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, Illustrated by: Photographs
Letterhead 4: An International Collection of Letterhead Design.
Publisher: Graphis Press Corp. Zurich 1998
256 p. Over 200 color ill. Commentaries by Sarah DeFillipis, Jacques Koeweiden, and Gary Dickson. Text in English, German, and French. Indexes. Bound in black cloth with spine title in black. Ill. DJ. Very slight edgewear at base of spine and lower tips of boards. DJ with the slightest of edgewear. ISBN: 1888001577 First Edition. DJ Very Good+. Cloth Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Bain, David Haward., Illustrated by: B/W photos, Maps
Empire Express : Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
Publisher: Viking New York 1999
xiii, 797 p. Notes p. 714-758, bibliography p. 759-777. Excellent account of the processses that led to the construction of the transcontinental railroad from 1845 through 1873 and their aftermath. Black cloth spine with tan paper covered boards. Spine stamped in gold. Text in excellent condition with front free endpaper marred by inexpertly removed inscription. DJ with only the slightest of wear. ISBN: 067080889X First Edition, First Printing. DJ Very Good+. Cloth spine, paper Boards Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Bernard Becker Medical Library., Illustrated by: Col. And b/w Photos
The Bernard Becker Collection in Ophthalmology : An Annotated Catalog
Publisher: Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri 1996
xxiii, 180 p., [16] p. of plates. Compiled by Lilla Wechsler, Christopher Hoolihan, Mark F. Weimer. 426 rare book entries, 18 graphics, p.145-151 post 1900 imprints. Extensive subject, chronological, and geographical indexes. Bound in red cloth, gilt spine and front board, illus. paper pasted down on front board. ISBN: 0912260130 3rd ed. No Jacket. Cloth Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Black Book Marketing Group, Illustrated by: Photograqphs
Black Book 2003
Publisher: Black Book Marketing Group New York 2003
588+ p. A delightful annual of advertising and commercial photography. The unnumbered pages include listings of talent representatives, photographers, and speicalties. Glossy black paper over flexible boards with BLACKBOOK printed in matte and 2003 in gold on front cover and spine. The slightest of shelfwear. No DJ as Issued. Paper over Boards. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Item number: AF0100
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Boyle, Robert H. and Whitlock, Dave, Eds, Illustrated by: B/W, col. photos, Drawings
The Fly-tyer’s Almanac
Publisher: Crown Publishers New York 1975
xii, 242 p., [4] pp. of col. plates. Includes index and 8 appendixes, including photos and brief bios of contibutors. Articles by Darwin Atkin, Dan Blanton, Raleigh Boaze, Jr., Robert Boyle, Bill Charles, Thom Green, T. Donald Overfield, Larry Solomon, Russ Thomas, and Dave Whitlock. Bound in green cloth with beige green-stamped spine. Rear inner hinge cracked, text block neatly reattached to binding. ISBN: 0517523728 First Edition, First Printing. DJ Very Good. Cloth Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Bruce, J. Percy (Joseph Percy), b. 1861. , Illustrated by: No ill.
Chu Hsi and his Masters: An Introduction to Chu Hsi and the Sung School of Chinese Philosophy.
Publisher: AMS Press New York 1973
xvi, 336 p. Originally presented as the author’s thesis, London. Original ed. issued as v. 11 of Probsthain’s Oriental Series. Bibliography: p. [xiii]-xiv. Red cloth with gilt spine. Very slight shelf wear. ISBN: 0-404-56904-8 Facs. reprint of Probsthain & Co., 1923. No DJ as Issued. Cloth Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Chu Hsi [Zhu Xi], Illustrated by: No ill.
The Philosophy of Human Nature. Translated from the Chinese, with Notes, by J. Percy Bruce
Publisher: AMS Press New York 1973
xvi, 444 p. Original ed. issued as v. 10 of Probsthain’s Oriental Series. Red cloth with gilt spine. "The work here translated forms a part of the imperial edition of Chu Hsi’s complete works .. published in .. 1713 .. The title of the present work, which is complete in itself, is Hsing li." Very slight shelf wear. ISBN: 0-404-569-13-7 Facs. reprint of Probsthain & Co., 1922. No DJ. Cloth Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Contini, Mila., Illustrated by: B/W and Col. Photos.
Fashion, from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day.
Publisher: Odyssey New York 1965
321 p. Edited by James Laver. Foreword by Count Emilio Pucci. Introd. by Janey Ironside. Also published as La Moda Nei Secoli. Milano: Mondadori, 1965. In blue cloth with blind stamped title on top board, gilt spine. Text block edge darkened with spotting on top. DJ with shelfwear with 1" tear top front near spine and 1/4" tear top front at outer edge. 1st English ed. DJ Good+. Cloth Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Crawford, William P., 1922- ., Illustrated by: Photos, maps, drawings, charts, Forms
Mariner’s Celestial Navigation.
Publisher: Miller Freeman Publications San Francisco 1972
444 p. Comprehensive text on celestial navigation. One of the standards in the field. Includes the booklet Position Plotting Sheets which corrects errors in the book concerning problems 8, 9, and 10 in chapter 18 and other errors. Blue paper over boards printed in silver on top board and spine. Shelf wear on edges. ISBN: 0-87930-016-7 First Edition. No DJ. Paper over Boards. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Crick, Francis, 1916-2004., Illustrated by: Photographs.
What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery.
Publisher: Basic Books. New York. 1988
xiii, 182 p., [8] p. of plates. Illus. with B/W photographs, portraits. "This book is published as part of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation program." Binding blue cloth with gilt spine. Outer top corner of DJ with slight bumping at top of spine, 2 x 1/2 " triangular bubble with blue stain on inside of DJ, slight discoloration on cloth binding at same location. ISBN: 0465091377 First Edition, First Printing. DJ Good+. Cloth Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957., Illustrated by: Photos, Drawings, Chromolithographs
Teton Sioux Music.
Publisher: Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 1918
xxviii, 561 p., 82 images on 65 plates. 43 figures in text. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 61. Chromolithographs by A. Hoen & Co. plate nos. 3, 4, 17, 64, 65, 68. Hoen was the oldest and one of the largest lithography firms. Olive green cloth with gilt title and decorations on spine. Some edge wear, bumped top and bottom spine, some ink spotting. Spine and top fifth of front board darkened. Endpapers and blanks with slight foxing. Text block edges darkened. First Edition. No DJ. Cloth Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870., Illustrated by: Wood-engravings
The Uncommercial Traveller and Short Christmas Stories
Publisher: G.W.Carleton & Co.,; Chapman & Hall New York; London 1874
447 p., [8] leaves of plates. "With illustrations by Dalziel." Part of Carleton's reissue in 20 vols. of Dickens titles. With 6 p. Carleton catalogue for 1874 and 1 p. adverisement for Mary J. Holmes Works bound in at end. "Stereotyped by The Women's Printing House, 56, 58, & 60 Park St., New York." Traveller ends on p. 267, Short Christmas Stories follow. Bound in blind stamped green ribbon cloth with gilt spine. Lavender end papers. Some wear on outer board tips, bumping on top and bottom of spine, some shelf wear on back board. Edges of text block toned with some spotting on top edge, some foxing on frontis. and tissue guard. Former owner's printed bookplate of J.R. Deacon on front pastedown. First Thus. No Jacket Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870., Illustrated by: Wood-engravings
Hard times, and Reprinted pieces.
Publisher: G.W.Carleton & Co.,; Chapman & Hall New York; London 1874
479 p., [6] leaves of plates. "With illustrations by F. Walker." (Probably Frederick Walker, 1840-1875.) Part of Carleton's reissue in 20 vols. of Dickens titles. "Stereotyped by The Women's Printing House, 56, 58, & 60 Park St., New York." Hard Times ends on p. 256, Reprinted Pieces follow. Bound in blind stamped green ribbon cloth with gilt spine. Lavender end papers. Plate facing p. 234 signed "F W", plates facing pp. 265, 368, and 412 signed "Dalziel", others unsigned. Loosely laid in advertisement 10 1/2 by 3 1/4" one side "Capital New Books" the other "Attractive New Books." folded in half. Some wear on outer board tips, bumping on top and bottom of spine, some shelf wear on front board. Edges of text block toned with some spotting on top edge, water stain on upper outer corner frontis. and tissue guard. First Thus. No Jacket Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Eastman, Elaine Goodale, 1863-1953., Illustrated by: Photographs
Sister to the Sioux: The Memoirs of Elaine Goodale Eastman, 1885-91.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln. 1978
xiii, [3], 175 p. Edited by Kay Graber. Illus. with photographs, line drawings, and map. The Pioneer Heritage series, v. 7. Cream paper covered boards with green spine, top board and spine gilt. DJ with slight edge wear, small tear ar front edge top board, 1 " tear near spine. ISBN: 0803209711 First Edition. DJ Good. Cloth Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Field, Eugene, 1850-1895, Illustrated by: Wood-engravings
Our Debt to Monkish Men
Publisher: Yellow Barn Press Council Bluffs 1987
12 unnumbered leaves printed on one side with colophon tipped in. No. 34 of 120 copies. 5 wood-engravings by John DePol. Printed in reddish-brown and black American Uncial type on Tovil handmade paper. Reddish-brown cloth spine with grey cloth boards, paper spine label, embossed ecclesiastical device on top board. Prospectus with title page wood-engraving loosely laid-in. Additional paper spine label laid down on back paste-down endpaper. Barely perceptible lightening of grey cloth 2" at bottom of top board. This text is from Eugene Field’s "The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac" published in 1896.--Colophon. No DJ as Issued. Cloth Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Private Press
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Frazier, Samuel Milligan, b. 1845, Illustrated by: B/W photos, Line Drawings
Secrets of the Rocks, or, The Story of the Hills and Gulches : A Manual of Hints and Helps for the Prospector and Miner
Publisher: Hall & Williams Denver, Colorado 1907
491, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates, ports. Index, largely mineralogical, on last p. Frontis. is 2 facing ports. on 2 leaves: "Before the Strike" ... "After the Strike" with the gentleman dressed accordingly. Additional ills.: line drawings pp. 230, 276, 367; photo p. 258. Bound in green ribbed cloth with gold and black on top board and spine, blind stamped border top and bottom board. Floral decorated endpapers in green. A guide to late 19th century prospecting with extensive geological and mineralogical information. Includes stories of lost mines and methods of fraud. Slight wear at outer tips of boards, top, bottom and edges of spine. Small tears at middle bottom pp. 187-188, 389-392, middle outer edge pp. 483-484. Pp. 421-424, 449-456 not completed opened at bottom. Occasional creasing of pages throughout text, usually near gutter, probably from binding problems. "2361" in ink upper outer edge front pastedown endpaper. Stripes on photo of binding do not exist, just an optical effect. 2nd. ed., rev.. No DJ. Decorative Cloth Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Goodrich, Caspar F. (Caspar Frederick), 1847-1925, Illustrated by: Photographs
Rope Yarns from the Old Navy, by Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich
Publisher: The Naval History Society New York 1931
[10], xi-xii, [6], 167 p., [3] leaves of plates. Publications of The Naval History Society Volume XI. 464 of a ltd. ed. of 500. Quarter bound with paper vellum spine and blue paper over boards. Gilt title on spine and seal of the Society on front board. TEG. Issued with glassine dust jacket. Copy in original shipping carton, opened only to verify contents. Glassine jacket discolored from contact with cardboard carton. First Edition. DJ Good. Hard Cover Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Gottesman, Rita Susswein, 1906-1963, Illustrated by: Woodcut/engraving Reproductions
The Arts and Crafts in New York 1800-1804: Advertisements and News Items from New York City Newspapers
Publisher: New-York Historical Society New York 1965
xx, 537 p. Extensive index p. 483-537. Reproductions of woodcuts and engravings on p. [ii] and [2] with reference numbers to text entries. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decorative lines on spine. Bubble in center of top half of spine. I have not seen a copy of this book without this binder's defect. The last of three volumes in a series, the first two covering 1726-1776 (1938) and 1777-1799 (1954). Co-issued with the Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1949, The John Watts DePeyster Publications Fund, LXXXII in 1965. Identical except in green cloth and 2 p. at beginning with the Collections statement on recto and The Committe on Publications on verso. Divided into 17 sections such as Paintings, Engravings, and Sculpture; Builders and Buildings; Ships and Boats; Paper, Printing, and Books. No observable defects, other than the binder's manufacturing error. First Separate. No Jacket as Issued. Cloth Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Griswold, Mac K., Illustrated by: Photographs, many Colored
Pleasures of the Garden : Images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art : H.N. Abrams New York 1987
160 p. A beautiful study of the gardens and their impact on the psyche. Profusely illustrated, mostly colored, with illustrated endpapers. Dark greern cloth with gilt title on spine. Heavy paper pictoril dj. Minimal shelfwear on dj. ISBN: 0810909979 First Edition, First Printing. DJ Very Good+. Cloth Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Harris, Thaddeus William, 1795-1856., Illustrated by: Hand-colored Lithographs, Wood-Engravings.
A Treatise on Some of the Insects Injurious to Vegetation.
Publisher: Crosby and Nichols. Boston. 1862
xi, 640 p. VII plates including frontis, wood-engravings throughout text. Printed by Welch, Bigelow and Co. "A new ed., enlarged and improved, with additions from the author’s manuscripts and original notes. Illustrated by engravings drawn from nature under the supervision of Professor Agassiz. Edited by Charles L. Flint .."--T.p. Editor's preface (p. iv) states the drawings for the steel plates are by Antoine Sonrel and those for the wood engravings are by Sonrel and J. Burckhardt and the engraving and coloring of the plates was by John H. Richard and the wood engravings were done by Henry Marsh. However, the plates are hand-colored lithographs and are signed Dougal sc., probably William H. Dougal. Bound in brown small bead cloth with beveled edges. Gilt moth on top and back boards, title and beetle in gilt on spine. All edges red. Binding worn and stained, top of spine chipped, top outer hinge split halfway, beetle on spine worn with residue of label. Plates with some foxing, tissue guards lacking frontis., pl. II. No Jacket. Decorative Cloth Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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