New coy of "The English Garden in our time: from Gertrude Jekyll to Geoffrey Jellicoe," by Jane Brown. Inscribed on title page, "With best wishes, Jane Brown." Large, richly illustrated volume published by the Antique Collectors" Club in 1986 (this copy is 1987 reprinting).

Beautiful two-volume set of The Art of the West by Henri Focillon, handsomely printed by Phaidon in 1963. Heavily illustrated. Volume I, Romanesque Art, has 159 plates. The previous owner's name is written on the inside cover and there are numerous underlinings and notes on the text pages. That owner apparently did not get to Volume II, Gothic Art, because there are no underlinings. That volume has 165 plates...

Privately printed in 1960, this is #111 of 500 printed. It reproduces inscriptions from Eugene O'Neill, America's greatest playwright, to his wife, Carlotta Monterey O'Neill. They inscriptions of on copies of books, photographs, love notes, etc. The originals were given by Carlotta O'Neill to the Yale Library for the Eugene O'Neill Collection. This copy was purchased when it was published. It is in "like new" condition...

Virtually mint. Dust wrapper in protective cover. I purchased this copy in 1957. An extraordinary copy — could not be any better.

Dust wrapper with original price of $2.50. Two small, clean tears on ffep (barely noticeable). An extraordinary copy I purchased in 1959.

Poems by America's greatest playwright. First edition. Scarce item. Price-clipped dj. ISBN 0-89919-007-3.

Sturtevant's' Notes on Edible Plants, edited by U. P. Hedrick, report of the New York Agricultural Experiment for the Year 1919 II. Albany, J. B. Lyon Company, State Printers, 1919. Large, wonderful book in excellent condition. Superior quality printing and binding. Not ex-library. Small area of discoloration on back. Size: 12 by 9½ inches. Weight about 6½ pounds. Green buckram binding with gilt stamped lettering. There is a wonderful frontispiece portrait which lets you know what Dr. E...

Handsome and useful book. Ex-Library with usual associated stamps, labels, pockets, etc., with protective cover on dust jacket. Flap from dj pasted on ffep. Book itself in very good condition with only a few marks on title and copyright page. Useful information on the marks on the pottery. About 60 plates, many showing more than one object. Published in 1962 by Tuttle.

"Captain Bligh" is a cliche of our times for the extravagant and violent misuse of power. In fact, William Bligh was one of the least physically violent disciplinarians in the British navy. That paradox inspires the author to ask why, then, did Bligh have a mutiny? Its answer is to display the theatricality of naval institutions and the mythologizing power of history...

In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece. The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely celebrated; other important innovations and accomplishments, however, are unknown or underappreciated...

Is the “Oedipus complex” universal? This book examines the controversial question in light of its collection of 139 family complex folktales from every world cultural area and every level of social complexity, the largest such collection ever made. From back cover: “This work is one of two books that won the 1997 Boyer Prize in psychoanalytic anthropology. The award is well deserved . . ...

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN ARTS. The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, Furniture, Silver, Needlework & Incidental Objects Gathered to Illustrate the Achievements of American Artists and Craftsmen of the Period 1720-1820. Hardcover, by Edward J. Hipkiss, published by the Harvard University Press, second edition, 1950. Like new condition, previous owner's name (Bartlett Harwood, Jr., a 1944 graduate of Harvard College) written on front free endpaper...