Search Results: Sculpture and Bronzes from Marc Sena Carrel

Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1927. First Edition . Buckram. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Riccio, Andrea. Andrea Briosco, AKA Riccio [1470-1532]. Dies ist nicht eine zweisprachige Ausgabe. Text in Deutsch, nicht in Englisch. Erste Ausgabe. This is not a bilingual edition. Text in German only, not in English. Presumed first printing of the first edition. Printed and presumed bound in Austria. Foreword dated November 1926. Heavy-duty buckram binding, Oxford blue with crisp gilt-stamped lettering to the spine. Unbumped spine head and tail, with fairly sharp corners. The binding is impressively clean. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Text block firmly bound in. 504 numbered pages. Heavy, semi-glossy coated stock. There are 586 duotone plates, several full-page. The Chapter One page with two tears repaired with transparent tape. One tear about 2 inches, the other much shorter. Else the book appears free of noticeable demerits. A clean copy, and rather tight. Respectfully read. A Very… Read More

London, England: The British Museum, 1818. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Offered are four volumes [called "parts"] of an eleven-volume set, published serially between 1812 and 1861, and depicting classical marbles in the collection of The British Museum. Vol. III, 1818; Vol. IV, 1820; Vol. V, 1826; Vol. XI, 1861. These are not reproductions or facsimiles. Vol. IV with the watermark "Turkey Mills 1819," Vol. V with the watermark "Turkey Mills 1825," and Vol. XI with the watermark "J. Whatman 1860." 12.25 x 9.5 inches. Printed for The British Museum by G. and W. Nicol; J. Murray; Longman; et al. Primary text in English, with occasional notes in Latin and Greek. Light brownish-green plain paper-covered hardboards, with simple paper title labels on the spines and front covers. Vol. III with evident chipping/losses along the spine. Vol. XI with moderately bumped corners. Bindings generally very clean. Text blocks… Read More

Roma, Italia: La Libreria dello Stato, 1939. First Edition . Buckram. Very Good Plus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Questa non è una edizione bilingue. Testo in italiano solo, non in inglese. Stampato nelle Officine dell'Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, a Roma, 1938, XVI E.F. [Epoca Fascista, sedicesimo anno]. A cura del Reale Istituto d'Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte sotto gli auspici del Governatorato di Roma. CXXIII tavole. Le pagine portano la filigrana della casa editrice, La Libreria dello Stato, ovviamente influenzato dalla emblema che rappresenta il Partito Nazionale Fascista. Questo libro è molto scarsa in qualsiasi condizione. This is not a bilingual edition. Text in Italian only, not in English. Limitation unstated but unlikely to have exceeded 1,000 folio copies. Large folio, 14 x 10 inches. Later full green buckram, heavy-duty binding, with the original buckram backstrip neatly laid down along the spine. Backstrip with titling and ruling in a… Read More

Kobe, Japan: Hakkaku Art Museum, 1951. First Edition . Buckram. Near Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Presumed first and only printing. Published 1951. This book has primary text in Japanese and secondary text in English. Dark blue buckram spine, with crisp gilt-stamped lettering, and mushroom-colored boards with crisp blind-stamped image to rear board depicting a family crest of three oak leaves. Unbumped spine head and tail, with sharp corners. Immensely clean binding. 10.25 x 7.25 inches. With 17 numbered pages of text plus full-page plates of 55 objects in the collection (of 60 objects perhaps discussed in the volume), including four tipped-in color plates and the remainder B&W plates (item 18 has two full-page plates). A page of detailed commentary, in Japanese and in English, appears opposite each plate. An exceptionally clean copy, and very tight. Either unread or very gently read. With the original, plain-paper dust jacket, with black titling to the spine. The DJ is… Read More