Hardcover. Atlanta, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 120 pages. Full color illustrations. Covers show minor wear. Clean, tight copy. Hardcover, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. San Rafael, CA, Insight Editions, 2nd, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 213 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Laminated boards. Color illustrations throughout. Clean, tight copy. n a world of rascally rabbits, megalomaniacal ducks, and stuttering pigs, what defines greatness? This question was posed to thousands of cartoon fans, historians, and animators to create The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons, the definitive Looney Tunes collection. Jerry Beck and the Cartoon Brew team of animation experts reveal the amusing anecdotes and secret origins behind such classics as "What's Opera, Doc?," "One Froggy Evening," and "Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 th Century." Featuring more than 300 pieces of original art from private collectors and the Warner Bros. archives, The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons settles the debate on the best of the best, and poses a new question: Is your favorite one of the greatest?
Hardcover. Carbondale IL, Southern Illinois University, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages of color plates plus many pages of b/w illustrations, 296 pages in all.
Softcover. NY, Swann Auction Galleries, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover with pictorial covers, unpaginated. Sale 1775. Clean copy. Prices realized list laid in.
Softcover. NY, Collins Design, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 528 pages. 500 Essential Graphic Novels is an all-in-one guide to this exciting form of visual literature.Including more than 350 authors and 400 artists, this lush volume contains an essential mix of some of the finest visually-stunning stories of our time. From politically-charged non-fiction sagas to imaginative fantasy tales, this ultimate guide has something to satisfy everyone's taste. The first of its kind, this book focuses on each graphic novel separately, honing in on art technique, style and prose, plus an age rating system so parents will know what is suitable for their children. Chapters are divided by genre, complete with individual plot synopses and star-scaled reviews for each book, providing the reader with a concise and balanced understanding of today's best graphic novels.
Hardcover. Kyoto, Japan, Shibunkaku , 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with a dust jacket, yellow cloth covers with gilt title in Japanese on the spine. 212 pages, 113 rare books and manuscripts listed, many color plates, main text in Japanese. There is a separate 15-page section IN ENGLISH, which describes all the items. Foreword in English by Shoichi Watanabe, Professor at Sophia University. Bottom front corner has been bumped causing mild damage to the cloth and dust jacket. Otherwise clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. London, Ernest Benn, 11th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 656 pages. 10,000 musical themes indexed for easy reference.
Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 460 pages. Light green cloth covers, gilt titles to spine, laminate white dust jacket with color illustration, over 700 bird species illustrated in color and b&w, in more than 1300 individual paintings, endpapers decorated with maps. Slight rubbing to dust jacket, clean boards, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Adam & Charles Black, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn dust jacket. 159 pages with 48 plates in color and b&w.
Hardcover. Boston, G K Hall & Co, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 585 pages. Lists and provides the reader with descriptions of 1440 titles, 121 authors, with a brief plot summary. If you love the classic English mystery novels of the first half of the 20th century, this is a great book to have on your shelf. It chronicles all of the authors, novels and lead characters from these books. Special features include a list of 100 classics of the genre, explanations and charts of England's Police and class system, and maps of Great Britan and Ireland. Dust jacket with minor edgewear, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Boston, David R Godine, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. From The Tale of Rabbit (1901) to Last Stop on Market Street (2015), each of the one hundred books is presented with fascinating stories of its publication history and biographies of the creators. On the facing page, a cover and inside spread will bring back memories of the time when, sitting in a classroom or on a lap, someone read you a book and opened up your world. A sumptuous celebration of 100 best-loved and acclaimed picture books-ones you'll remember and new gems to discover.
Hardcover. Edinburgh, Maclachlan & Stewart, 2nd, 1831, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 639 pages. Text in Latin. Previous owners stamp on front endpaper.
Hardcover. London, Academic Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 624 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's name written on front flyleaf. Cover boards bound in green, gilt title on spine and front cover. A touch of foxing to edges, otherwise clean inside. Binding tight. In very good shape.
Hardcover. Chicago, Stanton and Van Vliet Co, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 403 pages + glossary with illustrations, photos and fold-out charts in b&w. Light wear and fraying to black covers with a few small holes through the cloth. Internally very good.
Softcover. La Jolla CA, Green Tiger Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 60 pages. An exploration of illustration and children's books. Text by Welleran Poltarnees. Color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, Kate Greenaway, Maurice Sendak, Beatrix Potter, Kay Nielson, and Dorothy Lathrop; Additional illustrations by Dugald Stuart Walker, A.B. Frost, Edward Ardizzone, H.J. Ford, and others. Stiff wraps with an die-cut oval window to the front cover; 60 pages; 13 tipped-in color plates + monochrome text illustrations throughout; 7 x 8.25 inches.
Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 336 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy. Black & white and color images throughout. Tight copy. Introduction by Martin Scorsese.
Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 300 pages. This book accompanies a major traveling exhibition that showcases works by some of the most visionary designers and architects, from chairs and tables to jewelry and entire buildings.
Hardcover. New York, Museum of Art New York, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. In excellent condition, clean inside and out.
Hardcover. Boston, Gray & Bowen, 1st, 1830, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 312 pages, leather spine and corners with marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Copyright page states "on the eleventh day of November, A. D. 1830." With frontispiece folding map of the eclipse of Feb 12th, in its passage across the United States. A very good copy with mild wear to leather, map in very good condition. moderate foxing to text. There is some minimal marking, numbers and light residue to endpapers.
Hardcover. New York , R.R. Browker Co., 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 290 pages, red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York , Edmund and George W. Blunt, 18th Edition., 1857, Dust Jacket: None, 739 pages, contains 4 fold-out maps and charts. 2 maps with tears, one detached, all present. Original calf covers with spine label. Edges worn, hinges cracked, some tan staining to some page margins. Soiling to rear end papers and text block, top and bottom edges. Overall good plus.
Hardcover. New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Barbara Cooney. Moderate foxing to cloth covers. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co., Eleventh Ed., 1857, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 637 pages. Hardcover. Eleventh Edition - 1857. Black & white illustrations. Varying degrees of foxing to pages 349-356 - this due to leaves being pressed between pages at some point. Overall, pages are bright and unmarked. Original brown cloth covers with faded spine and edges. Firm binding.
Hardcover. NA, By Subscription, 1825, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 431 pages. Brown leather covers. Spine with chipping and creases to gilt decoration. Black & white illustrations, including 1 fold-out. Previous owners name stamped on preliminary page. Light to moderate foxing throughout. Front cover detached.
Hardcover. Woodstock, New York, The Overlook Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Encyclopedic volume featuring the historical evolution of American homes. Hardcover, 320 pages. Over 1000 black/white illustrations, including architectural plans for each variety of home discussed. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, only flaw on the dust jacket is a small blue ink stain on the front.
Softcover. New Haven, Yale University Press , 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover set. Two volumes in a cardboard slipcase, 344, 300 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs throughout. Vol. 1 covers New England, Vol. 2 - The Middle Colonies and the South. Clean, tight copies.
Softcover. London/NY, Routledge, reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 1062 pages. This volume includes twenty-two chapters by international experts covering the entire history of technology from humankind's earliest use of stone tools to the exploration of space. Written clearly and without unnecessary jargon, each chapter traces the development of its subject from earliest times to the present day, stressing the social context and its place in scientific thought. Usefully drawn with over 150 tables, drawings and photographs. Two comprehensive indexes of names and subjects. Essential reading for teachers and students in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Industrial History and Archaeology. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Ohio, Kent State University Press , 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover,115 pages, cream cloth with black lettering on spine.
Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2nd Edition, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 544 pages. Hardcover. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. Previous owner's ID stamp on endpapers. Red cloth cover boards, gilt title on black on spine, some agewear to cover boards. Binding very good. Spine straight. Some pages have some light notes/underlining. This anthology brought together the most important historical, legal, mythological, liturgical, and secular texts of the ancient Near East, with the purpose of providing a rich contextual base for understanding the people, cultures, and literature of the Old Testament. Due to size and weight, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY6
Hardcover. New York, Board of Publications of the Reformed Protestant Ditch Church, 3rd Edition, 1857, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 479 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations with tissue guards for most. Red cloth cover boards with blindstamped design and gilt title on spine (faded), agewear to covers. Foxing throughout. Tanning to edges and pages from age. Binding good. Spine straight.
Hardcover. New York, Random House Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. The classic work by Dr. Seuss analyzed and dissected. Red cloth, beige spine. 10 1/2" X 10 1/4" in size. IIllustrated, color drawings, black & white photos. Notes galore.
Softcover. Millerton, Aperture Magazine, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages. Magazine. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Features articles: 'People and Ideas', 'Real Pictures for just 25 cents', 'The Arctic Voyage of William Bradford', 'Views of Japan', 'Photographer without Photographs', Passion for Genius', 'The Peasant Miners of Morococha'. Light wear. Clean, unmarked.
Hardcover. London, England, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 528 pages. Hardcover. A Revised Text with Introduction and Commentary. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf and initials on front dust jacket cover. Red cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, Bookstore tag on front flap, dj has some agewear. Reprinted lithographically from sheets of the 1924 first edition.
Hardcover. Greenwich, Ct., 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Black cloth with gilt title to spine. Yellow pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to edges, slight soiling to covers, else a very nice, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 328 pages, illustrated throughout with 213 plates in color and b&w. Maroon cloth with white title to spine, pictorial dust jacket. Beautiful copy. Like new. The rich artistic and social history of the Arts and Crafts movement in California, as well as the highly collectible objects it produced. In a brief but intensely prolific period between about 1895 and 1930. Essays by Leslie Greene Bowman, Bruce Kamerling, Cheryl Robertson, Joseph A. Taylor, David C. Streatfield, Karen J. Weitze and Richard Guy Wilson.
Hardcover. Bennington, Vermont Heritage Press Inc./Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with slipcase. One of a limited edition of 250 copies - does not include the additional map portfolio. Measures: 15.75"L X 12.25"W. Blue cloth covers with titles and decoration in silver. Features black & white illustrations, maps - including 3 fold-out maps. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Bennington, VT, Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 70 pages. Hardcover with slipcase. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to slipcase edges. One of a limited edition of 250 copies. Blue cloth covers with titles and decoration in silver. Features black & white illustrations, maps, including 3 fold out maps.
Hardcover. New York, Theo. Audel & Co. , Reprint, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 364 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Edges dyed. Covers bound in tan, in very good condition. Pages slightly age-yellowed. A few notes written in pencil on a preliminary page. Otherwise clean inside. Binding tight, no rips or missing pages. In great shape for its age.
Softcover. Santa Fe Springs CA, Hathaway and Bowers, 1st, 1970-71, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nine softcover catalogs from the foremost dealer in antique music makers: Organs, pianinos, automatic harps, music boxes, etc. Catalogues No. 9 through 17, 1969-1971. All with b&w illustrations. Pages vary, 60-100. From a museum library with light stamping, small stickers on covers. Otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Brookline, MA, America's Test Kitchen, 1st Edition, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 515 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, very good. Small notes written in by previous owner in a few places, doesn't obscure text or illustrations, pages and edges clean otherwise. Binding tight, spine straight. Decorated cover boards, pristine.
Dubuque IA, William C. Brown, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, no dj issued. There are more than 1,300 baseball fiction titles listed in this bibliography. You can find the books by the Author's Name Alphabetically, Chronologically from 1868 to 1990, Alphabetically by Title, By Adult or Juvenile Mysteries, Books About Integration and Race, Books About Women, Girls, and the Game, and Books About Major League Teams. Clean copy.
Hardcover. US, Schirmer/Mosel, 4th pr., 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 138 pages. Hardcover. 60 vibrant color plates expertly drawn by Bernard Durin. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Phiadelphia, University Of Pennsylvania Press, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a peach-colored dust jacket with mild fading to spine, 116 pages with a reproduction of a Morley inscription as frontispiece. The fifth in the series of Rosenbach Fellowship Lectures. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 277 pages. Dust jacket with extensive ripping and wear. Covered in mylar for protection. Dark red boards with gilt title to spine. Red staining to top edge. Soiling to ell edges. Overall, a tight copy.
Hardcover. Totowa, NJ, Rowman and Littlefield, reprint, 1973, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 223 pages. Foreword by Walter Shewring. Blue cloth covers with gilt decoration. First edition published in 1953. Frontispiece portrait of Gill and numerous facsimiles of type, text, and illustration. Written by Eric Gill's brother.