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Beaufort of the Admiralty: the Life of Sir Francis Beaufort, 1774-1857

Friendly, Alfred · 1977 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

NY: Random House, 1977. 1st printing of 1st US edition., previous owner's embossed blindstamp on half-title page otherwise a near fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., Beaufort had an illustrious career in the Admiralty which included valorous service but he is best known...

Women, Art, and Society

Chadwick, Whitney · 1991 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$4.00 (€3.63 | £3.03 | ¥639)

NY: Thames & Hudson, 1991. 2nd printing., Light edgewear & previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete very good+ paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., Perhaps, the groundbreaking study of the history of women and ...

Cicero, Catullus and the Language of Social Performance

Krostenko, Brian A. · 2001 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. A clean fine hard cover book/ no dust jacket, as issued. In original shrink wrap., 336 pages with 20 line drawings & 2 tables. In original shrinkwrap.

The Selected Writings of John Jay Chapman

Chapman, John Jay edited by & an Introduction by Jacques Barzun · 1957 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY: Farrar Strauss Cudahy, 1957. 1st printing of 1st US edition, A clean fine hard cover book/ a small closed tear on rear dust jacket panel otherwise very good+ dust jacket., In addition to many literary essays includes his essays 'The Negro Question' and 'Coatsville'.

Selections from Early American Writers: 1607-1800

Cairns, William B. editor · 1912 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY: MacMillan, 1912. later printing, Light shelfwear & a few pencil margin notations otherwise nice hard cover reading copy/ no dust jacket, Writers prior to Washington Irving (John Smith, William Byrd, Cotton Mather et. al.).

Campaigns of the Civil War: The Peninsula

Webb, Alexander · 2002 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

NY: Castle, 2002. reprint of 1881 edition, A clean fine hard cover book in decorative boards/ no dust jacket, as issued (in original shrinkwrap).

Daydreams and Nightmares: Reflections of a Harlem Childhood

Horowitz, Irving Louis · 1990 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

Jackson: Univ. of Mississippi Press, 1990. 1st printing of 1st edition, A clean fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., The world famous microbiologist came from a Russian Jewish immigrant family which eked out a living in Harlem.

The Last Battle

Ryan, Cornelius · 1966 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$4.00 (€3.63 | £3.03 | ¥639)

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1966. 2nd printing, Foxing on front end paper otherwise the rest of the book is clean (very good hard cover book)/ a closed on the rear dust jacket panel otherwise a very good dust jacket., The climatic attack on Berlin; 571 pages, illustrated.

Blast: Vortizismus- Die erste Avantgarde in England, 1914- 1918

Orchard, Karin · 1996 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhd, 1996. Fine paperback exhibition catalog in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)/ no dust jacket., Text in German; 323 pages, illustrated.

Arts of Impoverishment: Beckett, Rothko, Resnais

Leo Bersani and Ulysse Dutoit · 1993 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993. 1st printing of 1st edition, Light foxing along the top edge otherwise a very good+ hard cover book in fine dust jacket., 229 pages, illustrated.

History of United States Operations in World War II: Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier: July 1942-a May 1944 (Volume VI)

Morison, Samuel Eliot · 1950 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Boston: Little Brown, 1950. 1st printing of the 1st edition., Previous owner's inscription on front end paper otherwise very good hard cover book/ dust jacket edgewear and split half way down front dust jacket panel along dust jacket spine otherwise a fair dust jacket. Dust ja...

1900: At the Crossroads

Rosenblum, Robert, Maryanne Stevens & Ann Dumas · 2000 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

NY: Harry N Abrams, 2000. A clean fine paperback exhibition catalog in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). Oversize., A very broad (and well done) cross-section of art in the very late 1890s and early 1900s; 445 pages, illustrated.

The New Art History

Rees, A L & F Borzello · 1988 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

Atlantic Highlands: Humanities Press, 1988. 1st printing of 1st edition, A clean fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., 173 pages.

The Symbolists

Gibson, Michael · 1984 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.55 | ¥12,775)

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1984. A clean fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket. Oversize., 199 pages, illustrated.

The Essential Gombrich: Selected Writings on Art and Culture

Gombrich, EH edited by Richard Woodfield · 1996 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London: Phaidon Press, 1996. 1st printing of 1st edition, A clean fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., 624 pages, illustrated.

The Expressionist Figure: The Miriam and Erwin Kelen Collection of Drawings

Rothfuss, Joan · 2020 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2020. 1st printing of 1st edition., A clean fine hard cover exhibition catalog/ no dust jacket. Oversize 4to., Contributions by Erwin Kelen & Joan Rothfuss; 208 pages, illustrated.

Descartes Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict between Faith and Reason

Shorto, Russell · 2008 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Doubleday, 2008. 1st printing of 1st edition., A clean fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., A multi-faceted examination of Descartes' influence on science, religion & philosophy; 299 pages.

Modern Prints and Drawings: A guide to the better understanding of modern draughtmanship

Sachs, Paul J · 1954 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Knopf, 1954. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown (inside front cover). Edgewear otherwise a clean good+ hard cover book/ no dust jacket., 261 pages, illustrated.

Territorium Artis

Hulten, Pontius · 1992 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.55 | ¥12,775)

Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1992. Fine paperback exhibition catalog in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., 394 pages, illustrated.

The Academy: Five Centuries of Grandeur and Misery, from the Carracci to Mao Tse-tung

Hess, Thomas B & John Ashberry · 1967 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

NY: McMillan Co./ Newsweek, 1967. Fine hard cover book/ edgewear otherwise a good dust jacket., Art News Annual XXXIII, 176 pages, illustrated.