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Portrait of Leonard W. Volk Sculptng His Bust of Abraham Lincoln in 1860

Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956) · 1933 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

1933. Drypoint. 5 x 4 inches on sheet 8 x 7.25 inches. Signed in pencil and annotated "1st State." Wall was born in Buffalo, New York on Dec. 30, 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student's League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed u…

The Rt Hon Lord Hothfield; Lord Hothfield. Issue 1085. (First Edition Before the Bound Volumes. )

Spy (Sir Leslie Ward, 1851-1922) (Lith.) · 1889 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

London: Vanity Fair, 1889. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm (15.75 x 10.6 inches). Good. Some staining in lower right corner, and minor toning. Dated Aug 17, 1889. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Henry James Tufton, 1st Baron Hothfield (4 June 1844 - 29 October …

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, with Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions

Edmund Lodge · 1835 · Rooke Books

£745.00 (€893.13 | $984.41 | ¥157,217)

London, Harding and Lepard, 1835. Leather. The complete set and early edition of Lodge's biographies on influential figures across early modern Britain, containing 240 biographies, from Lady Jane Grey to Isaac Newton. Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, En…

The Harp of Aeolus and Other Essays on Art, Literature & Nature.

GEOFFREY GRIGSON. [Roger Senhouse]. · 1947 · Clearwater Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

George Routledge & Sons Ltd., London 1947 [i.e. 1948]., 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). Ownership signature of publisher and peripheral Bloomsbury Group member Roger Senhouse to the head of the front free endpaper. 8vo. xi, 160p + xx plates. Green cloth lettered in …

Lord Burghley Mp; North Northamptonshire. Issue 963. (First Edition Before the Bound Volumes. )

Ape (Carlo Pellegrini, 1839 - 1889) (Lith.) · 1887 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

London: Vanity Fair, 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm (15.75 x 10.6 inches). Very Good. Minor toning in margins, not affecting image. Dated 16 Apr 1887. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Brownlow Henry George Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter PC DL (20 December …

A Gallery of Deceased Ministers

Edward Barrass · 1853 · Books on the Web

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

London: T. Holliday, 1853. Hard bound, green cloth, Pp130 + Contents page. Reminiscences on John Smith, Thomas Morgan, John Branfoot, John Hewson, Thomas Proctor, Thomas Ford, William Taylor, William Towler, Samuel Laister, and John Fairweather. Dark staining to font board compr…

Vitae selectorum aliquot virorum qui doctrina, dignitate, aut pietate inclaruere.

BATESIUS, G. · 1681 · Antiquariaat Brinkman, sinds 1954

€600.00 ($661.32 | £500.49 | ¥105,618)

London, George Wells, 1681. 4to. (24,1x18,6cm). [iv],749[=805],1[=portrait] pp. Blind-stamped calf. (somewhat chafed; hinges weakening; slight worming (in margins) of first few pages; small (marginal) tear in p.262 and 401; slightly spotted; a few light, marginal waterstains; a …

An American Gallery: Spring 1987

Richard York Gallery · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Richard York Gallery, 1987. Softcover. White paper wraps. 47 pp. 23 color plates. Includes a brief introduction, an annotated and full-color illustrated catalogue of 23 works, and an alphabetical index to the artists. The artists are: John White Alexander, Thomas Pollo…

Catalogue of an Exhibition by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts of Choice Paintings Loaned from Private Galleries of Philadelphia, and Hans Makart's Great Picture of "Venice Paying Homage to Caterina Cornaro.

Philadelphia: PAFA, January 1877 · 1877 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

1877. Blue printed wraps. 30 pp. Catalogue lists 372 works of art, with an index in rear. Included in this exhibition was Hans Makart's great picture "Venice Paying Homage to Catarina Cornaro", with a page long description of the story behind the painting's subject. A truly inte…

American Genre Paintings

Dara Mitchell · 1984 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Alexander Gallery, 1984. Softcover. Color wraps. [86] pp. 42 color plates. Each of the 41 full-page plates is faced with a detailed and annotated catalogue, including recorded, exhibited, and provenance. Includes introduction by Dara Mitchell and index of the 25 artist…

The Explorer's Journal, June 1987

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1987 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$79.95 (€72.54 | £60.51 | ¥12,769)

New York: The Explorer's Club, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Features: African Scenes by William R. Leigh - basis for dioramas in the African Hall of AMNH; Plane Search on the Greenland Ice Cap; Our Geologic Legacy - continents that drift; Two-Continent Canoe Expedition - Cano…

John Bull: Or the Englishman&Apos;S Fireside: A Comedy

George Colman · 1808 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1808. Paperback. A scarce edition of this comedy from George Colman, as performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. Scarce work. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. With an illustrated frontispiece. A comedic work se…

Monarchs of Merrie England

Roland Carse · 0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Leeds and London, Alf Cooke, c1910. Paperback. A Heath Robinson illustrated complete four volume set of these historical poetry works by Roland Carse. The complete four volume set.In the original paper wrap bindings.Humourous rhymes of historical times.Including:Vol I: William I…

Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Books in all Languages on Sale by James Bohn.

BOHN (James George Stuart Burges) · 1840 · Forest Books

£40.85 (€48.97 | $53.98 | ¥8,621)

London: Printed by C. Richards. 1840. Thick 8vo, viii, 792; 32pp., of adverts, boards and leather spine detached, 8,390 items. J. G. S. B. Bohn (1803-80), son of John Henry and brother of Henry George, “assisted his father for some years, but in February 1834 commenced booksel…

The Denver Westerners Brand Book: Volumes XXX-XXXI: A Collection of Papers Presented in 1974, as Well as Other Works

STEWART, ALAN J. (EDITOR) · 1977 · Tinakori Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Denver, The Westerners. 1977, First Limited Edition. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Ralph Botter. Book, xx, 408 pages, b/w illustrations. Detailed inscription by the editor on front endpaper. Dust wrapper has some wear at the top of the spine. Some of the articles in…

Colby Library Quarterly: September 1966, March 1970, March 1971.

Colby Library (Waterville, Maine), · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

Waterville, ME, Colby College, 1966, '70, '71. 3 VG PBs. Articles on "Remembering Thomas Mann", a Thomas Mann collection, Meetings with Thomas Mann by Robert Nathan, Klaus. Mann and Decision by Lloyd Frankenberg; The Fourth William James by Harold A. Larrabbee; James family lett…

Galloping Shoes: Verses

Will H. Ogilvie · 1922 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this uncommon collection of illustrated verses from Scottish-Australian poet William Henry Ogilvie. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a colour tipped-in frontispiece and seven ti…

The Psalter, with Concordance and Other Auxillery Matter

W. E. Gladstone · 1895 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, John Murray, 1895. Cloth. A smart early edition of this very scarce work from former Prime Minster William Ewart Gladstone, from the library of his son Henry Neville Gladstone. Seventh thousand. Very scarce work. To promote the special and separate use of the Psalter as …

Strange the Magazine of True Mystery: March, Mar. 1952

STRANGE (LEWIS THOMPSON; T. M. WILLIAMS; WILLIAM T. BRANNON; JOSEPH FULLING FISHMAN; CHARLES BOSWELL; TONY FIELD; JAY HEMMING; JOHN IVERSON; DWIGHT MANNERS; PETE SCHULMAN; CHARLES MARKHAM; LESLIE CAMERON; CHARLES BOSWELL; HENRY LAWRENCE) · 1952 · Books from the crypt

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Buffalo, NY, Quinn Publishing. 1952. Wraps. Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1. First issue. Edited by James L. Quinn. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "This Is Strange" (editorial); "Prophet Without Honor" by Lewis Thompson; "The Nine Clean Seals" by T. M. Williams; "Mystery of the Bell …

'George Silverman's Explanation' [as published in] ATLANTIC MONTHLY MAGAZINE. January, February, March 1868

Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]; Emerson, Ralph Waldo [1803 - 1882]; Hawthorne, Nathaniel [1804 - 1864]; Howells, William Dean [1837 - 1920]; James, Henry [1843 - 1916]; Stowe, Harriet Beecher [1811 - 1896] - Contributors · 1868 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$825.00 (€748.50 | £624.36 | ¥131,758)

Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1868. 1st editon (Eckel, p. 200). Original publisher's printed buff paper covers. Custom slipcase. 3 issues of the journal: 128, 12 (adverts); [129] - 256; [2 (inderted advert leaf)], [257] - 384, 4, 8 pp. Last 12 pages of March issue are adverts. 8vo. …