New York: PPP Editions / Roth Horowitz LLC, 2003. Hardcover. 1/1000. Oblong Octavo. Unpaginated. Paper-covered boards, half gray, with white lettering on cover, in original stiff black paper dustjacket with blind-stamped lettering on cover. Black endpapers. Gray half-title. Designed by Alexander Gelman and Andrew Roth. Robert Adam's landmark work featuring..... More
New York: Aperture, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Square quarto. (46)pp. Midnight blue dust jacket, spine lettered in white, photo illustrated front cover lettered in pink. Black cloth. Illustrated throughout. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap, but with a small (2") piece of it lacking, otherwise a fine, as new copy. More
St. Louis: Academy of Science of St. Louis, 1941. First edition. Softcover. Sm.8vo. 222pp. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, Volume XXX. No.5 Original paper wrappers. Signature of Bruce Bryan, the noted author and long time curator of the Southwest Museum of The American Indians in Pasadena..... More
Hannover: Stiftung Niedersachsen, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong Octavo. Unpaginated. Original photo-illustrated dustjacket red cloth with blind-stamped lettering on spine. Scenes from the Denver Metropolitan Area 1970-1974. Awarded "Spectrum," the international prize for photography of the Niedersachsen Foundation. In his foreword Robert Adams briefly sketches the history of Denver from..... More
New York: Viking Press, (1989). Hardcover. Large 8vo. xxi, 526 pp. Many b/w photographs throughout. Black boards with black cloth spine and dj. Minor wear to the bottom edge of the book. Otherwise in good condition. More
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Paris: Université de Paris - Faculté des Lettres, 1928. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 64pp. Unopened copy. Original printed wrappers. Half-title pge inscribed and signed by the author. Scarce and fascinating work being a University These on the monetary funds allocated between 1815 and 1831 by the French government to the..... More
Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XV, [1], 189, [1]pp. Original green cloth with black lettering on spine. This remarkable work is a critical examination of the more basic elements of Hume's philosophy. Very minor shelf wear. Binding and interior in overall very good condition..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. vii, 144 pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Uneven pages. Important work by a highly acclaimed and distinguished scholar in Eastern Religions. Select contents include but are not limited to "The establishment t of Buddhism as the Leading Religion..... More
San Francisco: Trinity Properties, 2016. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/500. Folio. 609 (1)pp. Original textured blue cloth with three color photographic inlays immersed into columns shape as a Roman three, with blind-stamped lettering on cover and spine. Housed in a matching slipcase with same photographic inlays. Ted endpapers with white printing..... 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
Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, 1963. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 83, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Publisher's logo on title page. Remarkable study on the Chanson de Geste and courtly novel being chivalrous romances which originated in Medieval France. Minor age-toning along edges of wrappers. Text in German. Wraps in overall..... More
London: Rodwell & Martin, 1822. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. Unpaginated. Handsome gilt-tooled red morocco with gold lettering on spine. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Engraved title page. Exquisite collection of 62 stunning steel engravings (of 64) with descriptions in English and French. The splendid plates which depict Parisian..... More
Parisiis (Paris): Ioannis Iost, 1634. New edition, corrected. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/4"). 10, [6], 1088, [24]pp (Index). Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin, with handwritten title to spine. Vignette on title. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. Originally published in 1611, Robert Bellarmine's "Commentary on the Book of Psalms" was written..... More
London: Cambridge University Press, 1875. Ex-Library First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (4) 95pp. Original dark brown pebbled cloth with gilt emblem and lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece copy of fragment on vellum. " ... the transition from the thirty-fifth to the thirty-sixth verse of the seventh chapter must..... More
London/Paris: Photography Magazine and Robert Delpire, nd. Hardcover. 8vo. 76pp. Introduction by Manuel Tunon de Lara. Embossed tan buckram in original dj. A pictorial journey of South America. Translated from the French by James Emmons. Some rubbing to edges. Minor chipping, discoloration and staining to dj. Two tiny tears to..... More
Cleveland; New York: The World Publishing Company, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. [14], 251pp. Original pictorial wrappers over cloth, with gold-stamped decoration on front cover and gold lettering on spine. Illustrated title-page. Fascinating work on the art of Jacob Epstein, profusely illustrated with 100 full-page b/w photographic reproductions of sculpture..... More
Cleveland, New York: The World Publishing Company, 1942. Limited ed. Hardcover. 1/425. 4to. 251pp. Half leather over gilt decorated tan cloth and gilt lettering to spine in olive slipcase. Scuffing and wear to spine. Abrasion to gilt on spine. Minor tearing, scuffing and rubbing to slipcase. Illustrated with 175 b/w..... More
Vatican: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1970-1981. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Ten volumes in light blue wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. The Holy See is an Episcopal jurisdiction and the Catholic Church in Rome. The collection, complete in eleven (+1) volumes, comprises the official documentary account of the Vatican..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1970). Hardcover. Lg. 4to. 458pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in original color photographic dust jacket. Comprehensive account of the miniaturist art of gem engraving in Greek lands from the Early Bronze Age down to the Hellenistic period. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of..... More
Edinburgh: William Whyte & Co., 1842. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavos. Vol.1: (xviii) [1] 336pp. Vol.2: (xiii) [1] 387pp. 3/4 olive-colored calf over marbled paper boards. Spines with gilt ruling and lettering on green labels, with raised bands. Marbled edges of book blocks. Engraved frontispiece folding maps in both volumes. As..... More
Edinburgh; London: William Oliphant and Co.; Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1859. Twenty-Fourth Thousand Ex Library. Hardcover. Octavo. Vol. 1: xxi (1) 342pp; Vol. 2: xiii, (1) 391pp., 5 plates, incl. one map, 2 engraved folding maps printed on blue paper, the first being the route of the mission, the second..... More
Paris: "Arts et Métiers Graphiques" 1938. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/4 x 10"). [10]pp (Text), 90pp (Plates), 4pp (Text), [8] leaves (Color plates); [105-132]pp (Text and advertisement). Original spiral bound decorative soft cloth by Pierre Boucher. "Photographie" was an annual special issue of the magazine "Arts et Métiers Graphiques"..... More
Chicago: M. A. Parker & Co., (1875). Hardcover. 8vo. 744pp. Black embossed green cloth with gold lettering. All page edges gilt. Yellow endpapers. Ex libris plate to inside of front board. Frontispiece, a steel-plate engraving of the author, protected by tissue guard. Title page in various font types and sizes..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXI, [1], 466pp. Original printed dust-jacket over black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Remarkable thorough study of the character and effects of industrial rationalization in Germany, where the rationalization movement has gone farther than in any other country, and..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1960. First edition. Softcover. Large Quarto. xxviii, 184pp., 29 plates. Original orange wrappers with black lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated with captivating b/w reproductions of photographs of landscapes and artifacts. "This is the story of the first three field campaigns of an archeological expedition..... More