London: Susan Allix, 1999. One of twenty-two copies, numbered and signed by the author on the colophon. With nineteen intaglio prints (including one two-page print), which are the result of four years of sketch book observation and drawing, platemaking, and reworking the plates. Many have extra hand-coloring on the.....
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[ n.p.]: n.d., ca. 1920.]. First edition. Probably issued shortly before the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in August of 1920. The latest event mentioned in the broadside occurred in May 1920, when “the women who invaded Connecticut to try to force Governor Holcomb to call a special session, met.....
Prescott;: Office of the Arizona Miner, Official Paper of the Territory, 1865. First edition. No copy has been sold at auction since 1966. Woodcut of “The Seal of the Territory of Arizona” on the Certificate approved by Richard McCormick, Secretary of the Territory. Binding extremities lightly rubbed. Very minor foxing.....
[Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1903]. One of 150 copies on paper, 125 of which were for sale, printed by Hornby at the Ashendene Press with type set by Hornby and Meysey Turton. 25 morocco-bound copies on vellum, 20 of which were for sale, were also printed. With a woodcut of an.....
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[ Cambridge: Published by the Observatory, 1913. First edition. Some light dampstaining to front wrapper along spine. Inconspicuous embossed labels of Pomona College to front wrapper and title-page. Lower wrapper lost. Spine somewhat creased and chipped. A bit of light foxing to fore-edge. A very good, clean copy of an.....
London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1732. First edition. Pages 211-358 of Volume II contain the third edition of Berkeley’s Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision, originally published in 1709. Engraved title-page vignettes. Corners worn, one gathering of Vol. I with light foxing, old, neat pencil notes in two gatherings.....
London: R. Bowyer, 1795. This Bible is remembered by many as the “Killer Bible” for its typographical error in Mark VII, verse 27: “Let the children be killed” rather than “filled.” However, it is more exemplary for its artistic design by some of England’s most skilled book artists of the.....
London: Macmillan, 1868. Binding extremities lightly rubbed. Intermittent light foxing and minor marginal tear on p. 96. First few gatherings have been re-inserted. Contemporary ink inscription on front flyleaf. A very good copy and an example of a vulnerable deluxe trade binding that has remarkably survived. Publisher's brown morocco. Front.....
Northridge: Santa Susana Press, California State University Libraries, 1988. One of sixty-five copies, signed by Lawrence Clark Powell. Printed, designed, and produced by Joseph D’Ambrosio using a hand set Della Robbia type and a Vandercook No. 4 proof press, with photographs printed and mounted by Amanda Blanco. Twelve dry mounted.....
n.p., France: n.d., ca. 1880], Text in gothic style letters, with elaborate borders, initials, and miniatures in watercolor and gold, in a style reminiscent of the late Middle Ages. A fine and very interesting manuscript, featuring very delicate work of a rather varied nature. Pencil presentation inscription in French to.....
Dublin: Printed by John Chambers, For R. Cross, W. Wilson, P. Byrne, A. Grueber, J. Moore, J. Jones, W. McKenzie, W. Jones, R. McAllister, R. White, J. Rice, and G. Draper; Volume II Printed by John Ershaw; Volume III Printed by Robert Rhames, 1792. First Dublin edition. The first English.....
London: Printed for J. Roberts... 1724-7. First English edition of Calmet’s Discours et dissertations sur tous les livres de l’Ancien Testament (1715). The translator is Nicholas Tindal. Illustrated with three full-page copper engravings; copper-engraved initial letters, vignettes, and headpieces. Binding extremities a bit worn, minor soiling to rear board. Intermittent.....
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These are unique items, most likely based on the maps of contemporary English cartographers. A possible source is James Wyld the Elder (1790 – 1836), who was known for his prompt publications of newly updated maps. Also note that, while the polar projection of the Southern Hemisphere is signed with.....
[Boston: Mary Hemenway School Garden Club, 1918-19. The captions date the photos to 1918 and 1919, with the one invitation dated 1926. This album shows students at work in the garden; the Mary Hemenway School building; the student-run farmer’s market; gardening competitions; and the students’ participation in events like a......
Einstein turned seventy-five on March 14, 1954, and wrote this letter offering thanks for Andermann’s birthday gift of a Vivaldi record. The German text can be translated as follows: “You can rest assured that I have received all your letters including such enclosures. In the last years the mail has.....
[n.p.:]: 1955-57. 137 sheets of hand-drawn sketches (sixty-two on 9” x 11 ” sheets, 75 on 5 ” x 8 ” sheets). Most with handwritten design descriptions, notes, and accompanying fabric swatches pinned or taped onto the sheets. Also with price lists, inventories, and printed ads for the Candy Jr......
Paris: Jardin des Modes, [Impressions Paul Dumas,], [n.d., 1931]. First edition. Batik is an Indonesian relief dyeing technique in which wax is applied to fabric, which is then soaked in dye. The wax resists the dye, which allows the artist to later remove the wax with boiling water and begin.....
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1883-95. A set of fourteen Kate Greenaway almanacs plus a facsimile, probably printed in 1973, of Greenaway’s 1885 Alphabet. Greenaway’s Almanacks were published between 1883 and 1897, though no almanac was published in 1896. Color illustrations throughout. Slight rubbing at edges and some rubbing on.....
[ Basel: Nicolaus Kesler, 1496 ]. Text in double columns, rubricated throughout in red and blue. The decorative two-line title is from a woodcut. Contemporary ink manuscript notes on front pastedown, occasional contemporary ink marginalia. Remains of a medieval vellum manuscript leaf, used as binder's waste, in front and back.....
London: John Long, [1929]. First edition. With twelve plates (including frontispiece) of black-and-white aerial photos. Some foxing to edges. Some toning to first and last few leaves. A very good copy of an uncommon book that is rare in the original pictorial dust jacket (printed in black and orange with.....
Lyon: Jacobo Hugetan, 1512. Title-page in black and red, with a 2 x 3" woodcut of Saint Jerome in his study. Numerous decorative woodcuts of varying sizes throughout. Text in double columns. Foot of spine lightly chipped, back joint starting to crack, but sound, remnants of off-white paint on spine.....
Riga: bey Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1790. Kant published his great masterpiece in 1781, and a second edition appeared in 1787. Kant revised the work substantially for the second edition, and this third edition consolidates those changes. This is the first issue of the third edition. A later issue is called.....
[Newark, Vermont: ]: Janus Press, 1995. One of 100 copies signed by the author, book designer and publisher Claire Van Vliet, Audrey Holden, Mary Richardson, and the other contributors. With an eight-page pamphlet bound in at the end with an embossed quilt-design card cover in which is printed information about.....
London: Printed for the Author; and sold by L. Hawes…[et al.], 1764. First edition. Five engraved folding plates. With list of subscribers. A little light foxing. A very good copy of a scarce book. Recent tan calf over marbled boards, Gilt-ruled spine with crimson morocco label. Quarto. viii, "218" [i.e......
London: John W. Parker... 1848. First edition of the leading textbook of economics in the English-speaking world for the best part of fifty years. Complete with the initial blank in the second volume. A very good, crisp copy. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt-ecorated spines with burgundy morocco labels.....
