Item 202009WRITING SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD: Alphabets, Syllabaries, Pictograms
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1991. Paperback. 122p. A new, unread softcover book.
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Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1991. Paperback. 122p. A new, unread softcover book.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000. Paperback. 352p. An oversize softcover book in near-fine condition. Small, faint crease near the top of the front cover and a tiny dent on the edge of a spine. Otherwise clean and tight. Filled with color photographs. Measures approx. 11.7" x 9.5"
New York: Parkstone Press International, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. 207p. A large hardcover book in very good condition with a near-fine dustjacket. Small semicircular tear in front free endpaper; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has a tiny closed tear at the top of the front flap fold.....
New York: Time Incorporated, 1957. Hardcover. 318p. An oversize hardcover book in very good condition with slipcase. Owner's stamps on endpapers; otherwise clean and tight. The slipcase is lightly rubbed, but still sturdy. Illustrated throughout. Measures approx. 13.4" x 9.8" in the slipcase.
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Paperback. 407p. An oversize softcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly scuffed here and there, and some mild smudges on bottom edge, but otherwise clean and tight. Produced in conjunction with an art exhibition. Measures approx. 11.5" x 9"
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986. Hardcover. 302p. An ivory cloth hardcover book in fine condition, though lacking the dustjacket.
New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co., Inc., 1942. Hardcover. 310p. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Corners and top of spine are worn. Endpapers tanned, but otherwise clean and tight. Vintage illustrated guide to knitting and crocheting clothes for men and women.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. xxii; 83 plates. An oversize hardcover book in good condition with a damaged dustjacket. Cloth foxed and foredges lightly soiled. Occasional fingerprint smudges inside, plus an owner's name stamp; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has lots of tears.....
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1993. Paperback. 46p. A large, staplebound softcover book in fine condition. From the Dover Design Library, Pictorial Archive series. Measures approx. 11" x 8.25"
New York: Odyssey, 1966. Hardcover. 417p. Hardcover book in very good condition in like dustjacket. Owner's nameplate on front inside cover. Otherwise clean and tight. Oversize. Part of "The Arts of Mankind" series. 355 b/w and color plates, including foldout maps and photographs.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 400p. A A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Comes in a sunfaded, lightly edgeworn slipcase. A study of the evolution of art from exalting deities to exalting humanity. Illustrated with many photographs.
Editions "Tel" First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 40p. Ex-library; REBOUND. An oversize hardcover book that has been rebound in black buckram. Label on spine. Card pocket and a few library markings inside. Pages age-toned, but otherwise clean and tight. Text in French. Black and white photographs of the great palace.....
Koln: Taschen, 2000. Hardcover. 251p. An oversize hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like new, except for a few tiny dots of red ink at the top of the front panel. Evocative black and white photographs of Paris. Measures approx. 13.2" x 10.8"
London: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994. Hardcover. 192p. A black cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Gilt lettering on spine. Lacks dustjacket. Pages crisp and clean; binding tight. Full of color illustrations depicting paintings by Hodgkin.
Lustre Press/Roli Books, 2006. Second impression. Hardcover. 144p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Filled with color photographs.
Minneapolis/New York: High Museum of Art, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts/Rizzoli, 2001. Hardcover. 263p. An oversize hardcover book in essentially fine condition with a like dustjacket. Bottom corners barely crinkled, and small white smudge on front cover. Otherwise clean and tight, and jacket fully intact. Produced in conjunction with an.....
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1986. Paperback. 88p. A softcover book in fine condition.
Houston/Philadelphia: The Menil Collection, Houston/Philadelphia Museum of Art/Cantz, 1998. Hardcover. 343p. A large hardcover book bound in grey-green cloth, lacking the dustjacket. Fine condition; clean and tight. Produced in conjunction with an exhibition. Measures approx. 11.5" x 9.75"
New York: Assouline, 2009. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 103p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Comes in the original slipcase. The story of the Van Cleef & Arpels luxury jewelry company, illustrated with lots of photographs, many of which are in color.
New York: Lark Books (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc). 2004. Hardcover. 192p. A large hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Measures approx. 10.25" x 10.25"
Boston: New York Graphic Society (Little, Brown and Company), 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 400p. An oversize hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Measures approx. 11" x 9.5"
Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 122p. Ex-library. A green cloth hardcover book in good reading condition, lacking the dustjacket. Bottom corners bumped. Library stamps on foredges and title page, and card pocket residue on rear endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Contains a section.....
New York: Random House, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 371p. A brown cloth hardcover book in fine condition, though lacking the dustjacket.
Milan: 5 Continents, 2005. Paperback. 88p. A light grey softcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A catalogue of artistic plates from the Louvre Drawing Gallery series.
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1975. Paperback. 221p. A softcover book in near-fine condition. Spine barely crinkled; otherwise clean and tight. Text in French. A celebration of the lively culture of Paris in the 1920s.