Fine and Rare Books with autographs & manuscripts

. METEOROLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT. 1886-1940 (Vols 3-57) plus Mar. 1941. 55 Vols bound in 41, plus 1 issue unbound. 1886 (Vol 3) has note

. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Dec. 1877 - Oct. 1901; July 1902 - Oct. 1903; Jan. 1916 - Dec. 1918; Apr. 1918

. 2 Titles (4 Vols). ++ THE WELSH HARPER, Being an extensive Collection of Welsh Music, comprising most of the Contents of the Three Volumes Pu

. 2 Titles. ++ Charles D. Sigsbee. DEEP-SEA SOUNDING AND DREDGING: A Description and Discussion of the Methods and Appliances used on

. 2 Titles. ++ Sir John Bowring. THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Lon: Smith, Edler & Co., 1859. 8vo. Original green cloth stamped in blind and gil

[Rousseau, Jean Jacques]. OEUVRES COMPLETES DE J. J. ROUSSEAU, Nouvelle Edition, Conforme d celle de Geneve, 1782, et augmentee de quelques nouvelles

[Shakespeare, William]. 3 leaves from: [MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE?S COMEDIES, HISTORIES, AND TRAGEDIES. Philip Chetwinde, 1663 or 1664.] Shakespeare?

[Spanish Constitution]. CONSTITUCION ESPANOLA. High quality facsimile manuscript of the Spanish constitution, published pursuant to legislation. Ca

. THE SPECTATOR. By Addison, Steele, Parnell, Hughes, Parker, Tickell, Budgell, Grove, Byrom, Henley, and Others. 12 Vols. Phila: Edward

[Technology/Aviation/Astronomy]. 3 Titles. ++ Chas. H. Haswell. ENGINEERS? AND MECHANICS? POCKET-BOOK? NY: Harper & Brothers, 1847. 12mo. Ori...

. DEFORMABLE AVATARS: IFIP TC5/WG5.10 DEFORM?2000 Workshop November 29-30, 2000 Geneva, Switzerland and AVATARS?2000 Workshop November

. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts,

[Travel/Jesuit Missions]. SCELTA DI LETTERE EDIFICANTI SCRITTE DALLE MISSIONI STRANIERE Preceduta Da Quadri Geografici Storici, Politici, Religiosi e

[A. & C. Black/Edition De Luxe]. Mortimer Menpes (illus) and Dorothy Menpes (text). WORLD?S CHILDREN. Lon: Adam & Charles Black, (1903). #...

[A. & C. Black/Edition De Luxe]. Mortimer Menpes (illus.) and Dorothy Menpes (text). BRITTANY. Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Profusely illus...

[A. & C. Black/Edition De Luxe]. Walter Gilbey. GEORGE MORELAND: His Life and Works. Lon: Black, 1907. #71 of 250 signed by Gilbey. Inman 247.

[A. & C. Black/Editions de Luxe]. 2 Editions De Luxe. Lon: Adam & Charles Black. 4to. Orig cream-colored cloth decorated in orange and bro...

. 2 Titles (3 Editions). ++ 2 Editions: YEAR BOOK OF THE ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF NEW YORK AND CATALOGUE OF THE? ?FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL

[Art/Prints]. THE YELLOW BOOK: An Illustrated Quarterly. 13 Vols, full run (Apr. 1894 - Apr. 1897). Vol I published Lon: Elkin Matthews & John...

. 2 Titles. ++ [Albert Henry Payne]. THE ROYAL DRESDEN GALLERY: Being A Selection of Subjects Engraved after Pictures, by the Great Masters? 2

. 4 Titles. ++ A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST: RAMON KELLEY. (2004). ++ PUEBLO INDIAN POTTERY: 750 Artist Biographies c. 1800-present. Volume 2 from

. BIRDS OF IRELAND: Paintings by Richard Dunscombe Parker (c.1805-81). Edited by Martyn Anglesea, designed by Wendy Dunbar. Blackstaff Press

. BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: One Hundred Fifty-Six Bird Portraits painted in California and Mexico 1853-1869: Reproducing at full scale all

. Edward Howe Forbush. BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND OTHER NEW ENGLAND STATES. 3 Vols: (1) Water Birds, Marsh Birds and Shore Birds; (2) Land B

. Bohun Lynch. THE PRIZE RING: Illustrated by Reproductions of Old Prints, several Oil Paintings, and of the famous Byron Screen. Lon: Coun

[Children?s]. 2 Vols. ++ 1 Volume containing 3 titles: [1st] BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. A Tale. For the Entertainment of Juvenile Readers. Ornamented with

[Children's/Ballantyne/Other Authors]. 13 Titles. ++ R. M. [Robert Michael] Ballantyne. THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDS. Lon: James Nisb...

[Children's/Briggs/Other Illustrators]. 5 Titles. 8vo/4to. Hardcover, 1 in dj. ++ Briggs (illus.) and Wilbur D. Nesbit (verses). WHEN A FELLER...

[Children's/C. S. Lewis/Miscellany]. 5 Titles. ++ C. S. Lewis. PRINCE CASPIAN: The Return to Narnia. Lon: Geoffrey Bles, (1951). 8vo. Boards. ...

[Children's]. 9 Titles. ++ THE FAMOUS MOVIE STORY OF WALT DISNEY?S SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. (Lower corner of inside front wrap: ?K. K. P...

. 4 Titles (5 Vols). ++ NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF EMINENT AMERICANS: Including Orators, Statesmen, Naval and Military Heroes, Jurists,

. GEROME: A Collection of the Works of J. L. Gerome in One Hundred Photogravures. Edited by Edward Strahan. NY: Samuel L. Hall, 1881. N

. Mahlon Blaine. NOVA VENUS. NY: (Walden Publications, 1939). 40 plates.

[Fashion Magazine]. FLAIR. 11 Issues. Feb., Mar., April, June ? Dec. 1950, and Jan. 1951. Text plus illustrations throughout in color and b&w.

[Fisher, Harrison]. PICTURES IN COLOR BY HARRISON FISHER. NY: Charles Scribner?s Sons, 1910. 17 plates (16 color plates + Fisher?s b/w self-portrai

[Furniture/Glass]. LOAN EXHIBITION OF EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY FURNITURE & GLASS: Examples of Lustre Ware Lowestoft and Toile d...

[Gardening/Landscaping]. 5 Titles (1 w/ ALS). Vp:vp. 8vo/4to. Cloth, 2 in dj. ++ Therese O?Malley, Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, and Anne L. Helmreich. KE

[Gardening/Landscaping]. 5 Titles (6 Vols). Vp:vp. 8vo/4to. Hardcover (1 in dj). ++ George B. Emerson. A REPORT ON THE TREES AND SHRUBS GROWING NATURA

. 4 Titles (5 Vols), 2 Signed. ++ THE GREAT HERBAL OF LEONHART FUCHS: De historia stirpium comentarii insignes, 1542 (Notable Commentari

. 7 Titles (8 Vols), 3 Signed. Vp:vp. 8vo/4to. Hardcover. ++ THE NINETY-FIRST U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP COMMEMORATIVE BOOK: August 20-25, 199

[Hogarth, William]. AUSFUEHRLICHE ERKLAERUNG DER HOGARTHISCHEN KUPFERSTICHE... 12 Text Volumes + 10 Parts (only) containing [62] plates, lacking Parts

[Hogarth/Michelangelo]. 3 Titles (5 Vols). ++ THE WORKS OF HOGARTH. Lon: J. Dicks, (nd), [ca. 1880]. 4to. Brown cloth. Sunned, lightly dusted, corne

. THE PARADISE LOST OF MILTON With Illustrations by John Martin. Lon: Charles Tilt, 1838, 1st edition thus. [10], 373pp. 24 mezzotint pl

[Newcombe, Warren]. Merle Armitage. WARREN NEWCOMBE. NY: E. Weyhe, 1932. One of 500. Includes original lithograph of a cactus, pencil signed by Warr

[Parrish, Maxfield]. Louise Saunders. THE KNAVE OF HEARTS. New York: Charles Scribner?s Sons, 1925. Color-illustrated endpapers, 22 color illsutration

[Performing Arts]. THE SECRET OF THEATRICAL SPACE: The Memoris of Josef Svoboda. J. M. Burian translator/editor. Applause Theatre Books, (1993).

[Periodicals/Germany]. BERLINER ILLUSTRIERTE ZEITUNG. 2 Vols, containing Jan. 6 to May 25, 1938; and Sep. 15 ? Dec. 29, 1938 (47. Jahrgang, Nos. 1-21

[Periodicals/Germany]. JUGEND: Munchner Illustrierte Wochenschrift Fur Kunst und Leben. 6 Parts: 1896 in 2 Parts; 1897, Part 2; 1898, Part 2; and 18

[Photographs/Native Americans]. 16 carte-de-viste photographs, mostly featuring Native Americans. In contemporary album. Some original, some from port

[Photographs/Travel/Art]. Album compiled during travel in Britain and Europe (probably Italy), [ca. late 1800's - early 1900's]. Approx. [...

[Photography/Landscape/Textiles]. 8 Titles. ++ W. H. Koebel. ARGENTINA PAST & PRESENT. E. W. Christmas illustrator. Lon: Adam & Charles Bl...

[Photography/Landscape]. 4 Titles. ++ Karyn Anjali Mathura-Glubis. TRINIDAD: Transcending Time: 150 years after Cazabon?s 1857 Album of Trinidad. C

. 2 Editions: ++ Louise S. O?Connor. CRYIN? FOR DAYLIGHT: A Ranching Culture In The Texas Coastal Bend. Austin, TX: Wexford Publishing

. Roman Vishniac: March 23-April 23, 1977. Poster advertising an exhibition of Roman Vishniac's photographs at The Witkin Gallery. Upp

[Picasso, Pablo]. PICASSO LITHOGRAPHE. 3 Vols (of 4): Vols II-IV, covering 1947 ? 1963. Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, (1950, 1956, 1964). 1st trade edi

[Poussin, Nicolas]. 2 Titles (4 Vols), 1 signed. ++ Anthony Blunt. NICOLAS POUSSIN. 3 Vols: Text, Catalogue, Plates. ?A. W. Mellon Lectures in Fine

[Print Reference/Japanese Printmakers]. James A. Michener. JAPANESE PRINTS: From the Early Masters to the Modern. Notes by Richard Lane. Rutland, VT

. PRINTS FROM THE MOURLOT PRESS: Exhibition Sponsored by the French Embassy Circulated by the Traveling Exhibition Service of the National

[Rackham, Arthur/Signed Drawings]. John Milton. COMUS. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Lon: William Heineman/ NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., (nd). [1...

[Views/Middle Eastern Architecture]. Mohammad Wahbi Alhariri. TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. Saudi Research and Developme

[Views/Pilgrim?s Progress]. 3 Titles (6 Vols). ++ F. O. Morris (ed.). A SERIES OF PICTURESQUE VIEWS OF SEATS OF THE NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN OF GREAT BR

[Views/South America]. VIEWS IN SOUTH AMERICA: From Original Drawings made in Brazil: the River Plate, the Parana, &c. By William Gore Ouseley, ...

[Ancient Geography/Mediterranean]. Oribs Romani Pars Orientalis. Double-page map of the eastern Mediterranean and Black Seas regions, from the 1764

[Asia/China/Indonesia]. 2 Maps. ++ L?Empire de la Chine d?Apres l?Atlas Chinois, avec les Isles du Japon. Engraved by Lattre. From an edition of Bo

[Asia/Northern Africa]. 2 Maps. ++ Partie Orientale de l?Empire de Russie, Extrait de l?Atlas Russien et d?autres Cartes? Engraved by Lattre. 1772.

[Homann/Central Europe]. 3 Maps. ++ Potentissimae Helvetiorum Reipublicae Cantones Tredecim cum Foederatis et Subjectis Provinciis. 19 1/8? x 22 5/

[Homann/Central Europe]. 3 Maps. ++ Regni Bohemiae Circulus Rakonicensis ex Mullerianis aliisque recentissimis subsidiis chorographice designatus u

[Homann/Europe]. 2 Maps. ++ Mosellae Fluminis Tabula Specialis in qua Archiepiscopatus et Electoratus Trevirensis in suas Praefecturas accurate div

[Homann/Europe]. 2 Maps. ++ Tabula Generalis Iutiae, continens Dioceses Quatuor, Alburgensem, Wilburgensem, Ripensem et Arhustensem, que et sunt di

[Homann/France/Belgium]. 3 Maps. ++ Arena Martis In Belgio. Qua Provinciae Germaniae cum vicinis Episcopatibus. Coloniensi et Leodiensis? Nurem: Jo

[Homann/Luxemburg/Austria]. 2 Maps. ++ Archiducatus Austriae Superioris? 18 1/8? x 21 ??. ++ Ducatus Luxemburgi tam in Majores quam Minores ejusdem

[Map Reference]. 2 Titles. ++ R.A. Skelton. DECORATIVE PRINTED MAPS OF THE 15TH TO 18TH CENTURIES. Lon & NY: Staples Press, (1952). Folio. 80...

[Maryland/Florida/Hemispheres]. 8 Maps. Largest: 13 7/8? x 10 5/8?. Smallest: 8 1/8? x 10 3/8?. ++ The World. Hemisphere maps. [From ?A New Universal

[Mediterranean/Balkans]. Aeneae Navigatio. Folding map of the eastern Mediterranean region (Balkan Peninsula, southern Asia Minor, Italian Peninsula

[New World]. Brion de la Tour. Guyane, Terre Ferme, Isles Antilles, et Nlle. Espagne. The area featured is the Caribbean, Mexico, and northern Sout

[School Atlases]. 5 Titles. ++ Mitchell?s New Intermediate Geography. A SYSTEM OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY, Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies?

[United States/World]. Suite of 22 maps with original linen backing and wooden rollers, issued by the National Geographic Society. [Ca. 1943, although

. Nova Virginiae Tabula. Below scale in Roman type: ?Amstelodami, ex officinal Henrici Hondii.? ?This is Henricus Hondius? derivative of

. On The Mourner's Bench. Original cartoon, probably executed with charcoal. Shows 2 mourners, crying while sitting in front of a grave, w

[Cheney, Dick]. Richard B. Cheney and Lynne V. Cheney. KINGS OF THE HILL: Power and Personality in the House of Representatives. NY: Continuum, (19

[Civil War/Hamilton Fish]. 2 Signed Letters. ++ Gideon Welles (Secretary of the Navy, 1861-1865). LS to Edward F. Devers, informing him that he has be

[Civil War]. 16 Items. Size varies, 16mo-4to. ++ Document certifying the receipt of 100 Bushels of corn, with payment of $335 (Confederate). Mar. 31,

[Conroy, Pat]. 4 Signed Books (3 inscribed, first listed below). ++ MY LOSING SEASON. Nan A. Talse/ Doubleday, (2002). ++ THE PRINCE OF TIDES. Bos: H

[Gorbachev, Mikhail]. MEMOIRS. New York: Doubleday, (1996). First Edition, First Printing. 10 pages of photographs on glossy paper. Signed by Gorva

[Hoover, J. Edgar]. MASTERS OF DECEIT: The Story of Communism in America and How to Fight It. NY: Henry Holt and Company, (1958). Ffep Signed and i

[Kennedy, Edward]. THE FRUITFUL BOUGH: A Tribute to Joseph P. Kennedy. Collected by M. Kennedy. (1965). Ffep signed and inscribed "To Marger...

[Literary Authors/Social Reformers]. 5 Signed Items. ++ Thomas Cooper. Autograph Poem. ?The Time shall come when earth shall be/ A garden of joy, from

[Literary Authors/Thurber/Stuart]. 3 Signed Letters. ++ James Thurber. TLS. Reads ?Dear Peckham: Nunnally Johnson stopped in to see me last week on hi

[Literary Authors]. 4 ALSs/ANSs. ++ Oliver Wendell Holmes. ALS. Reads: ?Boston, Nov. 2d 1887/ My dear sir/ I beg you to accept my cordial thanks for y

[Literary Authors]. 5 Signed Items. ++ Kate Douglas Wiggin. ANS. Reads ?Dear Dr. Ward./ If it is at all convenient or possible for you, will you kindl

[Literary Authors]. John Galsworthy. ANS. Reads ?Dear Mr. O?Donovan/ I think one may say with fair certainty that Mr. Pinkes is the best History agent

[Manuscript Notes/Science/Mathematics]. 6 manuscript notebooks written by O. Olshausen, 1859-61, class notes mostly on math and science. Total of a

[Mencken, H. L.]. TLS, in his capacity as Editor of The American Mercury. Reads: ?Lay on! I?ll be delighted to see the article. The Boston wowsers, wi

[Michener, James A.]. HAWAII. [Book Club], (1959). Half title signed ?James A. Michener/ 1978.?

[Mt. Rushmore]. Postcard signed ?Gutzon Borglum/ Mount Rushmore.? Borglum designed the sculptures of the Presidents' heads at Mt. Rushmore. Po...

[President Andrew Jackson]. DS. Land grant to ?Samuel Wray of Montgomery County Indiana.? ?West half of the North West quarter of Section Thirty one

[President Carter/Margaret Thatcher]. 2 Signed Books. ++ Jimmy Carter. TALKING PEACE: A Vision for the Next Generation. NY: Dutton Children?s Books

[President Harry Truman]. A JEFFERSON PROFILE As Revealed in his Letters. Selected and Arranged with an introduction by Saul K. Padover. NY: John D

[President Herbert Hoover]. Herbert Hoover and Hugh Gibson. THE PROBLEMS OF LASTING PEACE. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1942. Fro

[President Richard Nixon]. LEADERS. NY: Warner Books, (1982). 1st edition. Half title signed and inscribed ?To Richard Curtiss/ With best wishes/ fro