Softcover. Bergamo, Instituto Italiano D'Arti Grafiche, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 14 pages of text in Italian, 30 b&w plates of engravings from the 1700s by Pitteri. Large softcover with light edgewear.
Hardcover. New York , Scribner, Welford & Armstrong, 1st US, 1877, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 276 pages, 240 b&w engravings of artifacts like enamels, furniture, pottery, vases, bowls, gold and silver work. Originally published in England at the South Kensington Museum. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, front hinge cracked, otherwise very good. Green cloth with gilt lettering.
Hardcover. New York, Burdick and Scovill, 1st, 1850, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages. Leather covered boards. Illustrated with black & white engravings and hand colored flower plates. Most pages faded--flower plates less so. Cover plate torn/missing. Corners bumped.
Hardcover. NY, J.C. Burdick, 1st, n.d. (1850's), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hand colored plates, black & white engravings. Hardbound ladies' periodical. In original red covers with gilt lettering (gilt fade) All edges gilt . 432 pages. One engraving torn (repairable). Light foxing, otherwise VG, clean. Endpapers appear newer than book.
Hardcover. London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1st, 1887, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 48 b&w engravings of animals. Torquoise cloth covers with 2-color plus gilt design. 159 pages. Previous owner's inscription on blank prelim page.
Hardcover. Boston, J. Nourse, 1st, 1850, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 412 pages, hardcover-bound collection of the periodial for all of 1850, from Jan. 5 through Dec. 21. Many b&w engravings, ads.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, Reprint, 1886, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 153 pages. Illustrated with black & white engravings by various artists. Previous owners name on prelim. page. Narrow damp stain along very bottom edge of first 8 pages - this does not effect text or illustrations. Front cover features four color illustration with gilt highlights. Spine title with gilt intact. Minor foxing to endpapers. A very nice copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia , J.B. Lippincott Company, first thus, 1907, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 305 pages, hardcover. Red boards with gilt titling intact on front panel. With illustrations in color by Maria Kirk, together with the original wood engravings after Arthur Hughes. Heavy fading and bumping to spine. Mild water stain to upper fore edge on front panel. Minor fading and edgewear to boards. Yellow toning to top text block edge. Moderate spotting to preliminary pages. Illustrated endpapers. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1st, 1976, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Comprehensive catalogue of Reginald Marsh's prints. Illustrated with black/white reproductions of all known prints by Marsh. Also includes biographical text on the artist. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, dust jacket is in very good condition with small tear on the back.
Hardcover. NY, Clarkson Potter, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, As essay and definitive catalog of his linoleum cuts, etchings, engraving & lithographs, po embossed stamp on title pg, ink # on front paste-down, dj edgewear, price clipped.
Hardcover. Paris, Cercle du Livre Precieux, reprint, 1964-1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Complete six volume set, leather bound, limited to 3000 copies, #789. Modern mottled leather, raised bands, red and green leather spine labels, marbled endpapers, compartments decorated in gilt. Modern mottled leather, raised bands, red and green leather spine labels, marbled endpapers, compartments decorated in gilt. Most pages are plates with many fold-outs, red ribbon markers. An astonishing collection of engravings with accompanying keys (text in French) covering a wide range of subjects including Mathematical figures, astronomy, military formations and tactics, navigation, marine signaling, hydraulics and so on. Most of the plates fold out, sometimes with two folds. Facsimiles of the 1762-1772 set. Huge, heavy volumes that make overseas shipping prohibitive. Very good plus with only the front fly leaf in Volume 6 gone.
Hardcover. W. E. Scull, 1st, 1904, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 480 pages, profusely illustrated with half-tone engravings and artists' drawings throughout, illustrated cover on red cloth board. previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, light corner and edge wear, minor foxing on top edge, otherwise, clean and tight.
Paperback. NY, M. Knoedler & Co., 1st wraps, 1928/1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 auction catalogs from late 1920's. 71, 79 pages. Black & white illust. Paperbacks in very nice condition.
Softcover. Williamstown, Massachusetts, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalogue with black/white photographs and illustrations of Winslow Homer's painting, drawings, and engravings. Contains chronology of artist's life and work and pamphlet for the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Good condition; marks and discoloration due to aging on the covers and spine.
Hardcover. New York, NY, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1st, 1955, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 201 pages. Hardcover. "Illustrated with eight colour plates and forty wood engravings by the author." Cover boards bound in blue cloth with agewear, gilt title on spine and design on front cover board. Dust jacket unclipped, with agewear. Pages and edges have some tanning throughout, and foxing at beginning and end pages.
Softcover. East Sussex, UK, Beacon Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 166 pages, softcover with French wraps. Monograph of Van Dyke at the Wallace Collection. Various color photos, drawings, and engravings. Slight curl to binding. Light rubbing, shelf wear to rear wraps. Unmarked.
Hardcover. NY, Abbeville, Unknown, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Almost 1,000 black & white engravings from artists, journalists from the 1800's depicting its landmarks, people and social customs. 520 pages.
Softcover. New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Tan laminated stapled covers with b&w illustration, 41 full page b&w prints of wood engravings. A clean, tight copy.
Softcover. New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Tan laminated stapled covers with b&w illustration, 41 full page b&w prints of wood engravings. A clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harpercollins, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 274 pages, illustrated throughout. Dust jacket edge wear and rub, price clipped, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Merrill & Baker, 1st Thus, 1900, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 578 pages (Vol. I) and 572 pages (Vol. II). Limited edition, #109 of 500. Introduction by Richard Garnett, editor. 102 captioned b/w illustrations by various artists, including two illustrated title pages, a photograph of Dickens's birthplace, and a steel engraving portrait of Dickens. Color frontispiece in each volume. Half leather binding with raised spine bands, marble boards, and marble endpapers. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Some parts of leather are turning green. Light wear to cover edges, and minor chipping to spine edges. Minor fraying to tops of spines. Small splits in bottom of hinges. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front covers. Top edge gilt. Deckled page edges. Very Good.
Berlin, Rembrandt, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Berlin under the Kaiser as seen in contemporary engravings by various artists. German text. Record # 601690