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1970ref. 306730New York: Star Dist 1970. Paperback. 190p. illustrated with explicit drawings very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Rough Trade RT-433. Star Dist paperback books
1904ref. 120550London: Hodder & Stoughton 1904. Hardcover. VG- Light wear to cloth at extremities; Boards slightly warped; Previous owner's name written on second page. Green decorated cloth over boards; 283 pp.; Profusely illustrated with duotone plates some tipped in. Includes texts by Leonce Benedite Henry van Dyke Right Reverend G.A. Chadwick and Rev. Robert F. Horton; Contains plates by Albrecht Durer Peter Paul Rubens Andrea Mantegna Fra Angelico William Holman Hunt Rembrandt van Ryn Anthony van Dyck and others. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
ref. 167478New York: Crown Productions no date. Paperback. 188p. explicit illustrations very good first edition PBO in original camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Rough Trade RT-436. Leather motorcycle gang. Crown Productions paperback books
1868ref. 58083NY: Carlton & Porter; 1868. First Edition. 8vo. embossed maroon cloth stamped in gilt; 223 pages. Very Good some wear covers gilt still bright; contents clean & tight with library stamp and a "Rules" plate on the endpapers. Carlton & Porter; unknown books
1903ref. 26019Chicago: Journal of Comp. Neurology 1903. OFFPRINT. Original publisher's printed wrappers. Very good; some dustiness. 8vo 2 19 - 40 pp. large folding chart. Prominent neurologist who did original work in neuroanatomy. See Bio. Memoirs of Nat'l. Academy of Sciences v. 20 #8. Journal of Comp. Neurology unknown books
1920ref. 134025Brooklyn New York: Brooklyn Public Library 1920. Hardcover. Good ex-library with a few marks and stamps binding solid one or more postcards separated un-glued toning of old newspaper clippings pages wavy probably from glue moisture though there is an occasional localized dampstain. Blue library buckram silt spine titles unpaginated approx. 100 pages with with pasted color illustrations on both sites approx. 25 leaves blank. OVERSIZE GA2. A scrapbook of images of architecture and color images of many beautiful places and things produced the early 1900s. Many are of New York City but also around the country and world presumably collected by the Brooklyn Public Library. Includes many large samples of the work of illustrator Louis Biedermann 1874-1957 along with Clara M. Burd Charles Livingston Burd Adolph Triedler Wilfred Jones Fred Kulz Chum Vine Edmond Oakdale Vincent Lynch and Mary Bassett. News articles from the New York Herald show articles with large color illustrations of views of cities and bridges. Travel postcards from the era depict architecture throughout the world. Includes stained glass windows a real slice of life during an age when color images in magazines and periodicals were fairly new and illustrators. Artcyclopedia calls the years of 1880-1920 the Golden Age of Illustration: it “was a period of unprecedented excellence in book and magazine illustration. It developed from advances in technology permitting accurate and inexpensive reproduction of art combined with a voracious public demand for new graphic art.” Probably a librarian's pet project. Brooklyn Public Library hardcover books
1798ref. 22033Weiszenfels und Leipzig: F Severin 1798. First German edition. Original 18th century paper wrappers. Very good; spine abraded; occasional light spotting. 8vo xvi 2 3 - 232 pp. A translation from the original French by a German physician resident and practicing in Paris. The anonymous translator has added notes and an index to the book. OCLC cites 2 Am. locations. F Severin unknown books
