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réf. 335045Vienna: Phaidon. hardcover. Illustrated in black and white. 640 pages. Small 4to tan cloth with gilt lettering spine sunned dust soiled and with a few stains; worn at head. Vienna: Phaidon no date circa 1937. Internally clean and tight. A very good copy. Phaidon unknown books
1976réf. 46418Princeton NJ: Art Museum Princeton University 1976. Very Good. Princeton NJ: Art Museum Princeton University 1976. First Edition. Slim oblong quarto; publisher's tan pictorial card wrappers; 75pp.; halftone illus. throughout. Very light shelf wear old ink manuscript price to upper cover else Very Good and sound. Signed by the artists Joseph Delaney and Lois Mailou Jones on pp. 25 and 41 respectively. The show featured works by seven Black contemporary artists including Romare Bearden Rex Goreleigh Jacob Lawrence Hughie Lee-Smith and Hale Woodruff as well as Delaney and Jones. Art Museum, Princeton University unknown books
1738réf. 28708London: Printed for J. Johnson in Rotterdam and Sold by J. Cooper in the Fleet-Street / Printed for T. Bickerton at the Crown in Pater-Noster-Row 1738. Very Good. London: Printed for J. Johnson in Rotterdam and Sold by J. Cooper in the Fleet-Street / Printed for T. Bickerton at the Crown in Pater-Noster-Row 1738 & 1722. Two octavo volumes. 152; 143 pp.; second volume lacking half title. Frontispiece. Bound in modern quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards; five raised bands and leather title label to spine; new endpapers. Light wear to edges and joints; binding sound; edges trimmed; interior unmarked; Very Good. Printed for J. Johnson in Rotterdam, and Sold by J. Cooper in the Fleet-Street / Printed for T. Bickerton, at the Crown in Pater unknown books
2011réf. 1410195New Delhi: The Lotus Collection/ Roli Books Private Limited 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 189 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine off-white with black lettering. Exterior has slight wear including slight scuffs/scratches and light edge wear. Boards have very slight wear including faint sunning. Text block has very slight wear including sparse soiling to the edges. Illustrated. First edition. Inscribed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Column AA. 1410195. FP New Rockville Stock. The Lotus Collection/ Roli Books Private Limited hardcover books
1903réf. 155051903. Being the William L. Bull Lectures for the Year 1903. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co. 1903. Original navy blue ribbed cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. First Edition of this group of four lectures delivered by Jacob Riis the Danish-American social reformer and photographer and muckraking journalist who did much for the cause of the urban poor -- beginning with his landmark HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES in 1890. Riis had become a police reporter and photographer during the 1870s which showed him first-hand the living conditions of the poor in "Hell's Kitchen"; he later was joined in this crusade by Theodore Roosevelt. This book includes 27 photographic plates illustrating the second and third lectures -- from the lantern slides Riis used to illustrate those lectures. An uncommon book this copy is bright and close to fine. unknown books
1914réf. 155061914. Benda Wladyslaw. Teodor. New York: The Macmillan Company 1914. 8 pp undated ads. Original terra-cotta cloth pictorially decorated in black white and gilt. First Edition of this collection of nineteen brief stories of the "other half" the poor immigrants scratching out livings in urban tenements. The first page of ads notes that the Danish-born Riis "social reformer and civil worker 'New York's most useful citizen'" had died the same year that this was published. Though not mentioned on the title page this volume includes six illustrations by the noted Polish-American painter and illustrator Wladyslaw. Teodor. Benda. This copy of this handsomely-bound book is bright and just about fine with scarcely any soil or wear. unknown books
1973réf. 017181William Morrow and Company Inc. 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation By Author. 1st Edition. Fine copy in A Near Fine Jacket. First Edition.$8.95 On Flap. Rare Presentation Copy."For John Daley With Best Wishes Jacob Javits" Excellent Copy. William Morrow and Company, Inc. Hardcover books
1938réf. 016601R.R.Bowker Co. 1938. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Burgundy Cloth First Edition. Rare Bibliography on Children's Books Excellent Fine Copy Very Scarce. R.R.Bowker Co. Hardcover books
1902réf. 013509The Macmillan Company 1902. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition 1902/1902 Fine Copy of This Classic in Blue Boards.Rare In This Condition.Beautiful Copy. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
1938réf. 008253R.R.Bowker Company 1938. Book. Fine. Cloth. Presentation By Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy.1/500 Rare Presentation Copy."For Edward Lazare with regards from Jake Blanck G.A.B. & C0 3 W 46st NYC July 18 1938." Signed in Year of Publication.Classic on Children's Literature. Comes with Scribner's Overleaf offering A Remarkable Collection of First Editions of Best loved American Juveniles from 1818 to 1929. Rare Copy. R.R.Bowker Company Hardcover books
1724réf. 1408680Paris: Claude Labottiere; Guillaume Cavelier 1724; 1728. First French Edition. Hardcover. 12mo 6 192 24 20; 8 342 18 pages plus four engraved fold-out plates. In Good plus condition. Bound in full brown leather. Gilt titling and ornamentation to spine. Boards have a loss of leather to spine head/tails cracking to joints chipping to extremities and moderate rubbing wear throughout. Textblock has marbled end papers age toning foxing throughout and stains to some pages throughout. Shelved in Room A. 1408680. Special Collections. Claude Labottiere; Guillaume Cavelier hardcover books
1993réf. 108528NY:: HarperCollins The Museum of Modern Art. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0060230371 . With a poem of appreciation by Walter Dean Myers. First printing. Oblong. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . HarperCollins (The Museum of Modern Art), hardcover books
1988réf. 619949Chicago: Another Chicago Press 1988. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Light foxing on topedge near fine. Another Chicago Press unknown books
2004réf. 230693Palmetto Bookworks 2004. hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Dust jacket and book are in good condition with minor wear. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. 1169 pages. Palmetto Bookworks hardcover books
1992réf. 525893New York: Rizzoli International Publications/ Rizollia Art Series 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Tall quarto. 24pp. Illustrated. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Contains a five-page introduction about Jacob Lawrence by Richard J. Powell followed by thirteen full-page color plates reproducing artwork by Jacob Lawrence with an index to the color plates. Covers are slightly rubbed at extremities else a near fine copy with text and plates fresh and clean; rear cover has publisher's original price sticker dated in year of publication dated '6-92'. (Rizzoli International Publications)/ Rizollia Art Series unknown books
1491réf. 284114Mainz: Jacob Meydenback 1491. Print. Woodcut. 11 1/2" x 8". Rare and beautiful woodcut published in 1491. Five wonderful illustrations of a merman two tailed mermaid and several schools of fish. From "Hortus Sanitatis" by Jacob Meydenbach. It translates to "The Garden of Health". It was the first natural history encyclopedia and an important medical book. Scarce. Jacob Meydenback unknown books
1703réf. 283280Wilhelmi Metternich: Coloniae 1703. Full Leather. Very Good binding. In contemporary calf with faded decorations to the spine; title label has been replaced with an ancient hand-lettered paper label. 437 pages; index. Very Good binding. Coloniae unknown books
1994réf. 1408859Omaha Nebraska: The Cummington Press 1994. Limited Edition #43/140. Hardcover. Octavo 36 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in red cloth with marbled paper to front board. White label with black lettering to spine. Soiling at tail of spine and bottoms of boards. Enumerated on limitation page in rear of textblock. Shelved under the Front Counter. 1408859. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Cummington Press hardcover books
1973réf. 619104Washington D.C.: The Corcoran Gallery of Art 1973. Softcover. Near Fine. Exhibition catalog. Essay by Stephanie Belt and Karen Cook. Slim oblong octavo. 32pp. Heavily illustrated in black and white including a full-page portrait of the artist by Eliot Elifson. Stapled wrappers with very light tanning and soil near fine. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn with an estate label designed by their son Jonathan Shahn. The Corcoran Gallery of Art unknown books
1859réf. 508400Boston: Published by John P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland Ohio: Henry P. Jewett; New York: Sheldon and Company 1859. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Compiled by Jacob R. Shipherd. With an Introduction by Prof. Henry E. Peck and Hon. Ralph Plumb. Large octavo. 280pp. Binding dull and moderately worn with bit of fraying at extremities of spine text has some light browning and foxing else a very good copy. A transcription of a court case testing the Fugitive Slave Act involving a slave that had escaped from Kentucky to the Oberlin area of Ohio and the attempts by the slaveholder to recapture his slave John. Howes 5419. Sheldon and Company hardcover books
1859réf. 507399Boston: Published by John P. Jewett and Company 1859. Hardcover. Fair. First edition Compiled by Jacob R. Shipherd. With an Introduction by Prof. Henry E. Peck and Hon. Ralph Plumb. Large octavo. 280pp. Cloth. Contemporary stamp of Paynesville Ohio bookseller C. S. Bartlett. Binding quite worn at extremities spine and endpapers crudely repaired text has some early dampstaining and foxing with owner's early pencil notes and scoring to endpapers and text; just a good copy. A transcription of a court case testing the Fugitive Slave Act involving a slave that had escaped from Kentucky to the Oberlin area of Ohio and the attempts by the slaveholder to recapture his slave.Howes 5419. Published by John P. Jewett and Company hardcover books
réf. 39873Leiden/Boston: Brill 2006. Hardcover. 9.125" x 6". xxxiv 390 pp. In publisher's mustard color-illustrated paper over boards with black text. Minor bumps to bottom edge. Near Fine. ISBN 9789004154221 . LikeNew. Hardcover . Brill 2006 hardcover books
1878réf. 27939208 Broadway Cor. Fulton St. New York: Department of Docks Evening Post Steam Presses 1878. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. 80 pages plus 3 plates two of which are folding. 8vo 5 3/4 x 9 inches. Printed tan wrappers string stitched. Additionally three stab holes at spine probably was in a bound volume at some point. Bright and clean internally inked "10" upper right front wrapper. Wraps. The first 28 pages are financial in nature and include transactions from May 1st 1876 through April 30th 1877. The next section is the report of the Engineer-in-chief who reports on several projects including the New Pier No. 1. N.R. Canal and King Street sections and other areas. The folding plates depict a section and of a bulk head wall King St. section. The last plate is an isometrical sketch of concrete blocks showing binding frames. The following section is again financials showing what tasks were accomplished and then a report of the Treasurer. A useful document for those interested in Dock related projects in NYC during this time period. [ Department of Docks ] Evening Post Steam Presses unknown books
1856réf. 26965London: John Churchill 1856. First Edition. Boards. Very Good. First Edition. viii 583 pages. 8vo. 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Wear overall to the binding fundamentally sound. Some issues have stamp of old hospital library. Boards. Contains 12 issues of the Journal and Transactions. Issues include Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society plus extracts and original articles of interest to the membership. Ethics issues criminal poisoning history of fats notes on materia medica at the Paris exposition experiments with deriving ether electrical apparatus etc etc appear as topics in a quick flip through the pages. A fascinating read with many pointers to other period sources. John Churchill unknown books
1991réf. 12356Boston Toronto London: Little Brown & Company 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Ruth Sanderson is an internationally known children's illustrator. Her original fairy tale The Enchanted Wood received the Irma S. Black award for best picture book of 1992 and the Young Hoosier Award in 1995. This copy is INSCRIBED by Sanderson opposite the title page "For Larry on his 1st birthday April 9 1992 from Mom and Dad and best wishes from Ruth Sanderson" in gold pen. Hard Cover. Inscribed by the Author. Little Brown & Company unknown books