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Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$15.00

Gandy, Wallace
The Association Oath Rolls of the British Plantations [New York, Virginia, Etc.] A.D. 1696: Being a Contribution to Political History
Baltimore: Clearfield Co, 1995

Second printing of the Clearfield edition. Octavo. 86 pp. Paperback. VG slight sunning to margins of covers.
Inventory number #010350



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$15.00

Renard, Leon
A COMPLETE DICTIONARY OF HERALDIC TERMS
NY: Heraldry Unlimited, 1961

Twelvemo. 22 pp; b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG. Scarce.
Inventory number #010348



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: None


Price:
$34.00

Pownall, Thomas
TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE DOMINIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1949

Quarto. 235 pp; b/w illustrations; 2 fold-out maps. Original publisher's cloth. Good+ to Very Good-. spine ends frayed, corners rubbed through, cloth darkened along top edge, 2 light stains on front; short tear to fold on one map, covers moderately darkened. Great working copy.
Inventory number #010339



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$15.00

Pleijel, Bengt, ed.
TRADITION AND PROGRESS IN SWEDISH MUSIC. A Special Edition from "Musikrevy"
Stockholm: Musikrevy, 1973

Qctavo. 116 pp; numerous b/w photographs. Text in English. Paperback. VG, bottom corner of front cover gently creased, spine darkened, else a clean, unmarked. Copy. The front cover has a photograph from a production of "The Prodigal Son" at the Stockholm Opera. Includes articles on various aspects of Swedish music.
Inventory number #010335



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$7.50

Makinen, Timo & Seppo Nummi
MUSICA FENNICA: An Outline of Music in Finland
Helsinki: Otava, 1985

Second edition. Octavo. 191 pp; several b/w photographs; list of selected recordings. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; minor edge wear. Signed note laid in "With the Compliments of the Consulate General of Finland."
Inventory number #010319



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: Very Good


Price:
$10.00

Felshin, Max
MOSES MAIMONIDES (RAMBAM)
NY: Book Guild, 1956

Octavo. xvi, 205 pp. Blue cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; light toning to gutters, darkened jacket spine with lightly chipped ends, several short edge tears, 0.5" x 0.75" hole in center of jacket spine, front jacket flap split at fold. This book contains important selections from the writings of Maimonides. Dr. Max Felshin was the rabbi of Radio City Synagogue.
Inventory number #010314



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$10.00

Thomas, Dylan
UNDER MILK WOOD. A Play for Voices
NY: New Directions, 1954

Sixth printing. Twelvemo. 107 pp. Paperback. VG, lightly soiled spine & back cover, light wear to spine ends, an unmarked copy. Completed just before his death at age 39, this is a moving and hilarious account of a spring day in a small Welsh coast town. Book design by Stefan Salter.
Inventory number #010313



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: Very Good


Price:
$8.50

Kollas, Perikles
A CONCISE GUIDE TO DELPHI
Athens: C. Cacoulides, n.d.

Twelvemo. 46 pp text, 32 b/w photographs, all with captioned tissue guards. Pale blue boards with red lettering in dustjacket. VG/VG, clean, unmarked copy, rear hinge split but holding; jacket lightly chipped at spine ends & one corner, spine soiled. Photographs by Dimitrios Harissiadis.
Inventory number #010312



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Near Fine


Price:
$10.00

Donington, Robert
MUSIC AND ITS INSTRUMENTS
NY: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1982

Octavo. 232 pp; 24 b/w photographs; book list; index. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. Review slip laid in.
Inventory number #010302



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$20.00

Cornfield, Giveon
NOTE-PERFECT: Thirty Years in Classical Music Recordings
Honolulu: Chaminade University Press, 1993

Octavo. viii, 188 pp; b/w photographs; index. Paperback. VG, minor rubbing to cover; inscribed on title page to dance and music critic Bert Wechsler
Inventory number #010300



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Near Fine


Price:
$10.00

Ford, Barbara Brennan
THE ARTS OF JAPAN
NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987

Quarto. 56 pp; color photographs. Paperback. Reprinted from the Summer 1987 bulletin for sale to the general public. Near fine. General guide to the (new) Arts of Japan collection in the Sackler Galleries for Asian Art.
Inventory number #010290



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Near Fine


Price:
$15.00

Atil, Esin
THE BRUSH OF THE MASTERS: Drawings from Iran and India
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 1978

Quarto. 147 pp; b/w & color illustrations throughout. Paperback. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy, tight binding; spine has light rub near top & minor soil, else clean & unmarked.
Inventory number #010289



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket: Near Fine


Price:
$35.00

Ipsiroglu, Mazhar
Chefs-d'Oeuvre du Topkapi: Peintures et Miniatures
Paris: Bibliotheque des Arts, 1980

Quarto. 152 pp; illustrated with 50 tipped-in color plates of Topkapi paintings; bibliography. Text in FRENCH. Cloth in dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy, tiny nick to cloth at fore edge; jacket flaps lightly toned; no rips or tears. This scholarly work focuses on the illustrations in Nizami's -Khamseh- at the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul.
Inventory number #010281



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket: Very Good


Price:
$15.00

Lee, Sherman E. Cunningham, Michael R.
REFLECTIONS OF REALITY IN JAPANESE ART
Cleveland,: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1983

First edition. Quarto. xii, 292 pp; 16 color plates, numerous b/w illustrations; catalogue; bibliography. Gilt-stamped red cloth with dustjacket. Eight-pp stapled index & errata pamphlet laid in. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket bright, with minor wear at top of spine & light rub at front edge of spine.
Inventory number #010280



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: None


Price:
$15.00

Lommel, Andreas
KUNST DES BUDDHISMUS: Aus der Sammlung des Staatlichen Museums fur Volkerkunde in Munchen
Zurich: Atlantis, 1974

Quarto. 250 pp; numerous color & b/w illustrations, including one fold-out plate; bibliography; index. Text in German. Folded poster in rear pocket, measuring 21 1/2 x 16 in. Red cloth with black-lettered spine, no jacket. VG, gift inscription on half title page, else unmarked, spine a bit darkened. This book features Buddhist art from the the State Museum of Ethnology in Munich.
Inventory number #010267



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$12.00

Lee, Sherman E.
THE COLORS OF INK. Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from The Cleveland Museum of Art
NY: Asia Society, 1974

Quarto. 139 pp; fully illustrated in b/w; bibliography; index. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; spine creased, with light edge wear; 1 1/2-in. scuff to edge of backstrip on back cover. A catalogue of 66 items exhibited in the Asia House Gallery n the winter of 1974.
Inventory number #010266



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Near Fine


Price:
$15.00

Metropolitan Museum of Art
MOMOYAMA: Japanese Art in the Age of Grandeur
NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975

Quarto. 136 pp; numerous color & b/w illustrations; catalogue of 79 items; bibliography. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy, light wear at base of spine, gentle crease to spine. An exhibition of the arts of the Momoyama period (1568-1615) featuring paintings, calligraphy; no masks, textiles, ceramics, lacquer, and arms & armor.
Inventory number #010250



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: Very Good


Price:
$15.00

Mavor, James W., Jr.
VOYAGE TO ATLANTIS
NY: G.P. Putnam, 1969

First edition. Octavo. 320 pp; 32 pp of b/w photographs; 42 maps, charts & diagrams; bibliography; index. Gilt-stamped blue cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, tight, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows minor wear at top & bottom of spine, 1/4 in. slit in rear flap fold, small inked price next to printed price on front flap.
Inventory number #010249



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$50.00


SECRETS D'ELEGANCE (1750-1950)
Paris: Musee de La Mode et Du Costume, 1979

8vo. 61 pp; sq. sm. 8 . orig. stiff pict. col. wraps. 59pp. many ills. of which 8 full-page. An interesting exhib. catalogue as held at the Paris Museum of Fashion depict. & descr. mainly female fashions fr. the period, incl. corsets, lingerie & gloves.
Inventory number #010225



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$15.00

Hunter-Stiebel, Penelope
ELEMENTS OF STYLE: The Art of the Bronze Mount in 18th and 19th Century France
NY: Rosenberg & Stiebel, 1984

Octavo. 68 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; catalogue of the exhibition. Paperback. VG, light rubbing along backstrip, back cover lightly soiled.
Inventory number #010223