Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1965. Hardcover. This book deals with influences on Western art during the approximate half-century between the beginning of the French revolution and the revolutionary uprisings of 1848. The period was one of political ferment, social unrest and major changes in industrial production. These influences on artists such as Goya, Delacroix, Turner, and others are discussed. Numerous color reproductions of artists' works are tipped-in. Quarto. In glossy white paper covered boards with gilt title to front board and spine. The covers has faded fairly uniformly to cream. Minor wear to edges including bumping to corners. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper, and a pasted award label to her is on title page from the Cheshire Academy in Connecticut. Pages are bright and clean. White dust jacket with full color illustration to front panel. Black and red title to white spine. Dust jacket is price-clipped with minor wear to edges including several short closed tears. A few smudge marks to rear panel of jacket. 210 pages, including index. ART/081522. Very Good / Very Good. More

New York: Henry Bill, 1857. Hardcover. With geographical descriptions of the states and territories, French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, chapters on Central America, California, American presidents, and more. IN GERMAN, printed in Fraktur type. Bound in modern black buckram with no title. Foxed throughout with occasional spots of soiling. Filled with over 300 illustrations. Includes 25 full page color illustrations - the frontispiece is a chromolithograph and the others have been hand colored. Most of the color illustrations depict battles on land and at sea. A page between the contents and the first page of text has been removed leaving a stub - it is text weight paper and may have been dedication page. Includes population tables for each state and county based on the 1850 census. Full marbled edges. 880 pages plus 2 pages of ads. GER/110922. Very Good. More

Paris: Morizot, 1862. Hardcover. Includes 40 tinted plates, all present. A French history of the Southwestern U.S. and Native Americans; however, the accuracy has been questioned. Bound in quarter dark green leather over green pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt title and decoration to spine. Rear board is present but detached. Front hinge is starting and is heavily worn. Wear to edges and corners of boards. Browning to silk moire endpapers. Evidence of removed library stamp to title page and margin of frontis; evidence of removed library sticker to foot of spine. Bumping to bottom corners of textblock. Occasional smudge marks / spots of soiling to margins, but very clean overall. Full gilt edges. Bookplate of bibliophile B. George Ulizio to front pastedown. A good candidate for restoration. IN FRENCH. Size: quarto. 608 pages. FRE/083022. Very Good. More

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Number 625 of 650 copies. Facsimile signature of Duncan on front free endpaper. This book was published posthumously on the basis of Duncan’s handwritten text and illustrated with 24 black and white photographs of her (two by Arnold Genthe). As one of the great free spirits of the early 20th century, Duncan’s account of her life was as uninhibited as her career. This is one of the “presentation copies” published as a limited edition for authors and other friends of Boni and Liveright. In black cloth boards with red leather label titled in gilt on spine. Light rubbing to boards, wear to spine ends, and chips and tears to title label. Cracked hinges although text block is still tight. Clean interior. Very good. 359 pages. DRA/081022. Very Good. More

New York: Robert Bonner's Sons, 1892. Hardcover. Oliver Dyer was an American journalist, author, teacher, lawyer and stenographer. He developed his own shorthand system which was the first to be adopted for use in the United States. Fortunately, this biography was not published in shorthand. In 1848 he went to Washington, DC as a reporter for the US Senate. There he met many people who knew Jackson well during his Presidency. Dyer wrote this biography and a second book about Jackson, as well as numerous other political biographies and histories. Scarce. 12mo. Brown leather binding. Almost all leather on spine has been worn off. Front and back covers show signs of wear, and all edges are scraped. Stain from restained leather shows on front and back end papers. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, and handwritten name and address on back of frontispiece. Second owner's name on 1st page, and publisher's gift stamp on title page. Pages are browned but clean. 378 pages, including index. AMHIST/082522. Good. More

Hammersmith: Eragny Press, 1905. Hardcover. One of 175 paper copies. There were also 10 vellum copies. Founded in 1894 by Lucien and his wife, Esther, the Eragny Press became well known for its distinctive designs, woodcuts, and printing. The press originally printed books using Charles Rickett’s Vale Press type face; however, in 1904, after the closing of the Vale Press, Lucien began publishing his own books and printing them with a typeface of his design called Brook Type. This beautiful copy is bound in full dark green morocco boards with gilt title to spine and gilt rulings to covers. It has been expertly restored with a modern spine and five raised bands. The beautiful leather covers have Art Nouveau style inner dentelles featuring a pink inlaid floral motif. The binding is signed by H.S. Chatfield. An article in the New York Times of February 12, 1915 describes Chatfield's work to be “charming and discreet, his inlays almost persuade the most conservative, the best of his linear decoration is firm and true in execution and well-balanced in design.” There is minor wear to the edges and corners of the boards. The interior is clean and bright with the original pink and green floral patterned color wrappers bound in. The frontispiece, printed in olive green, was designed and cut by Laurence Binyon. The decorations and initials were designed by Lucien Pissaro and engraved by Esther Pissaro. Pencil ownership signature of Hilda Beecher Stowe of New York. Near fine condition. 28 pages plus colophon. PRI/112122. Fine. More

Paris: L. Hachette, editeur; Ladrange, Librarie, 1843. Hardcover. Fenelon was a French Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer from the late 17th-early 18th centuries. He was active in the French Catholic Church's efforts to persuade Huguenots to return to Catholicism. He is best known for his Les Aventures de Télémaque [The Adventures of Telemachus, Son of Ulysses]. This publication covers his philosophical writings. Scarce early edition. 12mo. Three-quarter red leather, with red paper-covered boards. Gilt title to raised leather spine. Marbled endpapers and marbled edges of text block. Front cover is scratched in many places, and back cover also shows scratching. Top and bottom edges of covers show significant scraping. Sunning to spine. Pages are browned, with some staining and foxing, but generally in good condition. 460 pages. FRELANG/082422. Very Good. More

Santa Cruz: Foolscap Press, 2002. One of 200 copies. This is an unusual and lovely scroll book, which, according to the Press, follows the written record of a wondrous monument standing in Athens. The Tower has been explained by scholars from antiquity to the present, yet the Tower of the Winds was and still is a mystery to those who study it. The work is original to the Foolscap Press both in content and exterior form, and was created as a biblio-artifact, both a book and an object. The book is in a pre-codex form, allowing the reader to scroll through history viewing the subject along a panorama 25 feet in length. In addition to reproducing historic texts, there are illustrations of the Tower by James Stuart and Nicolas Revett, two important early British architects. The work is printed in Adobe Herculanum type on Zerkall Book and hand made papyrus from Egypt. It is housed in a formed sculptural / architectural case. Each case is a rigid cylinder hinged with cloth and lined with a map of ancient Athens. Issued with handling instructions. It is a stunning and inventive work from this press. Scroll is in fine condition. PRI/102022. Fine. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. Hardcover. Includes short essays on a large variety of subjects such as the science of history, philosophy of Catholicism, Homer, parables, Thomas Becket, the siding at a railroad station, etc. Froude notes in his preface that not "all" of the topics addressed are actually "great" and some are actually rather insignificant. Bound in three quarter brown leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt title and author labels to spines. Both hinges of volume I are cracked; however, the boards remain attached. Leather is starting to crack along several of the other hinges. Chipping to leather on spine and corners. Rubbing and wear to boards, spines, corners, and edges. Clean interiors. Full marbled edges and marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Thomas J. McCarthy to all volumes. Volume I: 534 pages; Volume II: 472 pages; Volume III: 400 pages; Volume IV: 370 pages. GENHIS/112122. Very Good. More

The Oaks, Plainfield, New Hampshire: Alma Gilbert, Inc., 1998. Softcover. This is a self-published work that asserts Parrish's ability as a photographer and his utilization of photography to establish scenes and lighting for his paintings. It focuses on Parrish's work at The Oaks, his home and studio in Plainfield, New Hampshire. Numerous black and white photos taken by Parrish juxtapositioned with color plates of his painting. Signed by the author. Quarto. Red paper covers with title in yellow on front cover, a reproduced painting on front cover, and a reproduced photo on back cover. Yellow spine with black title. Printed on glossy paper. Pages are bright and clean, as are all plates. ART/090122. Near Fine. More

New York: Eros Magazine, 1962. Hardcover. The third issue of this shortlived but influential magazine from Ralph Ginzberg. This is the famous issue with the photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern. Bound in stiff paper covered boards with small color photos of Monroe on the covers. Covers are soiled and rubbed.Interior pages are clean and bright. Very good. 96 pages. PER/081022. Very Good. More

Paris: Chez Sautelet, 1828. Hardcover. A beautiful edition of Faust, with a fine binding and nicely printed text. Unfortunately, the seventeen stunning illustrations by Eugène Delacroix that accompanied the text have been removed from the book. However, the volume is handsome and beautifully produced. All text pages are present, but several are loose. Bound in full brown leather with gilt rulings and ornate gilt ornaments and debossed designs in the leather. Title and ornaments in gilt to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Light creases to last few pages not affecting text. Housed in a slipcase of patterned paper boards that is chipped, bumped and with short tear to top edge. Very good condition. Folio. 148 pages. LIT/080822. Very Good. More

1830. Paperback. Engraving from circa-1830s edition of An History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith. Plate # 40 includes Swallow-tailed Falcon, Malabar Shrike, Horned Owl, and Butcher Bird. Black-and-white illustration with double-lined black border. Size: 8 1/2" x 5". Paper is browned and foxed. PRINTS/112322. Good. More