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1905pp. iii, 383 +Plus 6 leaves of plates. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's pictorial full green cloth binding lettered in yellow and decorated in dark green, yellow and gilt. Cover has floral and vine decoration designed by Rome K. Richardson with his monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Cover colors are bright but board is scuffed. Spine rubbed. Some Wear to base and head of spine. Corners sharp. Slight Fading to rear board near spine. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories. Horace Thompson Carpenter (1857-1947), was an illustrator, artist and art writer of the late 19th and early 20th century U.S. Rome K. Richardson was on the staff of the Decorative Designers from 1896 through 1901. In 1902, he left the firm to design book covers under his own name. NW62
Hardcover petit in-4, XVII + 353 pp., un portrait de l"auteur par Camaret, pleine toile grege de l éditeur, jaquette rhodoïd. Avec une préface de Jean Bernard, suivi de l"Itinéraire du Tour de France et d"un glossaire compagnonnique Très bel exemplaire [CA29-30] Très bel exemplaire
1971112 pages. Many black and white archival illustrations. "A record of dreams fulfilled and keen disappointments experienced. It is not easy for us today to visualize how exciting, interesting and hard life was in those not so very long ago days." - from Preface. Light wear. Usual library markings. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
199952 pages. Features: Cover photo of Greek ferry Kamiros; Exmouth Excursion Steamers; Naval Reivew; Recollections of a Ship's Carpenter - Dennis Cairns; A-Z of Ocean Liners #17 - Queen of Bermuda; Ships Pictorial; Voyage Report - Wartime Repatriation - M.B. Gordon recalls an unusual wartime voyage in the Union Castle liner 'Arundel Castle'; Vintage Warship Views; Centerfold colour photo of Australian warships HMAS Torrens and HMAS Adelaide on exercise; and much more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1918Features: Cover photo of the submarine that breached Zeebrugge Mole being towed behind a destroyer; The St. George's Day Raids - article by Archibald Hurd which includes map showing where the block-ships were sunk and the viaduct was breached; Page of photos of the heroes who led the naval raid at Zeebrugge includes Commander R.S. Sneyd, Capt. H.C. Halahan, Lieut. R. Bourke, Lieut. Stuart Bonham-carter, Wing-Commander Frank A. Brock, Leiut, R.D. Sandford, Commander Hamilton Benn, Vice-Admiral Sir roger Keyes, Capt. A.F.B. Carpenter and Admiral Sir R. Y. Tyrwhitt; Two pages of illustrations show how fog screens and star-shells were used at Zeebrugge; Superb two-page aerial photo of Zeebrugge (with an inset diagram of the harbour) indicates the positions of the sunk ships; G.K. Chesterton article includes two photos of the military funeral for celebrated German Airman Captain Baron Von Richthofen; One-page photo of the heavily damaged funnels of H.M.S. "Vindictive" after the Zeebrugge mole attack; Two pages of illustrations and text explain the objectives and results of the naval raid - Zeebrugge mole and harbour - and the submarine explosion; Half-page photo looking aft from the forecastle of H.M.S. "Vindictive" shows mantleted bridge, etc.; Great half-page photo shows dozens of the cheering crew of H.M.S. "Vindictive" cheering as their ship returns safely to port, with Captain Carpenter visible with his arm in a sling; Two more half-page photos of the heavily-damaged H.M.S. "Vindictive" back in port; Six photos crew members of the H.M.S. "Vindictive" and their damaged vessel; Centrefold illustration of landing on the mole from "Vindictive"; Two-page illustration of Marines from the "Vindictive" charging along the mole; Page of photos of "Vindictive", "Iris", and "Daffodil" after the Zeebrugge attack; One-page illustration of the wounded being rescued under fire on Zeebrugge mole; Five photos of last honours for the Zeebrugge heroes - The Dover Funeral; Wonderful illustrated back cover ad for Gentlemen's Spring Suits offered by Chas. Baker & Co's; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
1980LONGANESI 1980, COLLANA I TASCABILI DEL BIBLIOFILO RIPRODUZIONE DELLE TAVOLE DI DAUMIER STESSO, PREFAZIONE DI NATALIA ASPESI PERFETTO COME NUOVO ASSOLUTAMENTE PERFETTO.
2003ref. 49666San Francisco CA: Pomegranate 2003. Near Fine/Very Good. San Francisco CA: Pomegranate 2003. First Edition with full number line. Quarto 28.5cm; publisher's cloth in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; x116pp.; halftone and full color illus. throughout. Light wear to jacket margins else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed on title page "To Betty w/ heart Betye Saar / 2007." Additionally signed by David C. Driskell. Wonderful art monograph of the late "premier assemblage artist" Betye Saar 1926-2026. "Visiting the racial stereotypes of white artists and illustrators of the past and recasting and changing these racially derisive images into an invasive metaphor for black power is one of the acts of empowerment that Saar has successfully accomplished within the boundaries of cultural subversion" from Driskell's foreword p. vi. Pomegranate unknown books
1995ref. 9032869New York: Weatherhill/Phoenix Art Museum 1995. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Introduction by Pfeiffer director of Frank Lloyd Wright archives. Bound in publisher's orange cloth with spine stamped in gilt cover blind stamped. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Fine except for light stain to bottom inch of spine slight ripple to bottom edge of first twenty pages. 10 x 10 1/4 inches. 313 pages. Weatherhill/Phoenix Art Museum hardcover books
1973ref. 86850New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1973. First American Edition. Quarto. 21cm. Publisher's pale grey heavy grain cloth titled in dark grey to spine. Dustjacket. 9; 10-212 paginated; 12. Some minor bumping and scuffing to corners and spine ends and a little discoloration of the pale cloth around the extreme edges tight and strong; internally clean and fresh bookplate to front pastedown lavishly illustrated throughout; in a strong complete example of the white embossed dustjacket with some soiling and thumbing and some visible toning of the spine panel and extremities. A very good copy of a book that falls prey to its design aesthetic. A cultural celebration of Inuit and Yupik peoples and the manner in which their almost constant struggles for survival and cultural security have shaped their societies art and cultures. Holt, Rinehart and Winston unknown books
1970ref. 87512New York: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey / Ballantine 1970. First Edition. First printing. Small quarto 21cm x 23cm; gray paper-covered boards hardcover; dustjacket; 157pp unpaginated; illus. Fine in the fragile printed mylar dustwrapper complete but slightly rubbed and scratched; Very Good. Somewhat uncommon cloth edition of this experimental pastiche of Carpenter's aphoristic writings and Heyman's documentary photographs. Heyman b. 1930 is perhaps best known as Margaret Mead's long-time collaborator and co-author with her of the books Family and World Enough. Carpenter was a pioneer in the field of visual anthropology and a frequent collaborator with Marshall McLuhan to whose work the current volume clearly owes a debt. An easy book to find in softcover but the cloth edition is elusive especially in the absurdly fragile mylar dustwrapper. Outerbridge & Dienstfrey / Ballantine unknown books
2012ref. 11180New York: Modern Library 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edited by Teresa Carpenter. Fourth Printing. Fine in a Fine jacket unclipped $26.00. Quarter white cloth with beige paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound clean internally. A selection of journal entries for each day of the year drawn from four hundred years of writing. Modern Library hardcover books
2007ref. 9031898Minneapolis: Walker Art Center 2007. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Texts by Carpenter Herrera Zamudio-Taylor. Bound in publisher's original quarter blue cloth with illustrated boards and spine stamped in black. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches. 315 pages. Walker Art Center hardcover books
2006ref. 74151Providence: Burning Deck 2006. First edition. Short gems of poems in a short press run 1000 copies; designed by Rosemarie Waldrop. Burning Deck unknown books
1944ref. 750831944. Limited edition of 800 copies this number 434. Limited edition of 800 copies this number 434. The French Tax Code with Witty Illustrations by Hemard Hemard Joseph 1880-1961 Illustrator. Code General des Impots Directs et Taxes Assimilees. Texte Integral des Lois Decrets Decrets-Lois Decret de Codification Suivi d'un Formulaire Administratif. Paris: Editions Litteraires et Artistiques/Librairie "Le Triptyque" 1944. x 332 pp. Color pochoir caption and text illustrations. Quarto 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Illustrated stiff color wrappers bound into contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards raised bands and gilt title and ornaments to spine top-edge gilt marbled endpapers. Moderate rubbing to extremities boards beginning to separate but still secure. Light toning to interior faint spotting to a few leaves images vivid. $1250. From an edition limited to 800 copies this number 434. Hemard presents the official text of the French Tax Code with witty and often racy illustrations colored au pochoir by E. Charpentier. It followed his Code Civil: Livre Premier Des Personnes 1925 and Code Penal: Commentaires Images c.1940. Hemard a prolific artist illustrator designer and author is best-known for his humorously illustrated editions of serious non-fiction books. The Code General was issued in several forms. The first 145 copies of the 800-copy edition included an original sheet of text illustrations and a sheet of their original sketches. There is also a signed and numbered edition of 160 printed on Arches paper papier velin 60 portfolios of the images alone an edition of 40 non-commercial copies intended for friends and associates hors commerce and a non-limited trade edition which has fewer illustrations in color. unknown books
1944ref. 731601944. Paris 1944. Paris 1944. Hemard's Illustrated French Tax Code Hemard Joseph 1880-1961 Illustrator. Code General des Impots Directs et Taxes Assimilees. Texte Integral des Lois Decrets Decrets-Lois Decret de Codification Suivi d'un Formulaire Administratif. Paris: Editions Litteraires et Artistiques/Librairie "Le Triptyque" 1944. x 330 1 pp. 183 illustrations 62 of them in color. 8 pp. addendum of changes to the code titled Rectificatif laid in Quarto 9-1/4" x 6-1/2". Illustrated stiff color publisher wrappers in tissue-paper dust wrappers. Light edgewear to dust wrappers contemporary presentation inscription to front free endpaper light toning to interior images vivid. A well-preserved copy. $600. Hemard presents the official text of the French Tax Code with witty often racy illustrations colored au pochoir by E. Charpentier. It is a sequel to his Code Civil: Livre Premier Des Personnes 1925 and Code Penal: Commentaires Images c.1940. Hemard a prolific artist illustrator designer and author is best-known for his humorously illustrated editions of serious non-fiction books. The Code General was issued in several forms. The present copy is from a trade edition of 1000 copies. It was also issued in a limited edition of 800 numbered copies the first 145 with an original sheet of text illustrations and a sheet of their original sketches. There is also a signed and numbered edition of 160 printed on Arches paper papier velin an edition of 40 non-commercial copies intended for friends and associates hors commerce and 60 portfolios of the images alone. unknown books
1939ref. 65520New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1939. First edition. 8vo. xxii 2 533 pp. Illustrated from photographs plates line drawings maps. Record book for the largest species of various North American big game animals. Contributors to the text include John C. Phillips Henry Shoemaker. Grancel Fitz James L. Clark Jack O'Connor Carl Rungius Belmore Brown and Kermit Roosevelt among others. Ownership signature of Heyward Cutting on the front endpaper and with his pencil markings in the rear section noting his three recorded trophies of American brown bears taken in Alaska in 1917; Cutting 1890-1926 from a well-to-do New York family earned an early reputation as an explorer and sportsman but was killed in an automobile crash at 35. Very good copy with an excellent association. Original gilt-stamped decorated rust cloth. 6908. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1939ref. 65519New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1939. First edition. 8vo. xxii 2 533 pp. Illustrated from photographs plates line drawings maps. Record book for the largest species of various North American big game animals. Contributors to the text include John C. Phillips Henry Shoemaker Grancel Fitz James L. Clark Jack O'Connor Carl Rungius Belmore Brown and Kermit Roosevelt among others. Inscribed in the year of publication by Bob Bartlett who contributes the 6-page essay "Hunting the Polar Bear" and the 3-page essay "Hunting the Walrus"; Bartlett 1875-1946 was an award-winning artic explorer who commanded the SS Roosevelt on Robert Peary's attempts to reach the North Pole cf. Wikipedia for a short biography. Very good copy with an excellent association. Original gilt-stamped decorated rust cloth illustrated dust jacket. 11266. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1676ref. 020566Paris: Claude Barbin and Simon Benard 1676 & 1677. First Edition. Hardcover. Library stamp on title and first page of dedication no other markings; binding a bit worn spine chipped with partial loss of spine label. Good example of a scarce book. Small octavo 3-3/4" x 6-1/4" in calf; xxxviii 341 17; xvi 71pages. In the 1670s there was a heated debate among Paris intellectuals concerning whether inscriptions for a proposed triumphal arch in honor of Louis XIV should be in Latin or French. In the first work the author one of the first members of the Academy of Inscriptions argues in favor of the use of French for the inscription. Lucas in his work argues for Latin to be used. In the end the arguments were for naught. While there are four triumphal arches still standing in Paris this particular arch was never constructed. Claude Barbin and Simon Benard hardcover books
1861ref. 714101861. London: Richard Griffin and Company 1861. London: Richard Griffin and Company 1861. Fascinating Insights into the Political Social Legal and Commercial Life of Medieval London Carpenter John d.1441. Whittington Richard d.1423 Riley Henry Thomas 1816-1878 Translator. Liber Albus: The White Book of the City of London. Compiled A.D. 1419 By J. Carpenter Common Clerk R. Whitington Mayor. Translated from the Original Latin and Anglo-Norman by H.T. Riley. London: Richard Griffin and Company 1861. x 2 660 pp. Quarto 8-1/2" x 6-3/4". Contemporary quarter morocco over cloth gilt title to spine top-edge gilt. Moderate rubbing to extremities a few nicks to spine corners lightly bumped contemporary armorial bookplate of John Harrison to front pastedown front hinge just starting at head. Light toning to text light foxing to a few leaves. $350. First edition as an independent work originally published in 1858 as Volume I of the three-volume Munimenta Gildhallae Londoniensis. A compilation of laws statutes ordinances and regulations the Liber Albus is a fascinating digest of information concerning social political and commercial activity in London from the twelfth to the early fifteenth century. OCLC locates 1 copy in a North American law library UC-Berkeley British Museum Catalogue Compact Edition 21:665. unknown books
2002ref. 9026967Minneapolis: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2002. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Presentation signed by Jim Dine to the curator of prints at the Minneapolis Iinsitute of Arts on the half title page. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with the front cover stamped in blind and the spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts hardcover books
1970ref. 44079New York: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey / Ballantine 1970. First Edition. First printing. Small quarto 21cm x 23cm; gray paper-covered boards hardcover; dustjacket; 157pp unpaginated; illus. Fine in the original printed mylar dustwrapper which shows some light rubbing and surface scratches still Very Good or better and rarely seen. Somewhat uncommon cloth edition of this experimental pastiche of Carpenter's aphoristic writings and Heyman's documentary photographs. Heyman b. 1930 is perhaps best known as Margaret Mead's long-time collaborator and co-author with her of the books Family and World Enough. Carpenter was a pioneer in the field of visual anthropology and a frequent collaborator with Marshall McLuhan to whose work the current volume clearly owes a debt. An easy book to find in softcover but the cloth edition is elusive especially in the absurdly fragile mylar dustwrapper. Outerbridge & Dienstfrey / Ballantine unknown books
1944ref. 701961944. Paris 1944. Paris 1944. Hemard's Illustrated French Tax Code Hemard Joseph 1880-1961 Illustrator. Code General des Impots Directs et Taxes Assimilees. Texte Inegral des Lois Decrets Decrets-Lois Decret de Codification Suivi d'un Formulaire Administratif. Paris: Editions Litteraires et Artistiques/Librairie "Le Triptyque" 1944. x 330 1 pp. 183 illustrations 62 of them in color. 8 pp. addendum of changes to the code titled Rectificatif laid in Quarto 9-1/4" x 6-1/2". Illustrated stiff color publisher wrappers. Negligible light soiling light rubbing to spine ends two faint creases through spine light toning to interior images vivid. A well-preserved copy. $750. Hemard presents the official text of the French Tax Code with witty often racy illustrations colored au pochoir by E. Charpentier. It is a sequel to his Code Civil: Livre Premier Des Personnes 1925 and Code Penal: Commentaires Images c. 1940. Hemard a prolific artist illustrator designer and author is best-known for his humorously illustrated editions of serious non-fiction books. The Code General was issued in several forms. The present copy is from a trade edition of 1000 copies. It was also issued in a limited edition of 800 numbered copies the first 145 with an original sheet of text illustrations and a sheet of their original sketches. There is also a signed and numbered edition of 160 printed on Arches paper papier velin an edition of 40 non-commercial copies intended for friends and associates hors commerce and 60 portfolios of the images alone. unknown books
1988ref. 9025405New York: Houghton Mifflin 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original quarter white cloth and tan boards with the spine stamped in gilt. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1848ref. 61797London: David Bogue 1848. First edition. 12mo. viii 153 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings cut of fish vignettes etc. frontispiece plate of hand-colored flies. Heckscher 357. With an old Liverpool subscriber's library label on the front pastedown; still a very good copy. Original gilt-stamped decorated green cloth spine ends somewhat worn with gilt-stamped illustrated spine dull. 8708. David Bogue unknown books
1922ref. 9022354New York: D. Appleton 1922. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original brown cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt which has faded but is legilble. Rubbed at the edges and extemities spine and front board chipped at the heel. From the library of R.S. Crane with his signature in pen on the ffep. D. Appleton hardcover books
