Symonds, John Addington
The Life of Michelangelo
NY: Modern Library, n.d.

Modern Library #49. Octavo. 544 pp. Original green cloth with dustjacket illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. VG+/VG, former owner stamp on half title page, else an unmarked copy, binding bright & solid; price-clipped jacket has small tear at bottom of front panel, spine slightly faded.
Inventory number #014306

Ross, Josephine
Beaton in Vogue [Review copy]
NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1984

First American edition. Quarto. 240 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows minimal edgewear. Review Copy - Publisher letter & five press photos laid in. Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) worked for Vogue for more than 50 years as photographer, fashion illustrator, social columnist, war correspondent, and travel writer. His photos offer an intimate perspective and social commentary on the lives of the rich and famous - Coco Chanel, Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Twiggy, Greta Garbo, Mick Jagger, Audrey Hepburn, Mae West, to name a few.
Inventory number #014301

Barron, Stephanie & Maurice Tuchman
The Avant-Garde in Russia, 1910-1930: New Perspectives
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980

Quarto. 288 pp; profuse b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG, a clean, tight, unmarked copy; two corners gently bumped, page edges slightly yellowed, spine toned. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 8 to Sept 28, 1980, and at Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC November 20, 1980 to February 1981.
Inventory number #014299

Fontana, Oskar Maurus
Die Turme des Beg Begouja
Wien: Osterreichische Buchgemeinschaft, 1946

Austrian Book Club edition. Large octavo. 102 pp; b/w drawings by Alfred Kubin. Text in German. Illustrated paper-covered boards with gilt-lettered cloth spine. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; cover clean with no edge wear. One of the most successful books of the first post-war years in Austria.
Inventory number #014295

Grimm, Inge Maria
Felix der Fuchs
Wien: Jugend und Volk, 1965

First edition. Oblong quarto. 48 pp; color illustrations by Otto Stefferl Text in German. Illustrated laminated boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; bit of rubbing at spine ends.
Inventory number #014294

Artzybasheff, Boris
Seven Simeons. A Russian Tale
NY: Viking Press, 1937

First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Full of color drawings by Boris Artzybasheff. Light green cloth with illustrated endpapers, no dustjacket. VG, front & rear endpapers lightly foxed, else a clean copy, edges of front cover & spine faded, overall soiling.
Inventory number #014292

Bodenheim, Nelly
ABC: de hond gaat mee, de kat blijft 't huis, piep zei de muis in 't Voorhuis
Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1970

Reprint. Oblong octavo. Black & white drawings by Nelly Bodenheim. Cream paper-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers lightly soiled. First published in 1917. Nelly Bodenheim or Johanna Cornelia Hermana Bodenheim (27 May 1874 - 7 January 1951) was a Dutch illustrator known for her silhouettes. Title: "ABC: The dog goes along, the cat stays at home, peep said the mouse in the front house."
Inventory number #014290

Tietjens, Eunice & Janet Tietjens
The Jaw-Breaker's Alphabet
NY: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930

Oblong quarto. Unpaginated, wonderful b/w art deco illustrations of dinosaurs throughout. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Edges of boards moderately rubbed, front hinge tender. Alphabet stories in verse of extinct creatures by Eunice Tietjens (1884-1944) and her daughter Janet (1907-1990). Illustrations by Hermann Post.
Inventory number #014289

Barres, Maurice
Un Jardin sur l'Oronte
Paris: Javal et Bourdeaux, 1927

Limited edition, #109/490 copies on velin d'Arches paper. Small folio. 123 pp; illustrated with 17 watercolors, including frontispiece, by Andre Suréda, engraved on wood by Robert Dill, and decorated by the artist's headbands, initials, motifs and culs-de-lampe in black and gold. A fine copy in wraps in near fine chemise with sunned spine & lightly split at bottom. Paper-covered slipcase is VG, with one split corner extending mid way down spine. An extravagant and beautifully illustrated edition of this classic. Between travel diary and geopoetic introspection, this is a story about Maurice Barres' passion for the Orient: exoticism, poetry, spirituality, anecdotes.
Inventory number #014287

Menu
Farewell Dinner - Home Lines. Italia, Saturday, January 6, 1961
: Home Lines, 1961

12" x 8.5". [4] pp; die-cut cover with watercolor drawing on cover, menu on p 3. Menu from Sun-Way Cruises New Year's Holiday Cruise for Saturday, January 6, 1961.
Inventory number #014286

Dobson, Meade C., Editor
Long Island : The Sunrise Homeland
NY: The Long Island Association, 1944

Thirteenth edition. Small quarto. 160 pp; illustrated with b/w photographs. Dark blue paperback with orange lettering and outline of Long Island on cover, blue & orange spine lettering. VG, closed tear at base of spine, light edgewear w/small corner loss, and light soil to back cover. This is an island-wide survey of boroughs, counties, cities, towns, villages and communities, published by the Long Island Association before the end of World War II.
Inventory number #014284

Trade Catalogue
Beals McCarthy & Rogers. Steel, Industrial Supplies
Buffalo, NY: Beals, McCarthy & Rogers, 1948

Quarto. xxxvi, 572 pp; full of b/w illustrations throughout; plus occasional two-color advertisements bound in of products distributed by Beals, McCarthy & Rogers. Red pebble cloth with gilt stamped lettering on cover & spine. VG, some light soiling to edges of text block, former owner name on front free endpaper else a solid, tight copy; spine gilt dull, one ding to bottom edge. A comprehensive catalogue featuring a wide range of tools - bolts, dies, drills, grinders, gauges, jacks, rivets, saws, screwdrivers, valves, wrenches, etc. from major manufacturers.
Inventory number #014282

Trade Catalogue
SEARS presents the finest, most beautiful line of kitchen equipment to fit all Budgets
Chicago: Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1940

Oblong quarto. [12] pp; b/w drawings throughout. Illustrated staples wrappers. VG, covers show light soil, minor edgewear, gentle crease. This catalog features a complete new line of modern cabinet sinks, with b/w illustrations, dimensions, and possible lay outs depending on shape of the kitchen.
Inventory number #014277

Hachette
Plan de Paris et de Sa Proche Banlieue. Les Guides Bleus
Paris: Hachette, 1947

First edition. Octavo. 95 pp; 30 folded plates of maps in color; fold-out map; alphabetical index of Paris streets. Blue cloth with dark blue lettering. VG-, a clean, unmarked copy, edges lightly rubbed, light stain at fore edge of front cover, not affecting text.
Inventory number #014275

Lessard, Suzannah
The Architect of Desire: Beauty and Danger in the Stanford White Family
NY: Dial Press, 1996

Second printing. Octavo. 334 pp; b/w illustrations; b/w photos. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; bottom front corner lightly bumped, unclipped jacket with no creases or tears. The author is the oldest of Stanford White's great-granddaughters.
Inventory number #014274

Culff, Robert
Playbook for The Children in the Wood
London: Pollock's Toy Theatres Ltd, 1972

Oblong quarto. [24] pp; four full-page color plates. Illustrated paper wraps. VG, an clean unmarked copy; small black smudge on back cover. Text in five languages - English, French, German, Italian and Dutch.
Inventory number #014264

Jones, Barbara
Follies & Grottoes
London: Constable, 1953

First edition. Octavo. xii, 264 pp; color title page (same as dustjacket), numerous b/w photographs & drawings; index. Purple cloth with silver-lettered spine in dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine, a bright, crisp unmarked copy, erratum slip tipped in; unclipped jacket has touch of wear to spine ends, slight creasing at top of front panel. Bookseller label from Holliday Bookshop affixed to rear board. Written and illustrated by the artist Barbara Mildred Jones (1912-1978). Jones studied Mural Decoration at the Royal College of Art - where she became part of that distinctive group of artists and illustrators of whom John Piper, Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious and Edward Ardizzone are the best known.
Inventory number #014262

Port, M.H., editor
The Houses of Parliament
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1976

First edition. Quarto. xxi, 347 pp; frontispiece "Gothic Lily" wall paper, printed by hand by John Penny Ltd from the original wood blocks, 11 color plates, 208 b/w illustrations, 3 tables; appendices; notes; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket lightly chipped at top of spine and one corner.
Inventory number #014257

Pullman Rail Car
Pullman Accommodations
Chicago: Pullman Company, 1939

Octavo. [28] pp, full of b/w illustrations, printed in green and black throughout. Stapled wraps with covers printed in green, black & white. VG, light edgewear, slight creasing to covers. This booklet features the various accommodations available in Pullman rail cars, along with the cost of each. Accommodations include upper berth, lower berth, roomette, duplex room, bed room, new compartment, new drawing room, master room, and tourist class accommodations. Also shown are the parlor car, lounge car, observation car, restaurant car, women's dressing room, and men's dressing room.
Inventory number #014248

Ephemera
Binoculars and How to Choose Them
Rochester, NY: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 1954

Oblong octavo. 28 pp; full of b/w illustrations. Illustrated blue stiff card wraps with yellow lettering. VG, a clean & unmarked copy, pages gently creased. Back cover - G-19, 35, September '54. This pamphlet is part informational, part sales catalogue. The first half of the book explains terms & gives advice of choosing a pair of binoculars, along with useful diagrams. The second half provides photos and specifications for several models, along with prices. WorldCat lists 3 editions but not this one.
Inventory number #014247