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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
Paris: Éditions de l'Intermédiaire du Bibliophile, 1926. Limited edition. Softcover. 1/705. Quarto (9 x 7"). 220, [4]pp. Uncut and unopened. Original glassine over printed dust-jacket and blind wrappers. Tissue-guarded etched frontispiece in two states. Publisher's device on title page. "Le Spleen de Paris" is a collection of 50 short prose..... More
![Item #42283 Württembergische Fürstensitze [Die Architektonische Auslese]. Julius Baum, Paul...](https://klinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/42283.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1567208548)
Stuttgart: Wilhelm Meyer-Ilschen, 1913. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4"). XIVpp (Text), 32 leaves (Plates). Original decorative yellow wrappers. An exhaustive architectural survey of 18th and 19th century Wurtemberg castles in Rococo and Classicism style. This work is lavishly illustrated with 37 photogravures (including 27 full-page) documenting..... More
Paris: Hazan, 2002. Hardcover. Quarto. 255pp. [1] Photo illustrated dust-jacket with white and baby blue lettering on cover and spine, decorative back cover. Cobalt blue boards with baby-blue lettering on spine. This fascinating book showcases the culture of the Maghreb region and its use of natural materials used in architecture..... More
Trézélan, France: Filigranes Éditions, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Oblong octavo. 13, [1]pp (text), 21 leaves (plates), [6]pp. Original string bound photo-illustrated wrappers. The young photographer Didier Ben Loulou, based in Jerusalem, shows his own, contemporary, picture of the Orient in outstanding color photos. They appear like details of larger pictures..... More
Paris: Albin Michel, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/300. Octavo (8 x 6"). [6], iv, [4], 323, [3]pp. Later blue cloth, with gold lettering and ruling to spine. Original wrappers bound in. Color vignette to title page. In this remarkable French novel by celebrated author Pierre Benoit, a young woman rediscovers..... More
Paris: Presses du Temps présent, 1960. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. Folio (12 x 9 1/2"). Unpaginated. [70] loose pages, [38] leaves (Plates), as issued. Original printed wrappers. Book housed in an illustrated paper covered chemise, itself housed in a decorative paper covered slipcase. A collection of texts pertaining to..... More
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1939. First edition. Softcover. 16mo. 47(1)pp. Bound in red leather with decorative ornamentation on cover, gilt lettering on spine, original illustrated wraps, designed by Hans Klering, bound in. Decorative endpapers. Part of a series of propaganda booklets, Hans Klering, a German actor, director, voice actor..... More
Bruxelles: Editions Tekhné, 1921. First book edition. Softcover. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 8"). 44, [2]pp. Original printed wrappers. Tipped in frontispiece portrait of the author. Originally published in 1909 as a journal article, Berlage's essay "Art and Society" proposes a new age of culture focused on socialist principles of..... More
Mexico City: 1988. First edition. Paperback. 1/1000. Quarto. 55, [1]pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with numerous color and b/w photographic reproductions, this remarkable volume looks at the Navajo culture and the sources, techniques, and history of Navajo blanket weaving and the blankets' links with Navajo beliefs, traditions, and experience. One..... More
Stuttgart: J. F. Steinkopf, nd (ca 1840). Fourth edition (Ausgabe No. 4). Softcover. Four volumes, oblong quarto. Unpaginated. [18], [21], [20], [23] leaves. Original printed wrappers. Volumes housed in a modern custom-made red cloth clamshell box, with gold lettering on spine. Striking collection of 40 tissue-guarded engravings depicting views of..... More