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(Abbey, J., Inv # 12456) Library of J. R. Abbey. FROM THE LIBRARY
OF J. R. ABBEY. Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991 (new cloth). 4 vol.
set comprising the catalogs issued privatel by the AbbeyLibray in
the 50s and reprinted by Dawsons in the early 70s. Each volume
has a new frontispieces with the collotype plates in
photolithography. <a
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</a> $540
(Ashmole, B., Inv # 16698) Ashmole, Bernard. OLYMPIA: THE
SCULPTURES OF THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS. Phaidon, 1967 (cloth). very
good copy with dust jacket. $950
(Blake, W., Inv # 1891) Blake, William. AMERICA, A PROPHECY.
Trianon Press, 1963 (cloth). Number 290/526. Fine in slipcase.
$600
(Carra, M., Inv # 9219) Carra, Massimo. CARRA, TUTTA L'OERA
PITTORICA 3 VOLUMES. Edizioni Dell'Annunciata/Edizioni Della
Conchiglia, 1967 (cloth). Fine copy, with dust jackets, beautiful
books. $1100
(Courbet, G., Inv # 10734) Fernier, Robert. LA VIE ET L'OEUVRE
DE GUSTAVE COURBET, CATALOGUE RAISONNE TOME I: 1819-1865,
PEINTURES, TOME II: 1866-1877, DESSINS, SCULPTURES. La
Bibliotheque des Arts, 1978 (cloth). Fine copy with dust jacket.
$950
(Cruikshank, G., Inv # 10049) Funnidos, Rigdum. COMIC ALMANACK
1835-1853. Charles Tilt-David Bogue: London, 1835 (leather). All
published in 11 leatherbound volumes-10 matched and one in
similar but later leather. Full brown morrocco bindings for
all-scarce and desirable set. $1250
(de Coster, G., Inv # 9288) de Coster, Germaine. L'HISTOIRE
NATURELLE DE GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE BUFFON, ILLUSTRE PAR
GERMAINE DE COSTER. (Germaine de Coster), 1951 (portfolio). Copy
number 3 of 115, includes 3 original drawings and an extra set of
prints; fine in slightly scuffed slipcase. $800
(Dufy, R., Inv # 10729) Guillon-Laffaille, Fanny. RAOUL DUFY,
CATALOGUE RAISONNE DES AQUARELLES, GOUACHES DT PASTELS, 2
VOLUMES. Editions Louis Carre, 1981 (cloth). As new. $1000
(Feininger, L., Inv # 10730) Hess, Hans. LYONEL FEININGER.
Abrams, n.d. (cloth). Very scarce; fine copy with dust jacket.
$650
(Feininger, L., Inv # 16392) Prasse, Leona E. LYONEL FEININGER,
A DEFINITIVE CATALOGUE OF HIS GRAPHIC WORK, ETCHINGS,
LITHOGRAPHS, WOODCUTS. Gebr. Mann/Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972
(cloth). Fine copy with dust jacket. $500
(Foley, E., Inv # 5117) Foley, Edwin. BOOK OF DECORATIVE
FURNITURE: ITS FORM, COLOUR, and HISTORY. T.C. and E.C. Jack,
1910 (cloth). Two volumes, fine with dust jacket; minor foxing,
beautiful books. $550
(Fuchs, E., Inv # 10727) Weis, Helmut. ERNST FUCHS, DAS
GRAPHISCHE WERK. Galerie Sydow Berlin, 1967 (cloth). Includes
original print "Eva Triptychon" signed thrice; very good copy
with dust jacket. <a
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</a> $650
(Harrison, F., Inv # 8045) Rossetti, Christina. POEMS BY
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI. Blackie and Son, 1910 (leather). Limited
signed edition, #221 of 350cc signed by Florence Harrison, 3/4
blue morrocco and marbled boards,36 tipped-in plates, large thick
4to. $500
(Humphreys, H., Inv # 8046) Humphreys, H. Noel. CHRONICLES OF
ENGLAND,FRANCE, SPAIN..BY SIR JOHN FROISSART: TRANSLATED FROM THE
FRENCH EDITIONS BY THOMAS JOHNES. William Smith: London, 1844
(leather). 2 vol full leather, slight chipping, one hinge
starting to split, a.e.g.,Illuminated illustrations of Froissart
from ms in the British Museum (vol 2) and France(vol 1) by H.
Noel Humphreys. $600
(Johns, J., Inv # 16394) Kozloff, Max. JASPER JOHNS. Abrams,
n.d. (cloth). very good copy with dust jacket. $650
(Kadowaki, S., Inv # 6771) Kadowaki, Shunichi. KADOWAKI SHUNICHI
SAKUHIN-SHU [COLLECTED WORKS OF ..]. Kodansha, 1971 (cloth).
Number 68 of 1500 limited, signed; contains original woodblock
print "Song of Frog Paradise"; as new. $750
(Klimt, G., Inv # 3752) Novotny, Fritz, and Johannes Dobai.
GUSTAV KLIMT WITH A CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF HIS PAINTINGS. Praeger,
1968 (cloth). 1st printing of American ed.; very good. with dust
jacket, boxed. $650
(Lacroix, P., Inv # 8049) Lacroix, Paul. ARTS IN THE MIDDLE
AGES, MANNERS-CUSTOMS-DRESS IN THE MIDDLE AGES, SCIENCE and
LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES ETC. Chapman and Hall, Bickers and
Son: London, 1870 (leather). Five volume set in uniform 3/4 blue
morrocco of Lacroix's works on the Middle
Ages-Arts(1870),Military and
Religious(1874),Manners(1874),XVIIIthC France(1876),Science and
Literature(1878)-all have chromo plates and wood engravings. $600
(Luschan, F., Inv # 8556) Luschan, Felix Von. DIE ALTERTUMER VON
BENIN. Georg Reimer: Berlin and Hacker: NY, 1919 (cloth). Three
volumes, 522 pages of text, 889 photographs and drawings-the 1968
reprint complete in one volume plus the two original portfolios
of plates(band II and III) 1919.Reprint volume very good and
portfolios lacking one plate(#40). $750
(Miro, J., Inv # 3185) Leiris, Michel and Fernand Mourlot. MIRO
LITOGRAFO: VOLUMES I-IV. Ediciones Poligrafa, 1972 (cloth). With
original lithographs, as published, a fine set. In Spanish. $1600
(Munakata, S, Inv # 16314) Munakata Shiko. MUNAKATA SHIKO GEIGYO
DAIIN [SOME PAINTINGS OF MUNAKATA]. Kodansha, 1970 (cloth).
#1682/3000, full page "fude" signature on ffep. Fine copy with
cloth box and five plate portfolio enclosed. $675
(National Palace Museum, Inv # 2546) National Palace Museum.
PORCELAIN OF THE NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM. CAFA Company Limited:
Hong Kong, 1966 (cloth). 18 volumes incl Chun,Ju,Lung Ch'uan,Kuan
Ware-Sung/Kuan Ware Southern Sung(3)/Red Ware,Blue and
White(7),Enamelled Ware(3)Ming. $4500
(Picasso, P., Inv # 13268) Crommelynck, Aldo and Piero. PICASSO
347. Random House / Maecenas Press, 1970 (cloth). 2 volumes in
box. very good. $550
(Poussin, N., Inv # 2697) Blunt, Anthony. THE PAINTINGS OF
NICHOLAS POUSSIN: A CRITICAL CATALOGUE. Phaidon, 1966 (cloth).
very good in dust jacket. Sold with the 2 volume Bolingen set of
the A. W. Mellon lectures on Poussin also by Blunt. $600
(Reisner, G., Inv # 16132) Reisner, George Andrew. DEVELOPMENT
OF THE EGYPTIAN TOMB DOWN TO THE ACCESSION OF CHEOPS. Harvard
University Press, 1936 (cloth). very good copy, spine slightly
loose. $750
(Restany, P., Inv # 16677) Restany, Pierre. THE OTHER FACE OF
ART/L'AUTRE FACE DE L'ART/L'ALTRA FACCIA DELL'ARTE. Editoriale
Domus, 1979 (boards). Plexiglass boards, tri-lingual text. very
good copy. $950
(Rivers, L., Inv # 11721) Hunter, Sam. LARRY RIVERS. Abrams,
n.d. (cloth). Signed by the artist on the title page; includes
the supplement. very good, with dust jacket. $550
(Rogers, B., Inv # 13400) Rogers, Bruce. THE HOLY BIBLE. World
Publishing, 1949 (cloth). One of 975 copies (some 325 sets of
sheets were reported lost). This copy fine. $1250
(Siren, O., Inv # 12294) Siren, Osvald. CHINA AND GARDENS OF
EUROPE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Ronald, 1950 (cloth). very good
copy, exlib. - Monteray Public Library on top and bottom edges
and title page, "For Use in Library Only" front and back free-end
papers, no exlib. stamps otherwise. Robert Stanton bookplate.
$500
(Siren, O., Inv # 13379) Siren, Osvald. CHINESE PAINTING:
LEADING MASTERS AND PRINCIPLES, 7 VOLUMES. Lund Humphries, 1956
(cloth). Original edition, generally clean volumes in somewhat
soiled slipcases. The original edition has collotype plates.
Standard work. arntzen M548. <a
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</a> $1500
(Sloan, S., Inv # 14083) Sloan, Samuel. THE MODEL ARCHITECT: A
SERIES OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS FOR COTTAGES, VILLAS, SUBURBAN
RESIDENCES.. A NEW EDITION WITH NEW DRAWINGS.. E. H. Butler, 1860
(leather). Two volumes, volume 1, 104 pp. text, 113 plates;
volume 2, 102 pp. text, 93 plates. Good copy, tight, corners
bumped, spine chipped at bottom of Vol. 1, some foxing. $750
(Vuillard, Inv # 9174) Roger-Marx, Claude. L'OEUVRE GRAVE DE
VUILLARD. Andre Sauret, 1948 (wrappers). Limited, very good copy,
spine loose. $600
(Zetzner, Inv # 13631) Zetzner. THEATRUM CHEMICUM. Zetzner,
Ursel, 1602 (vellum). First printing of this anthology, volume
one and two of four volumes, bound as one. (V. Thorndike, VII, p.
154; Ferguson II, pp.435-440) very good copy in period velum.
$2750
(Pope, A., Inv # 17215) Pope, Arthur Upham. SURVEY OF PERSIAN
ART FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES TO THE PRESENT 9 VOLUMES.
Oxford/Pahlavi University/Meiji Shobo, 1967 (cloth). <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/17215.jpg">Illustration
</a> $1500
(Steinbeck, J., Inv # 17444) Steinbeck, John. FLIGHT: A STORY BY
JOHN STEINBECK. The Yolla Bolly Press, 1984 (cloth). With an
introduction by Wallace Stegner and signed by him. Limited to 260
copies with illustrations from woodblocks by Karin
Wikstrom--signed by her on the colophon page. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/17444.jpg">Illustration
</a> $550
(Ellsworth, R., Inv # 17670) Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield.
LATERCHINESE PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY, 1800-1950 3 VOLUMES.
Random House, 1986 (cloth). Beautiful set, published at $850.00,
now op. $750
(Jeffers, R., Inv # 17836) Jeffers, Robinson. ROAN STALLION.
Yolla Bolly Press, 1990 (leather). Bound in pigskin suede. This
is one of 60 copies (#17) with an extra unbound woodblock print.
Signed by Karin Wikstrom (illustrator) and the publisher. $750
(Kelly, E., Inv # 18354) Coplans, John. ELLSWORTH KELLY. Abrams,
n.d. (cloth). $1250
(Browne, H., Inv # 18383) Browne, H.K. HUNTING BITS. Chapman and
Hall; London, 1862 (cloth). Scarce title, listed in Tooley even
though it was published in 1862. Large oblong folio with red
leather spine, 12 colored lithographs as called for. $500
(Delaunay, S., Inv # 19244) Tzara, Tristan and Sonia Delaunay.
JUSTE PRESENTE. La Rose des Vents, 1961 (portfolio). Limited to
140 copies; signed by Tzara and Delaunay. 8 original etchings.
very good in lightly worn slipcase. $3750
(Villon, J., Inv # 19260) Eluard, Paul, et Rene-Jean. JACQUES
VILLON OU L'ART GLORIEUX. Louis Carre, 1948 (wrappers).
#428/1800, signed presentation copy with 2 als and other
materials enclosed; 7 color lithographs. $500
(Adams, R., Inv # 19550) Adams, Robert. FROM THE MISSOURI WEST.
Aperture, 1980 (cloth). . $650
(Stein, M., Inv # 20543) Stein, M. Aurel. RUINS OF DESERT
CATHAY: PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF EXPLORATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND
WESTERNMOST CHINA. Macmillan, 1912 (cloth). Small 4to, vol.1
xxxviii + 546 pp., 154 illus., 3 folding panoramas, 3 color
plates, 1 folding map; vol. 2 xxi + 517 pp., 155-333 illus., 3
folding panoramas, 6 color plates, 2 folding color maps. very
good copy - hinges cracked here and there resulting in slight
looseness and very light foxing. Scarce<a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/20543a.jpg">Wang
Tao-shih fig. 187</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/20543b.jpg">plate vii,
painting from Tun-huang</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/20543.jpg">Illustration
</a> $1000
(Hashiguchi, G., Inv # 20721) Hashiguchi, Goyo. UKIYO FUZOKU
YAMATO NISHIKI-E 2 VOLUMES. Nippon Fuzoku Zu-E Kangyo Kai, 1918
(boards). 2 volumes of the complete set of 12. These, sold
separately for $250.00 each, are "The Flourishing Period," jo and
chu. Each volume is illustrated with 20 tipped woodblock prints.
$500
(Rackham, A., Inv # 21170) Dickens, Charles. THE CHIMES,
ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM. Limited Editions Club, 1931
(cloth). very good copy, although spine has darkened
considerably. #998/1500, signed by Rackham. $500
(Salmony, A., Inv # 21171) Salmony, Alfred. CARVED JADE OF
ANCIENT CHINA. Gillick Press, 1938 (cloth). #149/250, signed by
Salmony. Damp stain to front and back cover, along outside edge,
from top to bottom, extending in about 2" across the 9" width.
Moderate foxing throughout, hinges slightly loose. 3 photos of
jade pieces mounted on blanks at end of book. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/21171.jpg">Illustration
</a> $500
(Johnson, S., Inv # 21702) Johnson, Samuel. VOYAGE TO ABYSSINIA,
BY FATHER JEROME LOBO.. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY SAMUEL
JOHNSON, TO WHICH ARE ADDED VARIOUS OTHER TRACTS.. Elliot and
Kay, 1789 (leather). Small 8vo. 500pp. First printing 1735, this
printing 1789. Three quarter leather with marbled boards, spine
newly rebacked. very good copy. Nice. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/21702a.jpg">Title
page</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/21702.jpg">Illustration
</a> $500
(Rombauer, I., Inv # 21724) Rombauer, Irma S. THE JOY OF COOKING
- A COMPILATION OF RELIABLE RECIPES WITH A CASUAL CULINARY CHAT.
Self published/A. C. Clayton Printing Co., 1931 (cloth). 8vo.
First edition. Illustrations by Marion Rombauer. very good copy,
original blue pebbled cloth, neat repair to spine. Attractive
copy, scarce in any condition. Cf copy in Crahan sale no. 700.
Bitting p. 407. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/21724.jpg">Illustration
</a> $2500
(Palgrave, W., Inv # 21772) Palgrave, William Gifford. NARRATIVE
OF A YEAR'S JOURNEY THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARABIA (1862-63).
Macmillian, 1866 (leather). 8vo, volume I, xii + 426 pp. 1 hand
colored folding map (creased with neat paper repair), 2 folding
plans; volume II, 398 pp., 2 folding plans. Third edition, very
good copy. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/21772.jpg">Illustration
</a> $500
(Wright, F., Inv # 22037) Wright, Frank Lloyd. THE LIFE-WORK OF
THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. Santpoort, 1925
(cloth). First publication of seven special numbers of Wendingen.
Good copy, some fraying at corners. $750
(Bagrow, L., Inv # 22169) Bagrow, Leo, and Hans Wertheim, eds.
IMAGO MUNDI: YEARBOOK OF OLD CARTOGRAPHY, VOLUMES I THROUGH 26.
Imago Mundi, 1935 (cloth). Volumes 1 and 2 cloth, the rest
wrappers. 1935 through 1972. Minor water stains to some volumes,
otherwise very good set. tion</a> $1500
(Siren, O., Inv # 22368) Siren, Osvald. GARDENS OF CHINA. Ronald
Press, 1949 (cloth). tion</a> $550
(Kakucho, Inv # 22597) Kakucho. SAIMANDARASHU [14TH CENTURY
JAPANESE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT]. manuscript, 1389 (wrappers).
Manuscript dated 1389, with 10 double page paintings, and nine
double page diagrams <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22597a.jpg">More
detailed description of the mss.</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22597b.jpg">First
painting</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22597c.jpg">second
painting</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22597d.jpg">Third
painting</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22597e.jpg">Fourth
painting.</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22597f.jpg">Fifth
painting</a> Other five color paintings not illustrated. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22597g.jpg">One of nine
double paged diagrams</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22597h.jpg">First page
of mss</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22597i.jpg">Colophone</
a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22597.jpg">Illustration
</a> $5500
(Coleridge, S., Inv # 22626) Griggs, Earl Leslie, ed. COLLECTED
LETTERS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. Oxford, 1956 (cloth). 2
volumes. 8vo, vol. 1, xxxix + 659 pp., vol 2, viii + 661 - 1219
pp. Presentation copy from the editor to Raymond B. Alle. Above
this inscription on the ffep is pasted a clipped signature of
Coleridge, seemingly a gift, along with the books, from Griggs.
Shown in the <a
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n</a> it reads "Mrs Morgan, from her obliged and grateful Friend,
S. T. Coloridge" <a
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</a> $650
(Shiroen, Inv # 22718) Shiroen Saibaiko. KYOKA-GAHON
OTSU-MIYAGE. Japanese manuscript, 1911 (wrappers). Small 4to, 37
color paintings, tp, 1 page text. 1911 manuscript copy of rare
1780 book on Otsu-e. The Shamisen playing Oni is shown in the
illustration. Click <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22718a.jpg">detailed
description</a> for more information. A few other illustrations
from the manuscript: <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22718b.jpg">Yarimochi
Yako</a>, <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22718c.jpg">Cat getting
Mouse Drunk</a>, <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22718d.jpg">Monkey,
Catfish and Gourd</a>, and <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22718e.jpg">Additional
Illustration</a>. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22718.jpg">Illustration
</a> $2500
(Baskerville, J., Inv # 22839) Baskerville, John, printer. BOOK
OF COMMON PRAYER. John Baskerville, 1761 (leather). Large 8vo,
unpaginated. very good copy. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22839a.jpg">Attractive
leather binding.</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/22839.jpg">Illustration
</a> $600
(Hurter, A., Inv # 23373) Hurter, Albert. HE DREW AS HE PLEASED.
Simon and Schuster, 1948 (cloth). 4to, unpaginated. G, spine
faded and ends frayed, some soiling to cover, corners lightly
bumped. Interior clean, binding tight. No dust jacket. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23373.jpg">Illustration
</a> $650
(Nanga style paintings, Inv # 23402) Nanga style paintings. SHO
GA FU [ALBUM OF CALLIGRAPHY AND PAINTINGS]. (manuscript), 1896
(cloth). 5.5" x 7.5" accordian fold prepared paper board album
contain 15 paintings, each by a different, and seemingly obscure
artist, and all in Japanese Nanga style of painting. One of
paintings is inscribed with the cyclical date corresponding to
either 1896 or, perhaps less likely, 1836. Following are seven
representative paintings from the album. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23402a.jpg">Painting
1.</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23402b.jpg">Painting
2.</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23402c.jpg">Painting
3.</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23402d.jpg">Painting
4.</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23402e.jpg">Painting
5.</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23402f.jpg">Painting
6.</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23402g.jpg">Painting
7.</a> <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23402.jpg">Illustration
</a> $650
(Grote-Hasenbalg, W., Inv # 23450) Grote-Hasenbalg, Werner.
ORIENTTEPPICH, SEINE GESCHICHTE UND SEINE KULTUR. Scarabaeus
Verlag, 1922 (cloth). Square 4to, 3 volumes; Band I: xvi + 228,
XXI color plates, folding map; Band II, 60 color plates; Band
III, 60 color plates. very good copy, binding cracked in various
places in volume 1. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23450.jpg">Illustration
</a> $650
(Poussin, N., Inv # 2020) Blunt, Anthony. NICOLAS POUSSIN: THE
MELLON LECTURES AND A CRITICAL CATALOGU.
Bollingen/Pantheon/Phaidon, 1967 (cloth). Three volumes, 1966 and
1967, forming a catalogue raisonne, as <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/2020.jpg">Illustration<
/a> $600
(Cartier-Bresson, H, Inv # 12302) Cartier-Bresson, Henri. THE
DECISIVE MOMENT. Verve/Simon and Schuster, (boards). Folio,
unpaginated, 126 b/w plates. Exlib copy: Small "Maryland College
of Art and Design" stamp on tp. Circulation card pocket on rep.
De-accession letter; conservator's statement of repairs. With
captions booklet. Some discoloration and minor stains to cover,
otherwise very good copy. Mylar dust jacket is not original <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/12302.jpg">Illustration
</a> $575
(Parrish, M., Inv # 23669) Wharton, Edith and Maxwell Parrish.
ITALIAN VILLAS AND THEIR GARDENS WITH PICTURES BY MAXFIELD
PARRISH. The Century Company, 1905 (cloth). Small quarto, 270
pp., 15 color plates, numerous black and white illustrations. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23669.jpg">Illustration
</a> $650
(Siren, O., Inv # 23685) Siren, Osvald. CHINESE PAINTING:
LEADING MASTERS AND PRINCIPLES. Hacker Art Books, 1973 (cloth).
7vols. 4to. very good condition, no dust jackets. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23685.jpg">Illustration
</a> $500
(Sudek, J., Inv # 23757) Sudek, Josef. PRAHA PANORAMATICKA.
Statni Nakladatelstvi Krasne Literatury, Hudby a Umeni, n.d.
(cloth). Oblong 8vo, 295 pp, primarily consisting of 284
panoramic plates. Soiling to cover, otherwise very good. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23757.jpg">Illustration
</a> $600
(Rixford, E., Inv # 23948) Rixford, E. H. THE WINE PRESS AND THE
CELLAR. A MANUAL FOR THE WINE-MAKER AND THE CELLAR-MAN. Payot,
Upham and Co./D. Van Nostrand, 1883 (cloth). 12mo, xxii + 240
pp., 42 figs. "The earliest California imprint devoted solely to
wine making as distinct from vine growing. The author produced
prized wines from the cabernet grape at his La Questa Vineyard in
San Mateo." (See Gabler: Wine into Words p. 225.) very good copy,
binding somewhat loose, same chips to paper of front hinge, cover
lightly soiled. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/23948.jpg">Illustration
</a> $650
(Polynesian Society, Inv # 24010) (Polynesian Society).
POLYNESIAN ARTIFACTS: THE OLDMAN COLLECTION, ILLUSTRATED AND
DESCRIBED. The Polynesian Society, 1953 (cloth). 8vo, 86 pp., 136
b/w plates. "Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, Vol. 15" Second
edition. Working copy only. This copy suffered some water damage,
especially to the plates along the top edge and upper right hand
corner. The plates were fused in the affected area and there
later separation damaged the sheets. However, a small portion of
the print area of only 6 plates has been damaged: plates <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/24010a.jpg">10</a>, <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/24010b.jpg">18</a> and
<a href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/24010c.jpg">86</a>
have closed horizonal tears into the print area; and a small
corners of plates <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/24010d.jpg">93</a>, <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/24010e.jpg">134</a> and
<a href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/24010f.jpg">136</a>
have been damaged by separating the fused sheets. The top half
inch of the margin of plate 135 is on 136. The original wrapper
are missing and the book was neatly rebound in simple brown cloth
some few decades ago. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/24010.jpg">Illustration
</a> $1200
(Nicholson, W., Inv # 24033) Nicholson, William. LONDON TYPES:
QUATORZAINS BY W.E. HENLEY. William Heinemann, 1898 (boards).
Small folio. Not paginated. Somewhat darkened pages and boards;
binding solid. very good. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/24033.jpg">Illustration
</a> $500
(Ritter, J., Inv # 24090) Ritter, Joachim, ed. HISTORISCHES
WORTERBUCH DER PHILOSOPHE: UNTER MITWIRKUNG VON MEHR ALS 700
FACHGELEHRTEN .. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt,
1971 (cloth). Small 4to. Eight volumes, individually paginated,
published to-date (through R-Sc); project began in 1971. very
good, with no dust jackets. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/24090.jpg">Illustration
</a> $525
(Dostoevskii, F., Inv # 24364) Dostoevskii, Fedor. POLNOE
SOBRANIE SOCHINENII V TRIDTSATI TOMAKH. Nauka/Leningrad, 1972
(cloth). 30 volumes in 34 books. 8vos. A very good set, with no
appreciable wear. The definitive collected edition of the works
and now quite scarce. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/24364.jpg">Illustration
</a> $950
(Japan Textile Color Design Center, Inv # 24548) Japan Textile
Color Deisgn Center. TEXTILE DESIGNS OF JAPAN: I, FREE-STYLE
DESIGNS; II, GEOMETRIC DESIGNS; III, OKINAWAN, AINU, and FOREIGN
DESIGNS - 3 VOLUME SET. Kodansha, 1980 (cloth). Folio, vol. I, 66
pp. + 189 color and b/w plates; vol. II, 62 pp. + 175 color and
b/w plates; vol. III, 54 pp. + 168 color and b/w plates. All
copies fine with dust jacket in cloth clamshell boxes with paste
down covers. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/24548.jpg">Illustration
</a> $750
(Laughlin, C., Inv # 24638) Laughlin, Clarence John. NEW ORLEANS
AND ITS LIVING PAST. Houghton Mifflin, 1941 (cloth). Large 4to.
53 plates, superbly reproduced. With a full introduction and
facing commentary by David L. Cohn. Edition of 1,030 (1,000 for
sale), this copy number 504, signed by both Laughlin and Cohn.
Very nice copy of an historic book. Signed on flyleaf by the
Redmonds as a Christmas present to one Dr. Lewis T. Bullock;
correspondence about the shipment enclosed. <a
href="http://moesbooks.simplenet.com/pics/24638.jpg">Illustration
</a> $650
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