Search Results: Titles starting with I from A. Parker's Books, Inc.

New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1961. First edition. Good+/Very good-. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1961. First edition. 240 pp. . Small 8vo. Deep pink cloth. Yellow and Blue Lettering to Spine. Soiling to spine. Edges and spine lightly sunned. Owner signature on free front endpage. Discoloration along edge of first sixteen pages, showing red on the block but transparent on page. Smaller brown discoloration on block edge. Pages otherwise clean with light toning towards edges. Dust jacket shows moderate edge wear. Light foxing to spine of dust jacket. A sound copy overall. Good+/Very good-.

London: Printed for the Author, 1779. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. London: Printed for the Author, 1779. 2 bound as one vols. First edition. Illustrated with 424 emblematic figures on 109 engraved copper-plates. Hardcover. Folio. Recently re-backed and re-cornered in brown 3/4 calf over original marbled boards, the spine stamped in blind in compartments, with contrasting leather title label stamped in gilt. Title-page of volume one is uniformly soiled and stained with several old marginal repairs; the top fore-corner of the last plate has an old repair. Plates XXI & XXIII bear old Russian ownership stamps. Otherwise this is a clean, tight copy of a fairly scarce emblem book. Very good/No jacket issued. (Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply) (Insurance required to ship this item).

New York: Charles ScribnerÕs Sons, 1946. Hardcover. Good+/No dust jacket. New York: Charles ScribnerÕs Sons, 1946. Signed by author, Rome, 1949. 266 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Maroon cloth. Spine faded, with a small stain and nick in cloth; head worn and frayed, heel beginning to fray; endpapers browned, text quite clean. Good+/No dust jacket. (Insurance required to ship this item). (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

(Newton Centre, MA): Charles T. Branford, (1968). Numerous b/w illustrations, photographs and diagrams with few color plates. 192 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed. Top edge slightly dust soiled. Clean, tight and bright. Dj is lightly edge rubbed, pressure point worn and yellowed. Very good/Very good. A thorough work on ecclesiastical embroidery by one of its pre-eminent contributors

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. FIRST TRADE EDITION, 2nd state of binding. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. FIRST TRADE EDITION, 2nd state of binding. 61 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo size. Tan paper covered boards. Covers very lightly worn and soiled; small nick on top edges; former ownerÕs name in ink ( small, neat hand ) on front free endpaper; overall, very good. Very good/No dust jacket.

New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1935. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. FROM AMMUNITION FIRED THEREIN, WITH AN ANALYSIS OF LEGAL AUTHORITIES. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1935. Some b/w illustrations, including frontispiece. 342 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. Head, heel and corners bumped; spine cocked; boards lightly soiled; edges and endpapers toned; lacking front free endpaper; blankbookplate laid in; former bookseller label to rear pastedown;. Interior clean and sound Very good/No dust jacket.

Masters of Soviet Painting. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1974. Numerous full color illustrations. 46 + plates and supplement pp. Text in English, German and Russian. Hardcover. Small 4to. White paper covered boards. Corners lightly bumped; bottom of board edges lightly scuffed; small sticker residue to front free endpaper. Still, a nice copy in moderate worn dustjacket. Very good+/Very good+.

Venice: Gio. Battista, 1604. Hardcover. Very good. Venice: Gio. Battista, 1604. Illustrated with woodcuts. Text in Italian. Hardcover. 32mo. Dark green full straight grained morocco. All edges gilt. Rebacked; bookplate of Charlotte, Countess of Surry pasted to front endpaper, signed by Charlotte on front flyleaf;title-page worn at edges. Else, very good. Very good/. (Insurance required to ship this item).

Genova: Universita Degli Studi Di Genova, 1987. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. Genova: Universita Degli Studi Di Genova, 1987. Copious b/w and full color illustrations. 494 pp. Text in Italian. Hardcover. Large 4to. Gray cloth. nice, unread copy in like d.j. and slipcase. Very good+/Very good+. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

NY: W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., (1973). First edition. Signed by the author. 173 pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Purple cloth. Minor bumping to pressure points. Top edge lightly dust soiled. Clean, tight and bright. Dj is slightly edge rubbed, interior yellowed and corner clipped. Very good/Very good.

Easton Press, [ 2006 ]. A one vol. facsimile of the c. 1870, multi-vol. MacKenzie edition. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. : Easton Press, [ 2006 ]. A one vol. facsimile of the c. 1870, multi-vol. MacKenzie edition. Profusely illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and Robert Dudley with hundreds of classic black-and-white engravings and many full-page color plates taken from the original chromolithographs. 1400+ pp. Hardcover. Large, thick 4to. Black full, elaborately gilt- and red-stamped leather. All edges gilt. Still in the original shrinkwrap. A gift waiting to be given. Very good+/No jacket issued.

New Mexico: Benjamin M. Read, 1912. First edition in English, limited to 500 copies, this being # 484. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. New Mexico: Benjamin M. Read, 1912. First edition in English, limited to 500 copies, this being # 484. Numerous b/w photographs and illustrations. 812 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Purple cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board & illustrative endpapers. Front cover and spine somewhat faded; former ownerÕs name and address and notation regarding purchase on front fly-leaf; water stain to bottom fore-corner of front free endpaper and fly, resulting in a slight bleed-through of the inscription ink to the bottom fore-corner of the title-page. A very nice copy, housed in loose fitting clamshell box, with contrasting leather label. Very good/No dust jacket. (Insurance required to ship this item).

Boston/Hartford: Dayton and Wentworth/Edwin Hunt & Son, 1854. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Good+/No jacket issued. Boston/Hartford: Dayton and Wentworth/Edwin Hunt & Son, 1854. FIRST EDITION. Engraved title-page and frontispiece are hand-colored, otherwise, heavily illustrated with woodcuts; full-page and in the text. 400 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Crimson cloth. Head and heel of spine chipped away; all corners worn through; paper of frontis and engraved title-page uniformly browned; some, light scattered foxing and soiling. Over all, a tight, relatively clean copy of a scarce book.Sabin 26035 Good+/No jacket issued. (Insurance required to ship this item).

Brecknock: Edwin Poole, 1886. Hardcover. Poor/No dust jacket. Brecknock: Edwin Poole, 1886. Numerous b/w illustrations. xxiii, 240 pp. Hardcover. Small Folio. Brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Head and heel worn and peeling. Heavy edge wear. Pocketing on front and back covers. Pages toned with occasional light foxing. Some annotations in pencil. Several pages are loose. Poor/No dust jacket.

Bradenton, Florida: Ausonia Press, 2007. Very good+/No dust jacket. Bradenton, Florida: Ausonia Press, 2007. Signed by the author. Numerous b/w photographs and illustrations. xviii, 134 pp. . Small Folio. White paper wrappers with cloth adhered to spine. Very good condition overall with minimal signs of wear. Title page signed by author. Interior pages bright and clean. Very good+/No dust jacket.

NY: Arno Press, 1975. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. A Quarterly of the Visual Arts. NY: Arno Press, 1975. 2 vols. Profusely illustrated in b/w. 4 original issues in each vol. pp. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Pale yellow cloth. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities. Few, minor scattered stains on boards and edges. Still clean, tight and bright. Very good/No dust jacket. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply) (Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply)

San Francisco, California: The California Academy of Sciences, 1981. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. San Francisco, California: The California Academy of Sciences, 1981. Copious full color illustrations and numerous b/w photographs. 96 pp. Hardcover. 4to size. Off white cloth. Blind stamped to spine and front board. Very small damp stain to front board, bottom corners bumped; else clean & sound. Cloth slip case bumped to extremities, else clean & sound. Very good+/No jacket issued.

NY: Random House, 1937. Number 474 in an edition limited to 500 copies. Hardcover. Good+/No dust jacket. NY: Random House, 1937. Translated from the German by Matthew Taylor Mellon. Number 474 in an edition limited to 500 copies. Numerous brown and white full page plates. 81 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Light blue cloth. Gilt decoration to front board of a book tied with ribbon, top edge gilt, light blue endpapers speckled with silver. Extremities lightly bumped and worn; spine and pressure points slightly abraded. Spine and rear board sunned; lower 1/3 portion of front board sunned. In few places, illustrations have caused browning to facing pages, not affecting text block. Else good; text block still clean and bright; a charming work. Good+/No dust jacket. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

New Rochelle, NY: At The Sign of the Blue-Behinded Ape, 1933. One of an edition limited to 290 copies. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Andre Durenceau. New Rochelle, NY: At The Sign of the Blue-Behinded Ape, 1933. One of an edition limited to 290 copies. Numerous b/w illustrations. Illustrated by Andre Durenceau. 130+ pp. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. White cloth backed, decorated paper covered boards. Gold paper label to spine. Rubbed at head, heel and corners; toning to spine; interior tight, clean and bright; a beautiful example. Housed cozily in publisherÕs slipcase. Very good/No jacket issued.

London: The Folio Society, 1998. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. London: The Folio Society, 1998. Numerous b/w photographic illustrations and map on endpapers. Photography by Joe Whitlock Blundell. 64 pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Black & white illustrative paper covered boards. Minor bumping to pressure points; few faint stains on front board. Interior and exterior clean and bright; quite sound. Very good+/No dust jacket.