Art And Architecture from Old Bookshelf

Fréjus: Louis Leydet, 1881. 800 pp, Text in French. 3 folding plates. Vellum boards, red spine lettering. Some soiling and curling to boards, contents and plates are clean and unmarked, several fold tears mended with archival tape.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1892. Unpaginated. Marroon boards, black lettering and decoration. Corners lightly rubbed, slight cover bleed to foredge and minor bleed to one page of texr, text mildly toned. Book is invoverall very nice condition.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo.

Geneva: Édition de La Tribune de la Genève 140pp. Pictorial wraps. Broché. Bon état. Covers are edge-chipped, contents are age-toned but otherwise clean and unmarked, notation at top of title page. 37 black and white illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Locust Valley, New York: J.J Augustin, 1952. 280pp. Buckram boards, debossed decoration to front cover, paper spine label. 36 photographic plates plus frontispiece and one fold-out floor plan. Contents are clean and in very sound condition with the exception of missing rear free endpaper. Herzfeld was a scholar of all phases of Near Eastern culture… Read more

New York: Munricipal Reference Library, 1939. 270pp. Illustrated blue stiff wraps. Numerous black and white illustrations and several in color. Fading to cover, contents mildly toned but clean and binding is tight. Included is the separate 16 page "Official Guide to City of New York Exhibit Building.". Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more

København: Nyttebøger Nr. 6, 1940. 231pp. Half red leather, marbled boards, gilt spine lettering. Text in Danish. Slight fade to spine, light foxing to first few pages, otherwise clean, binding is sound. Mostly erotic male/female drawings by Ernst Hansen, one per page in a beautifully bound book.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" -… Read more

Mexico City: R.S. Silva, 1949. Unnpaginated. Stapled wraps with illustrated heavy stock dust jacket. Faint stain to front cover, other light soil. Contents are clean and fresh. Commentary and 16 black and white photographic illustrations of Rivera's works. FIRST EDITION stated. This first edition contains black and white photos only, on color illustrations until… Read more

New York: American Photographic Book Publishing Co., Inc., 1953. 266pp. Revised and enlarged edition. Covers and interior are sound, glue stain on front pastedown from former owner's bookplate removal. Unclipped dustjacket has moderate wear and short tears to edges. A comprehensive how-to book with many illustrative examples.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1937. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler 124pp+ads. No date, no edition stated but circa 1850's. Brown embossed cloth, gilt design and lettering to front cover. Backstrip missing, front cover detached, rear cover loose, some fading to covers. Contents are toned but clean and sound, small bookseller's label on front pastedown. Text and over 200… Read more

London: Phaidon, 1974. Unpaginated. SIGNED by Wynne on front free endpaper. Number 78 of a limited edition of 350 copies bound in blue Relon cloth over boards, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Photographs of Wynne's sculptures in various settings in both black and white and in color with brief commentaries. Book is in sound condition… Read more

New York: Brentano's, 1907. 392pp. Red hardcover, gilt design to cover and spine, top edges gilt. FIRST EDITION. Spine faded and missing small piece at top of spine, a chip at midpoint and wear at bottom, covers still bright, faint spot to top edges, hinges tender but binding is tight. Frontispiece and half-title page loose… Read more

San Francisco, Calif: Camera Craft Publishing Company, 1936. 95pp. Nov. 1936. Cloth covers, slight fading to covers, slight darkening to endpapers, foxing to top edges, otherwise clean and sound. Original dust jacket has some soil, darkened spine and edgewear. A treatise on advanced methods of projection printing.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo… Read more

London: The Studio Limited, 1932. 120pp. First Edition. Yellow cloth covered boards, brown lettering front and spine. Some darkening around edges. Interior clean and tight. Dust jacket price-clipped, chipped mainly at head; spine darkened.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: "The Studio" Limited, 1928. 6pp+8 tipped-in color plates. Paper covered boards. Very slight wear, narrow splits at head and tail of front hinge, otherwise very clean copy with slight toning to contents, which are otherwise clean. Dustjacket has tears and chips mainly to edges and some darkening. A short biography of the artist… Read more

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983. 191pp. Cloth hardcover, silver decoration. Book is in near fine condition, contents are clean. Very good dustjacket has very little wear, but a couple of small scratches on rear panel. New York as seen by the major artists of the 20th century.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio -… Read more

Boston: Atlantic Monthly / Little, Brown and Company, 1946. 157pp. Oblong 8vo. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. Tan cloth covers, red decoration, no dj. Corners worn, some soiling and fading to covers, endpapers darkened and lightly spotted and front endpaper lightly creased. Front endpaper boldly SIGNED by author and illustrator.. Signed by Author and… Read more