A Handbook on Chinese Art Symbols.
Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1958. Illustrated in color & in black & white. 67 pages. 8vo, spiral bound stiff wrappers, wrappers lightly soiled, otherwise very good. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1972. More
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A Handbook on Chinese Art Symbols.
Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1958. Illustrated in color & in black & white. 67 pages. Slim 8vo, gray boards with red-stamped cover. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1972. A fine copy. More
Decorative Motives of Oriental Art
London: John Lane, 1927. Illustrations in b/w. 286 pages. Folio, gilt-lettered black boards, crudely rebacked in plain blue cloth; boards worn at corners and lightly scuffed; pages a bit wavy at bottom edge. London: John Lane, (1927). A very good(-) copy. More
The Body of Christ: In the Art of Europe and New Spain 1150-1800
New York: Prestel, 1997. Illustrated in b/w and color throughout. 175 pages. 4to, red cloth, d.w. New York: Prestel, (1997). A fine copy in a very good(+) wrapper, lightly scuffed. More
Dizionario Degli Illustratori Simbolisti Art Nouveau
Florence: Cantini, 1990. Two volumes. 900 illustrations, including 360 in color. Each volume 302 pages, 4to, red cloth, d.w. Firenze: Cantini, (1990). A fine set in fine dust wrappers housed in a fine slipcase. More
Signs & Symbols in Christian Art
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954. With illustrations from paintings of the Renaissance. Color frontispiece, 350 additional illustrations, 16 in color. Thick 4to, red cloth, d.w. encased in a board slipcase. New York: Oxford University Press, (1954). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Golden Wand of Medicine: A History of the Caduceus Symbol in Medicine
New York: Greenwood, 1992. Lightly illustrated in b/w. 181 pages. Slim 8vo, red cloth. New York: Greenwood Press, (1992). First edition. A very good(-) copy--foxing to outer edges, minor paper loss to front pastedown. More
Sign, Symbol and Script.; An Account of Man's Efforts to Write.
New York: Putnam, 1969. Translated from the German. Illustrated. 613 pages, small 4to, yellow cloth, edgeworn d.w. New York: Putnam, (1969). First American Edition, A fine copy in a very good price-clipped dust wrapper. More
Heloisa Novaes
Paris: Hazan, 2000. With color images throughout. 119 pages in French text. Small, square 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers, d.w. Paris: Hazan, (2000). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, slightly scratched on cover. More
William Holman Hunt and Typological Symbolism
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979. Illustrated. xv + 192 pages, tall 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (spine sunned and crinkled at foot). New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Ueber de Symbolik im "Panis Angelorum"
Berlin: Otto von Holten, 1908. Beautifully designed by Melchior Lechter in Art Nouveau style and printed sparingly in red/blue with double-spread decorative title, other small devices, initials and linear borders throughout. [20] pages. Large slim 8vo, original tan boards printed in blue & gold (some minor toning to edges & small bump at head but internally fine and clean). Berlin: Otto von Holten, 1908. Limited first edition - number 69 of 300 copies on Indischem Papier. Near fine. Stylized inscription..... More
The Book of Codes: Understanding the World of Hidden Messages; An Illustrated Guide to Signs, Symbols, Ciphers, and Secret Languages
California: University Press, 2009. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 279 pages. Square 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (2009). Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Book of Codes: Understanding the World of Hidden Messages; An Illustrated Guide to Signs, Symbols, Ciphers, and Secret Languages
California: University Press, 2009. Illustrated in color and in black & white. 279 pages. Square 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press/Weldon Owen, (2009). First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1898. 19 volumes, title-pages with decorative red borders. 8vo. Publisher's deluxe binding, gold-decorated full blue crushed morocco, ornately gilt spines and covers, full finely tooled burgundy leather inside all covers, top edge gilt, deckled fore - and bottom edges. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company 1898-1918. Near Fine. Autograph Edition limited to 150 copies. Volume 1 signed by Maeterlinck on blank leaf. Previous owners bookplates, More
Christliche Symbolik der Mittelalterlichen Kunst
Austria: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1968. Illustrated in black and white. xv, 294, xi pages with text in German. Small 8vo, green cloth with gold spine lettering, d.w. (rear cover toned, spine sunned). Austria: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1968. Fine in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Pour le drapeau! Pour la victoire!; Souscrivez a l'Emprunt National
Paris: Devambez, 1917. Original Poster. Lithograph. Measures 45.5" x 30.5". The title of this French WWI poster translates to "For the flag! For victory!" French national emblem Marianne stands at the center of the composition, mid-battle cry, holding up a sword and a large, tattered French flag. Some chipping and surface dirt. Linen backed with small pin holes in corner. Georges Bertin Scott (1873 %u2013 1943) was a French war correspondent and illustrator for the French magazine L'Illustration during the..... More
Architectural Symbolism of Imperial Rome and the Middle Ages
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1956. 175 b/w illustrations. 219 pages of text. 4to, black cloth, red d.w.; (spine and edges sunned, top edge chipped). Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1956. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Leben und Tod (Life and Death)
Gottingen: Steidl, 2020. Illustrated with color photos throughout. Oblong 8vo, pictorial wrappers, purple slipcase. Unpaginated. (Gottingen): Steidl, (2020). A very good copy--one dent to front cover and first several pages; in a scuffed slipcase. More
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