Softcover. NY, Harmony Books, 3rd pr., 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages. Foreword by Hugh Hefner, illustrated in color and black & white. A monographic study of the art of Alberto Vargas back to his earliest known work. His draughtsmanship and technique in depicting the female nude is unsurpassed. Moreover, he was a cultural force. The work he did for Playboy is confined to a few pages at the end. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Hanover NH, Hood Museum of Art, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 86 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 25 through June 25, 1989 at the Hood Museum of Art and then September 9 through October 15, 1989 at the Currier Gallery of Art. Features a preface by Timothy Rub, an introduction by Robert M. Doty and the poem "Chariot" by Stanley Kunitz. Includes color and black and white numerous illustrations, a checklist, biographical information, and a selected bibliography. Boghosian, (1926-2020), constructed his works from found objects. "Building upon the traditions of Surrealism and Dada Boghosian's assemblages and collages playfully contemplate the boundaries between dream and reality. In creating his art, Boghosian draws heavily on his extensive personal archive of found objects, gathered together in his home and studio. A one inch tear at the top of the jacket has been repaired with tape on the reverse side. Name on first blank page, otherwise clean.
Softcover. NY, Atheneum, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 314 pages. The roles of planter and slave in a changing plantation society in Brazil. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 1st US, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, demi dust jacket. The history, cultural life, customs and social life of Venice. 403 pages. Chronology, Bibliography, Index. Two 8 page sections of full color illustrations, and two of black and white; b/w drawings at each chapter head. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, George Allen, 4th Ed., 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, flexible black cloth with red and gilt stamping, edges stained red. 268 pages with a 10 page catalogue of Hare's other titles in rear. With 23 illustrations and a double page color map. Detailed information on the history and landmarks of Venice. Clean, bright copy of this vintage travel guide.
Softcover. UK, Black Dog Publishing, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 68 pages, text in English and French. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.
France, Michelin & Co., 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 176 pages. Guide book to WW1 battlefield, illust. with black & white photos, maps (color two-page of Verdun). End-pages with ads. Previous owner's signature front endpaper. Dust jacket in excellent condition.
Hardcover. Colbyville, VT, Silver Print Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 154 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page. Black and white photographs throughout. Clean tight copy.
Hardcover. Burlington, State of Vermont, 1st, 1886, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 620 pages. Black & white illustrations. Previous owners names on front endpaper. Bound in brown leather with gilt title on black background on spine. Clean, tight copy. Volume 1 only.
Hardcover. Claremont, Tracy, Chase and Company, 1st, 1869, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth with titles in gilt on cover and spine. Black & white illustrations. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Montpelier, State of Vermont, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 163 pages. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with stamping and marking on endpapers. Illustrated with two black & white photographs. Features historical data, Vermont Roster 1898, etc. Green cloth covers with rubbing along edges. Clean, tight.
Hardcover. Boston, Briggs and Co., 1887, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 352 pages, includes many ads with line illustrations. Black cloth spine with ad-illustrated cardboard covers, chipping to the paper covering the boards at edges. Otherwise clean, solid.
Hardcover. Boston, Union Publishing Co., 1897, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 366 pages, includes many ads with line illustrations. Black cloth spine with ad-illustrated cardboard covers, chipping to the paper covering the boards at edges. Hinges cracked otherwise clean, solid.
Softcover. New England Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, color pictorial wrappers. Many full-page black & white photographs. 118 pages including index.
Hardcover. Boston, James R. Osgood & Co., reprint, 1872, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed blue cloth with gilt stamping, 107 pages. Text edges stained red, title page in red and black. Previous owner's inscription on blank prelim page. Bright, tight copy.
Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 275 pages, b&w photos. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Lawyer, educator, novelist, radio and television scriptwriter, film director and screenwriter, wartime intelligence operative, and full-time radical romantic, Abraham Lincoln Polonsky was blacklisted in Hollywood for refusing to be an informer. This biography helps us understand the relationship between art and politics in American culture.
Hardcover. New York, Penguin Press, First Edition, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 642 pages. Hardcover. Grey cloth boards with silver titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Crisp dust jacket with only minor wear. Very clean & unmarked. Crisp, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2nd imp., 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 635 pages. Contains black and white illustrated plates, and a pull out family tree. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Penguin Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 642 pages. Gray cloth boards with silver titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Crisp dust jacket with only minor wear. Very clean & unmarked. Crisp, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Gordon Fraser, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 160 pages. Full color and black & white examples of fine Victorian book design. Some light foxing to preliminary pages and to blue cloth cover. Clean, tight copy. Traces the evolution of publishers' bindings from the printed paper wrappers which were normal at the beginning of the nineteenth century (when most purchasers of books had them bound by their own bookbinder), through the introduction of cloth by Pickering in about 1820, and on through the heyday of gold and coloured blocking down to the end of the Victorian period. This book will be invaluable to book collectors, bibliophiles, and dealers in rare books.
Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 1st US, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black and white photographs throughout. Clean, tight copy.