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
(Paris: Printed by l'Imprimerie de Bobigny, 1945). First edition. Paperback. Spiral bound card wrappers, front wrapper with color lithograph by Christian Berard; 30 x 25.5 cm; unpaginated 46 pages advertisements, 84 pages text, 8 pages advertisements; illustrated with 3 tipped in color plates, many halftones from photographs, other illustrations. Program..... 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
London: Lund Humphries, (1971). First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, gray cloth; (157) pp., 23 monochrome plates, many illustrations in the text. The writings of master calligrapher and scholar of paleography Edward Johnston (1872-1944). Johnston is widely recognized as the father of modern calligraphy. His 1906 instructive manual "Writing, Illuminating, and Lettering"..... 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
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1922. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth and decorative boards; viii, [1], 162 pp., frontispiece and 5 monochrome plates, many engraved illustrations in the text. Some rubbing to edges and corners, minor stains to covers, else very good. A complete manual of classic woodcarving techniques..... More
Glasgow: The Fraser Press, 1991. Limited edition facsimile of the first edition. Hardcover. Unbound portfolio (21 x 15.75 inches), black cloth spine, green boards with decorative paper title label, string ties; title page, introduction, preface (3 leaves), 14 color plates. Fine facsimile edition of the Scottish architect and designer's magnificent..... 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
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975. Second edition. Hardcover. xxvii, 150 pp., 48 monochrome plates, most with multiple images in the plate. quarto, original blue cloth, dustjacket (price-clipped). The author has written a new preface for this second edition. The first edition was published in 1959. More