[MENU] Asian Design; 31 Mai 1896
1896. Cards. 18 x 11 cm. Handwritten French Menu featuring a charming Asian lithographed design with added gilt. Attached to gray construction paper. More
1896. Cards. 18 x 11 cm. Handwritten French Menu featuring a charming Asian lithographed design with added gilt. Attached to gray construction paper. More
1889. Cards. 17 x 12 cm. Handwritten French menu with exquisitely detailed black and white lithograph image of the Villa. Lightly soiled. Attached to gray construction paper. More
Hardcover. Unpaginated. 22.5 x 17 cm. Classic homemaker's binder including index tabs, ruled paper, and envelopes to store loose recipes, unfilled. Toning to paper, otherwise pristine. More
New York: DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY, 1921. Hardcover. 149 pages. 25.5 x 19 cm. A comprehensive look at the timeless country inns in and around London and the English Countryside. Beautifully illustrated in color and black and white. 16 color tinted illustrations with captioned tissue guards, along with 12 full..... More
Paris: Alphonse LE SIGNE, c. 1890. Loose_leaf. 3 pages. 35 x 27 cm. A romantic scene of wine drinking highlights this French sheet music. The musician, Désiré Dihau, was best known as the bassoonist and composer who was painted by Edgar Degas in L'Orchestre de l'Opéra along with cellist Louis-Marie..... More
Shelburn, VT: Shelburne Museum, 2003. Large Paperback. 140 pages. 27.5 x 21 cm. Fully illustrated. The Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont has one of the largest and best-quality bedcover collections in the United States. This book highlights 100 masterpiece quilts, most of them made between 1800 and 1900. Interior pristine..... More
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1964. First Edition. 166 pages. 28 x 22.5 cm. Early American founders of iron were highly instrumental in the country's national independence. Documenting the craft of blacksmiths, whitesmiths, farriers, edge toolmakers, cutlers, locksmiths, gunsmiths, nailers, wheelwrights, and tinsmiths. Board and interior pristine. Dust wrapper and..... More
1992. 4 pages, printed on both sides. 75 x 55 cm. Four separate sheets - large format. This is the original publisher's color test for the Comic/Zine that accompanied Madonna's memorable SEX book. In this Zine, Madonna impersonates one the of the characters in Andy Warhol's iconic 1966 movie The..... More
A.VIALON, 1858. Loose_leaf. 3 pages. 34 x 26 cm. Black and white lithograph illustration of a traveling Cocoa salesman and his customers. Sheet music for piano. Light foxing to cover, otherwise clean. Text in French. More
New York City, NY: Todhunter Inc., 1930. 14-e. staplebound. 16 pages, 27.5 x 21.5 cm. An elegantly produced trade catalog. Inside, each style of grate is given a brief history and paired with the individual products that are sold in this style. They are described and illustrated in extreme detail..... More
Worcester, VT: DRAGON DANCE THEATRE, 1995. Staplebound. Unpaginated [20pp.] 16.5 x 14 cm. Well executed block prints featuring discriminatory events from 1953-1965. These designs were the artist's impressions for the mural the Dragon Dance Theatre was proposing to install at the University of Vermont's Burlington campus. Artwork includes images of..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845-51. Loose_leaf. Two Etchings on One Sheet. 30 x 45.5 cm. Barbarities (No. 49) Hand Colored. Funeral (No. 47) Uncolored. Gillray's work was reassembled by Henry G. Bohn in the period 1845-51 - the engravings here are two from that set. Some soiling with three small..... More
Zero-Desk, ND. Sewn binding. 11 pages. 17.5 x 24.5 cm. This publication contains the work of three contributors. It explores both the local and industrial roles of plastic cup lids. The three essay contributors are Carl Haase comparing the art form of basic objects in our daily lives and 50..... More
Palerma: Il Vespro, 1978. First Edition. Cardboard covers. 223 pages + glossary & index. 25 x 17 cm. Text in Italian & German, and regional dialect. Preface by Max David. Cover illustration by Rodo Santoro. Interior illustrations by: Vittorio Alunni, Rosella Brambilla, Andrea Sciortino, Maurizio Bonesoli, Marina Di Dio, Rudy..... More
Chartres: Les Imprimeries Lainé et Tantet, c. 1937. Wraps. 127 pages. 22 x 16 cm. Title translation: The Treasure of the Cuisine of the Mediterranean Basin by 70 Doctors of France. A beautifully illustrated edition with each recipe elaborating on a bit of history and an attempt to reveal the..... More
Chartres: Les Imprimeries Lainé et Tantet, c. 1937. Wraps. 127 pages. 22 x 16 cm. Title translation: The Treasure of the Cuisine of the Mediterranean Basin by 70 Doctors of France. A beautifully illustrated edition with each recipe elaborating on a bit of history and an attempt to reveal the..... More
Montreal: Couvent de la Congrégation de Notre-Dame, 1857. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 20.5 x 26 cm. A handwritten and unique book of examples used to teach a sewing class at the Convent of the Congregation of Notre-Dame in Montreal, Quebec. Instructed by sister Louise Rogers, this book includes examples of stitches, sewn..... More
Palermo: Edikronos, 1981. Cardboard covers. 271 pages + glossary & index. 25 x 17 cm. Text in Italian & English, and regional dialect. Preface by Michele Perriera. Cover and interior illustrations by Rodo Santoro. Illustrated throughout. Recipes for antipasta, soups, pasta, fish, meat, poultry, wild game, vegetable & sauces, and..... More
Palermo: Legatoria Industriale Siciliana, 1988. Cardboard covers. 227 pages + glossary & index. 25 x 17 cm. Text in Italian & English, and regional dialect. Preface by Enrico Vaime. Cover illustration by Rodo Santoro. Interior illustrations by Piero Gauli. Illustrated throughout. Recipes for sauces, soups, polenta, pasta, fish, meat, poultry..... More
Los Angeles: Whedon & Spreng Co., 1903. Sewn binding. 103 pages. 23 x 15 cm. "Baskets are the Indian woman's Poems; the shaping of them her sculpture. They wove into them the story of their life and love." A fully illustrated manual on the art of weaving. Included are Directions..... More
Philadelphia: Werner Itschner & Company, 1876. Cloth. 15 x 9 cm. Women's Pavilion 1876 World's Fair Ribbon Souvenir - silk bookmark/ribbon memento. Silk woven on a Jacquard loom by Werner Itschner & Co. During the first American World's Fair - celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the signing of the..... More