![Mayflower Wall Papers: Styles for 1932 [sample book]. Mayflower Wall Papers, firm](/images/noimage.png)
1931. Mayflower Wall Papers [firm]. Mayflower Wall Papers: Styles for 1932 [sample book]. Distributed by Diener's Department Store, Hamburg, PA. N.d. (1931?). 54p, of which 50 are 25 wallpaper samples, with the design number printed on the reverse. The 4 pages of text promote the firm's wallpapers and give price... More about Mayflower Wall Papers: Styles for 1932 [sample book
1986. Kim, Won-Yong. Art and Archaeology of Ancient Korea. Seoul: Taekwang Pub. Co. 1986. 416p, many photos and line ills., some in color. Very good hardcover; no d.j. Inscribed in ink and brush to "Greg and Maia from Won Yong" with an ink and wash self(?) portrait. ** Collection of... More about Art and Archaeology of Ancient Korea [inscribed
1903. An Iowa Girl [Belle Owen]. A Prairie Winter. NY: Outlook Company 1903. 164p, no ills. Very good hardcover (covers faded). No d.j., if issued. ** A "remembrance/diary" that is "largely autobiographical," although catalogued by OCLC as fiction. This "lyrical description" of the Mokena area of rural Illinois is "one... More about A Prairie Winter
1907. Hirsch, Fritz, ed. Zeitschrift fur Geschichte der Architektur. Vol. 1 (Oct. 1907-Sept. 1908). Heidelberg. 314p, many line ills. and photos. Very good hardcover in binding of the period. ** First year of this monthly journal on the history of architecture, which ceased publication in 1928 ( 8 vols., in... More about Zeitschrift fur Geschichte der Architektur [vol. 1, 1907-08
![The Water Flowers [first ed. in d.j.]. Edward Gorey](/pictures/thumb/A6255.jpg?v=1564508858)
1982. Gorey, Edward. The Water Flowers. NY: Congden & Weed 1982. Stated 1st ed. [64]p, many ills. Near fine hardcover (edges lightly shelf rubbed) in very good unclipped d.j. ** "A curious culinary adventure incorporating a caveat against Lesser Literature...." Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the... More about The Water Flowers [first ed. in d.j
1980. Frutiger, Andre. Type Sign Symbol. Zurich: ABC 1980. 152, many photos and line ills., many also in flat colors (red, blue, brown, green). Good hardcover (plasticized boards, light shelfsoil). Would be very good except a few pages have popped out from the glued "perfect binding." The rest of the... More about Type Sign Symbol
2006. Doumit, Moussa M. The Sculpture of Thomas Eakins. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art 2006. 66p, many ills. (bronzes and plaster models). Very good paperbound. ** The first exhibition and publication to focus on Eakins's small output of sculpture (figures, horses, anatomical studies). Can be sent outside the U.S.... More about The Sculpture of Thomas Eakins
![Redwood News [Fall 1955]. California Redwood Association](/pictures/thumb/A5596.jpg?v=1564509350)
1955. California Redwood Association. Redwood News [Fall 1955]. San Francisco. [8]p, many photos. Good stapled paperbound (lightly foxed). Creased, probably as intended to be mailed or shelved since each half-page has its own page number (16 thus). ** Texts on a "single level home in the San Francisco Bay Region"... More about Redwood News [Fall 1955
1842. Brunet, Jacques-Charles. Manuel du Libraire et de l'Amateur de Livres. Paris: Silvestre 1842-1844; Paris: Firmin-Didot 1878. 5 vols. complete, plus vol. 1 (of 2) of the 1878 Supplement. Over 2000 pp. total, no ills. Very good hardcover (later sturdy cloth with leather spine labels). The Supplement is good: three-quarter... More about Manuel du Libraire et de l'Amateur de Livres (6 vols
1892. Baedeker, Karl, ed. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers. Part Second: Upper Egypt, with Nubia as far as the Second Cataract and the Western Oases. Leipzig, 1892. xxxviii, 365p, 11 maps (some in color) and 26 plans. Very good limp cloth (spine lightly faded). Occasional neat pencil note and dogeared corners... More about Egypt. Part Second: Upper Egypt, with Nubia [etc
1912. [Austen-Leigh, Richard Arthur]. The Story of a Printing House, being a Short Account of the Strahans and Spottiswoodes. London: Spottiswoode 1912. 2nd ed. 60p + several pls. Good hardcover (boards, cloth spine). Frontispiece detached, scattered foxing throughout. ** The author was then one of the directors of the firm... More about The Story of a Printing House [Strahan, Spottiswoode
1952. Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography from the Library of J.R. Abbey. London: Privately Printed at the Curwen Press, 1952. 399p, color frontispiece, 34 collotype pls., 54 other ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (soiled, lightly chipped). No. 401 of 500 copies... More about Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography
1902. Baedeker, K. La Russie: Manuel du Voyageur. Leipzig: Baedeker, and Paris: Paul Ollendorff, 1902. 3rd [and last] edition. xlix, 476p, 19 maps (most folding), 32 plans, all in color. Hardcover (limp cloth). Split to rear joint mended; ca. 2-inch tear to rear folding map, suitable for mending. Else very... More about La Russie: Manuel du Voyageur [1902
![Window Music [signed by illustrator]. Anastasia Suen](/pictures/thumb/A5622.jpg?v=1564508974)
1998. Suen, Anastasia. Window Music. NY: Viking 1988. [32]p, many color ills. by Wade Zahares. As new hardcover in d.j. (trace of small sticker on front flap). On jacket flap: "Reinforced binding. A Book-of-the-Month Club Selection"; however, this copy was purchased upon publication at an illustrator signing. Signed in October... More about Window Music [signed by illustrator
1925. Rapin, Henri. La Sculpture decorative a l'Exposition des Arts Decoratifs de 1925. Paris: Ch. Moreau 1925. 4p text + many detailed photos on 32 loose pls. (complete). Board portfolio printed in a striking Art Deco geometrical design (top sunned, else very good, with ties). Plates are very good and... More about La Sculpture decorative a l'Exposition des Arts Decoratifs de 1925
1965. Walasse Ting. Ink Scrolls. NY: Lefebre Gallery 1965. [8]p in stapled wrappers; back cover folds out and depicts a motif in red-brown. Good (covers soiled, lightly stained). ** Reproduces a text by the artist in his handwriting, with several black-and-white ills. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less... More about Ink Scrolls
1927. Various authors. Schwedische Buchausstellung. Stockholm: Laderstrom 1927. 118p, no ills. Very good paperbound. In German. ** Checklist of a large exhibition of over 300 contemporary Swedish books held at the new Grassi Museum, Leipzig. With short texts on the various booksellers, printers, publishers, and others represented. Printed in letterpress... More about Schwedische Buchausstellung
1948. Silver, Rollo G. The Boston Book Trade, 1800-1825. Three-part series published in Bulletin of The New York Public Library, vol. 52 (nos. 12-12), 1948. Very good paperbound. Ex-lib., marked only with pencil call numbers on the covers. ** Part 1 introduces the topic and begins the long and detailed... More about The Boston Book Trade, 1800-1825
![Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey [signed]. Ian Rankin](/pictures/thumb/A6236.jpg?v=1564508853)
2006. Rankin, Ian. Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey. London: Orion 2006 (1st pub. 2005). 1st paperback ed. 131p + many atmospheric photos by Tricia Malley and Ross Gillespie. Very good. Signed by Rankin on the title page, with his trademark sketches of the games naughts and crosses and hangman (Knots... More about Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey [signed
1986. Peltonen, Jarno, et al. Kyllikki Salmenhaara 1915-1981. Exhibition catalogue, Deutsches Keramik Museum, Dusseldorf, 1986. N.p., many photos, 33 in color. Very good paperbound. In German and English. ** Retrospective of the Finnish ceramist, including much of her stoneware for Arabia. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than... More about Kyllikki Salmenhaara 1915-1981
1920. Hartmann-Sanders Company. The Pergola: Album No. 33. [NY or Chicago] 1920. 39p, many photos and a few line ills. Good paperbound (browned, covers shelf-soiled). May 1921 pricelist laid in, announcing a 35% discount. ** Trade catalogue of many pergolas, arbors, ballustrades, fences, seats, latticework, sun dials, and other garden... More about The Pergola: Album No. 33
1984. Ettlinger, Leopold D., et al. Wien und die Entwicklung der kunsthistorischen Methode. Vienna: Hermann Bohlaus 1984. 127p, no ills. Very good paperbound. Chiefly in English and German; some Italian and French. ** Acts of the 25th International Congress of History of Art, section 1. Texts by many renowned scholars... More about Wien und die Entwicklung der Kunsthistorischen Methode
1928. Boerner, C.G. [firm]. Kupferstiche alter Meister: Katalog CLVII. [Cover reads: Kupferstiche des XV. bis XVIII Jahrhunderts.] Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928. 2 vols. Text: 181p, a few ills. Plates: many ills. on 54 pls. Good oversized paperbounds (spines reinforced with tape; average shelfwear; internally very good). ** Auction catalogue, featuring... More about Kupferstiche alter Meister: Katalog CLVII
1998. Baudot, Francois. Gruau. Paris: Assouline 1998. 80p, many color ills. Very good hardcover in d.j. (lightly shelfsoiled). In the publisher's Memoire de la Mode series. In French. ** Introduction to the life and work of the French fashion designer and illustrator, then still alive. Lots of elegant 1940s and... More about Gruau [Milton Glaser's copy
![The Artist as Anthropologist: The Representation of Type [etc.]. Mary Cowling](/pictures/thumb/A5892.jpg?v=1539198071)
1989. Cowling, Mary. The Artist as Anthropologist: The Representation of Type and Character in Victorian Art. Cambridge University Press 1989. 391p, 340 ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (would be very good except for short tears to top). ** How Victorian painting and illustration "made a significant contribution to... More about The Artist as Anthropologist: The Representation of Type [etc
