 x 23 cm. -- with a bonus offer--; Between September 7 and 9 2006 25 scholars of Italian Renaissance art gathered at the Georgia Museum of Art to honor Andrew Ladis Franklin Professor of Art History at the University of Georgia s Lamar Dodd School of Art. Sponsored by the museum the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences the Lamar Dodd School of Art the Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts and the President s Venture Fund the conference represented the fulfillment of more than 10 years of similar gatherings in Athens that Ladis had helped to organize. The scholars and audience that came to Athens in September 2006 had all participated in one or another of these earlier events. They gathered to honor Ladis s scholarship and to celebrate his generosity his enthusiasm and his joy at sharing art history with others. "The Historian s Eye: Essays on Italian Art in Honor of Andrew Ladis" comprises many of the papers presented at that conference from scholars including Paul Barolsky Norman E. Land Perri Lee Roberts and the editors of this volume Hayden B.J. Maginnis and Shelley E. Zuraw. Subjects addressed range from maps of Rome to chalices and guild regulations the history of the Madonna delle Grazie motif in Renaissance Naples and the echoes of the Divine Comedy in the murals of the Chiostro Verde. The book concludes with a collection of tributes to Ladis by his former students and his academic bibliography. More than the usual compilation of essays resulting from a conference "The Historian s Eye" is a true Festschrift and a worthy tribute to Ladis as scholar and teacher. . 2009. 0915977699 . Museum hardcover
2014rif. 110680University of Notre Dame Press. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer-- . 2014. 0268038430 . University of Notre Dame Press hardcover
2007rif. 89357Schirmer/Mosel. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English and Portuguese. 128 pp. ; 83 color illustrations. -- with a bonus offer--; Portugal is a small country with a great past. Vasco da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India turned the independent kingdom of Portugal into the leading sea and colonial power in the Western world. Lisbon presumably founded by the Phoenicians was one of Europe's richest cities in the heyday of the Age of Discovery. Today Portugal's monasteries and churches its palaces libraries opera houses and museums which have survived evoke past glory with immense murals composed of colored tiles and ornate sculptural décor. We are publishing the volume to coincide with Candida Höfer's exhibition of her Portugal photos at Centro Cultural de Belém Lisbon. Portuguese writer and 1998 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature José Saramago has written an essay for this catalog. . 2007. 3829602790 . Schirmer/Mosel hardcover
1967rif. 90841Univ of Nebraska Pr. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - -- with a bonus offer-- . 1967. 0803204612 . Univ of Nebraska Pr hardcover
1908rif. 38923London: Henry Frowde / Oxford University Press. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- with a bonus offer--; T-Shel; Shelley Percy Bysshe; Edited with Textual Notes By Hutchinson Thomas The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Including Materials Never Before Printed in Any Edition of the Poems . 1908. Henry Frowde / Oxford University Press hardcover
2010rif. 92983Archetype Books. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 220 pages; 119 illustrations. Description: "The three one-day conferences from which the papers in this title are taken were jointly hosted by Paintings Group of the Institute of Conservation ICON and the British Association of Painting Conservators-Restorers BAPCR and held at the Courtauld Institute in London in 2007. The conferences explored egg tempura retouching resin retouching and retouching complex surfaces. The papers in this volume discuss various approaches to retouching paintings and the challenges that they present to the conservator. They cover the history behind techniques used today and also the scientific basis of conservation and restoration techniques." -- with a bonus offer--; Papers from a BAPCR/ICON conference on the methods of retouching paintings . 2010. 1904982506 . Archetype Books paperback
2008rif. 93714Gallery. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 16 pages; beautifully illustrated. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2008. 0915057956 . Gallery paperback
2010rif. 81702Gallery. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 26 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2010. Gallery paperback
1996rif. 76124Museum; Et Al. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. 96 pp. one foldout with 44 ills. 24 col. . 28 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1996. 091597729X . Museum; Et Al paperback
1835rif. 37723New York: Wallis and Newell Publishers 1835. First American Edition. Original purple cloth with gilt title at spine octavo. Novel of a mother and daughter who navigate difficulties after their father and husband Lord Lodore is killed in a duel. Nearly Very Good contemporary previously owner signature at front endpaper stain to first half of pages at lower inside corner fading to cloth Wallis and Newell Publishers hardcover
1821rif. 244926London: C. and J. Ollier Vere Street Bond Street 1821. Second edition but the first to appear in England; the book was first printed in Livorno Italy in 1819 in an edition of 250 copies. xvii 103 pp. Printed by C.H. Reynall. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full blue morocco spine gilt t.e.g. others uncut by the Rose Bindery Boston. Fine copy. Small booklabel. Second edition but the first to appear in England; the book was first printed in Livorno Italy in 1819 in an edition of 250 copies. xvii 103 pp. Printed by C.H. Reynall. 1 vols. 8vo. One of Shelley's most important works prompted by learning the lurid story of Beatrice Cenci and Guido's portrait of her. He began the play in May 1819 in Rome and finished it in September; he had stage production in mind from the start and he asked Thomas Love Peacock to arrange for it to appear at Covent Garden. As a play by an atheist however and dealing with incest it stood no chance with the censor. The Cenci was never performed in Shelley's lifetime. Ashley Library V p. 69; Wise: A Shelley Library p.51 C. and J. Ollier Vere Street Bond Street unknown
1892rif. 318687Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press 1892. Large Paper Edition limited to 250 numbered copies inscribed by the editor on the ffep of Volume I: "To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Bigelow/ from their friend/ G.E.R. Woodberry/ April 13 1901. 8 vols. 8vo. Bound in modern half brown morocco over marbled boards spines gilt with burgundy and green calf title labels some foxing to endpapers uncut and largely unopened else fine. Large Paper Edition limited to 250 numbered copies inscribed by the editor on the ffep of Volume I: "To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Bigelow/ from their friend/ G.E.R. Woodberry/ April 13 1901.". 8 vols. 8vo. Printed at the Riverside Press unknown
1880rif. 310723London: Reeves and Turner 1880. hardcover. near fine. Edited by Buxton Forman. 4 volumes tall thick 8vo gilt doublures full red French levant red silk end papers top edges gilt bound by Zaehnsdorf One hinge slightly dry. Portrait and facsimilies. London: Reeves and Turner 1880. Near Fine. Previous owner's name on fly-leaf. Reeves and Turner unknown
1821rif. 244926London: C. and J. Ollier Vere Street Bond Street 1821. Second edition but the first to appear in England; the book was first printed in Livorno Italy in 1819 in an edition of 250 copies. xvii 103 pp. Printed by C.H. Reynall. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full blue morocco spine gilt t.e.g. others uncut by the Rose Bindery Boston. Fine copy. Small booklabel. Second edition but the first to appear in England; the book was first printed in Livorno Italy in 1819 in an edition of 250 copies. xvii 103 pp. Printed by C.H. Reynall. 1 vols. 8vo. One of Shelley's most important works prompted by learning the lurid story of Beatrice Cenci and Guido's portrait of her. He began the play in May 1819 in Rome and finished it in September; he had stage production in mind from the start and he asked Thomas Love Peacock to arrange for it to appear at Covent Garden. As a play by an atheist however and dealing with incest it stood no chance with the censor. The Cenci was never performed in Shelley's lifetime. Ashley Library V p. 69; Wise: A Shelley Library p.51 C. and J. Ollier Vere Street Bond Street unknown books
1892rif. 318687Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press 1892. Large Paper Edition limited to 250 numbered copies inscribed by the editor on the ffep of Volume I: "To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Bigelow/ from their friend/ G.E.R. Woodberry/ April 13 1901. 8 vols. 8vo. Bound in modern half brown morocco over marbled boards spines gilt with burgundy and green calf title labels some foxing to endpapers uncut and largely unopened else fine. Large Paper Edition limited to 250 numbered copies inscribed by the editor on the ffep of Volume I: "To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Bigelow/ from their friend/ G.E.R. Woodberry/ April 13 1901.". 8 vols. 8vo. Printed at the Riverside Press unknown books
1880rif. 310723London: Reeves and Turner 1880. hardcover. near fine. Edited by Buxton Forman. 4 volumes tall thick 8vo gilt doublures full red French levant red silk end papers top edges gilt bound by Zaehnsdorf One hinge slightly dry. Portrait and facsimilies. London: Reeves and Turner 1880. Near Fine. Previous owner's name on fly-leaf. Reeves and Turner unknown books
1839rif. 191840London: Edward Moxon 1839. Giving the productions of a sublime genius to the world First collected edition uniformly bound by Root & Sons. Mary Shelley's collected edition of her husband's poetical works established him finally and irreversibly amongst the great poets of the English language. The appearance of pirated editions of Shelley's works persuaded his father Sir Timothy that hope of obscurity had vanished and Mary was permitted to prepare a proper edition provided she kept biographical detail to a minimum. "Mary Shelley brought Shelley into the mainstream of the national culture. He was no longer the author of a notorious banned poem Queen Mab only obtainable from shops specializing in blasphemy sedition and advice on birth control. He was the prophet of Prometheus Unbound one of the most ambitious attempts ever made to uplift life by literature and of other works such as the "Ode to the West Wind". The notes that Mary added are masterpieces of editing adding so immeasurably to the reader's understanding that nobody would now consider printing Shelley's poems without them" St Clair p. 492. 4 vols octavo 165 x 104 mm. Bound with half-titles. Engraved portrait frontispiece in vol. I as issued. Near-contemporary polished calf by Root & Sons for Charles E. Lauriat Boston twin spine labels compartments decorated in gilt covers with triple gilt rule borders and fleur-de-lis cornerpieces gilt roll to turn-ins marbled endpapers top edges gilt orange silk bookmarkers. Christmas gift inscription to Anne Lockwood Putnam Jr 1926-2015 from her grandmother Elizabeth Lowell Putnam 1862-1935 dated 1927 on first blanks. Spines uniformly browned shallow wear to vol. IV spine head couple of partial splits to inner hinges light foxing to outer leaves splash mark to edges. A very good set. Dunbar Shelley Studies 345; Granniss 88; Wise p. 87. William St Clair The Godwins and the Shelleys: The Biography of a Family 1989. unknown
1818rif. 163729London: for C. and J. Ollier 1818. Fear not the future weep not for the past First edition revised issue with new title and cancels and the 1818 date as usual. This is a very nice copy of Shelley's poem dedicated to Mary Shelley with the errata leaf at the rear. In 1817 the publishers C. and J. Ollier agreed to publish Shelley's long poem Laon and Cythna. Shelley's new father-in-law William Godwin recommended a master printer for the job Buchanan Millan who made minor alterations to the text without consulting the poet. Shelley wrote to the Olliers complaining about these liberties whereupon the Olliers read the work for the first time and realised what they had agreed to publish. In the original version the titular lovers were brother and sister. London was alive with gossip about Shelley living with both Mary Godwin and her half-sister Claire Clairmont and in contemporary usage such a ménage was termed incest St Clair p. 432. Shelley therefore made alterations removing any hint of incest and gave the book a new title The Revolt of Islam by which it is still known. The book is made up from original sheets of Laon and Cythna with 26 cancelled leaves and a new title leaf. A few copies were issued with the title misdated 1817; this is the second issue as usual with the correct date. Octavo 223 x 144 mm. Early 20th-century red crushed morocco spine with five raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt turn-ins richly gilt blue endpapers top edge gilt others trimmed. Binding a little rubbed a couple of corners lightly worn short closed tear to title page skilfully repaired a few small marginal stains to contents otherwise clean internally. A very good copy. Ashley V pp. 67-8; Forman Shelley 50; Granniss 44; Tinker 1895. William St Clair The Godwins and the Shelleys: A Biography of a Family 1991. hardcover
1932rif. 552Cleveland Ohio New York: World Publishing Company 1932. First Edition thus. Cloth. Near Fine/VG. Nino Carbe. A beautiful illustrated edition that blends Shelley's classic with Nino Carbe's famous art. This is a rare higher grade collectible copy of a sought-out edition in its scarce pictorial jacket. Overall condition: NF/VG ABOUT THE WORK Published in 1932 by World Publishing Company in Cleveland Ohio. First edition thus. In its original blue and white cloth-covered binding with gilt lettering and decoration. With its original unrestored dust jacket. Octavo 8.25 in x 5.5 in. Collated and complete including half-title: viii 9-239 1 pp. Eight full-page illustrations several decorated initials and some within text vignettes. ABOUT THE ARTIST Nino Carbe 1909-1993 was a Sicilian-born illustrator animator and fine artist whose career spanned book illustration classic animation and design work for Disney and other studios. Born March 12 1909 in Avola Sicily Italy Carbé immigrated to the United States in 1912 with his mother. In New York he studied art with famous Hungarian-American illustrator Willy Pogany. Carbé illustrated notable works include the following: Tales of the Arabian Nights 1930s; Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac 1931; The 1932 illustrated edition of Frankenstein and his significant contributions to Disney animation classic including Fantasia Bambi Pinocchio Dumbo and the Jungle Book and post-Disney-years animation work on Lord of the Rings 1978 and He-Man: Masters of the Universe 1983. ABOUT THE WORK & INFLUENCE Frankenstein is one of the best-known works of English literature. Many regard it as the first 'true' science fiction novel. Infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement it has had a considerable influence on literature and on popular culture spawning a complete genre of horror stories films and plays. Shelley's work was heavily influenced by that of her parents. Her father was famous for his 1793 book Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and her mother was famous for the 1792 feminist essay A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Frankenstein achieved an almost immediate popular success upon its publication in 1818. It became widely known especially through melodramatic theatrical adaptations. The first adaptation Presumption; or the Fate of Frankenstein a play by Richard Brinsley Peake was performed thirty-seven times at the English Opera House in the West End during the 1823 season. Today the novel is generally considered to be a landmark work as one of the greatest Romantic and Gothic novels and one of the earliest Sci-Fi novels ever written. CONDITION REPORT The book is in NEAR FINE vintage condition. Square spine firm hinges and joints tight pages. The cloth is colorful and clean. Spine a touch sunned. Some light rubbing to head of spine and a few corners. One small spot of dust on top edge. Pages are generally clean bright and white to creamy white lovely to find as pages are usually found toned. Some partially erased pencil writing on FFEP and front blank and a date in pencil along gutter margin of title page No foxing tears bent corners ex libris marks or bookplates. The artwork is bright and in excellent condition. The dust jacket is VERY GOOD. All four corners clipped. The artwork is vivid colorful and clean. Spine a touch sunned. Sone light dust on the white rear panel and rear flap. Light rubbing. Some light edge-wear creasing and tiny tears 1/4" tear at head of spine. Rear flap with a light vertical crease. Jacket blind side with some spots of light toning/dust. All in all a higher-grade collectible copy of a scarce illustrated Frankenstein edition with its striking pictorial jacket cover art. World Publishing Company unknown
1910rif. 6404London: Robt. Riviere & Son 1910. A fine example. Square sixteenmo 5 1/16 x 3 15/16 inches; 129 x 100 mm. 46 2 blank pp. Title-page and initial letters printed in red and black. Handsomely bound ca. 1910 by Rivière & Son stamp-signed in gilt on lower turn-in. Full dark blue crushed levant morocco covers bordered in gilt surrounding an ornate floral design stamped in gilt each with twelve inlaid red morocco flowers spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt board edges and turn-ins cream paper liners and end-leaves top edge gilt. Neat ink inscription on front free end-paper and a small gold bookplate. Shelley's poem The Sensitive Plant is a beautiful and tragic poem commemorating the brevity of life and immortality of cyclical nature. Written after death of his son while Percy and Mary Shelley struggled with their grief in Pisa the poem consists of four stanzas with three sections charting the change of seasons. It is set in a garden bursting with blooms but highlights the sensitive plant-a mimosa-with its humble leafy foliage. Human will is nothing in the face of the impartial power of nature and time. First published in Prometheus Unbound and Other Poems 1820 here it has been reproduced with a delicate binding to match its subject. "For the Sensitive Plant has no bright flower; Radiance and odour are not its dower; It loves even like Love its deep heart is full It desires what it has not the Beautiful!" "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" Princeton. Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. Robt. Riviere & Son unknown
1910rif. 6404London: Robt. Riviere & Son 1910. A fine example. Square sixteenmo 5 1/16 x 3 15/16 inches; 129 x 100 mm. 46 2 blank pp. Title-page and initial letters printed in red and black. Handsomely bound ca. 1910 by Rivière & Son stamp-signed in gilt on lower turn-in. Full dark blue crushed levant morocco covers bordered in gilt surrounding an ornate floral design stamped in gilt each with twelve inlaid red morocco flowers spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt board edges and turn-ins cream paper liners and end-leaves top edge gilt. Neat ink inscription on front free end-paper and a small gold bookplate. Shelley's poem The Sensitive Plant is a beautiful and tragic poem commemorating the brevity of life and immortality of cyclical nature. Written after death of his son while Percy and Mary Shelley struggled with their grief in Pisa the poem consists of four stanzas with three sections charting the change of seasons. It is set in a garden bursting with blooms but highlights the sensitive plant-a mimosa-with its humble leafy foliage. Human will is nothing in the face of the impartial power of nature and time. First published in Prometheus Unbound and Other Poems 1820 here it has been reproduced with a delicate binding to match its subject. "For the Sensitive Plant has no bright flower; Radiance and odour are not its dower; It loves even like Love its deep heart is full It desires what it has not the Beautiful!" "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" Princeton. Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. Robt. Riviere & Son unknown books
1902rif. 3497London: Hacon and Ricketts The Vale Press 1902. First editions thus. First editions thus. Tall 8vo. Two separate titles five total volumes two Keats three Shelley. A superb set of both Vale Press titles sold here together since bound similar and obviously stored safely together by the same owner as all five volumes in fine condition. Bound in publisher's original beige smooth buckram cloth. Borders initials and decorations including a full-page decoratvie title in each volume of the Shelley and double-page title spread in the Keats by Charles Ricketts. Spine as near to original hue as ever seen. Browning to prelims in the Keats but no browning in the three Shelley volumes amazingly. Shelley all three volumes unopened.The finest set we have seen in some time. Hacon and Ricketts, The Vale Press unknown
