Bandinelli, Ranuccio Bianchi; Peter Green, translator

Rome: The Late Empire, Roman Art Ad 200-400

London, England, Thames and Hudson, 1971. FirstEnglish Edition. . Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine addition to the series, Arts of Mankind, edited by Andre Malraux and Andre Parrot. Fine-looking exemplar of the First English Edition, the true First Edition having been published in 1970 in France by Editions Gallimard. This edition translated from the original French by Peter Green. From the personal library of the noted English historian of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, Professor Peter Morris Green, now of Iowa City, Iowa, 99 years old, nearly blind, but still working, in this case on a new translation and with annotations, of Herodotus, his favorite historian. Big, tall, quarto format hardcover cover, bound in original publisher's red linen cloth over boards, gilt lettering over black label at spine. Clean but for some former owner ink-stamps, including along bottom edge, first free endpaper, inside front flap, unobtrusive, else tightly bound, unmarked. Full-color frontis, full-page, and many, many score black-and-white nd some full-color illustrations. Sewn-in linen ribbon bookmark. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x, [1] 463 [1], pp. plus a folding mapMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 357390

Catalogue: Ancient Greece and Rome

Keywords: Peter Green Rome history Roman art history Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli Ancient Rome Roman art history

Bandinelli, Ranuccio Bianchi

Rome: The Center of Power, Roman Art to Ad 200

London, Englnd, Thames and Hudson, 1970. First English Edition. . Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine addition to the series, Arts of Mankind, edited by Andre Malraux and Andre Parrot. Fine-looking exemplar of the First English Edition, the true First Edition having been published in 1970 in France by Editions Gallimard. This edition translated from the original French by Peter Green. From the personal library of the noted English historian of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, Professor Peter Morris Green, now of Iowa City, Iowa, 99 years old, nearly blind, but still working, in this case on a new translation and with annotations, of Herodotus, his favorite historian. Big, tall, quarto format hardcover cover, bound in original publisher's red linen cloth over boards, gilt lettering over black label at spine. Fine, sharply gilt-stamped publisher logo (two dolphins swimming) to front cover. Clean but for some former owner ink-stamps, including along bottom edge, first free endpaper, inside front flap, unobtrusive, else tightly bound, unmarked. Full-color frontis, full-page, and many, many score black-and-white and some full-color illustrations. 451 illustrations all in, 91 in full-color, 13 architectural plans. Sewn-in linen ribbon bookmark. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x, [1] 437 [1], pp. plus a folding mapMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 357391

Catalogue: Ancient Greece and Rome

Keywords: Peter Green Rome history Roman art history Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli Ancient Rome Roman art history Italy

Banister, Judith

English Silver

New York, Hawthorn Books, 1966. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Sharp and distinct gilt lettering over spine, handsomely, if simply bound in black cloth. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 251 pp. plus a full subject index. 171 black-and-white photographs, quite fine.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 351772

Catalogue: Collectibles

Keywords: Judith Baniser English silver collectibles

O' Baoill, Donall, Donncha O. hAodHa

Saltair Saiochta, Sanasaiochta Agus Seanchais: A Festschrift for Gearoid Mac Eoin

Dublin, Ireland, Four Courts Press Ltd,, 2013. . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Scarce in the trade, there being currently only one additional copy available on-line. A fine and due homage for Gearoid Mae Eoin, with over two dozen contributors, including the editors, and Anders Ahlqvist, Bo Almqvist, Andrew Breeze Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel, Gearoid Denvir, Petra S. Hellmuth, Maire Herbert, Graham Isaac, Diarmuid Johnson, Patricia Kelly, Jean Le Du, Breandan S. Mac Aodha and many others. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. This collection of essays honors one of Ireland's foremost Celticists, Gearoid Mac Eoin, who was appointed to the Chair of Old and Middle Irish and Celtic Philology at University College, Galway in 1966, where he spent the rest of his academic life. He was elected Dean of the Faculty of Celtic Studies on several occasions and became a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 1975. The festschrift contains contributions from numerous scholars, many of them Professor Mac Eoin's former students or colleagues. The contributions reflect the wide range of his scholarly interests - literary and linguistic - including all phases of the Irish language, Scottish Gaelic and the other Celtic languages, as well as Indo-European. [Please note: This book contains forty-one essays, the majority of which are written in English, although they contain excerpts in a variety of languages including Greek, Latin, Irish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, German, and other Indo-European languages. Sixteen of the essays are written completely in Irish and two in German.]Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxv [1], 2-516 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 353802

Catalogue: Ireland

Keywords: ' Baoill, Donall, Donncha O. hAodHa

Baronian, Jean-Baptiste et al.

Jo Delahaut Et la Reliure / En de Boekband

Brussel, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, by Credit Communal Gemeentekrediet, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Jo Delahaut homage, a fine and amply illustrated copy, complete with bibliography, displaying his estimable grasp of the book arts, a treatise in bookbinders and bookbinding, texts in both Dutch language and Belgian, with a Preface by Francois Narmon. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated wraps, in gate-fold. Fifty full-color or black-and-white photographs of the best of the bookbindings by Jo Delahaut. The stiff card stock wraps were designed by Jo Delahaut. [6], 7-95 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 348530

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Jo Delahaut|bibliography|the book arts|bookbinders|bookbinding|Dutch language|Belgian language|Francois Narmon

Baras, Zvi

A Century of Books: The Jewish National and University Library, 1892-1992

Jerusalem, Israel, Jewish National & University Library, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy, pictorial wraps, and replete with several hundred fine images. Hebrew and English language texts, and with a fine introduction by Zvi Baras.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 351458

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Zvi Baras Jewish history Jewish culture

Barasch, Moshe

Crusader Figural Sculpture in the Holy Land: Twelfth Century Examples from Acre Nazareth and Belvoir Castle

Rutgers, New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Orange lettering over black cloth spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, sunning of orange lettering on cover to yellow on spine, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Fifty illustrations in black-and-white drawn from areas as disparate as Acre (Accra), Nazareth, and Belvoir Castle. [5] 6-237 pp. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.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: 347023

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Moshe Barasch|Belvoir Castle|12th century art history|Holy Land|Crusades|Holy Land art history|Christianity

Barasch, Moshé

Studies in Art, Volume XXIV, Scripta Hierosolymitana Publications of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel, The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound in light brown cloth and with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine and fine illustration to cover, too. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear and light sunning to spine, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. Handsomely produced contribution to the Scripta Hierosolymitana Publications series, this Volume XXIV being edited by Moshe Barasch, and with contributions by Michael Avi-Yonah, Otto Kurz, Bezalel Narkiss, Moshe Lazar, Nurith Cahansky, Ziva Amishai, and Abraham Kampf. Many score fine black-and-white photographs in a section at rear, including Marc Chagall's Jerusalem Windows. [9], 10-216 pp.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: 346645

Catalogue: Religion::Judaism

Keywords: Moshe Barasch|Scipta Hierosolymitana Michael Avi-Yonah|Otto Kurz|The Jerusalem Windows|Marc Chagall|Bezalel Narkiss|Moshe Lazar|Nurith Cahansky|Ziva Amishai|Abraham Kampf

Fifer, Barbara and Vicky Soderberg; Joseph Mussulman

Along the Trail with Lewis and Clark: Historical Highlights Colors Where to Stay What to Do

, Montana Magazine, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated wraps. 206 pp. Sumptuously colorful maps drawn by Joseph Mussulman to augment the texts by Barbara Fifer and Vicky Soderberg. Double-column texts and peppered with guidebook-styles as to what to do, where to stay, when to travel, and why.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 353113

Catalogue: Americana/Regional Interest

Keywords: Meriwether Lewis William Clark Lewis & Clark Expedition

Rose, Barbara and Edy de Wilde

Ellsworth Kelly: The Focussed Vision: Paintings and Sculptures 1963 - 1979

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Stedelijk Museum, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Tall copy in printed wraps, at 68 pp., being a catalog from the show sponsored by the Stedelijk Museum 13.12.1979 - 3.2.1980 and at three other venues. Text in English and Dutch, lots of black-and-white and 13 color illustrations, depicting 39 works in the exhibition.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347313

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Ellsworth Kelly|artist monograph|exhibition catalog|Barbara Rose|Dutch language|California artists

Rose, Barbara and Edy de Wilde

Ellsworth Kelly: The Focussed Vision: Paintings and Sculptures 1963 - 1979 / Ellsworth Kelly: De Scherp Gerichte Blik: Schilderijen En Beelden 1963-1979

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Stedelijk Museum, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Tall copy in printed wraps, at 68 pp., being a catalog from the show sponsored by the Stedelijk Museum 13.12.1979 - 3.2.1980 and at three other venues, London, Paris and Baden-Baden, also in 1980. Text in English and Dutch, lots of black-and-white and 13 color illustrations, depicting 39 works in the exhibition. Fine black-and-white photographs of the author, too.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347496

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Ellsworth Kelly|artist monograph|exhibition catalog|Barbara Rose|Dutch language|California artists

Wedgwood, Barbara and Hensleigh Wedgwood

The Wedgwood Circle 1730-1897: Four Generations of a Family and Their Friends

Westfield, New Jersey, Eastview Editions, 1980, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and engaging family and friends biography beginning with the first Master Potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730-95) and written by a descendant. A fine social history of the decorative arts in England. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Card stock-printed genealogy of the Wedgwood Dynasty at front and rear endpapers. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiii [2], 2-386Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 349936

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Hensleigh Wedgwood|Barbara Wedgwood|porcelain|ceramics|Wedgwood

Barber, Fiona

Rita Duffy: The Essential Gesture

, Nicholsen & Bass, for the artist, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Unique in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. From the personal library of the feminist art historian extraordinaire, Dr. Whitney Chadwick, a giant across many fields. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Full-color, full-page reproductions of Fiona Barber's then current best works, printed on high-gloss paper. Unpaginated, but roughly 40 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 353834

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Rita Duffy Fiona Barber

Barber, Richard

Samuel Pepys, Esquire

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Four essays inscribe Samuel Pepys, Esquire, the man, as depicted in 1970 at an exhibition of the same name. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in lovely decorated cloth over boards, in oblong format. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Replete with fine reproductions of art pieces, printed on high-gloss paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Like New

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Book number: 349893

Catalogue: England

Keywords: English history|art history|Richard Barber|Samuel Pepys|diarist

Barbes, Armand

Proces Des Accuses Des 12 Et 13 Mai Devant la Cour Des Pairs: Contenat Les Faits Preliminaires, Les Debats, Les Interrogatoires, Les Depositions Des Temoins, Les Requisitoires, Les Plaidoires, Les Repliques Et L'Arret de Condamnation.

Paris, Pagnerre, Editeur, 1839. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Original printed pink paper wrappers, now sunned, measuring 6" x 9" and protected in a stiff Mylar coat, forward cock to spine. Damp-staining to preliminary pages, but signs of neither odor nor mildew. Wrappers are worn, otherwise clean internally and tightly bound. O.C.L.C. locates seven copies in American libraries and two copies abroad, there being one additional copy in this state (First Edition). French language text. 331 pp., rough-cut, some toning to text.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 345648

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: French language legal system court case