1937. [French], 1937-38. Oblong folio, unpaginated, [1 price list], [14 glossy printed pages], over 500 hand stenciled wallpaper samples with numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list affixed to front pastedown. Original bolted cloth, company logo printed in gilt on blue and red striped diamond shaped paper affixed to upper..... More
1934. [French], 1934-35. Oblong folio, unpaginated, screen-printed wallpaper samples with numbers stamped to verso, with a notice from the distributors affixed to the front pastedown. Original bolted quarter blue cloth, snakeskin-patterned paper boards with title and date stamped in white to upper board and backstrip. Edges slightly worn; very good..... More
1937. [French], 1937-38. Oblong folio, unpaginated, screen-printed wallpaper samples with numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list affixed to front pastedown. Original bolted quarter blue cloth, blue paper boards with title and date stamped in white to upper board and backstrip, leather handle. Edges slightly worn; very good. § A...... More
1936. [French], 1936-37. Oblong folio, unpaginated, screen-printed wallpaper samples with numbers stamped to verso. Original bolted quarter blue cloth, blue paper boards with title and date stamped in white to upper board and backstrip, leather handle. Edges slightly worn, upper board detached; very good. § A thick wallpaper sample book..... More
1930. [German], 1930. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list printed as front pastedown. Original bolted blue cloth, beige paper boards with company logo and simple line-design printed in blue to upper board. Edges slightly worn and chipped..... More
1930. [German], 1930. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list printed as front pastedown. Original bolted blue cloth, beige paper boards with company logo and simple line-design printed in blue to upper board. Edges slightly worn and chipped..... More
1930. [German], 1930. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list inlaid to front pastedown. Original bolted black cloth with title and company monogram printed in gray, and marbled paper boards. Edges slightly frayed and chipped, faint scattered stains..... More
1930. Copenhagen: [circa 1930]. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list inlaid to front pastedown. Original bolted boards, black paper wrappers with embossed snakeskin texture and distributor information printed in green. Edges slightly frayed and chipped, faint scattered..... More
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1930. [Switzerland], [circa 1930s]. 2 vols., oblong 4to, unpaginated, hundred of full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s description inlaid to first pastedown. Original bolted green cloth, with company logo and catalogue number stamped to upper board in black. Edges slightly frayed and chipped; internally..... More
San Francisco: N.A. Wolcott, 1894. Sm. 8vo, 148pp. Original yellow printed wrappers. § A scarce City directory of which 7500 copies were printed according to a notice in the back. More
1880. New York: Charles E. Graham & Co., n.d. [1880]. Thin 4to., [12] pp., black and orange printed illustrations. Color lithograph wrappers, staple bound. Significant chipping to edges, pages coming loose from staples, wrappers somewhat discolored; fragile but still good. § Puss in Boots Series No. 018. OCLC: 37875585... More
1839. [circa 1839-1860]. Daguerreotype approx. 2 3/4 x 3”, embossed copper mat, calf case 3 1/4 x 3 3/4” with a lily embossed on both sides, with a metal clasp, and a satin pillow to interior opposite the image which is protected by glass with a velvet and brass border..... More
1900. Wurzen bei Leipzig, n.d. [circa 1900s]. Oblong folio, 16 pp., inlaid chromolithographic rug samples, with five textile samples inlaid on lower pastedown (lacking one), all with tissue guards, text in gilt. Brown and silver cloth boards, with original cord in block-stitching; very good. § Trade catalogue of the Wurzner..... More
1992. Los Angeles: Zamorano Club, 1992. Small folio. xii, 93 pp. Clothbacked decorative boards, gilt spine. A fine copy. § First edition, one of 200 copies printed for the 21st Joint Meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. Designed and set by Old Mill Graphics, South Pasadena. An excellent..... More
1907. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1907. Small 4to, three folded linen sheets [12] pp., color printed cover title and lower wrapper, illustrations printed in black and red on linen. Stapled pictorial linen wrappers. Clean copy with minor foxing and slight fraying at the top edge; very good. § Scarce..... More
1913. Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1913. Slim small 4to., [10] pp., four full page color illustrations and illustrated cover title, illustrations also in text. Pictorial wrappers, stab-sewn. Some tears and chipping to edges; good copy. § Number 114. Early printing of the same edition which would have been..... More
1955. San Francisco: 1955. Single black and white photograph, 13 1/4 x 10 3/8”, mounted on 1/8” thick board. Signed by Ansel Adams to lower right-hand corner, with his studio stamp, ‘131 - 24th Avenue San Francisco,’ and "Neg. No. AA-COM-1-83" to the back. Very good on a slightly toned..... More
1963. Seattle: University of Washington Press, [1963]. Large 4to, xiv, 337 pages. Illustrations to title-page and fly titles after works by Blake. Original cloth, dust-jacket. Annotated and underlined throughout in ink by Kay Long. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 780: “particularly useful”. More
1913. Cream of Wheat Company: 1913. 10” x 13.5”color printed advertisement, with another color ad to the verso. Small damp stain to the lower edge; very good. § Print from a painting by Edward Brewer. Caption: “Oh, I done forgot dat Cream of Wheat.” Depicts a racist caricature of an..... More
1931. Newton: Gregynog Press, 1931. Folio, [8], 146, [1, colophon]pp. With woodcuts throughout by Parker. Original tan calf, backstrip lettered in black, slipcase, slight scraping to lower edge from slipcase. Internally as new. § Number 33 of an edition of 250 copies. Agnes Miller Parker was one of the greatest..... More
1950. Ithica, New York: Elfriede Abbe, 1950. 4to, [vi], 70, [2 index] pp., woodcut title-page, five full-page woodcuts and numerous smaller woodcuts of animals, scenes and figures from the text. Quarter black cloth and marbled paper boards, printed paper label inlaid to backstrip. Board edges slightly rubbed, occasional faint finger..... More
1793. London: Printed for John Stockdale, Picadilly, 1793. 2 vols. roy. 8vo, (2), lxv, (3), 189; (2), xi, (1), 248 pp. Engraved title pages and 110 engravings. Early half red morocco, gilt backstrips, raised bands, marbled boards and edges; a gorgeous copy with superb impressions of the plates in virtually..... More
1669. Bruxelles: François Foppens, 1669. 12mo, engraved general title (trimmed with slight loss at foot), (8), 412, (8, index)pp. With 147 engravings in the text by Pieter Van der Borcht. Recent full calf, marbled edges, gilt backstrip, black label. A good clean copy though trimmed a little close to the..... More
1708. London : printed for J. Churchill, at the Black-Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, 1708. 8vo, [8], xvi, 326, [2]pp. With the final advertisement leaf. Old speckled calf, upper cover rehinged, a bit worn but internally very good. § First edition, widely held in Institutions but very scarce in commerce -- the..... More
1936. London: George Harrap, 1936. Small 4to, 313, [i] pp. 12 full page engravings with numerous smaller engravings decorating the first letter of each fable. Original stiff vellum, gilt titles to backstrip, gilt rule to covers, with small pictorial decorations to corners and center, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others..... More
