Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1969. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition of the English Translation. Scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, the number "5" written in blue ink at base of front dust jacket flap, jacket now in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with silver embossed titling to spine, small bump at base of front board. Clean within.
An English translation of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's (1895-1946) treatise on the three mediums of the title originally published as a Bauhaus of 1925-27. In republishing the designers were attentive to the imporatance of design and typography to the original German production in getting Moholy-Nagy's ideas across and replicated as best they could in this production. An important book by an important member of the Bauhaus..... More

New York: The Science Press, 1914. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. viii, 624 pp. 8vo. Dark burgundy three-quarter leather bindings with peddled cloth insets to front and rear boards. Considerable scuffing and wear overall. Gold embossed tilting to spine. Interior clean.
Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945) was an American geneticist and embryologist. This article describes Morgan's theories about the pivotal roles of genese and chromosomes in the process of evolution, which he describes in more detail in his famous 1915 boopk, "The Mechanism of Mendelian Inheritance." Morgan won the Nobel Prize for Physiology of Medicine in 1933. Good. More

New York: Museum of American Folk Art, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 239 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with price clipped dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by the then-director of the Museum of American Folk Art, Gerard C. Wertkin to the previous owner. Fine / Fine. More

Watkins, Carleton. Los Angeles, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008. Hardcover. First Edition. 82 pp. 4to. Gift inscription to previous owner on the first free endpaper. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.
49 plates detail the work of Carleton Watkins (1829-1916), the first photographer of Yosemite from the 1860s-1880s whose work helped pave the way for the park we enjoy today. Fine. More

Manikakis, Vasilis. Greece: Mytilene, Ministry of the Aegean, 2000. First Edition. 217 pp. Folio. Translucent dust jacket the protects the photographs printed on the cover has slight wear and scuffing, small tears and chips. Slight sunning to spine of cover, otherwise clean and sharp within and out.
A scarce monograph of Vasilis Manikakis of Ai Stratis, the small island where he grew up in the southeastern Aegean. Published in an edition of 1,000 copies, OCLC lists in the holdings of one library. More

Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., 1995. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. xiii, 442 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with the dust jacket in a mylar cover. Light sunning to spine of dust jacket, winner of the Julia Child Cookbook Award with sticker on front cover.
Lengthy inscription by the author on title page. Fine / Fine. More

Lautner, John. New York: Rizzoli, 2008. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 234 pp. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fascinating design of the book in that the front cover board has a very lightly raised embossed sketch by Lautner of one of his most iconic housese, the Chemoshphere. Thin line dimple across the front board from a binding anomaly, same to rear. Does not impact the book in any way.
What has become a highly collectible book on the life and work of the legendary architect, John Lautner (1911-1994) who was known for his mid-century architecture that tested the boundaries of curves and reinforced concrete. Lautner was one of the few architects who studied with Frank Lloyd Wright that created their own..... More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1963. Hardcover. First Edition. 1434, LV pp. 4to. Green library binding, ex-library with stamp of "Technical Library, U.S. Naval Propellant Plant, Indian Head, Maryland" on first free endpaper, title page, and final free endpaper. No other library markings present Clean within.
An early paper by James Peebles (b. 1935) who was named a Nobel Laureate in Physics in 2019 for his theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology. Volume also contains J. Tuzo William's article, "Did the Atlantic Close and then Re-Open?” (pp. 676-681) where Wilson first proposes the theory of "Continental Drift." Very Good. More

New York: The Viking Press, 1963. Hardcover. First Edition. Third Printing, 1982. xvii, 421 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has tiny closed tears at head of spine, very clean and sharp, now in mylar cover. Interior clean and crisp.
Volume I of Forrest Pogue's magisterial 4-volume biography of George C. Marshall. Fine / Very Good. More

New York: Merrimack Publishing, nd. Wraps. As. Miniature books that measure 2"x1-1/2" with one staple at spine and in clear lucite box with lid. 44 pp. each. Fully illustrated in color. Wonderful set. Fine. More

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1958. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 249 pp. 8vo. Originial glassine dust jacket has many chips and tears but still intact. Marble paper boards, red cloth spine with gold titling has minor sunning at head and foot of spine where missing portion of dust jacked allowed the lightening, clean within. Brown paper covered slipcase has slight chipping at edges, wear, but in Very Good condtion.
One of the special edition of 975 copeis produced for private distribution to friends of the publisher. Very Good / Good. More

Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint Co., 1977. Hardcover. First Edition. First Kraus Edition. xxxii, 490, xx, 408, xxxii, 454 pp. Clean, tight reprint edition in red cloth boards. Folding plates as frontispiece in each volume.
An affordable edition of an extremely rare set. Fine. More