Stanton Frazar (4 results)

First edition limited to 2500 copies (as stated upon copyright page). xxii, 118, [4] pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Color pictorial dust jacket rubbed with some foxing; slight bumping/scuffing at edges. Pale yellow cloth. Past owner's personal bookplate on front pastedown; interior pages are clean. Binding retains some crispness. Laid-in at rear endpaper is publisher's promotional order card with past owner's mailing label still affixed. The book features the personal journal accounts of John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe (1803 -1891), son of renowned neoclassical architect Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe (1764-1820), regarding his October-December 1834 travels from New York to New Orleans and Natchez by ship and his return to Baltimore by stagecoach. ISBN 0917860217.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 134 pp. Original gray cloth covers, very bright and clean. Spine ends a bit bumped. DJ lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1st edition, limited to 1,000 copies ; xi, 144 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm ; ISBN: 0917860136; 9780917860133 LCCN: 82-83592 ; LC: PN2287.S678; Dewey: 792/.0232/0924 ; OCLC: 9390065 ; brown cloth, in torn dustjacket ; Contortionist and showman Frederick William Stempel began his career in New Orleans in 1883 with a borrowed tent, borrowed money, and much ingenuity. He became the owner of one of the most successful variety theaters in the city. ; FINE/FAIR. Book. …

First edition (not stated). [8], i-vi, 1-130 pages. Paperback; H 27.75cm x L 21.25cm. Blue paper covers well rubbed with scuffing at edges particularly along spine; staining at rear cover's top left corner with last ten leaves or so affected likewise although diminishing in ward. Uneven fore-edge with binding having some stress points at quires but all holding - glued "perfect" bindings such as this one are prone to popping. Foreword by Stanton Frazar; Preface by John A. Mahe II; Acknowledgements essay and Introduction by Carey T. Mackie, H. Parrott Bacot, and Charles L. Mackie. Catalogue researched and compiled by Carey T. Mackie, H. Parrott Bacot, and Charles L. Mackie and edited by Rosanne McCaffrey, Dode Platou, John H. Lawrence, and John A. Mahe II. Illustrated catalogue (pages 1-111) divided into two parts documenting 135 pieces by various New Orleans artisans. Features b/w photographs throughout with Glossary, Bibliography, brief list of New Orleans Silver in Public Collections, extensive list of New Orleans Silversmiths (pages 118-124), and Marks of New Orleans Silversmiths (pages 125-127). The publication was prepared to accompany an exhibition held at The Historic New Orleans Collection in New Orleans, Louisiana from April to September 1980 and at the Louisiana State University's Anglo American Art Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from September to November 1980. A good copy of the long out-of-print and exceptionally uncommon book which remains the authoritative reference regarding New Orleans silver.…