BARRETT, CHARLES

Koonwarra. A Naturalist's Adventures in Australia

London, Oxford Univ Pr. 1939, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Oxford Univ Press, 1939, first printing. 8vo. xii+315pp. illustrated with b/w photos. Gold cloth with gilt titles in blue block. Offset toning to fly leaves from pastedowns, mild bump to lower corners. Near fine, attractive. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009293

Catalogue: Natural World and Nature

Keywords: Australia

RAFAEL BARRETT, OSCAR COSCO MONTALDO, LUISA LUISI (HOMENAJE A ALFONSO REYES), HUMBERTO ZARRILLI, WALDEMAR GEORGE (PICASSO), JUANA DE IBARBOUROU (HOMENAJE A DELMIRA AGUSTINI), ALBERTO ZUM FELDE, SARAH BOLLO, HUGO DE CÓRDOVA, RAMÓN M. DÍAZ, JUAN LLAMBÍAS DE

La Pluma - Revista Mensual de Ciencia, Artes y Letras. Año II Volumen Nº 7 Julio 1928

Montevideo, La Pluma. 1928, 1st. Soft Cover, 4to. Volume 7, July 1928 in original stiff wrappers. Published Montevideo: La Pluma, 1928. 4to. 8" x 11 9/16", 164pp. illustrated with glossy plates and ads. Director: Alberto Zum Felde. Editores: Orsini Bertani & cia. Text in Spanish. Rafael Barrett, Oscar Cosco Montaldo, Luisa Luisi (Homenaje a Alfonso Reyes), Humberto Zarrilli, Waldemar George (Picasso), Juana de Ibarbourou (Homenaje a Delmira Agustini), Alberto Zum Felde, Sarah Bollo, Hugo de Córdova, Ramón M. Díaz, Juan Llambías de Acevedo, James Truslow Adamos, B. Firpo y Firpo, Gabriela Mistral y José Carlos Mariátegui (sobre Rainer María Rilke), H. N. Brailsford, Víctor M. Dotti, Julián Silva Serrano, Melchor Fernández Almagro (sobre Ramón Perez de Ayala). Some chipping to cover, else very good. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009165

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

BROWN, C. BARRINGTON AND LIDSTONE, WILLIAM

Fifteen Thousand Miles on the Amazon and its Tributaries

London, Edward Stanford. 1878, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Edward Stanford, 1878. 8vo. xiii+520pp. illus frontis, plates, fold-out map and drawings within the text. Dark green cloth with gilt titles and black cover designs. "The authors travelled for two years (1873-1875) along the entire course of the Amazon River and its principal tributaries." A near fine example, internally fine, clean, bright white, crisp, unmarked. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 008489

Catalogue: Travel and Exploration

Keywords: History

BARTHELME, FREDERICK

Two Against One

NY, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1988, 1st. Soft Cover, 8vo. Galley/Proof, First edition. Uncorrected page proof. Author's fifth novel. Published NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. 8vo. wrappers. Spine mildly turned, o/w fine. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 000399

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Barthelme Frederick Two Against One First Edition Uncorrected Proof

BARTIMEUS

Seaways

London, Cassell. 1923, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First Edition. Hard cover. Published London: Cassell, 1923. Blue cloth with blue lettering. Foxing to e.p.s. Very good, clean tight copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000461

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Bartimeus Seaways First Edition Stories Sea Sailing Marine Fiction

BARTLETT, W. H., ILLUSTRATOR; WILLIS, N. P., TEXT

AMERICAN SCENERY; or Land, Lake, and River. Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. (Two Volumes) From Drawings by W. H. Bartlett, Engraved in the First Style of the Art, By R. Wallis, J. Cousen, Willmore, Brandard, Adlard, Richardson, &c.

London, George Virtue. 1840, 1st. Hard, 4to. Ill.: William H. Bartlett. First edition. 2 volumes bound in extra gilt-ornamental red full leather with panels, raised bands, all edge gilting, gilt edge decorations, colored endpapers, ribbon markers. Bookplate of former U.S. Senator and Congressman William L. Scott (Virginia Republican) on pastedown in each volume. Published London: George Virtue, 1840. Large 4to. 8 3/4" x 11", 140pp.+map+66 engravings+engraved title; state A of volume 2, with contents page numbered, 106pp.+53 engravings+engraved title. Magnificent views of the Eastern United States before industrialization altered the landscape. Bartlett was a skilled landscape artist with a keen eye. He traveled extensively in the U.S. and Canada. Internally fine with no toning or foxing, plates nearly immaculate under tissue guards. Joints and corners rubbed, front joint of one volume starting. Very good, near fine internally. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 007645

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: American History & Americana Travel and Exploration William H. Bartlett

BARTLETT, W. H., ILLUSTRATOR; WILLIS, N. P., TEXT

AMERICAN SCENERY; or Land, Lake, and River. Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. (Two Volumes) From Drawings by W. H. Bartlett, Engraved in the First Style of the Art, By R. Wallis, J. Cousen, Willmore, Brandard, Adlard, Richardson, &c.

London, George Virtue. 1840, 1st. Hard, 4to. Ill.: William H. Bartlett. First edition. 2 volumes bound in 3/4 green leather with raised bands, all edge gilting, marbled endpapers. Published London: George Virtue, 1840. Large 4to. 8 3/4" x 11", 140pp.+map+66 engravings+engraved title; state A of volume 2, with contents page numbered, 106pp.+53 engravings+engraved title. Magnificent views of the Eastern United States before industrialization altered the landscape. Bartlett was a skilled landscape artist with a keen eye. He travelled extensively in the U.S. and Canada. Ocassional foxing to the plates and tissue guards, Light wear/rubbing to extremities, faded area to the cloth of volume two, mild outer hinge starting. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 007646

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: American History & Americana Travel and Exploration William H. Bartlett

BASTEN, FRED E.

Lost Artwork of Hollywood: Classic Images from Cinema's Golden Age

NY, Watson-Guptill Publications. 1996, 1st. (ISBN: 0823083454). Hard, Folio. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1996, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/2", 192pp. illustrated with over 100 reproductions in full color. Foreword by Ted Sennett. Red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Fine in mylar sleeved, fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 010155

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Performing Arts 0823083454

BASTIN, EDSON S.

INTERPRETATION OF ORE TEXTURES The Geological Society of America, Memoir 45

NY, The Geological Society of America. 1950, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: The Geological Society of America, 1950. 8vo. ix+97pp. plus 18pp. plates, illustrated tables. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Name inscription on rear fly leaf, else fine. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009312

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: Geology

BATES, MARSTON

Where Winter Never Comes: a Study of Man and Nature in the Tropics

NY, Scribner's. 1952, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Scribner's, 1952, first printing. 8vo. 310 pp. illustrated. Pale blue cloth with gilt titles. Offset toning to 2 pages from laid in book review clipping. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009255

Catalogue: Natural World and Nature

BATTERSBY, MARTIN

Trompe L'Oeil : The Eye Deceived

London, Academy. 1974, 1st. (ISBN: 085670055x). Hard, Folio. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Academy, 1974, first printing. Folio, 9 3/4" x 12 1/4", 159pp. 200 illustrations, 16 in color. Fine in mylar sleeved, fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009496

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 085670055x

BAUM, L. FRANK; JOHN R. NEILL (ILLUSTRATOR)

SKY ISLAND: Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill After Their Visit to the Sea Fairies

Toronto, The Copp, Clark Co. Limited. 1912, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First Canadian edition, published by Copp, Clark with the Reilly & Lee sheets, matcheing the format, size and binding of the U.S. edition. Published Toronto: The Copp, Clark Co. Limited, 1912. 8vo. 7" x 9 1/4", 288pp, illustrated with 12 full color plates and numerous b/w drawings by John R. Neill. Red cloth with black spine titles and design, color pictorial cover inset, color pictorial endpapers. Six Baum titles listed on verso of half title to "John Dough and the Cherub." The second book in the Trot and Cap'n Bill series. Adventures here begin when Button-Bright finds a magic umbrella that will carry him anywhere in the world. Worn at the tips and spine ends, fade to spine lettering, some spotting to rear cover, ocassional soil/spotting at some edges/margins, previous owner name on "Belongs To" page, short, closed tear in margin of page 38. Binding tight, hinges strong, pages bright, plates very good. Book presents well. Good plus. Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010149

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Children's

BAUR, JOHN I.H.

Philip Evergood

NY, Abrams. 1975, 1st. (ISBN: 0810901048). Hard, Folio. Ex-Library, First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Abrams, 1975. Oblong folio, 12" x 11", 215pp. 151 illustrations, including 51 plates in color. Ex-library with library treatments, dust jacket in mylar glued on. Good in good dust jacket. Good/Good.

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Book number: 009744

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0810901048

BAZAROV, KONSTANTIN

Landscape Painting

NY, Octopus. 1981, 1st. (ISBN: 0706412303). Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Octopus, 1981. 4to. 10" x 11 7/8", 192pp. illustrated with 200 full color reproductions. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 009509

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0706412303

BAZIN, GERMAIN

Baroque and Rococo

NY, Oxford Univ Pr. 1964, 1st. (ISBN: 0195199278). Soft Cover, 8vo. First edition. Softcover. Published NY: Oxford Univ Pr. 1964. 8vo. wrappers, 288pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009660

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0195199278