Paris: Ministère de la Culture, 1984. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 127 pages. Text in French. Catalogue of 1984 exhibition at the Louvre examining the role of drawing and design in scientific research and the diffusion of scientific knowledge in the 17th and 18th centuries. Black and white illustrations throughout. Signed by previous owner on inside of front wrapper. READ MORE about DESSIN ET SCIENCES: XVIIE-XVIIE SIÈCLES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 107453
Volume 2 (plates)
N.P. (Institut Neerlandais), 1964. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 168 pages. Volume 2 (plates). This is the second volume of an exhibition catalogue of drawings in Dutch collections made by French artists from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. The show had venues in Paris and Amsterdam. This volume contains the plates, 168 in all, in black-and-white and in color. The wrappers and edges are soiled and show moderate shelf wear. READ MORE about LE DESSIN FRANÇAIS DAN LES COLLECTIONS HOLLANDAISES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 79687
Leipzig: Freunde der Deutschen Bucherei, 1931. small 4to. cloth. xvi, 252, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies. Bibliography of the books published by the various book collecting clubs of Germany. Each list is accompanied by a history of the club. This copy has pencil marks throughout with some notes. The binding is worn and split along both hinges - an obviously well used and loved copy. Loosely inserted is a memorial booklabel..... READ MORE about DEUTSCHE BIBLIOPHILIE IN DREI JAHRZEHNSTEN VERZEICHNIS DER VEROFFENTLICHUNGEN DER DEUTSCHEN...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 46815
Leipzig: Freunde der Deutschen Bucherei, 1931. small 4to. cloth. xvi, 252, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies. Bibliography of the books published by the various book collecting clubs of Germany. Each list is accompanied by a history of the club. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE BIBLIOPHILIE IN DREI JAHRZEHNSTEN VERZEICHNIS DER VEROFFENTLICHUNGEN DER DEUTSCHEN...
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 103150
Leipzig: Deutsche Bücherei, 1925. 8vo. paper-covered boards. (i), vii, (i), 211, (2) pages. First edition. The first decade of the Deutsche Bücherei, the important German publisher, is discussed here in numerous essays devoted to issues like card Catalogues and bibliographical work. This volume was published on the occaision of the 1925 German book sellers jubilee. With black-and-white head-pieces. Cracks along spine edge at top and bottom of spine. Some foxing to initial and terminal leaves..... READ MORE about DIE DEUTSCHE BÜCHEREI. NACH DEM ERSTEN JAHRZEHNT IHRES BESTEHENS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 62529
Leipzig: Deutsche Bücherei, 1925. 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (i), vii, (i), 211, (2) pages. First edition. The first decade of the Deutsche Bücherei, the important German publisher, is discussed here in numerous essays devoted to issues like card Catalogues and bibliographical work. This volume was published on the occaision of the 1925 German book sellers jubilee. With black-and-white head-pieces. Spine and part of covers faded. READ MORE about DIE DEUTSCHE BÜCHEREI. NACH DEM ERSTEN JAHRZEHNT IHRES BESTEHENS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 75565
Mainz: Gutenberg-Museum, 1966. 8vo. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in German. Exhibition of book covers presented by the Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, in 1966. Includes the 19th century, the Jugendstil movement, and the post-World War II period. Black and white illustrations. List of artists and bibliography. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE BUCHUMSCHLÄGE AUS SIEBZIG JAHREN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 114765
München: Südwest, 1964. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. Unpaginated. A lavish book of printing specimens from German printing firms. Over 75 specimens of fine printing, most in color; specimens include full-color reproductions of paintings, illuminated manuscripts, book illustrations, and title pages. Indexed. Jacket chipped and torn. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE DRUCKKUNST I
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49506
4 volumes being 1, 2, 3, 6.
Darmstadt: Verlagsanstalt Alexander Koch, 1897-1900. 4to. orginal publisher's binding of decorated cloth. (xvi), 204; (viii), 205-468; (xvi), 292; (viii), 305-596 pages. 4 volumes being 1, 2, 3, 6. Early volumes in this periodical which eventually merged into Die Kunst. With much on art nouveau. Some of the separate plates are in full color. Spines faded with wear. Front hinge of volume 2 broken. READ MORE about DEUTSCHE KUNST UND DEKORATION
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 105552
(Dresden: VEB Verlag der Kunst), 1972. 8vo. cloth, paper label on spine, dust jacket. 454, (2) pages. Text in German. Commemorates 20 years of art publishing by VEB Verlag der Kunst, Dresden. Introduction by Horst Jähner. 37 scholarly essays about VEB's publications. 396 color and black and white illustrations. Notes, list of illustrations, bibliography. READ MORE about DEZENNIUM 2: ZWANZIG JAHRE VEB VERLAG DER KUNST DRESDEN
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Wilmington: Tower Hill School, (1934). 8vo. paper-covered boards. (x), 53 pages. With a preface by Burton P. Fowler, Head Master. With 33 contributions. Spine has wear at extremities and is rubbed. READ MORE about DIAL VERSES, AN ANTHOLOGY OF FOURTEEN YEARS OF POETRY, 1920-1934
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 46053
22 volumes in 11. With 4 volumes containing supplements.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, (1964)-(1981). small 4to. cloth. thousands of pages. 22 volumes in 11. With 4 volumes containing supplements. A monumental work financed by the American Council of Learned Societies. It remains the definitive work on American biography to date. Contains the twenty original volumes and the first seven supplements covering through 1965. Ex library set with markings. READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. With SUPPLEMENTS 1-7
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 126834
27 volumes.
London: Oxford University Press, 1973. thick 8vo. cloth for first 22 volumes, dust jackets on the five supplements. 27 volumes. Complete set up to 1950 of this standard work biographically describing thousands of British subjects. Volume 22 is the supplement to the first 21 volumes covering the period up to 1900. Followed by five volumes of supplements covering the 20th century up to 1950. Library stamp on front pastedown of all volumes (only library marking)..... READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, FOUNDED IN 1882 BY GEORGE SMITH
Price: $950.00 Order nr. 35601
(Dover: Division of Economic Development), n.d. small 8vo. broadside printed on both sides and folded four times. Full color brochure used to promote travel to the state. READ MORE about DISCOVER DELAWARE, THE STATE THAT STARTED A NATION
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 93106
18 issues in 3 volumes.
Hannover: n.p., 1963-66. 4to. original paper wrappers bound into cloth. 228,xi+(1); 220; (viii),191+(1) pages. 18 issues in 3 volumes. Volumes 12, 13, and 14 of a periodical devoted to specialized libraries. Pages yellowed. READ MORE about DOKUMENTATION, FACHBIBLIOTHEK, WERKSBUCHEREI
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 51235
3 volumes.
London, England: Alecto Historical Editions, 1987. folio. cloth. xii, 179+(1); x, pagination of original document; unpaginated. 3 volumes. First volume with table of contents, foreword, acknowledgments, essays by various scholars,bibliography, glossary, three appendices, index. Second volume focuses on the Hampshire Domesday, and the third volume is a facsimile. READ MORE about DOMESDAY BOOK STUDIES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 134602
Rivista Internazionale di Progetto/International Design Review. N. 772
June 1995. large 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 74 pages of advertisements, xii, (ii), 128 pages. Rivista Internazionale di Progetto/International Design Review. N. 772. Issue number 772 of Domus, the International Design Review. Contains 74 pages of full-page, color advertisements for new product designs followed by twenty articles on different design projects in the works, subjects and issues in the design community, new books, a products survey, and a calender of competitions, congresses and exhibitions. Everything..... READ MORE about DOMUS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 95752
(Dover: Dover's 250th Anniversary, Inc.), n.d. (1967). oblong 8vo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. A summary of the events that were planned for this anniversary and including the names of all the participants. READ MORE about DOVER'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY, INC
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 46395
Dover: Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce, n.d. (circa 1973). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 100 pages. Filled with facts on the city and state. READ MORE about DOVER, KENT COUNTRY, INFORMATION BOOKLET
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 68387
Facsimilo-Lichtdruck nach den Originalen der Staatsbibliothek zu Breslau Hergestellt von der Reichsdruckfrei. Herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin.
Berlin: W.H. Kühl, 1891. portfolio. half cloth spine, cloth-covered boards. Facsimilo-Lichtdruck nach den Originalen der Staatsbibliothek zu Breslau Hergestellt von der Reichsdruckfrei. Herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin. Portfolio with three maps from Gerhard Mercator in 41 loose plates. Illustrates Europe in 15 leaves, the British Isles in 8 leaves and a world map in 18 leaves. Two pages of text in German. Bookplate from the Long Island Historical Society on the front..... READ MORE about DREI KARTEN VON GERHARD MERCATOR; EUROPA-BRITISCHE INSELN-WELTKARTE
Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 104058
New York: Duttons, Inc., 1938. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. 152 items for sale. Includes a section of illustrations. READ MORE about DUTTONS, INC. PRESENTS A CATALOGUE FOR THE COLLECTOR OF RARE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, FIRST EDITIONS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106371
(Cambridge, MA: American Academy of Arts and Sciences), 1996. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 361, (13) pages. Vol. 125, No. 4. Featured topic "Books, Bricks, and Bytes." Table of contents, preface. Nineteen scholarly articles, most with endnotes. Contents of previous volumes follow text. Study of the evolving library. Previous owner's name on title. READ MORE about DÆDALUS: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126426
(West Chester, PA: English Club of West Chester University, 2000). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 35+(1) pages. The Fall 2000 issue of West Chester University's student arts magazine. Foreword, table of contents, list of contributors. Black and white illustrations. Cover illustration by Jimmer Breen. READ MORE about ECLECTIC 3
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 129454
London: National Book League, 1973. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 204 pages with 8 plates. With a four page preface by G. Krishnamurti. Describes 861 items. Covers soiled. READ MORE about THE EIGHTEEN-NINETIES, A LITERARY EXHIBITION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 2657
London, England: The Redfern Gallery, (1955). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Foreword by Osbert Lancaster. Catalogue of military memorabilia. Black and white illustrations. Covers tanned and lightly soiled. READ MORE about ELEGANCE MILITAIRE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 125435
