The Hamptons; Long Island's East End.
New York: Rizzoli, 1993. Many color photo Illus. by Ken Miller. 4to, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. sunned on spine. New York: Rizzoli , 1993. Near Fine. More
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The Antiquities of Richborough, Reculver, and Lymne, in Kent
London: John Russell Smith, 1850. Illustrations by F. W. Fairholt. Color Frontis, 8 full-page black-and-white plates, many text illustrations. viii + 272 pages plus several pages of subscriber's names, 8vo, blind stamped blue cloth; ex-library, ink gift inscription front free endpaper, corners bumped, covers lightly worn. London: John Russell Smith, 1850. A very good copy. More
Michael Goldberg: Goldberg Variations / Variazioni Golberg
Viterbo: Primaprint, 1997. 62 color illustrations. 128 pages with text in English and Italian. 4to, black cloth, d.w., publisher's pictorial slipcase. Viterbo: Edizioni Primaprint, 1997. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper and slipcase, inscribed on the half title: "To... with affection, Mike. 3/27/98" This well-illustrated monograph is the major reference work on the noted second generation American Abstract Expressionist painter Michael Goldberg. Scarce. More
The Auschwitz Album; A Book Based Upon an Album Discovered by a Concentration Camp Survivor, Lili Meier
New York: Random House, 1981. Many photo Illus. Oblong folio, brown cloth, d.w. with a small tears. New York: Random House, (1981). More
Curiosities of Savage Life.
London: Beeton, 1863. 9 color plates and 78 woodcut illustrations. 418 pages, marbled edges, 8vo, rebound in full tan polished calf, spine rubbed, hinges weak. London: Beeton, 1863. Internally nice and clean. Very good. More
Kentish Lyrics: Sacred, Rural and Miscellaneous.
London: Houlston and Wright, 1867. Frontispiece, decorative initials and tailpieces. 248 pages, small 8vo, ornamented red cloth, spine rubbed. London: Houlston and Wright, 1867. First Edition. Good. More
First, second, third, fourth and fifth report on the excavation of the Roman fort at Richborough, Kent.
Oxford: Society of Antiquaries, 1926. 5 volumes, numerous black & white illustrations, many large folding plates. Volume 1 has the original printed wrappers with a small repair and small hole on following 2 pages, not affecting the text. 4to, maroon cloth, 4to. Oxford: Society of Antiquaries, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1949,1968. Very good (+). More
Extraordinary American Indians
Chicago: Childrens Press, 1992. Illus. Square 4to, pr. wrs. Chicago: Childrens Place, 1992. Juvenile Edition. Near Fine. More
Airlift to Wounded Knee
Chicago: Swallow Press, 1976. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Chicago: Swallow Press, (1976). Near Fine. More
Bonhoeffer; Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2010. Photo Illus. 591pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w., small tear to top of cloth spine, small tear in top of dust jacket on spine repaired with tape. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, (2010). Very good Presentation copy. Biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. More
The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe during the Second World War
New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1985. Illus. 959pp. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1985). Near Fine. More
The Goldsmith's Art in Ancient Mexico
New York: Museum of the American Indian, 1920. Color plates, b/w lllus. 264pp. 16mo, tan cloth. New York: Museum of the American Indian, 1920. First Edition. More
Club Life of London; With, Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of the Metropolis During the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
London: Richard Bentley, 1866. 2 volumes. xii + 324 and x +320 pages, 12mo, 3/4 leather over pebbled cloth; about 1.5 inches of leather missing from head of spine of volume I, covers light worn both volumes; three pages 63/64, 107/108, 203/204 from volume I have large pieces cut out. London: Richard Bentley, 1866. First edition. Notwithstanding significant flaws, a very good(-) copy. More
A Victorian Naturalist. Beatrix Potter's Drawings from the Armitt Collection.
London: Warne, 1992. Numerous color illustrations. 191 pages, slim small 4to, brow cloth, d.w. (London): Warne, (1992). First Edition. Fine. More
Marc Chagall: Paintings and Temperas 1975-1978.
New York: Pierre Matisse, 1979. 29 illustrations, some in color, some full page. Thin 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers; small dent at head of spine. New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1979. Internally fine, a very good copy. More
Flowers of the Holy Land
Jerusalem. 12 pressed flower arrangements on thick card pages with identifying descriptions in Hebrew, English & French; tissue guards. oblong 16mo, (4 1/2 x 6 inches), bound in olive wood with beveled edges & leather spine. Jerusalem: no date, ca. 1900. The spine is worn, but the dried flowers are in perfect condition. More
The History and Antiquities of the Two Parishes of Reculver and Herne, in the County of Kent
London: J. Nichols, 1784. 8 Engraved plates. Thin 4to, leather backed marbled boards. London: J. Nichols, 1784. Part of Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, No. XVIII. Enlarged by Subsequent Communications. The pagination ruins from iii; 65 -161, with an errata leaf. More
Gods, Kings, and Tigers: The Art of Kotah
New York: Asia Society Galleries, 1997. 114 full color illustrations, 26 in black & white, one map. 224 pages. 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: Asia Society Galleries, (1997). A near fine copy. Essays by Stuart Cary Welch, Joachim K. Bautze, Craigen W. Bowen, Norbert Peabody, and Woodman Taylor. More
Heads Figures and Ideas.
Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1958. With a Comment by Geoffrey Grigson. Many finely printed illustrations throughout in black & white and color, including the full-page color auto-lithograph mounted before the title page. Tall thin folio, cloth-backed gray illustrated boards (boards are rubbed, darkened and with small dampstain at foot; spine ends worn). Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1958. First Edition. Despite faults, a nearly very good copy with clean pages. Printed in London at the Curwen Press. More
United States 1956 Olympic Book.
New York: U.S. Olympic Association, 1957. Profusely illustrated in black & white. 4to, gold pictorial cloth. New York: United States Olympic Association, (1957). Lightly scuffed and bumped but still a very good(+) copy. More
Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt.
New York: Appleton, 1881. Hundreds of steel and wood engravings, from drawings by Harry Fenn and J.D. Woodward. 2 vols., title in red and black, thick 4to, 3/4 morocco, gilt-lettered covers and spine, rubricated edges (corners rubbed). New York: Appleton, (1881). Very Good (+). More
A History of Science, Technology and Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century.
New York: Macmillan, 1939. With 345 black & white illustrations. 814 pages. Tall thick 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Macmillan, 1939. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
A Journey Through the Crimea to Constantinople in a Series of Letters to His Serene Highness The Margrave of Brandebourg, Anspach and Bareith
Vienna: R. Sammer, 1800. 32mo, vellum backed marbled boards; leather spine label. Vienna: R. Sammer, 1800. Uncommon edition of her best known book, written in 1786. More
The Landmark History of the American People
New York: Random House, 1987. Illus. 2 vols. 4to, pr. wrs., publisher's slipcase. New York: Random House, (1968). Juvenile Edition. A fine set in a very good slipcase. More