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The Triumphs of Temper; a Poem. In Six Cantoes [Bound with] Constance de Castile; a Poem in Ten Cantos

Hayley, William. [Illustrated by Peter Maverick] [with] Sotheby, William · 1809

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

New York, David Longworth at the Shakspeare Gallery (Printed by D. & G. Bruce), 1809. Half calf with marbled paper-covered boards. 100 pp.; 197, [1] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings. 24mo (13 cm.). Hayley's poem was first published in England in 1771 and many engravers undertook...

Romanticism

Clay, Jean · 1981

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

New York, Vendome, 1981. n. ed. Cloth. 357 full color and 171 b/w illustrations. Sq. 4to. A very good+ copy with front hinge starting, else clean and tight, in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with tears to upper spine. In protective archival cover.

Pastels of Men. (Second Series)

Bourget, Paul · 1892

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1892. First American edition. Cloth. 213 pp. + Adv. [10]. 12mo. Trans. by Katherine Prescott Wormeley. Bourget, Paul (1852–1935), French novelist, is best remembered for his literary criticism. This, his series of portraits of men, is a sequel to a si...

Historic Houses in New York City Parks

Reynold, Andrea E., ed · 1992

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York, Historic House Trust of New York City / City of New York Parks & Recreation, 1992. Second edition. Paper wrappers. 47 pp. Illus. with 37 b/w photos and 1 map. Trade format. Llight creasing to wrappers else near fine.

Architettura Italiana. Di Tutti I Tempi

Carotti, Giulio · 1916

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

Bergamo, Istituto Italiano d'Art Grafiche, 1916. First printing. Red paper wrappers (paperback) with color drawing. viii, 183 pp. Illus. with 139 b/w and 3 color photos. Sm. 4to. Carotti's treatise on Italian architecture, extensively illustrated. Oversized edges of wrappers a...

Das Unvollendete Als Kunstlerische Form [Künstlerische]

Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, J. A. hrsg. (ed) · 1959

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Bern, Francke, 1959. First edition. Cloth. 183 pp. + Plates [60 pp.]. Illus. with 60 b/w photos (bildtafeln). 8vo. Ten scholars contributed to this Festschrift for Joseph Gantner, which came from the "Symposion Das Unvollendete als Künstlerische Form, veranstaltet von der Phil...

Important Americana: Prints, Porcelain and Silver January 15, 1999. Sale 7254

Sotheby's · 1999

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, Sotheby's, 1999. First edition. Paper wrappers. 112 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos. Sm. 4to. A fine copy. As new.

The Beginnings of New England or the Puritan Theocracy in Its Relations to CIVIL and Religious Liberty. (with Als)

Fiske, John · 1889

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1889. First edition. Maroon cloth. Top edge gilt. xvii, 296 pp. Folding Map. Illus. with 1 color folding map. Sm. 8vo. John Fiske (1842-1901), author, philosopher, lecturer and librarian at Harvard, and later Professor of American History, was an earl...

Inkunabeln. Das Erste Jahrhundert Des Deutschen Buch- Und Bilddrucks. Ausstellung Der Staatlichen Graphischen Sammlung Und Der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München. September-Oktober 1957

Halm, Peter, intro · 1957

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Munchen (Munich), Prestel, 1957. First printing. Paper wrappers. 70 pp. + 14 Plates [tafen]. Illus. with 14 b/w photos. Trade format. Preface, introduction, plus 486 objects described with 14 full page plates. A few minor tears at the edges else a very good clean copy.

The Viking

Almgren, Bertil et. al · 1976

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

n.p. Wahlstrom and Widstrand, 1976. First edition. Illus. with color & b/w photos, drawings and maps. Sq. 4to. This well-illustrated book was the collaborative effort of Swedish, Icelandic and English scholars. A very good+ copy. No dust jacket.

Sign, Symbol, and Form

Ballinger, Louise Brown and Raymond A. · 1972

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1972. First edition. Cloth. 191 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. A useful book for signmakers, architects, urban planners, and graphic designers. A very good+ copy with some edgewear and owner's signature on front end paper. No dust jac...

Pewter in America, Its Makers and Their Marks. Two Volumes

Laughlin, Ledlie Irwin · 1940

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1940. First edition. Cloth. frontis, xvii, 139 pp.; frontis, [4], 242 pp. Illus. with 58 b/w plates [plus frontispieces]. Folio. An essential and comprehensive set for the study of American Pewter. Light soiling to endpapers else a fine crisp set in a...

Field of Honor

Byrne Donn · 1929

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, The Century Co,, 1929. First printing. Quarter vellum over Japanese paper covered boards. 8vo. One of 500 copies of this limited large paper edition signed by the author's wife. A very good+ clean crisp copy.

Lives of the Hunted Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds and Three Birds

Seton, Ernest Thompson · 1901

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. First printing. Cloth. 360 pp. Illus. with 200+ b/w drawings. 8vo. A very good solid copy with lightly rubbed boards.

Highcastle. A Remembrance

Lem, Stanislaw · 1995

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1995. First edition. Uncorrected proof. Light green paper wrappers (paperback). 145 pp. Trade format. Translated by Michael Kandel. "An affecting memoir of childhood by 'a science fiction writer worthy of the Nobel Prize (New York Times'....

We Walk the Way of the New World

Lee, Don L. · 1970

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Detroit, Broadside Press, 1970. First printing. Cloth. 70 pp. 8vo. A near fine copy in a very good lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Scarce in cloth.

Womankind in Western Europe from the Earliest Times to the Seventeenth Century

Wright, Thomas · 1869

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

London, Groombridge and sons, 1869. First edition. Full red morocco with raised bands, elaborate gilt decorations and rules. All edges gilt. xii, 340 pp. Illus. with 10 chromolithographs and extensive b/w drawings. 8vo. Thomas Wright (1810-1877), English antiquary and scholar,...

The Hidden Art of the High Himalaya: " in Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts, Autumn, 1968, Volume X, Number 4

Singh, Madanjeet · 1968

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, American Horizon, 1968. First printing. Cloth. Illus. 4to. "Mountain demons and Hindu deities merge with the Buddhist vision in these magical paintings." Also includes articles on Gaudi, Frederick II, and Sir Isaac Newton among others. A near fine copy.

Curiosities Medico-Artistiques. Deuxieme Serie

Nass, Lucien · 0

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Paris, Albin Michel, n.d. Half-bound black morocco over marbled boards; gilt rules, titles, and device; raised bands; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. 346 pp. Illus. with 300 b/w drawings. 8vo. 300 Dessins a la Plume. Original paper wrapper bound in rear. The second of three ...

Report on the Exploration of the Country between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement, and between the Latter Place and the Assiniboine and Saskatchewan

Dawson S. J. [Simon James] · 1859

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Toronto, John Lovell / Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly, 1859. First edition thus. Half bound black morocco over maroon cloth. Paper label to front board. 45 pp. + maps [3]. Folio. Dawson's 1857-58 expeditions to the rough country beyond Lake Superior resulted in h...