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

BASINGER, JEANINE

The World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of a Genre

NY, Columbia Univ Pr. 1986, 1st. (ISBN: 0231059523). Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Columbia Univ Pr. 1986, first printing. 8vo. xi+373pp. illus. b/w stills. Yellow cloth with bronze titles. Light dust spotting on top edge of page block, else fine in near fine dust jacket with a few small nicks. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010369

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Keywords: Military 0231059523

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

BAZIN, HERVE; JACQUES BLANCHET (BINDER)

La tete contre les Murs. (Signed Presentation Copy in 6-color inlaid leather)

Paris, Aux Editions Eliane Norberg. 1951, 1st. Full-Leather, Folio. Ill.: Robert Fonta. Numbered, Limited Edition, First edition thus. Signed, De Luxe limited edition. Sumptuous, full leather Artesian binding by Jacques Blanchet. From an edition of 202, number 72 of 180 printed on Velin d' Arches. Published Paris: Editions Eliane Norberg, 1951. Folio, 10 1/2" x 13 1/4" x 2 7/8" thick, 302pp. illustrated with full page engraved plates and fine textual engravings from copper - all with tissue guards, and two leather engravings (cover and verso) in 6 colors by Robert Fonta. Full dark blue satin morocco over 1/4" thick boards with chamfered corners and leather inner hinges attached to thick, duplex flyleaves and gray leather pastedowns. Gilt block paneled titles on spine, top edges tinted blue with gilt embossed edge design stamped into the page block. Front cover and verso decorated with unique, six-color leather inset engravings by Fonta, Signed on the half title by the Bazin: "Hommage amical / de l'auteur / Herve Bazin." Presentation copy to his publisher, with a four paragraph, typewritten A.L.S. by his wife Jacqueline, mounted on free endpaper, in which she writes about the color leather engravings and their signification to the situation of Arthur, the unstable protagonist of the novel.."Cuir chagrin noir, dont la couleur evoque le triste bilan d'une vie de desequilibre." A novel of youth rebellion and a man's fractured life caught up in the penal system. The novel is semi-autobiographical, based on the author's own experience in mental hospitals from 1937-1940, and was made into the film "Head Against the Wall" in 1959. Binding signed in the leather in gilt by Jacques Blanchet. Encased in a custom, matching leather and felted slipcase that echoes the curve of the book. A beautiful, exquisite production. Minor rub to a few areas of the spine, else fine - binding tight, text and plates clean and bright, in a very good slipcase with some wear at the corners and edges. Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 006892

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Inlaid_leather Juvenile Delinquency Blanchet Jacques Literary & Modern First Editions Robert Fonta

BEAL, CARL H.

RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND OIL POSSIBILITIES OF BAJA CALIFORIA, MEXICO The Geological Society of America Memoir 31

NY, The Geological Society of America. 1948, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: The Geological Society of America, 1948. 8vo. x+138pp. illustrated with b/w plates, fold out map and large folding map in rear pocket. Blind embossed burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Fine, pristine copy with pristine maps. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009305

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: Geology

BEAMISH, NORTH LUDLOW

History of the King's German Legion (2 Volume Set)

London, Thomas and William Boone. 1832, 1st. Hard, 8vo. 2 volume set. First editions. Hard covers in original cloth, rebacked with the original spines laid down. Published London: Thomas and William Boone, 1832 and 1837. 8vo. xxxi+385pp; xxvii+671+13 addendum, illustrated with 9 hand colored plates of uniforms, 10 other illustrations, maps and plans. Bound in brown patterned cloth with paper spine labels, ownership bookplates of Graeme of Inchbrakie and author Lt. Col. M. E. S. Laws in each volume. "One of the rarest and most sought-after contemporary studies of the Napoleonic Wars, it was largely compiled from eye-witness accounts of serving soldiers. A definitive account of what was effectively the Hanoverian army in exile. Originally composed of German volunteers from King George III's Hanoverian domain, and founded out of Royal outrage at France's occupation of Hanover in 1803, the King's German Legion was a mini-army in its own right, comprising infantry, cavalry and artillery." Soiling to the cloth, old tape reinforcement over interior hinges, some foxing on 2 of the color plates, else very good, bindings strong, internally clean, pages bright white with light foxing only appearing at the vicinity of some plates. Scarce. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010432

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: Military History