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The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth.
First edition stated. Black cloth, octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/2". 277pp.
Gilt title etc. to spine. Binding is tight and solid, boards in very good condition.
Unclipped first state jacket designed by Michael Mitchell, with $3.00 price on front flap.
Photo of Salinger with credit by Jacobi. DJ is in very good condition. A rare find in first edition.
The Ruins of Balbec,
Otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria
Robert Wood
London, 1757
First edition, London, 1757, with 47 copper engraved plates,
many double page or folding, and one engraving of inscriptions within
text. Large folio, full contemporary calf rebacked in period style,
gilt tooled panels with label.
The plates were engraved by Fourdrinier after drawings by Borra. An
important record of the ruins’ contemporary state prior to being
damaged by earthquake, and a significant architectural pattern for
future generations
of architects. A most impressive, rare, very import
and stunning folio.
Reimpression de l’Architecture Francaise
Jacques-Francois Blondel
Paris: Librarie Centrale Des Beaux-Arts
c1900
Four elephant folios, 500 plates, many double, triple and
quadruple fold. High quality reproductions of original drawings. Bound
in fine original three-quarter leather with marbled boards and
endpapers. Raised bands on gilt decorated spines, gilt top edges,
bindings and hinges tight. Text in French.
Jacques-Francois Blondel was one of the most influential figures in
eighteenth century architecture, and his l’Architecture
Francaise, which took him four years to complete, earned him an
appointment
as architect to Louis XV in 1755.
A significant and most impressive set of architectural folios.
Plans, Elevations and Sections of Buildings, Executed in the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk,
Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire, Et Caetera.
John Soane
London, Messrs. Taylor at the Architectural Library, Holbern
1788
John
Soane, 1753-1837, English architect, specialized in the Neo-Classical
style, trained under George Dance the Younger and then Henry Holland.
He studied at the Royal Academy Schools and won the Academy’s
Silver Medal in 1722 and the Gold Medal in 1776. Most famously known
for his design of the Bank of England, this publication of his drawings
preceded that commission and firmly established his reputation. He
founded the Soane Museum in London, and was knighted in 1831.
This
first edition, folio volume contains 47 engraved plates of plans, and
was published for 180 subscribers, all listed, including William Pitt,
Robert Adam, Lord Mulgrave, Thomas Leverton and John Throckmorton. This
volume contains Soane’s dedication to the King, and his 11 page
discourse on architecture. This is a rare and significant volume, in
very good condition.
Please use the link to view our catalogue listings under “Significant Books and Manuscripts” for further details.
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