WONDER Of The AGE. Master Painters of India 1100 - 1900.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2011). 1st Edition. 224 pp. Illustrated in color. 10-7/8" x 9-5/8". Green cloth binding. Color pictorial glossy paper dust jacket. More
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REPENTANT MONK. Illustion and Disillusion in the Art of Chen Hongshou.; Appendix by Jude Jaw.
[Berkeley, CA]: University of California Press, (2017). 1st Edition. 196, [2] pp. Publisher presentation letter laid-in. Illustrated. 11-3/4" x 8-1/2". Hardback. Dust jacket. Includes essays by Tamara H. Bentley, Patricia Berger, Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Shi-yee Liu, and Richard Vinograd. More
STUDIES In DICKENS. Chautauqua Home Reading Series.
Chautauqua: Chautauqua Press, 1910. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 840). 295 pp. 12mo. Red cloth binding with black stamped lettering. More
LOT Of 90+ BLACK & WHITE CAPTIONED PHOTO SHEETS DEPICTING And DESCRIBING CALIFORNIA LIFE & DIVERS POINTS Of INTEREST.
(n. p.): Ca 1932. Individual sheets of photographic paper with, at top, a b/w photographic image [~ 5-1/4" x 6-1/2"], with typed descriptive text underneath. All images with identifying alpha-numeric ID, e.g., A-1. Sheet: 11" x 7-3/4". All housed in a 3-hole plastic sheet holders. A wide ranging group of..... More
VISIT From ST. NICHOLAS. [Moore's St. Nicholas - Cover Title]. Illuminated by M. Ogden.
New York: (1951). Facsimilie edition from Life magazine (Marshall #463). 16 pp. Color illustrations throughout by M. Ogden. 6-7/8" x 5-1/8". Beige printed paper wrappers, stapled. A color facsimilie of a calligraphic manuscript of the poem created and "illuminated" in 1855 by Moore's daughter for her husband, J. D. Ogden..... More
A LETTER To The PRIME MINISTER, And FIRST LORD Of The ADMIRALTY, From A CAPTAIN In The ROYAL NAVY, on the Extension of the NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS of the Country.; With an Engraved Sketch of the Body of FALMOUTH HARBOUR; wherein it is Proved that this Harbour, from the combination of Situation, Safety, Ease of Entrance, Capacity, and extreme susceptibility of improvement, is the First Harbour in Great Britain for all Naval Purposes connected with the Atlantic Ocean.
London: Printed for J. Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1810. 1st Edition. 50 pp. Large folding plate, "A Sketch of the Body of Falmouth Harbour, and its Deep Channels", as frontispiece. 4to. 8-5/8" x 6-3/4". Later plain black cloth binding. Somewhat uncommon work on the subject, with OCLC only showing a handful of..... More
PAPER SONG.; Introduction by Peter Whigham.
Santa Barbara: Ross-Erikson, Publishers, 1984. 1st Edition. 126, [4] pp 8-3/4" x 6". Glossy white paper covers, printed in black. More
A GREAT MYSTERY SOLVED: Being a Continuation of and Conclusion to "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" (The Unfinished Work of Charles Dickens).
London: Sampson Low Marston & Co., [1914]. 1st one volume edition, Colonial issue (Cox 549). xi, [5], 302 pp. Stamped to t.p. upper margin: "For Sale in India and British Colonies Only" Crown 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5". Dark blue cloth binding with light blue stamping, gilt stamped spine lettering. No..... More
GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
New York: James G. Gregory, Publisher, 1861. 1st edition thus, e.g., 1st 2-volume edition, and 2nd US edition (Gimbel D38; Smith AMERICAN, 13 [pp. 379 - 380]). 2 volumes (336; 334 pp). Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in Volume I; by John Gilbert in Volume II. Tissue guards, with..... More
A MAGIC WORLD. New Visions of Indian Painting.
Mumbai: The Marg Foundation, 2016. 1st Edition. 129, [3] pp (including Index). Illustrated in color. 12-3/8" x 9-5/8". Color pictorial composition binding with dust jacket that replicated binding graphics. More
SRINGAR. An Exhibition Celebrating Divine and Erotic Love. 23 October - 23 November 2007.
London: Francesca Galloway, 2007. 1st Printing. 136 pp. Illustrated in color. 12-7/16" x 9-5/8". Full color pictorial paper covers. More
INDIAN MINIATURES And PAINTINGS From the 16th to the 19th Century.; The Collection of Howard Hodgkin.
Milan: Electa, 1997. 1st Edition. 150, [2] pp. Illustrated in color. 11" x 9-13/16". Color paper cover. More
WORDS WORTH LESS; Open Places Poets Series #5.
Providence: Burning Deck. Printed & designed by Rosmarie Waldrop. (1973). 1st edition. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the authors. Limited to 500 cc, this #316. Unpaginated. 8vo. Plain taupe paper covers. Printed taupe paper dust wrapper. More
The ROAD Is EVERYWHERE or Stop This Body.; Open Places Poets Series #5.
Columbia, Missouri: Open Places Stephen College Printed by William R. Brown, Co. Providence R.I., (1978). 1st edition. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the author. [12], 80, [2] pp. Illustrated with b/w photographic images by Amy Stromsten. 8vo. B/W glossy photograpich covers. More
OAKLAND BERKELEY : : ALAMEDA CITY DIRECTORY 1922.; Comprising an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Firms and Private Citizens of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Piedmont, Emeryville and San Leandro, a Directory of the City and County Officers, Churches, Public and Private Schools, Benevolent, Literary and other Associations, Incorporated Institutions, Etc.
Oakland, Cal. Compiled and Published by Polk-Husted Directory Co., 1922. 1st edition thus, i.e., for this year. Cf. Rocq 24 for the series. 2 - 1715, [1] pp. Directory begins on p. [115], adverts prior, printed on bright yellow paper. Occasional inserted advert leaves, not included in pagination. Thick 8vo..... More
POLK-HUSTED DIRECTORY CO'S FRESNO CITY And FRESNO COUNTY DIRECTORY 1916. Volume IX.; Comprising an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Firms, Professional Men and Private Citizens, an Improved Stree Guide, a Thorough County Directory and Rural Free Delivery Routes, a Complete Householders Guide and a a Classified Business Directory "The Buyers' Guide"
Sacramento, Cal: Polk-Husted Directory Co., [1916]. 1st Edition thus, i.e., for this year. Cf Rocq 1848. 547, [1 (blank)] pp. Blue cloth edge tab at start of "Directory of Householders" 9-1/2" x 6". White cloth binding with black printing [adverts]. Edge printing. Scarce work in the trade, other than our..... More
POLK-HUSTED DIRECTORY CO'S FRESNO And COALINGA CITY And FRESNO COUNTY DIRECTORY 1914. Vol. VII.; Comprising an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Firms Professional Men and Private Citizens, an Improved Stree Guide, a Thorough County Directory and Rural Free Delivery Routes, a Classified Business Directory and a Complete Householders Guide.
Sacramento, Cal: Polk-Husted Directory Co., [1914]. 1st Edition thus, i.e., for this year. Cf Rocq 1848. 3, [1 (blank(], 492 pp. 3 pages of adverts at front, "Fresno's Leading Japanese Business Men." Yellow cloth edge tab at start of "Rural Routes" 9-1/2" x 6". Green cloth binding with black printing..... More
CHARLES DICKENS. Catalogue 206.
Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop Inc, (n. d.). 1st printing. [4], 108 pp. Several b/w and color images. 9" x 7". Color illustrated laminated paper wrappers with tan title lettering printed to front wrapper and spine. More
ARMA VIRUMQUE CANO. A Poem.
Pasadena: California: The Untide Press, 1950. 1st Edition. 500 cc. Unpaginated. Text printed in Bembo and Futura types, hand-set. Linoleum cut decorations by Kemper Nomland Jr. 8vo. Buff paper covers, printed in black. More
JEWISH POLITICS In VIENNA 1918 - 1938.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1991). 1st edition. 272, [6] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
The ANANDA - VANA Of INDIAN ART. Dr. Anand Krishna Felicitation Volume.
Varanasi: Indica Books, 2004. 1st Edition. 605, [3] pp. Profusely illustrated. 10-7/8" x 8-5/8". Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
HOT POPSICLES.
Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, (2005). 1st Edition. x, 70 pp. 9" x 6". Purple paper covers, pritned in yellow, red & white. More
NOTES On NURSING: What It Is, and What It Is Not.
London: Harrison, 59, Pall Mall, Bookseller to the Queen. (n. d.). 1st edition, early issue with advert eps & 'Right of Translation' slug to t.p. (Bishop & Goldie 4i; Garrison & Morton, 1612; 100 Famous Medical Books, 71). ASSOCIATION COPY, x 2. 79, [1 (blank)]. Printed glosses. 8vo. 8-3/8" x...... More
GODDESS DURGA. The Power and the Glory.
Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2009. 1st Edition. 200 pp. Illustrated, primarily in color. 12" x 9-3/4". Hardback. Red & black dust jacket. More
RATURE. The Art of Indian Textiles.
New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2011. 1st Edition. 244 pp (including Index) Illustrated, primarily in color. 12-1/2" x 9-1/2". Hardback. Dust jacket. More