London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1847/48. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Uncut. XVIII, 432, XIV, 416pp. Original gilt pictorial cloth with gold lettering on spines and front boards. Ex-libris of Lucy Smith Battson (ex Lucy Doheny) on both free front endpapers. Illustrated title-pages with black and red lettering. Decorative initials. Laid..... More
Paris: "Arts et Métiers Graphiques" 1935. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/4 x 10"). [14]pp (Text), 120pp (Plates), 121-139, [1]pp (Text and advertisement). Original spiral bound decorative wrappers by Pierre Boucher. "Photographie" was an annual special issue of the magazine "Arts et Métiers Graphiques" entirely dedicated to modern photography, and..... More
Leyden (Leiden): Thomas van Ge'el, 5482 (1722). First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 3/4 x 8"). [8], 426, [1] blank leaf, [1] leaf (Second title), 427-906pp. Contemporary full calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Contemporary previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper: "Ce livre appartient à moi..... More
New York: Leon Amiel, 1974. Hardcover. Square quarto (11"). 196pp. Color illustrated dust jacket, white spine lettered in black, over green cloth lettered in orange. Illustrated throughout with photographic endpapers, black & white text photos and some color drawings (including 3, double-page unsigned lithographs). 2" closed tear at bottom of..... More
Sao Paulo, Brasil: Editora Cesar, 1967. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/250. Folio (19 1/2 x 13 3/4"). [5] loose leaves (Text), [10] loose leaves (Plates), as issued. Original plywood covers, with embossed red and black lettered leather label on front cover. Two string ties. A series of ten loose woodblock..... More
London: Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1928. Second printing of the 1st edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (9-1/4" x 7-3/4"). xi, (1), 96pp. Original black cloth, gilt lettered spine with gilt publisher's device at foot, and central gilt decoration on front cover. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 6 plates (4..... More
![Item #55792 dibuixos [SIGNED]. Jordi Alcaraz, Mariano Navarro, Peter Selz, text](https://klinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/55792_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1778876101)
Los Angeles: Jack Rutberg Fine Arts Inc. / Galleria Torbandena, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 135 [7]pp. Illustrated boards with b/w lettering on cover and spine. Signed by Alcaraz on title page. Beautifully illustrated and designed, a picture gallery for the connoisseur. And one of the memorable exhibitions at the..... More
![Item #50327 Kengo Kuma: Works and Projects [Signed]. Luigi Alini, Kengo Kuma, text, essay](https://klinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/50327.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1654031039)
Milan: Electa Architecture, 2006. First English language edition. Softcover. Quarto (11" x 8-1/2"). 247,(5)pp. Photo illustrated wrappers, dark blue spine strip with white lettering. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, ground plans and elevations. A fine copy, signed on the front free endpaper by Kengo Kuma. Contents: The Warp and Weft..... More
New York: Universe Books, Inc., 1960. First American edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. Unpaginated. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over brown cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Color frontispiece. Publisher's logo on title page. This striking photo-book is an account of the authors' perilous journey deep into the forests of..... More
![Item #50872 Ocean, Desert [SIGNED]. Renate Aller, Janet Dees, photographer, text](https://klinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/50872_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1728582789)
Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books. Oblong folio (11-1/2" x 17-1/4"). Pictorial ocean and desert dust jacket (see note below), spine lettered in both black and white, over plain off-white boards with blind stamped spine. Note: the dust jacket has been printed on both sides (ocean and desert) and then folded..... More
Mexico City: Banco Nacional de México, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Square quarto. 57,(3)pp. Plus 82 leaves of black & white photographic plates (a few nudes). Parallel text in English and Spanish. White photo illustrated dust jacket, lettered in black. Black boards stamped in silver. Fine in near fine dust jacket..... More
Madrid: Turner Publicaciones, S.L., 2001. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/6000. Folio (13 1/4 x 12 1/2"). 245, [5]pp. Original crushed morocco with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece. Half-title and title page in grey and black lettering. Published to comemorate the centennial of Manuel Álvarez Bravo's..... More
Mexico City: Editorial RM, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 93.(1)pp. consisting chiefly of color Polaroid photos. Red cloth lettered in blue, mounted color photo on front cover. A fine, as new copy. Previously unpublished Polaroid photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo reproduced in the original Polaroid's dimensions. More
Paris: Larousse, ND (ca 1930). First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto (8 1/4 x 11 1/2"). 36pp. Original quarter blue cloth over illustrated paper covered boards, with black lettering to front cover. Illustrated title page. French children book splendidly illustrated throughout with illustrator Aman-Jean's delightful b/w and color drawings pertaining to..... More
Lausanne; Paris: La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1980. First French-language edition. Hardcover. Folio. 216pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over white leatherette with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. This remarkable photography book follows the journey of hundreds of thousands of Muslims arriving in the holy city of Mecca for..... More
London / New York: Heinemann / Dodd, Mead & Company, 1901. Hardcover. Folio (15 1/4 x 12"). ix, [1], 121, [1]pp (Text Vol.); [66] leaves (Plates) (Plates Vol.). Original 3/4 morocco over burgundy cloth, with gold lettering and ruling to spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Title in..... More
Luxembourg: Imprimerie Saint-Paul, 1982. First limited edition. Hardcover. 176/225. Oblong Octavo. Unpaginated (28 leaves). Original illustrated cream paper-covered boards with gray and black lettering on cover, white on spine. Gray endpapers. Title page with tan lettering. Printed to heavy paper. Inscribed "For Bettina, ces signes en signe de haute amitié..... More
New Haven: Yale University press, 1992. First edition. Square quarto (10-1/2"). 428pp. Triple column text. Index and bibliography. Photo illustrated dust jacket, spine lightly sun-faded, over purple cloth lettered in black. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Merest hint of shelf contact at bottom of text block, otherwise a fine, as new..... More
Berlin: Junker und Dünnhaupt, 1937. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 86, [2]pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Photographically illustrated propaganda publication glorifying the workers who, under the National Socialists, labor to reconstruct a new Germany. Early propaganda work on the Reichsberufswettkampf (National Vocational Competition) which was the annual vocational competition held in Nazi..... More
Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1881. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. [12], 268pp. Contemporary gilt-stamped morocco with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Binding signed by Suttaby, London. Exquisite edition of William Edmondstoune Aytoun's main poetical work magnificently illustrated throughout by Joseph Noel Paton and..... More
London: Hali Publications Limited, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 224, [2]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over blue cloth, with blind-stamped lettering on spine and front cover. Half-title inscribed and signed by Thomas Murray (author of the article on page 55 titled "Demons & Deities: Masks of the Himalayas") to Fred and..... More
Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 1/8 x 7 1/4"). 112pp. Original illustrated grey cloth, with dark blue lettering to front cover and spine. Book housed in its original illustrated cardboard slipcase. Frontispiece map of Lublin. Illustrated tailpieces. "Die Judenstadt von Lublin" (The Jewish Town of Lublin)..... More
Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile, Georges Briffaut, Éditeur, 1929. Limited edition. Softcover. 1/395. Folio (12 1/2 x 8 1/2"). [4], 113, [3]pp. Original glassine over printed dust-jacket and blind wrappers. Engraved frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering. Decorative initials. Book housed in its original cloth covered slipcase. Originally..... More
![Item #39602 La Guirlande des Mois - 5ème Année 1921 [WITH POCHOIR PLATES]. George Barbier,...](https://klinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/39602.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1693417097)
Paris: Meynial, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [4], 137, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over decorative silk cloth. All edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. Hand-colored illustration on title page. Illustrated headpieces, and decorative tailpieces. Book housed in its original illustrated cardboard slipcase. Published by Jules Meynial between 1916 and 1921, "La Guirlande..... More
London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. LVI, 210pp. Uncut and partly unopened copy! Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Transcript of Roger Barlow's manuscript dedicated to Henry VIII (Royal mss. 18 B. XXVIII), and being the earliest account in..... More