Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). 136 pages, including a chronology and bibliography. Minor shelfwear to paperback binding. Numerous color and black & white illustrations. The front cover is a color illustration of the artist by an installation in Holland, titled "Sculpture in the Form..... More
New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1979. First edition, 4th printing. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xx, 940 pages of text including an extensive index. Pictorial hardcover cloth binding with maroon and white spine; binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing to the extremities and a few tears and creases..... More
London: John Murray, 1835. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Four volume set. Original green cloth bindings with moderate but somewhat uneven sunning to the spines and some shelfwear and rubbing including minor fraying; protected in archival mylar. Complete with 16 plates and maps, many of..... More
Boston, MA: Little Brown & Company, 1987. First edition, later printing. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [x], 240 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed in blue marker by the author on the half-title page. No further personalization or inscription..... More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. First British edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 158 pages of text. Bound in three quarter leather with marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering and decoration on the spine; raised bands. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Joe Mugnaini. The closed page edges have a...... More
Irvington-on-Hudson, NY: Harvey House, Inc, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 223 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Price-clipped dustjacket with two tiny tears on the rear panel and minimal creasing, in excellent condition; protected in archival mylar. Contains numerous illustrations, some of..... More
Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery Company, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 175 pages of text including an index. One of 250 copies in this limited edition; hand-numbered and signed by the author. This edition was specially printed for the one hundredth anniversary of the Montgomery Ward and Co. Hardcover: blue..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1909. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Approximately 25 page graduation program. Stiff paperback binding with minor shelfwear, soiling and age-toning. Illustrated by three photographs. Contains a schedule of Class Day Week, Class Day, an Ode, the Class Poem, a list of..... More
New York, NY: Bloch Publishing Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 221 pages of text. Hardcover simulated white leather binding in almost new condition. No dustjacket. Number 54 of 150 published in the Deluxe Edition, signed by the author on a special limitation page. Additionally inscribed by the author..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 539 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding in excellent condition with a thin strip of sunning along the top edge. Minor spotting/foxing to the top of the closed page edges. Unclipped dustjacket with..... More
New York, NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [xii], 333 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and minor soiling and discoloration. The unclipped dustjacket is sunned on the spine, with numerous small chips, tears and creases, with some shelfwear and soiling; protected in archival..... More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). 151 pages of text including a bibliography. Paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. Contains 8 color plates and approximately 100 photographs and drawings. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. More
Boolak, Cairo, Egypt: Mehemet Ali, 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Believed to be printed ca. 1810-1840 in Boolak, the port town of Cairo on a printing press established by Mehemet Ali. The printing establishment was renowned for its productions in Arabic, Persian and Turkish. Previous owner's name "T. Laurie..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 224 pages of text. Original dark green hardcover binding with moderate shelfwear, including rubbing to the extremities and slight darkening of spine; protected in stiff custom archival mylar. Lacks front flyleaf (blank). Complete with half-title page, frontispiece, engraved illustrated..... More
Parma, Italy: Archivio Storico Barilla, 1995. First American edition. Paperback. Oblong folio. 432 pages of text including an index of names and concepts. Blue stiff paperback binding, protected in publisher's thin cardboard slipcase with minor shelfwear. English language edition. Illustrated with hundreds of color and historic black & white photographs..... More
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). 55 pages of text. Paperback binding in almost new condition. Contains 20 black & white plates. The text is clean and unmarked. Exhibition catalogue from the January 12 to February 26, 1978 exhibition at the David and Alfred Smart..... More
Beijing, China: China Statistics Publishing House, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [vi], 1032, [ii] pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. No dustjacket, as issued. Complete with compact disc affixed to the inside rear cover of the book. Previous owner's stamp on the front endpaper, being Robert W...... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 252 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket is slightly rubbed at the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Signed, with a lengthy inscription on the front endpaper by the author, dated in the year of publication. "The story..... More
Beverly Hills, CA: Morrison, Raven-Hill, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 286 pages of text. Hardcover binding of pictorial paper covered boards with minimal shelfwear, in almost new condition; protected in custom-fitted (removable) archival mylar. Contains over 1100 illustrations from photos. Limited to 200 numbered and 52 lettered (A-Z, AA-ZZ)..... More
Berlin, Germany: Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 931 pages of text, followed by 5 pages of advertisement. Original black hardcover cloth is moderately sunned on the spine; protected in still archival mylar. The top edge of the closed page edges is unevenly..... More
Bronx, NY: Fordham University Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Oblong octavo (8vo). 223 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. The unclipped dusjtacket has minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Previous owner's gift inscription on the inside of the front cover. Contains over 225 historic..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 272 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Minor soiling to the closed page edges, but the text is clean and unmarked. Contains 15 illustrations. The work by Frank Norman, entitled "Art Trading and..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 1994. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xx, 343 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minor sunning and minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated by numerous black & white photographs. Includes a 1-page letter handwritten and signed..... More
New York, NY: Quill, 1986. Reprint edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). xxxii, 289 pages of text including an index, followed by 21 pages of maps. Paperback binding with moderate shelfwear. Illustrated with numerous pages of historic engravings, paintings, photographs, etc. First Quill paperback edition. The text is clean and unmarked. More
Miami, FL: Industrial Medicine Publishing Co., 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. viii, 49 pages of text. Hardcover binding with slight shelfwear. Illustrated with numerous color and black & white photographs of burn victims and treatment. Numerous contributors. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. More