New York: Japan Textile Color Design Center, 1980. Folio. A beautiful over-sized coffee table book complete with publisher's clamshell box. Thick grey buckram. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Crepe paper end papers. Dust jacket with bright floral design in Fine Condition. Clamshell box in Very Good condition..... More
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Amsterdam: Nicolaas Goetzee, 1749. 1st Edition. An uncommonly nice and beautiful example of this scarce 18th-century map of the 'Old World' showing the continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa divided among the sons of Noah. The continental outlines are shown according to 18th century knowledge, with interiors reflecting..... More
Florence: EDIZIONI PONTE VECCHIO, n.d. Brahe, Tycho. Later Printing. Elephant Folio. A GORGEOUS later restrike of a 1662 copperplate engraving of an astronomical instrument printed by Johan Blaeu, taken from the original drawings of Tycho Brahe, the most important astronomer of the 16th century. Published by Edizioni Ponte..... More
Salem, Massachusetts: The Peabody Museum of Salem, 1981. Quarto. Handsome two volume set which includes every maritime picture received by the Peabody Museum of Salem since its founding in 1799. Oversized hardback books with over 1,500 illustrations of which some are in color.. Dust jacket of volume I shows..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1947. 2nd Edition. 8vo. A very nice 1947 Early Printing, increasingly uncommon with original map in rear pocket. Blue cloth. Map in rear pocket in beautiful condition with original fold lines. Square, tight binding. Mild rubbing and edge wear. Very light foxing..... More
Moscow: Academia, 1934. Folio. A Spectacular 1934 portfolio of 100 illuminated color miniature illustrations from Medieval Russia, published in Moscow during the pre-WW II rule of Joseph Stalin. Of the original 100 prints in the collection, three are lacking, nos. 72, 73 and 99, making a total of 97..... More
Munchen: Verlag der, n.d. 1st Edition. Folio. A beautiful large portfolio, string-bound, consisting of 12 color reproductions of Munzer paintings, mostly the female nude, each pasted down to a tan stiff cardboard sheet. Each work is titled on the front page but no text accompanies the works. "From..... More
United Kingdom: Quiller, 2008. 3rd Edition. 8vo. Beautiful 3rd Printing of this uncommon hunting classic. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket with the mildest of edge wear, presents handsomely in archival mylar. A lovely edition. More
San Francisco: Rosicrucian Anthroposophic League, 1933. 1st Edition. 8vo. A BEAUTIFUL and quite scarce 1933 1st Edition in original publisher's dust jacket. The Rosicrucian Anthroposophical League was founded in 1932 by Parchment, as astrologer and occultist who trained with Max Heindel. He wrote many books on the occult, but..... More
New York: Bodyscope Publications Inc., 1935. 1st Edition. Folio. A gorgeously illustrated large folio early 20th-century educational piece detailing the male and female anatomy, in scarce original slipcase. Four card-stock 'pages' with two double-sided moving volvelles illustrating body parts and anatomy, physiology, diet and some medical history, with illustrations..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984. 1st Edition. 8vo. A very nice of this unique and quite scarce occult work from the outspoken 20th-century South American activist. Serrano (1917 – 2009), was a Chilean diplomat, writer, occultist, and fascist activist. In 1942, he joined an occult order founded by..... More
New York: Christie's, 2022. 1st Edition. Quarto. Two volumes complete, comprising the collection of iconic bookseller William Reese, widely regarded as the greatest Americana dealer of the 20th and 21st centuries. Black cloth with pictorial pastedowns to each volume. Profusely illustrated and containing detailed descriptions of some of..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1948. Early Printing. 8vo. Beautiful Early printing in scarce original dust jacket of this occult classic. Beige Cloth. Square tight binding. Small previous owner name and address to top of front end paper in ink as well as sporadic underlining. Little wear to binding..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1942. 1st Edition. A beautiful original WW II War Bonds Poster illustrated by Alfred Charles Parker, featuring a mother and daughter doing their part to help the war effort, filling their stamp books. "A founder of the modern glamour aesthetic, Alfred Charles Parker (1906-1985)..... More