Bunny Boy "Magic Action Book"
Racine: Whitman Publishing, 1935. 3 pop-up illustrations. Thin square 8vo, stiff pictorial boards, lightly rubbed at the spine & edges. Racine, 1935. Very good. More
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Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Illustrated with black and white and color photographs throughout. 194 pages. 4to, dark blue boards, dust wrapper. New Haven: Yale University Press, (2003). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Lennart Anderson: Paintings 1953 to 2002
New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 2002. Illustrated with color paintings throughout. Not Paginated. 8vo, glossy paper wrappers. New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, (2002). A fine copy of this art exhibition catalog. More
Mrs Delany: Her Life and Her Flowers
London: British Museum Press, 1986. Illustrated with black and white and color photographs throughout. 176 pages. 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper. London: British Museum Press, (1986). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper, with chip and tear on back cover. More
The Image Multiplied: Five Centuries of Printed reproductions of Paintings and Drawings
New York: Abaris Books, 1987. Illustrated with black and white and color photographs throughout. 216 pages. 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper. new York: Abaris Books, (1987). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Byzantine Mosaic Decoration: Aspects of Monumental Art in Byzantium.
Boston: Boston Book & Art Shop, 1964. Illustrated with black and white plates. 97 pages, 64 plates. 8vo, dark blue boards, lacking a dust wrapper. Boston: Boston Book & Art Shop, (1964). A very good(+) copy. More
Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking.
New York: Macmillan, 1975. Illustrated with geometric diagrams throughout. 876 pages. Thick 8vo, white cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Macmillan, (1975). Third printing with revised illustrations. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Synergetics 2: Further Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking.
New York: Macmillan, 1979. Illustrated with geometric diagrams throughout. 591 pages. Thick 8vo, dark red cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Macmillan, (1979). First edition.A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Heritage of Giotto's Geometry: Art and Science on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout. 319 pages. 4to, brown cloth, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell UP, (1991). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. 658 pages. Very thick heavy 4to, cloth, dust wrapper. New York and New Haven: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, (2004). Fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
Architecture and Art in the Age of the Baroque
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. Illustrated with b/w and color images throughout. 273 pages. Large 8vo, green cloth, d.w. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (2000). A fine copy in a fine wrapper. More
The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1884. Three volumes. Edited by John Bigelow. Frontis portrait. 8vo, original brown cloth; light wear to the covers, some spotting to top outer edges, lighter spotting to fore-edges. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1884. Second Edition, Revised and Corrected. Internally fine, a very good(+) set. More
A Not-So-Still Life: A Memoir by Jimmy Ernst
New York: St. Martin's, 1984. Illustrated with a handful of b/w photos. 272 pages. Tall 8vo, two-toned cloth. New York: St. Martin's/Marek, (1984). A very good(+) copy, slightly cocked; in a very good wrapper. More
Andrea del Castagno and His Patrons
Durham: Duke University Press, 1991. Illustrated with a handful of b/w images. 179 pages. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. Durham: Duke University Press, 1991. A near fin) copy--light scuffing to lower edges --in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Strasburg Manuscript: A Medieval Painters' Handbook.
New York: Transatlantic Arts, 1966. 114 pages. Thin 8vo, white cloth, d.w. New York: Transatlantic Arts, 1966. A fine copy in a very good(-) wrapper, sunned with several small chips. More
The Growth of the American Republic.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1980. 2 volumes. Illustrated. xxii + 923 and xx + 923 pages, tall thick 8vo, gilt-lettered and decorated blue leather, a.e.g. New York: Oxford University Press, (1980). A fine set. More
Tactical Exercise
Boston: Little Brown, 1954. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. Boston: Litle Brown, (1954). First American Edition. The book is fine except for offset from newspaper clipping on front flyleaf & end-paper. The dust wrapper is tanned, dust soiled & chipped at the top of the spine. More
The Bells and Other Poems
London: Hodder & Stoughton. 5 tipped in color plates with lettered tissue guards and 13 black & white illustrations by Dulac. 4to, olive green cloth with ornately gilt spine and front cover, lightly rubbed, spine evenly faded. Attractive bookplate with sail boat on inside front over. London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. ca. 1912. Very good(+). More
American Vanguard Nineteen Hundred and Fifty: A Collection of Short Stories
New York: Cambridge, 1950. 314 pages. Thick 8vo, green cloth, Lightly edgeworn dust wrapper. New York: Cambridge Publishing for The New School of Social Research, 1950. First edition, Cloth somewhat faded beneath the wrapper, else a near fine copy. Anthology of short stories, including very early work by William Styron, Thomas Berger, and Mario Puzo. More
Love Among the Ruins. A Romance of the Near Future.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1953. With decorations by Various Eminent Hands Including the Author's. 52 pages. Thin 8vo, red cloth, d.w. London: Chapman and Hall, 1953. First Trade Edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper -- just a few tiny chips but with some sunning and dust-soiling. More
The Civil War in Depth. History in 3-D
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997. More than 100 photographic images of the Civil War. 120 pages, Small 4to, cloth-backed boards. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1997). As new in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. More
German Rococo: The Zimmerman Brothers
Baltimore: Penguin, 1968. Illustrated with b/w photos. 100 pages. Slim 4to, gray cloth, d.w. Baltimore: Penguin, (1968). A fine copy in a very good(+) wrapper, lightly scuffed. More
Examples of Analytical Geometry of Three Dimensions
Cambridge: Macmillan, 1864. Mathematical equations. 84 pages plus ads. Thin 8vo, green cloth; a few instances of early ink notations, several pages with ink stains; cover worn, hinges weak. Cambridge and London: Macmillan and Co., 1864. A very good(-) copy. More
Emperors, Kings & Queens: The History of Connections, Marriages and Feuds Between the Royal Families of Great Britain and Europe
London: Star Fire Books, 2007. Illustrated with color plates and b/w photos throughout. 200 pages. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. (London): Star Fire Books, (2007). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, front panel scuffed. More