[Anonymous]

[18th-century floral design - dragon]

France or the Low Countries, [ca. 1750] Folio sheet (ca. 32.5 x 21.0 cm). Tipped-in in a recent passe-partout. = This is an original floral drawing in pencil and ink: probably designs for tapestries, wallpaper, murals, or the decoration of wooden panels used in cupboards or other furniture. This drawing is unique in that it includes a flower-spitting dragon. The rendering of the leaves is in Louis XV style, placing these designs in (approximately) the mid-18th century. From a suite of drawings on laid paper, three of which show a watermark with a post horn in a shield and the letters L G V below. This is Gravel SLD.346.1, found on a 1791 Thomas Jefferson letter from Richmond, VA, but doubtlessly originating from the Dutch paper mill of Lubertus Van Gerrevink, worldwide renowned for the quality of his paper. Another sheet bears the watermark IV, which indicates Jean Villedary, a French paper maker. Both watermarks have been used over a considerable period of time but are essentially 18th-century. Some light age-wear, otherwise in very good condition.

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Book number: 69806

[Anonymous]

[18th-century floral design].

France or the Low Countries, [ca. 1750]. Folio sheet (ca. 32.5 x 21.0 cm). Tipped-in in a recent passe-partout. = This is an original floral drawing, in ink, probably designs for tapestries, wallpaper, murals, or the decoration of wooden panels used in cupboards or other furniture. The rendering of the leaves is in Louis XV style, placing these designs in, approximately, the mid-18th century. From a suite of drawings on laid paper, three of which show a watermark with a post horn in a shield and the letters L G V below. This is Gravel SLD.346.1, found on a 1791 Thomas Jefferson letter from Richmond, VA, but doubtlessly originating from the Dutch paper mill of Lubertus Van Gerrevink, renowned worldwide for the quality of his paper. Another sheet bears the watermark IV, which indicates Jean Villedary, a French papermaker. Both watermarks have been used over a considerable period of time but are essentially 18th century. Some light age-wear, otherwise in very good condition.

Dieter Schierenberg BVProfessional seller

Book number: 69808

[Anonymous]

[18th-century floral design - bouquet]

France or the Low Countries, [ca. 1750] Folio sheet (ca. 32.5 x 21.0 cm). Tipped-in in a recent passe-partout. = This is an original floral drawing, of a flower bouquet, in pencil and ink; probably designs for tapestries, wallpaper, murals, or the decoration of wooden panels used in cupboards or other furniture. The rendering of the leaves is in Louis XV style, placing these designs in (approximately) the mid-18th century. From a suite of drawings on laid paper, three of which show a watermark with a post horn in a shield and the letters L G V below. This is Gravel SLD.346.1, found on a 1791 Thomas Jefferson letter from Richmond, VA, but doubtlessly originating from the Dutch paper mill of Lubertus Van Gerrevink, renowned worldwide for the quality of his paper. Another sheet bears the watermark IV, which indicates Jean Villedary, a French papermaker. Both watermarks have been used over a considerable period of time, but are essentially 18th-century. Some light age-wear, otherwise in very good condition.

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Book number: 69809

[Anonymous]

[18th-century floral design - moons and flowers]

France or the Low Countries, [ca. 1750] Folio sheet (ca. 32.5 x 21.0 cm). Tipped-in in a recent passe-partout. = This is an original floral drawing, with additional small crescent moons, in ink: probably designs for tapestries, wallpaper, murals, or the decoration of wooden panels used in cupboards or other furniture. The rendering of the leaves is in Louis XV style, placing these designs in (approximately) the mid-18th century. From a suite of drawings on laid paper, three of which show a watermark with a post horn in a shield and the letters L G V below. This is Gravel SLD.346.1, found on a 1791 Thomas Jefferson letter from Richmond, VA, but doubtlessly originating from the Dutch paper mill of Lubertus Van Gerrevink, worldwide renowned for the quality of his paper. Another sheet bears the watermark IV, which indicates Jean Villedary, a French paper maker. Both watermarks have been used over a considerable period of time but are essentially 18th-century. Some light age-wear, a bit stained and chipped at the bottom, otherwise in very good condition.

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Book number: 69810

[Anonymous]

[18th-century floral design - carnations]

France or the Low Countries, [ca. 1750] Folio sheet (ca. 32.5 x 21.0 cm). Tipped-in in a recent passe-partout. = This is an original floral drawing, including carnations, in pencil and ink: probably designs for tapestries, wallpaper, murals, or the decoration of wooden panels used in cupboards or other furniture. The rendering of the leaves is in Louis XV style, placing these designs in (approximately) the mid-18th century. From a suite of drawings on laid paper, three of which show a watermark with a post horn in a shield and the letters L G V below. This is Gravel SLD.346.1, found on a 1791 Thomas Jefferson letter from Richmond, VA, but doubtlessly originating from the Dutch paper mill of Lubertus Van Gerrevink, renowned worldwide for the quality of his paper. Another sheet bears the watermark IV, which indicates Jean Villedary, a French paper maker. Both watermarks have been used over a considerable period of time but are essentially 18th-century. Some light age-wear, a few small chips at the lower edge, otherwise in very good condition.

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Book number: 69811

[Anonymous]

[18th-century floral design - daffodils and butterfly]

France or the Low Countries, [ca. 1750] Folio sheet (ca. 32.5 x 21.0 cm). Tipped-in in a recent passe-partout. = This is an original floral drawing, with daffodils and a pretty butterfly, in pencil and ink; probably designs for tapestries, wallpaper, murals, or the decoration of wooden panels used in cupboards or other furniture. The rendering of the leaves is in Louis XV style, placing these designs in (approximately) the mid-18th century. From a suite of drawings on laid paper, three of which show a watermark with a post horn in a shield and the letters L G V below. This is Gravel SLD.346.1, found on a 1791 Thomas Jefferson letter from Richmond, VA, but doubtlessly originating from the Dutch paper mill of Lubertus Van Gerrevink, renowned worldwide for the quality of his paper. Another sheet bears the watermark IV, which indicates Jean Villedary, a French paper maker. Both watermarks have been used over a considerable period of time but are essentially 18th-century. Some light age-wear, some staining and chipping in the lower margin, otherwise in very good condition.

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Book number: 69812

[Anonymous],

Aareschlucht Gorges de L'aar.

. Fold out. Boards with light wear and a bit faded. ; A zig-zag booklet with 12 photographs of the Aareschlucht near Meiringen, Switzerland. Nd. [ca. 1930's]; 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Very Good.

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Book number: 21066

Catalogue: Switzerland

(ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS)

Alcoholics Anonymous; The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism

New York City, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.. (ISBN: 0-916856-00-3). 1993, 3rd edition,46th printing. (hardcover) Near fine in very good dust jacket. 575pp. 8vo. Well-known blue dust jacket, writing in white; minimal wear to edges, light rubbing. Dark blue cloth boards, text in bronze on spine, ISBN in bronze at bottom of rear board. This copy filled with warm inscriptions from a supportive group and faint highlighting of reader's most valued passages.

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Book number: 121986

Catalogue: Health and Medicine

Keywords: Alcoholism, Addictions, Alcohol, Alcoholism 0916856003

(ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS)

Alcoholics Anonymous; The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism

New York City, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.. (ISBN: 0-916856-00-3). 1978, 3rd edition, 5th printing. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. xxx, 575pp. 8vo. Lacking well-known blue dust jacket. Dark blue cloth boards, lettering in bronze to spine, ISBN in bronze to foot of bottom board, title lightly in blind to top board. Cloth with some faint dirtying from rubbing, shelfwear. Internally, with a full-page obituary for Dr. Robert Gordon Bell, who was the founder of the Donwood Institute and Canada's foremost authority on the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction; obituary in envelope taped to ffep. Previous owner's name above title on half-title page. Else internally clean. A sound, square copy.

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Book number: 128593

Catalogue: Health and Medicine

Keywords: Alcoholism, Addictions, Alcohol, Alcoholism 0916856003

[Anonymous],

Algérie.

Algiers: Literary Guild, 1951. Softcover. Glassine wraps bit torn. Boards with brown spots. Hinges weakening ; A forerunner of a coffetable book in its original glassine wraps. Full page photogravures with multi language legends for the pictures ; 8vo. Good+.

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Book number: 18181

Catalogue: Japan

[Anonymous]

[Antique book case (Italian)]

Italy, ca. 1700. Wooden box (16.5 x 17.0 x 9.2 cm). With mother-of-pearl and brass thread inlays. Brass hook and handle. = An elegant, neat little box, covered with delicate mother-of-pearl and brass floral patterns. It was probably used for preserving and carrying a missal, breviary, book of prayer, or perhaps even jewelry. Showing some signs of age and wear, but generally in very good condition. A few tiny worm holes in the rear panel, the metal threads partly incomplete, one side panel lacking one inlay, otherwise hardly showing the wear of time. A very fine item.

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Book number: 69874

[Anonymous],

The Beacon Hill Collection.

New York: B. Altman & Company, N.D. Hardcover. Significant wear to extremities. Small portions of spine missing. Binding not tight. Occasional foxing ; Copiously illustrated catalog of furniture from New York's late, lamented B. Altman. No date, circa 1930s? ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 195 pages. Very Good.

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Book number: 9816

Catalogue: USA, Northeast

[Anonymous],

Berlitz 1878- 1998 One Hundred and Twenty Years of Excellence.

Princeton: Berlitz International, 1998. Hardcover. Minute closed tear to DJ ; The history of the language instruction company ; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 168 pages. (ISBN: 2831561949) Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket.

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Book number: 6599

Catalogue: Art

[Anonymous],

The Brooklyn Museum Annual Volume 1 1959- 1960.

Brooklyn: The Brooklyn Museum, 1962. Hardcover. Spine sunned. Light wear to bottom of spine area ; This first annual of the Brooklyn Museum recounts the notable exhibits and displays of the 1959-60 season; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 94 pages. Very Good+.

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Book number: 6373

Catalogue: New York

[Anonymous]

Chinese watercolour from around 1850. Cassis, Conus, Haliotis, Nerita, Venus.

A fine watercolour depicting shells on pith paper. Oblong, 15.0 x 23.0 cm. Glass covered. In simple but elegant frame of 27.0 x 34.0 cm. = Delicately water-coloured images of shells by an unknown artist. The genera are usually very recognizable; species-level identification is less easy, but that of course has not been the aim of the artist. A few thin tears and some light spots are present, but not very distractive. A unique item.

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Book number: 54649