Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1992. Hardcover. Contains a brief history of Missouri ornithology as well as the physiologic and ecological attributes of the state, and discusses how these affect the distribution of bird species. Also includes maps utilizing Breeding Bird Survey and Christmas Bird Count data. Octavo. Green cloth boards with bronze title on spine. In red dust jacket with blue and white title to spine and front panels. Pages are clean and bright. Cover is fine. Dust jacket spine panel has faded to deep pink Minor rubbing to jacket. 399 pages, including index. NAT/052722. Fine / Very Good. More

London: Robert Jennings and William Chapman, 1831. Hardcover. Published in the Jennings Landscape Annual for 1831. With 26 beautiful engraved b&w plates taken from the drawings of the famed watercolor artist Samuel Prout. Bound in the publisher's green leather with gilt titling to spine. Covers are rubbed, scuffed, and bumped. Spine is torn at the top and hinges are cracked. All edges gilt. Ffep has tear at bottom of page. Text is generally clean with some offsetting by plates to their tissue guards. A nice copy in very good condition. Octavo. 271 pages. TRAVEL/040722. Very Good. More

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1966. Hardcover. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. "'After Auschwitz' represents a significant breakthrough in contemporary Jewish theology. American writers dealing with modern Judaism have been concerned with two major problems - the destruction of the German Jewish community and the identity of the Jew in America. Richard Rubenstein brings the two subjects together and reaches beyond them for the meanings relevant to a modern secular society" (jacket). Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean and bright. In black and tan dust jacket with white title to spine. Fading to spine panel of jacket, minor chipping to edges, and rubbing to panels. 287 pages. JUD/060722. Very Good / Very Good. More

Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 2021. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of her friend and mentor the composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. This is one of a series of lovely unique works by Satin, each signed by her. Each book is created with Cordenons paper, a fine paper that has been manufactured in Italy since 1630. Created from blue Cordenons paper, this book uses whole and segmented letters, plastic elements, various papers, sequins, and crystals to create precise and inventive designs on the cover and each page. Claire "plays and experiments with letters as abstract forms and sets them into unique aesthetic configurations."In a light blue gauze bag. In fine condition. Measures 5 x 7 inches. Unpaginated [12 pages]. ARTISTSB/011222. Fine. More

Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 2021. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of her friend and mentor the composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. This is one of a series of lovely unique works by Satin, each signed by her. Created from acid free white card stock paper, this book includes whole and segmented letters, metal elements, various papers, and crystals. Claire "plays and experiments with letters as abstract forms and sets them into unique aesthetic configurations." In a light blue gauze bag. In fine condition. Measures 5 x 7 inches. Unpaginated [12 pages]. ARTISTSB/011222. Fine. More

Dania Beach, FL: Claire Janine Satin, 2018. 1 of 2 copies. An homage to the Jewish Dutch philosopher, Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677). "This portrait is constructed using Spinoza's own words of philosophy and musings, with the exceptions of his eyes" in such a way that the text remains legible to read (Claire Satin). There is a scattering of a few three dimensional silver stars of David attached to the print. Printed on Lexan, a translucent material. Unframed. Size: 14 x 18 inches. Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of her friend and mentor the composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. ARTB/010822. More

Freeville, NY: Carol Schwartzott, 2021. Hardcover. Number 3 of 25 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. A collection of seven love poems originally from the book "India's Love Lyrics" compiled and translated by Laurence Hope. It includes the original illustrations that have been reworked from Carol's earlier book, "King Zada's Song" (1995). The interior of the book "follows a simple flutter style / accordian format, with each of the six hand-cut arched windows folding out to create tiny theaters displaying illustrations reminiscent of classic Indian miniatures" (artist statement). Bound in paper covered boards with title label to front cover. Digitally printed on Mohawk Superfine Vellum with additions of hand coloring. Housed in a handmade box covered in a variety of papers with title label to spine panel. In fine condition. Measures 3 x 2 inches in a box that is 4.25 x 2.5 inches. Unpaginated. [46 pages.] ARTISTSB/122121. Fine. More

Baltimore: Norman, Remington Co, 1917. Hardcover. John H.B. Latrobe was one of Baltimore's most prominent citizens in the 19th century. He was an architect, lawyer, engineer, artist, and social activist. He represented the B&O Railroad, founded the Maryland Historical Society, was President of the American Colonization Society, and was a prominent supporter of the African colonization of Liberia. He was the son of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the renowned architect who designed the U.S. Capitol. A thick volume bound in the original dark grey cloth boards with decorative gilt title to spine and front cover. Minor rubbing to boards and wear to edges of boards and corners. Small previous owner stamp to front free endpaper. Minor toning to margins and occasional spots of foxing, but clean and bright overall. Both internal hinges are starting. 601 pages. MD/062122. Very Good. More

London: Hutchinson and Co, (1936). Hardcover. A somewhat scholarly examination of the existence of ghosts intermingled with ghost stories and personal experiences. The author cites evidence drawn from other cultures and relevant popular authors such as Lafcadio Hearn and Arthur Machen. Bound in the original green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor rubbing to spine and minor wear to corners. Sllight bow to boards. Foxing to fore-edge and to interior pages with text. Includes 16 illustrations issued on a white glossy paper stock. 288 pages plus 20 pages of publisher's ads. OCC/062122. Very Good. More

Baltimore: Meyer & Thalheimer, 1907. Hardcover. Includes 10 stories about the Wye House, Frederick Douglass, Oxford, Old Quaker Meeting House, Patty Cannon, and more. Some stories are written with dialect. Bound in the original blue cloth boards with gilt title and white illustration to front board. Soiling and rubbing to boards. One free front endpaper has been removed. Previous owner's name in pen to endpaper. Includes 12 full page photographic illustrations. Some have come loose and are now laid in. Pencil notations to margins of a few pages, but clean interior overall. 80 pages. MD/062322. Very Good. More

Rutland, VT: Shattuck Studios. Number 1 of 5 copies signed by the book artist. This is an inventive work from well-known artist Carolyn Shattuck that displays her skill in using various book structures to convey meaning and context in the books she creates . In addition to artists' books, she is a painter and creator of paper art. Carolyn exhibits her work nationally in numerous juried exhibitions and has received many awards. Her books have been collected by a number of special collections libraries at universities throughout the country. She teaches Book Art workshops in New England and Florida. She writes: Save the Elephants was designed to bring awareness of their struggle as the population is rapidly declining due mainly to poachers. Her text describes the loss of these magnificent animals and the desperate efforts of those trying to save them. Her design uses an accordion structure from which origami elephants are standing when the book is extended open. They are made with patterned Origami Lokta paper that evoke African fabric designs. The book also uses Canson Mi Teinte, Lama Li, Elephant Hide and Washi papers. The binding is a plain grey. The work is housed in a brown paper slipcase with title label to cover, a gilt paper spine, and a belly band of the same gilt paper. In fine condition. 5.25 x 13.5 x 1.25 inches closed. ARTISTSBOOK/010422. Fine. More

Kuala Lumpur: The Sabah Society with the Malayan Nature Society, 1981. Third Edition. Hardcover. Smythies was a forester by profession, but during his career in forestry in Southeast Asia, he wrote this ornithological study as well as The Birds of Burma. The first edition was published in 1960. Contains 47 color plates, including a tipped-in plate of the Rhinoceros Hornbill on the frontispiece. Fold-out color map in very good condition present at end of page block. Blue illustrated glossy paper-covered boards with black title to front and spine. Pages are bright and clean; some bumping to top corner of pages in second half of book. Cover is bumped to foot of spine (along with corners) and shows some wear. Very Good. More

Baltimore: The Etchcrafters Art Guild, 1939. Hardcover. Number 69 of 200 copies. The 100 etchings in these two volumes are all artist proofs, individually signed by Don Swann. Inscribed from the artist and author: "Aunt 'Madge' and Uncle 'Ed'. December 25th 1941 with Best Wishes. From Don Sr. & Don Jr." Don Swann Sr. (1889 - 1954) grew up in Baltimore, attending Maryland Institute College of Art, and is known for his etchings of colonial and Neo-classical American architecture. In addition to houses he also did multiple etchings of Baltimore cityscapes. His son Don Swann Jr. (1911 - 1998) followed in his father's footsteps to become a master etcher. He continued to operate the Etchcrafters Art Guild after the death of his father. Both volumes are bound in blue leather over blue leatherette boards with gilt titles to spines. Minor scuffing to both spines and light stain to spine of second volume. Minor foxing to interiors (heaviest on tissue guards) and browning to endpapers. All etchings have the original tissue guards bound in. Bound by the Elliott Bookbinding Company in Baltimore. Printed on Rives, Woven, Imported paper with Old Style Caslon type at the Monumental Printing Company in Baltimore with typography by Norman T.A. Munder. Continously paginated - 425 pages. Size: Folio. MD/122121. Very Good. More