PAOLO UCELLO
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1994. Quarto; 376 pages; VG-/G+; Dustjacket spine Black with White text; Bound in navy cloth with Gilt text; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering, some wear to edges and corners; Shelved Front table. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1994. Quarto; 376 pages; VG-/G+; Dustjacket spine Black with White text; Bound in navy cloth with Gilt text; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering, some wear to edges and corners; Shelved Front table. More
Oxford University Press, 1994. first edition. Large quarto in red cloth hardcovers with read and white DJ in brodart; VG; strong binding; clean paper and text; minimal soiling; pp. 231; 151 plates in black and white; shelved front table; please contact us for shipping costs. More
Cape Town: Struik Winchester, 1988. Limited Edition (1220/2000). Quarto, Pages; VG/VG; spine is beige with gold lettering; dust jacket has minimal shelf wear; binding has minimal shelf wear and minor bumping on the fore edge corners; pages clear; signed by the photographer on the ffep; housed in beige publisher's slipcase; shelved front table. More
Santiago de Cuba: Editorial Oriente, 1999. First Edition. Octavo, 376 pages; Poor; bound in original wraps with significant wear, pages 51-376 detached but present; middle of title page torn out; Inscribed by Fidel Castro on the interior of front cover, dated May 1999; Presumed inscribed to Juan Almeida Bosque, the author and one of the original commanders of the insurgent forces in the Cuban Revolution, with the inscription translated to "To you Juan I send my eternal gratitude for your grand and beautiful history in this book"; CX consignment; shelved case 3. More
Paris: Claude-Antoine Jombert, 1775. Early Edition. Octavo, 396 pages, 9 folding plates; VG; bound in contemporary worn acid-stamped calf, paneled spine with gilt and two morocco labels with gilt titling; moderate wear and rubbing to binding, including peeling at corners, chipping to head and tail of spine; volume 1 only; bookplate to front pastedown; marbled endpapers; with 9 folding plates in rear; shelved case 10. More
Chicago, Il: The University of Chicago Press, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 181 pages; VG; softcover; spine gray and white with black text; mild shelf wear; signed by Bost on half title; pages clean; shelved African American Studies. More
New York: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900. Octavos, 3 volumes; VG; bound in 3/4 green leather, marbled boards and endpapers, paneled spines with red and orange labels with gilt lettering, other panels tooled in gilt; top edge of text block gilt; Bound by Zaehnsdorf for A. C. McClurg, with binders stamp; rubbing to hinges, head and tail of spines, with mild chipping to head and tail; rubbing to corners; small white paint stain to lower edge of rear board of volume 1; interiors clean; shelved above Nature. More
London: John Murray, 1935. Octavo, 10 vols.; VG-; contemporary three-quarter bindings of brown leather, boards in marbled paper; bound by Root & Son, with their stamp at verso of second free end paper; spines with raised bands, gilt lettering and design in spine panels; mild shelf wear and scuffing; wear at joints; wear to spine crowns of vols. 5 and 8; upper edges gilt; marbled end papers; portrait and frontispieces offset; vol. 6 contains fold out facsimile letter; pages clean; shelved above Case 9 3/4. More
London: George Routledge and Sons, [nd. c. 1860s]. [no edition given]. Octavo, 5 vols.; G+; full contemporary green, black, and gilt publisher's cloth bindings; spines green with black design and gilt lettering; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; chips missing at crowns and tails of all vols. spines; previous owner's inscription at front free endpaper of all vols.; contains black and white illustrations; pages clean; shelved above Middle Ages. More
London: G. Walker, et al. 1820. A New Edition, 1820. Octavo, 4 vols.; VG-; late 20th century rebacking, with previous boards preserved; spine tan leather, with gilt lettering and design; boards blind and gilt tooled calf; some shelf wear and soiling; all corners bumped and exposed; scuffing to edges of boards; loose chip at lower left corner of vol. 1 front board; all edges marbled; previous owner's name stamped at vol. 1 title page; some foxing throughout all vols.; pages clean; shelved above China--A-F. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; viii, 300 pages; G/VG; spine white with black text; dust jacket protected with mylar; price unclipped reading "$14.95", mild shelfwear to dust jacket; tape to front and rear cover from former protective mylar; some foxing to textblock, fore edge deckled; inscribed by Boswell on ffep; shelved below front counter. More
London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1906. Limited Edition, #116/500. Quarto, 80 pages, XXXIV, XXXIII, XXXII plates; Fair; bound in publisher's gray cloth, gilt titling to front cover; cloth covering to spine missing; moderate rear and rubbing to binding; spine cocked; top edge gilt; ink names to endpapers; Limited Edition, #116/500; shelved under front case. More
Paris: Librairie Delagrave, 1917. Large Octavo, xxv, 561 pages; VG; bound in 3/4 red calf, marbled boards, paneled spine with gilt titling; mild rubbing to binding;top edge of text block red; marbled endpapers; original wraps bound in; text in French; shelved case 10. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 311 pages; VG-/VG-; spine is dark maroon with beige lettering; dust jacket is in a mylar covering, has moderate wear along the top and bottom edges; has chipping and small tears at the top and bottom of the spine and on the fore edge corners of boards, has wear and creasing along the sides on the spine and along the fore edge, has minor rubbing on the back cover; binding has minimal shelf wear, with minimal detachment on the front inner hinge; upper edge of textblock dyed red; pages have minimal age toning; EH Consignment; shelved Case 6. More
Paris: Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1682. First Edition. Quarto, [16], 633 pages, [11]. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in contemporary full leather with paneled spine bearing gilt titling and tooling. Binding shows moderate wear and rubbing, with minor splitting to head and tail of front hinge. Text block has light age toning and foxing, with early ink ownership markings to front pastedown, front free end paper, and title page. Title page bears an ex-library stamp reading "Ursuline Convent". Volume features a double-page engraved map of Asia and engraved head and tail pieces. SH Consignment. Shelved in Case 9. More
Londres: [n.p.], 1776. Early Edition. 12mo., xxxii, 206 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in full early calf. Spine has gilt lettering and tooling along with slightly peeling brown label. Mildly faded gilt tooling also visible along top and bottom edges of boards. Boards are slightly exposed due to bumping at fore-edges and along top edges of boards and spine. Mild rubbing, scratching, and chipping to both covers. Mild creasing along hinge between spine and front cover resulting in slight separation between them at top of spine. Publisher's red speckling along edges of textblock. Age-toning to textblock. Marbled endpapers. Ink notes to verso of half-title. First free edge partially separated between marbled recto and plain paper verso. Green ribbon. Shelved in Case 12. More
Éditions Michèle Trinckvel, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto; 232 pages; Very Good/Very Good Minus; spine graphic with black text; dust jacket protected with mylar; some shelfwear to dust jacket, including six pieces of Scotch tape from former mylar to interior of dust jacket, one of which slightly tore the paper underneath; textblock clean; two unsigned lithographs by Cathelin at frontispiece and spread 10-11, full color photographs throughout; shelved front table. More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1974. Limited Edition, 1/500 Copies. Quarto, unpaginated. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's blue marbled-paper covered boards, stamped in metallic, housed in publisher's matching slipcase with onlay photograph. Light bumping to corners of boards and slipcase. Very small stain to fore edge of text block. Signed in ink on the colophon by “Jacqueline Bouvier” and “Lee Bouvier” using their maiden names. One of a limited 500 unnumbered copies; AB consignment. shelved case 5. More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. First Edition. Octavo; VG; bound in fine tan genuine leather with bright gilt spine title and gilt motif on covers; still in publisher's shrink-wrap; gilt text blocks; silk endpapers; silk ribbon; signed by Ben Bova; shelved easton press. More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1997. First Edition. Octavo; VG; bound in fine black genuine leather with bright gilt spine title and gilt motif on covers; still in publisher's shrink-wrap; gilt text blocks; silk endpapers; silk ribbon; signed by Ben Bova; shelved easton press. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1996. First Edition. Quarto, 128 pages; VG/VG; spine is blue with white and pink lettering; dust jacket has minimal shelf wear; binding and pages clear; shelved US Scenic Photo. More
Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1989. First Edition. Large Octavo, 301 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good dust jacket. Black spine with white and yellow text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has mild shelf wear. Textblock has light waviness to pages. Shelved Front Table. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 346 pages; VG/VG-; spine age-toned white, with faded red and blue lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; multiple scrapes at jacket spine; some fading and age-toning to jacket spine; price uncut '$7.50'; previous owner's sticker at front free endpaper; signed flat by Bowen at title page; light pencil marginalia throughout; shelved Case 1. More
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1949. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 372 pages; VG/G+; in blue and brown dust jacket, blue and brown spine with white titling; mild rubbing and wear, particularly to spine, including chips missing to head and tail of spine, tear along lower rear hinge; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$3.00'; Inscribed on the ffep by Elizabeth Bowen, "Rachel MacKenzie / on her birthday / with my good wishes / from Elizabeth Bowen / Dec. 2nd 1950"; JM consignment;. Case 6. More
Boston: Abel Bowen, 1826. First Edition. 12mo; VG-/No jacket; Green and red leather spine with gilt lettering; Rebound in 1/4 leather and marble boards; Binding and boards are in excellent shape with just minimal shelf or edge wear; Binding tight; Text block is greatly age toned but free of marking; Gilt edges rubbed but present; Maps intact with some small tears to folds; 252 pages. SHELVED: Case 1. More
New York: Random House, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 307 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus dust jacket. Green spine with white and black text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has chipping to corners and spine edges, tearing to head edge of front cover, and mild edge and shelf wear. Textblock has black smudges on fore edge. Shelved Hardcover Fiction. More
New York: New Directions, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 318 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine is speckled with black lettering. Dust jacket is in a mylar covering, and shows minor wear and chipping along extremities, along with a small chip missing along upper rear hinge. Price uncut: "$2.75." Inscribed on the half-title by Paul Bowles "For Harvey - with the hope that this trip will be as pleasurable as the Andalucian one. Paul." Shelved in Case 2. More
London: Transatlantic Review, 1964. No. 16. Octavo, 152 pages; VG-; softcover; spine age toned gray and white, with black lettering; some shelf wear and soiling; protected in a mylar slip; corners bumped; wear to joints; title page loose within; inscribed by Paul Bowles at title of his piece; pages clean; CX consignment; shelved Case 2. More
New York: Studio Museum in Harlem, 2006. Quarto, 148 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine black with white lettering. Minor shelf wear. Scuffing to front and rear covers. Some adhesive residue on rear cover from previous sales sticker. Spine cracked. Interior pages clean. Shelved on Front Table. More
New York: Willis Locker & Owens Publishing, 1986. Limited Edition. Octavo; 210 pages; Very Good; Full red cloth binding; housed in Very Good red slipcase with printed black, white, and red lettering and design; minor shelfwear to book and slipcase; textblock clean; six full color prints encased in Very Good red folder; each print signed flat with limitation number; Shelved Case 11. More
London: Caroli Sumptner, 1653/1651. 12mo, [4], 536, 223 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full contemporary vellum with worn titling to spine. Elegant modern reinforcement, including a new tailband. Yapped fore edges. Water stain to bottom edge of textblock at tail of spine, mild intrusion to text on some pages Top edge dyed brown/black. Light wear to fore edges of some pages, loss of paper to the lower fore edge corner of 217. Ink name to the front free endpaper. RW consignment. Shelved Case 3. More
Philadelphia: The Philobiblon Club, 1949. Small Octavo, 46 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in quarter black cloth and marbled paper boards with gilt lettering to spine. Light bumping to corners of boards. Mild rubbing to head and tail of spine, edges, and corners. Spine slightly cocked. Foxing to edges of textblocks, endpapers, and pastedowns. Inscribed with a doodle by Boyd on front free endpaper. Shelved in U.S. History 1800s. More
[Washington D.C.]: William H. Boyd [printed by Henry Polkinhorn], 1858. Octavo, [i]-xxxii ads, 480 pages, xxxiii-[lxiv]. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in quarter embossed cloth, first and last page of ads pasted onto front and rear cover. Spine black with gilt lettering, Cloth at head and tail missing, upper part of spine re-glued on. Small water-stain to top edge of text block from title page through page 32. With the ink name of G. A. Gideon, 468 Seventh St. to front cover. "Gideon Geo. S., printer and binder, 511 9th west, h. 468 7th west" is listed on page 125. Extremely scarce. Shelved case 1. More
Boyd, 1884. First Edition. Extra thick octavo in discolored blue/grey hardcovers with gold letters on spine; VG; boards show some soiling; large open gutter on back board, but binding still strong; edges soiled and dusty with previous owner's large stamp on side edge; paper and text clean; print very tight and readable; pp. 962; shelved in Second Alcove. More
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1988. First Edition. Large Octavo; xiii, 197 pages; Very Good/Very Good; spine gray with black lettering; dust jacket protected in mylar covering; minor shelfwear, including rubbing on front cover near spine; textblock clean; shelved French Art. More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1938. Limited Edition. Octavo, 85 pages; VG/VG; spine pale yellow, with blue and red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; mild fading to jacket spine; price uncut '$2.00'; inscribed by Boyle at title page; limited edition, one of 500 copies; pages clean; CX consignment; shelved Case 0. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 247 pages; G/G; spine burgundy and mustard, with white and burgundy lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; long chips missing at corners of flap folds; multiple closed tears at upper and lower edges of jacket front; some fading to jacket spine; crown and tail of jacket spine missing; large chip missing at upper right corner of jacket back; price uncut '$3.50'; some wear to boards; long inscription by Boyle at both sides of front free endpaper; last two leaves of textblock missing; pages clean; shelved Case 6. More
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1991. First Edition. Quarto, 163 pages; VG/VG; spine blue with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and scuffing; price uncut '$50'; inscribed by Safer at half title; profusely illustrated with full color photos; pages clean; shelved American Art. More
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1927. First British Edition. Quarto, 14 pages, 310 plates. In Very Good condition. Newly rebound by Bookends Bindery with their stamp in half polished calf. Paneled spine with stamping in blind, two labels, one each of green and red with gilt lettering. Very mild shelfwear. Shelved above case 3. More
[Glendale, CA]: Apollo Year Two [Roy A. Squires], 1971. Limited First Edition [#173/485]. sewn 8vo. pamphlet, unpaginated, VG+; very mild shelfwear to brown covers; dark brown paper endpapers; untrimmed fore-edge to front cover and bfep; brown threading to spine; interior pristine; pamphlet housed in plastic; No. 173 out of 485 first edition copies "printed during May and June 1971 A.D." stated to limitation page; publisher stated "Apollo Year Two" to title page; contains ephemera to front endpapers (a checklist of publications printed by Roy A. Squires, Glendale, CA, in which this title is included; one of Bradbury's poems on Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; shelved Case 0. More
n.p. National Endowment for the Arts, 2008. Limited Edition, 1/15 Copies. Octavo, [12]; VG; bound in stiff ecru paper wrappers, paper front cover label, top edge cut, other edges uncut; There are fifteen copies, signed by the author, printed on Rives Heavy, and one hundred ten copies on Zerkall. This is one of the fifteen copies, with the owners name in Bradbury's hand, followed by his signature on the colophon.; PO consignment; shelved case 8. More
n.p. National Endowment for the Arts, 2008. Limited Edition, 1/110 Copies. Octavos, 2 volumes; VG; bound in stiff gray paper wrappers, paper front cover label, top edge cut, other edges uncut; There are fifteen copies, signed by the author, printed on Rives Heavy, and one hundred ten copies on Zerkall. There are two copies here of the Zerkall issue, neither issued signed, although one copy has "For My Translator / Thanks!" in Bradbury's hand, followed by his signature on the colophon.; PO consignment; shelved case 8. More
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1993. First American Edition. Quarto; VG-/G+ Hardcover w/ Dustjacket; Brown spine with White text; Dustjacket has some edgewear, slight shelfwear, small closed tear along tail edge of rear cover; Boards strong, slight edgewear, slight shelfwear; Textblock has slight toning around edges, otherwise clean; 168 pp. More
Baltimore, MD: Church Advocate Press, 1925. Second Edition. Octavo, 160 pages; VG-; bound in publisher's dark green cloth, black titling to front cover; mild rubbing and wear to boards; mild Smoky odor; Inscribed by Braggs on the ffep to a member of his congregation, dated June 3, 1926; shelved case 1. More
New York: The Platt & Munk Co. Ink. 1930. First Edition, First Printing, Later State Dust Jacket. Octavo, Unpaginated. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine white and light blue. Later state dust jacket. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Dust jacket circa 1934-36. Mild shelf wear. Soiling to dust jacket, with chipping and creasing along edges. Water damage to top edge of jacket. Slight bowing to boards. Light, scattered finger-staining to interior pages. Pencil signature of previous owner on front free endpaper. Shelved in Case 14. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. First Edition. Octavo, 1039 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus dust just jacket. Black spine with white and gold text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has chipping to head edge of front joint and tail edge of spine, spine gently curved inward, creasing to spine and rear cover, and staining to both flaps. Boards have tearing to tail edge of rear board. Textblock clean. Signed flat by author on title page. Shelved African American Studies. More
1922. One sheet of Supreme Court of the United States letterhead paper ( 8.75" x 6.75"), folded once to make four pages. Light plus uneven age-toning overall, some residual printed material along top edge, and two ink emendations (presumably in the hand of recipient Watkins) identifying the signature as that of Brandeis. Folded for mailing. Condition: Good Plus; Dimensions: 4.5" x 6.75" Shelved Case 7. More
New York: Amphoto, 1961. First Edition. Quarto, 90 pages; VG/VG-; spine white, with black and red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; large chip missing, with evidence of previous tape repair at upper left corner of jacket front; crown of jacket spine missing; large chip missing from upper edge of jacket back; price uncut '$7.95'; profusely illustrated with black and white photographs; pages clean; shelved Front Table. More
New York: Kray Wen Publishers, 1932. First Edition. Octavo, 275 pages; VG-; spine faded orange buckram with black lettering; mild shelf wear and scuffing; slight shredding to corners; binding mildly shaken; relevant news clipping loose within; previous owner's name at front free end paper; contains black and white photo plates; pages clean; shelved Case 1. More