Cage, John. Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1991. Wraps. First Edition. 16 pp. Oblong 4to. Clean, crisp copy.
A scarce catalog from John Cage's (1912-1992) solo exhibition at the Elvehjem Museum of Art, signed by Cage on the title page. The exhibition was held at the Elvehjem Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison April 6-May 19, 1991. Cage would die the following year. Laid in is an invitation to the opening reception as well as a program from a piano performance of Cage's work by Ellsworth Snyder at the First Unitarian Society in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 6, 1991 -- likely planned as part of the opening event. Fine. More

Sarasota, FL: Marlin Media Publishing, 2003. Wraps. First Edition. 231 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.
Signed by both authors on the title page. Fine. More

New York: Christie's, 1988. Wraps. First Edition. 185 pp. 4to. Light bumping at edges. Clean within.
Auction catalog for the Legendary rare book dealer, John Fleming (1910-1987). Very Good. More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 256 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More

Boston, MA: City of Boston, 1888. Hardcover. First Edition. 127 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth publisher's binding with gold embossed city seal on cover, scuffing to exterior boards. Front pastedown gutter has torn, but still tight to text block. Interior clean with slight darkening of paper from age. Photographs illustrate some of the projects, with early water staining.
A significant report in that it contains 20 page report (pp. 51-71) by Frederick Law Olmsted outlining the city's progress in planning for open space, public usage, and improvements. A large onionskin folding map shows the greater Boston areas, bay islands, and is keyed to parts of the report. A large folded map is laid in that details the Back Bay Fens in a plan provided by Frederick..... More

New York, NY: Viking, 1988. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. xxxi, 350 pp. 8vo. Slight scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Dust soiling along top edge of cover boards, small blue smudge at top of half title page, clean within.
Inscribed boldly by Senator Mitchell and Senator Cohen on half-title page. Very Good / Very Good. More

Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. 284 pp. 4to. Slight wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small 3/4" tear at upper left corner of dustjacket, now in mylar cover. Green cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine. Clean within. Fine / Very Good. More

New York, NY: Clarkson Potter Pulbishers, 2005. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy.
Inscribed and signed by both authors on title page. Fine / Fine. More

Göttingen: Steidl Publications. Hardcover. Unpag. 4to. Light green cloth boards with title blind embossed on cover and spine. Housed in original cardboard slipcase, with cellophone wrapper still present, slit open only to remove the volume. No dust jacket, as issued.
Tacita Dean purchased photographs and snapshots at flea markets in Germany ("floh" translates into "flea" in English) and then, with Martyn Ridgwell, compiled them into this book. It is Dean's fourth artist book. Signed in pencil by the artist, Tacita Dean on the colophon. Produced in an edition of 4000 copies, this being copy #1029. Fine. More

Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, 1987. Hard Cover. First Edition. xiii, 209 pp. Oblong 4to. Clean and crisp. Dust Jacket has minor bumping, small tear at hinge of rear dust flap that has been tape repaired, now in mylar cover.
Signed by James Duff, one of the essayists, on the title page. Fine / Very Good. More

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1997. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 600 pp. 8vo. Slight darkening to covers of dust jacket from sunning, now in mylar cover. Foxing at edges of cover boards as well as edges of text block, gift inscription on first free endpaper, clean within.
Signed on the title page by Barbra Streisand. Very Good / Very Good. More

New York: Universe Publishing, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. First Universe Publishing Edition, Second Printing. 174 pp. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More

London: Royal Society of London, 1843. Hardcover. First Edition. viii, [1]-336, [2] pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. Crumpling and tears to p. 37/38, does not impact this article.
Also see our #27486 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Eleventh, Supplemental Note, Twelfth, Thirteenth & Fourteenth Series, #27489 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Fifteenth Series" (pp. 1-12), #27500 with Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Nineteenth, Twentieth & Twenty-First Series" (pp. 1-62), our #27503 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Twenty-Second Series" (pp. 1-41), our #27505 which contains "Experimental Researches..... More