Innsbruck: Wagner'sche Universitat, 1891. First edition. Paperbound. 55p, 3 line ills. In German. On wood construction in antiquity--Assyria, Egypt, Greece--based on ancient texts and other evidence. Passing references to Gottfried Semper. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate. Reference copy... More
Frankfurt am Main: Societats-Verlag, 1930. Furhmann, Ernst. First edition. Hardcover. [8]p + 200 photos. Lacks dust jacket. Owner's old acquisition date of "Sep. 1931" in pencil on front endpaper. Introduction and captions by Fuhrmann. The close-up photos, which recall those of Karl Blossfeldt, illustrate the structure and life cycle of..... More
![Item #30350 [Catalogue] 24: A Further Romance of Letters; To which is added The Cabinet d'un...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30350.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973561)
London: G. Michelmore & Co., n.d. [ca. 1930]. First edition. Soft cover. 264p, 386 generally long entries. Very occasional penciling. Comprises "many important Business, Political, and Literary Documents and Letters," including the Goodricke and Banks papers, early charters, a Hans Christian Andersen collection, fine bindings, illuminated manuscripts, a Luther collection..... More
![Item #31142 Catalogues 36, 38, and 64 [books, manuscripts, drawings, wood engravings, etc.]. G F....](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31142.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1664882764)
Hurst, UK: G.F. Sims, 1957, n.d. [1950s-60s]. First edition. Soft cover. Variously paged and illustrated, all with over 300 items. Cat. 36 is dated; the others are not. Cat. 36 cover: "Here Is Another Catalogue of Books Drawings Letters and Manuscripts" (360 items, 8 pls.), including early John Cowper Powys..... More
New York: Galerie Denise Rene, 1975. Kupka. First edition. Soft cover. [20]p, many ills., a few in color. Duplicated typewritten addenda laid in. Exhibition catalogue of over 30 works from the 1920s-30s: chiefly drawings and gouaches, a few oils. Ragon's text is excerpted from an article in Cimaise. Can be..... More
Zurich: Zufthaus zur Meise, 1939. First edition. Soft cover. 86p + 103 mostly full-page pls. One printed with red. Covers soiled and sunned; upper corners bumped throughout. Pages age-browned. Part 1 of the 6-part Essling auction. Auction of 300 illustrated books from Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Holland, and Belgium. Chiefly..... More
St. Gallen, Switzerland: Galerie im Erker, 1958. Dix, Otto. First edition. 20p, many black-and-white ills. Very good paperbound. Owner's neat ink name. Texts by Otto Nebel on Dix's war subjects, and by Otto Conzelmann on "overcoming sentimentality." There is no list of the items in the exhibition. Can be sent..... More
Munich; Cologne: Galerie Klihm; Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, 1972. Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo. First edition. Soft cover. [24]p, 8 pls. of photograms. Checklist of 24 photograms that were part of an exhibition of Moholy-Nagy's photographic work, which was shown at the Galerie Klihm, the Bauhaus-Archiv, and another site. With a short excerpt from..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Salter, George. Book club edition. Hardcover (boards). 307p, no ills. Unclipped jacket (price $2.75). Covers printed in blue, red, and white. Jacket (and presumably cover) design by George Salter. Novel about the boy Peter, who, as he lies unconscious following an accident, dreams that..... More
Madrid: 1965. Maniquant, Sooky. Limited edition. Paperbound. [16]p, 7 large pls. + 2 mounted color pls. + 2 cover ills. Additional text by Carlos-Antonio Arean. Covers soiled, handling wear; ex-lib. with label on front cover; no internal marks. In Spanish. One of 1000 copies. Catalogue of an exhibition by this..... More
Cologne: DuMont, et al. 1990. Hannes Jãhn. First edition. Paperback original (self wrappers). 399p, many ills., several pls. in color. Slightly skewed from poor storage. Memorial appreciations by various colleagues, friends, and students of Jähn, with a generous sampling of his work. Book jackets, book design, posters, illustration, photography, etc...... More
New York: Wittenborn, n.d. [ca. 1958]. Hiler, Hilaire. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., many full-page plates, many in color. Additional texts by Hiler ("The Origin and Development of Structural Design") and Vincent Schmidt ("The Structuralism of Hilaire Hiler and Its Relation to Other Tendencies in Art"). Presentation of Hiler's paintings..... More
New York: Praeger, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 264p, ca. 220 ills. + 28 color pls. In the publisher's American Art and Artists series. A pioneering book, and still a standard survey. Large and heavy; shipping/handling will be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering. More
Milan: Ceschina, 1965. Lega, Silvestro. First edition. Soft cover. 182p, 71 ills. + 8 color plates. Owner's blind-stamp on title page. In Italian. The first modern book-length study of this leading Macchiaoli painter of figures and landscapes. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate..... More
London / New York: Studio Vista / Dutton, 1971. First edition. Soft cover. 160p, many photos. Index of 500 films, including their production companies, directors, and any variant titles. One in the publishers' pioneering (and now collectible) Pictureback series of inexpensive illustrated surveys of almost everything. SF films from a...... More
Vienna: Gilhofer & Ranschburg, n.d. [early to mid-1930s]. First edition. Soft cover (covers dusty, age soiled). 381 detailed entries, 37 line ills. + 15 pls. Large folding frontispiece from a ca.1575 table of the planets. Blank order card laid in, also an addenda sheet adding one item. "Including astrology, calendars..... More
![Item #31123 Announcements and Catalogue [cover title]. Ginn, Company](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31123.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1663678904)
N.p. [Boston?]: Ginn & Company, n.d. [1885-86]. First edition. Soft cover. 282p, a few ills. Lists well over 100 textbooks and examination guides in all fields and for all education levels, together with many testimonials from satisified educators around the country. The contents of many books are described, often with..... More
Boston: New England School of Art & Design, 2001. Andersen, Wayne. First edition. Soft cover. 16p, 14 ills. + cover, most in color. Invitation to opening and post-opening party laid in. Catalogue of 30 paintings, some with Andersen's comments. Also a one-page memoir, touching on his varied career as "public..... More
![Item #31219 Ten Things to Read and Remember [on spine]. Milton Glaser](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31219.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1670330103)
Zagreb, Croatia: Igepa [printed by Cerovski Print Boutique, Zagreb], N.d. [after 2001]. Privately printed, not for sale. Hardcover. N.p.,many ills., most in color; some folding. No jacket (as issued?). Various graphic artists interpret Milton Glaser's "Ten Things I Have Learned," from his 2001 AIGA talk. Inspired by Glaser though not..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2017. Limited edition. Hardcover. 195p, 112 ills., several in color. One of 500 copies. Comprehensive history of the firm, its many printing innovations, and the life and friendships of the man who guided it for decades. (In print at $75.). More
Leiden: Museum Boerhaave, 1979. First edition. Soft cover. 59p, many line and halftone ills. Owner's ink name. Exhibition catalogue commemorating the 350th anniversary of Huygens's birth and bringing together all his scientific instruments, portraits, and first editions of his writings. Divided into 12 thematic parts, such as "A Dutchman in..... More
Paris: Galerie Vallois, 1983. Orloff, Chana. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., many full-page ills. Text in French and English. Exhibition catalogue of bronze sculpture from the 1920s, chiefly figures with a monumental presence despite their small size. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate..... More
Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1998. First paperback edition (1st pub. 1997). Soft cover. 112p, no ills. "Signed by the author" label on front cover; bookstore price sticker on back cover. Boldly signed by Graham on title page. Graham had recently won the Pulitzer Prize; this was her seventh book of..... More
Chicago: American-Marietta Company, 1960. No stated edition. Comb-bound soft cover (2 links broken off). 16p, many color ills. (1 folding) and several wood chips. Part of the glassine guard page has adhered to part of the sample of varnished mahogany. A.I.A. File No. 25-D-6. Principles of harmonizing the finishes of..... More
New York: Henry Street Playhouse, 1963. Swope, Martha. First edition. Soft cover. [20]p, many photos by Martha Swope and others. Inside front cover browned from old clipping. Overview of Nikolais and his company--the decor, properties, costumes, light, and music; his biography and short biographies of the principal dancers; and a...... More
