London, Eng. Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. Leech, John. Hardcover. [4], 276 p.: title vignettes, cartoons; 32 cm. Original red cloth with gilt-and-black-stamped spine and cover titles and illustrations; beveled edges. Small bookbinder's ticket on back fixed endpaper for Leighton Son and Hodge. All edges gilt. Black endpapers. Half title..... More
New York: Selmar Hess, Publisher, 1885. 1 chromolithograph 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 inches) on a captioned buff sheet 24 x 32 cm. (9.25 x 12.5 inches). This is one of a series of Prang chromolithographs used in Our Living World: An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J.G...... More
Stratford, Ont. McLagan Furniture Co., 1915. Paperback. [1], 31 leaves: illustrations; 31 x 45 cm. Brown card covers with gilt embossed cover title; stapled. No date of publication. George McLagan established his furniture business in Stratford, Ontario, in 1905. This catalog features suites for the dining room and bedroom, and..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette & Cie. 1909. Hardcover. 178 p.: full-page and in-text illustrations (1 double-page, folded); 26 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and decoration. Edges of boards are bevelled. Top page edges gilt. Decorated endpapers. Title page in red and black. Cover title: Michel-Ange: Peinture, Sculpture..... More
Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1955. Hardcover. 252 p.: 232 black-and-white photographs; 27 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles (Neue Goldschmiede Kunst ). No dust jacket. The appendix contains a description of each item and biographical information about each artist. Bookplate on the front free endpaper of the Academy..... More
Lancaster, Pa. Red Rose Coin Club, 1974. Paperback. [4] p.; 28 cm. Mimeographed typescript. Includes the 1974 budget and auction lists for Feb. 4 and 21, 1974; the list for Feb. 4 has annotations. In Near Fine Condition: 2 horizontal folds from being mailed; annotations, as noted; otherwise, clean... More
Watford, Eng. Paget Prize Plate Co., 1894. 1 sheet 12 x 9 cm. Printed in red and brown. "18 x 24" stamped on the label indicating the size of paper the label accompanied. The label is undated; Paget gelatino-chloride printing out paper was first produced in 1894. In the 1890s..... More
Philadelphia: Wanamaker Store, 1928. Paperback. [24] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Light green wrapper, stapled, with brown wrapper title: Paintings Paris Salons 1928. Decoration in silver on front wrapper. The John Wanamaker Department Store in Philadelphia hosted an exhibit of 25 paintings from the Paris Exhibition. This catalog lists those 25..... More
Malden, Mass. Perry Pictures Co., 1950. Group of Perry Pictures materials consisting of: 4 sepia photographs (13 x 9.5 cm.) produced by the Taber Prang Art Co., Springfield, Mass., 2 captioned "Cupid Awake" and 2 captioned "Cupid Asleep," one of which is stamped on the back "Compliments of the Perry..... More
New York & London: Tennant and Ward, 1911. Paperback. [5], 306-350, [36] p., frontispiece: full-page illustrations; 21 cm. Blue wrappers printed in black. Imprint includes: London: Dawbarn & Ward. This volume contains an article on platinum printing. Advertisements (some illustrated) on preliminary and final unpaginated pages. In Fine Condition: clean..... More
New York: Tennant and Ward, 1904. Paperback. [4], viii, [1], 538-584, [36] p., [6] unpaginated pages of illustrations: 1 in-text drawing; 21 cm. Blue wrappers printed in black. "60" on lower spine. Some pages unopened. Imprint includes: London: Dawbarn & Ward. Includes contents, illustrators, and index for the first 5..... More
Adrian, Michigan: Fireside Industries, 1930. Paperback. 31, [1] p.: illustrations (some in color); 26 cm. Brown card cover with front title and illustration in red, dark brown, and black. Fireside Industries was incorporated in 1924. No date of publication, but the art director, Gabriel Andre Petit, who died in 1932..... More
New York: Selmar Hess, Publisher, 1885. 1 chromolithograph 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 inches) on a captioned buff sheet 24 x 32 cm. (9.25 x 12.5 inches). This is one of a series of Prang chromolithographs used in Our Living World: An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J.G...... More
New York: Chilmark Press, 1964. 2, [2] p.: illustration; 30 cm. Printed on light green paper. Prospectus for a limited edition of 315 copies of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge with ten copper engravings and with a foreword by David Jones. Includes a one-page example..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette & Cie. 1909. Hardcover. 246 p.: full-page and in-text illustrations; 26 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and decoration. Edges of boards are bevelled. Top page edges gilt. Decorated endpapers. Title page in red and black. Series title on cover: Nouvelle Collection des Classiques..... More
Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1985. Paperback. 121 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with white cover title and portrait of Rembrandt Peale on the front cover. Contents include: Rembrandt Peale: The Career of an American Master by Lillian B. Miller -- The Portraiture of Rembrandt Peale: Artistic Aspirations and Stylistic..... More
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1889. 2 albumen prints. The first, Rouen--Fontaine de la Grosse Horloge, is 255 x 199 mm. on a cardboard mount (297 x 239 mm). Caption printed in photograph in lower right: "54. Rouen_Fontaine de la Grosse horloge." Written in ink at lower edge of image: "Rouen, August 25/89." Written in..... More
1880. 1 albumen print 224 x 272 mm. Mat is 16 x 18 inches. No identification of photographer, publisher, or location. On the hill above the river are a tent and a small structure with smoke coming out of the chimney. On the board walkway over the shallow river sit..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16312-16326 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Features an illustrated article about the opening of the North Sea and Baltic canal; a continuation of an article on the tin plate industry in the United States; several articles on photography; an illustrated..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16536-16550 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the by-products of slaughter houses; Arndt's patent econometer; a continuation of public hydraulic power supply by Edward B. Ellington; the electric plow in Germany; the photosphere camera; and the refuge..... More
New York: Selmar Hess, Publisher, 1885. 1 chromolithograph 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 inches) on a captioned buff sheet 24 x 32 cm. (9.25 x 12.5 inches). This is one of a series of Prang chromolithographs used in Our Living World: An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J.G...... More
London: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co., 1870. 1 albumen print 278 x 184 mm. Mat is 422 x 330 mm. No date of publication; evidence suggests it was produced around 1870. Following the Fire of London, the church of St. Mary Le Bow was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1937. Paperback. 226, [44] p.: black-and-white and color photographs; 30 cm. Spiral-bound with red, white, and blue card covers. Former owner's inscription on first (blank) page indicating that he purchased this in 1952 at The Seven Bookhunters, New York. Bookseller's label on inside of..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette & Cie. 1912. Hardcover. 188 p.: full-page and in-text illustrations; 26 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and decoration. Edges of boards are bevelled. Top page edges gilt. Decorated endpapers. Title page in red and black. Series title on cover: Nouvelle Collection des Classiques..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. Hardcover. xix, [3], 249 p., color frontispiece and 29 leaves of plates (some color): also includes in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with grey paper over boards; printed paper labels on spine and front board. Lacking dust jacket. Title page in red and..... More