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London & New York: E. & F. Spon, Ltd. & Spon & Chamberlain, 1902. 8vo.  210 x 135 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches].  94, 3 pp. index, plus 7pp. ads.; endpapers also with ads.  Illustrated in the text with images of grinding equipment and brushes, including stipple brushes, sable brushes, varnish brushes and the like.  Additionally illustrated with 72 original paint chips mounted on three plates of card stock.  Bound in publisher's blue cloth, showing some discoloration of the cloth, otherwise a very good copy. First edition of A. S. Jennings often reprinted manual on painting mixing.  Jennings was the author of numerous articles on paint and mixing paint colors and according to his short introduction this publication was initiated by many of his readers who wished for more technical guidance on producing vibrant and long lasting colors.  He begins with a chapter on the composition of paint, made up of pigments, oil, turpentine, and driers. The book continues with hints on mixing, the equipment… Read More

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1891. 8vo. 200 x 140 mm., [8 x 5 1/2 inches].  [10], 354 pp.  Illustrated with a frontispiece and 19 photogravure illustrations.  Publisher's white decorated cloth with gilt and blue designs on upper board and spine, read cloth dust wrapper with title in gilt on spine.  White cloth a bit soiled as is the cloth dust wrapper. Second edition of Johnson's history and loving portrait of the City of Florence, nicely printed at the University Press by John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, MA..  Virginia W. Johnson was an American writer whose travel works appeared in numerous magazine publications before her first full-length books were published.  Her insights into the art history and architecture of Florence as well as travel histories of Genoa, Lake Como, San Marino and other northern cities were well received and in some case printed in more than one edition. In Lily of the Arno Johnson focuses on city scape with detailed descriptions of the churches, towers, architectural… Read More

London: Printed for W. Faden, 1771. 8vo. 200 x 125 mm., [8 x 5 inches. [2], iv, [2], 58 pp., plus [2] ads. Stitched as issued; wanting front blue paper wrapper, tide marks on title-page and lower wrapper, with some discoloration to the leaves. Otherwise a good, sound copy. First edition, The ironically named Samuel Johnson (not THE Samuel Johnson), was the first President of King's College in New York (later Columbia), and rector of Christ's Church, at Stratford, Connecticut. In 1743 he received an honorary Doctorate of divinity from Oxford, being only the third American to receive that honor. This grammar was his last of his many important works. Alston XIV, 194. (484).

New York: North Point Press, 2003. 8vo.  210 x 140 mm., [8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches].  xvii, 314 pp.  Publisher's cloth, dust jacket.  Very nice copy. First edition.  Personal tour of Italy, providing an informed insight into the difficulties experienced by everyday Italians at the hands of their government and organized crime.  "Jones is an ideal guide to anyone who wishes to probe deeply into contemporary Italian life and society.

Printed in Catalan, Valencia, and Zaragoza, 1850. 101 folio half sheets.  315 x 215 mm., [12 ¼ x 8 ½  inches]; nine are full folio sheets size printed two up.  A few stained, and some with repair, but generally in very good condition. "GOIGS' (from Catalan; 'joys') are poetic compositions of a popular nature , which are sung to the Virgin Mary, to Christ or to the Saints.  They are sung collectively, within the framework of a religious act of a major event, such as a festival, a mass, a religious meeting, or a procession.  The purpose is to give a collective thanks from a congregation for blessings received, a prayer answered, or to ask for the physical or spiritual health of the community."  (Grup Encyclopedia Catalana) Since the 16th century goigs have been printed in folio format and distributed by religious communities, churches, monasteries, and convents in Catalonia, especially the cities of Barcelona (45), Figueres (7), Girona (6), Lleida (3), Manresa (10), Mataró (1), Olot (2),… Read More