Beautiful book with a print run of just 3000. Only fault is flat crease to upper front cover. Measures 8-1/2"x12". Illustrated at face and inside with black and white Chagall art. FRENCH language text. View More...
Very nice clean softcover book with its own dustjacket. The book itself is very clean and tightly bound. The jacket shows only minor wear and some flat creasing at edges as well as light tonging also to edges. Photographs are beautiful on every page with commentary in FRENCH LANGUAGE. Book measures 9-1/4" x 11-1/2". Pages are not numbered. View More...
Beautiful book in very nice, clean condition. Mustard yellow boards display beveled edges and lovely ornamentation at face with decorative embossed frame and much gilt. Same gilt to printing on spine and on all three page edges. Only faults are wear at crown and tail of spine and a mall piece missing at top spine, regluing of a small piece beneath, and corner wear. There is no cracking to the hinges, either front or back, and the brown printed endpapers are clean and lovely. The only pages that have toned are at the very front. Once the text begins there is only the faintest touch. Carl Thomp... View More...
Book is very clean and tightly bound. Laminated pictorial boards show only a small flat crease to corners. Pages have toned around the margins, but are not brittle. Former owner's name is written on the back of the front free endpaper ,but no other writing. Book is one of a series about three little girls -- Milly, Molly and Mandy. Book is nicely illsutrated with black and white drawings, plus full color art. Book measures 5--1.2" x 6" and has 199 pages.. View More...
Beautiful two volume set. SPANISH LANGUAGE. Books are clean inside and out with no names or writing and pristine outer page edges.Dustjackets show only light edgewear and are most handsome in brand new mylar covers. Both are gloriously illusrated in full color on coated paper. Volume I (1881-1937) -- El Nacimiento Del Cubismo Las Metamorfosis; Volume II (1937-1973) La Guerra Gloria Y Soledad. 968 collective pages. View More...
Crisp, BRAND NEW offering still in oiriginal publisher's shrinkwrap. Contents come in a box and consist of a paperback instruction manual, a CD, and 64 double faced dialogue cards -- one side in English, the other in Chinese. Perfect for beinning students or travelers in need of a crash course in survival Chinese. View More...
Very handsome soft cover book, clean as a whistle inside and and out with just one small spot on reverse side of front over. Published in three languages simultaneously -- German, french and english. Though Zermatt is noted as a ski resort located in a German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland, the book reflects on the town as it was in the past with historic photographs and informative captions. Book measures 8-1/4" square and has 96 pages. No names or writing and pages and page edges pristine. View More...
Crisp, clean book, clearly never used. Contains 587 numbered cards printed on perforated cardstock foir easy separation. Didvided into three groups by frequency of use of the workd in the text of Vrigil -- ocurring 15-plus times, 9 to 14 times and 5 to 8 times. Includes AP Selections vocabulary list, grammatical form summaries, and additional quick reference cards on meter, erhetorical terms, figures of speech and rhestorical devices Measures 8-1/2"x11" View More...
Crisp, BRAND NEW book still in its original shrinkwrap. Bought from the estate of a collector who never opened it. A massive book written entirely in FRENCH and profusely illustrated throughout. Measures 11"x12-3/4", has 420 pages, and weighs over six pounds. Consequently, extra postage required for overseas and U.S. priority shipping. View More...
This is an exquisite book with handsome French wraps, quality coated paper, and many color photographs. The text is in Italian, but the Art Nouveau images that acompanied the music of the period speak every language. The book measures 7-1/2" x 8-3/4" and has 127 pristine pages. No spime crese, no names or writing.. Beautiful! View More...
Book is very attractive with lovely full page color illustrations throughout for a total of 30., each of which exalts the place described The book is a reprint from the original of 1857, but in this edition the print run was confined to 2800 copies of which this is numbered 2223. TEXT IS IN FRENCH ONLY. Book measures 10" tall and 11-1/2" across. Pages are not numbered. Very beautiful inside and out with no names or writing. Would make a very special gift. View More...
Red cloth portfolio shows a small bit of wear to crown and tail of spine and sa few small light stains to face. Decorated beautifully at faceboard with black and gilt design. Folder opens to reveal a title page laid-in loose as per design, plus 12 original floral chromographs in full color --all matted and in lovely rich colors accompanied by verse in German. There is no date, but a gift inscription inside top flap is dated 1912. Paper covering cloth at right flap had been reglued. Closed portfolio measures 6-1/4" across and 7-1/4" tall. View More...
Very nice clean book with no real defect of note. No bumps to boards, no names or writing, and dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. FRENCH Language. The book's title roughly translates to Chronicle of the Parisian Street. This one's all about the wonderful black and white photography which captures fleeting moments of Pari sstreet life. Other than an introduction and short intros to chapters, text is confined to captions.Book measures 9-1/2" x 12-1/2" and has 140 pages. View More...
Very clean, tightly bound book written in the DANISH language. Half leather with handsome black author and title boxes affixed to spine. Rest of binding is paper over boards. Paper has worn at outer and bottom edges as well as at areas on face, but is pristine inside. Contains all three parts in one volume. An historical novel which spans the reign of five Danish kings from King Han to Frederick II. Book was originally published in 1931. Its author was the winner of the Holberg Medal in 1940. View More...
Beautiful book bound in textured cloth which opens to show handsome paper and art consisting of both sketches and color paintings. Text is in German. Oskar Kokoshka was a painter, but also a set designer for the stage. Book measures 11" x 14" and is in very nice condition with a strong binding and no cracks to gutters. Only defect is minor -- a handsome older bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Overall a lovely book. View More...
Crisp, clean beautiful book with no bumps to boards and no names or writing. Jacjket is likewise clean with no tears or chips and beautiful in brand new mylar cover. Measures 8-1/4"x11-1/2". A collection of excellent historric photos of old Warsaw dating from 1860-1914 with explanatary captions. POLISH LANGUAGE. Unpaginated. View More...
Beautifully designed art catalogue which is decorated with a wrap-around banner made of soft, velvety fabric printed in light blue. The text is in both GERMAN AND ENGLISH and is augmented with color photographs of good size. The catalog measures 9-1/4" x 11-1/4" and has 63 pristine pages. Wenzel Jamnitzer was a Renaissance era artist and mathematician who cast bronzes which are being appreciated in the 21st century. Catalogue includes an essay written by Virginia Spenle titled "Wenzel Jamnitzer and the Art of Life Casting When Ars and Natura Act Together". Very nice. View More...
Three lovely books bound in quarter leather (spines only) with marbled paper over boards. Tightly bound and very clean with no names or writing. Wear to paper at corner edges and a pleasing wear pattern to leather at spines which each sport five raised bands. Volume 1-2 sports a whiter, less acid paper and is thus very nice. The rest show uniform toning. Books measure 4-3/4"x7-1/2". Includes Les Rates, Le Temps Est Un Songe, Le Simoun, Le Mangeur de Reves, La Dent Rouge, Un Vie Secrete and L'Homme et ses Fantomes and L'Ombre Du MaL. FRENCH LANGUAGE. View More...
This is a very nice, clean booklet which is written in Italian. There are no names or writing and the booklet is pristine inside and out. It measures 7" x 10" and accommodates four pages of text at front followed by plates printed on glossy paper showing examples from the original. The title of the publication translates to The Parchments of Revello's Visuvius Archives. None of the pages have been opened at the top, so no one has read it (See photo). View More...
Beautiful book designed without dustjacket and closed with burgundy satin ribbons. Measures 9-3/4"x11" and has 189 pages. Handsomely and amply illustrated with facsimile vintage postcards of the perod. TEXT IN BOTH GREEK AND ENGLISH .Appears like new -- purchasef from a collector. View More...
