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P. Jackson Higgs, Gallery.
Exhibition Commemorating the 350th Anniversary of Peter Paul Rubens
New York, P. Jackson Higgs Gallery,
1923, First Edition ed, Wraps,
Condition: Very Good, Fine black & white plates of Ruben's art: The Artist's Wife & Son; The Holy Family; Portrait of Anthony Triest, Archbishop of Ghent; Portrait of the Artist, etc. each with biographical sketch. Paper wraps covered in stiff paper, age browned, lower hinge 3 inch tear, upper spine end chipped. Binding tight, clean text. tall 8 vo
(Art, Catalogue, Peter, Paul, Rubens, Art, Flemish, Artists, 16th, Century, Art, Reniassance, Art) Cat No. 956m.
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12.50
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Antique Porcelain Company.
Exhibition of English and Continental Porcelain of the 18th Century
London, Antique Porcelain Co., Ltd.,
1951, Wraps,
Condition: Very Good Plus, Pale blue wraps, blue lettering, mild browning to edges. Very clean, solidly bound, sm 4 to, 95 pages, 8 color plates including frontispiece, 30 black & white plates. Chelsea plates and figurines; Longton Hall, Lowestoft, Derby, Bow; Worcester, Tournai, Mennecy, Serves, Capo Di Monte, Buen Retiro, Nymphenburg, Venice, Limach, Zurich, Frankenthal, Ludwigsburg, Vienna, Hoechst. 95 pgs. sm 4to In protective polyester wraps.
(Art, Catalogue, Antique, China, Antique, Porcelain, Catalogue, Antiques) Cat No. 967m.
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35.00
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Glasworthy, John.
Exiled, An Evolutionary Comedy, in Three Acts
London, Duckworth,
1929, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Near Fine, Jacket: Very Good Plus, Green cloth boards & spine, mild sunning of spine, publishers stamp to rear baord. First Edition. Green DJ, mild rear upper edgewear. Faint toning. No inscriptions. Solidly bound, clean text. List of Characters, floor plans; with cast of original production under Mr. Leon M. Lion's management at Wyndham's Theatre, London, June 19, 1929. In polyester wraps. 118 p, 16 mo
(Edition, Plays, Theatre, John, Galsworthy, British, Satire, British, Comedy, The Forsythe, Saga) Cat No. 815m.
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17.50
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Hoffman, Eva.
Exit Into History a Journey Through the New Eastern Europe
New York, Viking,
1993, First Edition ed, Hardcover,
Condition: Fine, Jacket: Near Fine, Hoffman returns to her Polish home and Hugary, Romania, Bulgaria and the former Czechoslovakia, which had just undergone historic transformation in the wake of Communism's demise. Traveling from the Baltic to the Black Sea, from the beauty of Prague's baroque architecture to the bizarre planned villages of Ceausescu's Romania. She ranges from capital cities to sleep provincial towns; visiting shipyards, museums, people's homes, and the coffeehouses of the intelligentsia. This book reflects deeply into the people of these nations lives and their struggles with the new transition from an unwanted past to an uncertain future. Faint crease to upper dj, all else fine. DJ black and purple pictorial, not price clipped. sm 4to, 410 pages.
(Edition, History, Of, Poland, History, Of, Czechoslovakia, Eastern, Europe, European, Travel, Travel, Books, Poland, Romanian, History) Cat No. 2111.
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13.50
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Smollett , Tobias Introduction By Arthur Machen.
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Complete and Unabridged, #159
New York, The Modern Library,
1929, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, A family of odd and eccentric characters travel to Bath, London, Edinburgh, and the Scottish Highlands. Along the way, they meet Humphry Clinker. This being Smollett's last novel. Green cloth boards and spine, black title panels with gilt lettering and ML insignia. DJ not price clipped, grey and maroon. Mild rubbing of spine ends. Previous owners name sticker to upper edge of pastedown, H stamped in red in circle to e.p. Alll else very clean, tightly bound. 12mo, 433 pages. copyright 1929, circa 1960.
(Century, Novels, English, Literature, Scottish, Novelist, English, Humorists, Smollett) Cat No. 1321.
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12.50
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