London: Feisenberger, 1947-1951. First edition. Soft cover. Variously paged and illustrated. Cat. 16 issued by Feisenberger & Gurney. Cat. 1 offers 186 annotated "fine books and manuscripts," some with corrected entries pasted in. The others each offer several hundred old and rare books, manuscripts, incunabula, illustrated books, bindings, and works..... More
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. [1968]. First edition. Hardcover. 148p + color frontispiece and 115 ills. of woodcuts in the text, mostly the same size as the original. Covers stamped in gold; a little smudged and dusty. Catalogue of 97 books in many fields, all described in scholarly detail. Beautifully..... More
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. [1958]. First edition. Soft cover. 174p, several line ills. 283 rare books, almost all under $100: Americana, voyages, geography, art and architecture, bibliography, bindings, classics, English books, graphic arts and typography, historical source works, illustrated books, incunabula and post-incunabula, Italian books, Judaica, manuscripts, letters, documents..... More
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. [1950]. First edition. 36p (73 items), several large black-and-white pls. Occasional pencil marks. Features manuscript herbals, colorplate flower books, fish, and birds, etc., all meticulously described. Buffon, Merian, Redoute, etc. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate... More
New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. [1960]. First edition. Soft cover. Fifty "manuscripts and documents, many unpublished and unrecorded, early printed and illustrated books including important first editions, charts and atlases," all described in meticulous detail. Includes the Amoretti Codex of Vespucci, which Kraus later donated to The Library of Congress..... More
Munich: J. Halle, n.d. [1925]. First edition. Soft cover. 32p, no ills. except two 16th-century woodcut ills. on covers. In German. Over 560 items about music and musicians: books, sheet music, and portraits of composers and performers, including many women. Order postcard laid in. Can be sent outside the U.S...... More
![Item #30612 Samuel Chapman Armstrong, Founder of the Southern Workman [postcard]. Hampton Institute](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30612.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1638988296)
N.p. [Hampton, VA?]: [Hampton Institute], n.d. [ca. 1900-1915]. No stated edition. The silhouetted photo shows Armstrong on horseback. Fair: stained and with some shallow punctures. Unposted. The date range comes from the postal rates printed on the card. Private postal card portraying Samuel Chapman Armstrong. Armstrong commanded a regiment of..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970. First edition. Soft cover. 38p. Running across the top margins are photos of the spines of 833 HUP books, "a number that represents 35 percent of our books in print." Booklet for authors describing the stages of publishing at HUP--from submission and preparation of..... More
Hamburg: Hauswedell & Nolte, 2000. First edition. Soft cover. 94p, many black-and-white ills. In German. Auction held on November 14, 2000. Auction catalogue of over 500 European and American artist's books and periodicals in traditional and mixed media, from the estate of Rolf Dittmar. Chiefly postwar publications. With printed estimated..... More
Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1978. First edition. Soft cover. 208p, over 200 ills. of over 200 thoroughly described works. Compiled with the assistance of advanced graduate students at Yale and elsewhere; the first in a projected series of three catalogues of the Wadsworth Atheneum's European paintings. Classically designed by Nathan Garland..... More
Pasadena: Art Center College of Design, 1985. First edition. Soft cover. N.p. (285 items), several ills., several in color. Owner's blind stamp on first page. Exhibition catalogue, surprisingly uncommon. Hays's text recalls hanging out with Glaser in 1960s New York. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the..... More
El Cajon, CA: Grossmont College Gallery, 1980. Levitt, Helen. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., 25 color plates. Levitt's photos of New York street life, without identifying captions. The short text relates her photos to the work of Cartier-Bresson and Walker Evans. Can be sent outside the US for less than..... More
London: Henry Sotheran, 1929. First edition. Soft cover. 80p + many ills. Base of spine chipped, mended. Covers soiled. "Sotheran's Price Current of Literature, No. 815 is dedicated to the memory of Henry Cecil Sotheran, who died in St. George's Hospital on October 15th, 1928, as the result of a...... More
New York: Sinden Galleries, 1995. Perlis, Don. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., 8 color pls. Laid in: opening reception announcement. Inspired by the writings of Georges Bataille, these bordello paintings show a "general aura of decadence made halcyon, of forbidden romance made plain." Figurative realism. Can be sent outside the..... More
![Item #25708 Les Pensees [serigraph artist's book, presentation copy, 1 of 50]. Heraclite...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/25708.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973461)
Princeton, NJ: "Collection Contraste" Editions Lipton, 1949. Girard, Andre. Limited edition. Soft cover. 32 loose unnumbered bifolia plus illustrated rear endpaper (all according with OCLC record), in softcover chemise which is within translucent vellum wrappers printed with a design by Girard (rather torn). Base of spine irregularly worn away. The..... More
Zurich: Graphis Press (Walter Herdeg), 1970/71. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. 109-194, many photos and other ills., many in color. Published as part of volume 26. Cover design by Fritz Gottschalk. In English, German, and French. Feature articles on designers Armin Hofmann, Gottschalk + Ash, and Hans-Ulrich + Ute Osterwalder..... More
Zurich: Graphis Press (Walter Herdeg), 1974/75. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. 279-368, many photos and other ills., many in color. Published as part of volume 30. Cover design by Les Mason. In English, German, and French. Photo is cropped on the right. Long feature article on "Diagrams: The Graphic Visualization..... More
Zurich: Amstutz & Herdeg, Graphis Press, 1950-1952. First edition. Sewn soft cover. Lot of 14 issues: numbers 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, and 40 through 44 of this "International Journal [later Bimonthly] for Graphic and Applied Art," all from volumes 6-8. Variously paged (each ca. 100p)..... More
Zeeland, MI: Herman Miller, 1991. No stated edition. Soft cover, spiral bound. [24]p (several folding), many light-hearted watercolor ills. Several blank pages for notes at the end. Ca. 9 x 11 inches. Sales brochure promoting the Miller line of office furniture and how it helps diverse users to be "comfortable..... More
Leipzig: Hiersemann, 1911. First edition. Soft cover. 335 items, several ills. In German. "Besonders alte Original-Manuscripte, seltene Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts, eine Abteilung spanische Musik, Original-Tonwerke von Beethoven und Wagner, Etc." Partly from the collection of Burgos musicologist Don. Federico Olmeda, who died in 1909.. Can be sent outside the..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 160p, 116 ills., including 32 large color plates. Described as the first book in English "to focus on the changing perception of light in early Italian painting" (ca. 1250-1430). Examines contemporary attitudes to light, the fresco and panel painting techniques that..... More
Southborough, MA: Yankee Colour Corporation [printer], 1978. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 16p, many color photos. Self-mailing booklet advertising the carnivorous joys of Frank Giuffrida's late lamented Hilltop Steak House, Route 1, Saugus, MA. The photos show the dining rooms, exterior, butcher shop, 1000-car parking lot, and, yes, the..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Hobos from Hell, n.d. [ca. 1996]. First edition. Soft cover. 99p, many ills. (photos, cartoons, drawings, etc.). Dated from internal evidence. Zine anthology of accounts by various hobo writers on hobo lifestyle, travels, encounters, etc. Sometimes raunchy and violent. Includes a few ads for similar publications. Scarce..... More
Munich: Eigenthum und Verlag von Jos. Albert, n.d. [1866?]. Schnorr von Karolsfeld, Jos. Albert. First edition. Portfolio. 16p + 20 loose plates (mounted photographs). Scattered foxing and spotting, but the photos are overall clean, very crisp, and richly printed. Cover wear (front cover is detached). Ex-library (long ago), with title..... More
New York: Holly Solomon Gallery; Pace/MacGill Gallery, 1992. Wegman, William. First edition. Soft cover. [24]p, 12 pls., many in color. In fair original mailing envelope, with postmark and address label. Catalogue for 2 shows: "New Paintings, Polaroids, and Drawings" at Holly Solomon, and "Early Black & White Photographs" at Pace/MacGill..... More
