Descrizione dei circhi particolarmente di quello di Caracalla e dei giuochi in essi celebrati opera postuma del consigliere Gio. Lodovico Bianconi ordinata compita e publicata dall' architetto Angiolo Uggeri con note dall'avvocato Fea e corredata di tavole in rame e della versione francese. by BIANCONI, Giovanni Lodovico (1717-1781) - 1789

Atelier 74, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volume set. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Foxing to pages end. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.

1829 RARE 1ed Huish Animal Kingdom Illustrated Plates Lion Bears Tigers MonkeysRobert Huish's 'The Wonders of the Animal Kingdom' is a 19th-century illustrated work on rare and exotic animals. While the contents of the text are desirable, the real draw of this work is the exquisite illustrations. It is quite rare to find this work with all of the illustrations intact, as the plates are often extracted from the binding and sold individually. Note the attention to detail from H. Smith's illustrations. Published in 1829 London, this first edition work features 63 full-page engravings. An extremely rare and valuable work!Item number: #5225Price: $1500HUISH, RobertThe wonders of the animal kingdom. Exhibiting delineations of the most distinguished wild animals in the various menageries of this country.London, T. Kelly, 1829. First edition.Details: Collation: Complete with all pages[ii], 122, [2]Illustrated throughout – 63 EXQUISITE full-page platesLanguage: EnglishBinding: Leather; tight and secureSize:… Read More

SIGNED by Watts, Hefner, Larry Flynt, Bunny Yeager, and Dita von Teese in black ink to ffp and title page. Black paper with gilt particulars to spine. Dust jacket protected in mylar. Both color and black and white illustrations in sections throughout text. These signatures were collected by the previous owner who attended a performance by von Teese, an exhibition opening at the NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale for Bunny Yeager, at a Los Angeles Barnes & Noble signing event for Hefner and Watts (December 16, 2008; flyer included), and at a signing event at Books & Books in Coral Gables for Flynt (June 3, 2011). ix, 529 pp. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches.

Hong Kong: The East Society, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Quarto. 8.5 x 11.75 inches. 134 pp. Near Fine / Very Good. Bound in publisher's original illustrated stiff wraps with clear plastic dust cover. Sewn binding. Illustrated throughout with 129 black & white reproductions and one two-panel color reproduction. Edited and published by Kao Ling-mei. Text in English and Chinese. English text by Yao Hsin-nung. Text includes Foreword, Gems of Professor Chang Dai-Chien's Talks on Painting, and Chronological Notes. Top and leading edges of text block lightly foxed. Binding excellent. Original plastic dust cover lightly rubbed with some pitting and scoring. Former owners' names and date written in blue ink on copyright page (in position of title page, due to reverse Chinese format). "#104" in marker and scar of sticker removal on Chinese copyright page (verso of "front" wrap). Else, no internal markings.

New York: Random House, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original black and silver lenticular printing illustrated boards (3D effect) with silver lettering on spine. Boards are very bright and square with great depth illusion. Contributions by Andy Warhol, Stephen Shore, Billy Name, Nat Finkelstein and others. Pop-ups, fold-outs, affixed items and black-and-white photographs. The balloon, as always, is not present but left very little melting traces. All other objects are present and in fine condition: 1) a pop-up castle, 2) a fold-out accordion (does not squeak),3) a pop-up airplane, 4) a spring-mounted Chelsea Girls disc, 5) a dodecahedron paper sculpture, still attached, Pages between which the object was inserted were roughly opened resulting in small damage to the right side of the page, 6) Lou Reed flexi-disc, still attached, 7) a fold-out sheet with rainbow nose and overlays, 8) a pop-up Hunt's Tomato Paste can, 9) all 8 tear-outs 'For a big surprise'.… Read More

Atelier 74, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volume set. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Foxing to pages end. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.

1829 RARE 1ed Huish Animal Kingdom Illustrated Plates Lion Bears Tigers MonkeysRobert Huish's 'The Wonders of the Animal Kingdom' is a 19th-century illustrated work on rare and exotic animals. While the contents of the text are desirable, the real draw of this work is the exquisite illustrations. It is quite rare to find this work with all of the illustrations intact, as the plates are often extracted from the binding and sold individually. Note the attention to detail from H. Smith's illustrations. Published in 1829 London, this first edition work features 63 full-page engravings. An extremely rare and valuable work!Item number: #5225Price: $1500HUISH, RobertThe wonders of the animal kingdom. Exhibiting delineations of the most distinguished wild animals in the various menageries of this country.London, T. Kelly, 1829. First edition.Details: Collation: Complete with all pages[ii], 122, [2]Illustrated throughout – 63 EXQUISITE full-page platesLanguage: EnglishBinding: Leather; tight and secureSize:… Read More

SIGNED by Watts, Hefner, Larry Flynt, Bunny Yeager, and Dita von Teese in black ink to ffp and title page. Black paper with gilt particulars to spine. Dust jacket protected in mylar. Both color and black and white illustrations in sections throughout text. These signatures were collected by the previous owner who attended a performance by von Teese, an exhibition opening at the NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale for Bunny Yeager, at a Los Angeles Barnes & Noble signing event for Hefner and Watts (December 16, 2008; flyer included), and at a signing event at Books & Books in Coral Gables for Flynt (June 3, 2011). ix, 529 pp. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches.

Hong Kong: The East Society, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Quarto. 8.5 x 11.75 inches. 134 pp. Near Fine / Very Good. Bound in publisher's original illustrated stiff wraps with clear plastic dust cover. Sewn binding. Illustrated throughout with 129 black & white reproductions and one two-panel color reproduction. Edited and published by Kao Ling-mei. Text in English and Chinese. English text by Yao Hsin-nung. Text includes Foreword, Gems of Professor Chang Dai-Chien's Talks on Painting, and Chronological Notes. Top and leading edges of text block lightly foxed. Binding excellent. Original plastic dust cover lightly rubbed with some pitting and scoring. Former owners' names and date written in blue ink on copyright page (in position of title page, due to reverse Chinese format). "#104" in marker and scar of sticker removal on Chinese copyright page (verso of "front" wrap). Else, no internal markings.

New York: Random House, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original black and silver lenticular printing illustrated boards (3D effect) with silver lettering on spine. Boards are very bright and square with great depth illusion. Contributions by Andy Warhol, Stephen Shore, Billy Name, Nat Finkelstein and others. Pop-ups, fold-outs, affixed items and black-and-white photographs. The balloon, as always, is not present but left very little melting traces. All other objects are present and in fine condition: 1) a pop-up castle, 2) a fold-out accordion (does not squeak),3) a pop-up airplane, 4) a spring-mounted Chelsea Girls disc, 5) a dodecahedron paper sculpture, still attached, Pages between which the object was inserted were roughly opened resulting in small damage to the right side of the page, 6) Lou Reed flexi-disc, still attached, 7) a fold-out sheet with rainbow nose and overlays, 8) a pop-up Hunt's Tomato Paste can, 9) all 8 tear-outs 'For a big surprise'.… Read More