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The Magazine of Art (Vol. 2, 1879)

1879 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.54 | ¥12,776)

London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, 1879. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt letters on spine, gilt letters and decoration on front cover, 288 pp. numerous bw line engravings. The second volume of this highly-illustrated British monthly periodical of visual arts, published from 1878…

Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. XVIII

Smithsonian Institution · 1873 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$70.00 (€63.51 | £52.98 | ¥11,179)

Washington, The Smithsonian Institution, 1873. Hardcover. Green cloth, library binding, 639 pp. 5 plates/. Contains five articles. Includes: "Introduction" ; "Tables and Results of the Precipitation, in Rain and Snow, in the United States; and at some stations in Adjacent Parts …

The Artists' Fund Annual. A Collection of Twenty Photographs from Original Designs, by Members of the Artists' Fund Society of Philadelphia

Artists' Fund Society of Philadelphia · 1868 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$600.00 (€544.36 | £454.08 | ¥95,824)

Philadelphia, Artists' Fund Society of Philadelphia Galleries, 1868. Hardbound. Oversize book, purple-brown cloth boards, gilt titles, embossed cover design and beveled edges. Embossed title on back cover. [3] text leaves plus 20 bw plates. "Issued By The Society To Its Associat…

Argosy: July 8, 1939 ("Seven Footprints to Satan")

ARGOSY (W. C. TUTTLE; LOUIS C. GOLDSMITH; ARDEN X. PANGBORN; A. MERRITT; PHILIP KETCHUM; WILLIAM FOSTER ELLIOTT; STOOKIE ALLEN; WALTER RIPPERGER; RICHARD SALE; CHARLES DORMAN; BERNARD ELAS) · 1939 · Books from the crypt

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

NY, Frank A. Munsey Co. 1939. SingleIssueMagazine. Book, Vol. 291, No. 5. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Chandler H. Whipple.] Cover art by Emmett Watson for "Thirty Days for Henry" (pt. 1 of 4) by W. C. Tuttle. Includes "We're Running Late" (novelet) by Louis C. Goldsmith; "The Eye …

Indiana History Magazine, December 1934

RESER, DR. WILLIAM M.; BILLINGS, DR. JOHN SHAW; GRIFFITH, DR. THOMAS J.; AMICK, GEORGE E.; VAN DEUSEN, JOHN G.; KNOX, JULIA LE CLERC; KENWORTHY, LEONARD S.; COLEMAN, CHRISTOPHER B. · 1934 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$129.95 (€117.90 | £98.35 | ¥20,754)

USA: Indiana Historical Society, 1934. First Edition. Paperback. Pages 309 - 403. Features: The Wabash and Erie Canal at Lafayette; High Points in the Life of Dr. John Shaw Billings; Post Roads in Southern Indiana;; Did Republicans "Colonize" Indiana in 1879?; A Survivor of "The…

The New York Times Magazine, September 5, 1965

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1965 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$295.00 (€267.64 | £223.25 | ¥47,113)

New York: The New York Times Company, 1965. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: If Ho Chih Minh's Army Moves South in Force...; William F. Buckley seeks the Mayor's job in New York; The Wonder is There have been So Few Riots - American Racism; The Way it Was in the L…

The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs

1833 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Charles Knight , 1833-1836. First edition. Leather. Six volumes of this extensive biographical portrait series, uniformly bound in full calf and complete with all engraved plates. Comprising Vols I-VI, bound in three volumes. Lacking Vol VII. Uniformly bound in full blin…

Sketches After English Landscape Painters. By L. Marvy. With Short Notices by W.M. Thackeray. (First Edition)

Thackeray, William Makepeace, (1811-1863) (Text) and Marvy, Louis, 1815-1850, engraver. Callcott, Augustus Wall, 1779-1844, ill. Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851, ill. Danby, Francis, 1793-1861, ill. Creswick, Thomas, 1811-1869, ill. C · 1850 · Wittenborn Art Books

$900.00 (€816.54 | £681.12 | ¥143,736)

London: David Bogue, [1850]. [23] leaves of text and 20 colour engravings each with tissue guard. (4to) 32.5x24 cm (12¾ x 9½") period three-quarter blue morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt. Edges worn, front hinge open; paper a bit toned but over…

The adventures of (Mr T. S.) an English merchant, taken prisoner by the Turks of Argiers, and carried into the inland countries of Africa: with a description of the kingdom of Argiers, of all the towns and places of note thereabouts. Whereunto is added a relation of the chief commodities of the countrey, and of the actions and manners of the people. Written first by the author, and fitted for the publick view by A. Roberts.London, Moses Pitt [printed by William Wilson?], 1670. Small 8vo. With 2 decorated woodcut initials and decorative bands of cast fleurons. Blind- and gold-tooled calf (ca. 1800).

ROBERTS, A. · 1648 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€9,500.00 ($10,470.97 | £7,924.38 | ¥1,672,278)

[8], "252" [= 254], [2] pp.First edition of an extraordinary account of an English merchant mariner's capture by Barbary pirates in or soon after 1648 and his subsequent adventures as a slave in Algeria. It is presented as an authentic journal of T[homas?] S[mith?], posthumously…

The Private Life of Daniel Webster

LANMAN, CHARLES, · 1858 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€28.75 ($31.69 | £23.98 | ¥5,061)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1858. With four lithographs (portraits, birthplace, residence). Hardcover, cloth. Small 8vo. 205 pp. 13,5x19 cm. Wear to spine. Librarystamps on first free endpaper an titlepage. Paper label mounted on cover. l Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 - Oc…

Stage Set with Stairs and Pink Structure and Framed Superstructure with Flora. Original Gouache

Williams, Garth (1912 - 1996) · 1930 · Wittenborn Art Books

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

London: Circa 1930s. Original gouache on brown paper. 43 x 60 cm. cm. Signed, possibly at a later date...Estate inventory no. 3.14107.. During the early-mid 1930's, the artist lived in London. He was first a student at the Westminster School of Art and then received a scholarshi…

Stage Set with Stairs and Pink Structure and Framed Superstructure. Original Gouache

Williams, Garth (1912 - 1996) · 1930 · Wittenborn Art Books

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

London: Circa 1930s. Original gouache on brown paper. 43 x 60 cm. cm. Signed, possibly at a later date...Estate inventory no. 3.14105.. During the early-mid 1930's, the artist lived in London. He was first a student at the Westminster School of Art and then received a scholarshi…

Stage Set with Stairs and Pink Structure. Original Gouache

Williams, Garth (1912 - 1996) · 1930 · Wittenborn Art Books

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

London: Circa 1930s. Original gouache on brown paper. 43 x 60 cm. cm. Signed, possibly at a later date...Estate inventory no. 3.14104... During the early-mid 1930's, the artist lived in London. He was first a student at the Westminster School of Art and then received a scholarsh…

Costume Designs for a Production of Mozart's "Bastien and Bastienne. " Five Original Gouaches

Williams, Garth (1912 -1996) · 1934 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,500.00 (€1,360.91 | £1,135.19 | ¥239,559)

London: 1934. Five original gouaches. 35 x 42.5cm. Titled with annotations. Signed and annotated. Estate nos. 31-14088 to 14092. During the early-mid 1930's, the artist lived in London. He was first a student at the Westminster School of Art and then received a scholarship to th…

Stage Sets for an Ali Baba Pantomine. Three Original Gouaches

Williams, Garth (1912 -1996) · 1934 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,000.00 (€907.27 | £756.80 | ¥159,706)

London: January 1934. Three original gouaches. 31 x 38 cm. Titled with annotations. One dated. Signed at a later date. Estate nos. 3.14000-14102. During the early-mid 1930's, the artist lived in London. He was first a student at the Westminster School of Art and then received a …

Gold Rush Steamers. Complete Set of 12 Keepsakes

Book Club Of California (San Francisco, CA); John Haskell Kemble; Grabhorn Press · 1958 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, 1958. 4to. Oblong. [4 pp.] Loose Folded Sheets, Letterpress, Very Good. Each sheet with illustration tipped in. No. 1. California / by John Haskell Kemble. No. 2. Oregon / by Karl Kortum. No. 3. Empire City / by Alexander C. Brown. No.…

Past Principals of Ontario Normal Schools, January 1905

[None Stated] · 0 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

[Place of publication not identified] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing Twenty-four unnumbered pages [pp. 24]. 8vo., measuring 23 cm. Black-and-white portraits of various notable heads of private schools from throughout Upper-Canada private schools, accompanied wit…

Famous Manitoba Metis

McFee, Janice; Bruce Sealey (Eds.); Ferdinand Guiboche (Intro.) · 1974 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Metis Federation First Edition, First Printing pp. 88. 4to. Pictorial stapled card covers. Replete with black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine. P…

Bookbindings And Rubbings Of Bindings In The Victoria And Albert Museum Volume I : Introduction [with] Volume II : Catalogue

Weale, W H James · 1962 · Eastleach Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

The Holland Press 1962 2nd edition. Cloth, G. cl ( 150 )pp, iv+329pp, b/w illustrations, index, Ex Library copy ( Royal College of Art ) with an ink stamp on the endpaper & their bookplate to the pastedown, cloth a little marked & rubbed. Two volumes in one & a facimile of the …

The Cabinet Portrait Gallery Reproduced from Original Photographs by W & D Downey. First Series

Downey, W & D · 1890 · Barter Books Ltd

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

G : in good condition. Rubbed extremities. Spine darkened. Sporadic light foxing within. Teg London Cassell & Co Ltd First Edition 260mm x 200mm (10" x 8"). 96pp. 36 b/w plates mounted on card. Contents comprise 36 mounted portrait plates of notable personalities and royalty fro…