Search Results: Authors starting with J from Kama’aina Collection

New York : DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC., 1968. First Edition. Softcover . Very good+. None. None This famous and important study offers a richly illustrated overview of Wright's extraordinary early works: Unity Temple, Robie House, the Imperial Hotel and many more. Included are essays on Wright by Louis Sullivan, Lewis Mumford and other critics, as well as 5 essays by Wright himself. 136 photographs, 63 floor plans. This richly illustrated collection of Wright's early architecture includes essays on his work by architects of the period and by Wright himself. Features more than 200 photographs, plans and drawings of his early residential and commercial designs. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos.

New York: Harper Brothers, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Gustave Dore. None. None Original Publisher’s Blue Cloth covers and spine. Some Rubbing on Bottom Edges. Clean pages, Beautiful Illustrations throughout. First and only American Edition from Harper & Brothers. Large, Gift-book design weighing nearly six lbs. Dk. Blue cloth boards, gilt cover titles and design, moderate shelf wear. Pages are very good, clean. Gilt page edges. Bind good; hinges intact. Contains 180 charming illustrations by Dore. Fifty-four of which are full-page with 126 vignettes placed at the turn of every page. Attractive first edition of this rarity. Rare solid and complete example. Accompanied by the famous artist Gustave Dore, Jerrold prowled every corner of the heaving metropolis, sometimes with plain-clothes police for protection. Dore often went in disguise to parts of London's underground seeking out the material immortalized in this volume. A forgotten classic of social journalism, and a frankly brutal… Read More

London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Gustave Dore. Owner’s Bookplate inside front cover. None This edition has a damaged cover, please review photos. It is a first edition. The great news is that the interior is in very good plus condition. This would be a great book to have re-covered. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

Edinburgh : Otto Schulze & Co., 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Harold Nelson. None. None [1904]. First edition thus in a limited edition of 500 copies. [v] and pages numbered 45 to 94 plus a further page bearing an illustration. This beautifully illustrated book is the third volume in a series entitled ""Early English Prose Romances."" It tells the story of Roger Bacon (c.1219-c.1292), also known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, who was a medieval English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empiricism. The book contains 3 stunning full page black and white woodcut illustrations as well as headers and footers by Harold Nelson ( 1871-1948). Size: 11.8"" Tall. Minor foxing, see photos. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos

Gustave Dore . Red Stamp: “El Pensamiento Libre” Libreria En General Dr. Andres Marti O’reilly Num. 21 Habana [""Free Thought"" General Bookstore Dr. Andres Marti O'reilly Num. 21 Havana]. None