Search Results: Authors starting with A from Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB

London. The Wine and Spirit Trade Record. 1920. Bound in gilt titled blue linen over boards.Marbled endsheets. All edges gilded. Tall 8vo. (6.25"x9"). The First Edition. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs depicting Wineries, Vineyards, Chateaux, bottle labels etc. Approx. 20 pages of wonderful, Art Deco period advertisements for Vintners and Wineries at rear. Previous owner's ink inscription to front free endsheet. A Very Fine, Pristine copy.

Kenosha. Samuel Lowe Company. 1951 Bound in pictorial boards with child in Jeep to front cover. Revolving wheels to jeep. Square 12mo. Illustrated throughout. A Very Good copy- all wheels working.

Rochester. The Stecher Litho Co. 1919. Unusually bound in chromolithographic stiff wrappers cut in the shape of two standing children. Folio. (7.5" x 14"). First Edition. Illustrated throughout with lovely colour drawings. Some mild wear to covers. Spine a bit rubbed. A Very Good copy of this charming, unusual book.

New York. Hodder and Stoughton. n.d. c.1915 Bound in gilt titled, gilt motifed paper over boards. Pictorial cover plate. 16mo. Illustrated throughout with colour and monochrome plates. Corners gently rubbed. Previous owners signature to front pastedown. A Near Fine crisp copy.

Los Angeles. The Camera Pictorialists of Los Angeles. 1931. Bound in High Art Deco pictorial gilt stylized yellow cloth. Folio. (9.5"x13") The First Edition. Illustrated with 100 monochrome photographs on heavy gloss paper by Will Connell,Imogen Cunningham,Edward Weston,John Sheeres, H.K. Shigeta et al. Produced by the Camera Pictorialists of Los Angeles to document their 14th annual exhibition. Mild soiling to spine. A Near Fine copy in a chipped Very Good Rare dustwrapper.

New York. The Century Co. 1881. Bound in pictorial gilt decorated 1/2 morocco and cloth covered boards. Pictorial endsheets. a.e.g. Folio (11" x 14"). First Edition. Illustrated with 57 full page proof impressions. Includes engravings by: Thomas Cole, Foote, Whistler, Millet, etc. Spine well rubbed, else a handsome crisp copy.

Washington D.C. Training Division- Bureau of Aeronautics- United States Navy. 1942-1943. Bound in pictorial wrappers. 8vo (7" x 9.5"). Illustrated throughout with animated drawings, charts, etc. A fine grouping of instructional manuals issued by the Navy to acquaint aviators with specific wartime tasks and scenarios. Designed in a humerous almost comic book fashion, this collection is comprised of the following titles; Parachute Sense, Flat-Hatting Sense, Patrol Sense, There's no Substitute for Marksmanship, Manners Sense, Gunnery Sense. A smattering of incidental soiling here and there, generally all crisp, clean and Near Fine.

San Francisco. J.M. Hutchings and Co. 1862. Bound in blind embossed gilt titled buckram. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with 105 engravings after drawings by Charles Nahl. Staining and sunning to covers. Top 1/2 inch of spine strip lacking. Darkening to right side of rear cover extending to left side of spine strip. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Small private library stamp to copyright page. Small ink number at bottom of contents page. Tiny water staining to upper tip of first 50 pages (nearly innocuous), else a Very Good copy.

Los Angeles. Historic Record Co. 1926. Bound in 3/4 black grain morocco and cloth covered boards. Gilt titles. Marbled endsheets. Thick 4to. (8" x 11"). First Edition. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs. Covers somewhat soiled and rubbed. A very Good, tight, clean copy.

New York. D. Appleton and Co. 1892. Bound in full gilt titled flap-folded calfskin. Square 12mo. Illustrated throughout with drawings, charts, tables, maps, etc. Covers and extremities somewhat worn. Front hinge starting but firm, else a Very Good copy.

Chicago. Albert Whitman and Co. 1930. Bound in brown cloth with pictorial coverplate. Decorated endsheets. 8vo. Illustrated with monochrome plates, silhouettes and motifs by Eleanore Mineah Hubbard. Some internal water damage. A Good only copy.

Barcelona. Palau de la Virreinna. 1990. Pictoral wrappers. 4to. Illustrated with full page color plates. An excellent catalogue raisonne. Fine.

Santa Fe. Arena Editions. 2002 Square 4to. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Abbott and Atget. Very Fine, As new in like dustwrapper.

London. T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1816. Handsomely bound in full gilt ruled calfskin. Spine compartments with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Thick 8vo. 5.25" x 8.5"/ The Fifth Edition, Corrected. Illustrated with 13 folding copper-engraved maps and 1 folding Astronomical Chart. Complete as issued. Covers rubbed, corners lightly bumped. Front hinge cracked but cover held fast and firm by cords and professional interior re-enforcement. Various occassional very mild offset. Small patch of foxing to one map. A Very good, exceedingly clean crisp copy with very fresh maps.

San Francisco. The American Trust Company. 1954. Pictorial wraps in comb binding. folio. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Light creasing and wear to covers, very light water staining to top of some pages, else Very Good.

Chapel Hill. The University Of North Carolina Press. 1927. 1/2 cloth and cloth covered boards with gilt titled spine. 16mo. First Edition. A noteworthy title of collected impressions and folk tales of Black life in the North Carolina swamps. A Fine copy in the very scarce dustwrapper ( mildly chipped and darkened ).

Aperture. Paper boards. 4to. Illustrated with monochrome photographs. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.

New York. The Baker & Taylor Co. 1910. Pictorial cloth with gilt titles and gilt titled spine. aeg. 4to. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs from Mature, by the author and others. Very light fading to extremities, light wear to spine-caps, else Very Good.

London. c. 1694. Bound by Richmond in full, elaborately blind embossed calfskin. Guilt-tool ornamental devices to front and rear covers. Raised bands and guilt titles to spine. Marbled endsheets. Tall 4to. Early Printing. Illustrated with a frontis Depicting Aesope surrounded by animal characters. Wing A-706: Hodnett-Aesope in England, 63. This copy; lacks title page, ad leaf @ pg.38 and portrait of L'Estange. Spine heal lacking with lacquered repared. Corners bumped. Covers mildly rubbed. Else, a Very Good, sound copy.

Boston. T.O.H.P. Burnham. 1864. Bound in blind embossed, gilt titled cloth. Thick 12mo (5.5" x 7"). Illustrated with 198 woodcuts en texte. Spine well sunned, covers mildly sunned and rubbed. Headpiece chipped. Ink inscription to ffep. Light water staining to bottom corners throughout (very seldom reaching text block). Volume presents slight lean. Several signatures slightly shaken but very firm. A Good, crisp, bright copy.