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Proust Portfolio; The France of Marcel Proust in Twenty-Five Etchings Signed by Bernard Lamotte
by LAMOTTE, BERNARD
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1949
- Condition
- Some wear to head and foot of spine, scuffing to label. All etchings in fine state.
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$1,500.00
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[New York, 1949. Hardcover. Some wear to head and foot of spine, scuffing to label. All etchings in fine state.. Twenty-five copper plate etchings, each signed and numbered by Bernard Lamotte. All laid into original cloth clamshell case, with a large gilt-lettered morocco title label. Limited edition, numbered 4 of 100 sets. Scarce.
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$1,500.00

Jardins d'Espagne [2-Volume Set]
by GROMORT, GEORGES
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1926
- Condition
- Good only in handsome burgundy quarter-cloth over matching decorative paper, titles in gilt. Joints fragile and frayed, but bind
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$150.00
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Paris: A. Vincent, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good only in handsome burgundy quarter-cloth over matching decorative paper, titles in gilt. Joints fragile and frayed, but bindings are intact and holding; chip from head of spine. The plates themselves are very nice, in very good condition, unmarked and relatively bright. Bookplate to front pastedown.. Elephant folios. A complete set… Read more
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$150.00
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Thomas Wolfe and Pat Conroy [Print]
by MOSER, BARRY
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 2000
- Condition
- Fine.
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$50.00
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[Atlanta]: [Old New York Bookshop Press], 2000. Fine.. Single, unbound print of Thomas Wolfe and Pat Conroy by Barry Moser. One of seventy-five copies, signed by artist Barry Moser.
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Kaleidoscope in Woodcuts
by FRASCONI, ANTONIO
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1968
- Condition
- Very good in original lavender-purple cloth. Presented in publisher's fair slipcase.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$45.00
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good in original lavender-purple cloth. Presented in publisher's fair slipcase.. 5.5 x 2 in. 58-panel, accordion-style book, fully illustrated in color. Published 'to honor the selection of Antonio Frasconi by the Republic of Uruguay as its artist at the 34th Biennale in Venice, 1968.
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$45.00

The Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress
by DUNKELMAN, ARTHUR
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 2007
- Condition
- Fine in original brown cloth, titles in gilt, and fine pictorial dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780844411804
- Item Price
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$75.00
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Washington DC: Library of Congress, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in original brown cloth, titles in gilt, and fine pictorial dust jacket.. Quarto. 9.5 x 12 in. xxi + [iii], 235 + [1] pp. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of color photographs.
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$75.00

The Builder; An Illustrated Weekly Magazine, for the Architect, Engineer, Archaeologist, Constructor, & Artist
by GODWIN, GEORGE
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1854
- Condition
- Near fine in half-leather, titled in gilt on spine. Binding square and tight, text clean and bright. Tryon architect Holland Bra
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$250.00
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London, 1854. Hardcover. Near fine in half-leather, titled in gilt on spine. Binding square and tight, text clean and bright. Tryon architect Holland Brady's copy, with his book label affixed to front free endpaper.. Small folio. 9.25 x 13.25 in. Nicely rebound. With black & white illustrations throughout. Somewhat heavy-may require additional postage.
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$250.00

Ian Hamilton Finlay: The Bicentennial Proposal: The French War: The War of the Letter
by DAY, PETER
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1989
- Condition
- Very good in original printed wrappers. Light soiling to extremities, spine toned. Binding square and tight, text unmarked.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780920956250
- Item Price
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$50.00
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Toronto: Art Metropole, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Very good in original printed wrappers. Light soiling to extremities, spine toned. Binding square and tight, text unmarked.. Thin octavo. 6.375 x 9.875 in. 115 + [3] pp. With several black & white reproductions.
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$50.00

When the Curtain Never Comes Down
by ROUSSEAU, VALÃRY et al.
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 2015
- Condition
- As new, in printed pictorial wrappers.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$40.00
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New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. As new, in printed pictorial wrappers.. Quarto. 8.25 x 10.5 in. 136 pp. Fully illustrated with reproductions of color photographs. With exhibition list laid in.
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$40.00
![image of The Works of Antonio Canova [3 Volume Set]; in Sculpture and Modelling, Engraved in Outline by Henry Moses; with Descriptions by the Countess Albrizzi and a Biographical Memoir by Count Cicognara](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/601/008/1254008601.0.m.jpg)
The Works of Antonio Canova [3 Volume Set]; in Sculpture and Modelling, Engraved in Outline by Henry Moses; with Descriptions by the Countess Albrizzi and a Biographical Memoir by Count Cicognara
by CANOVA, ANTONIO
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1849
- Condition
- Very good in original quarter-leather over brown pebbled boards, lettered in gilt on spine. Ex-library, with library labels affi
- Edition
- First Thus
- Item Price
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$150.00
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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good in original quarter-leather over brown pebbled boards, lettered in gilt on spine. Ex-library, with library labels affixed to spines, as well as attractive Mt. St. Mary Seminary of the West bookplates affixed to front pastedowns. Hinges cracked, some rubbing especially to head and foot of spine; but binding sound… Read more
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$150.00

Tatistcheff
by SHORR, HARRIET
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1987
- Condition
- Near fine in original stapled pictorial wrappers.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$75.00
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New York, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Near fine in original stapled pictorial wrappers.. Thin, oblong octavo. 8 x 7 in. [12] pp. Fully illustrated with reproductions of color photographs. Inscribed by Harriet Shorr to Paulus Berensohn on title page. Scarce signed.
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$75.00
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The Eight Immortals [Temple Hill Cut-Outs]
by WOMEN'S BIBLE SCHOOL, PRESBYTERIAN MISSION
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1930
- Condition
- Lovely fine example of the Temple Hill Cut-Out books, illustrated with eight pages affixed with cut black paper depicting figure
- Item Price
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$300.00
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Chefoo, China, 1930. Lovely fine example of the Temple Hill Cut-Out books, illustrated with eight pages affixed with cut black paper depicting figures, plus one cut-out on the title page. Each of the eight cut-outs is accompanied by a delicate glassine, on which is printed in English the legend of the corresponding figure. Bound in pictorial woven cloth over… Read more
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$300.00

Anthony Lord: A Retrospective June 5-July 29, 1984, Asheville Art Museum
by ABSHIRE, MARTHA
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1984
- Condition
- Near fine in pictorial staple-bound wrappers. Some light spotting to covers.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$25.00
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(Asheville, NC): (Friends of Anthony Lord / The Asheville Art Museum), 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Near fine in pictorial staple-bound wrappers. Some light spotting to covers.. Thin, oblong quarto. 19 + [3] pp. Photograph of of Anthony Lord by Doris Ulmann reproduced on title page; illustrated throughout with black & white reproductions.
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$25.00

Le Garage Ravi de Rocky Mount: An Essay on Vernon Burwell
by WILLIAMS, JONATHAN
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1988
- Condition
- Fine in pictorial, stapled wrappers.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$50.00
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[Rocky Mount]: North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine in pictorial, stapled wrappers.. Thin quarto. 8.5 x 11 in. 7 pp. One of 50 numbered copies. Signed by Vernon Burwell, Jonathan Williams, Jonathan Greene (book designer) and Roger Manley (cover photograph). Rare so signed.
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$50.00