London: The Studio Ltd., 1934. Hardcover. First Edition. 120 pp. 4to. Blue cloth boards with red embossed titling to cover and spine. Light wear to edges of boards, now in custom-fitted mylar dust jacket. Clean and crisp within. A review copy with review slip tipped onto first free endpaper.
A nice early survey of of Morris's work. Very Good. More
Honolulu, HI: Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, 2012. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xxi, 210 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Folding color map in Fine condition in pocket tipped onto rear pastedown.
Important in pre-photography views of the Hawaii in the nineteenth century and the history of how they were produced. Fine / Fine. More
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Chicago, IL: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1931. Hardcover. First Edition. 63 pp. 4to. Orange paper covered boards with wear, chipping, and losses. The title page has corners that were removed, evidence of early tape repairs, amateur tape repairs and paper replacement to first two leaves. A square and rectangle excised from title page. This volume has somewhat if a rough existence, but was obviously read, re-read, and annotated by the owner over the course of many years. [Sweeney 261].
Inscribed "To Jim" by Frank Lloyd Wright in his distinct hand below the illustration of Wright's "Office Building Project of Glass and Metal" facing the title page. Inscribed to the previous owner on the front cover verso, "To Jim from Jack/ Christmas 1944." Could be..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xviii, 210 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with the dust jacket in a mylar cover. Fine / fine. More
Doctolero, Ferdinand. Mataki City, Phillippines: The Bookmark, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 474 pp. 8vo. Very clean copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
A beautiful, heavily illustrated book celebrating Phillippine architecture, design, and culture. Inscribed boldly by Augusto Villalon on the title page. Fine / Fine. 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
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
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: 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
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
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
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
Changchun, China: Yilin Graphic Arts Co., c. 1996. First Edition. Unpag. Oblong 4to. Red cloth covers with gold embossed titling in Chinese characters and English.
A China-produced overview of the "Red Flag Cars," which statrted as the official staff cars of the Chinese Communist Party in the late 1950s under Mao Zedong. The Company now exists as the Hongqi brand. This publication contains dozens of photographs, both color and black & white, showing the various models and their evolution. More
Paris: Editions Henri Berger, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition. 271 pp. 4to. Brown cloth boards with author's signature embossed in white on front board.
Inscribed by Ion Iliescu on the second free endpaper while he was President of Romania (December 26, 1989-November 29, 1996) to Dana Mead (1936-2018), then CEO of Tenneco, a large U.S. conglomerate that had become one of the first U.S. companies to invest in post-communist Romania by opening a large hardwood processing plant. Fine. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xiv, 221 pp. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by the author to the previous owner's on the title page. Elizabeth Kauffman Bush is the sister of the subject, and wife of Prescott Bush, brother of President George H. W. Bush and uncle of President George W. Bush. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1970. Hardcover. First Edition. 347 pp. 8vo. Wear and scufing to dust jacket, closed tear at upper right corner of rear panel, light chipping at edges, now in mylar cover. Some soiling to foredge, minor. Clean within.
Inscribed to the previous owner by Richard Scammon on half-title page, previous owner's name also in ink on first free endpaper. Very Good / Very Good. More
