Art, Photography, & Antiques from Classic Books and Ephemera

New York & London: Tennant and Ward, 1911. Paperback. Fine. [5], 306-350, [36] p., frontispiece: full-page illustrations; 21 cm. Blue wrappers printed in black. Imprint includes: London: Dawbarn & Ward. This volume contains an article on platinum printing. Advertisements (some illustrated) on preliminary and final unpaginated pages. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.… Read more about this item

New York & London: Tennant and Ward, 1911. Paperback. Fine. [5], 254-302, [32] p., frontispiece: full-page illustrations, in-text table; 21 cm. Blue wrappers printed in black. Imprint includes: London: Dawbarn & Ward. This volume contains an article on beginners' troubles by Malcolm Dean Miller. Advertisements (some illustrated) on preliminary and final unpaginated pages. … Read more about this item

New York: Tennant and Ward, 1904. Paperback. Fine. [4], viii, [1], 538-584, [36] p., [6] unpaginated pages of illustrations: 1 in-text drawing; 21 cm. Blue wrappers printed in black. "60" on lower spine. Some pages unopened. Imprint includes: London: Dawbarn & Ward. Includes contents, illustrators, and index for the first 5 volumes. … Read more about this item

New York & London: Tennant and Ward, 1911. Paperback. Fine. [5], 354-398, [32] p., frontispiece: full-page illustrations; 21 cm. Blue wrappers printed in black. This volume contains an article on hand-work on negatives by Arthur Whiting. Advertisements (some illustrated) on preliminary and final unpaginated pages. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.

London: H. Berthoud, 1825. Hardcover. Good +. [72] p., frontispiece and 19 leaves of plates; 36 cm. Contemporary black leather spine with plain grey paper over boards. The publisher intended the plate of Mrs. Siddons to be bound as the frontispiece, but here the plate of Mr. Kean was bound as the frontispiece and that of… Read more about this item

Paris: Ludovic Baschet, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Typogravure Goupil & Cie. [2] p., 56 plates; 37 cm. Red leather spine with gilt spine title; red and black marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. Title page is printed on pink paper, with advertisements on the reverse. No date of publication. The plates are dated… Read more about this item

Stratford, Ont: McLagan Furniture Co, 1915. Paperback. Very Good -. [1], 31 leaves: illustrations; 31 x 45 cm. Brown card covers with gilt embossed cover title; stapled. No date of publication. George McLagan established his furniture business in Stratford, Ontario, in 1905. This catalog features suites for the dining room and bedroom, and funiture… Read more about this item

Milwaukee, WI: Bruce Publishing Co, 1928. Paperback. Very Good. 127 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Brown cloth spine and brown card cover printed in black. Former owner's name in black on front cover: N. Mershon. Former owner's name on half title page: John H. Tammeny Jr. In Very Good Condition: corners creased; former owner's name… Read more about this item

New York: Munn & Co, 1895. Paperback. Very Good +. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16312-16326 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Features an illustrated article about the opening of the North Sea and Baltic canal; a continuation of an article on the tin plate industry in the United States; several articles on photography; an illustrated article about Count von… Read more about this item

New York: Munn & Co, 1895. Paperback. Near Fine. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16536-16550 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the by-products of slaughter houses; Arndt's patent econometer; a continuation of public hydraulic power supply by Edward B. Ellington; the electric plow in Germany; the photosphere camera; and the refuge tunnels of Naours, France. … Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, 1926. Paperback. Good. 233 p., frontispiece: illustrations, tables; 23 cm. Brown paper cover; cover tilte in dark brown. "Art Handbook of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art" -- at head of title page. Former owner's name at upper edge of front cover: "Bess E. Longenecker."… Read more about this item

Berlin: Paul Cassirer, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good +. Third edition. 134, [6] p., color frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates (3 in color): full-page illustrations; 20 cm. Calf spine with gilt spine title; color decorated paper over boards. Top page edges red. White ribbon bookmark. Plates tipped in on light green paper. Title… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann Medical Books, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/good +. viii, 144 p., frontispiece and 31 leaves of plates; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Light grey dust jacket printed in maroon. Former owner's stamp on front fixed endpaper and title page verso with penciled note about acquisition in gutter of p. v.… Read more about this item

London: George Bell and Sons, 1898. Hardcover. Fair +. xxvi, 146, [2] p., 91 leaves of illustration (1 folded): full-page and in-text illustrations; 19 cm. Light blue cloth with gilt spine title, and dark blue cover title and decoration. Series title on back cover: Practical Designing Series Edited by Gleeson White. Errata slip bound in… Read more about this item

Frankfurt am Main: Prestel Verlag, 1934. Hardcover. Fine. xvii, [3], 56 p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Off-white cover with black spine and cover titles; color illustration on front cover. Contain 56 pages of full-page black-and-white illustrations of drawings by German artists of the 15th and 16th centuries, including Mathias Grünewald, Albrecht Dürer, Hans Holbein, and Lucas Cranach.… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Eng: Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1944. Paperback. Very Good -. Reprinted from the Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 64. 35, [1] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. Stamped at lower edge of front wrapper and p. 31: "Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College." The first report… Read more about this item

Des Moines, Iowa: Wallace-Homestead Book Co, 1976. Pamphlet. Near Fine. 15 p.: tables; 24 cm. Stapled, wrappers included in pagination. The price guide to marbles published by famous marble expert Paul Baumann, whose personal collection was auctioned in 2011. In Near Fine Condition: wrappers are slightly soiled; pages are clean and tight.

Philadelphia: Sol Mednick and Arthur Williams, 1946. Very Good. [104] p.: 19 full-page and 5 half-page illustrations; 36 cm. Loose signatures housed in card portfolio with black cover title. This is an unnumbered copy out of a limited edition of 100 copies, set in Airport Black Type by Typographic Service; the plates were printed by the… Read more about this item

New York: Art Directors Club, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good -. [20], 136, [32] p., color frontispiece: color and black-and-white illustrations; 29 cm. Yellow and green cover with spine and cover titles. Black endpapers. Artists represented include: Edward Steichen, E. A. Georgi, Henry Raleigh, Walter Biggs, Lucille Patterson Marsh, Frank Swift Chase, Edward A. Wilson, T.… Read more about this item

Fitchburg, Mass: Weyerhaeuser Co, 1975. Paperback. Fine. 20 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Stapled paperback. About the American artist Philip Jamison and Vinalhaven, Maine, where he paints in the summer. Includes one 2-page illustration and one full-page illustration by Jamison, as well as smaller examples of his work. The photographs of Vinalhaven are by George… Read more about this item