America: Art and the West.
New York: Abrams, 1986. Profusely illustrated in color. 131pp. Oblong 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: The American Australian Foundation for the Arts & Harry Abrams, (1986). A near fine copy. More
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Celebration a Lyon du centenaire de la mort d'Andre-Marie Ampere 1836-1936.
Lyon: Chalumeau, 1936. Compte rendu des Journees 5,6,7 et 8 Mars 1936. Numerous plates and text illustrations. 2 vols, 4to, original printed wrappers; upper hinge of vol. I worn.(Lyon: Chalumeau, 1936). Very good. Among the papers presented at this conference in honor of the great French physicist who formulated the mathematical basis of electro-dynamics were contributions by Jean-Baptiste Perrin, Auguste Lumiere, Maurice Broglie, and Frederic and Irene Joliot-Curie. More
Die Apokalypse von Angers: Ein Meisterwerk mittelalterlicher Teppichwirkerei
Munich: Hirmer, 1985. 73 full page color plates, plus additional color and black-and-white illustrations. 195pp., 4to, blue cloth, d.w., cardboard slipcase. Fribourg and Munich: Office du Livre and Hirmer, (1985). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Maisons de Saint-Tropez.
Geneva: Aubanel, 2003. Preface de Jacqueline Pagnol. Photographies de Thomas Delhemmes. Many excellent color photographs. 231 pages with text in French. 4to, blue boards, dust wrapper. (Geneve: Aubanel, 2003). Corners are slightly bumped, but still a near fine unread copy. More
Decatur House and Its Inhabitants.
illus. 4to, cloth. (Washington: Nat. Trust for Hist. Preservation), 1954. More
The Trial of Marie Besnard.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y., (1963). More
Recherches Physiologiques sur la Vie et la Mort.
Paris: Brossom, 1906. 8vo, old calf, worn; covers detached, text block is fine.. Paris, Brossom, Gabon et Cie, An VIII (1805). Third Edition. In this famous work, Bichat brought together all his concepts under a majestic doctrine of vitalism. He assigned a specific vital property or different mode of vitalism to each of the tissues he had defined, which he credited with their own type of sensibility and contractility. He brought histology to the service of pathology, and he is..... More
Myths of War.
8vo, cloth; (spine lightly soiled). London: Imago, (1947). More
L'Amour de Jesus au Tres-Saint Sacrement de L'Autel.
Nancy: Nicolas Baltazard, 1722. 287 pages. 12mo, full contemporary mottled calf, ornately gilt spine with red leather spine label; marbled end papers (rubbed overall with foot chipped and hinges starting). Paris: Nicholas Baltazard, 1722. Very good. Early ink inscription from 1846 on verso of title page. More
House of Dreams: The Bingham Family of Louisville.
New York: Random House, 1988. 452 pages. Thick 8vo, 1/2 cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, (1988). First edition. A near fine copy. More
Here I Am, Take My Hand.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Harper, (1974). vg. More
Greta Garbo; A Hollywood Portrait.
New York: Smithmark, 1992. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs. 111pp. Slim folio, black boards, dust wrapper. (New York: Smithmark, 1992). Near fine in very good dust wrapper. More
The History of the Union Pacific; America's Great Transcontinental Railroad
New York: Crescent Books, 1989. Many Illus. 4to, black cloth, d.w., pages slightly wavy throughout. New York: Crescent Books, (1989). More
History of the Insurrection in China; With Notices of the Christianity, Creed, and Procalmations if the Insurgents.
New York: Paragon, 1969. Frontispiece portrait and large folding map. 301 pages, slim 12mo, green cloth, (top and bottom of spine bumped). New York: Paragon Reprint, 1969. Top and bottom of spine bumped. More
Unearthing Gotham: The Archaeology of New York City
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. Illustrated. x + 374 pages, Square 4to, blue boards, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (2001). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Unearthing Gotham; The Archaeology of New York City
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. Illus. Square 4to, blue boards, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (2001). Fine. More
La Faience et La Porcelaine Dans Le Monde.
Lausanne: Edita, 1996. Profusely illustrated in color, 4to, cloth, d.w. (Lausanne), Edita, 1996. Fine. More
Tableau Historique de L'Etat et Des Progres de la Litterature Francais, Depuis 1789
Paris: Maradan, 1817. 422pp., 8vo, full mottled calf with gilt-decorated spine; scattered foxing, pages lightly toned, covers rubbed. Paris: Chez Maradan, 1817. Second Edition. A tight, very good copy. More
Charlotte Corday and Certain Men of the Revolutionary Torment.
Frontis. 238pp. 8vo, cloth. New bYork: D. Appleton, 1929. More
Lost Africa: The Eyes of Origin
Newburgh: Assouline, 2004. 122 large unbound black & white photographic illustrations about 13 1/2 x 17 inches; housed in a black board folder within a pictorial black & white board slipcase with string ties. (Newburgh: Assouline 2004). Light scuffing and bumping to the box, else a fine copy. More
Tauromachies.
Paris: Marval, 1991. Many color photographs, folio, 160 pages, black cloth, d.w. pictorial board slipcase. (Paris): Marval, (1991). First Edition. Fine. Boldly inscribed and dated on the half-title. More
Sordo Madaleno: Arquitectura en Cuarto Elementos.
Mexico: 2002. Numerous color photographs by Ignacio Urquiza. Small folio, black cloth, d.w. (Mexico, 2002). Second edition. Fine. More
Mexico: Houses of the Pacific
La Jolla: Alti, 1994. A book of vibrant color photographs. 223 pages. 4to, blue cloth, dust wrapper. La Jolla: Alti Publishing, (1994). Fine. More
Almanach du pere Gerard, pour l'annee 1792, la troisieme de l'ere de la liberte.; Ouvrage qui a remporte le prix propose par la Societe des Amis de la Constitution seante aux Jacobins, a Paris.
Niort: Lefrac-Elies, 1792. 112 pages, tiny chip on half title and title page, slim 16mo, 1/2 vellum-backed marbled boards (vellum discolored). Niort: Lefranc-Elies, 1792. Very Good. More
L'Inconscient, etude sur l'hypnotism.
Paris: Bailliere, 1889. 159 pages with text in French. 12mo, modern red marbled paper wrappers with remnants of original covers bound-in. Paris: J.B. Bailliere, 1889. First edition. Pages age-toned and somewhat brittle, with some dampstains at fore-edge margins, overall a good copy. A study of the unconsciousness under hypnosis. With a discussion of the hyman body's physiological function in such an impaired state. Cailler 2643. More