The Application of Art to Manufactures by Mason, George C - 1858

Taipei: Distributor Chinese Watercolor Society, 1978. First Edition - Limited. Paperback. Very Good. (7 of 10)//Very Good- (dustjacket). Lan Wang; editor-Max C.W. Liu - Chinese Opera Watercolors: Guo ju ren wu shui cai hua. some rubbing dj edges. softcover book in dj. Tipped-in color plates. Wang Lan was one of Taiwan's senior men of letters, as well as a reknowned watercolorist. He was Executive Director of the Chinese Center, International P.E.N., Chairman of the Chinese Watercolor Society and Executive Director of the Chinese Writers' and Artists' Association. His most widely known novel, The Blue and the Black, published in 1958, was translated into many languages, including English, and adapted for film and stage. His watercolors are held in numerous collections. Born in China in 1922, he fought against both the Japanese and later the Communists, eventually going to Taiwan. This first volume includes 19 full-color tipped-in plates, brilliantly reproducing watercolors by Wang. An… Read More

Baltimore: Museum and Library of Maryland History, The Mayland Historical Society, 1983. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Near Fine. An exceptional reference on early Maryland silver. Fine in stiff illustrated wraps except for very small crease to bottom corner of front cover. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Silver in Maryland at the Maryland Historical Society.

Valle Crucis Abbey. Original uncoloured lithograph, R Bowyer, 87 Pall Mall. Ca 1800. Drawn by Miss Smirke, engraved by J Harriden. Sheet size 495mm x 340mm, Print size 405mm x 280mm. With wide blank margin, engraved frame and title. Two very small ink marks on title, otherwise in tight, bright and clean condition with strong plate inprint. A delightful print, empahsising the more rural aspect of this area.

(Logan, Utah): Utah State University, 1974. First Edition. Stiff paper wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 48. Blue stiff paper wraps. Age-toning to edges, two short tears (less than 1/2 inch) at top edge of front cover. Sun toning to rear cover. An established poet, Nielsen's bread-and-butter was teaching English at Utah State University. A four-page program brochure for Nielsen's lecture is laid in. Scarce.

Madrid, Spain: Tf Editores, Madrid, 1999-01-01. Hardcover. New/New. New in original publishers shrink wrap and encased in original cardboard slipcase. Mint condition. 166 pp. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.

NY: McGraw Hill, 1960. First Edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: McGraw Hill, 1960. First American Edition. Folio. 9 1/2" x 12." 260pp., 83 tipped-in color plates and 52 b/w illustrations.A Very Good or better copy - clean, straight, tight, no markings, in a Good, heavily frayed dj with several small chips missing.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/Good. Folio. Illus.

Galerie Winter Wiesbaden, 2000. Book. Illus. by Karlheinz Oswald. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). VG Pictoral hardcover w/purple lettering. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by SUBJECT Karlheinz Oswald on half title page.Light edgewear to covers. Minor 'lift' to front board. All pages clean/unmarked. Binding solid. Few light scrapes to covers - shallow. Oswald's sculptures and paintings/sketches throughout. 111 pp. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall..

Brussels: La Renaissance Du Livre. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 2804122166 . Index, bibliography. Profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings and plans. Text in French. A sumptuous book surveying the architecture, landscape architecture and sculpture of Brussels and Wallonia, the southern, French-speaking region of Belgium. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 319 pages .

Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars, Alfred A. Knopf 1st Ed. 1955. Hardcover. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Used. VG/ No DJ. Rose red boards. Spine lightly sunned. A nice copy of a scarce item.

Freddy and the Ignormus. First Edition, Jan 1951 5th Printing thus. Brooks, Walter R. EXLIB. GOOD/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf, Copyright 1941, ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE.