Paris: G. Masson, [1884]. Fourth edition, entirely revised. 8vo., xi, 321 pp., color frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 3 color plates, 218 illustrations in text. Gilt decorated red morroco spine with textured red cloth, a.e.g. Slightly rubbed at extremities, occasional light foxing, else very good. A manual containing wonderful illustrations..... More
London & New York: George Virtue & Co., 1854. 2 volumes. Thick 4tos. [vol. I] engraved title page and frontis, clx, 832 pp.; [vol. II] engraved title page, iv, 1052 pp. Illustrated with 40 steel engravings and 2475 wood engravings in text. Later binding of cloth with leather spine labels..... More
's Gravenhage: Ter Algemeene lands drukkerij, 1833. First edition. 8vo., 61 pp., plus 4 plates (3 folding). Contemporary diced paper over boards, decorated with gilt, a.e.g. Ink owner's stamp on the blank verso to the title page. Lacking a tiny chip from the spine ends. Near fine. The Dutch and..... More
(Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publisher, 1994). Witkin, Joel-Peter. First edition. 4to., unpaged, over 100 sepia-toned photo-illustrations. A fine copy in dust jacket. With texts by Joel-Peter Witkin, Eugenia Janis, Stanley Burns, Rainer Maria Rilke, Aaron H. Esman, and James Crump. More
Folio, 343 manuscript pages, all but a few illustrated with a mounted original b&w silver photograph, each approximately 2 3/4 x 4 inches or the reverse. Cloth over boards with a chipped paper label affixed to the upper board. Finger soiling and glue staining, moderate wear to the board tips..... More