1995Best.-Nr. 567406New York: Viking 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by David Leavitt. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with modest toning and soiling. Advance Review Copy with publisher's promotional material and slip laid in. Viking hardcover books
1995Best.-Nr. 546060New York: Viking 1995. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Introduction by Davis Leavitt. Foxing on the top page edges and some creasing thus very good. Viking unknown books
1958Best.-Nr. ID11191New York: American-Scandinavian Foundation 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 322. Spine tips and corners lightly rubbed; faint wrinkling along bottom edge of text block possible from exposure to damp. Dust jacket a little wrinkled and torn along the edges. With illustrations bibliography and index. An excellent resource. American-Scandinavian Foundation hardcover books
1973Best.-Nr. 27267London: Adam and Charles Black 1973. Hardcover. VG/VG- previous owner's name and address stamped inside age toning to end papers light corner/edge wear to dust jacket. Red cloth pictorial DJ. 272 pp. 48 color plates 330 bw ills. Thorough examination of 17th - 20th century botanical artists from Holland Flanders France Germany England and the United States. Includes biographical and critical examination of 320 artists. Adam and Charles Black hardcover books
1973Best.-Nr. 528950Oxford: Sycamore Press 1973. Unbound. Fine. First edition. One leaf folded to make six pages. Fine. Poem issued as Sycamore Broadsheet 20. Sycamore Press unknown books
1851Best.-Nr. 185142Philadelphia Penn: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co 1851. Hardcover. VG Cover and spine have general wear and fading corner and edge damage. Internal pages have staining water damage age toning foxing. Bookblock has age toning. Brown cloth boards black spine with gilt lettering. 336 pp. illus. Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1792-1868 was an American geographer who became known for publishing textbooks and maps. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co hardcover books
1948Best.-Nr. 160462OAKLAND BIOBOOKS 1948 1948. ORIGINAL GILT STAMPED RED CLOTH; NO DUST JACKET; 1/750 COPIES VERY GOOD. Hardcover. OAKLAND, BIOBOOKS, 1948 hardcover books
1901Best.-Nr. 173232New York: Century 1901. hardcover. very good. 499pp 12mo gilt-decorated green cloth; hinges begining light edgewear. New York: The Century 1901. Very good Dr. North of this novel is quite obviously Mitchell's own self. Century unknown books
1893Best.-Nr. 118435Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1893. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Ex-library with bookplate the usual markings and label on front cover contemporary gift inscription hinges cracked covers moderately tanned and soiled spine ends with small chips. good only with a few pages with light stains but interior mostly clean. One of only 494 copies printed. Houghton Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1889Best.-Nr. 140053Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1889. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A collectino of poems. An about good copy with tanning to the endpapers some foxing both external and internal some other wear and a gift inscription on the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. Despite the flaws a solid copy. Houghton Mifflin and Company unknown books
1910Best.-Nr. 608396New York: The Century Co 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Decorative green cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated by Andre Castaigne and F.R. Gruger. Contemporary owner name modest wear on the boards very good or better. The Century Co hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. UMITPAR00lrHarper & Row 1990. Fine. Mitchell Stephen. Parables and Portraits. New York City: Harper & Row 1990. 1st edition. 86pp. 8vo. Cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with yellowed panels and flaps. Harper & Row hardcover books
1991Best.-Nr. 544445New York: HarperCollins 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Penciled underlining and notations on several pages small soil mark on the cover very good in a very good dust jacket with moderate rubbing and light toning on the rear panel. HarperCollins hardcover books
1923Best.-Nr. 91444n.p. 1923. Very Good. 5p. Stapled along top. Mimeo "Photographic" copy of a typed letter from R. Tilden Smith banker speaking favorably of Mitchell's previous employment by the Burma Corporation Ltd. of which Mitchell is said to have been General manager. Online information appears to locate this company's mine near Anegam on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation in Pima County Arizona. The mine appears to have been active from 1920 to 1935. unknown books
1984Best.-Nr. 535506London: Methuen 1984. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated black wrappers. Fine. Methuen unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 180119Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1994. Softcover. VG- some foxing and wear to cover. Illustrated wrap cover. vii 248 pages : illustrations maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents as follows: Imperial landscape / W.J.T. Mitchell -- Competing communities in the "Great bog of Europe" : Identity and seventeenth-century Dutch landscape painting / A.J. Adams -- System order and abstraction : The politics of English landscape drawing around 1795 / A. Bermingham -- Turner and the representation of England / E. Helsinger -- "Our wattled cot" : Mercantile and domestic space in Thomas Pringle's African landscapes / D. Bunn -- Territorial photography / J. Snyder -- The effects of landscape / C. Harrison. University of Chicago Press paperback books
2001Best.-Nr. 105260New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Slightly cocked else fine in fine dustwrapper. John Wiley & Sons, Inc hardcover books
2023Best.-Nr. 215180Edinburgh Scotland: National Galleries of Scotland 2023. Softcover. VG. Red color illustrated wraps with white text French flaps. 136 pp. Color and bw illustrations. "Grayson Perry is one of Britain's most celebrated contemporary artists and cultural figures. This book which includes first sight of new and previously unpublished works is published to accompany the largest-ever retrospective of Perry's art. It offers a vibrant insight into his life and work from his youth in rural Essex to sell-out stage shows at the Royal Albert Hall. Grayson Perry vividly reflects on his art life and career remembering the sources of inspiration and influences along the way. Victoria Coren Mitchell's thought-provoking contribution considers the role of humour in Perry's art highlighting the often-underestimated effort involved in being at once a serious artist and a lovable character. Patrick Elliott provides an illuminating biographical essay of the artist. The reader is also given a fascinating glimpse into the technique and process behind Perry's prints pots and tapestries. Showcasing 76 exhibited works the book covers the full range and breadth of his astonishing career" National Galleries of Scotland paperback books
1968Best.-Nr. 595277New York: Dell 1968. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition paperback original. 16mo. 96pp. Pictorial wrappers. Front cover sunned light wear near fine. A discussion of America's involvement in Vietnam. Dell unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 502934New York: Dell 1968. Softcover. Very Good. First edition paperback original. 16mo. 96pp. Pictorial wrappers. Wraps moderately worn chips and several creases first page with a stamped "25" very good. A discussion of America's involvement in Vietnam. Dell unknown books
2001Best.-Nr. 263153Westport CT: Greenwood Press 2001. Hardcover. 219p. very good condition. Bibliographies and indexes in Afro-American and African studies number 42. Greenwood Press hardcover books
1965Best.-Nr. 294169London: Lorrimer Films 1965. Paperback. 72p. introduction poems read stills from the film in b&w very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. Record of a documentary film by Whitehead of a poetry reading at the Royal Albert Hall London June 11th 1965. Lorrimer Films paperback books
1960Best.-Nr. 624108New York: Farrar Straus and Cudahy 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 310pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Spine head chipped else a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. Two long essays that appeared wholly or in part in The New Yorker. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy hardcover books
1992Best.-Nr. 541136New York: Syracuse University Press 1992. Softcover. Fine. Reprint. Introduction by William N. Fenton. Illustrated. 12mo. 329pp. Red glossy wrappers. Fine. Two long essays that appeared wholly or in part in The New Yorker. Syracuse University Press unknown books
2008Best.-Nr. 175337New York: Rizzoli 2008. Hardcover. VG/VG. Illustrated boards with white spine lettering. Color-illustrated wraps with white lettering. 127 pp. Color illustrations. Plans. The definitive book of Libeskind's powerful Jewish museums released on the eve of completion of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Rizzoli hardcover books
