My Father and Myself.
New York: Coward-Mccann, 1969. 219 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (spine sunned and edges worn). New York: Coward-McCann, (1969). First American edition. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
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The Future of Liberal Revolution.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. vooo + 152pp., slim 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper soiled. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1992). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
We the People: Transformations (Vol. 2)
Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1998. Volume 2 only. 515 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1998. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper, sunned spine. More
Lady Faustus
New York: Morrow, 1983. 94 pages, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Morrow, 1983. First Edition. Fine. Review copy. Presentation from the poet, written on the half-title. More
The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral
New York: Morrow, 1976. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Morrow, 1976. First Edition. Fine. Her first book. Scientifically accurate poems about the solar system, written while the author was a student at Cornell. Astronomer Carl Sagan served as a technical adviser for the book, and the dedicatory poem is to him. Review copy. Presentation, signed by Ackerman on the half-title. Scarce. More
The Life and Work of Jean-Leon Gerome, with a Catalogue Raisonne.
London: Sotheby's, 1986. 352pp., profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Thick square 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (London: Sotheby's, 1986). Page edges rather foxed, else a near fine copy in a very good edge-chipped dust wrapper. More
Discovering Britain and Ireland.
442 color illus., 28 maps. 448pp. oblong 4to, cloth, (Washington, 1985). More
The Gold Ring; Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, and Black Friday, 1869.
illus. 8vo, pr. wrs. N.Y.: Harper Business, (1988). vg. More
The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature
London: Methuen, 1904. THREE VOLUMES. 32 color illustrations by Pugin and Rowlandson. xiv + 231pp., xiv + 239pp., 288pp., large 8vo, vellum-backed original boards; some corners damaged, heads of spines chipped, one label missing, covers lightly soiled and worn. London: Methuen & Co., 1904. Internally clean and tight, overall, a very good(-) set. More
The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature
London: Methuen, 1904. 3 volumes. 32 color illustrations by Pugin and Rowlandson. xiv + 231; xiv + 239; 288 pages. Large 8vo, original vellum-backed pale blue boards; some corners rubbed, labels chipped, covers lightly toned. London: Methuen & Co., 1904. Internally clean and tight, overall, a very good set. More
Scientific Paradoxes and Problems and their Solutions.
London: 1925. Small 8vo, blue cloth. London, 1925. Very good. More
The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature
London: R. Ackermann, 1808. Beautifully illustrated with 104 brilliantly hand-colored aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson and A.C. Pugin [Pugin engraved the architectural details & Rowlandson the figures]. 3 volumes. Illustrated woodcut titles and engraved dedication page to the Prince of Wales in each volume. [4], iv, [2], 231; [6], vi, 239; [4], iv, 280, [6] pages. Large 4tos, bound in contemporary 3/4 red calf over marbled boards with gilt spines; marbled endpapers; all edges yellow. London: R. Ackermann, 1808-1810. First..... More
Rhythms of Modern Life: Briitish Prints 1914-1939
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2008. Over 100 illustrations mainly in color. Small square 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, (2008). Fine. More
Terry Winters, Prints & Sequences
Waterville: Colby College Museum of Art, 2005. Many Plates. Thin 4to, pr. wrs. Waterville, ME: Colby College Museum of Art, (2005). Fine Laid in is a autographed note signed by Terry Winters to Nan (Rosenthal). Exhibition catalogue. More
Albion; The Origins of English Imagination
New York: Doubleday, 2003. Color and b/w Illus. 524pp. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. New York: Doubleday, (2003). Very good. More
The Life of Thomas More.
New York: Doubleday, 1998. Illustrated. x + 447pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards; upper front corner slightly dented. New York: Doubleday, (1998). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
La Razon de la Poesia: Diez Pintores Concretos Cubanos
Havana: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2002. Text in Spanish. Illustrated with b/w and some color images. 47 pages. Slim 4to, pictorial wrappers. Havana: Museu Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2002. A very good(+) copy, scuffing to covers. More
Alexander Herzen and the role of the intellectual revolutionary
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Frontis. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1979). Very good. More
Gian Gastone, The Last of the Medici
Florence: Orioli, 1930. Introduction by Norman Douglas. Frontispiece portrait. 8vo, maroon boards, uncut, d.w. Florence Privately printed by Orioli, (1930). Limited First Edition. The lavender dust wrapper is fine except for being completely faded on the spine. One of 365 copies. The Lugarno Series, No. 2. More
Great Houses of Italy: Tuscan Villas.
New York: Viking, 1973. Illustrated with 126 amazing photogravure plates, plus 19 in-text figures and 34 in color, all by Alexander Zielcke. 288 pages. Thick 4to, terra cotta cloth, d.w. New York: Viking Press, (1973). First American edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Villas of Tuscany.
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1987. With Photographs by Alexander Zielcke. 126 plates in photogravure, 19 text illustration & 34 colour plates. 4to, beige cloth, d.w. (New York): Thames & Hudson, (1984). Reprint of the 1973 edition. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
The Cave and the Cathedral: How a Real-Life Indiana Jones and a Renegade Scholar Decoded the Ancient Art of Man
Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2009. Some illustrations, a few in color. 242 pages. 8vo, black boards, d.w. (Hoboken): John Wiley & Sons, (2009). First edition. Pages are uniformly toned, else a near fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
The Voices and Hands of Bunraku.
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1977. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. Slim oblong 4to, decorative yellow cloth, d.w., board slipcase. Tokyo: Kodansha, (1977). Fine. More