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802 |
Bois, D. and G.T. Grignan. Le Bon Jardinier. Encyclopedie Horticole.
Paris: Librarie Agricole de la Maison Rustique, nd.
1036p, illustrations, plates. 23cm. 150th edition. Backed in green morocco and green cloth over boards; floriated decorations and border in blind on the covers and spine; titling in gilt on the front cover and spine. Prior owner's name on the front free endpaper; corners bumped; spine slightly faded and rubbed. In very good condition.
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75.00 USD
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808 |
Boston Society of Architects. Envois of the Rotch Travelling Scholarship, 1891-1900, Second series. Being a Series of Measured Drawings of European Architecture, made for the Trustees by Holders of the Rotch Scholarship, together with the Successful Designs Submitted in the Competitions.
Boston: Rogers & Manson, 1902.
[10p], 58 plates [some in color with tissue guards]. 40cm. Red cloth with titling in gilt on the front cover. In an edition of 100 copies, this is copy 63/100 so numbered on the front fly leaf. Includes the work of Henry B. Pennell, R.C. Spencer, J. W. Case, W. H. Kilham, H.V.B. Magonigle, W. S. Aldrich, L.H. Boynton, L.C. Newhall and L.W. Pulsifer. The Rotch Traveling Scholarship was founded in 1883 by the heirs of Benjamin Rotch. The trustees placed the scholarship in the hands of the Boston Society of Architects. A committee from the Society conducted the annual exams, oversaw the award and supervised the scholars who studied abroad for two years. Each scholar was required to submit four measured drawings of examples of European architecture to the committee. Subjects are from Athens, Rome, Florence, Paris, etc. Due to the heavy paper used for the end papers, the front hinge appears to be starting; otherwise, very minor wear, small spot on front and bottom covers; bright titling and a rare publication of the Boston Society of Architects in very good condition.
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500.00 USD
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809 |
Botanical Museum of Harvard University. Glass Flowers in the Ware Collection. Sixteen Color Plates by Fritz Kredel.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1940.
58p, plates. 22cm. White paper boards, a Kredel illustration of a bachelor's button in color on the front cover. Laid in is a copy of the exhibit guide "The Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University," Cambridge, Massachusetts, Botanical Museum of Harvard University, 1943. [16p], illustrations. 21cm. Wrappers. Slight spotting and toning on covers of the Harcourt title; both publications have tasteful bookplates, one on the front free end paper; the second on the front cover of the exhibition pamphlet. Both pubilcations are in very good condition.
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45.00 USD
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810 |
Botanical Museum of Harvard University. Glass Flowers in the Ware Collection. Sixteen Color Plates by Fritz Kredel.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1940.
58p, plates. 22cm. White paper boards, a Kredel illustration of a bachelor's button in color on the front cover. Laid in is a copy of the exhibit guide "The Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University," Cambridge, Massachusetts, Botanical Museum of Harvard University, 1943. [16p], illustrations. 21cm. Wrappers. Prior owner's neat signature and address on the front free end paper. Both pubilcations are in very good condition.
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45.00 USD
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816 |
Boyd, James. Drums. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928.
409p, illustrations. 24cm. Black cloth with Wyeth illustration on the front cover, title in gilt on the spine. Corners lightly bumped; jacket with short tears, chipping and some loss. A near fine copy in a good jacket.
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75.00 USD
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823 |
Bradby, Godfrey Fox. Broadland and other Poems.
London: Elkins Mathews, 1904.
71p. 19cm. Bound by Hatchards in three quarter blue morocco and blue cloth with titling in gilt and five raised bands on the spine; teg; ribbon marker. Slight rubbing of edges; prior owner's neat signature on the front cover paste down. A very attractive copy in very good condition.
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125.00 USD
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826 |
Braithwaite, M.D. British Moss-Flora. In 10 parts [missing part nine].
London: By the author, [1880]-1887..
Nine of ten parts. Part 1: Andreaeaceae, vi, [2],12p; part 2: Buxbauiaceae and Georgiaceae, p[17]-32, 2 plates; Part 3: Polytrichaceae, [33]-61, 4 plates [missing plate 8]; Part 4: Fissidentaceae, xii-x, [63]-81, 3 plates; Part 5: Leucobryaceae and Dicranaceae, [83]-114, 4 plates; Part 6: Dicranaceae II, 115-146, 4 plates; Part 7: Dicranaceae III, 147-180, 6 plates; Part 8: Tortulaceae, 181-212, 6 plates; Part 10: Tortulaceae III and Weberaceae, 245-301, addenda. Each 28 cm in wrappers. A few with wrappers detached; fore edge spotting of covers; slight stain along top edge; still, in very good condition and sold as is.
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100.00 USD
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842 |
Bridenbaugh, Carl. Rebels and Gentlemen: Philadelphia in the Age of Franklin.
New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1942.
Frontis, xvii, 393p, illustrated, indexed. 22cm. First edition. Brown cloth over boards, titling in gilt. Prior owner's neat signature on the ffep; small date stamp on ffep; two corners bumped, spine faded, light foxing of frontis and first few pages; still, in very god condition.
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20.00 USD
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847 |
British Museum. A catalogue of the works of Linnaeus (and publications more immediately relating thereto) preserved in the libraries of the British Museum (Bloomsbury) and the British Museum (Natural History) (South Kensington).
London: British Museum, 1933.
Frontis, xi, 246p, 68p addenda, index, plates. 29cm. 2nd edition. Green cloth over boards, titling in gilt on the front cover and spine. With the supplement, An index to the authors (other than Linnaeus) mentioned in the Catalogue of the works of Linnaeus preserved in the libraries of the British Museum. 2d ed., 1933 (1936) in green wrappers. Small spot on spine, prior owner's name on the front free endpaper of first volume; prior owner's name on half title page of supplement. Both in very good condition. From the library of renowned scholar of materia medica, Jerry Stannard.
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175.00 USD
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849 |
Britton, J. Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London. Volume 1.
London: J. Taylor, 1825.
xvi, [3], [map], 336p, illustrated, indexed. 24cm. Three quarter leather and marbled boards; raised bands with black title label, titling in gilt on the spine; teg. With the signature of California archiect L. Goodrich on the fly leaf and title page. Corners bumped, leather scuffed and rubbed at the edges, fore edge bumped, edges worn; plates foxed; still, an attractive copy good condition.
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175.00 USD
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850 |
Britton, J. Illustrations of the Buildings of London: with historical and descriptive accounts of each eddifice. Second edition, greatly enlarged by W.H. Leeds.
London: John Weale, Architectural Library, 1838.
Frontis, xx, 375p, [2], illustrated, indexed. 25cm. Three quarter green morocco and green cloth; titling in gilt on the spine; teg. Front hinge cracked; edges rubbed, corners bumped. In good condition.
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125.00 USD
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867 |
Brown, Glenn. Papers Relating to the Improvement of the City of Washington, District of Columbia.
Washington DC: GPO, 1901.
Fold out map frontis, 91p, plates, maps. 23cm. Brown cloth; title in gilt on the spine. Backstrip taped in two places to covers; wear to the spine ends; slightly rubbed; former library copy with two older stamps; front free endpaper tender at the fold for the frontis. With papers by Cass Gilbert, Frederick Law Olmsted, and others from the Thirty-fourth Convention of the American Institute of Architects in 1900. Presented to Senator McMillan in December, 1900. In better than good condition.
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325.00 USD
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868 |
Brown, Henry Collins. New York of To-day.
New York: The Old Colony Press, 1917.
Frontis, 286p, illustrated [numerous photographs, four plates in color], fold-out panoramic view of the city. 16cm. Red cloth over boards, titling in gilt on the front cover and spine. Covers lightly soiled, titling faded; still, in very good condition.
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45.00 USD
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871 |
Brown, Lloyd A. The Story of Maps.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1949.
Frontis, 396p, illustrations, index. 26cm. First edition. Red cloth back and patterned red paper boards; brown spine label. Prior owner's information excised from title page and last page then covered with paper; missing endpapers; edges rubbed, corners skinned. In fair condition.
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25.00 USD
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876 |
Browne, Charles. A Source Book of Agricultural Chemistry.
Waltham, MA: Chronica Botanica, 1944.
[4], frontis, x, 290p, illustrations. 26cm. Wrappers. Covers faded at edges, taped at spine, one corner crease, one small corner piece missing; bookseller descriptions on inside covers; prior owner's name on half title page; occasional marginalia and underlining. In good condition. From the library of Professor Jerry Stannard.
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20.00 USD
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878 |
Browne, Walter. Every Woman; A Modern Morality Play. Acting Version.
New York: H. K. Fly Company Publishers, 1908.
[1], 118 p, illustrated. 20 cm. First Edition. Green cloth over boards with titling in gilt and blind on the front cover, in gilt on the spine. With photographs of the production. With the label of Hochschild, Kohn & Company on the bottom board paste down. Prior owner's signature on ffep; two gutter tears apparently resulted during printing or binding, one slightly impacts the text; stray pencil checks in the margins. Still this is an attractive copy with little wear in very good condition.
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15.00 USD
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881 |
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert . The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (5 volumes).
London: Smith Elder, 1877 .
Frontis of Browning in each volume; 314; 309; 310; 381; 403p. 17cm. Eleventh edition. Bound by Bayntun in red calf , covers and turnins with gilt rules and floriated corners; gilt edges; gilt spines with raised bands; all edges gilt; ribbon markers. Each volume shows some rubbing, with volume 5 leather rubbed through at the base of the spine and raised bands, small stain to the top cover fore edge of volume 5. A very handsome gift set in very good condition.
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150.00 USD
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882 |
Browning, Gareth H. The Children's Book of Wild-Flowers and the Story of their Names.
Edinburgh: W&R Chambers, Limited, 1929.
2 volumes. Volume 1: Frontis, 250p, plates, 6p ads, indexed; volume 2: Frontis, 245p, plates, 2p ads, indexed. 21cm. Volume 1 is a second printing, volume 2 is a first edition. Volume 1 in green cloth, volume 2 in red. Bookplates, neat inscription in volume 1, neat signature in volume 2; minor edge wear, corners lightly bumped; light foxing; still a charming and attractive set of books in very good condition.
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125.00 USD
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890 |
Brunner, A. W. Cottages, or Hints on Economical Building Containing Twenty Four Plates of Medium and Low Cost Houses, Contributed by Different New York Architects together with Descriptive Letterpress, giving Practical Suggestions for Cottage Building to which is added a chapter on the Water Supply , Drainage, Sewerage, Heating and Ventilation, and other Sanitary Questions relating to Country Houses by Wm. Paul Gerhard.
New York: William T. Comstock, 1884.
Frontis, 54p, 24 plates [including the frontis], ads [p57-71]. 23cm. First edition. Green cloth, titling and decorations in gilt on the front cover; titling in gilt on the spine. An ex library copy (nineteenth century) with markings; edges rubbed, corners skinned, spine slightly faded; still an attractive copy in very good condition.
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150.00 USD
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891 |
Brunner, A. W. Cottages, or Hints on Economical Building Containing Twenty Four Plates of Medium and Low Cost Houses, Contributed by Different New York Architects together with Descriptive Letterpress, giving Practical Suggestions for Cottage Building to which is added a chapter on the Water Supply , Drainage, Sewerage, Heating and Ventilation, and other Sanitary Questions relating to Country Houses by Wm. Paul Gerhard.
New York: William T. Comstock, 1884.
Frontis, 54p, 24 plates [including the frontis], ads [p57-71]. 23cm. First edition. Green cloth, titling and decorations in gilt on the front cover; titling in gilt on the spine. Slight rubbing of edges; hinges just starting. A very attractive copy in very good condition.
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175.00 USD
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892 |
Brunner, Edmund. Village Communities.
New York: George H. Doran Co., 1927.
244p, indexed. 23cm. First edition. Green cloth over boards; titling in black on the spine. Part of front joint starting, cloth faded at edges, spine titling faded, paper slightly toned especially at edges. Still an attractive copy in very good condition.
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25.00 USD
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896 |
Bryan, Wilhelmus Bogart. A History of the National Capital from its Foundation through the Period of the Adoption of the Organic Act 1790-1878 [In two volumes].
New York: Macmillan, 1914, 1916.
669p, indexed, fold out of the L'Enfant plan, maps; 707p, indexed. 23cm. First editions. Buond in blue cloth; tiltling in gilt on the spine; teg. Former library copies with few markings, one withdrawn stamp: prior owner's neat signature on the front free endpaper of volume two; minimal wear to volume one but cracked hinge repaired; minor edge wear; wear to spine ends of volume two, slight fading. Still a very attractive set, except for the cracked hinge, in very good condition.
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250.00 USD
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898 |
Buddensieg, Tilmann and Henning Rogge. Industriekultur: Peter Behrens and the AEG, 1907-1914. Translated by Boyd Whyte.
Cambridge, MA: M. I. T. Press, 1984.
xiv, 520p, illustrated, bibliography, indexed. 21cm oblong. First edition. With the bookplate of architect and author James M. Goode. Soft cover. Minor wear at spine edges, one corner lightly bumped, one corner creased; still, in near fine condition.
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75.00 USD
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900 |
Buhlmann, J. Classic and Renaissance Architecture.
New York: William Helburn Inc., ca. 1916.
[4], 24p, 12p, 12p, [over 75 plates]. 42cm. Second edition. Backed in blue cloth and paper boards; paper title label on the front cover; titling in gilt on the spine. Covers are faded; chipped; rubbed; prior owner's neat signature on the front cover paste down; still, in very good condition.
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450.00 USD
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