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This catalogue of items constitutes some 300 of our more interesting books and is updated every week.

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Artisan Book Club. First Edition. Join our Artisan Book Club! We choose a new hardcover book from a variety of subjects that catch our fancy and send it to you the first of each month.
[Book #18469] Price: $30.00 Ask a Question

The Burlington Magazine: October 1969. London: The Burlington Magazine Publications, Ltd. 1969. Soft Cover. First Edition. Slight wear and chipping and edges. Clean, crisp copy, rare! Very Good.
[Book #15734] Price: $25.00 Ask a Question

The Burlington Magazine: December 1969. London: The Burlington Magazine Publications, Ltd. 1969. Soft Cover. First Edition. Slight wear and chipping and edges. Clean, crisp copy, rare! Very Good.
[Book #15735] Price: $25.00 Ask a Question

THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL FIRST-BOOK OR, AMERICAN PRIMER. New York: Leavitt & Co. Taupe Wraps. 24 pp. B/w ills. Cover has tiny b/w pictures arranged in a frame around title. Covers are a bit soiled, touches of edgewear. Binding is sewn in a cross-stitched pattern with thread -- possibly a repair, but difficult to ascertain. Gift inscr. inside front wrap. Contains letters, then words, then phrases, and finally short stories. Each story has a vocabulary page, with extractions listed from the words used in stories. A winsome little piece of nostalgia. Very Good.
[Book #10736] Price: $45.00 Ask a Question

A Collection of Objets d'Art and Jewels Designed by Salvador Dali. Bryn Mawr, PA: Catherwood Foundation. Wraps. First Edition. Signed by Artist. 16 pp. Mid-1950s. Exhibition catalog spotlighting Dali items in their collection. Light spotting to covers, from use. Dali has signed boldly in black ink on front cover and dated "1955". Printed in English, French, Italian and Spanish. Photographs gladly provided. Very Good.
[Book #20747] Price: $400.00 Ask a Question

THE CRAFTSMAN. VOL. II, NO. 3. Eastwood, NY: United Crafts, 1902. Wraps. First Edition. 55 pp. B/w ills & photos. Off-white wraps have black frame on front, w/white letterings. Two small ink numbers lower front. Staple binding is loose at front cover, else holding tight. A monthly publication dedicated to the interests of "art allied to labor," published by Gustave Stickley. In this issue, "Beauty in Buildings and Some Things that Lead to It," by Barry Parker; "The Four Great Cathedrals of the Rhineland" by Earl Sperry; "The Wavy Line" by Irene Sargent; "How to Look at a Building" by Guy Kirkham; and "The Small Country House," by H. Fairchild Steven. Nice b/w photo ills. A rarely available copy of this early arts & crafts publication. Very Good.
[Book #7560] Price: $25.00 Ask a Question

Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Summer 1999 (Vol. 128, No. 3). Cambridge, MA: The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1999. Soft Cover. First Edition. Clean, crisp copy of an important issue focused on America's Museums. Fine.
[Book #15588] Price: $20.00 Ask a Question

FRANCE ILLUSTRATION, NOEL 1948. France: Societte Nationale Des Entreprises De Presse, 1948. Linen. First Edition. Unpaginated. Natural-colored linen binding with leather title block pasted on spine. Covers and spine are soiled and edge-worn. Spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed. Leather title block is deteriorating, but remnants of blind-stamped, bright gilt lettering and rules remain. Contents consist of mostly full-page, mostly full-color period advertising. Text, in French, is related to Christmas themes, particularly the nativity. Text augmented by numerous b/w photos and reproductions of religious art work. In addition, there are also full-color, tipped-in plates of nativity scenes: two from the Chinese artist Lou Houng-Nien plus Raphael's "La Saine Famille Canigniani." There is also a triptych tipped-in reproduction of "Triptyque Barnabas" mounted on stiff black paper as a tri-fold with text in gilt lettering. Interior slightly aged. Several pages have small closed tears in the margins. An approximately 1" square piece has been cut out of the bottom margin of one of the rear pages of b/w advertising. Cross reference: our book #06773. Very Good.
[Book #6772] Price: $20.00 Ask a Question

The Guest. West Burke, VT: The Janus Press, 1976. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed By Artist. Unpag. A Christmas Keepsake produced by the Janus Press. Paper covered boards with a blue cloth spine and a paper title label on spine.. Handset in Spectrum and Bembo, printed on Hosho special, Miliani Ingres, Strathmore, and the covers in decorated Kaya. 300 copies produced, the first 50 are casebound, contain an additional set of prints (each signed by Helen Siegl and corresponding in number of the set). This is number 12 of the casebound sets, in a dark mustard paper covered slipcase that is in Fine condition with a paper title label to spine; prints contained in a small blue paper folio that also rests in slipcase. Signed by Helen Siegl at colophon. Fine.
[Book #20899] Price: $275.00 Ask a Question

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INSTRUCTION BOOK INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER TRUCK MODEL D-1. Chicago: International Harvester Company, Inc. 1933. Paper. 72 pp. Tan cover is aged, soiled and has previous owners' names, written in ink, on front cover. Upper left hand corner has a hole punched through the entire pamphlet so it could be hung on a nail or from a string for easy reference. Text is aged and soiled. Text is typewritten and has numerous detailed b/w line drawings of various parts such as the transmission, clutch control, wiring diagram, etc. Very Good.
[Book #1220] Price: $95.00 Ask a Question

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INSTRUCTION PAPERS FROM THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CORRESPONDENCE. Chicago: American School at Armour Institute of Technology, 1902. Half Leather. First Edition. 1141 pp. This is a bound collection of "Instruction Papers" from the American School at Armour Institute of Technology. Each section contains instruction (frequently augmented by diagrams and/or pictures) followed by questions (and answers). The book is bound in maroon cloth with spine and corners of cordovan leather. Spine has five raised bands trimmed with gilt plus black title block. The leather is edgeworn, and there is a scrape on upper front corner, but cover is basically very good and binding is tight. Topics include: Mathematics (Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra and Mensuration), Mechanics, Mechanism, Heat, Elements of Chemistry, Metallurgy, Elements of Electricity, The Electric Current, Machine Design, Theory of Dynamo-Electric Machinery, Direct Current Dynamos, Direct Current Motors, Types of Dynamo-Electric Machinery, and Types of Boilers. Book is clean and tight, although there is some tiny math figuring on back eps. Very Good Plus.
[Book #9505] Price: $125.00 Ask a Question

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INSTRUCTIONS ADDRESSEES PAR LE COMITE DES TRAVAUX HISTORIQUES ET SCIENTIFIQUES AUX CORRESPONDANTS DU MINISTERE DE L'INSTRUCTION PUBLIQUE. RECHERCHE DES ANTIQUITES DANS LE NORD DE L'AFRIQUE. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1890. Paper. 252 pp. Fold-out map, charts. B/w ills. Subtitle: "Aux Archeologues et Aux Voyageurs." Paper cover is soiled. Three-inch closed tear at upper front along spine. Interior has many unopened pages. French text appears to be detailed instructions, including diagrams, charts, photos for identifying finds in North Africa. Tight, clean, and easy to read. Very Good.
[Book #3093] Price: $98.00 Ask a Question

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THE KNICKERBOCKER, OR NEW-YORK MONTHLY MAGAZINE VOL. IX. New York: John Allen, 1837. Three-Quarter Leather. First Edition. Deep tan leather spine, spine in desperate shape, covers detached. Fair.
[Book #5171] Price: $35.00 Ask a Question

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Maine World War II Sketchbook. Spiral Bound. First Edition. Note taped to verso of front cover signed Florence Phinney but no record of that name associated with a cartoonist. An exquisite collection of fifteen original pencil drawings with some colored pencil work from the World War II era depicting life on the home front. This unknown artist was very likely a professional as each drawing is exceptional and very humorous. Small spiral bound "Artcraft Sketchbook" with brown cardboard covers. Has a new mylar dust jacket and housed in a custom clamshell box built by bookseller's in-house bindery. Fine.
[Book #19738] Price: $2,000.00 Ask a Question

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Modes de Paris: Fashion Plates (2 Volumes). London: S. & J. Fuller, 1839-1847. Three Quarter Vellum. First Edition. An interesting set that appears to have been compiled by someone interested in fashion. Unknown as to whether these plates were removed from a publication of the day or were issued individually. Either way, a snapshot of the fashion of the time and unusual in a collection that spans seven and a half years. 4to. Three quarter vellum and paper bound set with leather patch titles to spine. Each volume is made up of individual French fashion plates of the latest Parisian styles depicted in hand-colored plates with both clothing for men and women. Plates are extremely bright with light foxing, slight musty smell to each volume. Volume I contains 214 plates that range from 5 September 1839 to 31 March 1844; Volume II 10 November 1844 to 31 March 1847. Volume I is slightly smaller as the plates were trimmed tighter than those that make up Volume II. Very good.
[Book #24086] Price: $4,000.00 Ask a Question

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Agee, William C. Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1990. Los Angeles, CA: The Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy. Exhibition catalog for an exhibition of the same name at The Museum of Contemporary Art , Los Angeles, March 17-July 25, 1999. Fine / Fine.
[Book #17941] Price: $200.00 Ask a Question

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Aldrich, Alexander "Sam" Dancing with the Queen, Marching with Queen. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2011. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy. Brand new! Fine / Fine.
[Book #22864] Price: $26.00 Ask a Question

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American Antiquarian Society. Archaeologia Americana. Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society. Volume I. Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1820. Quarter Leather. First Edition. 436 pp., printed by William Manning for the Society. Bound later in life in brown quarter leather with seven blind embossed bands and light brown paper covered boards. Discreet ink discard stamp from the Utica Public Library in each volume from the. Fourteen plates, all intact, of which seven are folding, including a large map of Ohio, on which the majoirty of this volume concentrates. Photographs gladly provided. Very Good.
[Book #20223] Price: $1,000.00 Ask a Question

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Ames, Nathaniel. An Astronomical Diary Or, Almanack for the Year of Our Lord Christ 1762. Portsmouth, NH: D. Fowle, 1761. Soft Cover. First Edition. Stitched cover of yellow paper, with a light tan printed design. Front cover has tear midpoint, running horizontally halfway to spine. Chipping to edges of interior pages, small tears. A wonderful example of the work of a prolific pamphleteer. Good.
[Book #19581] Price: $275.00 Ask a Question

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Ashbery, John. Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press, 1984. Folio. First Edition. Printed in an edition of 175 copies: 150 for sale, 25 "hors de commerce", this is copy 14 of 150. An absolutely pristine edition that has been opened only to catalog. Still in original shipping container in which it was shipped from the Arion Press to the subscriber. Thirteenth publication of the Arion Press. Film canister-like stainless steel case with title in white printed on case. Canister measures 19" in diameter, publication is printed on circular sheets 18" in diameter. Cover sheet by Jim Dine and signed by him in pencil and marked "P/P" indicating "Publisher's Proof" with duplicate of the Dine print within the book. All subsequent artists' prints are both signed and numbered "14/175". Photograph of John Ashbery signed and numbered by Avedon in pencil, Foreword signed by John Ashbery in pencil, portrait of Ashbery by Elaine de Kooning signed by her in pencil, print by Willem de Kooning signed by him in pencil, portrait by Jim Dine signed in pencil, print of flowers in jar by Jane Frelicher signed by her in pencil, portrait of a woman by Alex Katz, signed by him in pencil, sketch of a man by R. B. Kitaj signed by him in pencil, portrait of a man (presumably the author) sitting at a table typing by Larry Rivers as a print, but then hand colored with colored pencils and signed by Rivers at base, Colophon signed in pencil by publisher Andrew Hoyem. Also included is the LP record recording of John Ashbery reading "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror." Handset in Cochin type on Twinrocker Mill paper. Light stain on page 11 of poem that occurred during production, as this edition was unsealed from the original packing box for the first time in order to catalog. Fine.
[Book #20651] Price: $13,000.00 Ask a Question

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Auchincloss, Kenneth. New York Revisited. New York: The Grolier Club, 2002. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed by Author. Silver cloth covered boards with black leather spine patch with title embossed in silver on spine, contained in slipcase covered in same silver material. Book consists of text by Kenneth Auchincloss with 8 color woodcut engravings and 3 vignettes by Gaylord Schanilec. A breathtaking piece. Printed by Gaylord Schanilec at Midnight Paper Sales in an edition of 250 copies, of which 50 were offered with an additional set of wood engravings by Rudolph Ruzicka printed by Schanilec from the original blocks; this is copy #173 of the remaining 200. Included, however, is the set of "New York: A Series of Eight Wood Engravings in Color by Rudolph Ruzicka". This set, as mentioned earlier, was printed by Schanilec from Ruzicka's original woodblocks for the 1915 work "New York" also published by the Grolier Club; in an edition of 50 copies, this one being #18. Fine.
[Book #21464] Price: $1,000.00 Ask a Question

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Auden, W.H. HOMAGE TO CLIO. London: Faber & Faber, 1960. Grape Cloth. First Edition. First English Edition. 91 pp. Cover has bright gilt on spine. Upper front corner barely creased. Feps lightly shadowed by dj flaps. Solid green dj has black type, red accents. Unclipped dj has only tiny chips at upper left front edge and lower right front. Text is clean and crisp. Near Fine / As New.
[Book #7747] Price: $75.00 Ask a Question

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Baker, S. W. Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. Hartford, CT: O. D. Case & Co. 1868. Hard Cover. First Edition. First American Edition. Scuffing to covers, fraying of cloth at edges. Sunning to spine has faded cloth and titling slightly. Photographs gladly provided. Good.
[Book #14452] Price: $125.00 Ask a Question

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Bartlett, Apple Parish and Crater, Susan Bartlett. Sister: The Life of Legendary American Interior Decorator Mrs. Henry Parish II. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Hard Cover. First Edition. Third Printing. Dust Jacket is in mylar cover. Remainder mark at top of text block. Fine / Fine.
[Book #13097] Price: $50.00 Ask a Question

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Bartlett, Apple Parish and Crater, Susan Bartlett. Sister: The Life of Legendary American Interior Decorator Mrs. Henry Parish II. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed by Author. First Printing. Dust Jacket is in mylar cover. Inscribed by both authors on half-title page. Fine / Fine.
[Book #14161] Price: $65.00 Ask a Question

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