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1997rif. 164769Savannah GA: Beehive Press 1997. Hardcover. VG-/VG- book plate inside some light rubbing/soiling to title page light edge and corner wear to dust jacket. Red cloth boards with stamped lettering. BW-photographic dust jacket with white lettering. 251 pp. BW illustrations maps plans. Reprint. Originally published: Savannah Ga.: Beehive Press 1984. Beehive Press hardcover books
1929rif. 156329Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1929. Original/First. Hardcover. Contents VG clean and tight but with light age toning to fore edges and former owner's name/date on ffep professor of classical art. End papers stained at fore edges; covers fading at edges and with some ith a few spots. Dj chipped at edges a bit soiled and with small pinholes. Bottom inch of dj spine missing. Lovely turquoise cloth/boards; gilt lettering decoration and borders. Tan dj with turquoise lettering decoration and borders. 83 pp. with 34 bw plates 15 bw figures and a fold-out plan of the restoration of the parapet. This volume begins with a survey of the extant remains of the parapet which are assigned on stylistic grounds to six different sculptors. A reconstruction is then attempted. A complete series of black and white photographs is included. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1978rif. 29310New York: Peter Owen Limited 1978. Hardcover. VG-/G book shows very slight foxing on top third of textblock minimal shelf wear all pages clear and intact - dust jacket is price clipped on front inside flap shows rubbing and shelf wear and top corners and spine a few small tears at spine mended with scotch tape still protective. Blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering on spine blue and orange pictorial dust jacket with white lettering xix 296 pp. mostly bw illustrations with a few in color. "The nineteenth-century silverware of Tiffany & Co. has an important place in the history of decorative arts the significance of which is being increasingly recognized among collectors and museums for the high quality of the silver the inventiveness of the designs and the marvelous range of forms in which they were made. This definitive study of that silver traces the history of the company founded by Charles L. Tiffany who with his great silversmith Edward C. Moore propelled it to world renown. Holow-ware forms are explored from tea and coffee services centerpieces water pitchers and punch bowls to the John Mackay service of 1250 pieces made from a half ton of silver directly out of the Comtock Lode. All the Tiffany nineteenth- and twentieth-century flatware patterns are described as well as presentation silver swords and guns in Japanese style with anecdotes of the fascintating people who have owned them. There is a comprehensive chapter on marks together with a description of how silver was made in the nineteenth century and suggestions as to how it may best be cared for today. Illustrated with drawings from original sketchbooks of designs more than three hundred black and white photographs and four color plates this handsome volume is an invaluable record of a great American art and craft for amateur and professional collectors alike." - dust jacket description. Peter Owen Limited hardcover books
1997rif. 147858Cambridge MA: Harvard University Library 1997. Softcover. Clean and tight interior but with fading to covers and bump to lower right corner. Canteloupe wraps with black lettering. 74 pp. with occasional bw illus. This entire issue features the formation of Harvard's Collection of Incunabula by James E. Walsh. Harvard University Library paperback books
1954rif. 25882Newport RI: Preservation Society of Newport County 1954. Hardcover. Fair hinges worn and covers loose. A well-used copy with ephemeral items about desks tipped-in. Green cloth. xii 216 pp. 139 bw illus. Books covers Newport's era of prosperity the Newport cabinet and chair makers Newport limners and engravers and silversmiths. Also includes the 1774 census The Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House Townsend-Goddard furniture a list of Newport joiners and documented Newport furniture. A wealth of information on the Arts and Crafts in Newport. Preservation Society of Newport County hardcover books
1996rif. 139643Pittsburgh Penna: The Carnegie Museum of Art 1996. Softcover. VG- Label residue and few marks from previous art-library owner. White & color illus. wraps 160 pp. BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1996 exhibition featuring works from this collection. Includes an essay by the collector himself Charles H. Carpenter Jr. and one by Kay Larson. The Carnegie Museum of Art paperback books
1998rif. 117746Washington DC: National Gallery of Art 1998. Softcover. VG with unbroken spine second copy has previous owner's name in ink on ffep. Color pictorial wraps with French flaps; 480 pp. with 281 mostly color catalogue entries and additional figures. Oversized at nearly 8 pounds. With contributions by 9 additional authors the catalogue is divided into sections on ornament Samurai work religion and festivals travel/landscape/nature and entertainment. Each includes essay material and descriptions of the catalogue works. This is a beautifully produced and enormously heavy book and will require extra postage. National Gallery of Art paperback books
1959rif. 147481959. Softcover. VG fading/pencil on cover. White wraps. 50 pp. 42 bw plates. Three-page foreword by Raymond Nacenta essay by Waldermar George catalogue of 119 works many nice plates. Text in French. paperback books
1961rif. 157191961. Softbound. VG pencil on cover. White wraps. 64 pp. 43 bw plates. Preface by Jean Tardieu catalogue of 219 works biographic chronology selection of lovely plates. paperback books
1996rif. 117756New Haven Connecticut / London: Yale University Press 1996. Hardcover. VG/VG as new in shrinkwrap. Black cloth boards with gilt stamped spine lettering illustrated end papers. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. 320 pp. Color illustrations. Accompanied an exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art; Includes sections on portraiture sculpture painting calligraphy masks textiles arms and armor lacquer and metalwork and tea ceremony utensils and ceramics from the Momoyama period; Contains glossary of terms. The history culture and aesthetics of the Momoyama period are explored by analyzing and reproducing masterpieces of artists in many media: paintings including many superb screen paintings sculpture calligraphy tea ceremony utensils lacquerware ceramics metalwork arms and armor textiles and Noh masks. A team of leading scholars and specialists in Japanese art contributes an introduction to each section with an essay that places the individual works in a broader art-historical and cultural context. This beautiful book reproduces works of art from temples and private collections in Japan which have rarely been seen as well as the most famous masterpieces of the major museums. It also serves as the catalogue of an exhibition held at the Dallas Museum of Art in cooperation with the Japan Foundation and Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. Contents as follows: Sun & Star 1996 Supporters -- Japan's National Treasures -- Introduction / Money L. Hickman -- Catalogue. Portraiture / Christine Guth. Sculpture / John M. Rosenfield. Painting / Money L. Hickman. Calligraphy / John T. Carpenter. Tea Ceremony Utensils and Ceramics / Nicole C. Rousmaniere. Lacquer and Metalwork / Andrew J. Pekarik. Arms and Armor / Bruce A. Coats. Textiles / Christine Guth. Noh Masks / Andrew J. Pekarik -- Chronological Tables / Suzy Sloan Jones. Yale University Press hardcover books
2008rif. 115527Minneapolis Minnesota: Walker Art Center 2008. Softcover. VG. White illus. stapled wraps; 23 pp.; 12 color plates 4 duotone photos 1 color photo. Text in Spanish; Accompanied a 2008 exhibition; This is not the accompanying exhibition catalogue but rather a small museum guide to the exhibition; Includes 12 works with annotations as well as general information about the exhibition. Walker Art Center paperback books
1938rif. 109987Paris: Galerie Jean Charpentier 1938. Softcover. Good Some pencil marks; General light wear. Light blue wraps with blue lettering; 54 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw plates. Text in French except for Conditions of Sale which is in French and English; From the auction held 19 May 1938; Includes many works by Delacroix and Gericault as well as pieces by Carpeaux Chasseriau Corot J. Michelin R. Nanteuil Watteau and others; 48 items listed. Galerie Jean Charpentier paperback books
1963rif. WALTER-FILM007325Lancer Prod. Softcover/Paperback. Very Good. Los Angeles: Lancer Productions 1963. Vintage original television script printed wrappers brad bound 58 pp. mimeograph with many pages of revisions on blue and yellow paper. Written by Joel Carpenter and dated February 21 1963. The script belonged to actor Nick Dimitri who has dogeared pages of his scenes. Very good. This script is for the Route 66 episode "Narcissus on an Old Red Fire Engine" the 24th episode of the show's 3rd season and aired on March 29 1963. Lancer Prod. paperback books
2002rif. 017098Harcourt Inc 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation By Author. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket Without Wear.First Edition/First Printing.$26.00 On Flap. Rare Presentation Copy."To Edith Gamble With Gratitude Scott Carpenter" Additionally Presented By The Owner. Beautiful Copy. Harcourt, Inc Hardcover books
2002rif. 014242Harcourt Inc 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition/First Printing Signed by Both Author's Beautiful Copy. Harcourt Inc Hardcover books
rif. 000604Lerner 1990 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. F. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. Presentation By Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-8225-4905-0. Childrens biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett the writer of the classic Secret Garden. Presentation by the biographer. Lerner, 1990 Hardcover books
1993rif. 230822Gorman & Gorman 1993. paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Good condition with mild cover wear. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Gorman & Gorman paperback books
2002rif. 619518Boston: Little Brown and Company 2002. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Illustrated wrappers. Some spotting rubbing and edgewear else about near fine. Little, Brown and Company unknown books
1951rif. 3208741951. unbound. Exceptional signed card "Gustave Charpentier - 3 - 1951" 4.5" x 3.75" card that also encompasses a small circular portrait and two bars of music from 'Louise'. Attractively set into grey matte with gold border to 9.5" x 7.5". Fine condition. French composer who studied under Jules Massenet and is best remembered for his opera 'Louise'. unknown books
1986rif. 35607Cambridge: Harvard University Library 1986. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xii 216 pages. Describes the history of the library buildings and the holdings of the Harvard University Library. Harvard University Library unknown books
2025rif. 4837Portland OR: Microcosm Publishing 2025. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Fine. 41 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. For bakers business owners and budding entrepreneurs this zine gives you a step-by-step guide to small business success. Based on the author's experience starting her own cookie company and giving back to her community this zine is full of sound advice that can be applied to all kinds of small business and start-up situations. Clean crisp copy. Illustrated throughout. Microcosm Publishing paperback books
1901rif. 1863London: J. & A. Churchill 1901-1908. First edition. SCARCE COMPLETE SET OF ILLUSTRATED REPORTS OF FIRST BRITISH SOCIETY FOR DISEASE IN CHILDREN. Eight hardcover volumes all published 9 inches tall red cloth binding covers with blindstamped rulings gilt title to spines top edge gilt. Handstamp of British Medical Association Library to all volumes and in Vol. I handstamp "Presented to the Library by" F. Jaffrey Esq. FRCS inscribed. Spines darkened light browning to pages very good minus. SYDNEY STEPHENSON 1860 - 1923 earned his medical degree from Edinburgh University became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was an ophthalmologist at Queen's Hospital for Children and editor of The Ophthalmoscope a review that had become the most important periodical in British ophthalmology. He made seminal contributions in the study of ophthalmia neonatorum summarized in his book of that title. He founded with George Carpenter the Society for the Study of Disease in Children and when the amalgamation of multiple societies resulted in the formation of the Royal Society of Medicine it became one of the constituent sections. GEORGE ALFRED CARPENTER 1859 - 1910 was an English pediatrician who described the Carpenter Syndrome. He earned his M.D. in London and became physician to the Queen's Hospital for Children. In 1900 he founded the Society for the Study of Disease in Children the first British society of its kind and compiled eight volumes of Reports offered here. When the society was incorporated in the Royal Society of Medicine in 1908 and became the section for the study of disease in children he was elected its president. His major publications were on congenital malformations of the heart which was also the subject of his Wightman lecture delivered in 1909 before the section for the study of disease in children Royal Society of Medicine and published in the British Journal of Children's Diseases in 1909. In 1901 Carpenter published The Syphilis of Children in Everyday Practice. A short work Golden Rules for Diseases of Infants and Children published in 1901 reached a fourth and revised edition in 1911. PROVENANCE: FRANCIS JAFFREY FRCS 1861 - 1919 was raised in Australia and earned his M.D. at St. George's Hospital London. He was surgeon to the Belgrave Hospital for Children and consulting surgeon to the Cripples' Home in Kensington. He became dean of the Medical School of St. George's Hospital while he was also Lecturer in Anatomy. J. & A. Churchill hardcover books
1985rif. 315731Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1985. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated in black and white. 235 pages. 8vo 1/2 cloth d.w. two tears edgeworn. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1985. A very good copy--spine and top edge are foxed-- in a very good dust wrapper. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
2003rif. 307895San Francisco: Pomegranate 2003. hardcover. fine/very good. Betye Saar. With color images throughout. 116 pages. Tall narrow 4to brown cloth d.w. San Francisco: Pomegranate 2003. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper spine evenly sunned and a bit scuffed. Pomegranate unknown books
1933rif. 306212New York: Doubleday 1933. hardcover. very good. I. Bilibine. 8 illustrations in color and 8 in black & white by I. Bilibine. 8vo blue cloth with red lettering top edge red. New York: Doubleday 1923. Spine lightly sunned and rubbed at extremes still a very good copy. Doubleday unknown books
