Paris: Chez Pre. Blanchard et Lecerf, 1823. First edition. Professionally rebound with original 19th century illustrated covers preserved. Oblong Octavo, pp. 74. Illustrated with hand-colored frontispiece and 6 colored plates of butterflies and moths and their caterpillar stages. Text in French. A beautiful volume cataloging several butterfly and moth species..... More

New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, Inc., 1963/1966. Second Printing. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 223, indexed, 250 illustrations. Rare in slipcase! Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), with her ownership stamp (Viennese born, Smith College and Harvard School of Design educated - one of the first women to do..... More

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1974/1976. Third Printing. White Vellum. Quarto. pp 207. indexed. illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs, drawings, and digital diagrams and images. Great copy. As new. More

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1968. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Large Octavo, pp. richly illustrated w/ drawings and b/w photographs. A wonderful piece of American history: the story of how Sloane was instrumental in restoring "the Grange," the house of Alexander Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth (nee Schuyler)... More

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1957. Second Printing. Boards. Octavo, pp. 169, richly illustrated w/ the author's b/w drawings. Beautiful copy of another scarce Eric Sloane book. As with all of Sloane's books, it's about more than its title indicates, including folklore and Americana. DJ cover watercolor of clouds..... More

Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1991. First printing. Paperback. Quarto, pp. 384, 444 illus., 250 in color. Catalog of an exhibition held Feb 13 - April 21, 1991 at the Tate Gallery, London, and two other German museums. With essays by Karin von Maur, Sigrid Metken, Uwe M. Schneede and Sarah Wilson. More

Prague: Narodniho Pisemnictvi, 1971. First edition. Linen over Wraps, professionally rebacked. 12mo. pp 26. illustrated with b/w line drawings and photographs. a history/retrospect of Czech avant gardists of the 20's and 30's, featuring Biebl, Teige, Nezual, etc. Extremely scarce avant garde document. More

Paris: Pavillon des Arts, 1984. First printing. Wraps. scarce title. More

Charlottesville, VA: Thomasson-Grant, 1988. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 127, sumptuously illustrated w/ color plates. From the library of architectural historian Daniel Reiff, author of the acclaimed book "Houses from Books," (Penn State U Press, 2001), w/ his signature on inside front cover. More

Milan: Electa, 1980. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, lavishly illustrated in color and b/w. Sharp, crisp ex-library copy, text in Italian. More

Trent: Provinia Atonoma di Trento, 1985. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Cover. Octavo, pp. 262, lavishly illustrated in color and b/w. A very scarce study on an amazing early twentieth century artist. More

Paris: Skira, 1950. First edition, Limited to 625 (375 Arabic, 250 Roman), of which this is No. 127. Loose in box, w/ glassine jacket, as issued. Folio, pp. 34 plus 24 window-mounted color plates and three window-mounted b/w plates. Extremely nice copy of a sumptuous limited edition. A visionary Swedish..... More

Zurich: Hans Bolliger, 1970-1979. First editions, seven antiquarian catalogs bound. Bound Catalogs, Red Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. approx. 1,000, illustrated w/ approx. 1,000 b/w thumbnails. A Sammelband of legendary bookdealer Hans Bolliger's first 7 antiquarian catalogs of avant garde European art and rare books. Scarce, near fine copy of..... More