Illustrated & Art Books Children's Literature & Fine Decorative Books
Boston: Budden Brooks. Paperback. Bookdealers catalog. Grey illustrated dust jacket with black title to spine. 128 pages. BOB/102909. Fine in wraps. More
Sale Books
January SALE! All books $100 and under are 30% off for the month of January in the folloowing subjects:
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This sale excludes artists' books, private press, and items sold on consignment.
William Caxton and His Critics
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1960. Hardcover. 12mo. Very good in grey clothcovered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor fading to spine and edges. Interior is clean and bright. In original clear mylar price clipped dust jacket. Small open tear to top edge of jacket. 30 pages. Books on Books. BOB2/3252. Very Good. More
You Wrote It Yourself. The Key to Handwriting Analysis
Cleveland: The World Syndicate Publishing Company, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth boards with title pastedown to spine and front boards. Slight bump to spine ends; very small tear to head of spine. Interior is very clean with many B&W plates. Tight binding. Orange and black dj with wear/creasing to edges. Chipping to spine ends of jacket. Small open tear to spine of jacket. Price-clipped jacket. 240 pp. PSY/020205. Very Good in Very Good Minus dj. More
Marie de France: an Analytical Biblipgraphy. Supplement No. 1
London and Wolfeboro, New Hampshire: Grant & Cutler, 1986. Paperback. SCARCE. 8vo. Fine in bright lime green paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. 76 pages. BOB/090315. Fine. More
Dideldum!, Herr und Frau Knopp, Julchen, Pater Filucius, Balduin Bahlamm, Bilder zur Jobsiade (6 volumes)
Munich: Bassermann, 1920's. Hardcover. Small 8vos. Last two volumes listed are very good condition and the first four are in good+ due to small areas of spine missing, else vg, Art. ART608301 This set may require an extra shipping fee. Very Good -. More
The Romanesque Wooden Doors of Auvergne
New York: New York University Press, 1974. Hardcover. Vg folio in brown cloth covered boards. Minor musty smell to interior. Else is clean and bright. Art. ARCHI209101. Very Good. More
Illuminating the Word: The Making of the Saint John's Bible
Collegeville, MN: Order of Saint Benedict, 2005. Hardcover. A beautiful book documenting and celebrating the creation of the magnificent Saint John's Bible, which was written and illustrated entirely by hand. The project involved the skills and talents of artists, calligraphers, and scholars over a several year effort beginning in 1998. There are hundreds of color photographs documenting the creative process and the beautiful results. Bound in black cloth with title in gilt to spine. In a blue pictorial dust jacket with title in yellow to spine. Binding, dust jacket at interior are all in fine condition, with a heartfelt gift inscription to free front endpaper. 10 x 11.5 inches. 216 pages. BOB/081717. Fine / Fine. More
Checklist of bibliographies appearing in the Bulletin of Bibliography 1897-1987.
Westport, Connecticut and London: Meckler, (1989). First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Slight bumping to bottom corners. Pristine interior. 144 pages. BIB/110916. Fine. More
D. H. Lawrence, a life in literature. Catalogue of the Centenary Exhibition held in the University of Nottingham 7 September - 13 October 1985
Nottingham: University Library, 1985. Paperback. First edition. Illustrated cream wrappers with red title to front cover. Quarto sized. Illustrated. 282 items described. 61 pages. BOB/111516. Near Fine. More
Isn't S/He a Doll: Play and Ritual in African Sculpture
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1996. Softcover. A fascinating examination of what a doll is in African culture - both as a toy and a cultural and artistic object - with comparisons to the meaning of dolls in Western culture. With study of dolls by region/country. Color and b&w photographs throughout. Black softcover with pictorial covers showing a range of doll types. Light crease to front cover but very good plus. 8.5 x 11 inches. 124 pages. African Art. ART/010417. Very Good+. More
Isn't S/He a Doll? Play and Ritual in African Sculpture
Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, (1996). Paperback. 4to. Near fine in black illustrated glossy paper wrappers with orange title to front wrapper and to spine. Minor fading to spine. Pristine interior with full color photographic illustrations throughout. 124 pages. African Art. AFRART/112019. Fine. More
Collectanea Thomas Carlyle 1821-1855
Canton, PA: Kirgate Press, 1903. Hardcover. Very good in green cloth covered boards with paper title label on spine. Browning to spine and to boards around the edges. Rubbing to edges and hinges. Minor toning to edges of pages. Else is clean and bright. Front interior hinge is starting but binding remains tight. 142 pages. Books on Books. BOB11041. Very Good. More
The Print-Collector's Quarterly: Vol. 5, No. 3 October 1915.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. Paperback. Very good in faded cream wraps ; spine repaired with tape, some edgewear. Interior pristine with many art reproductions on thick stock. Art Criticism and Collection. PER/2193. Very Good. More
Education and the Worker-Student
New York: Affiliated Schools for Workers, 1934. Paperback. Very Good in orange paper wrappers with black title and illustration to front wrapper. Slight soiling to wrappers. Minor yellowing to pages. Else is clean and bright with several photographic illustrations. 72 pages. Political Science. POL5/4112. Very Good. More
American Typography Today
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993. Paperback. Size: quarto. In black and white paper wrappers with turquoise spine titled in white. Illustrations on every page. 159 pages. BOB/112816. Very Good. More
German Expressionist & Other 20th Century Paintings and Sculpture
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. from Leonard Hutton Galleries, 1969. Paperback. Fine softcover catalogue with many color plates; 131 items listed. Art. ART/10302. Fine. More
The Science and Method of Politics
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, trubner and Co., Ltd., 1927. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor fading to spine and bubbling to book cloth on boards. Clean, tight interior with bright text. Index, 360 pages. POL/070506. Very Good. More
Fine Printing and Private Presses: Selected Papers by Roderick Cave
London: British Library, 2001. Hardcover. A compilation of articles and lectures by Roderick Cave, the well-known librarian, book historian, and bibliographer whose book The Private Press remains the standard history in that field. This book includes general items, pieces on individual presses and on other fine printing. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt titling. In a rose colored dust jacket with author and title to spine and front cover. In near fine condition with some sunning to spine. 267 pages including index. BOB/010819. Near Fine. More
Chagall Discovered: From Russian and Private Collections
New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, (1988). Hardcover. Folio. Blue cloth covered boards with silver title to spine. Clean interior filled with illustrations in both full color and black and white. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Blue illustrated dust jacket with white and red title to front panel and white title to spine. Minor wear to edges of jacket. 326 pages. ART/020618. Very Good / Very Good. More
Frauen Liebe und Leben. Lieder-Cyclus
Leipzig: Adolph Titze, 1879. Hardcover. 9th edition. Illustrated by P. Thumann. Quarto. Very good in red cloth with elaborate gilt design. Pages edged in gilt. Spine a bit faded. Wear at ends of spine, along hinges, and at corners. 9 tipped-in plates. Art. ART2/1030. Very Good. More
Chardin
London, New York: Royal Academy of Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of art, (2000). Paperback. 4to. Grey illustrated paper wrappers with white title to front wrap and to spine. Light edgewear to wrappers. Pristine interior with both full color as well as black and white illustrations throughout. Index, 355 pages. ART/100212. Near Fine in Wraps. More
Charles Burchfield: The Charles Rand Penney Collection
Smithsonian Institution, 1978. Paperback. Thin 8vo. White illustrated paper wrappers with black and gold title to spine. Pristine, tight interior with many illustrations. 96 pages. ART/011706. Fine. More
The literary journal in America, 1900-1950, a guide to information sources
Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1977. Hardcover. American Literature, English Literature, and World Literatures in English Information Guide, Vol. 16. Library of Congress surplus duplicate copy with stamps on front endpaper and copyright page. Blue cloth boards with black spine titled in gilt. Very good without dust jacket, as issued. First edition. 186 pages. BOB/111516. Very Good. More
The Literary Journal in America to 1900: A Guide to Information Sources
Detroit: Gale Research Company, (1975). Hardcover. Very good in black and blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front and spine panels. Index, 197 pages. Literature. BOB1109211. Very Good. More
The Literary Journal in America, 1900-1950: A Guide to Information Sources
Detroit: Gale Research Company, (1977). Hardcover. 8vo. Very good+ in black and blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front and spine panels. Index, 186 pages. Literature. BOB909211. Very Good+. More