New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012. 203 illustrations, including 150 in color. xii + 260 pages, 4to, light green cloth, d.w. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2012). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. With essays by several authors. More
New York: Harper, 1887. Frontispiece and numerous other illustrations. 2 volumes, large 8vo, green cloth. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1887). VEry Good (+). More
illus. 8vo, cloth. London: Pall Mall, (1961). vg. More
New York: Library of America, 1983. 1246pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w., cloth lightly soiled, corners of cloth bumped. (New York): Library of America, (1983). Includes the Education of Henry Adams, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, and the novels, Democracy and Esther. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1997). Fine Presentation copy from the author and Adelaide de Menil, the illustrator. More
New York: Doubleday, 1979. Introduction by Jacqueline Onassis. 76 black and white photographic illustrations. 120 pages. Thin square 8vo, glossy pictorial wrappers; spine faded. Garden City: Doubleday, 1979. A very good (+) copy. More
Paris: Pierre Tisne, 1950. With "L'Universe de Watteau" by Rene Huyghe, and a catalog of paintings and illustrations by Helene Adhemar. 155 plates, including 19 color tipped-in ones, plus many text illustrations. 262pp., 4to, green cloth with gilt lettering and color plate inlaid on front cover; spine ends discolored and chipped. Paris: Pierre Tisne, (1950). Internally near fine, a very good copy. More
London: National Gallery, 2006. Many color plates throughout. 288 pages. 4to, brown cloth, d.w. (London: National Gallery, 2006). First edition. Small dent in upper front gutter, else a near fine copy. Exhibition catalogue. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987. Illustrated throughout, in color and black & white. Slim 4to, green boards, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1987). First American edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Alco-Gravure, 1918. Original poster. Measures 24 1/2" x 16 1/2" World War I propaganda poster featuring a reproduction of an 1871 painting of an Alsatian woman by J.J. Henner titled "She Is Waiting... " Surrounding the portrait is the text from President Woodrow Wilson's 1918 address to Congress, as well as statements of the representatives of Alsace-Lorraine read in 1871 and 1874, before the National Assembly and in the Reichstag, respectively. Scarce. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. 314 pages. 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper. Wrapper is lightly edge-worn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1991). A near-fine copy. More
Paris: Hachette, 1903. Photogravure portrait after Bastien-Lepage, tissue guard, numerous photo illustrations. 4to, 3/4 morocco, g.t.; uncut. Paris: Hachette, 1903. Very good. More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1835. 10 volumes. Large 8vo, full contemporary light brown diced calf; gilt and blind-stamped spines with raised bands & tan leather labels, (lightly sunned). Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1835-1842. First and second edition mixed set, uniformly bound. A near fine set in a handsome binding. Alison's monumental History of Europe, "by far the most remarkable historical work of the century" -- Allibone, I:52. The set consists of second editions of volumes I...... More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018. Vibrant color reproductions throughout. 314 pages. Thick square 4to, blue cloth with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University Press, (2018). First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. With contributions by Dominique de Font-Reaulx, Michele Hannoosh, Mehdi Korchane, and Asher Miller. Catalogue published in conjunction with the 2018 exhibition "Delacroix" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. More
London: British Museum Publications, 1978. Many Illus. 80pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. (London): British Museum Publications, (1978). Very good. More
New York: Viking. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (N.Y.): Viking (1987). A near fine copy. More
![Item #303130 Les Eaux de Paris; [The Waters of Paris]. Jean-Charles Adolphe ALPHAND, L. FAUVE](https://argosybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/303130.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1634764303)
Paris: Wuhrer, 1889. Color lithograph. 26 3/4 x 34 1/2 inches. Lovely large map of Paris showing the city's water network in 1854, drawn up by the surveyor L. Fauve. It comes from the work Les Travaux de Paris 1789-1889, retracing the work carried out in Paris between 1789 and 1889. The waters of the Ourcq, the Seine, the Grenelle well and the aqueducts of the waters of Ourcq and of sources are clearly printed in four colors as noted..... More
New York: Basic Books, 1979. In Collaboration with Carol Cosman. Illustrated. 285pp. Tall 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Basic Books, (1979). Very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: American Industrial Commission to France, 1917. Illustrated. 10 maps, two folding. 256pp., tall 8vo, printed boards; some play to hinges, edges worn. New York: American Industrial Commission to France, (1917). A very good(-) copy. More
Original poster mounted on linen. Color lithograph. 28 1/4" x 20 3/8" This stark World War I poster is for "Clothes Collection Week" sponsored by the American Red Cross. The drive aimed to collect "used or new clothing, dresses, underwear, shoes - wearing apparel of every kind" to send to "destitute men, women, and children in Occupied Northern France and Belgium". The collection week ran from March 25 - March 30. This poster is in good condition, with some wear..... More
16 plates including engraved t.p., with tissue guards. 4to, contemporary mottled calf, leather label, a.e.g.; (covers lightly worn, front cover lightly bowed, internally very good except for a some foxing to the margins of the plates). Paris: Ponce and Godefroy, n.d., [1784]. "First French book with a title-page mentioning the United States." Howes C-576. This copy is "another issue" according to Howes, USIANA, with no separate title-page. It was published in the same year as the issue with a separate..... More
New York: David Bliss, 1806. Translated from French. 288 pages. 12mo, varnished leather backed marbled boards; covers considerably rubbed, corners bumped and worn, hinges weak, leather missing from head and foot of spine, spine label worn, pages foxed and toned. New York: David Bliss, 1806. A very good(-) copy. Early American imprint. More
New York: 1948. Frontispiece. 337 pages, slim 8vo, cloth. New York, 1948. A very good copy. More
Paris: Delegation a l'Action Artistique, 1992. Profusely illustrated throughout with 300 images, just a few in color. 300pp with text in French. Square 4to, black boards, d.w. Paris: Delegation a l'Action Artistique/Hachette, 1992. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2006. 3 maps. 441pp. Thick 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, (2006). Very good. More
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