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Hardcover. Very Good. DESCRIPTION Written by Michael R. Harrison, Robyn & John Davis Chief Curator, Collecting Nantucket: Artifacts from an Island Community is a copiously illustrated work that explores a hundred fascinating artifacts and docu­ments from the NHA collection—including fine and decora­tive arts, furniture, costumes and textiles, whalecraft, technology, scrimshaw, manuscripts, and photographs. Ranging from famous treasures to obscure gems, but al­ways telling interesting stories of Nantucket, the content will be drawn exclusively from the NHA’s permanent collection. This 216-page, 11- by 10-inch hardcover book will be an essential addition to your library. (lr)

Hardcover. Fair. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., nd [c. 1920] Hardcover with color drawing by Arthur Rackham tipped on front cover. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. 134 pages, illustrated with titled tissue guarded color plates and b/w in-text drawings. No statement of publishing date but certainly an early printing. States, 'Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited at the Ballantyne Press Tavistock London'. Some plates are loose and inserted at front (and thus not collated), a few have torn tissue-guards with some tears to the plates, binding is a bit loose, covers show some wear, gilt all but gone on spine, otherwise a good restorable early printing Rackham. Offered with all flaws. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (cw)

Hardcover. Good. [FIRST EDITION] New York: P. F. Volland Company. 1924. Small hardcover in pictorial boards. First Edition; First Printing (no further printing dates/ not listed in "Recent Volland Sunny Book" list at rear. Unpaginated (38 pages) illustrated throughout with color plates and in-text reproductions by John Rae. FEP and rear paste-down signed (in facsimilie?) by John Rae. Decorated boards have rubbed off most of spine with shelf-wear, soiling, staining to covers, possible crayoning to a spot or two, else good condition; NOT EX-LIBRARY. (fr/oc shelf)

Hardcover. Good. [FIRST EDITION] 1950 Cavallino Hardcover in Dust Jacket. ONE OF 550 NUMBERED COPIES. Dj with large stain on rear cover, minor edgewear, soiling, etc., else good overall condition. No underlining, etc., NOT EX-LIBRARY

Hardcover. Good. FIRST EDITION. 1950 Cavallino Hardcover in Dust Jacket. ONE OF 550 NUMBERED COPIES. Dj with large stain on rear cover, minor edgewear, soiling, etc., else good overall condition. No underlining, etc., NOT EX-LIBRARY!!! (LR)

Paperback. Very Good. Lyon: Fage Editions, 2005. Softcover in stiff die-cut titled wraps with dust jacket. 8vo. 352 pages, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. Very good overall condition, no marks, NOT EX-LIBRARY.

Hardcover. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1968. Tall hardcover in illustrated dust jacket. 4to., xiii, 142 pages with 34 tipped-in color plates and additional in-text illustrations including a double-page Map of India. Bound in cloth boards. Minor wear to jacket, else very good overall condition, no marks, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (lr)

Hardcover. Good. [FIRST EDITION] St. Louis: B. Herder, 1903. Hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Bound in faux-parchment cream colored boards with gilt titles and decorations. TEG, silk ribbon, 190 pages. Gently used institutional library book with usual markings, covers a bit soiled, else very good overall condition.

Hardcover. Very Good. [SIGNED] New York: Foliart Publishers, 2014. Large, oblong hardcover in pictorial dust jacket. Apparent first edition, first printing. ISBN: 0578180197. (4), 193, (2) pages illustrated throughout with full page color reproductions of the artist's work. FLAT-SIGNED BY KIT WHITE on title page. Very good condition; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRRY. (fp/bw)

Hardcover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1973. Oblong hardcover in dust jacket. Bound in cloth boards. 218 pages, 301 illustrations (38 in color), chronology, exhibition list, bibliography. French text. Includes laid-in errata page. Minor soiling to jacket, else very good overall condition. No markings, etc., NOT EX-LIBRARY. (ab)

Paperback. Good. [Baur Collection] New York: Kennedy Galleries. 1978. Softcover in illustrated wraps. 32 pages illustrated with 4 color, 23 b/w plates. One-page foreword by Lawrence A. Fleischman followed by a chronology. Lists 70 oils, 9 watercolors and drawings, and 8 lithographs. Exhibition held Mar. 14 to Apr. 1, 1978. Kennedy Galleries US First edition. From the library of John I. H. Baur (former Director of the Whitney Museum) with the artist's name penned on front cover, minor soiling; otherwise very good overall condition. (Baur)

Hardcover. together with. Fair. [3 Individual Titles Uniformly Bound in 5 Books] New York: Dodd, Mead, n.d. (c. 1880s). Hardcovers in gilt-lettered black cloth boards. 6 volumes bound in 5. (First thus?) Over 2,000 pages total, profusely illustrated with hundreds of prints, etc. (some color) and maps (some folding). Ex-library with typical labels and markings, with minor cover and text issues but about good overall condition.

Paperback. Good. [SIGNED] Fairfax, VA: Hero Books, 1986. Trade paperback in pictorial wraps. ISBN: 0915979195. vii, 118 pages with b/w illustrations. Selected Bibliography. Marked: "Ray S. Cline / Reference Copy" with annotated and underlined passages. Ray Steiner Cline (1918 – 1996) was an official at the United States Central Intelligence Agency best known for being the chief CIA analyst during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Other than author marking, very good condition. (fr)

Hardcover. Good. [FIRST EDITION] Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946. Hardcover in gilt-lettered cloth boards, no dj. 370 pages. Inscription by prior owner on ffep to a congressional associate of the author. Light soiling to covers else very good overall condition. (froc)

Paperback. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] Innsbruck: Tyrolia, August, 1946. Softcover in titled wraps. 160 pages plus b/w photo reproductions. The hard-to-find first issue of this interesting post-war German language arts and literature periodical. Minor soiling, wear to covers, toning to text, else very good overall condition; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (p)

Loose Leaf. Very Good. [Signed Limited Edition] Villeneuve-Sur-Yonne: Éditions Porte du Sud, 1992. A portfolio of 12 loose prints with 12 page text in French (plus 10 page English translation, printed one side only). ISBN: 2-86937-048-2. Stated limited printing of 300 total copies, this one of 50 H.C. copies but with inscription by artist. Some bumping and soiling, but overall very good condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (fprw2)

Hardcover. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] Geneva: Sotheby's, 1987. Hardcover in pictorial dust jacket. Unpagenated (about 200 pages) listing 306 lots, each illustrated in color, plus b/w historical photographs of the Duke and Duchess. Includes essay by Nicholas Rayner. With estimated price list laid-in. Simpson was the American socialite who married Prince Edward, the Duke of Windsor, after abdicating the throne in 1937. Very good overall condition; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (lr)

Paperback. Good. [FIRST EDITION] Berlin: Plahn'schen Buchhanblung, 1842. Hardcover in publisher's original paper-covered boards with paper title labeled spine. (2), 416 pages. Dritter Band (vol. 3). A history of Frederick the Great (1740 - 1786) with historical and biographical notes gleened from knowledge of his life, work and relationships, etc. by Karl Heinrich Siegfried Roedenbeck. Comprising the years 1770 - 1786. Some old ownership marking on front paste-down, no end-papers, soiled and worn boards, toned title label, otherwise good overall condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (frnc)

Paperback. Good. [FIRST EDITION] Berlin: Plahn'schen Buchhanblung, 1840. Hardcover in publisher's original paper-covered boards with paper title labeled spine. (2), 406 pages. 2 vols. bound as one. A history of Frederick the Great (1740 - 1786) with historical and biographical notes gleened from knowledge of his life, work and relationships, etc. by Karl Heinrich Siegfried Roedenbeck. Comprising the years 1740 - 1759 (vol. 1: 1740-1749; vol.2: 1750-1759). Some ownership marking on front end-sheet, no rear end-papers, soiled and worn boards, toned title label, otherwise good overall condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (frnc)

Hardcover. Good. New York: Pantheon, 1961. Haedcover in dust jacket. Second edition. 4to, cloth. xxxi+152 pp of text, 231 b&w illustrations, index. Bollingen Series XXXV No. 3. Very good in soiled dj. No marks, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (fpnook)