Londini [London]: Thomas Roycroft, 1669. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. [xxxii] pages of preliminary text, followed by 4008 columns. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with an engraved frontisportrait by William Faithorne. The first 44 columns are printed two per page; the remainder..... 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: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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

Chicago, IL: Gallery312, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Square octavo (8vo). 72 pages of text. Paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. Illustrated by numerous color and black & white photographs. Contains an introduction by David Travis, Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago. The exhibition catalogue from the Fall 1996..... More