Easthampton, MA: Antique Collectors' Club, 2006. Hard Cover. First Edition. 111 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy, never read. As printed, with no dust jacket, but color printed cover boards. Lavishly illustrated, delightful book! Fine. More
Le-Tan, Pierre. New York, NY: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1985. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. x, 112 pp. 8vo. Slight scuffing to dust jacket, small tear at head of rear panel flap, now in mylar cover. Cean and crisp within. Signed in pencil by the author on the first free endpaper.
A humorous look at financial shenanigans from Charles Ponzi to the Sydney Opera House. Fine / Very Good. More
New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. 211 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
London: Archetype Publications Ltd., 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xii, 263 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine. More
Switzerland: Éditions du griffon Neuchâtel, 1973. Third Edition. First Printing. 206 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Text in German.
A pristine copy of a work that celebrates the work of Hungarian/French artist Victor Vasarely (1906-1997). Vasarely was well known for his geometric abstract art in various media that led to optical illusions: fascinating, vibrant work. More
London: Archetype Publications Ltd., 2000. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. x, 117 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. Fine. More
Golden Keys Success. Hardcover. as. Reprint of the 1953 Second Edition published by Princeton University Press. viii, 641 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine. More
New York: The Century Co., 1883. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. viii, 960 pp. 4to. Brown three-quarter leather bindings with peddled cloth insets to front and rear boards. Considerable scuffing and wear overall. Black title patches to spine with gold embossed tilting. Interior clean. Good. More
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1866. Hardcover. As. vi, 152 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth boards with blind embossed borders, brown leather spine with five raised bands from earlier rebinding, gold embossed titling to spine. Slight darkening of pages due to quality of paper, quite clean overall. Previous owner's name in ink on first free endpaper and title page. 23 pp.of Casella catalog of meteorological instruments at rear.
William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was a physician and physicist who conducted numerous experiments on friost and dew. Wells first believed that dew and frost were the causes of air that was a few degrees colder than the ground. He began to experiment and changed his theory when he realized that a combination of temperature, temperature change, and..... More
Wessel, Henry. El Cajon, CA: Hyde College, Grossmont College, 2000. Wraps. First Edition. Unpag. 23 Plates. 8vo. White paper wraps with Wessel photo printed on cover.
An unusually scarce catalog from the exhibition of the same name held at Grossmont College March 27-April 14, 2000. Fine. More
London: Merrell Publishers, 2017. Hardcover. First Edition. 159 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Weston, Edward. New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce, 1947. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 16 pp. 51 photographs. Folio. Wear and scuffing to the covers, chipping at edges, small losses, has been professionally rebacked with black Japanese paper, original spine laid in, now encased in custom mylar dust jacket to protect the printed paper covered boards. Very light toning to text pages, photographs clean, minor foxing to second free endpaper at rear as well as last page of bibliography. Missing its dust jacket, which is rarely found not ripped or in tatters. Armitage, Jeffers, and Bear all write introductions and an artist's statement by Weston at rear. [Purcell 16].
Produced in an edition of 1500 copies, this being #1416 and initialed by Edward Weston "EW" on a...... More
London: Phaidon, 1996. Wraps. First Edition. Second Paperback Printing, 2002. Light scuffing and wear to covers. Clean within. Very Good. More
Lancaster, PA: The American Physical Society, 1955. Wraps. First Edition. 255-570 pp. 4to. Green paper wraps that are clean and crisp.
In 1955, American theoretical physicist John Wheeler (1911–2008) coined the term “wormhole” and developed the now-familiar wormhole diagram and also used the term "quantum foam" for the first time. Very Good. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949. Hardcover. As. 54 pp. 4to. Minor chipping to edges of dust jacket, small losses at head and foot of spine, "Book Club of the Month" printed on top of front dust jacket flap; dust jacket now in mylar cover. Gray cloth boards with red embossed titling to cover board and spine, "Book Club" tiny red dot on lower right corner of base of rear board. Clean and crisp within.
This essay was first published in "Holiday" magazine in 1949. Although a Book Club Edition, the title page still indicates "First Edition" and the code "I-Y". [Hall A17]. Fine / Very Good. More
New York, NY: Doubleday, 1999. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing.303 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Previous owner's name in ink on the verso of the first free endpaper.
Signed by the author on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1896. Wraps. As. 95, [2] pp. 12mo. Light wear and scuffing to covers, some chipping at edges, encased in custom mylar dust jacket. Folding plate illustration at rear. Text in German. Very Good. More
London: Royal Society of London, 1824. Quarter Leather. First Edition. iv, 498, 10 [19] pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling, scuffing and tears where call numbers have been removed. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
William Hyde Wallston indicates at the outset of his article that "portrait painting is not altogether a fit subject to be brought before the Royal Society..." but goes on to explain that his paper looks at the rules of perspective which is purely mathematical. Five plates follow the paper, with two having movable sheets to show shift in perspective. Very Good. More
New York: Macmillan Magazines, 1992. Wraps. First Edition. Typical magazine format. Ex-Library with two library stickers affixed to front cover. Light scuffing. Clean within. Housed in a custom folding case with gold embossed titling to spine.
First published results of the discovery of first confirmed extra-solar planet. Very Good. More
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 193 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Signed by Daniel Woodrell on the title page. The basis for the critically acclaimed 2010 film of the same name starring Jennifer Lawrence. For her role in the film, Lawrence received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress at the age of 20. Fine / Fine. More
Rockland, Maine: William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, 1969. Soft Cover. First Edition. Printer's Proof. A mock-up example of the exhibition of the same name that was featured at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, July 11-September 8, 1969. Cover portrait of a sheep on cover in color, interior portraits in black and white. Printer's registration lines present on every page which are folded but loose in binding. A unique item for the Wyeth collector. Fine. More
London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1950. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Light wear and soiling to dust jacket, minor sunning to spine, small closed tear at midpointo n spine, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with slight discoloration along spine, gold embossed titling to spine. Pervious owner's bookplate on front pastedown, clean within.
First English edition of Bruno Zevi's (1918-2000) groundbreaking book. Although Zevi spends considerable time on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, he expands the vision for organic architecture beyond Wright's work to the work of Alvar Aalto, Richard Neutra, and others that we don't usually associate with organic architecture. Very Good / Very Good. More