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2016rif. 175045New York: Denise Bibro Fine Art 2016. Paperback. VG. Glossy color-illustrated wraps with white lettering. Unpaginated. Color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from February 11 to March 26 2016. Denise Bibro Fine Art paperback books
1927rif. 169951Amsterdam: Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel 1927. Hardcover. VG internally Spine detached. Sold as an excellent reading or reference copy. Full burgundy leather heavy embossed and gilt fill to covers and spine. Top edge gilt. 109 pp. profusely illustrated with 100 large photogravure style plates each plate having a descriptive guard sheet. A stunning example of Dutch bookbinding from the 1920s. Text is in Dutch. A very fine bookbinding designed by C.A. Lion Cachet 1864-1945. Rare. Shipping weight is 24 pounds. Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel hardcover books
1978rif. 165018NY: E. P. Dutton 1978. Softbound. VG Copy may have slight wear to cover corner and top of spine. Otherwise clean and tight. Illustrated wraps with red lettering. 202 pp. 18 color 73 bw plates. An important study of American art mainly of the 19th century that contained images or scenery that one would not reasonably expect to have encountered in reality during the time it was painted. Painting by Thomas Cole is on the cover. A standard oft-cited reference. E. P. Dutton paperback books
1845rif. 163008New York: Daniel Fanshaw Printers 1845. Original Edition not a reprint. Paperback. Fair. Complete but with covers detaching soiling to covers and foxing to pages. Pages corners curled. No extraneous marks. Green wraps with black lettering. 40 pp.; no illustrations. Cover title reads "Dr. Messer's Discourse on Domestic Feeling." Important to New Brunswick NJ and the Reformed Church in America. Daniel Fanshaw (Printers) paperback books
1964rif. 163490Baltimore: Murphy Fine Arts Center Gallery 1964. Paperback. VG-. Some shelf wear; some pencil writing on cover and first page. Otherwise contents are clean and tight. Small gray stapled wraps with white lettering. 12 pp. 4 BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition held from November 1-25 1964. Murphy Fine Arts Center Gallery paperback books
1979rif. 161727Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1979. Leather bound. Fine. Clean crisp tight unread copy. Grey leather/boards; gilt decoration all around. Three raised bands to spine with gilt lettering on crimson title block. AEG. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. xxxiv 636 pp. with bw frontis by George H. Jones. From the series The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature a limited edition collection published under the auspices of The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration by The Franklin Library. With a preface by Carl Sandburg. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1969rif. 154259University of Pittsburgh 1969. Softcover. VG- Ex-gallery with spine label and few interior marks; photocopy does not include the 150 illus. in the original document. Dissertation. Photocopied from micofilm by UMI. Black paper wraps 229 leaves no illus. Dissertation. Analyzes chronologically the life and work of American artist William Merritt Chase 1849-1916. Addresses the artist's importance at the time of his death. Includes the text of two unpublished speeches by Chase. Unfortunately the accompanying illustrations were not included in the copying process. University of Pittsburgh paperback books
1952rif. 142845Springfield MA: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum 1952. Softcover. Fine interior; covers solid and clean but with sunning and foxing. Cream stapled wraps with bw illustration and black lettering. 8 pp. with no illus. Catalogue from the exhibition of October 5-29 1952. Introductory text about modern German art the Blue Rider group etc. by the collection's owner Abraham Kamberg and comments by M. Louise Lochridge the museum's director. A catalogue of more than 100 prints by 52 artists listed in alphabetical order. George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum paperback books
1954rif. 142846Worcester MA: Worcester Art Museum 1954. Softcover. Fine interior; covers solid and clean but with sunning and foxing. Cream stapled wraps with bw illustration and black lettering. 8 pp. with no illus. Catalogue from the exhibition of May 16 - October 13 1954. Introductory text about modern German art the Blue Rider group etc. by the collection's owner Abraham Kamberg and comments by George L. Stout the museum's director. A catalogue of more than 100 prints by 59 artists listed in alphabetical order. Worcester Art Museum paperback books
1928rif. 134096London: John Tiranti & Co 1928. Revised edition. Hardcover. Good only ex-library with expected marks. additionally all plates are marked with a library ink stamp. wear and soiling to cloth including fraying at corners and spine ends. feps slightly chipped at edges. slight dampstain to very outer edge of pages. hinges loosening . Grey cloth. Foreword and table of contents followed by 64 bw plates. Oversize. Selection of reprint plates drawing from Swan's works 1 The British Architect of the Builders Treasury of Staircases 2 A Collection of Designs in Architecture 3 Designs in Carpentry or the Carpenters Complete Instructor and 4 Designs for Chimnies. John Tiranti & Co hardcover books
1970rif. 128965New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc 1970. Hardcover. VG- Pages have aged but consistently; plates are still vivid; front cover is slightly bowed; dj is near perfect. Crimson cloth boards with white stamped lettering maroon DJ with color illus. 328 pp. 315 illustrations 63 tipped-in in full color. In English. From the DJ: The more than 300 superb reproductions demonstrate Marini's mastery in bronze wood plaster stone cement and terra cotta as well as in oil tempera watercolor gouache ink and pastel. The illustrations also include some important documentary photographs of the artist at work and with family friends and colleagues. Harry N. Abrams, Inc hardcover books
1917rif. 121427New York: George H. Doran Company 1917. Softcover. VG clean and tight. Ivory stapled wraps with black lettering and 14 pp. Wallenstein ponders the plight of the Jews newly under German rule particularly those in Poland the Ukraine and the Baltic States formerly part of the Russian Empire. George H. Doran Company paperback books
1981rif. 989New York: Harper & Row Icon Ed 1981. Softbound. Good has been read. Wraps. viii 324 pp. 8 color 170 bw repros. Harper & Row, Icon Ed paperback books
1978rif. 4471New York: Kennedy Galleries 1978. Softcover. VG- Pencil marking to front cover. White wraps with bw illustration; 32 pp. 4 color 23 bw plates. One-page foreword by Lawrence A. Fleischman followed by a chronology. Catalogue lists 70 oils 9 watercolors and drawings and 8 lithographs. Exhibition held Mar. 14 to Apr. 1 1978. Kennedy Galleries paperback books
1688rif. ST13039cLondon: J. M. for Henry Herringman; Mary Clark for Charles Harper 1688; 1689. FIRST EDITION of Part III. 304 x 202 mm. 12 x 8". 58 41 1 blank 80 4 70 i.e. 68 154 23 1 blank 148; 16 161 21 166 pp. 148-9 misnumbered 140-1 2 pp. Two works bound together in one volume. Very attractive contemporary black morocco handsomely gilt. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Separate title pages for each section those in the first work dated 1687. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Archibald Philip Earl of Rosebery and the book label of Lawrence Strangman front free endpaper with bookplate of Robert S. Pirie see below for these three. Perkin B1; Wing C-6658 C-6664B and C-6665. One open tear just touching printed marginal notation small hole affecting two words light and very sparse foxing a touch heavier on a few signatures and some negligible spotting here and there otherwise A VERY CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE COPY with only the most trivial wear. From a distinguished collection in pleasing condition and in a contemporaneous binding this volume contains the works of Abraham Cowley one of the most precocious poets in the annals of English literature. Cowley 1616-67 was producing poetic works of inexplicable sophistication before he had settled into puberty; he published his first volume of verse at 15; and he went on to become one of the most popular poets of his day. Cowley was a staunch royalist who served in the exiled court of Charles I's queen Henrietta Maria where he helped to encode and decipher messages sent between the monarchy's supporters including the royal couple themselves. Despite having been arrested and imprisoned as a royalist agent at one point Cowley escaped the Cromwell years largely unscathed and retired to the countryside in 1663. Upon his death Cowley was not only given the extraordinary honor of burial in Westminster Abbey noted by the DNB as "the most lavish funeral which had ever been given to a mere man of letters in England" but was also afforded a privileged spot next to the graves of Spenser and Chaucer. Cowley's influence on contemporary poetry was demonstrably deep; his funerary monument refers to him as "the English Virgil" and Perkin asserts that his "fame as a poet exceeded even that of Milton" during the waning years of the Restoration. The first part here contains the poet's best-known mature works while the second is composed of his early efforts and the third his writings on plants. Our volume is from the collection of Robert S. Pirie 1934-2015 an extremely successful lawyer and investment banker who amassed the finest library of 16th and 17th century English literature in private hands during his lifetime. In 1984 he was elected one of the 40 members of the Roxburghe Club the world's oldest society of bibliophiles. Our volume has a thrice-distinguished provenance. The first recorded owner is Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery 1847-1929 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during 1894-95. Earlier he had been Foreign Secretary twice as well as Leader of the Opposition. As stated in the British Armorial Bindings database Rosebery was an "ardent and discriminating book collector." Afterwards the present volume became the property of Bombay-born and Cambridge-educated Lawrence Strangman 1907-80 son of Sir Thomas Strangman Q.C. and Lady Winifred Strangman. Much of his celebrated collection went to his alma mater Trinity Hall in the University of Cambridge where it is maintained as the Strangman Collection in Jerwood Library while other portions were handled by Sotheby’s. A captain in WWII Strangman served as a distinguished Intelligence Officer. Our third recorded owner is Robert S. Pirie 1934-2015 an extremely successful lawyer and investment banker who amassed the finest library of 16th and 17th century English literature in private hands during his lifetime. In 1984 he was elected one of the 40 members of the Roxburghe Club the world’s oldest society of bibliophiles. J. M. for Henry Herringman; Mary Clark for Charles Harper unknown books
1898rif. 1409746New York 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 72 pages with numerous blank leaves throughout bound between each paginated leaf from pg. 10 onward. In Good plus condition. In full navy cloth binding with gilt titling to front board. Small scuffs and stains to boards with mild rubbing along edges. Light bumping and fraying to head and tail of spine. Text block shows moderate age toning and wear along edges. Lightly toned throughout with darker toning on endpapers and adjacent pages. Splitting at hinges; closed tear to front flyleaf along hinge. Bookplate from former owner on front pastedown. Presentation copy with gift inscription on dedication page and ownership inscriptions from recipient on front flyleaf and copyright page. Shelved in Room F. This book is intended to be used as a note-taking aide for students of Dr. Robert F. Weir's lectures on surgery at Columbia University. This copy was presented to a Ralph A. Huntington by his professor at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at San Francisco College. 1409746. Special Collections. hardcover books
1949rif. 1409522San Marino: The Huntington Library 1949. Hardcover. Octavo xxii 161 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket has edge wear closed tear to bottom edge of front panel. Price clipped. Boards in blue cloth; slight wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has cracked front hinge. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece drawing. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1409522. FP New Rockville Stock. The Huntington Library hardcover books
2013rif. 411170Minneapolis: Walker Art Center 2013. First edition. Generally a clean copy. 13.5 x 9.75 inches. 240 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original pictorial wrappers. "Published on the occasion of the artist's first major survey this volume explores the rich terrain of Abraham Cruzvillegas' born 1968 work over the past ten years rooting his sculptural language within the volcanic landscape of his childhood home in Ajusco Mexico. The publication elaborates on Cruzvillegas' interest in autoconstrucción a construction method arising from the constraints of poverty in which parts are recycled and adapted for new purposes. Developed in collaboration with the artist the volume features five essays examining autoconstrucción through the lens of art history politics architecture and urban migration in Mexico in the 1960s. Along with these texts the publication includes sculptures by Cruzvillegas; snapshots of Ajusco Mexico taken by the artist; archival images of Ajusco from the Cruzvillegas Fuentes family album; titles that inform and inspire the artist's thinking about autoconstrucción; silkscreened posters of liberation movements in Latin America; and the artist's index of concepts and song lyrics written as allegories of his childhood" the publisher. Walker Art Center unknown books
1966rif. 343455Buenos Aires: Oficina Latinoamericana de Comité Judio Americano Instituto de Relaciones Humanas 1966. Paperback. 238p. french-fold wraps wraps edgeworn tail of spine chipped bookstore rubberstamp on front blank else good condition. Text in Spanish. Cover subtitle: "Antecedentes históricos demografía educación vida cultural y religiosa prensa estructura comunitaria relaciones intergrupales. Oficina Latinoamericana de Comité Judio Americano Instituto de Relaciones Humanas paperback books
1573rif. 311532Antwerp: Ortelius Abraham 1573. framed. Map. Color engraving. Image measures 14 3/8" x 19.75". In gilt frame with empire French matting 23 x 28 1/2 inches. Gorgeous 16th century map of Italy. Elevations are beautifully colored and major towns are noted in red. Part of the Balkans Corsica and northern Sardinia are included along with part of Switzerland. Monaco is noted to the West. It was Ortelius's first map of Italy with a depiction of Neptune embracing and kissing a Neirid merwoman. A Sphinx perches atop the distance scale cartouche. Seven ships complete the composition. Some foxing and toning but otherwise a beautiful example of this uncommon edition. Abraham Ortelius 1527--1598 started his career as a Flemish map colorist eventually becoming a publisher cartographer and geographer. He widely regarded as one of the important and influential cartographers in history. He is known for his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" which was the first modern atlas. Van den Broecke 118. Ortelius, Abraham unknown books
1996rif. 149605Oakland: the Post 1996. Pamphlet. 16p. 7x8.5 inches illustrated with photos program ads very good program in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. the Post unknown books
1936rif. 1928New York: The Macmillan Co. 1936. First edition. AMERICAN NEUROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES THAT EUGENICAL STERILIZATION IS NOT WARRANTED. 14x22 cm hardcover blue cloth binding i-vii 1 211 pp. Corners worn spine ends frayed decorative bookplate of the Palmer Library to front paste-down perforated library stamp to bottom of title page binding tight pages unmarked library card and pocket to back endpapers. Good in custom archival mylar cover. CITED BY Lombardo in Three Generations No Imbeciles 2008: "In a book edited by psychiatrist Abraham Myerson offered here the American Neurological Association went on record in opposition to most sterilization laws. The report condemned the 'family studies' popularized in The Jukes and The Kallikak Family judging such work as well as the efforts of eugenicists at Cold Spring Harbor 'entirely invalid'." The Macmillan Co. hardcover books
1990rif. 316965New York: HarperCollins 1990. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Edited and introduced by Cuomo & Holzer. Frontispiece. 416 pages. 8vo purple cloth d.w. New York: HarperColllins 1990. Third printing of the first edition. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. Lengthy dated inscription by Cuomo on the front endpaper. HarperCollins unknown books
1972rif. 187174Seal Beach CA: Concord Press 1972. Paperback. 141p. wraps 4x7 inches pages evenly toned offsetting to verso of front wrap from a laid in card advertising the book date penciled on title page else very good condition. Describes an international bankers' conspiracy to manipulate politics and war but takes care to reject traditional anti-Semitic connections with such conspiracy discussions. Allen was a prominent John Birch Society writer. Concord Press paperback books
1845rif. 28226A master storyteller and talented mimic Lincoln's humor was the product of his upbringing in the frontiers of Kentucky Indiana and Illinois where tall tales and exaggeration were key ingredients to good jokes and effective tools in the courtrooms and legislative halls. For some it made him more appealing and approachable to the common man. For others his coarse backwoods humor was undignified reinforcing their belief that he was unfit to be president. This manuscript utilizes a series of "spoonerisms" in which the storyteller transposes the first few letters of two adjacent or nearby words for humorous effect. Its namesake Rev. William Archibald Spooner of New College Oxford University was allegedly prone to unintentionally making such mistakes in speaking Complete Transcript He said he was riding bass-ackwards on a jass-ack through a patton-cotch on a pair of baddle-sags stuffed full of binger-gred when the animal steered at a scump and the lirrup-steather broke and throwed him in the forner of the kence and broke his pishing-fole. He said he would not have minded it much but hefell right in a great tow-curd; in fact he said it give him aright smart sick of fitnesshe had the molera-corbus pretty bad. He said about bray dake he come to himself ran home seized up a stick of wood and split the axe to make a light rushed into the house and found the door sick abed and his wife standing open. But thank goodness she is getting right hat and farty again. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Autograph Manuscript "Bass-Ackwards" story ca. 1845-1850 Springfield IL. 1 p. 7 x 8.5 in. Historical Background C. F. Gunther of Chicago told Jesse W. Weik that Lincoln penned this for a bailiff in the Springfield courts. It was first published by Emanuel Hertz in The Hidden Lincoln in 1938. It once belonged to the Illinois State Historical Library in Springfield which traded it for a first edition of the Book of Mormon. According to auctioneer Charles Hamilton one collector considered it so unworthy of Lincoln's sacred memory he bid intending to burn it! Fortunately he lost. Provenance Abraham Lincoln to a bailiff of a Springfield court reportedly Arnold R. Robinson > The Illinois State Historical Library gift of a descendant > Charles Hamilton Galleries May 16 1963. See account in Hamilton Auction Madness 119: "This unsigned bit of Lincolniana was knocked down for $4000 at one of my earliest auctions nearly twenty years ago. What would it fetch today!" > Lindley and Charles Eberstadt > Parke-Bernet Galleries Eberstadt sale October 13 1964 lot 124 described as being "the most intimate and unusual Lincoln document known to survive" and "perhaps the greatest Presidential character piece extant" > Christie's a Western Collector December 9 1994 lot 84 > Louise Taper Beverly Hills California > The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Foundation 2007 > Freeman's/Hindman May 21 2025 lot 21. Exhibitions The Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America at the Huntington Library October 1993-August 1994 Abraham Lincoln: A Personal Journey at the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum October 12 2001February 18 2002 Condition: Silked; creasing from folds; small losses along folds affecting a few letters; small marginal loss in upper right corner not affecting text; scattered spotting. books
