San Francisco: Reid Brothers Incorporated, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 368pp. Beige cloth boards with debossed blue lettering on the front cover and spine. The book is a profusely illustrated and detailed sales catalog of over 8,000 items of medical and surgical instruments manufactured by the Reid Brothers company. The..... More
London: Arnold & Sons, 1895. Hardcover. Quarto. (xlvii) 848pp. Brick-colored buckram with gilt-stamped insignia and lettering on the front cover and spine. The book is a "revised" edition of the illustrated catalogue of medical and surgical equipment manufactured by English company Arnold & Sons. The first three pages each contain..... More
London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (2) 222pp. Original red cloth with blind-stamped ruling and gilt lettering and publisher's device on cover. Dark blue endpapers. The collection was formed during the last half 18th century by the well-known amateur Robert Napier. It contains Chinese and Japanese..... More
NP, N/D. Softcover. 8vo. 44pp. Original decorated wrappers. A delightful catalogue on Royal Lancastrian Pottery from the collection at the Manchester City Art Galleries. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Near fine condition. More
London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 250pp., 52 plates. Modern red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Auction catalog for the estate of the late Mr. Magniac, of Colworth, Bedford, sold by Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, 8 King Street, St. James Square..... More
Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers - Iskusstvo, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 444, [4]pp. Original beige leatherette with gold lettering on spine and front cover. This unique and comprehensive collection of the Russian Museum affords an exceptional opportunity for an all-round, detailed study of the development of artistic ideas and..... More
Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 270 (1)pp. Original brown paper-covered boards with dark brown lettering on cover and spine. Photo-illustrated title page. Exhibition curated as a joint project of the American Institute of Architects, Illinois Chapter, The Chicago Architectural Club, the Illinois Society of..... More
Amsterdam: Cefina (Centrale Financiering-actie voor Joods-sociaal Werk), 1947. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 23pp. Beige stapled wrappers with black lettering and publisher's device on the front cover. This is the first annual report of the Cenfina (Central Financing Action for Jewish Social Work) an organization responsible for administering funds for various..... More
Chamonix: F. Monnier, Photo-Sport, ND (ca 1924). First edition. Softcover. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. [18] leaves (plates), as issued. Original printed wrappers. This photo-book is composed of 18 tissue-guarded duo-tone photogravures depicting views of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, more commonly known simply as Chamonix. Situated near the massive peaks of the Aiguilles Rouges and..... More
Paris: Chanel (self-publishing), 1995. First edition. Softcover. Small 4to. Unpaginated (12pp). White embossed wrappers with black lettering to front wrapper in glassine jacket. Creasing to glassine. Beautifully designed catalogue of star motives with diamonds and pearls illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Handwritten (unsigned) invitation within printed invitation postcard laid-in..... More
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1952. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 204pp. Original blue wrappers with black lettering on cover and spine. The catalogue is devoted to about eight hundred examples selected from the more than one thousand four hundred objects in the collection of primarily Chinese porcelain, sculptures, and metal..... More
Wien: Mein-Film Verlag, 1931. First edition. Softcover. Sextodecimo. 96pp. Original illustrated red wraps with white lettering on cover, black on spine. Foreword by Friedrich Porges. A tribute to Charlie Chaplin with chapters on his career, his movies featuring "Gold Rush" and "City Lights," Chaplin the director, and a lengthy chapter..... More
San Francisco: Holocaust Media Project/ Western Public Radio, 1984. Posters. Approx. 21x14.5". This is a photo-illustrated poster advertising the 4-part radio documentary series "Children of the Holocaust", which originally aired between April 25th and May 6th, 1984, in the San Francisco Bay Area, to coincide with Yom Ha-Shoa (Holocaust Rememberance..... More
Berlin: Schreyer Druck, 1938. Softcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Beige wrappers with gold lettering and stamp ("Chilenische Botschaft. Berlin") to front. 148 items. Illustrated with 12 full page b/w photographs. In German. Very good condition. More
Peking (Beijing): China Album Editing Committee, 1959. Chinese edition (Was also published in a German edition: China. Ein Bildband). Hardcover. Folio. 545,[6]pp. Original blind-stamped tan cloth and spine with Chinese lettering in red on front cover, with original heavy clear mylar wrapper, resting in original sturdy cardboard box. Fore-edge of..... More
NP, 1962. Softcover. Small quarto. Original yellow wrappers, with black lettering on the front cover and spine. Some creasing, scuffing and discoloration to wraps. Interesting selection from photographs used over a ten year period in "China Reconstructs", illustrating life in the "new China" and her advances. Profusely illustrated throughout with..... More
NP: NP, ca. 1905. Original photograph(s). Hardcover leporello. Oblong Duodecimo. 24 leaves leporello, 80 photographs (3 1/4 x 5 1/2" and 3 1/4 x 4 1/4")). Original brown lacquer binding with painted color illustration and three-dimensional mother-of-pearl heads mounted on cover, protected by modern mylar. These pictures relate in part to..... More
NP: NP, ND. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 56pp. Color-illustrated paper-covered boards. Profusely illustrated with screen-printed & loose cut-out illustrations, held in place by thin mylar. The images are in rich, vibrant colors and depict characters from various regions in China in their unique costumes. Each plate accompanied by text in English..... More
Los Angeles: Chouinard Art Institute, 1937. First edition. Softcover. Large Quarto. Unpaginated, (4) 16( 4)pp. Original black wraps with blind-stamped decor and silver lettering on cover. Purple red front endpaper with printed silver decor and lettering and same color free endpaper. Blue paper pages in front and at rear, here..... More
Los Angeles: Chouinard Art Institute, 1937. First edition. Softcover. Large Quarto. Unpaginated, (4) 16( 4)pp. Original black wraps with blind-stamped decor and silver lettering on cover. Purple red front endpaper with printed silver decor and lettering and same color free endpaper. Blue paper pages in front and at rear, here..... More
Los Angeles: Chouinard Art Institute, 1944. First edition. Softcover. Large Quarto. Unpaginated, 4pp. Original illustrated light green stapled wraps with green lettering on cover. Chouinard's announcement of a "continuous program of art training" offering 8 week of summer sessions in painting (Etienne Ret, still life, Lawrence Murphy, figure), drawing (Lawrence..... More
Philadelphia: Linsay and Blakiston, (no date). Hardcover. 3 volumes of "The Christian Family Library" - series (see below). All are bound in red, blind-stamped and tooled cloth with gilt ornamental decoration to both boards. 1) xi. 240 pp. 12 pp. 2) ix. 240 pp. 12 pp. 3) 240 pp. (12) 12..... More
Oxford: At The Clarendon Press, 1886. Hardcover. 8vo. xxvii, 304pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine bumped and chipped. Wear to corners. Spine sunned. Ex libris to inside of front board. Signed by previous owner on half title page. Very few pencil markings to..... More
San Francisco: NP, 1900. Hardcover. 4to. 169, [5], xxi. Special full black leather binding with gold-stamped decorative insert of the synagogue's exterior on brown leather, as published. Title in gold on spine. All gilt edges. Frontispiece is a b/w reproduction of a drawing of the Sutter Street Synagogue. Decorative initials..... More
München: Selbstverlag des Deutschen Museums, 1927. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 91 (1)pp., 12 plates. Original light brown stiff wrappers with gilt-stamped emblem and lettering on cover. Publication commemorating the dedication of the new museum building on May 7, 1925 with overview of the museum's history, its mission and accomplishments in..... More