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1959ref. 79346New York NY.: Harcourt Brace and Company. Very Good. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. First edition bound in teal cloth 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches with light edgewear and hint of a circular discoloration to upper board. There is some old damp-staining to the lower panel and fore-edge of the pages. . Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover books
ref. 66989London: Hodder & Stoughton December 1912. Literary Magazine ORIGINAL MAGAZINE SPECIAL. Folio 34 x 23cm pp.xvi; 133-196; 217; xvii-xxxv. Not including the special portfolio of colour plates by Dulac and also lacking the frontispiece portrait of Kipling. With numerous in-text black and white illustrations and occasional colour plates by various artists. Publisher's brown soft cloth-covered covers titled and decorated in red with a black and white photograph of Rudyard Kipling to upper priced at 2s. Moderate wear to covers including some chips and tears to spine. Frontispiece carefully removed otherwise plates appear intact. Internally clean. Good. A bumper selection of bookish articles focusing on subjects including Rudyard Kipling George Meredith Mrs Gaskell The Loeb Library Lord Byron William Morris and Thomas Hardy. London: Hodder & Stoughton, December 1912 unknown
1935ref. 1380449New York: The Platt & Munk Co 1935. Hardcover. Quarto 125 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is blue with brown print. Boards in blue cloth with brown print. Wear to spine caps edges and corners light shelf wear. Text block is missing front flyleaf name in ink on front pastedown bookplate on front endpaper small tear at bottom of page 63. Illustrated: color frontispiece and plates brown and white text drawings. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #1. 1380449. FP New Rockville Stock. The Platt & Munk Co hardcover books
1935ref. 1380449New York: The Platt & Munk Co 1935. Hardcover. Quarto 125 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is blue with brown print. Boards in blue cloth with brown print. Wear to spine caps edges and corners light shelf wear. Text block is missing front flyleaf name in ink on front pastedown bookplate on front endpaper small tear at bottom of page 63. Illustrated: color frontispiece and plates brown and white text drawings. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #1. 1380449. FP New Rockville Stock. The Platt & Munk Co hardcover
1903ref. 8306New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1903 Boards are worn - see image. 2" closed tear at bottom edge of title page. ; Interior of the book is in excellent condition - exception noted. A truly oversize "lap" book that was meant to entertain a child as depicted on front cover. This copy was admired and enjoyed carefully while being read which remains clean and unmarked. Tight binding. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Frederick A. Stokes hardcover
1932ref. 1405385Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1932. Hardcover. Quarto Two volumes xxii 691 pages 49 leaves of plates ; xv 821 pages leaves of plates numbered 50-90. In Fair condition. Spines green with gold print. Boards in green cloth gold print; fraying to spine caps and corners mottled fading overall. Text blocks has spotting to endpapers insect damage vol. 1 pages 671-686 ; vol. 2. plates 81-90 and rear endpapers. Illustrated: b&w drawings photographs color plates. Signed in ink by the author on the title page of each volume inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf of first volume. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Net Desk work area. 1405385. FP New Rockville Stock. University of Minnesota Press hardcover books
1983ref. 35739London: Academic Press 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. This is the second printing with corrections of a volume initially published in 1982. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. It is Volume I of a 4-volume set. Contains 32 full-page color plates. Quarto. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt title to front and spine. Brownish-orange dust jacket with blue and brown title to front and spine panels. Pages are clean and bright. Slight foxing to top of text block and minor smudge on bottom of text block. Spine is slightly cocked. Dust jacket shows some wear a minor crease on front panel and a small closed tear at top right edge of front panel. 521 pages including index. NAT/070122. Academic Press hardcover books
1932ref. 1405385Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1932. Hardcover. Quarto Two volumes xxii 691 pages 49 leaves of plates ; xv 821 pages leaves of plates numbered 50-90. In Fair condition. Spines green with gold print. Boards in green cloth gold print; fraying to spine caps and corners mottled fading overall. Text blocks has spotting to endpapers insect damage vol. 1 pages 671-686 ; vol. 2. plates 81-90 and rear endpapers. Illustrated: b&w drawings photographs color plates. Signed in ink by the author on the title page of each volume inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf of first volume. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Net Desk work area. 1405385. FP New Rockville Stock. University of Minnesota Press hardcover
2009ref. 1415774Burton Mi: Subterranean Press 2009. Limited edition #635/750. Hardcover. Octavo xxii 503 2 pages. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper. Bound in light blue cloth with red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Spine has red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Corners and spine ends are sharp. Text block has no apparent problems. Slipcase is Very Good Minus with a color illustration paste down on the front. Slipcase has some soiling and minor scuffing. Signed on the limitation page by the illustrators Jim & Ruth Keegan. Numbered 635 of an edition of 750. Shelved in Case 4. 1415774. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Subterranean Press hardcover books
2009ref. 1415773Burton Mi: Subterranean Press 2009. Limited edition #613/750. Hardcover. Octavo xxii 503 2 pages. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper. Bound in light blue cloth with red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Spine has red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Corners and spine ends are sharp. Text block has owners stamp on the bottom edge else no apparent problems. Slipcase is Very Good Minus with a color illustration paste down on the front. Slipcase has some minor scuffing with one corner slightly dented. Signed on the limitation page by the illustrators Jim & Ruth Keegan. Numbered 613 of an edition of 750. 1415773. Special Collections - Downstairs. Subterranean Press hardcover books
2009ref. 1415774Burton Mi: Subterranean Press 2009. Limited edition #635/750. Hardcover. Octavo xxii 503 2 pages. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper. Bound in light blue cloth with red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Spine has red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Corners and spine ends are sharp. Text block has no apparent problems. Slipcase is Very Good Minus with a color illustration paste down on the front. Slipcase has some soiling and minor scuffing. Signed on the limitation page by the illustrators Jim & Ruth Keegan. Numbered 635 of an edition of 750. Shelved in Case 4. 1415774. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Subterranean Press hardcover
2009ref. 1415773Burton Mi: Subterranean Press 2009. Limited edition #613/750. Hardcover. Octavo xxii 503 2 pages. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper. Bound in light blue cloth with red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Spine has red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Corners and spine ends are sharp. Text block has owners stamp on the bottom edge else no apparent problems. Slipcase is Very Good Minus with a color illustration paste down on the front. Slipcase has some minor scuffing with one corner slightly dented. Signed on the limitation page by the illustrators Jim & Ruth Keegan. Numbered 613 of an edition of 750. 1415773. Special Collections - Downstairs. Subterranean Press hardcover
1900ref. 274959Edinburgh: Blackwood 1900. hardcover. very good. Historical descriptions by John Hill Burton. Illustrated with 240 fine steel engravings with tissue guards and many text illustrations in woodcut. 4 volumes tall 4to blue cloth. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd n.d. ca. 1900 Very good. Blackwood unknown books
1900ref. 274959Edinburgh: Blackwood 1900. hardcover. very good. Historical descriptions by John Hill Burton. Illustrated with 240 fine steel engravings with tissue guards and many text illustrations in woodcut. 4 volumes tall 4to blue cloth. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd n.d. ca. 1900 Very good. Blackwood unknown
ref. 460029Studio Vista. Hardcover. Fair. Fairly good condition for year Studio Vista hardcover
1976ref. 420249London : Studio Vista 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper; not price-clipped now mylar-sleeved. Minor foxing scattered internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright and strong. Physical description; 164 unnumbered pages of illustrations some colour ; 29 cm. Notes; 'A permanent record of an Exhibition of Illustration held at Thumb Gallery 20/21 D'Arblay Street London W.1. from 11th to 30th October 1976'. Index. Subjects; Commercial art Great Britain Pictorial works. Commercial art Great Britain ; Yearbooks. Illustrators Great Britain ; Exhibitions. Magazine illustration Great Britain ; Yearbooks. Illustration of books 20th century Great Britain ; Exhibitions. Commercial arts Great Britain Illustrations Serials. Illustration British - 20th century - 1975-1976. London : Studio Vista hardcover
1857ref. 57314Alexander Ireland & Co 22 Market Street Manchester & W H Smith & Son 186 Strand 1857. 1st edition. Hardback. Cloth G. viii3004pp 2 chromolithographic frontis b/w plan 32 fulll page b/w engraved illustrations & 120 b/w illustrations in the text index all edges gilt pastedown gutter cracked cloth grubby & worn at the edges some slight marking & staining to the contents occasional offsetting but generally a nice copy of an unaccountably scarce item. A bound copy of a weekly souvenier publication which was produced to mark the 1857 Art Treasures Exhibition which was held in Manchester. It remains the largest art exhibition ever to be held in the UK if not the World with over 16000 exhibits. It attracted over 1.3 million visitors in the 142 days it was open. The two chromolithographs show the building - a temporary iron-and-glass structure similar to the Crystal Palace in London 656 feet long and 200 feet wide with one central barrel vault 56 feet wide. Its selection and display of artworks had a formative influence on the public art collections that were then being established in the UK such as the National Gallery National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Alexander Ireland & Co, 22 Market Street Manchester & W H Smith & Son, 186 Strand hardcover
1857ref. 57315Alexander Ireland & Co 22 Market Street Manchester & W H Smith & Son 186 Strand 1857. 1st edition. Hardback. Half calf over silk G. viii300pp 2 chromolithographic frontis b/w plan 32 fulll page b/w engraved illustrations & 120 b/w illustrations in the text leather grubby & worn at the edges glue splash to the rar cover some slight marking & staining to the contents occasional offsetting but generally a nice copy of an unaccountably scarce item. A bound copy of a weekly souvenier publication which was produced to mark the 1857 Art Treasures Exhibition which was held in Manchester. It remains the largest art exhibition ever to be held in the UK if not the World with over 16000 exhibits. It attracted over 1.3 million visitors in the 142 days it was open. The two chromolithographs show the building - a temporary iron-and-glass structure similar to the Crystal Palace in London 656 feet long and 200 feet wide with one central barrel vault 56 feet wide. Its selection and display of artworks had a formative influence on the public art collections that were then being established in the UK such as the National Gallery National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Alexander Ireland & Co, 22 Market Street Manchester & W H Smith & Son, 186 Strand hardcover
1978Folio, First Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette and very numerous illustrations and reproductions throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's laminated pictorial board slip-case. Scarce.
1980ref. 73444New York, Harry N. Abrams, (1980). 278 S.Mit 165 s/w u. 94 farbigen Illustr. Quer-4to (27,5 x 30 cm). Farbig illustr. OLn m. transparentem, bedruckten Kunststoff-Umschlag.
1968ref. 91593New York:: Dial Press 1968. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in very good dust jacket short tear on front cover of dj chip and a bit of creasing on back cover . First printing. An attractive copy of this rather uncommon play by Baldwin the story of the members of a storefront Harlem church. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon with a frontispiece and one other plate in the book as well as the illustration on the dustjacket. Includes an interesting introduction by Baldwin in which he refers to writing this as a "desperate and rather irresponsible act." Bookplate on front pastedown indicating that this is part of the Hanley Family Collection that is the collection of philanthropist and art collector as well as book collector of T. Edward Hanley 1893-1969 and his wife Tullah Hanley. xvii 91 pp. Dial Press, hardcover
2007Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Complete with separate "Directory" booklet of the artists featured in the book, silk bookmark. About 50 current fashion artists represented with several full color, full pages each.
1925372p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
2007ref. 472193NY: Vertigo 2007. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover in glossy boards housed in a pictorial cardboard slipcase. 616 pages illustrated in color. the second volume of the comics classic THE SANDMAN in Absolute format! The second of four beautifully designed slipcased volumes THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 2 collects issues 21-39 of THE SANDMAN and features remastered coloring on all 19 issues as well as brand-new inks on THE SANDMAN #34 by the issue's original penciler Colleen Doran and a host of bonus material including two never-before-reprinted stories by Gaiman one prose and one illustrated a complete reproduction of the never-before-reprinted one-shot THE SANDMAN: A GALLERY OF DREAMS and the complete script and pencils by Gaiman and Kelley Jones for Chapter Two of "Season of Mists" from THE SANDMAN #23. Clean bright copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing. Record # 472193 Vertigo hardcover
2006ref. 472192NY: Vertigo 2006. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover in glossy boards housed in a pictorial cardboard slipcase. 612 pages illustrated in color. The Sandman written by New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman was the most acclaimed comic book title of the 1990s. A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven The Sandman is also widely considered one of the most original and artistically ambitious series of the modern age. By the time it concluded in 1996 it had made significant contributions to the artistic maturity of comic books and become a pop culture phenomenon in its own right. Now DC Comics is proud to present this comics classic in an all-new Absolute Edition format. The first of four beautifully designed slipcased volumes The Absolute Sandman Vol. 1 collects issues #1-20 of The Sandman and features completely new coloring approved by the author on the first 18 issues as well as a host of never-before-seen extra material including the complete original Sandman proposal a gallery of character designs from Gaiman and the artists who originated the look of the Sandman and the original script for the World Fantasy Award-winning THE SANDMAN #19 "A Midsummer Night's Dream" together with reproductions of the issue's original pencils by Charles Vess. Also included are a new introduction by DC President and Publisher Paul Levitz and an afterword by Gaiman. Clean bright copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing. Record # 472192 Vertigo hardcover