BRAGARD, Henri. Four Original Water-color Interior Designs.
(Paris: circa 1895-1905.) Four original color drawings, matted. (45 x 31; 47 x 30; 47.5 x 29; and 45 x 33 centimeters).
Four finely drawn and detailed water-colors prepared by Henry Bragard, 31 Avenue d'Odeans,
Paris
, for Magasins du Printemps. Printemps was established in 1865, after the retail model created by Bon Marché, with large show rooms offering an array of household goods. (See Lancaster The Department Store, a Social History for more information.) Two drawings are of a study for a Pierre Laguionie (one a traditional masculine design; the other an Art Nouveau creation.) The third is of a classical drawing room; the fourth, an Art Nouveau bedroom for Henry Bataille, the French dramatist [1872-1922].
$2,250.00
|
NO AMERICAN OCLC COPIES
CADELL, William Archibald. DESCRIPTION OF SOME INDIAN IDOLS IN THE MUSEUM OF THE SOCIETY.
Edinburgh
: P. Neill, 1822. 4to. Later marbled wrappers. 11 pages, 1 plate
Rare item with only two copies recorded on OCLC and none in American libraries. A reprint "from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. (Read March 6, 1820)," which describes and tries to understand the religious sculptures brought from India by Francis Simpson, who had presented them to the Society in 1800. Cadell, with the aid of an attractive engraved plate, places the reliefs of Cali, Suria and Buddha in the context of Indian mythology and compares them with Greek deities. William Archibald Cadell was a member of a family whose business interests were in coal mining, paper and iron manufacturing. This enables him to travel and contribute to several artistic, antiquarian and scientific societies. A very good presentation copy inscribed in ink at the head of the title "Robert Ferguson Esq. from the Author." Robert Ferguson of Raith, Fife, was a prominent Scottish member of Parliament during the Peel administration.
|
NOT ON OCLC
(COLOR PRINTING) CHRISTLICHES GEDENKBUCH.
St. Louis: Eden Publishing House, circa 1900. 8vo. Chromolithographic cloth binding, all edges gilt. Unpaginated, with 12 chromolithographic plates and all other pages with a pictorial border of flowers and nature scenes printed in brown ink. First edition
A stunningly fine copy with raised flowers on the spine and front board. Each month begins with a piece of biblical verse with a chromolithographic border and German text printed in several colors and gold. Rare. We could not find a copy cited by OCLC. The publication was meant for daily reflection on the bible.
$225.00
|
(EXPOSITION--LONDON--1851) MAYHEW, Henry, and George Cruikshank. 1851: OR, THE ADVENTURES OF MR. AND MRS. SANDBOYS AND FAMILY, WHO CAME UP TO LONDON TO "ENJOY THEMSELVES," AND TO SEE THE GREAT EXHIBITION
London: David Bogue, 1851. 8vo. Contemporary quarter-morocco, marbled boards. Engraved title leaf, (iv), 242 pages, 10 plates, 9 of which are folding. First edition, early issue.
Illustrated by George Cruikshank, this satire on a Cumbrian family's visit to The Great Exhibition is noted by Ffrench, in her book, The Great Exhibition. Along with poking fun at the provincial mores, it has a serious message that the Exposition was the first of its kind to elevate mining and agricultural pursuits to the realm of science and aesthetic art. Front hinge starting but firm, a few plates silked on the verso, else very good.
$485.00
|
|
GARDNER,
Eugene C. ILLUSTRATED HOMES.
Boston
: James R. Osgood, 1875. 12mo. Publisher's blue gilt cloth. 287 pages, illustrated in the text. First edition. [Hitchcock, 496].
Early Aesthetic designs by American architect. In Space, Time and Architecture, Siegfried Giedion notes Gardner's early focus on the house as a whole, and compares his plans for a small house for single retirees to J.J.P. Oud's low rent apartments of the 1930s. Illustrated. Early owner's signature on front blank leaf, light wear to tips and extremities of spine, else a nice, bright copy, free from foxing.
|
|
HONZIK, Karel. TVORBA ZIVOTNIHO SLOHU
Prague: Vaclav Petr, 1946. 8vo. Cloth spine, pictorial boards, dust jacket. 495, (8) pages, 32 photographic plates. First edition.
Being a series of articles on architecture and utilitarian design with short summaries in both English and Russian. Very good. Scarce. Only four copies cited by OCLC. A very good, bright copy. $225.00
|
|
(
JEFFERSON
)
KIMBALL, Fiske. THOMAS JEFFERSON, ARCHITECT.
New York
: Da Capo Press, 1968. Folio. Boards, dust jacket. xi, (iii), vii, (i), 205, (3) pages, 233 illustrations on plates, 1 folding plate.
A reprint of the original 1916 edition of Kimball's first important book. This work is a collection 237 architectural drawings by
Jefferson
, with the definitive study of his development and contributions as an architect. These drawings are based upon the Coolidge Collection of Jefferson Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society. They include designs for buildings in
Williamsburg
,
Richmond
,
Washington
,
Philadelphia
, and the
University
of
Virginia
. Frederick Doveton Nichols gives a new introduction for this reprint edition. Fine in chipped dust jacket.
$650.00
|
| 
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
LEVERSON, Montague. THE SCIENCE OF LEGISLATION.
(Charlottesville): The Author, 1891. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers. 27 pages. First edition.
A speech given at the University of Virginia attacking legislatively supported monopolies. Leverson was a Supreme Court justice in California, a gadfly reformer, and probably was best known as a befriender of Billy the Kid. Some neat marginal corrections throughout, most probably in the author's hand. Rare. OCLC cites only six copies, two of which are at UVA
$125.00
|
LOCKWOOD,
M.S., and E. Glaister.
ART
EMBROIDERY.
London
: Marcus Ward, 1878. 4to. Publisher's cloth, all edges gilt. 83 pages, 19 chromolithographed plates, of which 3 double-page. First edition.
A fine example of one of a few chromolithographic design books in the style of the Aesthetic Movement. This is the only edition and is important and scarce. Elisabeth Aslin gives it special mention in her bibliography,
Aesthetic Movement
. The nineteen color printed plates are by Thomas Crane, Walter Crane's older brother. One of these plates is reproduced in Stuart Durant's book,
Ornament, with the comment "Crane's designs, with their muted colour schemes, are representative of the eclectic spirit of the Aesthetic Movement." The plates, characterized by the best sort of abstract flat color patterns, as in the works of Jones and Audsley, give designs for a footstool or cushions, curtains, chair-backs, table cloths, bed hangings, etc. Wear at spine and corners of binding, but a fine co
py of an influential work.
$425.00
|
| 
NO AMERICAN COPIES ON OCLC PARUTA, Paolo. MAXIMES OF STATE, AND GOVERNMENT.
London: Peter Parker, 1667. Folio. Contemporary full-calf. (xviii), 203 pages. First English edition, second issue. [ESTC, r1938; Wing, p638]. Originally written by Paruta between 1572 and 1579, they were not published until the year after his death under the title Discorsi Politici. The first book treats of the greatness and decadence of the Romans; the second book of modern governments, especially Venice. Peter Parker, responsible for the second issue, is notable as one of the publishers of Milton's Paradise Lost. Sympathetically rebacked. Scarce. no copies on OCLC in United States and ony two in UK. Some staining, else very good.
$650.00 |
|
(PHOTOGRAPHY) HAYDEN, Edward Simeon. SPLENDID DAGUERREOTYPE MINIATURES, TAKEN IN EVERY STYLE.
(Waterbury, Connecticut: American Office, circa 1850). 4to. Printed broadside (12 x 10 inches).
Scarce item with only five copies recorded on OCLC - Cornell University, Northwestern University, American Antiquarian Society, University of Michigan and Haverford College. Publicity broadside, prepared for the photographer E.S. Hayden informing local inhabitants that he will be in town on a given day, to take daguerreotype images for family and friends. "His miniatures are warranted not to be surpassed by any, for their richness of tone and life-like appearance; standing out in such bold relief, that they can be seen equally well in any light." Printed in various type faces and styles, with the text enclosed with a decorative border. Edges lightly browned a few minor chips to the edges, otherwise a very good copy.
$485.00
|
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
ARCHITECTS
AND
BUILDERS EDITION. Volume
III
, No. 1 (January, 1887).
New York: Munn & Co., 1887. Folio. Publishers printed wrappers. 22, x pages, 2 chromolithographic plates, and 1 folding sheet of floor plans. First edition.
An extensive and important periodical on American architecture during the Aesthetic Movement, featuring many examples of vernacular architecture. Among the major examples of design are St. James Rectory, Fordham, NY, (with additional foldout plans and interior details inserted) by Edward A. Sargent, architect; a country dwelling of moderate cost, in Rutherford, NJ, (also with additional foldout plans and interior details inserted) by B.J. Schweitzer, architect; a "substantial" Chicago residence by Treat & Foltz, architects, with drawing and full page of written specifications; and a design for a suburban cottage in Halifax, Nova Scotia, by C.H. McClare, architect of Cambridge, Massachusetts. With ten pages of building related advertisements in back. Minor chipping to wrappers, else very good.
$185.00
|
|
THE AMERICAN BUILDER; JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ART. August, 1878, Volume XIV, Number 8.
New York: Charles D. Lakey, August, 1878. 4to. Printed wrappers. x, 175-194 pages, 2 plates, 1 folding plate loosely laid-in.
A builder's trade journal published monthly. This issue includes two plates with elevations and plans for stores and a cottage at Beaverton for J.A. Procter and A. Cameron. Also included is a large folding architectural design for a cornice and hall furnishings for a house for A. Cameron at Beaverton, Ontario, Canada. With pages of building and construction trade advertisements at the front and back. Worn along the edges.
$75.00
|
|
 NOT ON OCLC (TRADE CATALOGUE) DAMMAN & CO. PARQUETRY DESIGN (London): (circa 1910). Folding illustrated advertisement (16 1/8 x 14 1/6 inches). 32 mounted color samples
A rare trade broadside not recorded on OCLC. Damman & Co. were well known in the Edwardian era for their installation of wooden flooring. As the company's introduction is at pains to point out "the enormous advantage, hygienic, decorative and practical, of parquetry flooring have been known on the continent, are at length becomming recognised in England, and in all houses of any pretension whatever, it is now absolutely necessary of the adornment and finishing of the interior." Damman also produced and advertised their patented parquet floor, "to meet the wishes of a great number of people who do not care to remove the existing floors." This economic form of floor was laid over the orginal wood floor and could be taken up by the owner on moving home. The printed broadside is mounted on linen; and folded down into original cloth folder; with inserted cost of materials and estimate sheet. $450.00 |
|  (TRADE CATALOGUE) MORRIS & COMPANY. MERTON ABBEY CHURCHES AND HALLS. London: Chiswick Press, 1925. 8vo. Printed wrappers, edges untrimmed. 10, (1) pages, 2 colored plates. A rare trade catalogue with only one copy recorded on OCLC at the Royal Ontario Museum. A little jewel of a catalogue, printed by Chiswick Press, for churches and parish halls to be built on "an inexpensive scheme of construction suited to small or poor parishes, but far superior to that employed in temporary buildings." Measurements and prices for the three schemes are included. This scheme of construction was based on the same system as the simpler buildings of mediaeval England: "In them the principals started from the floor level in two curved pieces of oak which met at the ridge tree. These couples, as they were called, carried the roof, and between them there ran walls of either stone, brick, wattle or boarding...The strength of the structure lay in the couples of principals." Suitable oak being unavailable, the "couples" here are to be of stout pitch pine. The Catalogue is enhanced with suggestions and illustrations for Arts and Crafts style altar, benches, communion rails, oak lectern and oak font all of which are priced. An unusual and rare Morris & Company catalogue in near fine condition. $875.00 |
(WOMEN-CONNECTICUT-TRADE BINDINGS)
(STANLEY, Reverend Edwin Samuel). ALBUM OF LOVE.
New York: Leavitt & Allen, (circa 1850). Square 8vo (7 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches). Publisher's royal blue textured cloth with blind and gilt decorations. Frontispiece, engraved title leaf, (44) leaves (not all leaves used), 3 plates.
An uncommon special work. While OCLC does record several works with this title and also printed by the same publishers, these are significantly different published works far expanded from this work, each with more than 120 pages. Album of Love is an apt title for this friendship album from Mystic,
Connecticut
. From the poetical Dedication inscription written by E.S. Stanley: "The book goes forth to gather from friends, so that when gathered in and friends are gone or dead, they may afford a joy,- a pleasant passing hour, to one who loves keepsakes, though but a transient thought. Go then! yet count no one thy friend but those whose thoughts are pure; - whose words are sincere of the soul." This dedication was likely written by Reverend Edwin Samuel Stanley (1819-1899). a Methodist Episcopal Church clergyman, licensed to preach in 1857. He served the communities-a partial list-of
Cumberland
,
East Mansfield
,
East Glastonbury
, Mystic,
South Manchester
,
East Greenwich
,
New Bedford
, and
Newport
. He was a Free-Soiler and Abolitionist.
Friendship album did indeed go forth. This album containing approximately 21 pages of manuscript was kept by a young woman named "Jennie" ("Jane" to her cousin) in Mystic. Jennie lent this album to her friends and family in Mystic and nearby
Greenville
(
Norwich
) and they neatly inscribed poems and other sentiments of love and friendship.
The writing can be light at times and challenging to read, but still an interesting 1850s woman's friendship album from Mystic with a gilt decorated, trade cloth bookbinding. The plates are engraved by H. A. Ritchie, Sartain, etc. With 15 applied color paper decorations; variously colored text leaves, tissue guards' all edged gilt. Binding with minor rubbing; foxing to title-page and plates; handwriting is quite light at times; else very good.
$450.00
|
(WOMENS GOLF)
NEFF, Sylva Kreider. KNOW YOUR GOLF! HELPFUL HINTS ON RULES.
St. Paul: Brown & Bigelow, (circa 1939). 12mo. (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches). Illustrated wrappers. (16) pages.
Rare item with only two copies recorded on OCLC in American libraries - Indiana State Library and Minnesota Historical Society. Illustrated pamphlet with the rules of golf and promoting the game to women, interesting because it was written and illustrated by women. Authors include professional golfers Sylva Kreider Neff (1880-1955) of Indiana and Helen Hicks (1911-1974), Opal Hill (1892-1981), Helen Dettweiler (1914-1990), and Patty Berg (1918-2006), all of the latter four among the 13 founders of the LPGA in 1950. Berg is noted for her 15 major title wins, the most of any female golfer.
A series of 12 illustrations by Norma R. Knoche, accompanied by Neff's text, explain various key rules of golf. Each rule is paired with a poetical "Jingle," presumably to help one to remember the rule, by Helen Cragg. Other features include capsule professional biographies of Hicks, Hill, Dettweiler, and Berg plus information on etiquette, handicapping, and suggestions for women's golf programming, events, and committee work at golf clubs. Printed in two colors. Illustrations and half tone portraits. Ads in final leaf for "Wilson [Sporting] Equipment" sold by Wilson Sporting Goods Company. Very good.
$185.00
|
|
WYLD, Samuel. THE PRACTICAL SURVEYOR, OR, THE ART OF LAND-MEASURING.
London: W. Johnston, 1760. 8vo. Contemporary full-calf. Folding frontispiece, viii, 191 pages, 6 folding plates. Fourth edition.
Rare. First published in 1725, it was popular in America, and recorded in several early Virginia libraries including the libraries of Dr. Nicholas Flood (1775) in Westmoreland County and the also by William Beverley of Blandfield Plantation in Essex County. It was regularly advertised in the Virginia Gazette up to the eve of the Revolution with several copies sold in the Virginia Gazette daybooks as well. It is a thoroughly comprehensive study of surveying methods for all terrains and includes the placement of buildings. The fold-out frontispiece plate illustrates surveying equipment. Extremities of spine chipped; hinges cracked but firm, else very good.
$875.00
|
|
