The RISE Of ROMANTIC OPERA.; Edited by Winton Dean.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Rpt. 198 pp (including index). 8vo. Dark brown cloth with gold spine lettering. Dust jacket.
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A CHINESE MIRROR Being Reflections of the Reality behind Appearance.
Boston & New York / London: Houghton Mifflin Company / Jonathan Cape Ltd, (n. d.). Early printing, ca mid-1920s. 464 pages, including Index. Illustrated; folding map at rear. 8vo. Red cloth spine over gold & silver polka dot patterned red cloth boards. No dust jacket.
TENNIS For The JUNIOR Player The CLUB Player The EXPERT...; Spalding's Athletic Library. No. 510B
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, (1928). 1st edition thus, and 3rd edition overall (? Cf. Phelps & Sabine, p. 195). [4], 68; 76; 62, [14] pp. Divisional t.p. for each section. Adverts at front & rear, with front dated 6-28. Frontis & other internal photographic illustrations of Tilden, Johnston...
FIRMA BURGI, or An Historical Essay Concerning the Cities, Towns and Buroughs of England.; Taken from Records. By Thomas Madox Esquire, His Majesties Historiographer.
London: Printed by William Bowyer; and Sold by Robert Gosling, 1726. 1st Edition (Goldsmith 6493). [24], 297, [31] pp. Subscriber list in prelims; index at rear. T.p. copperplate vignette. Head- tailpieces. Copperplate cuts. Folio. 15-3/4" x 10". Period full calf paneled boards with renewed tips & later respining to style.
WOOD CARVING: Design and Workmanship.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1937. Second Edition. xxiii, [24] - 310, [10] pp. Illustrated with drawings. 12mo. Original publisher's linen cloth spine over green paper-wrapped boards.
ROSE RECIPES.
London: Routledge, 1939. 1st Edition. xiv, [15] - 94, [2] pp. Decorated by Helen Kapp. 12mo. Black cloth binding decorated in pink. Black paper dust jacket printed in pink.
THIS MAN HAS A BIG MOUTH.; And He's Trying to Keep Us from Speaking Out.
(California). (1978). 1st Printing. Broadside, letterpress printed. One large pictorial portrait of Senator John Briggs. 14-1/2" x 23". Single sheet, red ink stencil illustration, black ink text. Senator John Briggs was the man behind California Proposition 6 (Nov. 7 1978) which would have banned gays, lesbians and anyone else who...
The WONDEROUS TRANSFORMATION Of CATERPILLARS.; Fifty Engravings Selected from ERUCARUM ORTUS (1718). With an Introduction by William T. Stern.
Ilkley, Yorkshire: Scolar Press, 1978. 1st Edition thus. #29 / 500 cc. 32 pages of text. 50 reproductions of the the original engravings. 8vo. Original publisher's faux vellum spine over grey paper boards; gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Green topstain. Green eps. Slipcase of printed green paper.
DIRECTIONS For A KITCHEN GARDEN.
Barre, Masstts: Barre Publishers. Printed by David Godine, 1970. 1st Edition. Limited to 1000cc. SIGNED by the illustrator. Unpaginated. Wood engravings by Tyler. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding, with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Slipcase, with printed paper title label to one side.
SOME ENGLISH GARDENS.; After Drawings by George S. Elgood, R.I. With Notes by Gertrude Jekyll.
London: Longmans Green and Co., 1905. Third Edition. xii, 128 pp. Profusely illustrated with inserted color plates. Small folio. 13-7/8" x 10-1/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping. TEG. Heavy book - additional postage necessary.
PHOTOGRAPH Of MONTGOMERY CASTLE.
(n.p.). (n.d.). Broadside, a plate pulled out from a book. Black and white photograph. 5-1/2" x 8-1/4". Loose leaf, black lettering. Ink marking reads " Castle of Sir Richard Herbert". Photo courtesy of Valentine & Sons, Ltd.
LANDSCAPE.; Art ist Monograph.
New York. McGraw - Hill Book Company. 1975. 1st Edition. (full number sequence). [vii], 74 pp. Illustrated. 9-1/4" x 8-1/2". Sage green wrappers, with black lettering, black and white photograph to upper wrapper.
The GENESIS Of BRITISH EGYPTOLOGY 1549 - 1906.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1971). 1st ed. 171 pp (including index), illustrated with plates, 8vo.
APERTURE MAGAZINE 16.3.
New York. 1972. 1st Printing. Unpaginated. Illustrated from photographs. Cover photograph by Jay Dusard (1937 -). 9-3/4" x 8-6/8". Original paper covers. Photographs and words by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Eric Schroeder, Roger Lipsey, Eric Johnson and Lincoln Kirstein.
PAUL CAPONIGRO.; An Aperture Monograph.
New York. Aperture, Inc., 1972. 1st Edition thus. (Also published as Aperture 13.1 in 1967.). [1-6], 7-73, [74-77], [3 (blank)] pp. Illustrated from photographs. Cover photograph by Paul Caponigro (1932 -). 9-3/4" x 8-6/8". Original paper covers. All works by Paul Caponigro.
APERTURE MAGAZINE 13.1, 1967.; Paul Caponigro.
New York. Published intermittently in Rochester, New York. Printed by Davis, Delaney, Inc., New York City. 1967. 1st Printing. [1 (blank)], 57, [58-62] pp. Illustrated from photographs. Cover photograph by Paul Caponigro (1932 -). 9-1/4" x 8". Original paper covers. All works by Paul Caponigro.
APERTURE MAGAZINE 12:3, 1965.
New York. Published intermittently in Rochester, New York. Printed by Morgan Press, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. 1965. 1st Printing. [93-106], 107-131, [132-136] pp. Illustrated from photographs. Cover photograph by Marie Cosindas (1923 -). 9-1/4" x 8". Original paper covers, stapled. Works by John Brook, Joan Miró, Edmund Teske, Minor White and...
APERTURE MAGAZINE 12:1, 12:2 1965.; Edward Weston.
New York. Published intermittently in Rochester, New York. Printed by Robert Hart Printing Co., Inc. New York, New York. 1965. 1st Printing. [1-6], 7-87, [88] pp. Illustrated from photographs. 9-1/4" x 8". Original paper covers. Photographs and words by Edward Weston (1886 - 1958).
APERTURE MAGAZINE 11:1 1964.; Barbara Morgan.
New York. Published quarterly in Rochester, New York. Printed by Morgan Press / Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. 1964. 1st Printing. [1-7], 8-36, [37-44] pp. Illustrated from photographs. Cover photograph by Barbara Morgan (1900 - 1992). 9-1/4" x 8". Original paper covers, stapled. As Minor wrote in the editorial "Of the several...
APERTURE MAGAZINE 9:1 1961.
New York. Published quarterly in Rochester, New York. Printed by Smith-Hart in Rochester, N. Y.. 1961. 1st Printing. [1-19], 20-41, [42-44] pp. Illustrated from photographs. Cover photograph by Jack Franks. 9-1/4" x 8". Original paper covers, stapled. Photographs and writings by Jack Franks, Robert Frank, Jonathan Williams, Edna Bennett and Walter Chappell.
APERTURE MAGAZINE 8:1 1960.; Alfred Stieglitz by Dorothy Norman.
San Francisco / New York. Published quarterly in Rochester, New York. Printed by Smith-Hart in Rochester, N. Y.. 1960. 1st Printing. [1-3], 4-66, [67-68] pp. Illustrated from photographs. Cover photograph of Alfred Stieglitz by Dorothy Norman (1905 - 1997). 9-1/4" x 8". Original paper covers, stapled. Photographs by Dorothy Norman...
APERTURE MAGAZINE 7:1 1959.
San Francisco / New York. Published by Minor White & Shirley Burden in Rochester, New York. Printed by Lawton Kennedy in San Francisco. 1959. 1st Printing. [1-3], 4-42, [43-44] pp. Illustrated from photographs. Cover photograph by David Rowinski (1936 - ). 9-1/4" x 8". Original paper covers, stapled. Photographs by...
SHANGHAI: DYNASTY.
(n.p.). Activistion. 1997. 1st Printing. 136 pp. Illustrated. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Illustrated wrappers, gray leaves with black lettering. This is the guide that came with the computer game Shanghai: Dynasty, which is a collection of mah-jongg tile games. This game still exists, though this manual is from 1997 and explains...
DODGE DART CATALOG. Including one slip.; The GT Series. The 270 Series. The 170 Series.
U.S.A. Dodge Division; Chrysler Motor Corporation. 1964. 1st Printing. 12 pp. unnumbered. Color illustrations. Catalog: 11" x 8-1/4"; Slip: 10" x 7". Yellow and orange illustrated wrappers, stapled. Slip is white card stock, with decorative boarder printed in black ink. Both now housed in a mylar sleeve. "The Family Size...
THIRTY-EIGHT WITNESSES.; Her Silent Neighbors Looked on While a Young Woman was Stabbed to Death in 3 Separate Attacks During 35 Minutes...
New York. McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1964. First Edition, stated. 87 pp. Black and white photographs throughout. 7-3/4" x 5". Black paper wrapped boards, silver lettering to back strip, in original dust jacket.