1981. New York: The Museum Of Modern Art, [1981-1985]. 4 vols. 4tos. pp. 177, [1 leaf]; 190, [2]; 185, [1 leaf]; 182, [1]. profusely illustrated in black and white. Maroon cloth, pictorial dust-wrappers. A very good set; trivial rubbing to the dust-wrappers, upper board of Vol.2 bumped, internally..... More
1995. New York: Museum of Modern Art, Distributed by Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1995. 4to, 256 pp. 201 illustrations. Black cloth and pictorial dust-jacket. Minor wear to top of dust-jacket spine panel, page margins faintly toned, near fine. § The history of American photography, from the..... More
1907. Privately Printed -- Dodd, Mead & Company, Wormsloe, 1907. 2 vols. Large 8vo, 369; 328 pp. Frontispieces of Lumpkin in both vols. Maroon cloth, backstrips lettered in gilt. A square, sound set, backstrips a little sunned, light rubbing to the corners boards, internally clean. Very good. § Limited edition..... More
1943. New York: Whittlesey House, 1943. 8vo, 384 pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt, pictorial dust-jacket. A bright, near fine copy with just a slight bump to the lower corner of lower board slightly, in a very good, priced clipped dustjacket, with a few small chips and closed tears and..... More
1812. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812. 8vo, xv, 167 pp. With fore-edge painting. Straight-grained green morocco gilt. Considerably worn with old tape repair to backstrip, blue endpapers, all edges gilt. Bookplates of William Hartman Woodin and Anne Livesey. § Attractive fore-edge painting of a man launching a...... More
1939. Dallas, TX: Cecil Baugh, 1939. 8vo, xiv, 376 pp. Black & white illustrations. Brown cloth with silver lettering and image of cowboy & his horse on front cover. Cloth very lightly rubbed; a very good copy without dust-jacket. § First edition. Short histories of some of the famous Texas..... More
1824. New York: N. Bangs and T. Mason for the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1824. 8vo, ix, 432 pp. Full sheep, flat spine, red label on backstrip. Considerably worn, foxed, and stained, frontispiece torn. A good copy only. § First American edition, published the same year by J & T Clarke..... More
1966. New York: George Braziller, n.d. [1966]. Folio. 103 plates with captioned tissue-guards. Quarter brown morocco with cloth covered boards, backstrip with raised bands and gilt titles. Original cloth and printed paper slipcase. Backstrip rubbed and worn (as usual), slipcase scuffed and with a small split, internally a...... More
1795. London: Printed by T. Maiden for J. Johnson [etc.], 1801. 2 vols. 8vo, xv, (1), 248 (Preliminary Discourse), 264, (12, index); viii, 519, (12, index)pp. Engraved folding map of Arabia, three genealogical tables (two folding), and a folding plate illustrating "The Temple of Mecca." Early twentieth century half calf..... More
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1860. New York: American Bible Society, 1860. 8vo, 408 pp. Printed in two columns. Original blind-stamped leather boards, backstrip lettered in gilt. Boards considerably rubbed, backstrip faded, foot chipped, upper joint cracking. Endpapers removed, staining and toning, doodles on the insides of the boards and a few messy notes suggesting..... More
1798. London: T. Bensley for F.J. Du Roveray, 1798. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. Each with a fore-edge painting. Red straight-grain morocco gilt, backstrips with black and green labels, green endpapers, all edges gilt. Backstrips rubbed and faded, boards scuffed, large stain on lower board of vol. 2.; frontispiece..... More
2005. Carmel, CA: Photography West Graphics, 2005. Oblong 4to (12.25 x 12 inches), 124 pp. 50 full-page tri-toned black and white plates. Pink cloth lettered in silver, pictorial dust-jacket, matching slipcase. Near fine; one corner slightly bumped. § Centennial edition, no. 33 of 100 copies signed by Bernhard. First issued..... More
2007. New York: Aperture Foundation, 2007. Oblong large folio (20 x 16 inches). Signed by Misrach at the front. 80 pages. 38 color photographic plates (including 9 double-page spreads), plus 7 text illustrations. As new in the publisher's mailer. § A stunning monograph from one of the pioneers in the..... More
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1809. Paris: Colas, 1809. 12mo (95 x 165 mm), iv, c.250 pp. The secret compartment is revealed following page 40, carved from the remaining text block which has been glued together. Contemporary binding of speckled calf, backstrip richly gilt with red and black labels. Board tips and joints worn, backstrip..... More
1896. [Chicago]: printed at the Auvergne Press by William H. Winslow and Chauncey L. Williams, 1896. Very slim 8vo, 27, (2, colophon and note)pp. Original red cloth lettered in gilt, chipped at head and foot of spine, neatly restored. Bookplate on front pastedown. Inscribed by the publisher. § Edition limited..... More
1833. Genoa: Yves Gravier, 1833. Small 8vo, (2, publisher's ads), vi, 298 pp., folding map of the city, and 14 other plates, one folding. Quarter vellum with marbled boards; vellum darkened, board edges worn, occasional browning, but in general a lovely crisp copy. Signature of V. Mott dated December 19th..... More
1802. Edinburgh: Printed by Oliver & Co., 1802. 16mo, 131 pp. Portrait frontispiece and 6 plates hand colored. Printed music throughout. Contemporary straight-grained morocco, paneled in gilt, backstrip gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, expertly rebacked. Light scuffs to the lower board, small smudge on title page, a very good..... More
1966. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarun Ltd. for the World Publishing Company, 1966. Folio, unpaginated. Green cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Cloth lightly rubbed and bumped; internally fine. Without dust-jacket. § Fine facsimile edition of the first English edition of the world’s first sea atlas, containing charts, coastal views and..... More
1966. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarun Ltd. for the World Publishing Company, 1966. Folio, unpaginated. Yellow cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Small faint spot to upper board, long light scuff to lower board; internally fine. Without dust-jacket. § A fine facsimile edition of the second edition of Ptolemy to include..... More
1525. Strasbourg, 1513. 16.25 x 22.25 inches. Framed map, uncolored; chip to top margin repaired, missing 2.5 letters of the title supplied in neat manuscript, frame lightly scuffed, very good. Not examined out of frame. § This map appeared in Waldseemüller’s 1513 edition of Ptolemy’s influential Geographia, printed by Waldsemüller’s..... More
1789. London: Stockdale and Goulding, 1789. 4to, xii, 384, xl pp., with 6 folding copper-engraved charts, and 13 copper-engraved plates (of 14, lacking the “sketch of the west side of Montague Island) including port. The bird plates are uncolored as issued (though often found colored). Modern calf antique, joints a...... More
1773. London: 1773. 8 vols, 4to, and one vol. folio. 20th century half calf with linen paper-covered sides, backstrip tooled in gilt with green volume labels. Backstrips and board tips quite worn with splitting and some loss of calf, scattered foxing, signature “St. John” dated 1785 on the three title..... More
1830. London: Burnside and Seeley, 1830. Framed, colored map; lightly toned, very good condition. Not examined out of frame. § A single map from Quin’s An historical atlas; in a series of maps of the world as known at different periods... forming together a general view of universal history, from..... More
1830. London: Burnside and Seeley, 1830. Framed, colored map; lightly toned, single spot of foxing in margin, frame lightly scuffed, very good. Not examined out of frame. § A single map from Quin’s An historical atlas; in a series of maps of the world as known at different periods... forming..... More
1572. Cologne, 1572-1617. 18 7/8 x 12.75 inches. Framed map, hand colored; one small hole and one small spot in the margin, one small hole and one small spot within the plate, frame lightly scuffed, over all very good condition. Not examined out of frame. § Fine example with early..... More
