Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion.
Tiffany, Louis Comfort. New York: Museum of Biblical Art, 2012. Hardcover. First Edition. 216 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
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Rhymes from the North Country: New and Collected Poems.
Blooomington, IN: iUniverse, 2016. Trade paperback. First Edition. vii, 367 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Fine. More
German Expressionist Graphics From the Bradford Collection.
Portland, ME: Portland Museum of Art, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
A Passion for Books.
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
Winter Crossing 1952: Travel Notes from a Bygone Era.
Tucson, AZ: Privately Printed, 1986. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. Oblong 16mo. Printed paper covers with a steam locomotive image repeated four times and facing opposite directions, blue cloth spine with title printed on front panel. Clean, crisp copy.
A small keepsake book Powell had printed chronicling his journey from California to New York and back to Pasadena betwen January 20 and 29, 1952. Also his days in New York with book-related meetings with David Randall, Sol Mankin, and the Grolier Club as well as tea with his Aunt Mabel. Designed by Ward Ritchie, printed by Richard Hoffman, and signed by Powell on the half-title page. Fine. More
The Great Glacier and Its House: The Story of the First Center of Alpinism in North America 1885-1925.
New York: The American Alpine Club, 1982. Hardcover. First Edition. 223 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy.
Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Fine / Fine. More
Rauschenberg: Art and Life. New Edition.
Rauschenberg, Robert. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 352 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Originally published in 1990, this is the updated "New Edition." Fine / Fine. More
Growth, Efficiency, and Modernism: GSA Buildings of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
Washington DC: U.S. General Services Administration, 2003. Wraps. First Edition. Second Printing, 2005. Clean, crisp copy.
One often forgets that the Federal Government commissioned, built, and was a proponent of much of the Modern Architecture built in the US and abroad during the time period covered in this volume. A fascinating survey of a crucial time when architectural theory and practical applications came together. Fine. More
Oliver Wiswell (2 Volumes).
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1940. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 411, 415-849 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth boards with gold embossed titlinig to spine, top edge gilt, color maps illustrate the endpapers of each volume. Both volumes retain the original clear plastic dust jacket and are encased in a matching cloth slipcase in Very Good condition with a paper title pasted to front cover.
Produced in a limited edition of 1,50 copies, 1,000 of which were for sale, this being #566 and signed by the author on the colophon. Fine. More
Why Did I Ever.
Washington DC: Counterpoint, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 200 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Signed by the author on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
From Revolution to Revolution: Perspectives on Publishing & Bookselling.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. Hard Cover. First Edition. xi, 189 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Yosemite's Historic Wawona.
Yosemite, CA: Flying Spur Press, 1984. Wraps. Second Edition. 80 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. Fine. More
A World Ruled by Number: William Stanley Jevons and the Rise of Mathematical Economics.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xii, 192 pp. Light scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Minor spotting along edge of text block, clean within. Very Good / Very Good. More
Befriending the Commedia dell' Arte of Flaminio Scala: The Comic Scenarios.
Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2014. Hardcover. First Edition. xiii, 328 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
SCHRODINGER'S CAT “Die gegenwärtige Situation in der Quantenmechanik” (Die Naturwissenschaften 23 pp. pp. 807-812; 823-828; 844-849, 1935) and "Translation of Schrödinger's 'Cat Paradox' Paper" (Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 124 No. 5 pp. 323-338, October 10, 1980).
Berlin, Germany/Philadelphia, PA: Julius Springer/The American Philosophical Society, 1935/1980. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. xix, 870, 12 pp. 4to. Three quarter leather binding with black corners and spine, gold embossed titling to spine, gray cloth inset into front and rear covers. Clean and crisp within. The American Philosophical Society Proceedings is in blue wraps in Very Good Condition with library stamp on top front and rear cover as well as top of some pages within.
Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961) proposed the Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment in this paper. Schrödinger used the thought experiment to illustrate what he saw as the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics when applied to everyday objects. In the course of developing this thought experiment, Schrödinger also coined the term..... More
"Electric Charge and Current Engendered by Combined Maxwell-Einstein-Fields." (Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy; Vol. 56, pp. 13-22).
Dublin, Ireland: Hodges, Figgis & Co. Ltd., 1953-1954. Hardcover. First Edition. 75 pp. 4to. Gray pastepaper covers with black cloth spine and corners, titling on spine hand lettered in white. Ex-library with minor marks within. Fine. More
Physical Science in the Time of Nero Being a Translation of the "Quaestiones Naturales" of Seneca.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910. Hardcover. First Edition. liv, 368 pp. 8vo. Green cloth boards with gold embossed tilting to spine. Clean, tight copy. Very Good. More
Julius Shulman: Modernism Rediscovered (3 Volumes).
Koln, Germany: Taschen, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. 1,008 pp. Folio. Light tan cloth boards with color embossed titling to each spine, a different color for each volume that corresponds to Shulman's name printed on the cover as well as the color of endpapers in each volume. A large Julius Shulman photograph fills the cover of each volume. 1,500 color and black & white photographs. No dust jackets, as issued. Large cloth covered slipcase of matching cloth with photographs of Volume 1 and 3 applied to exterior has slight scuffing and soiling from shelf wear and is in Very Good condition. A very heavy set, will require additional postage.
Julius Shulman (1910-2009) was a legend in the field of photography and the world of architecture. His..... More
First Principles of Physics, or Natural Philosophy, Designed for the Use of Schools and Colleges.
Philadelphia, PA: H. C. Peck& Theo. Bliss, 1859. Half Leather. First Edition. 8, xix, 720 pp. 12mo. Brown leather spine with gold embossed titling, light scuffing head and spine, brown cloth boards with minor bumping to corners. Foredges of of text block marbled. Light foxing to the prelims, clean within. 675 engraved illustrations illustrate the text, a very thorough text. Very Good. More
Professional Military Education in the United States: A Historical Dictionary.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xiv, 391 pp. Green cloth boards, clean and crisp inside and out. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine. More
"Constantly Risking Absurdity" The Writings of Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Troy, NY: The Whitston Publishing Company, 1989. Hardcover. First Edition. viii, 95 pp. 8vo. Light pencil underlining and short notes throughout. Very Good. More
Essays, Short Stories and Poems Written in 1881 by Mary Snell.
Morrell, Joyce E. Campobello Island, New Brunswick/Santa Barbara, CA: Friends of the Headharbour Lightstation/Sea Hill Press, Inc., 2014. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 147 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.
First published in 1881, this is the delightful and inspiring story, in her own words, of Mary Snell who lost her sighat at the age of seven but lived an active life. This book recounts her early life as the daughter of the second lighthouse keeper at Headharbour Lightstation at the north end of the island of Campobello, summer home of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Illustrations by Joyce E. Morrell. Fine. More
Atomic Structure and Spectral Lines.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1923. Hardcover. First Edition. Translated from the Third German Edition. xiii, 626, 8 (ads) pp. 8vo. Tan board with gold embossed titling to cover and spine, light scuffing from shelf wear, bumping to corners. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown as well as an inscription on first free endpaper in year of publication. Very Good. More
Tattooing A to Z: A Guide to Successful Tattooing.
Naydan, Ted. Spaulding and Rogers Mfg., Inc., 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Third Printing, 1992. 141 pp. 4to. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket with a tape repair a the upper left corner and lower right corner of the front panel, small tears and chipping at edges, now in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with silver embossed titling and cover illustration. Previous owner's name in ink on inside front cover, very clean within.
Huck Spaulding (1928-2003) was a legend in the tattooing world and helped bring tattooing more to the mainstream than when he started in 1949. Spaulding also founded Spaulding and Rogers Mfg., Inc. which continues to produce equipment for the tattoo industry. Very Good / Good. More
Mysticism and Philosophy.
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1961. Hardcover. First Edition. 349 pp. 8vo. Sunning to dust jacket and missing 3/4" at head of spine, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Previous owner's adddress label and name in ink on first free endpaper. Clean within. Very Good / Very Good. More