(Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Art Papers, Inc.), (1990).. (1990).. Good. - Small folio [13-1/2 inches high by 10 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & soiled with a number of small brown stains to the covers. There is some light pink staining to the rear cover with a mailing label on its top edge. 84 pages. Black-and- white illustrations. Some page corners are lightly bumped. Good. In addition to numerous reviews, this issue includes an interview with poet and art critic Bill Berkson and ten articles on various aspects of art criticism. View More...
- 16mo, 6-1/4 inches high by 4 inches wide. Tan boards titled in black on the front cover and the spine. The covers are bumped, soiled and darkened. 389 deckle-edged pages plus a 6-page publisher's catalog, illustrated with a full-page frontispiece portrait of Ch. Maurice de Talleyrand and a folding genealogical chart. There is occasional minor staining. Good. First American edition. "Harper's Family Library No. XXIX". First Edition. View More...
New York: Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., (1960s).. (1960s).. Very good. - Octavo, printed tan wraps with circular vignettes in black on both covers. Light creases to the spine. 100 & [4] pp. Very good.
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- Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in gilt decorated full maroon leather titled in gilt between raised bands on the spine. All edges are gilt. The book is enhanced with moire endpapers and a silk ribbon bookmark. [14] & 301 pages, with full-page illustrations by David Millman. Fine. Limited edition of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel, published exclusively for subscribers to The Franklin Library. View More...
Boston, MA: The Bibliophile Society, (1912).. (1912).. Good. - Octavo, golden tan cloth backed with cream cloth & titled in red on the spine. The book is housed in a double slipcase: a cream & brown paper covered slipcase within a brown outer case with a printed paper label on the spine. There is some light soiling to the binding & the spine is lightly foxed. The spine of the inner slipcase is lightly stained & there are short tears to its front corners. The outer slipcase is rubbed, stained & chipped with the spine & bottom edge partially detached. 143 pages plus 1-page publisher's catalog, u... View More...
(Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Art Papers, Inc.), 1991.. 1991.. Good. - Folio [13-3/8 inches high by 10 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial color wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped with staining to the edges of the front wrap & a few stains to the top edge of the rear wrap. There is a mailing label on the rear wrap. 80 pages. Black-and-white textual illustrations. A few bottom page corners are lightly bumped. Good. The featured section of this issue is an exploration of "the real lives of artists" through a series of interviews with artists, all of whom have some ties with the American Sout... View More...
- Octavo, dark blue cloth The binding is lightly rubbed with a tiny mark on the cloth of the front cover. 352 pages, unopened. There is creasing to the inner edges of some pages, undoubtedly caused in the printing. The page edges are slightly darkened. Good. First edition. A note by the author's mother states that her daughter's stories, which have appeared in print at various times under the pseudonym Ruella Lennox, have been here collected "and a limited number printed for private distribution as a memento." Ella Adelaide Harper was the sister of the distinguished antiquarian bookseller La... View More...
NY: A. A. Wyn, Inc., 1949.. 1949.. Very good. - 8vo, blue cloth backed dark blue cloth (bumped & rubbed; light stains to covers; spotting to spine) titled in black, in dw (rubbed & lightly soiled; stains to rear panel & flaps from scotch tape mounted internally to hold glassine wrapper in place). 128 pp. (small stains to pastedowns from scotch tape on dw). B&W illustrations from photographs. Decorative title & B&W diagrams from drawings by Hilde Mills. Very good internally. First edition.The author writes in his Preface: You may ask, just what is this natural way? It is, first of all, a clean ... View More...
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1922.. 1922.. Good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY GEORGE MCLEAN HARPER - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed. The spine is faded with the gilt titling completely faded on the spine & partially faded on the front cover. vii & 193 pages. The pastedowns are foxed & the front endpaper is darkened. The bottom page corners in the first half of the book are bumped. Good. First edition.Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper in the year of publication: "To Day Edgar / Princeton, Mar. 27, 1922 / George McLean Harper... View More...
Boston, MA: E. C. Schirmer Music Co., (1945).. (1945).. Good. - 8vo, blue cloth (bumped; spine faded; small dent to top edge of rear cover) titled in gilt (faded), in dw (chipped & darkened; small "complimentary" stamp on & 2 tears to front panel; spine darkened with tear & small pieces out). [xviii] & 152 pp. (small "complimentary" stamp on front endpaper; page edges slightly darkened). B&W illustrations & diagrams. Very good internally. "This book...is an attempt to show the reader how to gain a beautiful voice together with a new physical alacrity through constant awaren... View More...
Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Art Papers, Inc., 1994.. 1994.. Good. - Folio [13-3/8 inches high by 10 inches wide], softcover bound in black- and-white pictorial wrappers. The binding is bumped with some creasing to the edges & with a tear to the top corner of the front wrap. The wraps are lightly soiled with a mailing label on the rear wrap. 84 pages. Black-and- white textual illustrations and reproductions of art works by 15 artists and artist collectives. The top page corners are bumped. There is a light crease to the bottom corner of each leaf & the bottom corners of the first few leaves are bumped... View More...
- Over 75 words typed on 9-1/2 inch high by 6-1/8 inch wide Harper & Brothers Publishers stationery with the publishing house's name and logo printed along the top. In his letter to the progressive educator Harold Rugg, Ordway Tead writes: You will remember that you were kind enough to call my attention to your new book in a letter and then secured Norman Cousins' permission to review it in the Saturday Review of Literature. In closing, Tead praises Harold Rugg's book I want you to know that I am deeply impressed with the volume. Signed Ordway as Editor of Social & Economic Books. Folded for m... View More...
