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1988ref. 198561New York: Harper & Row 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Harper & Row hardcover books
1988ref. 241741New York: Harper & Row 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket; Book and dust jacket show slight rubbing/bumping slight yellowing of dust jacket flap edges. Harper & Row hardcover books
1988ref. 377464New York: Harper & Row 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 309pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An account of the art and politics of Italy during the Renaissance specifically the Gonzaga family. Harper & Row hardcover books
1988ref. 9011017New York: Harper & Row 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Includes bibliography and index. Harper & Row hardcover books
1988ref. 348703New York: Harper & Row 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 309pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. An account of the art and politics of Italy during the Renaissance specifically the Gonzaga family. Harper & Row hardcover books
1988ref. 70181New York: Harper & Row Publishers. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0060158476 . First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition minor soiling to the boards in a Fine dustjacket; The Gonzaga of Mantua are one of the most celebrated noble families in Renaissance Italy and their tapestries are some of the most renowned and beautiful works of art of the period. This book tells the story of the Gonzaga family and their tapestries from their origins in the medieval Lombardy region to their rise to power in the courts of Mantua and Ferrara and their subsequent patronage of the arts. The tapestries themselves are beautifully detailed and colorful and are a testament to the skill and creativity of the Gonzaga artists.; B & W Photographs; 309 pages . Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover books
1988ref. 117173New York: Harper 1988. hardcover. illus. 8vo cloth d.w. N.Y.: Harper 1988. Harper unknown books
1973ref. 1417419New York: McGraw-Hill 1973. First English Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 268 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket spine red with white and black lettering protected in mylar covering price uncut: "$7.95". Mild general shelf wear. Mild sunfading to dust jacket spine. Shelved in HC Fiction. 1417419. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
2004ref. 80848London: Tate Publishing. Very Good. 2004. Softcover. Soft-bound in color pictorially printed covers. The covers show light scuffing and light edge-wear. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with color illustrations. . Tate Publishing paperback books
1989ref. 353015New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. First American edition. About very good with bottom edge nicked affecting twenty pages and a bump on the spine in a fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by author on front fly. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1989ref. 299224London: Gollancz 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a lightly sunned spine. Signed by the author. Gollancz hardcover books
1985ref. 186943New York: Scribners 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book club. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Corners slightly bent. Minor shelf rubbing to dust jacket Tape on back dust jacket. Scribners hardcover books
1941ref. 41150London; New York; Toronto: Oxford University Press 1941. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Folio 15 1/4 x 12". XVI 279 1pp Text 56 leaves Plates; 10pp Supplement. Original gilt-stamped olive cloth with gold lettering to spine. Title page with printed Chinese seal in red. A printed 10-page supplement published in 1941 laid in at rear. "The volume begins with an Introduction and a general description of the collection. These are followed by a description of each painting and the translation of its seals and inscriptions. At the end of the book is a chapter on seals their carving and use together with the photographic reproduction of 115 seals and a key with their translation and the identification of their owners and Biographical Notes on the painters commentators poets and seal-owners connected with the paintings. There are also an Index of Chinese names words terms and seals with their Chinese characters and English Indexes of proper names seals in translation and miscellanea covering such subjects as calligraphy its styles and use as an art form; discussion of paper and silk and of signatures; duties of officials legends and stories connected with the paintings; paintings ancestral animals birds flowers and plants religious subjects and their use on special occasions and for special purposes symbols and symbolism; technique brush strokes materials used and preparation of and methods used for Buddhist paintings buildings flowers etc and by individual painters" from the publishers. Of the 56 collotype plates featured in this work 48 deal with paintings and are composed of 36 full-page monochrome plates 3 full-page color plates 7 manifold monochrome plates and 2 manifold color plates. The remaining plates are composed of 5 full-page plates of calligraphy and 3 full-page plates of seals. The paintings in the collection date from pre-T'ang times to the Ch'ing Dynasty some of them among the greatest Chinese paintings known. Among them are the great landscape by Hsia Küei and such recorded paintings as "An Assembly of Birds on a Willow Bank" attributed to Huang Ch'üan; "Snow River and Returning Boat" by Emperor Hui Tsung; "An Orchid in Autumn" by Chêng Ssu-hsiao; "Mountains and Water" by Mi Fei; "A White Prunus in Blossom" by Wang Mien etc. Minor to moderate shelf wear. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1845ref. 540049London: William Pickering 1845. Hardcover. Very Good. First reprint of the original edition. 12mo. 29 3pp. Near contemporary quarter levant gilt lettered spine purple paper over boards. Head and tail of spine are rubbed corners a little scraped else near fine. A scarce reprint of the suppressed edition of 1524 reprinted by William Pickering “on account of its historical importance”. Two auction records note that the Pickering edition was limited to 100 copies. OCLC locates only three copies. William Pickering hardcover books
1971ref. 452683Berkeley California: Galactic Approximation Press 1971. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Square octavo. Stapled wrapper. Near fine with touch of toning and some wear at the corners. One of 1500 copies. Galactic Approximation Press unknown books
1971ref. 58491Berkeley: Galactic Approximation 1971. First edition. 44 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 1500 copies. Berkeley: Galactic Approximation, unknown books
1971ref. 26067Berkeley: Galactic Approximation 1971. First edition. . 44 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Dated 2 july 72 meditteranean and SIGNED by Simon. Berkeley: Galactic Approximation, unknown books
1978ref. 199189New York: McGraw 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later. Very good in an about Very good dust jacket. Inscription end paper. Dustwrapper rubbed wit chipping and tearing along edges light wear. McGraw hardcover books
1978ref. 112456New York: McGraw-Hill / Reader's Digest Press 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Later printing. Octavo. Remainder mark on bottom edge else near fine in price-clipped near fine dust jacket. McGraw-Hill / Reader's Digest Press hardcover books
1979ref. 208890New York: McGraw 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Later printing. Pages clean and tight. Minor smudges on white cover. Dustwrapper price clipped. Tears on top edges of dust jacket spine. 3 inch scratch on rear dust jacket. McGraw hardcover books
1978ref. 120989New York: McGraw 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Later. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dustwrapper price clipped with light tearing on corners top back edge. Later printing. McGraw hardcover books
1978ref. 214578New York: Reader's Digest Press 1978. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo 1/2 red cloth d.w. New York: Reader's Digest Press 1978. Very good Reader's Digest Press unknown books
1946ref. 46978New York: Simon and Schuster 1946. First edition. Near fine in very good plus slipcase. First printing of this collection of notable operas including "Don Giovanni" "Lohengrin" "Faust" and "Carmen" with atmospheric illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. Rafaello Busoni was the son of the envelope-pushing pianist Ferruccio Busoni making him well-suited to illustrate these famous operas. 12'' x 8.5''. Original color pictorial wrappers. Illustrated in black white and red. 404 pages. In original blue cardboard slipcase with color pictorial onlay. Slipcase with light edgewear small closed crack near outer edge; a bit of lifting to spine. Wrappers with a bit of edgewear mild sunning to spine. A hint of soil to first leaf. Tight. Simon and Schuster unknown books
1946ref. 353284New York: Simon and Schuster 1946. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Folio. Printed paper wrappers. 403pp. with full page illustrations and vignettes by Rafaello Busoni. A chip to the spine top very good with moderate wear at the edges. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn with an estate label designed by their son Jonathan Shahn. Laid-in is a two-page Typed Letter Signed by Bernarda Shahn "Mommy" and envelope posted May 1955 to Bernarda's daughter Suzanne Shahn. Typed on stationary from the Connaught Hotel London Bernarda gives an interesting account of her visit to the Royal College of Art and to Cherbourg France. Also laid-in is a music manuscript in pencil presumably by Suzanne. Simon and Schuster unknown books
1946ref. 129421New York: Simon & Schuster 1946. Softcover. Very Good. Later. Very good or better in wrappers. Slipcase VG-. Paperback is lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners Slipcase worn at edges cracked at one edge. Simon & Schuster unknown books
