FLATWEAVES OF TURKEY.
London: Philip Wilson, (2003). First edition. Hardcover. Red boards; vi, 164 pp., 118 color illustrations from photographs. A detailed study of Turkish kilims and related flat-woven textiles. More
London: Philip Wilson, (2003). First edition. Hardcover. Red boards; vi, 164 pp., 118 color illustrations from photographs. A detailed study of Turkish kilims and related flat-woven textiles. More
Lawrenceville, Illinois: Cornelia Carter, 1944. First edition. Paperback. Original decorative wrappers, 86 pp., 22 color plates, 168 text illustrations. A manual of principles and techniques for free-hand cutting of letters and decorative shapes. For use in poster making and other artistic applications. More
New York: Fairchild Publishing Co., (1947). Revised edition. Hardcover. xii, 132 pp., profusely illustrated from photographs and drawings; octavo, original blue cloth, pictorial jacket. Everything you wanted to know about gloves. More
Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave, [1884]. First edition. Hardcover. Original green cloth with title and leaf-pattern decoration embossed in black; octavo (9.5 x 6 inches); (5), 622 pp. 6 pages adverts at rear. 890 engraved illustrations. Top edge gilt. Covers very lightly soiled, pages slightly darkened due to paper quality, still..... More
London: B.T. Batsford, 1897. First edition thus. Hardcover. Folio (14.5 x 10 inches), publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt, (6), 24 pp. + 123 engraved plates. Rebacked, preserving original spine, occasional light foxing, nick to edge of first index page. Batsford's 1897 facsimile of the important 1794 third edition of..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. / Grand Rapids: The Dean-Hicks Co., 1918. First edition / Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto, original blue cloth with gilt titles, cover ornament in gilt and red; xxii, 458 pp., 580 monochrome illustrations, 27 full-page color plates; In publisher's two-piece box. Covers are virtually as-new, light..... More
London: the Author, 1818. Second printing. Hardcover. 86 pp, 6 full-page plates, many illustrations in the text; octavo, printed card wrappers. Contains complete instructions for obtaining striking effects with the lathe. Scarce. More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. Early reprint (first edition was 1902). Hardcover. Octavo, decorative dark blue cloth with cover design in gilt and olive green; xi, 235 pp., 8 plates from photographs. Previous owner names to front endpapers, top edge dusty, else about fine. Handsome cover design by former Decorative..... More
Paris: Librairie Des Arts Decoratifs, no date (circa 1910). First edition. Hardcover. Folio (16 x 12 inches), original red cloth and boards portfolio with printed paper title label; (4) pp. + 52 photogravure plates. Wear to spine and edges of portfolio, contents fine. Superb photographic reproductions of the magnificent collection..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Revised and enlarged edition. Hardcover. Original green cloth with titles in gilt, lace decoration on front cover and spine in white; quarto (7 x 10 inches), pp xvi, 536. Frontispiece, 89 plates, 177 illustrations. All edges gilt. Spine decoration rubbed; foxing to title page and..... More
Reims: L. Michaud, 1912. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies, this #93. Hardcover. Large quarto, half red morocco and boards, (191) pp. 83 illustrations - 10 are hors texte full-page photogravures with tissue guards, 73 in-text (some full-page). Original front wrapper bound in. Slight fading to boards, else near..... More
Oakland: Oakland Museum, 1985. First edition. Paperback. 128 pp., profusely illustrated, original pictorial wrappers, 10.5 x 9.5 inches. Contributors to the text include Bill Mauldin, Umberto Eco, Joan Roebuck, et al. More
[Paris]: [H. Ernst], no date (circa 1910). Hardcover. Cloth and boards porfolio with paper title label to front board; 11.5 x 15 inches; 2 leaves (introduction, table); 48 mounted color plates. Scuffing and fading to portfolio, some chipping to edges of mounts, plates fine. A fine record of ancient Coptic..... More
Cambridge: Privately Printed at the University Press, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. (27) pp., b/w photographs throughout; 4to, red cloth with title in gilt on spine and front cover. A celebration of the work of sculptor and wood carver Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) and his legacy in Cambridge. Edition of 250 copies..... More
Gokirakuji Kamakura Japan: Getumei-Kai, 1958. First edtion. Hardcover. 66 pp., including 25 pages of color samples on cloth, 4 to a page and 2 color woodblock prints; quarto blue and red cloth with gilt title, hinged cloth-covered box. The author's stated intention in preparing these samples of natural dyes was..... More