Joan Miro Volume II by Queneau, Raymond - 1975

New York. Woodbine Books. 1980. Folio. Limited english edition of 1250, of which this is #192. Full plate color illustrations. Fine.Featured Art.

Mexico: Oceano, 2007. First Edition in English. Published Mexico: Oceano, 2007, first printing. Folio wrappers, 9" x 13", 607 pp., illustrated with hundreds of full color reproductions, many essays. Text in English. Extensive survey of Mexican popular art. Minor creasing to spine, else near fine. . 1st. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio.

London: W. M. Thompson, 1882. Fifth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Walton, Elijah. The illustrations are particularly attractive to alpine enthusiasts since they include mountain backgrounds by the famous alpine artist. Very scarce. 5th edition (same contents & size as first edition but different colored binding), 335mm tall x 241mm, viii + 12 chromolithograph plates each mounted on thick stock paper (blank verso), each followed by a page of descriptive text (blank versos), each chromolithograph page is preceded by a thin blank protective page. Complete with all pages and plates. NOT ex-library, previous owner name penned to the first blank protective page (blank page before first illustrated plate). AEG, original blue cloth covers, rebacked with new navy cloth spine with gilt lettering (Walton's books almost always fall apart and need rebacking), new EPs, highly gilt decorated patterns front cover, matching patterns in blind on rear cover,… Read More

Koln: Taschen, 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 2 volumes bound in cream cloth with mounted illustration in matching slipcase. The Jazz volume is a facsimile of the 1947 edition. Printed on 38 loose folded sheets in paper wrapper. Color plates and text in black & white. The Cut-Outs volume is illustrated with color plates (some folding) and black & white photographs. 334 pp. 39,5 x 29,5 cm. A very fine set, almost as new in original publishers shipping box. Very heavy set, may require extra postage. .

Vibrant unsigned oil done in the style of the Hudson River School artists. Depicts sunset over a lake with three sailboats on the water as well as houses and buildings on the opposite shoreline. Frame: 44 x 34.25 inches; Window: 37.5 x 27.75 inches; Canvas: 38.25 x 28.25 inches.

Milano: Dalla tipografia dell'autore, 1824. First edition. Modern quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards. Leather attached a bit awkwardly at spine ends, marbled boards rubbed and worn, edges of front board discolored from old tape removal, but binding solid, edges nicked on a few leaves, scattered foxing mainly affecting the margins, plates sharp, colors bright, a quite useful copy.. [x], [3]-224 pp., + 31 (ie 32) col. plates. Illus. with 32 plates incl. 1 engraved plan, 31 aquatints of which 7 are nicely hand-colored + handcolored engraved title page. Folio (41 cm). Plate 4* and 4 unnumbered pages inserted after p. 40. To illustrate this volume with aquatints, Ferrario chose many fine Milanese artists and engravers including V. Rainieri, Bramati, G. Alluisetti, D.K. Bonatti, Giuseppe Castellini, and A. Biasoli. Aside from the later two, the most prominent was the highly regarded theatrical set designer Alessandro Sanquirico (1774-1849) who produced 3 plates, one of the nave of the… Read More

Paris: A. Ferroud, Benezit-Constant, Harry C. Dickens. Good+. 1891. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Bound in a special leather binding, raised bands with gilt titles. Gilt floral & foliage decorated panels. Both covers have triple ruled gilt border. Top edge gilt. Gilt dentelles & marbled endpapers. Limited edition, #27/50 copies printed on heavy stock pages "papier du Japon". Text tight, clean without foxing and intact. B/W etching illustrations. French text. Front joint-hinge cracked with cover firmly attached. Art; B/W Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 163 pages .

Frederick Etchells & Hugh MacDonald, 'The Haslewood Books' series, London, 1926. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, of which 450 numbered copies were produced (this being #263). 4to. 79pp. Gilt lettered and decorated cloth. Printed at the Curwen Press on J.W.Zanders hand-made paper with the copper plates, subsequently destroyed. With a four-page introduction by Bernard Windeler, who also provides a short introduction to each plate and hand-coloured most of the engravings. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. Some fading to the publisher's orange cloth at the upper and lower boards and with a short crease to the head of the backstrip. A tiny touch of non-invasive spotting to the pastedowns and to occasional leaves. A very good copy of a superb production. No dust wrapper, as issued, but lacking the slipcase..

1929, n. Good+. Nice tight copy 1st edition 1st printing (See photos slight spotting

Complete set of 110 engraved plates (of 108) with ink library stamps in the plate.Victorian re-issue of the Duke of Marlborough's Gemmarum antiquarum delectus, first published in 1783. The plates were drawn by Giovanni Battista Cipriani and stipple engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi.The images record a selection of the carved gemstones in the collection of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough. The cameos and intaglios show portraits of Roman emperors, Greek philosophers, gods and goddesses from Greek and Roman mythology. This volume corresponds exactly to the copy scanned at the Internet Archive.Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), was an Italian engraver who specialized in the delicate toning effects of stipple engraving. After moving to London in 1784, he became Engraver to the King (George III).Ex-Denver Library with ink stamps on all plates inside the plate marks, a few in the image, and catalog numbers on rear. The blue cloth portfolio is in three pieces and in need of repair. Heavy book will… Read More