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Still holiday shopping? Prints and books make great gifts! If you can't decide, we do sell gift certificates. They can be purchased via phone, mail, or email in all denominations.

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Happy Holidays!

4485

Collection of 16 Stories - Inscribed by John Cheever

Cheever, John.
The Brigadier and the Golf Widow.
New York: Harper and Row, 1964.

INSCRIBED BY JOHN CHEEVER PRESENTATION COPY. Later edition. A collection of 16 stories. Very good plus black cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Author's inscription and signature to front free end page. Interior is clean and bright. Very good red and black price clipped dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Minor edge wear to dust jacket and one small portion of a cup ring to front panel. Minor fading to edges of dust jacket. 275 pages. Very Good plus / Very Good. (#4485)

Price: $95.00 save 30% $66.50  

6601

A Farcical Novel - about a unladylike lady

Burgess, Gelett.
Lady Mechante or Life as it Should Be: Being Divers Precious Episodes in the Life of a Naughty Nonpareille. A Farce in Filigree.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1909.

FIRST EDITION. Very good in lavender cloth with gilt and grey lettering and illustration on spine and front cover. Minor soiling to cloth, spine slightly sunned and minor bumping to corners and spine ends. Interior is clean and bright. Frontis with tissue guard. Includes 6 illustrations by the author. Pages framed with decorative border design. Very Good. (#6601)

Price: $30.00 save 30% $21.00  

33520

Large Print of a Ship ... a potentially excellent (and highly affordable) Dad gift

Christianson, D.L.
The Pride of Baltimore Print.
circa 1990.

A signed print of the Pride of Baltimore sailing in front of Fort McHenry. A reproduction of a watercolor painting. Size: 18 x 24 inches. Fine. (#33520)

Price: $15.00 save 30% $10.50  

34375

Striking Botanical Print - from early 1800s

Curtis, William; Sydenham Edwards (illustrator); John Sims (editor).
Plate No. 1036 - Neottia Orchioides. Frosted-Flowered Neottia - from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume XXVI (botanical print).

1807.

Hand colored copper plate print. Clean and bright. Includes one page of text describing this specimen. Size: about 9 x 5.5 inches. Fine. (#34375)

Price: $25.00 save 30% $17.50  

34359

Lovely Sea-bird Print - from late 1800s

Heuglin, M. Th. von (Martin Theodor von); Finsch, Friedrich Hermann Otto.
Bird print - Limnetes crassirostris (Plate XXXVIII ONLY) from Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's.
Cassel: T. Fischer, 1869-1874.

Chromolithograph. Minor foxing. Minor browning to edges. Size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Very Good. (#34359)

Price: $35.00 save 30% $24.50  

34363

Stunning Bird Print - from late 1800s

Heuglin, M. Th. von (Martin Theodor von); Finsch, Friedrich Hermann Otto.
Bird print - Schizorhis personata (Plate XXX ONLY) from Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's.

Cassel: T. Fischer, 1869-1874.

Chromolithograph. A particularly attractive bird. Minor foxing. Minor browning to edges. Size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Very Good. (#34363)

Price: $65.00 save 30% $45.50  

34338

 

A Very Angry, Judgemental Owl Print - from the late 1800s ... a great conversation starter ... and/or perfect for hanging in your guest bathroom

Heuglin, M. Th. von (Martin Theodor von); Finsch, Friedrich Hermann Otto.
Owl print - Noctua spilogastra (Plate IV ONLY) from Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's.

Cassel: T. Fischer, 1869-1874.
Chromolithograph. Minor foxing. Size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Very Good.
(#34338)

Price: $35.00 save 30% $24.50  

18602

First Edition of this short story of heartbreak - by Washington Irving

Irving, Washington.
The Pride of the Village, and Other Tales from "the Sketch Book"

Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott Company, 1886.

First edition. Illustrated with "original designs by eminent artists" although they are not named. Dark brown cloth backed brown paper covered boards with gilt title and illustration to front board. Minor wear, a few scuff marks, and rubbing to edges of boards. Bright, clean interior with numerous illustrations. In very good condition. 80 pages. Very Good. (#18602)

Price: $90.00 save 30% $63.00  

34439

Handsome Hawk Print - from mid-1800s

James E. [Ellsworth] De Kay; J. W. (John William) Hill (illustrator) George Endicott (lithographer).
Bird print - Plate 4 from Zoology of New York, or the New-York Fauna. Part II Birds.

Albany: Carroll and Cook, 1844.

Hand colored lithograph of two hawks. Minor browning to edges. Light foxing. Size: 11 x 8.5 inches. Very Good. (#34439)

Price: $15.00 save 30% $10.50  

14130

Don't let the modern binding fool you - this is a 19th century illustrated edition of Pilgrim's Progress

Bunyan, John.
The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World to that Which is to Come: With Notes by the Rev. Robert Maguire.
London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin., No date, 19th century.

Illustrated by H.C. Selous, Esq. and M. Paolo Priolo in black and white with decorative borders to all pages and frontis of Bunyan. Very good plus in modern binding of red leatherette with title in gilt to spine. Occasional spots of foxing and browning throughout; heaviest to front and rear. A few minor pencil marks. 400 pages. Very Good+. (#14130)

Price: $45.00 save 30% $31.50  

5528

17 Short Stories - Native American (oppression) Themed ... a great gift for inlaws ... or for stocking your guest bedroom library?

Signed by the Author

Kinsella, W. P.
Dance Me Outside. More Tales from the Ermineskin Reserve.

Boston: David R. Godine, (1986).

1st Edition. FIRST U.S EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Near fine blue cloth backed cream paper boards with silver title to spine. Boards very clean (tiny bit of soiling to rear board). In near fine cream colored illustrated dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels (some light scuffing, little edgewear). Interior is bright and clean. Tightly bound. 158 pages. A lovely copy. Near Fine / Near Fine. (#5528)

Price: $30.00 save 30% $21.00  

34964

Fascinating History of Signs - with many illustrations

Larwood, Jacob and John Camden Hotten.
The History of Signboards, From the Earliest Times to the Present Day.

London: John Camden Hotten, 1868.

Fourth edition of this popular book of its day. With one hundred black and white facsimile illustrations throughout and a color frontispiece. Bound by Jenkins and Cecil in full brown leather with gilt ornaments and red spine label. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Leather is chipped and rubbed. A.e.g. Interior pages are clean and bright with light aging to page margins. Title page with chip to right edge. Ex-library with Johns Hopkins bookplate and discard stamp. No markings to spine or evidence of signout card. Generally very good condition. Small octavo. 536 pages including index. Very Good. (#34964)

Price: $50.00 save 30% $35.00  

27976

Victorian Etching

[Lawless, M.J. Artist].
Etching of "The Drummer"

c. 1859.

A handsome small etching of a man drumming by the Victorian artist Matthew James Lawless (1837-1864). Frederick Smallfield (1825-1915). Smallfield was a Victorian artist best known as a watercolor painter. He was a member of the Junior Etching Club, whose members included Millais, Whistler, and Tenneil. They produced a number of anthologies with their works. This etching was done as an illustration for a poem titled "The Drum" included in the anthology Passages from Modern English Poets. Image is 4 x 6 inches and is printed on paper measuring about 11 x 16.5 inches. Some spotting, creasing and soiling not affecting the etching. Very good. (#27976)

Price: $35.00 save 30% $24.50  

22280

Delightful Art of Thomas McKnight

McKnight, Thomas, Francesco Colonna [text].
Thomas McKnight's Arcadia.
New York: The Vendome Press, (2006).

Illustrated paper covered boards. Pristine interior with beautiful full color illustrations on every page. Illustrated dust jacket with red and orange title to front panel and to green spine panel. 205 pages. Fine. (#22280)

Price: $25.00 save 30% $17.50  

26159

Advice to Art Students - from William Morris

Morris, William.
An Address Delivered by William Morris at the Distribution of Prizes to Students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art on February 21, 1894.

London: Longmans & Co., 1898.

This interesting address offered advice to the students by which Morris himself lived: “...make yourself sure that you have in you the essentials of an artist before you study Art as a handicraft by which to earn your bread. But, again, if you are able to do this, & become a genuine handicraftsman, I congratulate you...for you belong to the only group of people in civilization which is really happy: Persons whose necessary daily work is inseparable from their greatest pleasure.”

An exceptionally nice copy bound in blue paper boards with grey linen spine and title printed on cover. Light wear and slight darkening to edges of boards. Interior is bright and clean save for offsetting to the rear endpapers and a few brown spots on fore-edge. Pages are unopened. 25 pages. Near Fine. (#26159)

Price: $100.00 save 30% $70.00  

19738

Collection of Short Stories for Adults by Edith Nesbit

Nesbit, E.
The Literary Sense.

London: Methuen and Co., 1903.

FIRST EDITION. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Spine has faded to pink; there are also stripes of fading to front board. Attractive bookplate to front pastedown of Max L. Smyth. Foxing to end pages, else very clean and bright. 299 pages plus 40 pages of ads. Very Good. (#19738)

Price: $50.00 save 30% $35.00  

25273

A "New Woman" Novel - promoting careers for women

Paston, George [Emily Morse Symonds].
The Career of Candida.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1896.

First Edition. An uncommon copy of an important New Woman novel by Emily Morse Symonds, who wrote under the pseudonum of George Paston. Emily Symonds (1860-1936) was both a novelist and playwright. Her first novels were published in 1894 and were admired by Arnold Bennett. Her novels, including this title, emphasized the attraction of a professional career for women. She was the niece of John Addington Symonds.

Bound in original green cloth with gilt title and author to front cover and spine. Covers are bumped, rubbed, and chipped. Interior pages are browned and brittle. A good plus copy only. 289 pages. Good +. (#25273)

Price: $95.00 save 30% $66.50  

33580

Collection of Bruegel's Paintings

[Pieter Bruegel]
Grossmann, F.
Pieter Bruegel: Complete Edition of the Paintings.

London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1973.

Quarto in green cloth boards with gilt title along spine. Interior very clean and free of marks. In illustrated dust jacket with black spine panel titled in white. Dust jacket shows very slight shelf wear. 206 pages. Very Good / Very Good. (#33580)

Price: $25.00 save 30% $17.50  

12145

Art of the American South

Poesch, Jessie.
The Art of the Old South: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and the Products of Craftsmen, 1560-1860 (1st Edition).

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983.

Folio. Near fine in brown illustrated dust jacket with brown title to front panel and to white spine. Pristine interior with illustrations throughout. 384 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. (#12145)

Price: $25.00 save 30% $17.50  

31349

A Celebration of Shakespeare - with biographical details & illustrations

[Shakespeare, William].
Shakspeare Memorial 1564 - 1864 [Shakespeare].

London: S.O. Beeton, 1864.

First edition. A thin folio bound in pebbled brown publisher's cloth with gilt title to front cover. Wear and minor fraying to edges of boards, corners, and spine ends. Includes 4 full color lithographs, numerous black and white illustrations, and illustrated title page. Fading to spine and edges of boards. Light dampstain to rear board. Foxing to interior, else clean. 48 pages. Very Good. (#31349)

Price: $75.00 save 30% $52.50  

1075

Collection of American Drawings

Slatkin, Charles E., and Shoolman, Regina.
Treasury of American Drawings.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1947.

Very Good+ hardcover with very good gray illustrated dustjacket. Some fading to edges pf hardcover and some rubbing and chipping to edges and one closed tear to dustjacket. Many illustrations throughout. Very Good + in Very Good DJ. (#1075)

Price: $25.00 save 30% $17.50  

26534

Attractive Triple Decker of Trollope's Travelogue of North America

Trollope, Anthony.
North America. 3 volumes.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1862.

Tauchnitz Collection of British Authors. Volumes 606, 607, and 608. Bound in contemporary red leather with marbled paper covered boards. Raised bands and gilt titles to spines. Marbled endpages and top edges gilt. Rubbing to boards and leather spines and wear to edges. The front hinge of volume one is cracked. Browning to margins of a few pages, else very clean. An attractive set despite the noted wear. Size: 16mo. 344 pages in volume 1; 313 in volume 2; 330 in volume 3. Very Good. (#26534)

Price: $95.00 save 30% $66.50  

31266

The Impressionists - with 52 tipped-in plates

Vaudoyer, Jean-Louis.
Les Impressionnistes de Manet a Cezanne.

Paris: Nouvelles Editions Francaises, 1948.

Features the following Impressionist artists: Edouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Auguste Renoir, and Paul Cezanne. Includes 52 full color tipped-in reproductions of paintings by the above artists. Very good in grey paper wrappers with color illustration to front cover and gilt title to both spine and front cover. Dampstain to spine panel, minor wear and chipping to foot of spine, and minor rubbing to gilt on front cover. Housed in a grey paper covered slipcase with heavy wear to edges including splits along the joints. There are also several small stains and markings to the panels of the case. An attractive book despite the noted wear. Text in FRENCH. 68 pages. Very Good. (#31266)

Price: $45.00 save 30% $31.50  

33758

A Sweet Print from "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" (brighter and more attractive in person) - suitable for framing

Wilde, Mrs. Oscar; Eddie J. Andrews and R.A. Bell (illustrator).
A Long Time Ago. Favourite Stories Retold. ILLUSTRATION ONLY - The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.

London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co., circa 1900.

Chromolithograph illustration from the story "the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe." A large crease to bottom corner of print, light dampstaining to bottom corner (not affecting image), and light speckles of foxing. Size: about 9 x 7 inches.  Very Good. (#33758)

Price: $15.00 save 30% $10.50  

31777

French Graphic Design

Wlassikoff, Michel.
The Story of Graphic Design in France.
Gingko Press.

"With the exception of poster art, French graphic design has enjoyed little recognition on the international stage - until now. This visually stunning book tells a very remarkable story about the development of design in France, and it does so with typical French flair" (jacket). Fine in illustrated paper covered boards. Clean with many illustrations. In matching white dust jacket with red title to spine panel and blue title to front panel. Minor wear to edges of jacket. 319 pages. Fine / Fine. (#31777)

Price: $30.00 save 30% $21.00  

28053

Icons

Zibawi, Mahmoud; Olivier Clement (preface).
The Icon: Its Meaning and History.

Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1993.

Near fine in black cloth boards with white title to spine. Small smudge mark to front free endpage and very slight yellowing to margins of some pages, else fine condition. Includes 200 examples of icons, of which 200 are in full color. In white illustrated dust jacket with black title to spine and front panels. Minor wear to edges of jacket including a short closed tear. 176 pages. Near Fine / Very Good. (#28053)

Price: $75.00 save 30% $52.50  

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