Castleton, VT: Henry Post Higley, 1908. Paperback. 32 p.; 20 cm. Card cover; plain paper dust jacket with yapp edges. No title page. Inscription on front free endpaper: "Tribute to Aunt Lillie Condit Higley sent us by her husband Dr. Higley." A booklet published by Henry Post Higley three years..... More
West Chester, PA: Chester County Historical Society, 1949. Pamphlet. 16 p.; 23 cm. Blue wrapper with black wrapper title; stapled. Signed by the author at the upper edge of p. 1. This address opened West Chester's sesqui-centennial celebration on Sept. 27, 1949. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: lower corner of..... More
1966. Poster. 1 black-and-white poster 32 x 22 inches (folded). Apparently removed from a magazine. No text except "please cut along dotted line" on tab at upper left-hand corner. No publication information. Appears to be from late 1966 or 1967. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: folded, as issued; minor rubbing..... More
New York: Simplicity Pattern Co., 1935. DuBarry Patterns no. 735B and no. 999B in original envelopes. No. 735B is for a mid-calf summer dress, tied at the sholders. No. 999B is for a belted evening gown. DuBarry patterns were manufactured by Simplicity from 1931 to 1946 exclusively for F. W...... More
Indianapolis, IN: Wonder Bread, 1946. Cardboard promotional device produced by Wonder Bread. The exterior is the same on both sides, with cutouts which reveal materials and directions for performing experiments. Ten experiments are revealed on one side and ten on the other as the circular piece of cardboard in the..... More
Louisville, KY: David W. Kinnaird, 1989. Paperback. [2], 32 p.; 22 cm. Light brown wrapper; stapled. Wrapper title: Historical Sketches of Lancaster and Garrard County: 1796-1924. A reprint of Looking Backward: Historical Sketches of Lancaster and Garrard County From Authentic Sources and Tradition Set Out In Chronological Order, first published..... More
1935. Original pattern envelope, which has been opened to show the directions printed on the inside, with the pattern pieces. The New York Pattern Company was in business from 1932 until the early 1950s. With original glassine Lit Brothers Subway Store sleeve. Neither are dated. The Lit Brothers department store..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1995. Hardcover. 27, [3] p.: color illustrations; 27 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. Dust jacket repeating cover design. Illustrated endpapers. An amusing look at cats, aliens from the planet Nip. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition..... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984. Hardcover. x, [2], 387, [1] p.: illustrations, tables, drawings; 28 cm. Dark green cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket, in mylar cover. Stated First Edition. The authors "describe the sites area by area, stela by stela, making this book the perfect..... More
Boston: A Bulfinch Press Book, Little, Brown and Co., 1993. Hardcover. 62, [2] p.: 23 color and 7 black-and-white illustrations; 29 cm. Dark blue cover with gilt spine title and cover title. Red endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. The Easter story illustrated with works from the National Gallery..... More
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1984. Hardcover. 240 p.: 259 illustrations (43 in color); 31 cm. Brown cloth with gilt spine title and front cover publisher's emblem. Illustrated dust jacket. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority international. Book is in Fine Condition..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1998. Paperback. 406, [2] p.: 416 illustrations (161 in color); 31 cm. Paperback; illustrated cover. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which marked the bicentenary of Delacroix's birth. Includes articles by Arlette Sérullaz, Vincent..... More
Washington, D.C. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1987. Paperback. 256 p.: color illustrations; 33 cm. Paperback; illustrated cover. Contents: The Changing Status of American Women Artists, 1900-1930 by Gail Levin -- Who Ever Heard of a Woman Sculptor? Harriet Hosmer, Elisabet Ney, and the Ninteenth-Century Dialogue with the..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1983. Hardcover. 614 p.: color illustrations (some foldout), diagrams, maps, charts; 32 cm. White cloth with gilt spine title; color pastedown on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. The definitive book on pre-Columbian art. A very heavy book; for international shipping, it will have..... More
New York: Metro Books, 2008. Hardcover. 160 p.: color illustrations; 32 cm. Illustrated cover. Dust jacket repeating cover design. Black endpapers. Beautiful color photographs of Paris, arranged by section. Includes photographs of Notre-Dame de Paris prior to the April 2019 fire. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have..... More
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2003. Hardcover. Beaux Arts Editions. 320 : color illustrations; 34 cm. Illustrated cover. Dust jacket repeats cover design. Grey endpapers. A beautiful coffee table book about the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, which displays art in a wide variety of media produced between 1848 and 1914..... More
Boston: A Peter Davison Book, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1989. Hardcover. xvi, [2], 413 p., [16] p. of photographs; 23 cm. Red cover with silver spine title. Dust jacket. Light grey endpapers. The first authoritative biography of the American poet Sylvia Plath. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust..... More
New York: The Common Good Foundation, 1983. Paperback. 126, [2] p.; 25 cm. Paperback. Contents: Industrial Evolution by Robert B. Reich -- The View from Steel Country by Staughton Lynd -- Toward a Workers' Party by Tony Mazzocchi -- Mainstream Politics by Jerry J. Berman -- The Presidency and the..... More
New York: The Common Good Foundation, 1983. Paperback. 144 p.; 25 cm. Paperback. Contents: The End of the City? by Thomas Bender -- Welfare Policy: Why the Past has No Future by Andrew J. Polsky -- Stranded Cities by Duane Lockard -- Urban Transportation in the Eighties by Glenn Yago..... More
New York: The Common Good Foundation, 1982. Paperback. 144 p.; 25 cm. Paperback. Contents: The Eclipse of the Democratic Party by Walter Dean Burnham -- Civic Disaffection and the Democratic Party by William E. Connolly -- The Prospects for Social Democracy by Christopher Lasch -- Economic Demands, Political Rights by..... More
New York: The Common Good Foundation, 1982. Paperback. 128 p.; 25 cm. Paperback. Contents: America's Civil Religion by Sheldon S. Wolin -- Neoconservative Theology by Peter Steinfels -- Morality and Religion by Julius Lester -- Religion and Democracy in the Puritan Revolution by Christopher Hill -- Antigone's Daughters by Jean..... More
New York: The Common Good Foundation, 1982. Paperback. 144 p.; 25 cm. Paperback. Contents: Nuclear Weapons and the Atlantic Alliance by Mary Kaldor -- The Cold War is Over by Arno J. Mayer -- Vietnam Revisioned: The Military Campaign against Civilian Control by Frank A. Burdick -- Peace vs. Development..... More
New York: The Common Good Foundation, 1981. Paperback. 128 p.; 25 cm. Paperback. Contents: Mass Culture Reconsidered by Christopher Lasch -- The New Public Philosophy by Sheldon S. Wolin -- Aesthetic Engineering by Casey Blake -- Ronald Reagan's American Gothic by Michael Rogin -- New Video Technology: Pluralism or Banality..... More
Köln am Rhein: J.P. Bachem, 1897. Hardcover. [4], 132 p.: illustrations; 17 cm. Red cloth spine; white paper over boards. Red cover title; brown and light green cover illustration and series title, Bachem's Jugend-Erzählungen. Publisher's advertisement on first unpaginated page for Bachem's Jugend-Erzählungen. No date of publication; WorldCat gives 1897..... More
Köln am Rhein: J.P. Bachem, 1900. Hardcover. [2], 125 p.: illustrations; 17 cm. Red cloth spine; white paper over boards. Red cover title; brown and light green cover illustration and series title, Bachem's Jugend-Erzählungen. Publisher's series list on first unpaginated page for Bachem's Jugend Erzählungen, through this title. Series list..... More