1st ed. Tan wrappers with black lettering. 529 pp., numbered continuously between the two volumes. Vol. I has100 full-page plates and 116 figures and Vol. II 105 full-page plates and 183 figures. One of the great early studies of pottery of this Central American region with copious historical background and discussions of culture, customs, tribes, languages, religion, etc. Condition. Vol 1 Fair: Covers worn, cracks to spine, all corners rubbed. Text block is clean and unmarked, but loosely shaken and cracked at several locations. Vol 2: Poor; similar condition but covers are partially detac... View More...
First edition, 4to, ¼ leather marbled boards. (4), 157; (4), Illustrated with 56 pages of color engravings. Military pistols, rifles, and a few cannon. The first part only of Schmidt's classic work, lacking the separately published 1878 supplement. OCLC locates six copies of this first volume in the U.S.CONDITION: Good. Edges worn, corners rubbed, spine rubbed. Front hinge cracked but fully intact. The text block was printed on thin pulp paper; margins yellowed; a few chips in fep and title page. This condition extends to some of the 56 pp of tables, but about 2/3 were printed on better quali... View More...
8vo, softcover. 297 pp. , 288 pp. Include articles by Miguel Covarrubias: Tlatilco-El Arte y la Cultura Preclasica del Valled de Mexico; El arte “olmeca o de La Venta. Story by Miguel Angel Asturius: Los brujos de la tormenta priveral. Condition: Fair; light wear to covers, some soiling; light cracks on spine; text blocks lightly shaken but intact. View More...
2d edition, in two volumes. 8vo, softcover. 738 pages in total. Spanish translation by Justo Sierra O'Reilly. With 127 plates and illustrations and one large folded map. An mportant archaeological study of Yucatan with extensive historical and ethnographic references. CONDITION: Vol 1: Good+; a clean tight copy with some discoloration to covers. Vol 2 is Poor; partially disbound, but intact, with discoloration and cracking to spine. #####
Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología 1937 - 1938, México. Traducción castellana de Justo Sierra O'Reilly. Con 127 ilustraciones dentro y fuera del te... View More...
1st ed., 4to, illustrated boards. 285 pp. No. 518 of 800 copies. A comprehensive survey of PreColumbian, colonial and post-colonial silverware, object d’art, silver equipment and tack used by the gauchos, silver articles associated with mate and smoking. With historical data about mining in Peru, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil and alphabetical lists of silversmiths and their dates. Text in Spanish. Condition: Good: Covers are sound but worn on all edges and corners, discoloration to front and back panels. Text block is clean with no marks or tears but lightly shaken. Remnants of original glassine... View More...
Published by Isaac Friedenwald, Lithographer & Printer, Baltimore, 1888
Philadelphia: Depot of the Quartermaster's Department, 1888.
First edition, large 4to, pp. [6]; text in triple column; lettered in gilt on upper cover; a very good, sound and clean copy.
First edition. Compiled by direction of the Secretary of War under the Supervision of the Quartermaster General and Inspector General. Large 4to. Lithographic title page, [6] text pages, 12 color chromolithographic plates showing the uniformed men at work and play, plus 13 b/w photo-lithograph plates of uniform decorations and ele... View More...
1st ed., 8vo, iii-322 pp., 29 plates, 4 in color and 126 b/w illustrations in the text. A very clean copy; inscribed by the author on fep. André Gill (17 October 1840 – 1 May 1885) Gill was the most popular and important French caricaturist of his time, known today mostly for his work for the weekly four-sheet satirical newspapers La Lune and L’Eclipse from 1865 to 1876. Waging war against the monarchy with his cartoons, he also became involved in the Paris Commune, illustrating for Jules Vallès' socialist paper, La Rue. Between 1868 and 1873 more than 60 of his cartoons were censored or sup... View More...
Illustrated catalog of classic club car diners by one of the nation’s preeminent manufacturers of portable dining cars. Illustrated with color and b/w photos, testimonials. #####
Condition: Very good. Light edgewear, toning to covers. Light spotting to bottom of first page, otherwise interior fine. View More...
12 1/2'' x 9 1/2''. xxxi, 367, [1] pp. No. 169 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. Profusely illustrated with 597 b/w and color photographs, 2 maps.
Original boards, dust jacket. Text in Spanish. Fair: Clean, bright, unmarked interior, with no damage to text block. Covers shaken and lacking spine. Dust jacket present but toned and tattered. Signed and inscribed by Wasserman on title page. View More...
Concept drawing for the court jester, based upon real life actor Ned Sparks. Art is in black graphite with red and green details and highlights on thin manila paper. Numerous typed production notes. The film is a parody of Mother Goose nursery rhymes using caricatures of Hollywood celebrities of the 1930s.
Rare to see anything from this production.
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Fair condition. Considerable wear to edges with numerous chips and tears, but not affecting the image.
Stamped W.D.P. at bottom right. Artist not identified. Date stamped November 1939; probably an archival reference since the film wa... View More...
1st ed., 4to. Deluxe leatherbound edition, limited to 1200 signed and numbered copies in slipcase. Bragg (1931- 2017) was an American sculptor, painter, artist and author known best for his satirical artwork. His work is displayed in numerous museums and exhibitions and won many awards, including the Gold Medal for the National Society of Illustrators and the Award of Merit from the Art Directors Guild of New York. Fine, with fading to fore-edge of slipcase. View More...
Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1986. 1st ed. 8vo, blue cloth. In 1917, Clarke designed nine small stained glass panels for the library his patron, Laurence Waldroon. The inspiration was a 1909 poem by Synge which satirically describes a selection of great women from the past. The panels were sold at auction to a private collector in 1997 for L331,000; a world record for the artist. This is the first book publication. CONDITION: New, pristine copy. View More...
[Costume] F. Depech / Hippolyte LeComteCostumes Civil et Militaires de la Monarchie Francaise depuis 1200 jusqu'a 1820 [Civil and Military Costumes of the French Monarch from 1200 to 1820]An incomplete set of 80 lithographs depicting the robes and costumes worn by French aristocracy, clergy, and judiciary from the 13th - 19th centuries. From a series of 380 lithographs executed by Hippolyte Le Comte and published 1820-21 by Francois Delpech. Delpech operated the most popular lithographic print shop in Paris; LeComte was a French painter best known for his large scale historical paintings and... View More...
n.d. [circa 1925] 7"x9.5", pictorial wrappers with string tie. 20 pp.
Full-color catalog of handpainted French Period-tiles, now highly collectible. Typed letter of introduction from Geo. Martel laid in. Address label of US sales agent affixed to front cover.
CONDITION: Interior pristine; covers lightly spotted, light crease cross top several tiny edge nicks. View More...
1st ed. Folio, red cloth, 248 pp.; 236 color plates and15 in b/w of fabric designs -- plus bibliography. An Important publication on Peruvian textiles from a private collection. A fine copy in VG-near fine d/w and slipcase. The book itself is as-new. The dustjacket has some light edgewear, especially at top of spine. The cardboard slipcase has a few nicks and very small stains. View More...
1st ed. Fine copy in dustjacket; 4to. This is the fully illustrated compendium of the best Horror, Fantasy Science Fiction Film Art -- posters and cards from the Ronald Borst Collection. View More...
Folio, cloth backed portfolio. Limited to 259 signed copies, 250 of which for sale. This copy no. 109. A memoir of Salzburg, told through twenty large b/w lithographs by Lucie Sayler. One page intro by theater and film producer Reinhardt, signed at bottom. He is regarded as one of the most prominent directors of German-language theatre in the early 20th century.
Also signed by the artist Lucie Sayler. Title page browned from flap transfer with numerous edge tears; plates near fine overall -- but several with minor edge-nicks, several with light soiling at bottom edge; others with some damp-s... View More...
64 pp., DYN (derived from the Greek word κατὰ τὸ δυνατόν, that which is possible) was an art magazine founded by the Austrian-Mexican surrealist Wolfgang Paalen, published in Mexico City, and distributed in New York City, Paris, and London between 1942 and 1944. Only six issues were produced. Condition is poor: Interior is good with some toning but with no tears or markings. Covers soiled and chipped, with front cover detached. First several pages partially detached. Articles by Paalen, Robert Motherwell, Migeul Govarrubias, An... View More...
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1958-1961. 1st editions, 4to, blue wrappers. were conducted Excavation and research of the Mayan ruins at Tikal were conducted under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the government of Guatemala from 1956 through 1969. These are the reports of the first years of excavation and fieldwork. Numerous illustrations and plates throughout. In three volumes: Vol I is Numbers 1-4, 1958; 150 pp; Very Good -- a clean, tight copy with sun fading to edges of covers; Volume 2 is Number... View More...
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