Milan: Skira Editore, 2006. Hardcover. 325 pp., square 4to. Hardcover in dj. Italian text. Bottom outer corner of pp. 88-101 creased w/ some small closed tears. "Andrea Mantegna and the Masters of the Ovetari Chapel: Virtual Reconstruction and Restoration" Illustrated w/ b&w & full-color plates.Light shelfwear to boards & spine.....
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. 168 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcover. First edition. Bollingen Series XLV, The Collected Works of Paul Valery Vol. 6. Boards & spine fine. Binding tight. Textblock clean & crisp.
New York: Random House, 1954. Hard Cover. 8vo. 248 pp. First edition. Cloth hardcover in Pictorial dustjacket. A few light damp stains to cloth cover. Spine ends and cover edges lightly bumped and worn. Dj price clipped, with chipping to spine ends, moderate soiling to dj back cover with 4".....
Milan: Rizzoli, 1969. 1/4 Leather in slipcase. 8vo. 511 pp. Very nice 1/4 leather cover, only slightly scratched. Pages fine. Slipcase very slightly worn and soiled, bottom edge of slc split. In Italian. From the Opere di Indro Montanelli series. Historical analysis of Italy during the period 1600-1700.
Newton Abbot, London, North Pomfret: David and Charles, 1986. Cloth Hard Cover w/ Dustjacket. 4to. 119 pp. Great condition. Light rubbing to dj. Previous owner's name to ffep. Clean, bright interior. "This easy-to-follow guide is designed to show how picture framing skills can be acquired and used for pleasure as.....
West Point, NY: (U.S. Military Academy). Illustrated Wraps. 9 1/4 x 6". ca. 1917. (see p. 5) Cover: "Souvenir of West Point." Slightly creased front cover; picture (monument) not affected. Title page cont'd: " ..Giving the Location and History of All the Public Buildings, Monuments, and Principal Points of Interest.....
New York: Od Chem. Co., 1895. Pamphlet. 4 1/2 x 6 3/4". Pp. 51-62. Foxed, corners bent, dampstain top edge. Advertising pamphlet. "A Free Journal of Practical Therapeutics for Physicians Only," dedicated to the benefits of Sanmetto, manufactured by the publisher of course. For Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs.. Doctor's.....
Providence: Rhode Island Historical Society, 1999. Cloth Hard Cover. Folio. 231 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped. Book is in excellent condition. A People's History of Rhode Island. Colorfully illustrated throughout.
New York: Brentano's, 1923. 1/4 Leather and Boards. 7 x 10 1/2". 2 vol, 1340 and 1230 pp. Embossed covers. Leather somewhat worn along edges. Outer pages of both volumes slightly bent at corners. Pages discolored. Covers somewhat worn. Bilingual dictionary.
London: Printed for W. Strahan, J. F. and C. Rivington, J. Hinton, T. Payne, W. Owen, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, C. Rivington, C. Dilly, J. Robson, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, H. L. Gardner, W. Davis, J. Nichols, T. Evans, J. Bew, R. Baldwin, 1779. Half-Leather. 8vo.....
Worcester, MA: S. A. Howland. Wraps. 4 1/2 x 7 1/4". (n.d. - ink inscription on title page dated 1855) 8 pp. Covers stained; pencil notes front and back. Spine handsewn. Corners sl. creased. Interior heavily foxed. Despite the title the 8 cuts are in black and white - perhaps.....
Ithaca, NY: A. H. Wright, 1943. Wraps. 4to. 50 pp. Top corners sl. bumped, faint internal crease. 7 x 10" Studies in History No. 3 and No. 4. Part I: Supervisor's Proceedings of Various Counties of New York, by A. H. Wright (Library holdings, missing copies). Part II: A Check.....
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York / Centro Di, Florence, 1972. Hardcover. 430 pp, 4to. Hardcover in translucent glassine dj w/ 5 icons. Edgewear to book w/ rubbing, soiling esp. to spine ends & corners. Spine cocked. Foxing to textblock top edge, half-title pg, and faintly to.....
Konigstein im Taunis: Karl Robert Langewiesche, 1931. Stiff Wraps. Small 4to. 127 pp. Die Blauen Bucher series. Covers bright, minor edgewear. Owner's ink signature on first page. Binding tight. Stiff dj wraps have light pale spotting to front cover. Text in German. Botanical form in extraordinary b/w photographs.
Saint-Laurent, Quebec: Editions du Trecarre, 1987. cloth. 4to. 175 pp. Dj slightly rubbed. Owner's name embossed FEP. Text in French, English, German, and Spanish. Color photos.
Northampton: Smith College Museum of Art, 1951. Wraps. Small 8vo. 39 pp. Illustrated front cover. Spine split from foot about 1 1/4", also first page torn same place. Light rubbing to spine, edges, and corners. Small chip to bottom front cover edge. Light soiing to covers. Pencil underlining and marginalia.....
Boston: Waverly House, 1941. Cloth Hard Cover. 8vo. 175 pp. black cloth hardcover without dust jacket. Boldly signed by editor Edna B. Smith and illustrator Xavier Cugat to ffep. Faint soiling and discoloration to text block edges. Toning and light foxing to endpapers, otherwise an excellent copy.
University of Missouri Press, 1972. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 61 pp. Cover sunned and somewhat soiled, pages clean and tight. Author's inscription to fellow author on ffep. Collection of poetry about life in modern America.
Columbia, MO: Univ. of Missouri Press, 1965. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 79 pp. Cloth hardcover with dust jacket. Light soil to ep's. Dj tanned at edges, few nicks. Warmly inscribed by author opposite half-title. Stray ink mark verso of half-title. Signed.
Providence, RI: Snow & Farnham Co., 1925. Hardcover. 318 pp., 8vo. Burgundy hardcover in dj. A Rhode Island suffragette recounts her experiences in the fight for womens' right to vote. Light shelfwear & soiling to boards & spine. Binding very sturdy. Illustrated w/ historical b&w photos & newspaper cartoons. Some.....
Paris: Arts Et Metiers Graphiques, 1939. Hardcover. Unpaginated, folio. Hardcover folder. French text. Containing &w facsimiles. Moderate foxing & slight wear to boards & spine; sunning to spine & some tears along edges. Pgs very clean. Board edge strings intact.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1935. Cloth. 155 pp +73 plates. Ex-library, markings include catalog sticker to spine, bookplate and stamp to fpd, stamps to all 3 sides of text block, card holder to rpd, tiny stamp to frep. Shelfwear to boards, bumping to corners and spine ends. Rough cut.....
New York and London: Harper & Bros. 1938. Cloth. 8vo. 210 pp. Spine sunned, bumping to corners and spine. Rubbing and fading to board edges. Small, dark stains splatter to both boards and outer corners of rear endpapers. Former owner's name, crossed out in permanent marker at top of fep.....
No Place: J. M. Bowles, 1895. Limited edition. Paperback. 216 pp. 8vo. Paperback. Wear and soiling to spine/covers. Bumping to spine ends, edges, and corners with chips and tears. Spine sunned. Large pieces of color overlay missing from covers and edges, 1 1/2" x 3/4" piece of front cover missing.....
Holyoke, MA: American Writing Paper Company, 1923. Hard Cover. 8vo. 412 pp. Top 1 3/4" of spine missing, hinge creased and cracked, edgwear. Fep, frontisepiece, title page dogeared at lower right corner. Otherwise, pagees clean, tight.
