New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated) of Abbott's photo essay on the streets, store fronts, artists, alleyways, restaurants, and bars of New York City's Greenwich Village. With text by Henry W. Lanier, editor, writer, and son of southern poet Sydney Lanier. Demy 8vo..... more

Paris: E. F. D'Allignan, 1919. Illustrated Wrappers. One of 300 numbered copies on Rives à la forme, from a limited edition of 347, of Belot's fourth book. Text in French. 8vo (285 X 210mm): [68]pp on double-fold sheets, divided into seven sections and profusely illustrated with woodcuts in black and..... more

London: Boosey and Sons, 1825 / 1827. Paper-Covered Boards. Uncommon English translations of these two works by German educator Bernhard Heinrich Blasche, providing "Instructive Amusement for young persons," calculated to "introduce children to the most common and practical applications of geometry." (Preface) Papyro-Plastics: Second Edition, "greatly enlarged and improved." 16mo..... more

London: published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. Quarter-Calf. Greatly revised and expanded Second Edition of Christie's treatise, linking Greek vase shapes and iconography to mystery cults, the Hindu festival of Diwali, and lantern celebrations in China. Demy 4to (270 x 210mm): x,[2],146pp, with sixteen engraved plates..... more

London: printed for Bernard Lintott, between the Temple Gates, in Fleetstreet, 1716. Cambridge-style Calf. Second Edition, revised and enlarged, of Dryden's prose translation of du Fresnoy's poem on the art of painting, prefaced by Dryden's Parallel of Poetry and Painting and with Richard Graham's biographical chronology of painters, "A short..... more

London: B. T. Batsford, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce First Printing of this chronology, listing more than 600 literary references to wallpaper during the past 450 years. Royal 8vo (246 x 150mm): 211,[1]pp, with colored frontispiece and 126 further illustrations (some in color). Publisher's navy cloth, spine ruled and lettered..... more

London: printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand, M.DCC.XCII [1792]. Early Reprint. Quarter-Morocco. Fourth Edition (so stated) of the first standard guide on print collecting in England. 8vo: xiii,[3],174,xi,[1]pp. Contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boards, flat spine in six compartments between gilt rules, gilt urn stamped in each but..... more

London: Phaidon Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of this path-breaking work in the psychology of perception that influenced thinkers as diverse as Carlo Ginzburg, Nelson Goodman, and Umberto Eco. Thick royal 8vo (254 x 187mm): xxxi,[1],466pp, with 319 illustrations, some folding and in color. Publisher's original scarlet linen..... more

New York: Lear, 1948. First Printing. Hardcover. First American Edition of the artist's greatest work, the wordless novel Passionate Journey, following the day-by-day events in the life of a single protagonist. Introduced by Thomas Mann and translated by Joseph M. Bernstein. Demy 8vo (215 x 135mm): 22pp, with 165 full-page..... more

London: C. J. Clay and Sons, 1899. Wrappers. Scarce First Edition of this description and brief history of the stained-glass windows in King's College chapel, together with explanations of their symbolism. 8vo (): 38pp. Publisher's sage green paper wrappers printed in black. A Fine copy (excepting two staple-sized rust stains..... more

San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell [and] Bedford Arts, 1910 [and] 1990. Folding halftone (11 panels) of Eadweard Muybridge’s famed 360-degree panoramic view of San Francisco made from the original seventeen-foot-long photograph. With margins, the folding halftone measures 1511 x 171mm and folds into the original red cloth binding lettered in..... more

London: B. B. King, Monument Yard, near London Bridge, [n.d., but 1839 or 1840]. Full Calf. Preferred Edition, revised and "considerably enlarged, with descriptions of the tints made use of in each subject," of this important manual on the use of colour in landscape painting. Royal 8vo (291 x 222mm)..... more

Paris: 1915-1916. [Original Manuscript]. Card Covers. Beautifully executed sketchbook, in pencil, pen-and-ink, and watercolor, by a student at the prestigious École de Boulle in Paris. Demy 8vo (217 x 165mm): 27 leaves of graph paper with lesson notes (emphasizing architecture) in an elegant script on verso and drawings (mostly in..... more