Florence: maschietto&ditore, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 150 p. w/ color and b&w illus., bibliographical note. A study of Bernini's sculpture, focusing on biographical details and his sculptural process. More
New York, NY: Garland, 1979. Hardcover. Thick octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. First two pages creased lengthwise. 642 p. w/ 332 b&w plates, footnotes, bibliography, appendix. A study of Chapels of the Sacrament in various Venetian churches and as a special Venetian development. More
New York, NY: Garland, 1976. Hardcover. Thick octavo (standard siz). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. First two pages creased lengthwise. 574 p. w/ 184 b&w plates, footnotes, bibliography, appendices - including a fold out appendix on attributions of sculptures. A study of the Arco Foscari, a triumphal..... More
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press / the Press at California State University, Fresno, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Squarish octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 308 p. w/ illus, appendix. A collection of numerous letter chronicling this great architectural endeavor, from the..... More
New York, NY: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1957. First American edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo (oversized). Originally published in Germany in 1927. Wear to edges and corners of dj, with chipping. Small pieces missing from dj at head and heel of spine and lower front corner. Dj spine tanned. Slight soiling..... More
Bern: Bentelli, 1990. First edition. hardcover in slipcase. Squarish quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and slipcase. Hand numbered 164 of 195 copies, with limited edition numbered wood engraving laid in (number matches the book limitation) and embossed with the monogram stamp of the artist. 187..... More
Mt. Pleasant, MI: printed by John Cumming. First edition. Pamphlet. Think pamphlet. Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. [ 6 ] 39 p. A collecton of very 50 short pieces from the author first printed in the Lansing State Journal in 1950. Carey, 73 in 1950, drew upon..... More
Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). With original slipcase. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, dust jacket, and slipcase. Hand numbered 78 of 200 copies. SIGNED by de Camp on the limitation page. Sixteen fantastic short stories featuring Willy Newberry, banker. Very..... More
Philadelphia: John E. Potter, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo (standard size). In original green pebbled boards. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Corners bumped. Gilt on spine is worn off. Original brown endpapers. Slight foxing to edges of textblock. 372 p. w/ folded hand colored map of..... More
Ashcroft, B.C., Canada: Ash-Tree Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 11 short stories and one essay from this Michigan writer, including the 1977 World Fantasy Award winning "There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding". Last four paragraphs of..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. Name and address of former owner in ink on flyleaf. 371 p. w/ 2 maps, footnotes, bibliography, indices, and 12 appendices. An important biographical study..... More
Washington DC: 1851. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Rebound with red buckram on spine, and black buckram on boards. Gilt titling on spine. Ownership signature in ink by Pulitzer Prize winning author A. B, Guthrie, who also wrote the screenplay for Shane. Pages have light foxing, a bit of..... More
Philadelphia: John Campbell, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Three quarter black leather binding, ruled in gilt, with dark blue cloth over boards, and blue endpapers. 5 raised bands, with title, author, and year in gilt. Slight wear to edge and corners, a bit more at spine. A few..... More
London: for White and Cochrane, by Richard Taylor and Co., 1811. First edition. Hardcover. 2 octavos (standard size). Contemporary early 19th c. three quarter leather binding, with rubbed marbeled paper over boards. Some wear at edges and corners. Leather on spine is dry and chipping (more so v. 1) but..... More
Cincinnati, OH: H. W. Derby & Co., Publishers, 1854. Hardcover. Thick octavo (standard size). Original binding, chipping at head of spine. Some wear to edges and corners of boards. Ex-library. Remnant of sticker on spine, library name in a cursive hand with gift sticker on pastdown. Old library notations in..... More
Boston: John H. A. Frost and Charles Stimson, Jr., 1826. Hardcover. Duodecimo (smaller than standard). Missing the folding map, sadly. Rebound with a brown leather spine and marbeled paper covered boards. Edges of textblock slightly soiled. Old name of former owner on flyleaf. Light foxing to many pages. A couple..... More
La Salle, IL: Open Court Publishing, 1928,1930. First edition. Hardcover. Octavos (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners. Vol. I is first dition, Vol. II is a second printing, 1930. Covers are a bit faded at spines and along spines and top edges on covers. Slight foxing at top..... More
Salem, MA / Boston MA: Naturalist's Agency / Estes & Lauriat, 1874. First edition. hardcover w/ illustrated front board. Tall octavo (standard size). Wear to edges and corners of boards, with bumping at corners. Slight scuffing to front board, but still very sharp and attractive. Rear board has some rising..... More
Norwalk, CT. Easton Press, 1991. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Illustrated. Easton bookplate with owner's name written in on the free endpaper. Black Leather, gilt lettering and designs to spine and front board, along with Wyeth illustration on center of front board. An..... More
Norwalk, CT. Easton Press, 1991. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Illustrated. Easton bookplate with owner's name written in on the free endpaper. Dark green leather, gilt lettering and designs to spine and front board, along with Wyeth illustration on center of front board..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. 2nd printing, 2008. Hardcover. Thick, tall octavo (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 969-1757 p. w/ footnotes, musical notation, bibliography, index. This second volume of a 2 volume work covers the Stravinsky's Swiss period, works written during WWI..... More
Hartford, CT: Robins and Smith, 1844. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Thin, small octavo (standard size). Wear at edges and corners, more so at head and heel of spine. Top and edges of boards faded, but gilt titles still clear on spine. Old library and withdrawn stamps on pasedown..... More
Vestal, NY: Vestal Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 185 p. w/ b&w illus, and technical drawings, endnotes, glossary, bibliography, index. A detailed history of the early years of this particular retail support industry, the original point of..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd., 1991. Paperback. Thick octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 506 p. w/ endnotes, select bibliography, index. A survey of utopian literature since the 1880s and a look at its future, focusing on science and socialism. More
Nashville, TN: Battery Press, 1992. Reprint. hardcover in illustrated boards. Complete set. 3 thin quarto volumes (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners. Name of former owner on flyleaf of v.1. Maps, drawings, b&w photo illustrations, awards and decorations. A detailed and thorough history of the Division in the Korean..... More
