Recent Arrivals from Classic Books and Ephemera

New York: Kang Collection, 1991. Paperback. Near Fine. [28] p.: color illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover; stapled. A catalog with 56 items of Korean furniture and fine art from the 3rd through the 20th centuries. In Near Fine Condition: cover is rubbed; clean and bright.

Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Co, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good -. xi, [1], 636 p., frontispiece portrait of Marshall P. Wilder, many leaves of color plates; 31 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Bookplate of the Wilmington Institute Free Library, Wilmington, Delaware, on the front fixed endpaper. Perforated stamp of the Wilmington Institute Free… Read more about this item

Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Co, 1917. Hardcover. Good. xiii, [1], 541 p., frontispiece portrait of A. J. Downing (Andrew Jackson Downing), many leaves of color plates; 31 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Bookplate of the Wilmington Institute Free Library, Wilmington, Delaware, on the front fixed endpaper. Perforated stamp of the Wilmington Institute… Read more about this item

London: Granada Publishing, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 120 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Green cover with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Former owner written on front free endpaper: Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown. Includes a selective chronology of Cesar Pelli's work after his time in Eero Saarinen's office. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, 1995. Paperback. Near Fine -. xv, [3], 375, [3], 364, [18] p., frontispiece portrait, 21 leaves of plates; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Facsimile reproduction of the original 1899 publication. Includes index. Final 18 unpaginated pages contains catalog of Dover publications. In Near Fine- Condition: edges are lightly rubbed; back cover is slightly… Read more about this item

Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, 1982. Paperback. Very Good +. 71, [1] p.: illustrations; 22 x 26 cm. Brick-red paper cover with gilt cover title; stapled. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the chicago Historical Society. The work of two architects who apprenticed under Frank Lloyd Wright: Bary Bryne and John Lloyd Wright, who was also Frank Lloyd… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Nichibo Shuppan-Sha, 1991. Paperback. Fine. Eighth printing. 94 p.: illustrations; 26 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. "Although there are numerous variants of hanafuda, this book concentrates on the most popular: a simple game called Matching Flowers and the more sophisticated and vastly more entertaining Eighty-eight and Koi-koi." -- cover. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.

Easton, PA: MCS Gallery, 1999. Paperback. Near Fine. [3], 24, [1] p.: color illustrations; 22 x 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover; stapled. No date of publication. List of the artist's exhibitions runs from 1973 to 1998. Introductory text "What is Landscape?" by Bonnie Sklarski is dated 1999. A catalog of landscapes by Pennsylvania artist Thomas F. Burke… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Schwarz Gallery, 2007. Paperback. Fine. [4], 52 p.: color illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. A catalog of portraits and fire-fighting-related items that had been collected by the Mutual Assurance Company for Insuring Homes from Loss by Fire since its founding in 1784. This includes portraits by Thomas Eakins, William Merritt Chase, Cecilia Beaux, John Singer… Read more about this item

Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Co, 1908. Hardcover. Good. xv, [1], 564 p., frontispiece portrait of Edward Staniford Rogers, many leaves of color plates; 31 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Bookplate of the Wilmington Institute Free Library, Wilmington, Delaware, on the front fixed endpaper. Perforated stamp of the Wilmington Institute Free Library on… Read more about this item

Rome: Gius, Laterza & Figli, 2004. Paperback. Near Fine. viii, 156, [2] p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Paperback. Includes index of names. Text is in Italian. Signature on title page -- possibly the author's. In Near Fine Condition: edges are rubbed; clean and solid.

Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Co, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. xii, 616 p., frontispiece portrait of William Robert Prince, many leaves of color plates: tables; 31 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Bookplate of the Wilmington Institute Free Library, Wilmington, Delaware, on the front fixed endpaper. Perforated stamp of the Wilmington Institute Free Library… Read more about this item

Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Co, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good +. xi, [1], 614 p., frontispiece portrait of C. M. Hovey (Charles Mason Hovey), many leaves of color plates; 31 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Bookplate of the Wilmington Institute Free Library, Wilmington, Delaware, on the front fixed endpaper. Perforated stamp of the… Read more about this item

San Diego: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1998. Paperback. Near Fine. 95, [1] p.: illustrations; 20 x 30 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. In Near Fine Condition: cover lightly rubbed; clean and bright.

Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Co, 1915. Hardcover. Good. xii, 371 p., frontispiece portrait of Charles Downing, many leaves of color plates; 31 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Bookplate of the Wilmington Institute Free Library, Wilmington, Delaware, on the front fixed endpaper. Perforated stamp of the Wilmington Institute Free Library on the frontispiece… Read more about this item

Mexico City: Diamantina, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 1502, [2] p.: color illustrations; 29 cm. Red velvet cover with blind-stamped title. Illustrated endpapers. Red dust jcket printed in white and black. Three ribbon bookmarks. With: slipcase with a handle and cd in a red pamphlet. The slipcase is red with a color view of Mexico City on one side.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Robert J. Hunter, 1955. Paperback. Near Fine. 40 p.: illustration; 23 cm. Grey card cover printed in black; stapled. A revised version of an article by the author published in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 57, 1933. The Philadelphia Almshouse opened in the 1730s and was later known as the Philadelphia Bettering House. In 1835… Read more about this item

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Hardcover. Fine. xii, 340 p.: tables, graph; 24 cm. Purple cover with gilt spine title. No dust jacket. Gift inscription on the title page from the editor, Joe W. Trotter, to Ken Kusmer, Professor of History, Temple University. In Fine Condition: clean and tight.

Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 194. Paperback. Very Good. Third printing. xviii[2], 760 p.: tables, charts; 23 cm. Paperback. "Representing ten years of research into the history of the managerial business system, this book concentrates on patterns of growth and competitiveness in the U.S., Germany, and Great Britain, tracing the evolution of large firms into… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2006. Paperback. Near Fine. 336 p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes index. Published to accompany the exhibition by the same name. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Near Fine Condition: upper corner of front cover slightly creased;… Read more about this item