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CHICAGO: THE BLACKBURN COMPANY, 1891 NICE LOOKING OLD BOOK, RED FABRIC COVER SPINE, DARK BLUE COVER REST OF OUTSIDE, FADED GOLD PRINT FRONT, RED HAS FLOWERS AND PRINT SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, LARGE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORS, PICTURES ANDART THROUGHOUT. EXCELLENT DETAIL IN CONTENTS AND BOOK. WONDERFUL BOOK FOR THE STUDIER OF ART AND LIFE ITSELF. HOME, LIFE, ART, ETIQUETTE, ENTERTAINING, DRESS, GAMES, PARLORS, RULES, DECORATIONS, CHINESE ART, BEAUTY, FLOWERS AND MANY MORE TOPICS COVERED. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

GREAT BRITAIN: COLLINS, 1949 NICE LOOKING BLUE TEXTURED COVER, SILVER PRINT SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. CLAN MAP OF SCOTLAND AND LARGE NUMBER OF PROMINENT TARTAN ART. 8 SECTIONS THAT INCLUDE CLAN SEPTS AND DEPENDENTS, PERSONAL NAMES ENGLISH AND GAELIC, DRESS OF HIGHLANDER, SCOTTISH CLANS, GLOSSARY SCOTTISH PLACE NAMES, DATES SCOTTISH AND CLAN HISTORY, CLAN MAP OF SCOTLAND, CLANS AND TARTANS OF SCOTLAND. VERY NICE BOOK FOR THE LOVER OF SCOTLAND AND HISTORY. A Scottish clan is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared identity and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure recognized by the Court of the Lord Lyon, which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms. Most clans have their own tartan patterns, usually dating from the 19th century, which members may incorporate into kilts or other clothing. Tartan is a patterned cloth consisting of criss-crossed, horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours, forming simple or complex… Read More

BOSTON: DANA ESTES & COMPANY, 1900 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE. ILLUSTRATIONS AND ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. CIRCA 1900, NO PUBLISH DATE LISTED. WONDEFUL INFORMING LECTURES BY A FAMOUS ENGLISH WRITER. CROWN OF OLIVE HAS 3 LECTURES ON WORK, TRAFFIC AND WAR. MUNERA PULVERUS HAS DEFINITIONS, STORE COIN KEEPING, COMMERCE, GOVERNMENT AAND MATERSHIP. RAPHAELITISM. ARATRA PENTELICI- ARTS, IDOLATRY, IMAGINATION, LIKENESS, STRUCTURE, SCHOOL OF ATHENS, FUTURE ENGLAND, POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PRUSSIA. ELEMENTS OF DRAWING. John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English writer, philosopher and art critic of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

USA: DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS, CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, 1951 WONDERFUL BOOK. GRAY COVER, GOLD PRINT FRONT, SHOWS SOME DISCOLORATION AND WEAR. TIGHT AND VERY GOOD CONDITION INSIDE. FORWARD AND EPILOGUE BY WASHBURN, BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES IN BACK ON EACH ARTIST, 78 TOTAL. FRONTISPIECE IS A RENOIR IN COLOR. FIRST PAINTING IS THE ANNUNCIATION IN COLOR. REST OF PAINTINGS ARE ALL BLACK AND WHITE. PAGES THICK CARD STOCK. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE COLLECTOR. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LTD., 1929 BEAUTIFUL BOOK FOR THE ART LOVER OR COLLECTOR. TEXTURED COVER WITH BLACK PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. PROTECTIVE JACKET BROWN AND IS IN GOOD CONDITION, SMALL NOTE INSIDE VERY FRONT PARTIALLY ERASED, CLEAN TIGHT WITH BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK. VERY DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT EACH ARTIST AND ARTWORK. A FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT OF SYMONS CONTAINING 11 ILLUSTRATIONS REPRESENTING THE WORK OF THE ARTISTS. BOOK WAS FIRST PUBLISHED 1929. TOULOUSE-LATREC, DEGAS, GUYS, DAUMIER, MONET, RODIN. Arthur William Symons (28 February 1865 ¿ 22 January 1945), was a British poet, critic and magazine editor. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: THE VIKING PRESS, 1943 NICE COVER WITH DESIGN FRONT AND PRINT SPINE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT.
INSCRIPTION INSIDE FRONT WHERE GIVEN TO SOMEONE CHRISTMAS OF 1943.
DEDICATED TO EVERYONE WHO LOVES A PENCIL.
WONDERFUL DETAIL ON HOW TO DRAW WITH A PENCIL FROM ONE OF THE TERRIFIC PENCIL DRAWERS IN HISTORY.
William Andrew Loomis (June 15, 1892 – May 25, 1959) was an American illustrator, writer, and art instructor. His commercial work was featured prominently in advertising and magazines; however, Loomis is best known as the writer of a series of instructional art books printed throughout the 20th century. Long after his death, Loomis's realistic style has continued to influence popular artists.
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NEW YORK: FREDERICK PUSTET CO., 1929 BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK, LIGHT BROWN COVER, BLACK DESIGN AND PRINT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. WONDERFUL ARTWORK. STORIES AND DETAILS OF THE SAINTS. 16 SECTIONS. SAINT CHRISTOPHER, AUGUSTINE, IGNATIUS, LAWRENCE MICHAEL AND OTHERS. TERRIFIC STORIES TO EDUCATE BOTH YOUNG AND OLD. FOR THE LOVER OF SAINTS, RELIGION AND STORIES. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

INDIANAPOLIS: THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, 1910 BEAUTIFUL BOOK, RILEYS BOOKS ARE WELL KNOWN TO BE BEAUTIFUL WITH ART AND DECORATION, HEAVY PAGES AND WELL MADE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FRONT COVER IS A DARK GREEN, GOLD AND WHITE DECORATION FRONT AND SPINE. PICTURE LADY ON THE FRONT. James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry. His poems tend to be humorous or sentimental. Of the approximately 1,000 poems Riley wrote, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man". ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

LONDON: WILDWOOD HOUSE, 1973 WONERFUL BOOK FOR THE ART LOVER AND LOVER OF HISTORY. THE GRAVE WAS WRITTEN BY ROBERT BLAIR IN 1808 AND REFLECTS ON LIFE AND DEATH. BLAKES ARTWORK IS TERRIFIC. LARGE FOLIO SIZE BOOK, LIGHT COVER WITH ARTWORK FRONT. FIRST TWO PAGES LOOSE BUT VERY GOOD SHAPE, ARTWORK AND POEM PRESENTED VERY NICELY. A PRIZE POSSESSION. Rev Robert Blair (17 April 1699 – 4 February 1746) was a Scottish poet. His fame rests upon his poem The Grave, which in a later printing was illustrated by William Blake. "The Grave" is a blank verse poem by the Scottish poet Robert Blair. It is the work for which he is primarily renowned. According to Blair, in a letter he wrote to Philip Doddridge, the greater part of the poem was composed before he became a minister. Edinburgh editor and publisher John Johnstone stated that it was composed whilst Blair was still a student, although "probably corrected and amplified by his more matured judgement."The poem, 767 lines long, is an exemplar of what became… Read More

NEW YORK: SELMAR HESS, 1894 TERRIFIC BOOK WITH WONDERFUL ARTWORK. VOLUME SIX OF A NICE SET OF EIGHT WITH ARTWORK AND DETAILED HISTORY. GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. INSIDE IS CLEAN AND TIGHT. GOLD TRIM ON PAGES. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK, PHOTOGRAVURES, WOOD-GRAVINGS AND TYPOGRAVURES. TISSUE PAPER, THICK PAGES, QUALITY BOOK. Charles Francis Horne (born January 12, 1870 in Jersey City, New Jersey - died September 13, 1942 in Annapolis, Maryland) was an American author of books. He wrote or edited more than one hundred books, mostly multi-volume history works. He was a Professor of English at City College of New York. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: SELMAR HESS, 1894 TERRIFIC BOOK WITH WONDERFUL ARTWORK. VOLUME TWO OF A NICE SET OF EIGHT WITH ARTWORK AND DETAILED HISTORY. LEATHER IS MISSING ON 2/3 OF SPINE, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. INSIDE IS CLEAN AND TIGHT. GOLD TRIM ON PAGES. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK, PHOTOGRAVURES, WOOD-GRAVINGS AND TYPOGRAVURES. TISSUE PAPER, THICK PAGES, QUALITY BOOK. Charles Francis Horne (born January 12, 1870 in Jersey City, New Jersey - died September 13, 1942 in Annapolis, Maryland) was an American author of books. He wrote or edited more than one hundred books, mostly multi-volume history works. He was a Professor of English at City College of New York. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: SELMAR HESS, 1894 TERRIFIC BOOK WITH WONDERFUL ARTWORK. VOLUME THREE OF A NICE SET OF EIGHT WITH ARTWORK AND DETAILED HISTORY. SLIGHT WEAR TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. INSIDE IS CLEAN AND TIGHT. GOLD TRIM ON PAGES. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK, PHOTOGRAVURES, WOOD-GRAVINGS AND TYPOGRAVURES. TISSUE PAPER, THICK PAGES, QUALITY BOOK. Charles Francis Horne (born January 12, 1870 in Jersey City, New Jersey - died September 13, 1942 in Annapolis, Maryland) was an American author of books. He wrote or edited more than one hundred books, mostly multi-volume history works. He was a Professor of English at City College of New York. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: SELMAR HESS, 1894 TERRIFIC BOOK WITH WONDERFUL ARTWORK. VOLUME FOUR OF A NICE SET OF EIGHT WITH ARTWORK AND DETAILED HISTORY. SLIGHT WEAR TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. INSIDE IS CLEAN AND TIGHT. GOLD TRIM ON PAGES. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK, PHOTOGRAVURES, WOOD-GRAVINGS AND TYPOGRAVURES. TISSUE PAPER, THICK PAGES, QUALITY BOOK. Charles Francis Horne (born January 12, 1870 in Jersey City, New Jersey - died September 13, 1942 in Annapolis, Maryland) was an American author of books. He wrote or edited more than one hundred books, mostly multi-volume history works. He was a Professor of English at City College of New York. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: SELMAR HESS, 1894 TERRIFIC BOOK WITH WONDERFUL ARTWORK. VOLUME EIGHT OF A NICE SET OF EIGHT WITH ARTWORK AND DETAILED HISTORY. GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. INSIDE IS CLEAN AND TIGHT. GOLD TRIM ON PAGES. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK, PHOTOGRAVURES, WOOD-GRAVINGS AND TYPOGRAVURES. TISSUE PAPER, THICK PAGES, QUALITY BOOK. Charles Francis Horne (born January 12, 1870 in Jersey City, New Jersey - died September 13, 1942 in Annapolis, Maryland) was an American author of books. He wrote or edited more than one hundred books, mostly multi-volume history works. He was a Professor of English at City College of New York. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

UNITED STATES: C.S. HAMMOND AND COMPANY, 1953 NICE LOOKING DARK BROWN TEXTURED COVER, GOLD PRINT FRONT. LIGHT WEAR EDGES. FORMER OWNERS LABEL IN FRONT. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. DRAWINGS BY HERBERT PIERCE. SOME COLOR ART. 10 SECTIONS THAT INCLUDE ROCKS AND MINERALS, SHELL COLLECTING, PLANTS, TERRARIUM, ACQUARIUM, BIRD, BUTTERFLIES AND INSECTS, NATURE AND WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY, FISHING AND HUNTING. A WONDERFUL BOOK TO ENLIGHTEN AND EDUCATE THE HOBBY ENTHUSIAST. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY, 1914 VERY NICE LOOKING NAVY COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. 15 SECTIONS AND 30 ILLUSTRATIONS. GREAT DETAIL ON MANY SUBJECTS REGARDING PRINTS. A FEW TOPICS ARE COLLECTING, ETCHING, ENGRAVING, MEZZOTINTSWOOD ENGRAVING, LITHOGRAPHY, MAKING OF PRINTS AND OTHER DETAILED CHAPTERS. Art prints are a high quality machine printed reproduction of an artists original painting. Mostly printed using specialized inkjet printers on canvas or premium grade paper. Art prints have been growing in popularity the past few years, Complex abstract art prints have been gaining a lot of interest. Frank Weitenkampf, (13 April 1866 - August 23, 1962), was an American authority on engraving and chief of the art and print departments at the New York Public Library (NYPL), where his papers are archived. Weitenkampf was born at 132 Broome Street in New York City, where he studied for two years at the Art Students' League. He worked for the New York Public… Read More

CHINA: MIN GUO 79, 1990 CHINESE EDITION WITH INTRODUCTION IN ENGLISH, BEAUTIFUL CHINESE HORSE PAINTINGS, BOOK IN NEW CONDITION, CLEAN AND TIGHT. WONDERFUL ARTWORK. GOLD PRINT WITH HORSES ON OUTSIDE COVER. 55 COLOR PLATES TERRIFIC HISTORY OF CHINESE HORSE PAINTING. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

USA: M.A. DONOHUE & COMPANY, 1940 NICE LOOKING LIGHT BROWN COVER, INDIAN ARTWORK FRONT, LIGHT WEAR OUTSIDE, VERY NICE BOOK BY GRIDLEY WHO WAS A HISTORIAN. LARGE BOOK WITH THICK PAGES. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. SIX ILLUSTRATIONS AND SIX CHAPTERS. CHAPTERS INCLUDE THE INDIANS WORLD, DWELLERS AMONG THE LEAVES, DWELLERS IN THE SOUTHLAND, DWELLERS ON THE PLAINS, DESERT AND ALONG THE COAST. ARTWORK BY LONE WOLF VERY GOOD. ARTWORK ALMOST EVERY PAGE. BOOK SPONSORED BY THE INDIAN COUNCIL FIRE. DETAIL COVERS THE UNITED STATES. TRIBES AND STATUS. VETY NICE BOOK TO HELP ALL UNDERSTAND THE NATIVE AMERICANS AND WHERE THE DIFFERENT TRIBES LIVED. Marion Eleanor Gridley was born in White Plains, New York, on 16 November 1906. She married Robinson Johnson on 15 May 1932, but they divorced in either 1947 or 1948. Gridley published Indians of Today in 1936 and edited Indian Legends of American Scenes three years later. In 1940 she wrote Indians of Yesterday, following it with The Story of Pocahontas in 1948 and then… Read More

NEW YORK: UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, 1908 VERY NICE LOOKING BROWN COVER WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS OTHER THAN A SMALL STICKER INSIDE THE FRONT AND ERASED NUMBER ABOVE. NO MAPS ARE INCLUDED. RARE BOOK IN VERY GOOD TIGHT CLEAN CONDITION. INTRODUCTION BY JAMES C. EGBERT. BOOK BY DANIEL JAMES ELLISON- WRITES A NICE PREFACE AND HOW TO USE THE BOOK. VERY NICE DESCRIPTIVE, ENTERTAINING BOOK OF ITALY. THROUGH THE IDEA OF THE STEREOSCOPE THAT WAS POPULAR AT THAT TIME. Stereograph- Two stereoscopic pictures or one picture with two superposed stereoscopic images, designed to give a three-dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope or special glasses. A WONDERFUL PIECE OF OUR PAST AND LOOK AT ITALY BEAUTY FROM INSIDE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

ASHLAND, KY: JESSE STUART FOUNDATION, 2010 Jesse Hilton Stuart (August 8, 1907 ¿ February 17, 1984) was an American writer who is known for writing short stories, poetry, and novels about Southern Appalachia. Born and raised in Greenup County, Kentucky, Stuart relied heavily on the rural locale of Northeastern Kentucky for his writings.[1] Stuart was named the Poet Laureate of Kentucky in 1954.[2] He died at Jo-Lin nursing home in Ironton, Ohio, which is near his boyhood home. TERRIFIC STORY ABOUT A WONDERFUL MAN AND WRITER. WRITTEN BY JAMES GIFFORD WHO HAS SPENT OVER 25 YEARS MANAGING THE JESSE STUART FOUNDATION. GIFFORD'S KNOWLEDGE ALONG WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL PICTURES MAKE THIS A WONDERFUL READ. Near Fine condition with an inscription signed by Gifford. DARK BLUE BOOK WITH GOLD PRINT ON SPINE. NICE LOOKING DUST JACKET. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.