Liebman, Warren D. Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, 1928. First Edition. xviii, 155 pp. Folio. Blue cloth boards with blind embossed border to front board, light scuffing, gold embossed titling to spine. This edition contains 30 plates and 16 plans.
Publication #16 of the Marine Research Society. Inscribed by the author to Warren D. Liebman, delineator of the plans for the "Constitution." More
New York: ReganBooks, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xviii, 281 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Wearstler's first book. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. vii, 222 pp. Oblong Folio. Clean, crisp copy with printed mylar cover sharp and tight to boards.
A selection of work for the New York firm that completed such high-profile commissions as the National Inventors Hall of Fame, the William J. Clinton Presidential Center, and the Rose Center at the American Museum of Natural History. Inscribed by firm principal, James S. Polshek, to Wall Street investor and New York philanthropist Richard Gilder, the major donor for the proposed The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History. Fine / fine. More
New York: Privately Printed, 1911. Hardcover. First Edition. 119 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth boards with gold embossed title to cover board and spine. Light wear to edges, minor bumping to corners but quite sharp and crisp for its age. Now in a custom mylar dust jacket. Top edge of text block is gilded, tissue protecting frontispiece has some stains, but no stains on the portrait of the author in uniform. Bookplate of Annette K. Rankine is affixed to the front pastedow and has left a slight "ghost" on the facing first free endpaper.
Meyer served as a Captain, 24th New York Cavalry during the Civil War and received the Congressional Medal of honor for saving a fellow officer while badly wounded at Petersburg. Contains 11..... More
Estes, Richard. New York: Rizzoli, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 254 pp. Foilo. Light scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Gift inscription to previous owner on the half-title page, otherwise clean within with minor bumping to corners.
An important survey of the work of the photorealist painter, Richard Estes. Very Good / Very Good. More
Orono, ME: The University of Maine Press, 2015. Hardcover. First Edition. Fifth Printing. Unpag. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
From the the University of Maine Press promotional materials: "After more than a decade of extensive research, the Historical Atlas of Maine presents in cartographic form the historical geography of Maine from the end of the last ice age to the year 2000. Organized in four chronological sections, the Atlas tells the principal stories of the many people who have lived in Maine over the past 13,000 years. The Atlas covers the history of Native peoples, European exploration and settlement, the American Revolution, Maine statehood, industrial development, and the rise of tourism and environmental awareness. To tell these stories, the Atlas..... More
Jaffrey, NH: David R. Godine, 2002. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. 200 pp. Oblong folio. Dust jacket clean and crisp, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth covered boards with dark blue cloth spine, Sparkman & Stephens yacht outlined in gold on front board, a whisper of sunning to the head and foot of the cover boards. Text block has slight lean, clean and crisp within. An important book, the "Bible" of Sparkman & Stephens designs, and exceedingly rare. Fine / fine. More
New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. First American Edition. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Signed by co-author Kenneth Gaulin on title page. Fine / Fine. More
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1948. Hardcover. 1st American Edition. First Printing. 750 pp. 4to. Dust jacket has light wear and chipping, some discoloration, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with gold embossed sailboat on cover, gold titling to spine that has faded slightly. Clean within. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 302 pp. 8vo. Slight wear and scuffing do dust jacket, very minimum darkening to spine, closed 1/2" tear at head of rear panel, small chips at head and foot of spine, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Brown cloth boards that are very clean, endpapers illustrated with the path of the flood and elevation as well as a larger perspective of the flood location and the course it took.
David McCullough's first book, very rare in any condition. Fine / Very Good. More
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Wharton School Publishing, 2008. Hardcover. First Edition. Second Printing. 263 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by the author to Dana Mead (1936-2018), former CEO of Tenneco (1992-2008) and Chair of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2003-2010) where the author also served on the board of the MIT Leadership Center Advisory Council at the Sloan School of Management. Fine / Fine. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 109 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by the co-authors, brothers Armsand and Donald Feigenbaum, and signed by both of them. Inscribed to Dana Mead (1936-2018), former CEO of Tenneco (1992-2008) who was a great proponent of the Feignebaum's theories and used them as consultants at Tenneco. Fine / Fine. More
Tingueley, Jean. Wabern-Bern, Switzerland: Benteli Druck AG, 1996. Wraps. First Edition. 191 pp. 4to. Text in German and French. Fine. More
Tatsuzo, Shimaoka. La Jolla, CA: Mingei International Museum, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 148 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Clarke, Graham. Oslo, Norway: J. W. Cappelens Forlag A.S., 1996. Hardcover. First Edition. 71 pp. Oblong 12mo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
Blagden, Jr., Tom. New York: Rizzoli, 2016. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 223 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by the author to previous owner on the second free endpaper. Fine / Fine. More
Binghamton, NY: The Bellevue Press, 1978. Broadside. First Edition. 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" postcard printed as a broadside of Ted Kooser's short poem, "New Year's Day"in black ink on a goldenrod field. This was the first printing of the poem by the the man who would become the U.S. Poet Laureate, serving two terms from 2004-2006. Fine. More
New York: Museum of American Folk Art, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 239 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Museum of American Folk Art, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 239 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with price clipped dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by the then-director of the Museum of American Folk Art, Gerard C. Wertkin to the previous owner. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Scribner's, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 400 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Signed, "Happy Cooking! / Daniel Boulud / June 13, 2000" on second free endpaper. Fine / fine. More
Santa Fe, NM: One Horse Land & Cattle Company/Nedra Matteucci Galleries, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 146 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. Dust jacket has a 1" closed tear at upper right corner of rear panel, now in mylar cover. Fine / Very Good. More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1990. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xxii, 189 pp. Oblong 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990. Very Good. First Edition. First Printing. 565 pp. 4to. Dust jacket clean, tight, and in mylar cover. Very light spotting along head of text block, clean within.
Inscribed by Kurzweil on the title page. Very Good / Fine. More
Newark, NJ: Johnson & Simpson, 1985. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 98 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Signed by Milt Simpson on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xii, 242 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by Tony Conza on the half-title page. Fine / Fine. More
