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Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1969. First Edition . Hardcover. VG/VG-. 1st edition [stated], preface by A. Hyatt Mayor, Foreword by Donald H. Karshan, introduction by J. William Middendorf II, text by Wendy J. Shadwell. Published for The Museum of Graphic Art. 4to, sky blue cloth, 180 pages, b/w and color illustrations [115 plates: 111 reproductions in gravure and 4 full-color]], bibliography. VERY GOOD book / VERY GOOD- jacket: book has remainder marks to top page edge, 7 pages have a gentle crease at bottom corner, internally clean and tight; jacket has chipping at spine extremities, a 1" chip and creasing to rear panel, a 2" ragged tear at front fold. The "historical prints" of the early days of the nation, from the years 1670 to 1820.

London: Phaidon Press, 1956., 1956. Hardcover. VG/G. 4to, 4th printing, 124p. b/w illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD book / GOOD jacket : sl edgewear; sl browning to pgs. DJ: edgewear, rubbing; soiling; price-clipped. (in mylar).

PML Editions, 1994. Hardcover. NF/NF. French text. 128p. color reproductions; blue pictorial glossy boards, folio. Condition is NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket.

NY: Harmony Books / Push Pin Press, 1977. Soft cover. VG+. 2nd printing, 4to, stiff wraps, 72 pages, color illustrations. VERY GOOD+ condition.

Geneva: Skira, 1979. Hardcover. NF/NF. Lg 4to, orange cloth, 239p. b/w and color illus, many tipped-in. NEAR FINE book in a NEAR FINE jacket in an edgeworn, sl. yellowed slipcase.

NY: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980. Soft cover. VG. Exhibition auction catalog: February 14, 1980. 8vo, wraps, 64 pages, b/w and color illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD: VERY minor edgewear.

Montrouge: Éditions Abbaye d'En-Calcat / Draeger Imp.. Soft cover. Very Good. No date or edition statement. 24mo, folded envelope containing 22 plates (color images of the Heures à L'Usage de Troyes); two additional images are inserted from the XVIthe century. Condition is VERY GOOD+: the envelope has light edgewear at the folds, name and date on rear cover, the plates are like new. Absolutely lovely.

Montpelier, VT / Shelburne, VT: Vemont Life / Chapters Publishing, 1993. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 2nd printing [number line], square quarto, blue boards, 127 pages, color illustrations throughout, artist chronology. Condition is VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: very slight edgewear to the book , internally clean and tight; jacket has light creasing to spine head, tail and corners. A very nice copy of the work of this Vermont artist.

NY: Payson & Clarke, 1927. Hardcover. G+. The Connoisseur Series of Books for Collectors; introduction by G. Reginald Grundy. 4to, red cloth / gilt titles, t.e.g., 50 pages of text, 48 colour plates, 2 monochrome plates. Condition is GOOD+ / no jacket: lt. edgewear, sunning and staining to spine, a faint dampstain on front cover along spine gutter, lt.scattered foxing throughout the text, (the plates have only a lt. yellowing to the margins), book is tight with all 50 plates present.