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Paris: Charles Schmid, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Portfolio. Large folio (18" x 13"). Illustrated title page, followed by 45 loose full-page plates, as issued. 1/4 gray cloth over illustrated green paper covered boards. Three beige strings, one at each corner. Work on Art Nouveau (Jugendstil), especially decorative iron works, with some of the most renowned artists of this style represented. Magnificently illustrated with 45 heliotype plates by Fortier et Marotte, most with multiple images. Many of the Art Nouveau architectural masters are prominently represented, including Victor Horta, Paul Hanken, a contemporary and friend of the latter, Paul Saintenoy, Charles Plumet et.al. Horta, considered one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture, was described by John Julius Norwich as "undoubtedly the key Art Nouveau architect." Saintenoy adopted the Art Nouveau style for the famous Old English Department Store in Brussels. Plumet was chief architect of the Exposition… Read More

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2002. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. XVII, [5], 212, [6]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over pictorial paper covered boards. Introduction page with Snicket's blind-stamped. Fascinating work relating to the author Lemony Snicket (a.k.a. Daniel Handler, who wrote the book's introduction as himself) and his series of books, A Series of Unfortunate Events. Although it is labeled "Unauthorized" for humor, the book is in fact official and considered a supplementary material for the series. The plot is portrayed in an epistolary style through documents, letters, and other scripts. Dust-jacket, binding and interior as new.

London: John Murray, 1832. Ex-Library Eighth edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Octavo. (5) 699 (1)pp., 1 folding plan. Original brown pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and decor, blind-stamped ruling on cover, gilt lettering on spine, protected by modern mylar. Speckled edges. Considerably enlarged edition, with a folding plan of the Forum Romanum added. "The Author... visited almost every part of Italy... found the peasantry, mechanics, and tradesmen, well disposed towards their rulers, civil, orderly, and honest; insomuch that Travellers may, with safety, frequent the high roads, and likewise penetrate into the most secluded parts of the Alps and Apennine, without the slightest probability of being annoyed by popular tumults, or plundered by banditti." (Advertisements). Binding with light wear along edges, light bumps, covers lightly sunned along edges and lightly rubbed. Easton Neston Library sticker on inside front cover. Title page and endpapers with very light foxing. Binding in overall good+,… Read More

Paris: Editions Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1933. First edition. Softcover. fair to vg. Folio. 20 loose leaves (title-page + nineteen plates numbered 2 to 20, some coated and some un-coated), as issued. Original photo-illustrated paper portfolio. Cover photograph mounted on stiff paper portfolio. Book housed in a custom-made green cloth clamshell-box, with title laid on spine. Sasha Stone (1895-1940) belonged to the circle around the constructivist periodical "G", which included Moholy-Nagy, Mies van der Rohe, El Lissitzky and Walter Benjamin. He created the photomontage for the dust-jacket of Benjamin's famous book "Einbahnstraße" (One-Way Street). Stone's nude work appeared in "Femmes," where his High Modernist nude figure studies emphasize sculptural form and unexpected angles. Some rubbing, creasing, and age-toning along edges of portfolio. Inside of spine partly taped. Minor creasing along edges of title and last plate. Tiny closed tear taped at verso of plate #20. Title-page in French.… Read More