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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.
2004rif. 216001Florence Italy: Gli Ori and by D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers Inc 2004. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 279 pages. Features an introductory interview of Sonfist by Robert Rosenblum. Essays by Wolfgang Becker Jonathan Carpenter Lawrence Alloway Michael Danoff John Grande and Uwe Ruth. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A clean very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Sonfist on the front free endpaper to a long time New York Times art critic and editor Grace Glueck. Gli Ori and by D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers Inc unknown books
1943rif. 173274Boston: Little Brown 1943. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Rosejeanne / who has had a finger in this brew from its very beginning with love / Margaret Carpenter Richardson." With the author's additional annotations to the copyright page noting "Author's Copy" and epigraph two exclamation points. Basis for the 1944 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring George Brent and Hedy Lamarr. Hint of fray to the crown and corners page edges lightly toned overall about Near Fine in a bright Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing and a few small bruises to the spine and rear panel and a nick to the bottom right corner of the front panel. Scarce in jacket. The Dark Page I p. 52. Little, Brown unknown books
1978rif. 167925Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1978. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1978 film including one showing actress Faye Dunaway talking with director Irvin Kershner on the set. A fashion photographer suddenly becomes clairvoyant witnessing serial murders from the perspective of the killer. John Carpenter's first major studio film with many elements drawn from Italian giallo adapted from a screenplay co-written by Carpenter and David Zelag Goodman. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1958rif. 212735New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation 1958. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 228 pages. Features a foreword by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and text by Grant Carpenter Manson. Includes numerous black and white images and some architectural drawings. A near fine copy in red cloth cloth boards with some slight sunning to the spine and the former owner signature of author and museum curator Thomas Garver to the verso of the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. A very nice copy with an interesting provenance. Reinhold Publishing Corporation unknown books
2007rif. 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
1900rif. 88287Paris: Au Ménestrel - Heugel & Cie 1900. First French Edition. Quarto. 28.5cm. Twentieth century red half morocco over marbled boards titled and decorated in gilt to spine. 408pp. Light bumping and scuffing to corners otherwise strong tight and clean; internally clean and fresh edges speckled black inscription to verso of last blank preceding musical score very light spotting mainly confined to prelims. A very good clean and handsome copy in a later leather binding. Inscribed rather floridly by Charpentier on the occasion of the premiere of "Louise" in Vienna on 24th March 1903 to Princess Martha Stirbey of Romania: "A Madame la Princesse Stirbey en admiration respecteuse Gustave Charpentier 24 Mars 1903 1ere de Louise en Vienne" There is an additional musical quotation and accompanying text "You were for me in Vienna the fleeting vision O Massenet Master Friend forgive me! of the spirit and charm of Paris" Never a shy and retiring gentleman Charpentier has somewhat outdone himself with this inscription. Au Ménestrel - Heugel & Cie unknown books
1988rif. 53520London: Secker & Warburg 1988. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket. First UK edition of this story of a survivalist's attempt to build an ark - à la Noah but with people - by at the time "Japan's foremost living novelist." 8.5'' x 5.25''. Original dark blue cloth silver lettered spine. In original unclipped £11.95 color pictorial jacket designed by Peter Dyer. Lavender endpapers. 4 342 pages. Jacket with trace edgewear. Book with light toning to leaves else crisp and clean. Secker & Warburg unknown books
1973rif. 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
1970rif. 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
1937rif. 264741East Aurora NY: Done into this book by the Roycrofters 1937. First edition. Frontispiece map and 10 photographic ililustrations. 34 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 17x13 cm 6-3â„4 x5-1â„4 inches. Original brown grained leatherette. Fine. First edition. Frontispiece map and 10 photographic ililustrations. 34 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 17x13 cm 6-3â„4 x5-1â„4 inches. Robert Ruliph Morgan Carpenter's account of his 1936 safari to Kenya where he hunted rhino buffalo oryx waterbuck lion and antelope with Donald Ker of Ker & Downey as Professional Hunter. This book was given out on New Years Day at the "DuPont Calling" party. Czech p. 32 "a very small quantity" Done into this book by the Roycrofters unknown books
1852rif. 255002London: George Routledge & Co 1852. Second Edition. Hand-colored frontispiece black and whilte illustrations in text. 1 vols. 16mo. Half contemporary green morocco and marbled boards title-page with small repair signed by Oliver Rogers. Second Edition. Hand-colored frontispiece black and whilte illustrations in text. 1 vols. 16mo. A reissue of Bogue's edition of 1848 with new title page and colored frontispiece of flies. Westwood & Satchell p. 50 George Routledge & Co unknown books
1937rif. 352498East Aurora NY: Done into this book by the Roycrofters 1937. First edition. Frontispiece map and 10 photographic ililustrations. 34 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 17x13 cm 6-3â„4 x5-1â„4 inches. Publisher's brown faux leather over thin boards lettered in gilt patterned glassine dust wrapper. Fine copy. First edition. Frontispiece map and 10 photographic ililustrations. 34 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 17x13 cm 6-3â„4 x5-1â„4 inches. Czech p. 32 "a very small quantity" Done into this book by the Roycrofters unknown books
1956rif. 152181Burbank CA: National Broadcasting Company NBC 1956. Draft script for the 48th episode of season six of the 1950-1957 television series originally aired on September 6 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford with his name in manuscript pencil to the title page and his manuscript annotations throughout. A woman must make a difficult decision when the exposure of her husband's criminal activities threatens to drive the family out of town and into hiding. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 15 1956 with credits for screenwriter Thomas Patrick Cullinan. 110 leaves with last page of text numbered III - 40. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock rectos only with yellow revision pages throughout dated 8/28/56. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. National Broadcasting Company [NBC] unknown books
1906rif. 352487Mansfield Ohio: M.A. Pollock 1906. First edition with 6 in date corrected in ink. Frontispiece portrait of Governor Creel of California and 8 illustrations from photographs. 56 pp. Text printed in brown. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial tan paper wrappers printed in brown and gilt. Near fine copy. Library of Congress duplicate with stamp "Two copies received Jan 13 1906" at head of portrait and date stamp on back flyleaf small trace of adhesion at foot. First edition with 6 in date corrected in ink. Frontispiece portrait of Governor Creel of California and 8 illustrations from photographs. 56 pp. Text printed in brown. 1 vols. 8vo. Interesting account of an early twentieth century hunt in northern Mexico after deer and wild turkey no luck on the turkey. Copies have been seen with the printer's date 1905 or as here with the last digit inked to indicate 1906. The Library of Congress date stamp indicates deposit copies were received on 13 January 1906. UNCOMMON. Phillips p. 71 dated 1906; Heller 1:49 dated 1905; OCLC: 22550271 M.A. Pollock unknown books
1944rif. 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
1944rif. 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
1991rif. 43300New York: The Ecco Press 1991. First printing. Near fine in a near fine jacket. First edition a very nice copy of this collection of writings by the Polish author translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter. With praise from Czeslaw Milosz Joseph Brodsky and others on back panel. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Quarter black cloth over black boards in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 162 pages. Interior clean throughout if trivially toned. The Ecco Press unknown books
1861rif. 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
1970rif. 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
