Anonymous

Seaman's Narratives: Tom Starboard and Jack Halyard; the Navy Surgeon; Conversation in a Boat; the Shipmates; the Seaman's Chart; the Chistian Traveller; a Voice from the Austria; Bob the Cabin Boy; the First Voyage; Letter to Seamen on First Coming Ashore; Help the Seaman

New York, American Tract Society, . . Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Yet another contribution to the American Tract Society's 2,000+ pocketbook-sized admonishments to abstemiousness and salubrity, temperance in all things. Published circa 1870 (no date of publication stated). Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned, unmarked interior but for previous owner's bookplate inside front flap, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in brown pebbly, blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 276, [2] pp. + lots of black-and-white engraved plates.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 356460

Catalogue: Antiquarian and Collectible

Keywords: Christianity Tom Starboard Jack Halyard Christian temperance

Anonymous

Short History of the Highland Brigade and Regiments

Glasgow, Scotland, R.E. Robertson, Ltd., 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Short little 24mo format, bound in blue paper over boards, abraded a bit, with gilt lettering to front cover. Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Wavell, extolling the virtues of the several centuries that Scottish soldiers have fought and led the fighting from the Battle of Martinique to and through the World War Two. 132 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 351452

Catalogue: Scotland

Keywords: The Highland Brigade W.W.I.I. Scotland Military history

Anonymous

Sketches of the Life of Philip Melancthon: With Brief Notices of Pascal and Luther

Hartford, Connecticut, D.F. Robinson and Company, 1830. . Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no copies available currently on-line. An accessible, easy to read biography of Philip Melancthon, intimate friend and associate of Martin Luther, born in Britten, a town in Saxony, on February 16, 1497. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, printed light brown paper over boards, leather-backed, clean, if toned interior, moderate rubbing to extremities, some light cracking to front joint. Some foxing to endpapers, but a bright interior. All page edges stained in yellow. 139 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 357208

Keywords: Philip Melancthon Martin Luther English history Christianity religion

Adams, Ansel and Nancy Newhall

Yosemite Valley

San Francisco, California, 5 Associates , 1959. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Still good-looking, structurally sound copy in First Edition of a photographic celebration of the Yosemite Valley in the vibrant black-and-whites of the master photographer Ansel Adams. Moderately crimped at upper spine, else clean and unmarked of interior. Unpaginated, but roughly 64 pp. of text and 45 photographs. Foreword by Nancy Newhall, list of all 45 plates. Housed in a stiff plastic sleeve.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 352549

Catalogue: Photography and Photographers

Keywords: Ansel Adams photography California Nancy Newhall Yosemite Valley

Antal, Frederick

Hogarth and His Place in European Art

London, England, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. From the publisher's blurb, "Dr. Antal here applies his method of establishing the close relationship between the political and social history and the arts and letters of the period. Thus the book goes far beyond the limits of art historical appreciation. It gives a panoramic picture of the first half of the eighteenth century in England with all its social, literary and artistic connotations." Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Big, tall, Octavo format hardcover, bound in oatmeal cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn at extremities, else quite nice, protected by a plastic coat. Sewn-in silk linen ribbon bookmark. xxi, 1-270 pp. and then an extensive section of roughly 150 fine black-and-white plates, usually two per page, quite fine.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 352246

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Frederick Antal John Hogarth English painters English art history artist biography

Antes, Horst

Horst Antes: Recent Paintings and the Votive

New York, Lefebre Gallery, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 12mo 7" - 7. Scarce in the trade, there being few additional copies available on-line. Structurally sound art gallery exhibit catalog, square softcover format measuring 7 1/4" on each side, side-stapled. Unpaginated, but roughly 12 pp. Five copies available, previous owner's signature to front cover of one, light foxing to cover of another, else about Very Good, clean and unmarked. Black-and-white reproductions of Serge Poliakoff's best paintings, printed on high-gloss paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 355514

Catalogue: Art and Artists

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Antes, Horst

Horst Antes: 25 Years Lefebre Gallery, January 14 to February 15, 1986

New York, Lefebre Gallery, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 12mo 7" - 7. Scarce in the trade, there being only a few additional copies available on-line. Structurally sound art gallery exhibit catalog celebrating 25 years of fine artist exhibits at the Lefebre Gallery, square softcover format measuring 7 1/4" on each side, side-stapled. Unpaginated, but roughly 20 pp. Very Good exterior, clean and unmarked. Catalogue of works by Horst Antes mostly that is celebrating 25 years of the Lefebre Gallery, an exhibit that ran from January to February 1986. Text excerpts from previous catalogues, ranging from John LeFebre to Gerald Nordland to John Canaday each of which link to the German Antes.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 355517

Catalogue: Art and Artists

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Antes, Horst; Lefebre Gallery

Horst Antes: Recent Works

New York, Lefebre Gallery, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 12mo 7" - 7. Uncommonly found in the trade, there being currently one additional copy available. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog, minor wear of covers. Four copies available, one with artist's name inscribed to front cover, but clean, unmarked text-block, and with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Square format, measuring 6 1/4" on a size, glossy black-and-white cover and illustrations interior, including in full color, with a short essay about the exhibit to honor Horst Antes from March 12 to April 6, 1974. Staple-bound, unpaginated, but 12 pp. Five copies available.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 355548

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Horst Antes Jean-Michel Folon Francois Mathey Antonio Segui Ellen Schwartz Christian Dotremont artist exhibit catalog Reinhoud Lefebre Gallery

Antes, Horst

The Year of the Hopi

New York, Lefebre Gallery, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 12mo 7" - 7. Scarce in the trade, there being few additional copies available on-line. Structurally sound art gallery exhibit catalog, square softcover format measuring 7 1/4" on each side, side-stapled. Unpaginated, but roughly 20 pp. Very Good exterior, clean and unmarked. Black-and-white reproductions of Serge Poliakoff's best paintings, printed on high-gloss paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 355515

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Lefebre Gallery Horst Antes painters sculptors illustrators Tom Phillips artist catalog

Rudolf, Anthony and Colin Wiggins

R.B. Kitaj in the Aura of Cezanne and Other Masters

London, National Gallery Company, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The same "Sandra Seven" visage graces the first free endpaper, being an iconic black-and-white portrait of his wife, still haunting. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the bright, glossy, stiff card stock wraps. Director's Foreword, "R.B. Kitaj in Conversation," "The Jew Etc.," biography, select bibliography, photographic credits, and a list of exhibition works. 68 [6] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 355864

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Anthony Rudolf Colin Wiggins R.B. Kitaj

Bliss, Anthony and Margaretta M. Lovell

William Morris: The Sanford and Helen Berger Collection

Berkeley, California, The Bancroft Library and the University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Superlative copy in tall skinny softcover format of the catalogue that accompanied an exhibition arranged by Anthony Bliss and Margaretta M. Lovell, October 10-December 16, 1984. A First Edition copy, bound in glossy pictorial covers. [3], 4-56 pp. and with full bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 345917

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: William Morris |Sanford Berger|Helen Berger|bibliphilia|books about books

Antonin, Arkhimandrit

I Rumeeii

St. Petersburg, Russia, The Imperial Academy, 1886. . Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Exceedingly scarce Russian-language volume no copies of which appear to be available on-line at present. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still pretty sturdy, with some beginning separation to rear gutters but still tightly bound throughout. Marbled paper over boards, printed paper label over front cover (and that says 1886 for a date of publication, though the field survey appears to have taken place in 1865), blue cloth-backed. Some toning to pages. Slightly wavy text block Bumping to and a bit of scuffing to spine head, less to its tail. Russian language extensive survey and account of an archaeology season's diggings in 1865, being an architectural and archaeological voyage through Rumalia by a Russian clergyman (1817-1894). The area is now part of contemporary Rumania. 652 pp. and 18 lithographic plates in black-and-white and duotone.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 348339

Catalogue: Archaeology and Archaeologists

Keywords: Russian language|Arkhimandrit Antonin|archaeology

D'Anvers, Caleb

The Craftsman, Volume III

London, R. Francklin, 1731. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of the writings to and from Caleb D'Anvers (Nicholas Amhurst), Grays Inn, Esquire, nothing fancy, but complete, sturdy and still attractive. Top-stained in blue, with speckled-red fore- and bottom-edges. This volume begins with Issue No. 86, Saturday, February 24, 1727-8. 322 pp. including Appendix, and then with additional advertisements by publisher and a full Index, not abbreviated, but written out. Features engraved frontispiece, author's portrait on title page, head and tail pieces, decorated initials in each volume. Bound in marbled paper over boards, with calf leather over tips, spine, five raised bands to spine, gilt tooling along edges, spine, scuffing thereto, cracking to joints, but still sturdy. Nicholas Amhurst was born at Marden, Kent, according to an entry on Penny's Poetry Pages about him. Educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, having matriculated in 1716 to St John's College, Oxford, he was expelled there three years later for, he argued, his Whig principles as expressed in his quite popular writings. Known as a satirist of Oxford morals, he became something of a gadfly to many authorities. Moving from Oxford (post-expulsion) to London, he commenced his career in literature.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 350934

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D'Anvers, Caleb

The Craftsman, Volume XIV

London, R. Francklin, 1737. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of the writings to and from Caleb D'Anvers (Nicholas Amhurst), Grays Inn, Esquire, nothing fancy, but complete, sturdy and still attractive. Top-stained in blue, with speckled-red fore- and bottom-edges. This volume begins with Issue No. 466, Saturday, June 7, 1735. 359 pp. including Appendix and a full Index, not abbreviated, but written out. Features author's portrait on title page, head and tail pieces, decorated initials in each volume. Bound in marbled paper over boards, with calf leather over tips, spine, five raised bands to spine, gilt tooling along edges, spine, attractive fleurs-de-lis, scuffing thereto, cracking to joints, some loss of paper here and there, Remains of a former paper repair inside front flap, rubbing to gilt-tooled titles, waffling of text-block, but still sturdy and with signs of neither mildew nor odor. Nicholas Amhurst was born at Marden, Kent, according to an entry on Penny's Poetry Pages about him. Educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, having matriculated in 1716 to St John's College, Oxford, he was expelled there three years later for, he argued, his Whig principles as expressed in his quite popular writings. Known as a satirist of Oxford morals, he became something of a gadfly to many authorities. Moving from Oxford (post-expulsion) to London, he commenced his career in literature.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 350936

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D'Anvers, Caleb [Nicholas Amhurst]

The Craftsman, Volume V

London, R. Francklin, 1731. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of the writings to and from Caleb D'Anvers (Nicholas Amhurst), Grays Inn, Esquire, nothing fancy, but complete, sturdy and still attractive. Top-stained in blue, with speckled-red fore- and bottom-edges. This volume commences Saturday, May 24th, 1729. 331 pp. including Appendix and a full Index, not abbreviated, but written out. Features engraved frontispiece, quite fine, author's portrait on title page, head and tail pieces, decorated initials in each volume. Bound in marbled paper over boards, with calf leather over tips, spine, five raised bands to spine, gilt tooling along edges, spine, remains of fleurs-de-lis, scuffing thereto, cracking to joints, some loss of paper here and there, Rubbing to gilt-tooled titles, waffling of text-block, but still sturdy and with signs of neither mildew nor odor. Nicholas Amhurst was born at Marden, Kent, according to an entry on Penny's Poetry Pages about him. Educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, having matriculated in 1716 to St John's College, Oxford, he was expelled there three years later for, he argued, his Whig principles as expressed in his quite popular writings. Known as a satirist of Oxford morals, he became something of a gadfly to many authorities. Moving from Oxford (post-expulsion) to London, he commenced his career in literature.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 350940

Catalogue: Antiquarian and Collectible

Keywords: Caleb D'Anvers The Craftsman Nicholas Amhurst literature letters