A Collection of Original Art deco Luggage Labels.
Various British and Continental locales. c. 1934. Collection is comprised of 108 original, splendidly Deco coloured labels, from only the finest of Establishments. 50 pgs. Oblong 4to. 10" x 13".....
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French Embroidery Sample Book
Pariws: Maison Sedille - Euc. Unsworth. 1888. A splendidly lavish collection of 520 Art Nouveau-Belle Époque fabric sample swatches including lace, embroidery,brocade, Passementerie, etc. laid-down upon 98 Large Folio pages.....
A Summary of Geography and History, Both Ancient and Modern...
London. T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1816. The Fifth Edition, Corrected. Illustrated with 13 folding copper-engraved maps and 1 folding Astronomical Chart. Complete as issued. Thick 8vo. 5.25" x 8.5"/.....
C Comics - Issue Number 1.
New York. Boke Press, 1964. First Issue. Illustrated throoughout with cartoons by famed underground artist Joe Brainard. Folio. 8.5" x 14". Mimeographed sheets bound in imprinted stapled wrappers. The C......
A Los Toros Album.
Barcelona. Hermanegildo Miralles. 1900. The Second Edition. Illustrated by 28 Aquarelles by Perea. Complete as issued. Oblong Folio. 14.5"x10.5". Extravagantly bound in scarlet piectorial gilt decorated boards, depicting a larged.....
Elements of Psychology: Included in a Critical Examination of Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding.
Hartford. Cooke and Co., 1834. The First Edition in English. Thick 8vo. Bound in full trade leather over boards. Gilt title label. Translated from the French with an introduction, notes.....
The Nightless City : or, The " History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku..
Yokahama: 1899. 1st Edition. Illustrated with colour ( some fold- out ) and monochrome plates. 12mo. Gilt titled brown cloth. The delicious depiction of 19th century Japanese prostitution, noted for.....
The Fasciculus Medicinae of Johannes De Ketham Alemanus.
Milan. R. Lier and Co., 1924. Facsimile of the first (Venetian) edition of 1491. Illustrated with 13 plates in facsimile tipped-on to heavy cardboard stock. Tall Folio. (19" x 15").....
The Roosevelt I Know: Ten Years of Boxing With the President- and Other Memories of Famous Fighting Men.
New York. B.W. Dodge and Co., 1909. The Authorized Special Limited Edition. This is copy number 149 signed in ink by Mike Donovan to the limitation page. Illustrated throughout with.....
Flower and Fruit prints of the early 18th and 19th Centuries- Their History, Makers and Uses, with a Catalogue Raisonne of the Works in Which They Are Found.
Washington D.C. Published by the author. 1938. This book designed and printed by the deeptone process at The Lakeside Press, in a limited edition of 2500 copies, of which 750.....
A Treatise on Carriages...The Joseph T. Cunningham Copy
London. Printed for the Author by J. Debrett. 1794. The First Edition. Bookplate of Joseph T. Cunningham to front pastedown. Illustrated by 53 engraved plates, 9 of which are folding.....
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come.
New York. Charles Scribners Sons. 1931. This Edition Limited to 512 numbered copies of which this is #102. Signed boldly in ink by N.C. Wyeth to the Colophon. Illustrated with.....
Clarets and Sauternes-Classed Growths of the Medoc and Other Famous Red and White Wines of The Gironde.
London. The Wine and Spirit Trade Record. 1920. The First Edition. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs depicting Wineries, Vineyards, Chateaux, bottle labels etc. Approx. 20 pages of wonderful, Art Deco.....
Greater Magic- A Practical Treatise on Modern Magic.
Minneapolis. Carl Waring Jones. 1945. Revised edition. Illustrated throughout with monochrome drawings en texte. Thick 8vo. Bound in pictorial gilt titled red cloth covered boards. A Fine copy in a......
A Gathering of Original Hobo Ephemera.
Cincinnati. c.1947. The collection is comprised of : two handwritten correspondences on official "Knights of the Road- Hoboes of America" stationery from Jeff Davis soliciting the newly published "Knights of.....
A Pictorial History of Jazz - People and Places From New Orleans to Modern Jazz.
New York. Crown Publishers. 1962. Fifth Printing. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs. Small Folio. (8.5"x11") Bound in brown and pink cloth over boards. This copy boldly inscribed in green ink.....
Novum Testamentum, Versione Latina Ariae Montani...
Novi- Eboraci. Typis a Impensis George Long. 1821. Thick 12mo. Bound in full calfskin. Gilt ruled raised bands, morocco label. Text in Greek and latin. Covers rubbed particularly at extremities.....
Facts for Horse Owners: A Pictorial Encyclopedia of Practical Instruction, Embracing the Education, Management, and Care of Horses, etc. etc.
Battle Creek. Magner Publishing Co., 1894. First Edition. Illustrated with 1400 monochrome, duotone and chromolithographic plates and drawings depicting all manner of things equestrian. Thick 4to (6.75" x 9.5"). Bound.....
Guide of Berlin, Potsdam and Environs. A Special Summary from the Notes of the Best Tourists as Baedecker and Others.
Berlin. Max Marcus, Bookseller. n.d. (circa 1885). Illustrated with one very large coloured folding map. 68 pgs. 12mo (6" x 4.5"). Bound in gilt titled red cloth. Wonderful and scarce.....
Scientific Murder Investigation.
Seattle. Institute of Scientific Criminology. 1933. The First Printing. Illustrated with a Frontis depicting a protocol diagram of a murder investigation. 96pps. 32mo. 4.5"x6". Bound in titled, stiff board wrappers.....
From Morn Till Eve, A Text Book for a Month with Tetxs for Morning and Evening.
London and New York. Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton and Co., n.d. (Circa 1894). First Edition. Illustrated throughout with chromolithographic floral vignettes en texte. Printed at Nuremberg by E. Nister.....
The Curtiss Standard JN-4B Military Tractor Hand Book.
Buffalo. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation. 1917. The First Edition. Illustrated with diagrams, 3 of which are fold-outs,detailing the specs and assembly instructions for the airplane.Laid-into volume are two Request.....
Northern California, Oregon and the Sandwich Islands.
New York. Harper and Brothers. 1874. The First Edition. Illustrated with a full page frontis map and further by many plates after wood engravings en texte. 8vo. 6.5" x 9.0".....
Paxton's Magazine of Botany,and Register of Flowering Plants.
London. Bradbury and Evans - Orr and Smith . 1834 - 1849. All First Edition Issues. Illustrated by 524 (of 531) tissue-guarded, hand-coloured engraved or lithographic flower plates by F.W......
The Rezanov to Nueva California in 1806: The Report of Count Nikolai Petrovich Resonov of His Voyage to that Provincia of Nueva Espana from New Archangel. An English Translation Revised and Corrected, With Notes Etc. by Thomas C. Russell.
San Francisco. The Private Press of Thonas C. Russell. 1926. This edition limited to 260 numbered copies of which this is #183. Signed by Thomas C. Russell to limitation page.....