Cummings Thos (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Fair Paperback. Text with pencil underlining/marking. Some page corner bumps/bends. Rear advertisement page has tear. Covers show edge wear with corner bumps. Spine edge wear. Binding is cracked but still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. General discoloration to cover and throughout, cover page loose from binding, spine cocked, binding broken ; The Practical Photographer Series.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Book cover is stained. Pages within are also slightly stained. Advertisement pages in back are loose. ; The Practical Photographer Series; Photographs & Illustrations.

hardcover. Condition: Fair. Philadelphia, 1865. Brown cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; edges worn and covers worn, 1/4" missing from spine ends; backstrip torn across near bottom of spine title; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket. Free front endpaper has been torn out; hinges strong; text is unmarked; 364 pages.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. The Practical Photographer #13; Photographs and diagrams; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 84 pages; Bound in original decoratively title lettered wraps. Several photo plates tipped onto gray card stock; numerous photos reproduced as plates in-text. Sound and clean but with rubbing to spine edges; covers a bit weak at spine edge/hinge attachments. Clean unmarked copy has some scattered, light foxing to the page stock. Generally well preserved early photo/art journal. VG-.

Hardcover. Original Edition, not a reprint. Textured brown cloth/boards; gilt lettering on spine. 364 pp. with no illustrations. No dust jacket, as issued. In 1825, a group of artists and architects including Thomas Cole, Rembrandt Peale, Ithiel Town, Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, and others formed what would soon become the National Academy. Modeled after the Royal Academy in London, the National Academy was founded with the simple yet powerful mission to "promote the fine arts in America through instruction and exhibition." (from the Academy's web site) The New York Drawing Association was formed in the autumn of 1825. This is the history of the first 40 years of both organizations. Good+ bumps to corners, some rubbing to covers, and fading to spine. Additionally, cloth at head of spine has been re-glued (one copy is not glued and has chipping at both spine ends) and the very bottom half inch of spine cloth is missing. The front board is loosening a bit. The inner hinge is broken. end papers are mildly foxed; pages are lightly age-toned, as expected. Some page edges show wear.

Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Half bound in black leather with black cloth boards and gilt titles on spine. 464 pages, profuse b&w plates. one color example. VG. Some scuffing to edges head/tail of spine and along hinges, binding is secure. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Lightly read if read at all. No markings in book. Binding is fine. No DJ issued. Some foxing to top poge edges near the spine. 364pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. 364pp. Publisher's diagonal dot-and-ribbon purple cloth (Krupp, Ban5) ruled and with a monogram ("TSC," almost certainly the author's) in blind on both boards. Front hinge neatly strengthened, lightly sunned spine with loss at the ends and a split on the rear shoulder, corners a bit worn, very good and sound. Inscribed by the author on the front fly: "J.R. Arnolds, Esq., With the respectful regards of the Author / [William-----?], [Sep?] 1869." An important and early history of the National Academy of Design and New-York Drawing Association by an artist and Academy co-founder. Uncommon, especially a presentation copy in the author's monogrammed binding.

First edition. Octavo. 364 pp. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, floral endpapers. Light shipping to spine exremities but a very good and clean copy.