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Estelle Doheny Collection Part 5: Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana, Literature and Fine Bindings


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Hardcover. London , White Brothers, Ltd. , 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages, fifth volume in this series-- catalogue of the sale of Countess Estelle Doheny by Christie's of London; b&w and color photographs throughout. Red cloth cover with gilded titles on cover and spine. Gilded "Ex Libris Estelle Doheny" on reverse cover. Corners of boards slightly bumped. Interior tight and clean-- all plates intact. Prices realized list laid-in.

Record # 401593


Price: $30.00 

 

Expressing Abstraction: Writings on Art for The Nation


Faison, Jr., S. Lane

Softcover. Williamstown, Mass, Williams College, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 855761


Price: $15.00 

Fables in Frames: LA Fontaine and Visual Culture in Nineteenth-Century FrancePowell, Kirsten H.
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Fables in Frames: LA Fontaine and Visual Culture in Nineteenth-Century France


Powell, Kirsten H.

Hardcover. New York, 1st, April 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 180 pages, b&w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451684


Price: $30.00 

 

Farm Festivals


Carleton, Will, Illust. by: A.B.Frost, Nast, Abbey, others

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Bros., Rep., 1881, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated by many of the Harper artists: A.B.Frost, Nast, Abbey, others. previous owner's signature. Gilt & black decorated brown covers with bevelled edges

Record # 300333


Price: $25.00 

 

Fifty Days of Solitude


Grumbach, Doris

Hardcover. Boston, Beacon Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 114 pages, b&w photos. Postcard handwritten by the author and related news articles laid-in. Faint foxing to edges, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460404


Price: $35.00 

 

Fine Art of Reading and Other Literary Studies, The


Cecil, David

Hardcover. London, Constable, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 16099


Price: $15.00 

 

Flint and the Flame, The: The Artistry of Charles Dickens


Davis, Earle

Hardcover. Columbia, Missouri, University of Missouri Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 333 pages, with two portraits of Dickens. Dust jacket edge wear and crease, otherwise, very clean and bright copy.

Record # 854894


Price: $15.00 

 

Floodgates & the Wonderworld: A Moby-Dick Pictorial


Del Tredici, Robert

Softcover. Kent, OH, Kent State University Press, 1st Edition, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 146 pages. Soft cover with French flaps. Wrapper excellent. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Pages clean and bright. Small spot of light soil on top edge, otherwise edges unmarked. Binding tight. In beautiful condition. Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Publication of Melville's Masterwork, Moby Dick.

Record # 32898


Price: $25.00 

 

Fortunes of Faust, The (Magic in History)


Butler, Elizabeth M.

Softcover. University Park, PA, Pennsylvatia State University Press, Reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 365 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations. Wrapper excellent. Binding tight. Pages bright. Bottom edge has small spot of soil, otherwise clean inside and out. The final part of Elizabeth Butler's acclaimed trilogy on the Faust legends. Traces the evolution of the Faust tradition and its relationship to the practice of magic in European history.

Record # 31388


Price: $19.00 

 

Founding of the Henry E. Huntington Library and the Art Gallery, The - Four Essays


Huntington Library

Softcover. San Marino CA, Huntington Library, 2nd, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, B&W illustrated, 96 pages and wraps

Record # 1119


Price: $12.00 

 

From Desire To Godot - Pocket Theater Of Postwar Paris


Cohn, Ruby

Berkeley, CA, California University Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Rubbing and light edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 201547


Price: $20.00 

From Manet to Hockney: Modern Artists' Illustrated BooksHogben, Carol
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From Manet to Hockney: Modern Artists' Illustrated Books


Hogben, Carol

Softcover. Trafalgar Square, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 380 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 460486


Price: $44.00 

 

From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel: Parts 1 & 2: The Works of Rudyard Kipling, (Volumes 15 & 16)


Kipling, Rudyard

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, Reprint, 1899, Book: Very Good, Vol 15 (Part 1): 494 pages. 3 b/w plates with tissue guards. Vol 16 (Part 2): 553 pages. 3 b/w plates with tissue guards. Hardcovers. Deckled untrimmed edges. Early editions in the Scribner's series, bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt decoration and elephant and swastika sign (Kipling's trademark) on the front cover and title page, top edge gilt. Just a touch of age wear to spine and cover boards, fading, soil, chipping. Bindings tight. Lovely, clean copies from this collection.

Record # 31474


Price: $25.00 

 

Genet - A Biography


White, Edmund

Hardcover. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, First Edition, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 728 pages. Hardcover. Canvas cloth boards with silver titles. Bright dust jacket with illustration in black & white and only marginal wear to edges. Black & white illustrations, tight binding, clean, unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 751359


Price: $25.00 

 

Girls Who Wore Black: Women Writing the Beat Generation


Johnson (Editors), Ronna C./Nancy M. Grace

Softcover. New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, First Thus, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 295 pages. Softcover. Bright illustrated wraps with light, marginal wear to edges. Black & white illustrations, tight binding, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 751483


Price: $38.00 

 

Gleanings from Popular Authors - Grave & Gay


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Hardcover. New York, Cassell, ND, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 376 pages. Illustrated with black & white engravings by various artists. Previous owners signature on front endpaper. Features stories by: Dickens, Longfellow, Byron, Blake, J. Fennimore Cooper, Poe, and many more. One plate loose. Gilt edges. Light foxing throughout. Bottom corners bumped and worn.

Record # 604212


Price: $16.00 

 

Gridiron Nights


Dunn, Arthur Wallace

Hardcover. New York, Stokes, 1st, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 371 pages. Humorous black & white illustrations. Dust jacket quite torn and missing chunks, with tape repairs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608192


Price: $35.00 

Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of One WorldSwift, Jonathan, Illust. by: Arthur Rackham
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Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of One World


Swift, Jonathan, Illust. by: Arthur Rackham

Hardcover. London, J.M. Dent, 1st thus, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Red cloth covers with ornate gilt decoration to front and spine. A revision of Rackham's 1899 Ed. New color plates. Excellent condition. Previous owner's signature on end paper

Record # 59069


Price: $150.00 

 

Gypsy Folk Tales


Groome, Frances Hindes

Hardcover. Hatboro, PA, Folklore Associates, Inc., First Thus, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 302 pages. Hardcover. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Light toning throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751311


Price: $31.00 

 

Higher Gossip


Updike, John

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A.Knopf, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 501 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Later essays and criticism by John Updike. Light rubbing to dust jacket.Red toning to top text block. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951534


Price: $48.00 

 

Hockney's Alphabet


Spender (Editor), Stephen, Illust. by: David Hockney

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 2nd, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 92 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Adhesive residue on front dj along with bleeding on reverse side rear from red cover board. Faint water damage on front and back dust jacket near spine. Faint water damage to the top of the last couple of pages. Clear and bright illustrations by David Hockney.

Record # 750325


Price: $50.00 

 

Ideas of Good and Evil


Yeats, W. B.

Hardcover. London, A. H. Bullin, 1st, 1903, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 341 pages. Hardcover. Narrow water stains to corners, and along foredges of front and back covers. Foxing to endpapers. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 612613


Price: $63.00 

 

Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985 - Updated Edition


Calvino, Italo

Softcover. New Haven, CT, Princeton University Press, 1st Paperback, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 640 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear.

Record # 2230276


Price: $15.00 

 

james Baldwin - Artist on Fire


Weatherby, W. J.

Hardcover. New York, Donald I. Fine, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 412 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 609339


Price: $12.00 


  
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