WRITING SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD: Alphabets, Syllabaries, Pictograms
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1991. Paperback. 122p. A new, unread softcover book. More
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1991. Paperback. 122p. A new, unread softcover book. More
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. More
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 254p. A large hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Measures approx. 10.9" x 9.5" More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 203p. A red cloth hardcover book in essentially fine condition, apart from the spine being slightly faded. Clean and tight. Illustrated with many black and white plates. A handwritten note on the front free endpaper states that this..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 558p. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: The Homemaker's Encyclopedia, Inc., 1952. Hardcover. 256p. A teal hardcover book in very good condition. Edges rubbed; otherwise clean and tight. A vintage sewing manual with black and white illustrations. More
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, Inc., 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 101p. A large hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Bottom of spine bumped, and owner's bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is worn at the corners and lightly faded on the..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 391p. Ex-library. A red cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Spine tanned and front free endpaper clipped off. Library marks inside and on spine, but text itself is clean and binding secure. A biography of the artist best remembered for..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 4 vols. A set of four teal cloth hardcover books in near-fine condition. Spines slightly faded and foredges foxed, but interiors unmarked and securely bound. The fourth volume is full of plates, most of which are in..... More
New York: A.C. Armstrong & Son, 1885. Limited Edition. Vellum. Ex-library. A hardcover book decoratively bound in vellum with brass clasps. FAIR condition. Besides having the usual library markings inside and on the spine, the hinges are cracked, the front free endpaper detached, and all pages tanned and brittle with..... More
The Greenwich Workshop, 1988. Paperback. 48p. An oblong softcover book in new, unread condition. A catalogue of Bev Doolittle's Native American paintings. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. Hardcover. 188p. An oversize hardcover book in very good condition with a fair dustjacket. Corners rubbed; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is badly chipped and has split along the fold lines. A work by the illustrator of the MADELINE series. This is an..... More
London: Maggs Brothers, 1926. Hardcover. Ex-library. Stamps on page edges and title page. Card pocket glued to front endpaper. Call numbers painted on spine. Slight yellowing to page edges. Otherwise a clean, tight book in very good condition. Library bound in brown cloth boards. 396p. Black and white plates and..... More
New York: Universe Books, 1982. Later printing. Paperback. 304p. A softcover book in very good condition. Previous owner's plate, otherwise clean and tight. Contains many b/w illustrations. An examination of artist Eric Gill, combining writings of his own about theology, philosophy, and art, with commentary and biographical material by Malcolm..... More
Garden City: Garden City Books, 1952. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 398p. A hardcover book in cery good condition with a like dustjacket. Foredges foxed; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is foxed and edgeworn. A vintage illustrated guide to sewing women's clothes. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Paperback. 407p. A softcover book in near-fine condition. Mild crinkling along the edges, and owner's name inside. Otherwise clean and tight. Contains lots of black and white illustrations. More
Musee National D'Art Moderne, 1971. Paperback. 239p. A softcover book in very good condition. Clean and tight. Includes b/w and color illustrations. Text in French. A catalogue for the exhibition of Georges Rouault displayed in 1971 at the Musee National D'Art Moderne. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Hardcover. 333p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is edgeworn and has a few small closed tears, which are held with tape on the reverse side. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. Paperback. 282p. A softcover book in fine condition. Bollingen Series XLVIII. More
Switzerland: Pleiades Books, 1947. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Oversized blue cloth. Plates. 116p. Cover shows some fading and light shelf wear. Otherwise a clean and tight book in very good condition. Translated into English by Eveline Winkworth. Pictorial and textual sketch of 15th century France and the painter, Jean..... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2006. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 119p. A new, unread hardcover book in dustjacket. A thoroughly illustrated guide to the lavish homes of 20th-century dictators. More
New York: Walker & Company, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 373p. A very good hardcover book in a fine dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate, otherwise fine. Includes b/w and color plates. The story of the commissioning of the Sistine Chapel. More
Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 209p. A green cloth hardcover book in fine condition. More
International Exhibitions Foundation, 1979. Paperback. 235p. A softcover book in fine condition. Contains many color and b/w illustrations. An art collection on display in 1979. More