Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher in association with Pucker Safrai Gallery, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. (1987). Small quarto (8 3/4" x 11 1/4"), burgundy cloth, gilt, with blind-stamped device on cover. Pictorial dustjacket. Unpaginated. 66 full page vibrant color photographs followed by 7pp. commentary by Brother Thomas and an afterword..... More
Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1996. Frst edition thus. Full leather. (1996). Octavo (6 1/4" x 9 1/2"), Full gilt-stamped black leather. 463pp. with index. With the Collector's Notes sheet. Very good or better. The gilding is a little rubbed on the fore-edge. One in the series "The Library of the..... More
Norfolk, VA: Antique Trader Books, 1997. (1997). Small quarto (8 3/4" x 11'), burgundy faux leather in pictorial jacket. 264pp. with epilogue and bibliography. Profusely illustrated with photographs in color. A few short tears in the jacket and a light indentation in the jacket cover and the book. The author..... More
Exton: Schiffer Publishing Company, 1984. Hardcover. (1984). Small quarto (8 5/8" x 11 1/4"), green cloth, gilt, in pictorial jacket with price intact. Marbled endpapers. 224pp. Profusely illustrated with photos in color and black and white. A lovey, well made book. Contents include: Bank Barns; Crib Barns; New England Barns; Dutch..... More
New York: IvisonPhnney & Co., 1860. First edition. Pictorial boards. Large quarto, pictorial paper covered boards with black leather spine. Unpaginated. Title page with publisher''s ads and list of maps on verso, followed by 11 page appendix of statistics and vocabulary. There are 37 pages of maps, most of which..... More
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, (1964). Later printing. Hardcover. Square octavo; pp. (58); illustrated with line drawings by the author; pictorial slick green boards in a dust jacket with the same illustration as the boards;. Silverstein at his best! ..."the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity..... More
London: Phaidon Press, 1980. Limited edition of 445 copies. This is copy #401 of an edition of 445. Quarto (10 7/8" x 13 3/8"), bound in quarter mottled calf and brown cloth. Slipcase in brown cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. Raised bands with a gilt device in each panel..... More
New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1873. Hardcover. Small octavo; pp; (x), 336, (iv), ads; folding map, frontispiece and twenty-two black and white plates; original pictorial terra-cotta cloth, stamped in black and gilt; Taylor compiled and arranged this volume. A remarkable relic of Gilded Age publishing offering a look at..... More
New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1873. Hardcover. Small octavo; pp; (xii), 397, (vii), ads; folding map, frontispiece and twenty-nine black and white plates; original pictorial terra-cotta cloth, stamped in black and gilt; Taylor compiled and arranged this volume and was the Editor of the Series. A remarkable relic of..... More
New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1873. Hardcover. Small octavo; pp; viii, 347, (iv), ads; folding map, frontispiece and thirty-two black and white plates; original pictorial terra-cotta cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Oddly, the spine of the binding says "Japan", but this is, indeed Bacon's work on Siam. A..... More
New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1874. New Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo; pp; xii, (ii), 256, (viii), ads; two folding colored maps of Yellowstone, frontispiece and nineteen black and white plates; original pictorial terra-cotta cloth, stamped in black and gilt; Contains the Hayden Geological Survey Map by Julius Bien at..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (vi), 346. terra-cotta cloth with a yellow spine title tile lettered in black. The final volume of Guthrie’s trilogy with “The Big Sky” & The Way West”. Very well written, Guthrie’s characters and narration encompass the development of the Western..... More
New York: Readex Books, (1980). First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xviii, (ii), 401, index; frontispiece portrait; red cloth, gilt in a dust jacket;. A life in Library work, New York Public, Oberlin & Harvard. When librarians dealt with books and not computers. More
Harrisburg: Stackpole Books, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. (Harrisburg): Stackpole books, (1990). Octavo, green leatherette, gilt, in dust jacket. Illustrated with color photos and black and white drawings. Photos by Norm Shires, tying sequence illustrations by Rich Shires. Foreword by Paul Schullery. Very good in very good jacket. Imitations of non-aquatic..... More
London: T. Curtis, 1806. Sydenham Teak Edwards. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 4 3/4" x 8". The left edge is trimmed. Vibrant color. Curtis' work was the first..... More
London: T. Curtis, 1806. Sydenham Teak Edwards. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 4 5/8" x 7 7/8". The left edge is trimmed. Vibrant color. Curtis' work was the..... More
London: T. Curtis, 1804. Sydenham Teak Edwards. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 4 1/2" x 8". The right edge is trimmed. Vibrant color. Curtis' work was the first..... More
London: T. Curtis, 1804. Sydenham Teak Edwards. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 4 3/4" x 8". The right edge roughly trimmed. Vibrant color. Right edge trimmed. Curtis' work..... More
London: T. Curtis, 1804. Sydenham Teak Edwards. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 4 3/4" x 7 3/4". The right edge is trimmed. Vibrant color. Curtis' work was the..... More
London: T. Curtis, 1803. Sydenham Teak Edwards. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 5" x 8". The right edge is trimmed. Vibrant color with a few spots of foxing..... More
London: T. Curtis, 1807. Sydenham Teak Edwards. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 4 3/4" x 8". The right edge is trimmed. Vibrant color, fresh and clean. Curtis' work..... More
London: T. Curtis, 1803. Sydenham Teak Edwards. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 4 5/8" x 7 7/8". The right edge is trimmed. Vibrant color. Curtis' work was the..... More
London: W. Curtis, 1809. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 4 3/4" x 8". The left edge is trimmed. Vibrant color with a few tiny spots in the background..... More
London: T. Curtis, 1806. Sydenham Teak Edwards. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 4 3/4" x 7 7/8". The right edge is trimmed. Curtis' work was the first study..... More
London: T. Curtis, 1809. Sydenham Teak Edwards. Original. This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving, beautifully composed and expertly colored by hand. It measures approximately 5.5" x 9.25", with a plate mark of approximately 5" x 8". The right edge is trimmed. Vibrant color with a few spots of foxing..... More