Ann Arbor: Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin, 1955. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/300 unnumbered. 4to. v, 16, 42pp. Brown cloth with gilt vignette and lettering on cover and spine. Minor scuffing on binding, slight staining on back board. Water staining to bottom edge of pages throughout, affecting few images. Slight age yellowing..... More
Boston: A New York Graphic Society Book. Little, Brown and Company, (1987). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. x,162pp. Olive cloth with silver lettering on cover and spine in original dustjacket. Minor scuffing and discoloration to dustjacket. A beautiful edition with some of the photographs by Charles Sheeler (1883-1965). The photographs are..... More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (1997). First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author on verso of free front endpaper: "To long and cherished friends, with affection and congratulations + pride on your accomplishments, Moise & Melba, March 23, 2001." Lg. 4to. 192pp. Black cloth with gray lettering on cover and spine in original..... More
Washington: National Park Service - Department of the Interior, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 188pp. Archeological (sic) Research Series Number 7-C. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Corners bumped. Minor scuffing to cover. "With the bookplate of Bruce Bryan, the noted author and long time curator of..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/2"). Unpaginated. [48]pp. Olive cloth, with black lettering to front cover. Illustrated title page. End papers age-toned and spine bumped along head and tail. Minor discoloration and foxing/staining to front cover & spine. Binding in..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Unpaginated. [48]pp. Olive cloth, with black lettering to front cover. Illustrated title page. Previous owner's attractive bookplate on front pastedown. "In the "New Order" Mr. Szyk's vitriolic brush depicts with stirring realism the dictators of Europe..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing co. inc., n.d. Hardcover. [10] plus 50 b/w plates resting in original 3/4 cloth over paper covered boards, with green title-label laid on front cover. String ties. Fascinating work complete in itself. Some abrasion on portfolio with closed tears and some chipping on spine. Title-label..... More
New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1936). Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. Beige cloth, gold stamped leather cover plate, leather title label in gold on spine. In original orange dust wrapper, top edge gilt, pages untrimmed as issued. Title vignette and in text reproductions of b/w illustrations by Alba..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original half cloth over red paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Publisher's logo on title page. Remarkable work on one of the major problems of a Socialist economy: pricing. Moderate rubbing on binding. Binding in overall good, interior..... More
San Diego: Frye & Smith, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 58pp. (Unpaginated.) Blue cloth, blue lettering on front and spine, in original (color) pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial end papers. "With the eyes of the world focused on California's Palomar Mountain and its 200-inch telescope, PALOMAR OBSERVATORY presents to the..... More
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1968. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/500. Quarto. VII, [1], 39, [1]pp. Original gilt-stamped cloth with gold lettering on spine. Book housed in its original green cloth slipcase. Remarkable study of the editions, dates, authorship, etc.. of books and other writings on California. This work..... More
Washington (D.C.): Smithsonian Institution, 1943. 8vo. iv., 77pp. Gray paper, slightly discolored, with black lettering. U.S. Navy stamp on front cover with previous owner's name on title page. Slight foxing on the edges of the first few pages and slight discoloration on all the edges throughout the pamphlet. Number Six..... More
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1962. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. xxvii, 256 pp. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. Minor wearing to edges. Head and tail of spine bumped. " The volume should be of use to students of patronage, publishing conditions, bibliography, and literary, social and political history". Overall..... More