Egglham, Germany: Spielwarenfabrik Hermann Eichhorn GmbH, 1960s. Box. Wooden box (7 x 8 1/2 x 2") with color-illustrated label at top with white and black lettering on label and brass latch. This beautifully produced model kit puzzle for children of the age of three years and older contains 20 wooden..... More
Wien: (1949). Ausgabe des Sowjetischen Informationsdienstes. Softcover. Oblong quarto. 48pp. Original photographic wraps. Fascinating post-World War II. Russian propaganda piece on the supposedly superior educational system in the Soviet Union. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of photographs in sepia-tone and charts. Includes one reproduction of a drawing by Wassiljew of Lenin..... More
Wien: (1949). Ausgabe des Sowjetischen Informationsdienstes. Softcover. Oblong quarto. 48pp. Original photographic wraps. Fascinating post-World War II. Russian propaganda piece on the supposedly superior educational system in the Soviet Union. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of photographs in sepia-tone and charts. Includes one reproduction of a drawing by Wassiljew of Lenin..... More
New York: Aperture, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 99 pp. Gray cloth with photo-illustrated d/j. B&w photographs on nearly every page with many full-page plates. Fine. More
Philadelphia: J. Harding, 1838. Softcover. 8vo. iv. 50pp. Decoratively illustrated original wrappers. Biography of renowned Navy officer Charles Stewart (1778-1869, see below). Serious age wear to wrappers, with spine and most of spine edge of front wrapper missing, creasing, minor tears and staining. Owners' writing to title page, not affecting..... More
NP, n/d. Hardcover. 5 Books bound in one. 172pp. 4pp. 72pp. 101pp. 384pp. Half red leather over marbled boards with original wrappers bound in. Top edge gilt.Gilt lettering and ornamental decoration to spine. Raised bands. Marbled boards. The last work is illustrated with 2 full-page photogravures, printed on good quality..... More
Amsterdam: Blaauwhoedebveem - Vriesseveem LTD., ca. 1932. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated (32). Original photo-illustrated white wrappers with blue lettering on cover. Prospectus of the Dutch storage company founded in 1616 in Amsterdam. Detailed description of the variety and capacity of storage facilities of this oldest Dutch company. Completely illustrated..... More
Tel Aviv: The Antinazi League/ The Anti-Nazi League, April, 1940. First edition. Softcover. Oblong 32mo. 4 text leaves, 10 postcards, 4 text leaves. Unpaginated. Illustrated tan wrappers with black lettering and framing on the covers. The work is a collection of 10 illustrated Anti-Nazi postcards, issued by the Anti-Nazi League..... More
Berlin: Franz Lipperheide, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 14pp, including title and index page. Period half-cloth over paper-covered boards protected by mylar jacket. Illustrated with hand-colored annotated chromolithographs of traditional costumes from 900 A.D. - 1834. Costumes shown are from Germany, Russia, Egypt, England, Austria, France, Spain, Italy, St. Helena..... More
Barcelona: Industrias graficas Seix y Barral Hnos., S. A., [1939]. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/2"). 71, [1]pp. Original illustrated wrappers and title page by Flo. Published shortly after the end of the Spanish Civil War, this Nationalist work intends to justify the "more accurate and effective"..... More
Oxford; London: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill; Printed by Richard Hett, 1775; 1776. First edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo. The Book of Common Prayer is unpaginated. A New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches: 236, [4]pp. Original gold-tooled leather. Marbled endpapers. Oxford..... More
New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1904. First American edition. Hardcover. Folio. (14) 386 (1)pp. Original purple cloth with with beveled edges and intricate four color design of a miter drawn and executed at the bindery of M. Walter Dunne with decorative gilt borders, gilt ruling and lettering on spine. Gilt..... More
Cambridge: Joseph Bentham, 1754. Large Folio. Unpaginated [ca. 416pp. 64pp.]. Original contemporary sheep skin binding with title plate. Raised bands. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Corners worn. Thick brown endpapers. Ornamental printers' device to title page. Very minor browning and some water marks to few pages, not affecting..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1947. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1300/1950 Signed by Arthur Szyk (ill.) on colophon page. Quarto. Original three quarter white leather over gilt-stamped illustrated white paper-covered boards with gilt label and lettering on spine housed in a metallic gilt slipcase with ribbon pull; paper bound in a...... More
Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer, 1979. Hardcover. 8vo. 406 pp. In Hebrew with English t.v. Dark blue wrapped boards with silver Hebrew lettering on front cover and spine. With original dj. Frontis piece with a b/w facsimile of Shalom Sivan. Includes 14 b/w facsimile photographs of Sivan and his family as well..... More
Philadelphia: Wm. M. Bradley & Bro. 1885. Hardcover. Elephant folio. Three-quarter leather over red cloth with gold-lettering on cover and spine. All gilt edges. Complete American and foreign atlas, includes all of the United States as of 1885. Illustrated with 75 lightly colored double-page maps. Each map followed by an..... More
Paris: NP, 1969. Softcover. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated [10pp.] Ring booklet. Printed mylar [in yellow] over glossy orange wrappers. Reprint of color photographs by the acclaimed artist, Bram Bogart. With a foreword by Michel Seuphor [dated November 21st, 1969]. All pages are printed on glossy paper. Some scuffing, rubbing creasing to..... More
N/P: N/P, N/D. N/A. Softcover. Oblong. folio. Unpaginated. Decorated stiff wrappers. Minor stain to front cover. Minor wear to wrappers. Frontispiece. An exhibition to honor Georges Braque (1882-1963) on the occasion of his eightieth anniversary. The exhibitions took place at "The Contemporary Arts Center" in Cincinnati from Sept. - October..... More
Breslau: Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, 1804. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 466pp. Marbled paper covered boards with red label at spine. Red page edges. Printed on high quality paper. Letter exchange between acclaimed Enlightenment philosopher Christian Garve and Swiss theologist and church song composer Georg Joachim Zellikofer (for both: see below). Minor..... More
NP, n/d. 5 works bound in one. Sm. 4to. 1) British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom. Founded, June 4, 1805, opened January 18, 1806. London. 1811. W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland Row. 25,[5]pp. Includes a list of the works of British artists placed in the..... More
Washington DC: American Zionist Bureau, 1940. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 36pp. Original blue green stapled wraps with black lettering on cover, protected in modern mylar. Seven speeches on the issuance of the White Paper on Palestine, Cmd. 6180, Palestine Land Transfer Regulation, by members of the Conservative Party as well..... More
Paris: Ernst Henri, ND (ca 1925). First edition. Hardcover. Folio. [6]pp (Title, Introduction, and list of plates), 36 loose plates, as issued. Original half cloth over paper covered portfolio, with illustrated title label pasted on front board. String ties. Splendid collection of 36 striking pochoir plates (printed over collotype) tipped..... More
New York: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc., 1976. Hardcover. Elephant Folio (20 x 14"). 62 leaves. Tan bolted half buckram over decorative b/w checkered boards, protected by plastic as issued. Black lettering on cover an spine. Selection of 56 wallpaper samples presenting a variety of floral and checkered designs, e.g. Japanese..... More
Hamburg: Walter & Mackh, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 58pp. Black cloth 3-ring-binder with embossed three color vignette and b/w company logo on cover and white lettering to spine. Inventory and prices for book binding fabrics presented by Walter & Mackh, founded in 1896, on its list vii/58 with detailed..... More
Budapest: 1943. First edition. Softcover. Large quarto. (xlii) 168pp. Printed beige wrappers with black and red lettering on the front cover. Includes some illustrated period advertisements throughout. This 1943 phonebook includes documentation of the residences of the Jewish Community, prior to government of the Arrow Cross and the invasion of..... More