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1 Japanese Haiku
Peter Pauper Press, 1956 
1956 Peter Pauper Press, nearly perfect with illustrations. D/G good with one tear. Inscription on flyleaf. Excellent condition otherwise.  
Price: 6.99 USD
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2 Military Miniatures Catalogue 1950-51
Military Miniatures 
Military Miniatures Catalogue 1950-51. 9"x6", 22 pgs., 13 photos of Britains, 4 photos of Mignot, 1 Mme. Metayer plus centerfold of 13 Courtenay knights. Very good condition, creases along binding, some shelf wear and small chips. Green cover w/photo of w/East Indian horseman.  
Price: 25.00 USD
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3 Collection of Mediaeval and Renaissance Paintings
Cambridge Harvard University Press 1919 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Plus  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Tan cloth spine w/paper paste-down title, paper boards, edges rubbed. Binding tight and pages clean w/ no marks. Minor browingin. Includes the calling cards of Edward Waldo Forbes (Director of the Fogg at the time of publication and the card of Paul Joseph Sachs. 356pp. numerous b/w illustrations throughout of the paintings, plus fold out maps and more. Documents the collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, at a crucial time in its development. A beautiful copy of this scarce volume.  
Price: 52.00 USD
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4 Ornate Letters and Initials : With CD-ROM (Black and White Electronic Design Ser.)
Mineola, NY, U.S.A.: Dover Publications, Incorporated, 2003 
New, includes CD, never opened. Back cover has slight fold, otherwise perfect. Includes 812 illustrations.  
Price: 12.99 USD
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5 19th Annual Baltimore Art Directors Club Advertising Exhbition
Baltimore Art Directors Club, 1968 
Catalogue of exhibition. Pristine interior, VG cover. Many b/w illustrations. 72 pp. 11x11 inches, w/ decorated card cover. A must for historians of graphic design.  
Price: 10.00 USD
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6 The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Continental Congress 1774-1974
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 
House document No.93-413. 93rd Congress, 2nd Session. Paper covers VG with very minor wear. Interior pristine. A well cared for copy.  
Price: 8.50 USD
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7 The Lexington-Concord Battle Road Hour-by-hour Account of Events Preceding and on the History-Making Day April 19, 1775
Concord Chamber of Commerce, nd. 
Illustrated card covers. Fine, with no marks on interior. Back sunned and bottom corner slightly bent. A well-maintained copy.  
Price: 8.50 USD
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8 English Defenders of American Freedoms 1774-1778
Library of Congress, 1972 
FINE, with no marks, inside and out. Neatly pasted bookplate on inside cover.  
Price: 6.99 USD
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9 MISSILES, ROCKETS, AND SPACE IN WAR AND PEACE
Headquarters, Department of the Army, 1959 
10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches, Department of the Army pamphlet 70-5-6, August 1959. Fine, with only VERY minor bump to lower right corner and slight bend to top back. Clean and bright and tight. NO marks. Includes pristine fold out chart of "The Space Maze." Extensive-Role of Missiles and Space Exploration in Defense w/list of rocket types, installations and much more; U.S.S.R. and other foreign nations' space exploration progress; technology; history; technical aspects, etc. Terrific copy.  
Price: 32.00 USD
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10 Ornate Letters and Initials : With CD-ROM (Black and White Electronic Design Ser.)
Mineola, NY, U.S.A. Dover Publications, Incorporated 2003 0486995305 Soft Cover Very Good  
Includes a CD of several hundred designs illustrated. Also printed on only one side of the heavy stock, for clipping. All copyright free. From Irish half uncials to ornate Medieval ornament. A great resourse. Ready to ship.  
Price: 12.99 USD
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11 Meditations for Cats : Favorite Feline Philosophies
Kansas City, MO, U.S.A. Andrews McMeel Publishing 2001 0740714635 Fine  

Price: 5.99 USD
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12 The Art Bulletin
New York College Art Association 1963 Reinforced Paperbound VG-Fine  4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
September 1963, Vol. XLV, no.3. Very good condition with small water mark on bottom right edge of pages. Does not effect the articles or illustrations. No marks on interior. Articles: Thirteenth Century Crusader Icons on Mt. Sinai, The Quirinal Palace in Rome. 299pp.  
Price: 12.00 USD
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13 Quality an Experience in Collecting
New York Hirschl Adler Galleries, Inc. 1974 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good  8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
V/G with only slight corner bumping. Exhibit catalogue, Nov. 12th - December 7, 1974. American and European 19th- and early 20th-century paintings. 72pp., plus more than 65 color and b/w illustrations. Entries have text that shed llight on provenance and other issues. A trove of information.  
Price: 7.40 USD
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14 The American Civil War a Centennial Exhibition
Washington Libraray of Congress 1961 First Edition Soft Cover Fine  4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
G, w/light soiling, edges bent, stain on back corner, but otherwise cover is intact and book is tightly bound. Interior is pristine. Belonged in private collection, hasn't seen much use. Profusely illustrated w/ drawings, prints and photographs from the Library of Congress collections.  
Price: 29.50 USD
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15 Anita Ich Reise Nach New York Kleine Bebraushcsamweisung fur die grosse Stadt
Basil Birkhauser 1950 First Edition Cloth Very Good  12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall J.M. Moll 
VG, in red cloth cover. Slight bumping to corners, otherwise fine. Binding tight. Decorative endpapers are New York map. Interior pristine w/no marks. Illustrations by J.M. Moll. This first edition, no jacket, may be as issued.  
Price: 32.00 USD
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16 Historic Cambridge
New York D. Appleton and Company 1923 First Edition Buckram Fine  8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall J. M. Delbos 
Fine, rebound in red buckram, w/original soft cover included. No marks, pristine copy. History and guide to Cambridge University w/ pencil drawings by J. M. Delbos.  
Price: 37.00 USD
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17 The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
London Oxford University Press 1966 Cloth Very Good  4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
VG, with minor corner bumping. Green cloth cover, bright, clean and binding is tight. Interior is pristine and brigt w/no marks.  
Price: 34.00 USD
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18 Girodet 1767-1824 Exposition du deuxieme Centenaire
Montargis, France Musee de Montargis 1967 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good  No Jacket - as Issued 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 
Exhibition catalogue of an exhibition of works by Girodet, a painter in 19th-century France. 165 works, 63 illustrations. Extensive bibliography and notes. Cover has minor edgewear, interior is pristine.  
Price: 42.00 USD
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19 The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell
London Ward Locke & Co. Decorative Cloth Fine-Very Good  12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Thomas Seccombe 

Price: 35.00 USD
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20 The Art Bulletin
New York The College Art Association 1975 Printer Wrapper Fine-Very Good  4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
F-VG, slight corner bumps, blue cover is bright. Articles include, West's Chapel of Revealed Religion; Velasquez's Las Meninas; Van Eyck's Annunciation and more.  
Price: 12.00 USD
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21 Flavors & Savors
Herb Society of America 1954 Soft Cover Fine-Very Good  8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
F, 1954 enlarged edition, no wear to cover or interior. Very slight browning on spine and slight residue from small price sticker. Otherwise, an absolutely perfect copy.  
Price: 18.00 USD
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22 Pooh's Little Instruction Book (Winnie-the-Pooh Collections)
New York, NY, U.S.A. Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers 1995 0525453660 Cloth Fine  Fine 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall Shepard, Ernest H. (illustrator) 
F/F stated first edition. Advice ranging from teatime to tails. Charming, w/ decorations by E.H. Shepard.  
Price: 3.99 USD
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23 Peterson's Magazine 1878
Philadelphia Petersons Magazine 1878 Half-Leather Good  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
G, half-leather bound volume. January through December 1878. Covers shows a lot of rubbing and wear, but binding is still tight. Includes all the issues from Jan-Dec., with many paste downs of interesting articles, illustrations, poetry, etc., by the original owner. Each paste down is on a blank pg., not on printed pp. 1 torn pg. and and one loose pg., otherwise in fine condition. A marvelous collection of scrap book memorabilia, as well as a full volume of this impossible to find full year run of this early American fashion magazine.  
Price: 250.00 USD
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24 Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the Year Ending December 31, 1865
Boston Wright & Potter, State Printers 1866 First Edition Decorative Cloth Good  No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
G, with original brown stamped dec. covers. Covers separtating from spine. Sewing/binding tight. 767pp. plus 36pp. report of the Quatermaster General, January 1, 1866, bound in at the end.  
Price: 110.00 USD
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25 Better Homes and Gardens Pattern Adjustments
New York Meredith Press 1966 First Edition Hard Cover Fine  No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
F, with no marks. 62pp. Step-by-step pattern alterations, adjustments for figure problems, custom fitting ideas, marking, cutting, assembling. Clear, easy to follow instructions w/ explicit drawings.  
Price: 7.99 USD
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26 Better Homes and Gardens Professional Sewing Tips
New York Meredith Press 1966 Hard Cover Fine-Very Good  No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
F, with no marks. Decorative hard cover has very minor wear. Interior is pristine. Includes tips about sewing pockets, collars, gussets, bindings, finishing details, buttonholes, sleeves and much more. Profusely illustrated w/ clear drawings that illustrate each point/project.  
Price: 7.99 USD
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27 Better Homes and Gardens Sewing Casual Clothes
New York Meredith Press 1966 Hard Cover Fine-Very Good  Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
F, with no marks on interior or exterior. Profusely illustrated w/ clear drawings that illustrate each point/project. Includes ideas for slacks, leather and much more.  
Price: 7.99 USD
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28 George De La Tour Orangerie des Tuileries
Paris Reunion Des Musees Nationaux 1972 First Edition Buckram Fine  Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
F/F, hardbound w/ red library binding, Ex-library, but w/ few markings. Nearly pristine inside and out. 287pp. profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Exhibit Catalogue 10 mai 25 septembre 1972. Essays by Pierre Landry, Jacques Thuillier and Pierre Rosenburg. Very hard to find.  
Price: 149.00 USD
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29 Life the Power and The Glory an Illustrated History of the united States Military
New York Time Inc. 2002 First Edition Soft Cover Good  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
g, w/ minor wear to cover. Interior is pristine. 128pp. of color and black and white photographs and other illustrations.  
Price: 5.00 USD
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30 Architecture and Construction in Cincinnati a Guide to Buildings Designers & Builders
Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A. Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati 1987 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good  No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
vg, tall thin guide, w/ prev. owner's name lightly written on edge of cover, otherwise pristine condition..  
Price: 8.99 USD
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31 Dictionarium Bibliothecarii Practicum, The Librarians Practical Dictionary in 22 Languages, Worterbuch Des Bibliothekars in 22 Sprachen
Munich Verlag Documentation 1974 Cloth Very Good  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
VG, orange cover rubbing to spine and corners, bright and tight, interior in excellent condition. Ex-lib. with usual markings, but was used by cataloguer, so not checked out by patrons. A fine copy of the 6th Edition.  
Price: 100.00 USD
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32 Atget's Paris (Icon Collection)
New York, NY, U.S.A. Taschen America, LLC 2001 3822855499 Soft Cover As New  No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 
Brand new. 190pp. text in English and French. Illustrated throughout w/ Atget's photographs. A wonderful view of Paris through 19th-century eyes. A great gift for yourself or for a fellow Paris lover.  
Price: 9.00 USD
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33 A Breast Cancer Journey Your Personal Guidebook
American Cancer Society 2001 Soft Cover Fine  No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
f/new, with slight shelf wear to corners. Inside is pristine. Practical tips, helpful tools for family and friends, detailed questions to ask your doctor each step of the way, plus insight and reflections from women w/ breast cancer.  
Price: 6.00 USD
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34 Bottles and Bins Recipes
C. Mondavi & Sons 1965 First Edition Spiral Fine  No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
fine, with no marks. Spiral plastic, with card covers. From hors d'oeuvre, soups, fish and shell fish, to poultry, meat and game, the recipes use wine and spices in an inventive way. Terrific recipes for the wine lover.  
Price: 4.95 USD
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35 Daumier et ses amis Republicains
Marseilles Musee Contini 1979 First Edition Heavy Card Covers Fine-Very Good  No Jacket - as Issued 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
174 pp. Full of b/w illustrations and several in full color. Cover has very minor wear. Interior pristine, several pages at the back of catalogue have small folds -- minor. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Musee Contini, in Marseilles, France, 1st June - 31 August 1979. 168 works--sculptures, paintings, drawings, prints. Extensive bibliography. Essays by leading scholars, including: Werner Hofmann, Jean Cassou, Jean Adheimar, Theodore de Banville. Rare to find in this condition.  
Price: 79.00 USD
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36 Journal of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XXII, No. 6, November-December, 1922
New York Museum of Natural History 1922 Soft Cover VG  No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
VG, covers are intact w/ slight soiling, 3 small tears to spine, otherwise tight. 576 pp. plus index to the entire volume XXII. In excellent condition. Articals inlcude: Bird Collecting in Polynesia; An Unexplored Area of the Southwest; Australia's Wonderful Wild Life; The Department of Mammals, American Museum; and, Nature Study With the Microscope.  
Price: 12.99 USD
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37 The Phantom Menace Movie Storybook (Star Wars: Episode I Ser.)
New York, NY, U.S.A. Random House, Incorporated 1999 0375800093 Soft Cover As New  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
New, 64pp. profusely illustrated with color photographs from the movie.  
Price: 2.99 USD
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38 From Caves to Castles (Momentum Reader Ser.)
Mahwah, NJ, U.S.A. Troll Communications L.L.C. 2000 0816749930 Mass Market Paperback As New  No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
24pp. many photographs, all about the variety of houses that you find around the world. Level 4 reading skills.  
Price: 2.50 USD
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39 I Don't Want to Go to Thailand (Momentum Reader Ser.)
Mahwah, NJ, U.S.A. Troll Communications L.L.C. 2000 0816750246 Mass Market Paperback As New  No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
new, 32pp. many color photographs about Thailand.  
Price: 2.50 USD
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40 Nursery Tales for Happy Children
New York Saalfield 1920 Hard Cover VG-Fine  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Absolutely NO written marks on interior or covers. Cover edge wear, illustrations on front and back covers are in fine condition. Blue cloth spine is somewhat rubbed. Binding is tight. Interior is pristine. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated throughout w/ lovely color drawings. Includes Peter Rabbit and His Pa, Wee Peter Pug, and Little Black Sambo, an early appearance of this story. Please request digital photos of this item.  
Price: 230.00 USD
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41 Scuppernong River Festival Recipes
Kearney, NE Cookbooks By Morris Press 1998 Spiral As New  No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
New, hard back spiral cover, 300 pages, with recipes that really work, from the region of Columbia, North Carolina. 15.00 brand new from Festival.  
Price: 8.99 USD
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42 Man At Arms, Vol.6, No.6, NOV/DEC 1984
Man at Arms 1984 Soft Cover Fine  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Pristine, no marks, 64pp. Many articles including, "An English Military Camp During Henry VIII's Boulogne Campaign of 1544," "A Preliminary Update on Peterson's #75, Non-Regulation Officer's Sword, Civil War," "Durs Egg vs. the Waterloo Bridge Co.," Colt's 1860 Army Revolver--Development and Variations," "Enigmas Often Await the Military Blade Researcher." And much more.  
Price: 10.00 USD
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43 The Wind in the Willows The River Bank Pop Up Book
WaldenEd 0681578041 Hard Cover As New  Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Pristine, pop-up book.  
Price: 2.99 USD
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44 The Life & Times of Goethe
Philadelphia Curtis Books 1967 Hard Cover VG  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Wear to corners, intact, tight and bright. Full of color and b/w illustrations. 75pp.  
Price: 3.99 USD
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45 The Art Bulletin
New York The College Art Association 1992 Soft Cover VG-Fine  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
No marks, only very minior cover wear. December 1992, Vol. LXXIV, no. 4, 714pp. plus INDEX to the year. Includes: "Who's Who in Michelangelo's Creation of Adam," "Gericault's Severed Heads and Limbs...", Hebert's Toujours et Jamais, "Ford Maddox Brown's Work: An Iconographical Analysis," Cubism, Celtism and the Body Politic," and more.  
Price: 14.99 USD
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46 Art Bulletin March 1972
New York College Art Association 1972 Soft Cover Fine  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
126 pp. Vol. XIV, no. 1. Articles about the Book of Kells, William of Devon Group, Titian's Rape of Europa, the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and more. Illustrated throughout.  
Price: 12.99 USD
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47 Art Bulletin
New York College Art Association 1985 Soft Cover Fine-Very Good  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
175pp. illustrated throughout LXVII, no. 1. Articles about Latin American Monuments, Pre- and Post-Columbian; Trecento Paintings and Architecture of Siena; Social Structures Affecting 19th-Century Artists; and others.  
Price: 14.00 USD
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48 Favorite Restaurant Recipes
Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. Knapp Press, The 1982 0895351005 Cloth Fine-Very Good  Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
No marks, interior or exterior. Recipes from restaurants from around the world. 248pp. Color photographs throughout.  
Price: 6.99 USD
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49 Little People Big Book about Animal Kingdom
Alexandria, VA, U.S.A. Time-Life, Incorporated 1990 0809474875 Hard Cover Good Plus  Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
No marks on interior, pristine. Cover has minor shelf wear.  
Price: 3.99 USD
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50 The Delaware Water Gap
Appleton 1872 Open Granville Perkins 
Lithographic reproduction of Granville Perkins' 1872 view of "The Delaware Water-Gap." The print comes matted and ready to frame, with image size: 7" x 10" and mat dimensions:11" x 14" 
Price: 24.00 USD
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51 National Portrait Gallery Permanent Collection Illustrated Checklist
Washinton Smithsonian Institution Press 1980 Soft Cover Good Plus  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
255pp. ex-library w/ usual marks. Documents acquisition through 1979. Includes b/w illustrations.  
Price: 11.99 USD
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52 Big Bird's Sesame Street Dictionary Vol. II
New York Funk and Wagnalls Company 1989 . Hard Cover Fine  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
As new, with no marks. Vol. 2, E throught K. 77pp.  
Price: 3.99 USD
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53 The Teddy Bears' Picnic
Harper Collins 1996 First Edition Hard Cover Good-VG  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Bruce Whatley 
Beatifully illustrated by Bruce Whatley, imaginative, colorful illustratons. Book is in fine condition, but missing the tape. This is a first edition and a lovely book despite lack of tape.  
Price: 2.99 USD
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54 Fine English Furniture and Objects of Art
New York Christie's Soft Cover Fine  4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
No marks. New York, Friday, April 12, 1996. 131pp., numerous color photographs, including two large fold outs. Tables, mirrors, chandeliers, perfume burners and much more.  
Price: 14.99 USD
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55 Tableaux Aquarelles et Dessins par Eugene Delacroix composing la collection de M. Georges Aubry
Paris Drouot 1933 First Edition Heavy Card Covers Fine-Very Good  No Jacket - as Issued 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Includes invitation card to the private showing that predates the sale on March 11, 1933. The card is 3 3/4" x 4 7/8." In pristine condition. The Drouot sale was of paintings, drawings and watercolors by Eugene Delacroix from the collection of Georges Aubry. An amazing find. Rare to find this catalogue is such pristine condition and with the invitation card. 84 items listed, 15 illustrations on heavy card paper. Green heavy card covers. Interior is absolutely pristine. The covers show minor wear. Binding tight. A very nice copy.  
Price: 79.00 USD
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56 Reader's Digest Complete Do-it-Yourself Manual
Pleasantville, New York Reader's Digest 1973 Hard Cover Fine  No Jacket - as Issued 
Like new, no marks, covers bright. Oblong 8 1/2 x 11 inches. How to repair, restore and install everything imaginable in a house. I used a copy of this book in the 1980s to renovate an old house and it had the answer for everything, with clear diagrams that make sense. A great book for anyone who owns a house. Handy for knowing what you're talking about when getting estimates, too.  
Price: 24.99 USD
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57 New Chatterwell Stories
New York McLoughlin Brothers 1900 Hard Cover - Cloth Very Good  No Jacket - as Issued 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Unusually good condition. No marks on interior. No names, no writing, etc. Green boards overall very bright, illustrated, blind-stamped w/ gilded decorations. Edges rubbed (bottom to cardboard inside) and corners bumped. Spine w/ gilded lettering, faded, edges rubbed. Binding is tight. Decorated endpapers. Frontispiece is beautiful, bright chromolithograph of two little girls rolling out a pie crust, entitled "Little Pastry Cooks." Unpaginated, over 200 pages, full of line engravings, by numerous artists--Nast, McGuire, Staples, Couldery and many more. The McLoughlin Brothers dominated the children's book publishing field in America, from the mid-ninteenth century until the 1920s and 30s. By 1900, when this book was published, the McLoughlin Bros. Brooklyn factory had a staff of more than 75 artists. Rare to find a Chatterwell book is such good condition.  
Price: 80.00 USD
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58 Dictionary of Italian Painting
New York Tudor Publishing Company 1964 First Edition Hard Cover - Cloth Fine  Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Covers and interior pristine, no marks. d/j is vg, price clipped. 320pp., 282 articles, 282 illustrations, 246 in color and 36 in b/w. Vast historical panorama covering 6 centuries of Italian painting, from the Duecento to the end of the 18th century.  
Price: 18.99 USD
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59 The Holocaust
Jerusalem Yad Vashem 1975 Stapled Fine  No Jacket - as Issued 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Heavy paper covers. Remembrance book filled with moving photographs taken in the death camps. 76pp. Text, fold-out timeline.  
Price: 5.99 USD
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60 Passion Oberammergau (official Illustrated catalogue)
Oberammergau Community of Oberammergau 1980 Hard Cover Fine  No Jacket - as Issued 
Colorful cover, oblong, 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, decorative endpapers. The official guide published by the town of Oberammergau. Parallel texts in English, German and French. Filled with beautiful color and b/w photographs of the production, as well as historical images and information.  
Price: 29.00 USD
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61 Makers of Science Mathematics Physics Astronomy
London Oxford University Press 1924 Hard Cover - Cloth Fine-Very Good  No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Dark blue cloth covers show the slightest wear. First edition, second impression. Some notations and underlining. No tears, losses, etc. A fine copy. b/w illustrations throughout. Diagrams, antique prints, sculptures, etc.  
Price: 14.99 USD
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62 Art in the Nursery Pictures For Baby to Draw and Pictures for Bably to Laugh At
D. Lothrop & Co. 1879 First Edition Hard Cover Good Plus  No Jacket - as Issued Palmer Cox, Kate Greenaway, J.G. Francis et al 
Oblong, 5 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches. Covers rubbed, binding tight but ffep endpaper begining to pull away. Mylar cover. Green cloth spine rubbed but sturdy. Vintage inscription on inside cover and bookplate on ffep, small pen drawing of 4-leaf clover on back endpaper, pencil list of all animals depicted in book. Small discard stamp on back of title page. All illustrations are intact and without marks of any kind. They depict cats, pigs, children and mice at play. Numerous scenes in a variety of styles, depending on the artist. A very rare children's book that is extremely difficult to find in such good shape. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway, Palmer Cox, J.G. Francis and more. Cover illustration by Greenaway depicts a nursery scene with 7 children playing together. Three are drawing, another is holding a notebook and brushes, while three more are watching the center figure draw. The back cover is an advertisement for Wide Awake Magazine and Wide Awake Picture Books. 11 cats do calisthenics on a tree branch. Charming, unusual.  
Price: 130.00 USD
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63 Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes
New York Atheneum 1966 Hard Cover Fine  Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Philip Reed 
Orange cloth covers pristine, binding tight. 57pp. Interior pristine, with lovely, playful wood engravings, in six colors by Reed. d/j has small tear top edge and small loss at top of spine. In mylar protective jacket. Some of the rhymes are familiar, some unusual. Reed has attempted to re-create the style and flavor a long lost early copy (1760 or 1765) of "Mother Goose's Melody, or Sonnets for the Cradle," which is known by description only. More than 200 years later, Reeds illustrations stand up to any in print. A fine copy.  
Price: 22.99 USD
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64 Robin Hood
New York David McKay Publisher 1917 First Edition Hard Cover - Cloth Fine-Very Good  No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall N. C. Wyeth 
362 pp. 1st edition, 1st printing. Bright green binding w/ full-color paste down illustration, w/ gilt edging. Edges rubbed, spine, with gilt lettering, has small 1/4" tear on bottom edge, top edge is slightly worn. Cover illustration bright, w/ some edgewear to gilt strip. Decorated endpapers clean and bright, 2 neat bookplates- 1 inside cover and other on ffep. 8 full-page color illustrations, plus cover illustration and decorated title page. Top edge of pages gilt, still bright. A tight, very bright copy, with all pristine illustrations. Very unusual to find in this superior condition.  
Price: 240.00 USD
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65 The Art Bulletin
New York College Art Association 1991 Reinforced Paperbound Fine  4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
June 1991, Vol. LXXIII, no.2. Minor edgewear, othewise pristine. Articles: A Liber Precum in Selestat and the Development of the Development of the Illustrated Prayer Book in Germany, Dies Alcyoniae: The Invention of Bellini's Feast of the Gods, Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple and Architecture for Liberal Religion in Chicago, 1885-1909, Life Magazine and the Abstract Expressionists, 1948-1951: A Historiographic Study of a Late Bohemian Enterprise.  
Price: 12.00 USD
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66 Cezanne Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings
Chicago Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1952 First Edition Soft Cover Fine  No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Fine with no marks. Loan Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum and Chicago Art Institute. 100 pp. with numerous b/w illustrations.  
Price: 19.99 USD
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67 The Vienna Treasures
New York The Art Foundation 1950 First Edition Soft Cover Fine-Very Good  No Jacket - as Issued 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Minor shelf wear to cover. 146pp. Numerous color and b/w illustrations. Loan exhibition by the Austrian government to the Metroplitan Museum, Chicago Art Institute and the de Young Memorial Museum.  
Price: 8.50 USD
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68 MASTERPIECES OF PAINTING SAVED FROM THE GERMAN SALT MINES
Chicago Art Institute of Chicago 1948 First Edition Soft Cover Fine-Very Good  No Jacket - as Issued 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Minor cover wear. Numerous illustrations. No marks on interior. Masterpieces saved from the German Salt Mines, property of the Berlin Museums, exhibited in cooperation with the Department of the Army of the United States of America. Part of the stash recovered by General Patton's army at Merkers, Germany.  
Price: 8.50 USD
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69 Scribner's Monthly an Illustrated Magazine for the People (May 1874 to October 1874)
New York Scribner's 1874 First Edition Half-Leather Very Good  No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Binding tight, leather rubbed on edges, but green still bright. Marbled endpapers, marbled page edges. Includes essays by numerous authors of the time, including Henry James and Jules Verne. A very nice copy.  
Price: 32.99 USD
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70 A Small Child's Book of Prayers
New York, New York, U.S.A. Cartwheel Books 1999 0590383639 Hard Cover As New  No Jacket - as Issued 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
New, no marks. Cute illustrations accompany each prayer.  
Price: 9.99 USD
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71 Raphael et l'art Francais
Paris Editions de la Reunion des Musees Nationaux 1983 First Edition Soft Cover Fine-Very Good  No Jacket - as Issued 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Cover Fine to Very Good condition with minor shelf wear. Interior is pristine with no marks. A very nice copy of this amazing catalogue. 492pp. Hundreds of illustrations, some in color. An extensive bibliography and numerous notes chock full of information and further references. The catalogue was produced for a Grand Palais exhibition on Raphael and his influence on French art that took place in Paris from 15 November 1983, to 13 February 1984. An amazing compendium-- painting, decorative arts, sculture, architecture and much much more. Heavy, requires extra postage.  
Price: 74.99 USD