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Exhibition catalogs and artist monographs make up much of the art section, our largest online. American, French, German and Italian art are strong, and the subject links below cover everything from woodcuts to underground comics.



 

Ceramic Art of Great Britain, The: From Prehistoric Times Down to the Present Day, Being a History of the Ancient and Modern Pottery and Porcelain Works of the Kingdom and of their Productions of Every Class (2 vols.)


Jewitt, Llewel

Hardcover. New York, Scribner, Welford Armstrong , 1st US?, 1878, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 531, 569 pages. Green cloth, spine label with gilt lettering. Foxing to end papers of both volumes. Half title page in volume 2 torn in half. Black & white illustrations throughout both. Top edge gilt. Spines cracked.

Record # 804335


Price: $64.00 

 

Period Finishes and Effects


Miller, Judith & Martin

Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 178 pages. Very good pictorial dust jacket. Color photographs throughout by James Merrell.

Record # 804444


Price: $13.00 

 

India Ink: Letters from India 1953-61


Keehn, Martha McKee

Hardcover. New Delhi, Vadehra Art Gallery, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, From The Keehn Collection of Modern Indian Art; Illustrations in color; 228 pages. 2 letters signed by Howard Keehn addressed to original owner laid-in.

Record # 804509


Price: $32.00 

 

Sculpture of Jose de Creeft


Campos, Jules

Hardcover. New York, Da Capo Press, Inc. , 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket in plastic covering in near fine condition. Short closed tear on back of dust jacket. 227 pp., featuring A Statement on Sculpture, written by the artist, an appendix listing all of the major exhibitions and collections of de Creeft's work, and the awards and honors he has received. 284 b/w photographs of the artist's work.

Record # 804618


Price: $45.00 

 

Life and Work of Edward Lamson Henry, N.A., 1841-1919, The


McCausland, M.A., Elizabeth, Illust. by: Edward Lamson Henry

Softcover. Albany, NEW YORK, The University of the State of New York, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Authoritative word of Edward Lamson Henry's life and work. Includes extensive information about his work and method, and contains catalogue of paintings, sketches, and watercolors. Good condition; no interior marks, but cover shows age; wear on the spine, bottom right corner bent.

Record # 804641


Price: $30.00 

 

Henry Farny


Carter, Denny

Hardcover. New York, NEW YORK, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover D.J. Quarto Format. 208 p. 150 black-and-white and 48 colored illustrations. Notes; Bibliography; Index. Collection of paintings of the American West, primarily the Native Americans.

Record # 804685


Price: $96.00 

 

Indian Rawhide: An American Folk Art


Morrow, Mable, Illust. by: Mable Morrow

Hardcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 243 pages. Acetate-protected duotone illustrated dust jacket, patterned endpapers, b&w and color drawings and paintings by Mable Morrow, b&w photographs. Price-clipped, very light wear to edges of dust jacket; overall a very tight, clean copy.

Record # 804697


Price: $38.00 

 

Art Glass Noveau


Grover, Ray & Lee

Softcover. Rutland, VT, The Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, A catalogue of various pieces of glass art. Contains 424 color plates, including 50 full-page plates, with descriptive captions. Very good condition, dust jacket has some discoloration and very slight wrinkling on the edges of the spine. Prior owner's name and date written in ink inside the cover. Cardboard slipcase.

Record # 804743


Price: $21.00 

 

Chicago Ceramics & Glass: An Illustrated History from 1871 to 1933


Darling, Sharon S., Illust. by: Walter W. Krutz

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Chicago Historical Society, 1st, 1979, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, History of the art of glass and ceramics in Chicago. Focuses on both small-scale, decorative works and larger, architectural pieces. Illustrated with 221 photographs (mostly black/white, few color). Dust jacket in very good condition, shows slight rubbing on the back, but cloth bound book in near fine condition with virtually no flaws.

Record # 804749


Price: $64.00 

 

Memorial to a Marriage


Kirstein & Thompson, Lincoln & Jerry L., Illust. by: Jerry L. Thompson

Hardcover. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st, 1989, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Photograph album and essay on the Saint-Gaudens Memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Includes 11 full-page color photographs, and the text is illustrated with other black/white period photographs. Near fine condition.

Record # 804763


Price: $13.00 

 

North American Indian Mythology


Burland, Cottie

Hardcover. Middlesex, England, Paul Hamlyn/Hamlyn House, New, 1968, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated account of North American Indian mythology. Features chapters on culture and spirituality of various regional groups. 24 color pages, and over 100 additional black/white illustrations. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, no internal marks. Dust jacket in very good condition with very slight rubbing.

Record # 804784


Price: $16.00 

 

Experts' Choice: 1000 Years of the Art Trade


Walker, John

Hardcover. New York, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Publishers, Inc., 1st, 1983, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Based on an exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts featuring pieces from both private and public collections selected by art dealers. 214 pp. Over 100 full-color illustrations, nearly all are full-page. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, dust jacket has only very slight wear at the edges.

Record # 804824


Price: $18.00 

 

History of English Costume, A


Brooke, Iris, Illust. by: Iris Brooke

Hardcover. London, Methuen & Company, Ltd., 2nd, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, History of English costume from the eleventh through the twentieth centuries. 224 pp. Contains 4 color plates and over 100 black/white drawings. Cloth bound book is in good condition, cover very faded and slightly loose. Dust jacket is in fair condition, has small tears near the edges and some moisture damage on the spine.

Record # 804826


Price: $19.00 

 

Antiques Book, The: Outstanding Authoritative Articles on Ceramics, Furniture, Glass, Silver, Pewter, Architecture, Prints and Other Collecting Interests


Winchester, Ed., Alice

Hardcover. New York, Bonanza Books, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Informative volumes on various types of antiques. 319 pages with 96 illustrated pages, overall including more than 200 black/white photographs. Book is in very good condition, no obvious wear; previous owner's name, date, and location written in ink inside the cover. Dust jacket has slight tearing on the top edge.

Record # 804831


Price: $11.00 

 

Revealed Masters: 19th Century American Art


Gerdts, William H.

Softcover. New York, The American Federation of Arts, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. 16 full color reproductions of family members in Colonial costumes. Intact and very clean.

Record # 804834


Price: $8.00 

 

Constantinople Old and New


Dwight, H. G.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated historical volume on the city of Constantinople. 567 pp., includes 164 black/white illustrations, mostly reproduced photographs. Very good condition: gilt-edged pages, slight wear on the spine and corners of the cover. Previous owners' names and dates written inside the cover and on p. vii.

Record # 804836


Price: $96.00 

 

Skyscraper Primitives: Dada and the American Avant-Garde, 1910-1925


Tashjian, Dickran

Hardcover. Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, The influence of Dada on the artists and poets of the American avant-garde. 283 pages, illustrated with over 90 black/white reproductions. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, no visible wear; dust jacket has very slight wear/creasing on some corners.

Record # 804850


Price: $32.00 

 

John Haley Bellamy: Carver of Eagles


Smith, Yvonne Brault

Hardcover. Hampton, NH, Portsmouth Marine Society/Peter E. Randall, 1982, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Biographical and artistic account of John Haley Bellamy and his renowned woodcarving skills. 103 pages with 65 black/white illustrations and 4 color plates. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, no internal marks; dust jacket is in very good condition, some creasing near the spine.

Record # 804859


Price: $90.00 

 

People's Art, A: Primitive, Naive, Provincial, and Folk Painting in Canada


Harper, J. Russell

Hardcover. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1st , 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 176 pages, 125 illustrations in color and b&w. Very good in a dust jacket with edgewear, light soil.

Record # 804866


Price: $19.00 

 

Miniatures and Silhouettes of Early American Jews


London, Hannah R.

Softcover. Rutland VT, Charles E. Tuttle, 1st thus, 1970, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Combines two books by London, Shades of My Forefathers and Miniatures of Early American Jews, 154 and 199 pages, in one volume. 124 b&w illustrations. Like new in a cardboard slipcase.

Record # 804867


Price: $42.00 

 

Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio: A Comprehensive Overview of Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio, Mid-Nineteenth Century to Present


Campen, Richard N.

Hardcover. Chagrin Falls, OH, West Summit Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 175 pages, illustrated with many b&w photographs. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. Some sun-fade to area of dust jacket otherwise very good overall.

Record # 804873


Price: $13.00 

 

History of American Marine Painting


John , Wilmerding

Hardcover. Salem, MA, Peabody Museum, 1st, 1968, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover Quarto. xxiii + 279 pp. Includes bibliography, notes and index. Contains one hundred sixty-eight full page black & white illustrations and sixteen full-color plates. Green cloth over boards with gilt title stamped on spine, Near fine condition with dust jacket in very good condition, minor tear to upper spine of jacket. Previous owner's inscription on inside fly leaf.

Record # 804879


Price: $32.00 

 

Robert Salmon: Painter of Ship and Shore


Wilmerding, John

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Boston Public Library, 1st, 1971, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover with original dust jacket, both in near fine condition. 123 pp., 6 color and 50 b.w. illustrations. Four page museum catalogue laid in. Previous owners signature on front fly leaf (in pencil).

Record # 804888


Price: $128.00 

 

Auguste Edouart's Silhouettes of Eminent Americans 1839-1844


Oliver, Andrew

Hardcover. Charlottesville VA, University Press of Virginia, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 553 pages, 348 full-page portraits in b&w. Includes a catalogue of 3,800 silhouettes by the artist. Very good in a crisp, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 804912


Price: $51.00 

 

Art Idea, The


Jarves, James Jackson

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press , 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 313 pages. Reprint of the 1864 original. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. previous owner's inscription in front. A very crisp, clean and well preserved copy

Record # 804941


Price: $13.00 

 

18th Century Wedgwood: a Guide for Collectors & Connoisseurs


Buten, David

Hardcover. New York, Methuen, Inc, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. b&w and color illustrations throughout. Monograph of Josiah Wedgwood,1730-1795. 18th century English pottery.Cream cloth spine, gilt lettering, blue cover. Dust jacket with light edge wear. Nice, clean and tight copy

Record # 804945


Price: $22.00 

 

Fairground Art: the Art Forms of Traveling Fairs, Carousels and Carnival Midways


Weedon, Geoff, Richard Ward

Hardcover. London, England, White House Editions, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages. b&w and color photos throughout. Beautifully illustrating the art of the Circus, with thematically arranged chapters. Rare. Folio. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Original slip case decorated by Fred Fowle. Minor wear to slip case opening edge, still very good copy,

Record # 804950


Price: $128.00 

 

Masterpieces of Glass


Charleston, Robert J.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 239 pages. 102 full page plates in full color. Beautifully illustrating a vast collection of the finest glass in the Corning museum ranging from ancient Egyptian, Roman, Frankish, Islamic and Bohemian through to Studio glass, with commentary to 102 plates. Folio. Cream cloth with slight yellowing to upper and lower edges, gilt lettering to spine and gilt decoration to front cover. Pictorial dust jacket with minor wear. Clean, crisp and tight copy.

Record # 804951


Price: $64.00 

 

American Pewter in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston


Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Department of American Decorative Arts & Sculpture

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1st, 1974, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: Poor, 119 pages, catalogue of black and white photographic illustrations arranged by state. Includes introduction, bibliography, and checklist of American Pewter in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Book binding in fair condition, small white stains on upper left-hand corner of front cover. Dust jacket shows wear and is ripped at the top of the binding.

Record # 804980


Price: $13.00 

 

Album of American Battle Art 1755-1918, An


Mugridge, Donald H. and Helen F. Conover

Hardcover. New York, NY, Da Capo Press, Inc., 2nd, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 319 pages, contains 150 black and white plates. Includes graphic index and list of negatives. Dust jacket shows wear on corners and edges. Overall a tight, clean copy.

Record # 804981


Price: $19.00 

 

Somehow A Past: The Autobiography of Marsden Hartley


Hartley, Marsden

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Autobiography of American modernist Marsden Hartley, edited and with an introduction by Susan Elizabeth Ryan. 246 pages with 45 black/white illustrations, including photographs and reproductions of Hartley's work. Book is in fine, like new condition, no visible defects or signs of wear.

Record # 804988


Price: $26.00 

 

Gilbert Stuart


Whitely, William T.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Biography of painter Gilbert Stuart and his career in both Europe and the United States. 240 pages with 7 black/white full-page illustrations. Book is in very good condition, a few bumps/marks on the spine and back cover. Previous owner's name written in pencil inside the front cover.

Record # 805038


Price: $16.00 

 

Portraits of John Marshall, The


Oliver, Andrew

Hardcover. Charlottesville, VA, University Press of Virginia, 1st, 1977, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Historical work on the many portraits that exist of the chief justice John Marshall. 209 pages, illustrated with 123 black/white reproductions of paintings and photographs. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, pencil mark on the top edges of some pages. Dust jacket is in very good condition, front cover is very clean, back shows some rubbing/few creases; few light spots on the spine.

Record # 805040


Price: $13.00 

 

Louis C. Tiffany's Art Glass


Koch, Robert

Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers, Inc, 2nd, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 134 pages. B&w and color photographs throughout. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dust jacket, small tear to lower right corner of front cover, tiny bump to upper edge of spine. Nice tight copy.

Record # 805072


Price: $19.00 

 

American Furniture from the First Colonies to World War I


Butler, Joseph T.

Hardcover. London, England, Triune Books, rep, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Reference guide for American furniture design from the colonial period up until World War I. 144 pages, illustrated with 240 photographs, 40 of which are in full-color. Cloth bound book is in very good condition, old price sticker attached inside the cover. Dust jacket is price-clipped and shows edge wear and has small rip near the top of the spine.

Record # 805077


Price: $13.00 

 

Artist's Proof: The Annual of Contemporary Prints, Vol. VII


Eichenberg, Ed., Fritz

Hardcover. New York, Pratt Center for Contemporary Printmaking/Barre Publishers, rep, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Collection of articles on various artistic trends and accompanied by particular pieces. 128 pages, fully illustrated with numerous black/white photographs and reproductions. Cloth bound book is in very good condition, slight bumping to the ends of the spine, very clean interior pages. Dust jacket has some light discoloration/rubbing and light edge wear, very good condition.

Record # 805088


Price: $13.00 

 

Famous Colonial Houses


Hollister, Paul M. , Illust. by: James Preston

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay Company Publishers, 1st, 1921, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Famous colonial houses with descriptions of their historical significance. Full-page color illustrations by James Preston. 170 pages. Paper shows some age toning. Blue cloth covers with gold gilt title. The cloth shows wear around the edges and has small piece torn loose at the top.

Record # 805106


Price: $29.00 

 

Discovering the Present: Three Decades in Art, Culture, & Politics


Rosenberg, Harold

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press , 1st, 1973, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in near fine condition with dust jacket in very good condition (minor tear to lower edge of back cover). 336 pp. index included. "The book's five sections deal with illusions arising from various intellectual disciplines; the socio-political dynamics of the contemporary art world; problems of identity in American culture; the situation of the Jew in the contemporary world; and the role of myth in modern politics.

Record # 805114


Price: $22.00 

 

English, Scottish & Irish: Table Glass: From the Sixteenth Century to 1820


Hughes, G. Bernard

Hardcover. New York , Bramhall House, 1st, 1956, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in near fine condition and dust jacket in very good condition (minor tears to upper spine and upper edge of back cover). 410 pages with index. 308 illustrations in black and white, 2 in color. "Both in its text and in its illustrations this is the most complete account so far published of the Table Glass produced in England, Scotland and Ireland from the sixteenth century to 1820.

Record # 805118


Price: $16.00 

 

American Folk Art of the Twentieth Century


Johnson & Ketchum, Jr., Jay & William C.

Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., na, 1983, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Comprehensive guide to American folk art and artists. Features biographical profiles of over 100 artists, each entry accompanied by color illustrations of their work, most full or double-page. 342 pages. Dust jacket and cloth bound book are in near fine condition, pages numbers written in ink by a previous owner inside the cover.

Record # 805126


Price: $26.00 

 

Art & Antiques Magazine September 1986


Wick (editor), Allison

Softcover. New York, Art & Antiques Associates, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, September 1986 issue of Art & Antiques magazine featuring Andrew Wyeth's secret paintings of Helga. Other articles: How to Spot a Fake Antique: The Five Telltale Signs - The Biedermeier Factor: How Michael Graves Adopted a 19th Century Style - For Love of the Chase: A Hunting Classic Comes to Light - Picasso and Company - The Mage and the Boffins: How James Joyce Underpainted his Masterpiece - and more. Very good condition with no markings or tears. Minimal wear to covers.

Record # 805138


Price: $18.00 

 

18th Century Wedgwood: a Guide for Collectors & Connoisseurs


Buten, David

Hardcover. New York, Methuen, Inc, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. b&w and color illustrations throughout. Works of Josiah Wedgwood, 1730-1795. 18th century English pottery. Cream cloth spine, gilt lettering, blue cover. Dust jacket edge wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 805162


Price: $26.00 

 

Charles Willson Peale: Artist and Patriot


Briggs, Berta N.

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., rep, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Biography of intriguing American painter Charles Willson Peale of the Revolutionary War period. 262 pages with 10 black/white reproductions of paintings. Cloth bound book is in very good condition, slight bumping to the ends of the spine, few spots on the top edges of pages but internal pages very clean. Dust jacket is in fair condition with some edge wear and rubbing.

Record # 805176


Price: $13.00 

 

Charles Willson Peale: Son of Liberty, Father of Art and Science


Plate, Robert

Hardcover. New York, David McKay Company, Inc., rep, 1967, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Biography of American portraitist Charles Willson Peale. 276 pages illustrated with 16 black/white reproductions of Peale's paintings. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, very clean copy. Dust jacket is in very good condition with some edge wear.

Record # 805178


Price: $10.00 

 

California Design 1910


Andersen, Timothy J., Eudorah M. Moore, Robert W. Winter (editors)

Softcover. Santa Barbara & Salt Lake City, Peregrine Smith, Inc, reprint, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Reprint of original 1974 edition. Includes paintings, pottery, ceramics, metalwork, household furnishings, and architecture. 144 pages illustrated in b&w. A clean, unmarked copy. The top layer of paper has been scraped away on front bottom right corner on cover (the size of a dime).

Record # 805191


Price: $19.00 

 

Exhibition of New Haven Silver, An


The New Haven Colony Historical Society

Softcover. New Haven, CT, New Haven Colony Historical Society, 2nd, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibiton catalog of silver by New Haven silversmiths at the Yale University art gallery. Includes catalog of silversmiths, with small biographical summaries and reproduction of inscription of their initials. Text followed by 33 full-page b&w reproductions. Cover shows tiny bit of scratching/rubbing, overall a very good, clean copy.

Record # 805206


Price: $13.00 

 

Life and Letters of Washington Allston


Flagg, Jared B.

Hardcover. New York, Da Capo Press, Reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 805227


Price: $19.00 

 

American Audience for Art, The


Childs, Charles D. & others

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Boston Public Library, 1st, 1972, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 57 pages. Limited edition of 1500 copies. Yellow pictorial paper boards, tan letters to spine, light wear. No dust jacket. A nice, tight copy

Record # 805238


Price: $10.00 

 

Treasures of the Library of Congress


Goodrum, Charles A.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 318 pages. Blue cloth cover with silver embossed seal to front cover and silver lettering to spine, color illustrated dust jacket, 439 illustrations including 156 plates in full color, fully indexed. Light wear to cover, mild rubbing to dust jacket; overall a clean, tight copy.

Record # 805261


Price: $51.00 

 

Treasures of the Library of Congress, Revised and Expanded Edition


Goodrum, Charles A.

Hardcover. New York, Harry Abrams, reprint, 1991, Book: Fine, Dust Jacket: Fine, 344 pages. Revised and expanded edition. Blue cloth cover, color illustrated dust jacket, 460 illustrations including 173 in color plates, many full page, and 1 multi-page fold-out. Book still in original shrink wrap; an excellent copy.

Record # 805262


Price: $96.00 

 

Currier & Ives: Pictorial History of American Battle


Freeman, G. L.

Hardcover. Watkins Glen, New York, Century House, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 101 pages. White cover with blue & red illustrations to cover, numerous full page b&w plates with accompanying description. Light wear to cover; overall a clean, tight copy.

Record # 805264


Price: $16.00 

 

Currier & Ives: Printmakers to the American People


Peters, Harry T.

Hardcover. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 41 pages, plus 192 illustrated plates. Gray cloth cover with decorative border and color illustration to cover, black and gilt lettering to spine, includes both color and b&w plates of Currier & Ives's prints. Light wear and rubbing to cover, previous owner's name and date to front endpaper; overall a clean, tight copy.

Record # 805266


Price: $45.00 

 

20th Century Design: U.S.A.


Friedman, William

Softcover. Buffalo NY, Albright Art Gallery, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages, illustrated in b&w. A survey exhibition that traveled to 8 museums, 1959-1960. A cross section of fine industrial design covering all catagories of consumer goods. Clean, tight copy of an important exhibition catalog.

Record # 805291


Price: $64.00 

 

American Academy of Fine Arts and American Art-Union: Introduction 1816 - 1852


Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett

Hardcover. New York, New York Historical Society, reprint, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 311 pages. Green cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine, b&w frontispiece and 21 plates throughout. Light wear to cover edges; overall a tight, clean copy.

Record # 805303


Price: $96.00 

 

Book of Wallpaper, The


Entwisle, E. A.

Hardcover. London, Arthur Baker, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 151 pages. Blue cloth cover, acetate-protected color illustrated dust jacket, color frontispiece, 2 color and 72 b&w plates. Chipping and wear to dust jacket edges and spine, top of spine cover chipped; overall a tight, clean copy.

Record # 805311


Price: $26.00 

 

American Beauties: Women in Art and Litterature


Sullivan, Charles

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1993, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 159 pages. 99 illustrations, including 45 plates in full color. Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Red pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Beautiful copy. Like new.

Record # 805323


Price: $10.00 

 

Spa Fever


Freeman, Dr. Larry

Softcover. Watkins Glen, NY, Century House Publishers, 1st, 1981, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages, b&w illustrations. Limited. Blue pictorial paper wrappers with minor wear, else like new.

Record # 805334


Price: $13.00 

 

History of Costume


Kohler, Carl

Softcover. New York, Dover, 1st, 1963, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in near fine condition. Over 600 patterns and illustrations. 464 pages. Begins with the Egyptians and other peoples of antiquity and ends in the end of the 19th century. This Dover edition, first published in 1963, is an unabridged republication of the English translation first published by George G. Harrap and Company, Limited in 1928.

Record # 805359


Price: $16.00 

 

History of Costume


Kohler, Carl

Softcover. New York, Dover, 1st, 1963, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in near fine condition. Over 600 patterns and illustrations. 464 pages. Begins with the Egyptians and other peoples of antiquity and ends in the end of the 19th century. This Dover edition, first published in 1963, is an unabridged republication of the English translation first published by George G. Harrap and Company, Limited in 1928.

Record # 805360


Price: $16.00 

 

Age of the Revolution and Early Republic in Fine and Decorative Arts 1750-1824


Kennedy Galleries, Inc.

Softcover. New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., 1st, 1977, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Catalog of 144 exhibits, organized in six sections: paintings, furniture, silver, miniatures, accessories, and engravings. Illustrated in b&w. A good copy, very clean. There is tearing along the spine. Rubbing/scratching on front and back covers.

Record # 805373


Price: $10.00 

 

Art Museums of New England, The: New Hampshire, Vermont & Maine


Faison, Jr., S. Lane

Softcover. Boston, Massachusetts, David R. Godine, 2nd, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Reference guide to New England art museums in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. 463 pages plus an index. Illustrations include three black/white maps and 103 black/white photographs. Very good condition, slight edge wear and few scratches to the back cover.

Record # 805376


Price: $13.00 

 

Art of Healing, The: Medicine and Science in American Art


Gerdst, William H.

Softcover. Atlanta, Georgia, Perry Communications, Inc, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 119 pages illustrated throughout with prints in color and b&w. Gray pictorial stiff wrappers with light wear to edges and spine, and small wrinkle to lower corner of front cover, else a very nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 805399


Price: $8.00 

 

Leon Kroll: A Spoken Memoir


Hale, Nancy & Fredson Bowers

Hardcover. Charlottesville, NC, University Press of Virginia, 1st, 1983, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 140 pages + 163 b&w prints. Monograph of a painter who carried the standard of realism through the 20th century while the artistic movement raced toward abstraction. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and white pictorial dust jacket. Minor bumps to right corners and lower edge of spine, otherwise a very nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 805403


Price: $45.00 

 

Drawings and Digressions


Rivers, Larry & Carol Brightman,

Hardcover. New York, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1st, 1979, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 263 pages. 285 duotone illustrations, 70 in full color. Presents a fascinating tour through the life and work of a vital figure in New York School. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to edges and back cover, else like new.

Record # 805421


Price: $45.00 

 

Biographical Sketches of American Artists


Earle , Helen L.

Hardcover. Collingwood, NJ, Anthony C. Schmidt Fine Arts, 5th, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 370 pages. An unabridged republication of the edition originally published by the Michigan State Library in 1924. Maroon leatherette with gilt titles to front and spine. No dust jacket. Small stain to bottom edge, else like new.

Record # 805433


Price: $16.00 

 

Quilts to Wear


Avery, Virginia

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1982, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 141 pages illustrated throughout with 135 photos, some in color. Tan cloth spine with purple paper boards. Purple pictorial dust jacket with minor tear to back flap, else like new.

Record # 805441


Price: $13.00 

 

Decorative Thirties, The


Battersby, Martin

Hardcover. New York, Walker & Company, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages illustrated throughout with over 180 plates in color and b&w. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with slightly worn edges. Gray pictorial dust jacket with light wear and chipping, and a few closed tears to back cover. Overall a nice, tight, clean copy.

Record # 805450


Price: $22.00 

 

Contemporary Decorative Arts: From 1940 to the Present


Garner, Philippe

Hardcover. New York, Facts on File, Inc., 1st, 1980, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages illustrated throughout with photos in color and b&w. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. White pictorial dust jacket with minor wear to edges and slight wrinkles to back cover. A very nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 805451


Price: $13.00 

 

More Marine Paintings and Drawings in the Peabody Museum


Smith, Philip Chadwick Foster

Hardcover. Salem, MA, Peabody Museum of Salem, 1st, 1979, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Limited edition, # 90/3000 copies. 166 pages illustrated with over 200 plase in color and b&w. Red cloth with gilt title to spine, pictorial dust jacket. Beautiful copy in original slipcase. Like new.

Record # 805455


Price: $51.00 

 

Cultural Calendar of the 20th Century


Lucie-Smith, Edward

Hardcover. Oxford, Phaidon Press Limited, 1st, 1979, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 184 pages, b&w and color illustrations throughout. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Orange pictorial dust jacket with sunned covers and spine, otherwise a nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 805469


Price: $13.00 

 

Currents of Change: Art and Life Along the Mississippi River 1850-1861


Busch, Jason T., Christopher Monkhouse & Janet L. Whitmore

Softcover. Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1st, 2004, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 189 pp. 136 color illustrations. Essays about life and art in the Mississippi River region.

Record # 805475


Price: $18.00 

 

Late Victorian Interiors & Interior Details


Tuthill, Wm. B

Softcover. NY, American Life Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in near fine condition. A facsimile of Wm. B Tuthill's Interiors and Interior Details, 1882. B&W illustrations throughout. A tight, near new copy.

Record # 805478


Price: $26.00 

 

Boudinot family portraits and possessions in the Art Museum, Princeton University


Backlin-Landman, Hedy

Softcover. Princeton, NJ, Art Museum, Princeton University, 1st, na, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Red stapled covers with b&w illustration, includes two articles by author reprinted from the publication Antiques, frontispiece, 35 b&w plates. Light wear to cover; otherwise a very tight, clean copy.

Record # 805509


Price: $10.00 

 

Early Arts in the Genesee Valley: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries


Genesee Valley Council on the Arts

Softcover. Geneseo, NY, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts, 1st, 1974, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 158 page catalog that is number three in a series published by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts. Includes numerous b&w illustrations of various portraits, landscape paintings, animal paintings, pieces of furniture, fabrics and stitching, and decorative pieces. There are text descriptions accompanying each piece of art. This is a catalog of an exhibition held by the Council about the social functions of the arts in the 18th and 19th centuries. In near fine condition, a very clean copy.

Record # 805519


Price: $13.00 

 

Directory of Corporate Art Collections


N/A

Softcover. Largo, FL, International Art Alliance, Inc,, 3rd, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, This second edition includes descriptions corporate art collections, listed in alphabetical order. Also includes cross-indexes which list the collections by state and by personnel. In very good condition, a clean copy. There is a small amount of rubbing wear on front and back covers.

Record # 805528


Price: $22.00 

 

American Folk Sculpture: The Work of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Craftsmen


Winser, Egner, et. al., Beatrice, Arthur F., et. al.

Softcover. Newark, New Jersey, Newark Museum, 1st, 1931, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalogue featuring American folk sculpture, including wood carvings, decoys, and weather vanes. 108 pages with 24 black/white plates to accompany essays and catalogue entries. Near fine condition, only very slight edge wear, no other visible flaws.

Record # 805532


Price: $35.00 

 

American Folk Sculpture: The Work of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Craftsmen


Winser, Egner, et. al., Beatrice, Arthur F., et. al.

Softcover. Newark, New Jersey, Newark Museum, 1st, 1931, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalogue featuring American folk sculpture, including wood carvings, decoys, and weather vanes. 108 pages with 24 black/white plates to accompany essays and catalogue entries. Near fine condition, some edge wear, small ink mark inside the cover.

Record # 805533


Price: $35.00 

 

John Doe, Bottle Collector


Tibbitts, John C.

Softcover. Sacramento, California, Little Glass Shack, The, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Guide to bottle collecting. 124 pages with 27 black/white plates. Good condition, covers show some fading/rubbing, previous owner's name, date, and location written in ink inside the cover.

Record # 805543


Price: $8.00 

 

Probing the Earth: Contemporary Land Projects


Beardlsey, John

Softcover. Washington, DC, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. 111 pages illustrated throughout with 68 plates, including 2 in color. Stiff wrappers. Light wear to edges and spine and small smudge to back cover. Nice, tight copy.

Record # 805571


Price: $22.00 

 

Young America: Children and Art


N/A

Softcover. Sandwich MA, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 101 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Essay by Lynette and Thomas Long. Exhibition catalog with color illustrated wrappers. Several pages with paper clip impressions in top margin, otherwise very good.

Record # 805587


Price: $32.00 

 

Children of America: A Study of Images and Attitudes


Humm, Rosamund Olmsted

Softcover. Atlanta, Georgia, The High Museum of Art, 1st, 1978, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. 72 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Blue pictorial stiff wrappers. Light wear to edges, spine worn with a few small tears. Overall a nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 805590


Price: $11.00 

 

Korean Collection of the Peabody Essex Museum


Bean, Susan S. & Frederic A. Sharf

Softcover. Salem, MA, Peabody Essex Museum, 1st, 1999, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 94 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Slight curl to front cover, else like new.

Record # 805632


Price: $16.00 

 

Dali Adventure 1943-1973, The: A Photo Album


Morse, , A. Reynolds and Eleanor R. Morse

Softcover. Cleveland, Ohio, The Salvador Dali Museum, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, illustrated throughout with b&w photographs of Salvador Dali, Gala and the authors. Oblong folio. White stiff wrappers. Light wear to covers and slight stain to spine, else a very nice, tight copy.

Record # 805653


Price: $19.00 

 

Animal Kingdom in American Art, The


N/A

Softcover. Syracuse, New York, Everson Museum of Art, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. 108 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Oblong. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Light wear to covers and spine, else a very nice, tight, clean copy.

Record # 805671


Price: $26.00 

 

American Indian Design and Decoration


Appleton, Leroy H.

Softcover. New York, Dover Publications, Reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 277 pages, illustrated throughout with over 700 illustrations from the entire western hemisphere. Formerly titled: Indian of the Americas. Reprint of the original 1950 edition. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Light wear to edges, slight wrinkle to lower corner of back cover, else like new.

Record # 805694


Price: $13.00 

 

David Levine's Gallery


Levine, David

Softcover. New York, NY, New York Review of Books, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 12 unbound plates with introductory sheet in folding cover. Tan folding cover with dark brown type. Very light wear to folding cover; overall a clean, tight copy.

Record # 805785


Price: $12.00 

 

Words and Music: Caricatures of writers, composers, and performers from the New York Review of Books


Levine, David

Softcover. New York, NY, New York Review of Books, 1st, unknown, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 12 unbound plates with introductory sheet in folding cover. Tan folding cover with dark brown type. Very light wear to folding cover; overall a clean, tight copy.

Record # 805786


Price: $12.00 

 

Jumping Cholla: Genesis of a Bronze Sculpture


Christie, Keith

Softcover. Flagstaff, AZ, Northland Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 67 pages. Brown wrappers with color illustration to front cover, profusely illustrated with b&w figures, diagrams and illustrations, 5 pages of color illustrations, glossary. Light rubbing to cover; overall, a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 805813


Price: $12.00 

 

Southwestern Indian Arts & Crafts


Bahti, Tom

Softcover. Flagstaff, AZ, KC Publications, 1st, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Stapled covers with color illustration and white titles, illustrated throughout with color and b&w plates. Light wear and rubbing to covers and edges.

Record # 805850


Price: $15.00 

 

Bernard Moore: Master Potter 1850-1935


Moore, Bernard

Softcover. London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 27 pages. Exhibition catalog. Color illustrated stapled covers with black titles, foreword by Roy Strong, introduction by Aileen Dawson, checklist of exhibition, numerous b&w plates throughout. Light rubbing to covers; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 805996


Price: $22.00 

 

Eileen Gray: Designer 1879-1976


Johnson, J. Stewart

Softcover. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 67 pages. Color illustrated laminated covers, perfect binding, profusely illustrated with b&w plates. Extremely light wear to covers; book in great condition.

Record # 806005


Price: $26.00 

 

Grueby


Grueby, William H.

Softcover. Syracuse, NY, Everson Museum of Art, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Exhibition catalog. Pink stapled covers with white titles and color illustration, foreword by Ronald A. Kuchta, essay by Robert W. Blasberg, 19 color and b&w illustrated figures, catalog of the exhibition. Light rubbing to covers, some numerical listings circled in pencil by previous owner; otherwise a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806031


Price: $35.00 

 

New Mexico Santero, The


Boyd, E.

Softcover. New Mexico, Museum of New Mexico, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog.Yellow stapled covers with b&w illustration, b&w plates throughout. Light wear to covers; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806098


Price: $12.00 

 

Bibliography of the Published Works of Charles M. Russell


Yost, Karl and Frederic G. Renner

Hardcover. Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 317 pages. Complete bibliography records and describes approximately 3500 works, comprising all works published through 1966. Brown covers with white cloth spine, color illustrated dust jacket, 42 plates with 18 in full color. Light rubbing to dust jacket and wear to jacket edges, miild foxing and soiling to spine; otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 806112


Price: $50.00 

 

Indian Sandpainting of the Greater Southwest: Excerpts from Tapestries in Sand


Villasenor, David

Softcover. Healdsburg, CA, Naturegraph Company, 1st, 1963, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. 16 color prints. Tan staple cover with color illustration. Descriptions and plates of 16 permanent sand paintings. Price sticker in top left corner. Ink inscription on title page. Mild rubbing to cover.

Record # 806196


Price: $12.00 

 

Eighteenth-Century Meissen Porcelain


Miller II, J. Jefferson

Softcover. Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 68 pages. Exhibition catalog. White covers with gilt titles and color illustration, foreword by Pinkney L. Near, 2 color plates, 68 b&w plates. Light rubbing to covers; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806226


Price: $13.00 

 

Paintings and Drawings by J. Francis Murphy


Murphy, J. Francis

Softcover. New York, American Art Association, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 150 pages. Reprint of 1926 auction catalog. Orange covers with black titles, perfect binding, profusely illustrated with b&w plates, foreword by Dana H. Carroll. Slight rubbing to covers; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806272


Price: $150.00 

 

American Naval Prints


U.S. Naval Academy Museum

Softcover. Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. Naval Academy Museum, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 121 pages. White covers with color illustration, perfect binding, introduction by Robert B. Stein, 65 large b&w plates. Slight wear to covers; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806273


Price: $15.00 

 

Phaidon Guide to Glass


Mehlman, Felice

Softcover. New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages. Black covers with white titles and color illustration, profusely illustrated with color and b&w plates, glossary. Light rubbing to covers; overall a clean, tight copy.

Record # 806280


Price: $15.00 

 

Prints, the facts and fun of collecting


Rosen, Randy

Softcover. New York, E. P. Dutton, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages. Black covers with white titles and color illustration, perfect binding, 24 color plates on glossy paper, 245 b&w figures throughout text. Two clipped articles from ARTnews and unknown newspaper dated 1978 included. Light rubbing to covers; overall a clean, tight copy.

Record # 806285


Price: $15.00 

 

Norman Rockwell: Sixteen Works from a Midwestern Corporate Collection


Sotheby's

Softcover. New York, Sotheby's, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Auction catalog. Color illustrated covers, perfect binding, 16 full color plates. Very slight wear to covers; a clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 806292


Price: $13.00 

 

Maryland Collects: American Art Pottery 1882-1946


Baltimore Museum of Art

Softcover. Baltimore, Maryland, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 16 pages. White stapled covers with color illustration and black titles, foreword by Arnold L. Lehman, introduction by Michael R. Merson, complete catalog of 121 items6 color and 4 b&w plates.

Record # 806301


Price: $16.00 

 

Collections of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, The


Ketchum, Jr., William C.

Softcover. Rochester NY, Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 66 pages. Exhibition catalog. Mono-tone illustrated covers, perfect binding, 11 full page color plates, 122 b&w illustrated figures, introduction by H. J. Swinney. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806345


Price: $12.00 

 

Ackermann's Costume Plates: Women's Fashions in England, 1818-1928


Blum (ed.), Stella

Softcover. New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 90 pages. Stiff blue covers with color illustration, perfect binding, 87 full page b&w plates with accompanying descriptions, glossary. Slight rubbing to covers; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806358


Price: $12.00 

 

Stained Glass: Music for the Eye


Hill, Robert, Jane Hill, and Hans Halberstadt

Softcover. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 108 pages. Brief introduction and overview of stained glass history and techniques. Mainly a photographic collection. Full color. Slight scratches and wear on cover. Small blue blemish on front cover inside.

Record # 806459


Price: $12.00 

 

Carrot for a Nose, A: The Form of Folk Sculpture on America's City Streets and Country Roads


Gladstone, M. J.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scriber's Sons, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 72 pages. Orange cloth covers with gilt titles to spine and embossed graphic decoration to front, dark blue dust jacket with color illustration, color frontispiece, color and b&w photographic plates throughout. Mild rubbing to dust jacket, book has very slight odor; overall a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806475


Price: $12.00 

 

Graven by the Fishermen Themselves


Malley, Richard C.

Softcover. Connecticut, Scrimshaw in Mystic Seaport Museum, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 155 pages. Orange covers, white titles and color illustrated plate to front, perfect binding, foreword by J. Revell Carr, numerous b&w photographic plates throughout, 4 full-page full-color plates. Mild rubbing to covers, left half of front cover discolored with age; otherwise a very tight, clean copy.

Record # 806481


Price: $15.00 

 

Stiegel Glass


Hunter, Federick William

Softcover. New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1st, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 270 pages. Blue covers with color illustration, introduction and notes by Helen McKearin, 169 illustrations including 16 in color. Light rubbing to covers, laminate protection to front cover pealing slightly at bottom right corner, previous owner's inscription in pen to blank preview page; overall a very clean, neat copy.

Record # 806484


Price: $20.00 

 

Quaint Epitaphs


Safford, Susan Darling

Softcover. 3rd, A. J. Ochs & Company, 1st, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 57 pages. Black and red cloth covers with gilt titles, top edge gilt, epitaphs grouped by regional location. Light rubbing to covers, mild wear to spine, previous owner's inscription to prelim; overall a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806496


Price: $18.00 

 

Selections from the Campbell Museum Collection


The Campbell Museum

Softcover. Camden, New Jersey, Campbell Museum, 4th, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Laminate covers with full-color illustration to front, introduction by Carl Christian Dickerson, 150 color plates with accompanying descriptions. Extremely mild wear to covers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 806501


Price: $12.00 

 

Americana from the Daphne Farago Collection


Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Softcover. Providence, Rhode Island, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Exhibition catalog. Gray covers with color illustrated plates to front and rear, white titles, textured monotone endpapers with close-up illustration of nautical painting, foreword by Franklin W. Robinson, essay by Christopher P. Monkhouse, 10 full-page color plates, 110 b&w plates. Very slight wear to cover edges, else a very nice, tight, clean copy.

Record # 806503


Price: $15.00 

 

Technological Innovation of the Decorative Arts


The Hagley Museum

Softcover. Delaware, The Hagley Museum, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Covers completely illustrated with b&w plate, perfect binding, blue titles, profusely illustrated with b&w plates of items featured in exhibition. Mild rubbing to covers; overall a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806525


Price: $12.00 

 

Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, The


Doros, Paul E.

Softcover. Virginia, Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages. Museum catalog. Black covers with color illustration and pink titles to front, foreword by Mario Amaya, introduction by Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 230 color and b&w plates throughout, with accompanying descriptions. Mild rubbing to covers, bottom right corners of rear third of page block mildly wrinkled from water moisture; otherwise a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806544


Price: $40.00 

 

Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, The


Doros, Paul E.

Softcover. Virginia, Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages. Museum catalog. Black covers with color illustration and pink titles to front, foreword by Mario Amaya, introduction by Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 230 color and b&w plates throughout, with accompanying descriptions. Mild rubbing to covers, right edge of page block slightly wrinkled from water moisture; otherwise a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806545


Price: $40.00 

 

Victorian Furniture: Essays from a Victorian Society Autumn Symposium


Ames, Kenneth L.

Softcover. The Victorian Society in America, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Collection of essays. Vol. 8, Nos. 3-4. 254 pages pictorial oversize. Numerous black and white figures and photographs. Color cover features photograph entitled, "The Old Merchant's House," by Jaime Ardiles Arc. Slight wear and blemishes on cover. Near fine interior.

Record # 806557


Price: $18.00 

 

Caucasian, Turcoman, Village, Nomadic and Persian Rugs


Sotheby's

Softcover. New York, Sotheby's, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Auction catalog from Oct. 17, 1979, auction featuring property from various owners. Numerous photographs including 11 color plates. Some wear and use on cover. Interior in very good condition.

Record # 806561


Price: $20.00 

 

Turn of the Century Glass: The Murray Collection of Glass


Zimmerman, Philip D.

Softcover. Hanover, New Hampshire, The Currier Gallery of Art / The University Press of New England, 1st, 1983, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 62 plates, most of which are in color. 96 pages. Illustrated color cover with gold lettering. Very clean copy with minor wear on cover.

Record # 806587


Price: $15.00 

 

Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago, The: The First One Hundred Years


Tvrdik, Valerie, Ed.

Softcover. Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1st, 1977, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 263 page catalog of April 23-June 19, 1977, exhibition by the Art Institute of Chicago. Divided into sections on European Decorative Arts, American Arts, Textiles, and Oriental Arts. Color photograph on front endpage. Numerous black and white illustrations and descriptive text. Art Institute of Chicago price sticker on back cover.

Record # 806598


Price: $12.00 

 

Portraits of a Nineteenth Century Family: A Symposium on the Beecher Family


French, Earl A. and Diana Royce

Softcover. Hartford, CONNECTICUT, Stowe-Day Foundation, First, 1976, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Photographs and essays on the famous Beecher family. 127 pages.

Record # 806687


Price: $12.00 

 

Kentucky Quilts, 1800-1900: The Kentucky Quilt Project


Holstein, Jonathan, and John Finley.

Softcover. New York, Pantheon Books, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 74 page catalog of 44 rich works of Kentucky quilting heritage. 63 color plates and 12 b&w photographs. A comprehensive collection of 19th century Kentucky quilting.

Record # 806696


Price: $12.00 

 

Yasuo Kuniyoshi: Artist as Photographer


Riehlman, Franklin, Tom Wolf, and Bruce Weber

Softcover. West Palm Beach, Fla, Edith C. Blum Art Institute / Bard College / Norton Gallery, First, 1983, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 10.5"x8.5" catalog for exhibition at the Edith C. Blum Art Institute in 1983. 46 pages and additional plates. Essays by Franklin Riehlman, Tom Wolf, and Bruce Weber. 28 full-page b&w photographic plates by Kuniyoshi, in addition to some by others. 42 b&w Kuniyoshi drawings. Accompanied by text. Minors scuffs on back cover. Else in very good condition

Record # 806697


Price: $30.00 

 

Eastern Shore, Virginia, Raised-Panel Furniture, 1730-1830


Melchor, James R., N. Gordon Lohr, and Marilyn S. Melchor

Softcover. Norfolk, Virginia, Chrysler Museum, 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Large format, 135 pages. Cover features before-and-after restoration photographs. Numerous black and white photographs and diagrams with annotations. 8 color plates. Sturdy softcover exhibits some wear. Interior is clean.

Record # 806708


Price: $200.00 

 

Golden Age of the Poster, The


Cirker, Hayward and Blanche (eds)

Softcover. New York, NY, Dover Publications, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Clean, crisp cover and pages and tight binding. Large illustrated cover and beautiful color illustrations throughout. Minor wear to corners and small tear near the spine on the cover.

Record # 806787


Price: $15.00 

 

Early American Furniture with English Eighteenth Century Examples: The Andrew V. Stout Collection of Important English Resist Lustreware


Parke Bernet Galleries Inc.

Softcover. New York, Parke Bernet Galleries Inc. , 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Items in catalog listed for public sale on Saturday, April 5th, 1941. Includes catalog with b&w photographs of items for sale throughout. Front cover torn slightly along edge, else a nice, clean copy.

Record # 806803


Price: $20.00 

 

Chess: East and West, Past and Present


N/A

Softcover. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, rep, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, In-depth catalog of 107 different chess sets, depicted in mostly b&w and and some color photographic reproductions. Includes introduction by Charles K. Wilkinson. Full-color photographic reproduction of chess pieces on front cover. Red front and back endpapers. Visible rubbing to front and back covers, as well as some foxing along spine, otherwise a clean copy with crisp pages.

Record # 806807


Price: $15.00 

 

300 Years of Kitchen collectibles


Franklin, Linda Campbell, Illust. by: Arky, David (Photographer)

Softcover. Florence, AL, Books Americana Inc., 1st, 1981, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 266 pages. Clean illustrated cover, dark with orange writing. Minor rubbing and scratches to rear cover. Black and white illustrations throughout with center section for color photographs. Pages clean and crisp, binding tight. Embossed library stamp on title page.

Record # 806816


Price: $15.00 

 

Art of the Decoy: American Bird Carvings, The


Earnest, Adele

Softcover. Exton, PA, Schiffer Publishing Limited, 1st, 1982, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages. Black and white covers with blue print, in good condition with almost no wear to edges or corners. Clear black and white photography throughout with insert of color photography in the center. Crisp and clean pages.

Record # 806829


Price: $20.00 

 

Quilts from the Indiana Amish: A Regional Collection


Pottinger, David

Softcover. New York, E.P. Dutton, Inc., 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog of quilts made from the Indiana Amish community. 88 pages; 138 color plates; photographs in both color and black & white; cover in color. Text by David Pottinger. In very good condition.

Record # 806891


Price: $12.00 

 

Naked Arts, The: Art and Biology


Fuller, Peter

Softcover. London, Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative Society Ltd., 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Book on art and biology; Peter Fuller draws on zoology, paleontology, biology, and psychoanalysis to assess art. 245 pages; photographs in black & white. In very good condition; slight crease on black cover.

Record # 806893


Price: $12.00 

 

Decade of Decorative Arts, A: The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago


Naeve, Milo M. and Lynn Springer Roberts

Softcover. Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog of decorative arts of The Art Institute of Chicago. 112 pages; 24 color plates. Text by Milo M. Naeve and Lynn Springer Roberts. In very good condition; no marks on cover.

Record # 806902


Price: $20.00 

 

350 Years of Art and Architecture in Maryland


N/A

Softcover. Baltimore, MD, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, 1st, 1984, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy brown cover in great condition. Minor rubbing and almost no wear on edges or corners. Pages are clean and crisp with black and white photographs throughout. Binding is a little creased but still tight. 248 pages.

Record # 806912


Price: $25.00 

 

Maryland Heritage: Five Baltimore Museums Celebrate the American Bicentennial


Boles (Ed), John B.

Softcover. Baltimore, MD, Maryland Historical Society, 1st, 1976, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Brown covers in excellent condition with only a tiny bit of wear on the corners. Fully illustrated fly leaf and title page. Pages are in good condition, with clear photographs of art pieces throughout. Spine is in good condition and the binding is tight. Newspaper clipping laid-in. 249 pages.

Record # 806913


Price: $18.00 

 

Classical Maryland 1815-1845: Fine and Decorative Arts from the Golden Age


N/A

Softcover. Baltimore, MD, Maryland Historical Society, 1st, 1993, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, White illustrated cover in good condition, with gilt type for title. Back cover has a spot. Corners have minor wear and spine is creased at the bottom. Photographs and artistic reproductions throughout with plenty of descriptive text, with crisp and clean pages. An exhibition review, a Winterthur Portfolio cover and envelope are stapled inside the front cover. 185 pages.

Record # 806919


Price: $180.00 

 

Dinner Party: A Symbol of Our Heritage, The


Chicago, Judy, Illust. by: Judy Chicago

Softcover. New York, NY, Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy black covers in good condition, with minor rubbing and crease to upper front corner. Edges are slightly worn. Illustrated fly leaf, title page, and contents page, and black and white illustrations throughout as well as a few beautiful color illustrations. Tight binding. 255 pages.

Record # 806923


Price: $18.00 

 

Indianapolis Collects: American Furniture 1700-1850


Warrum, Richard L.

Softcover. Indianapolis, IN, Speedway Press, Inc., 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Glossy white covers with minor creases. Staple binding. 27 black and white plates with 93 listed. Pages clean and crisp. 28 pages.

Record # 806927


Price: $13.00 

 

American Furniture 1620-1720


Bishop (Ed), Robert

Softcover. Dearborn, MI, The Edison Institute, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy red covers with minor rubbing and creasing. Staple binding. Exhibition from the Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum. 61 plates, each with individual description. Pages clean and crisp. 33 pages.

Record # 806928


Price: $18.00 

 

Williamsburg Cabinetmakers: The Archaeological Evidence


Hume, Ivor No'l

Softcover. Williamsburg, VA, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy illustrated covers with rubbing, especially along the edges. Back cover is sunned. Staple binding. Pages are clean and crisp, but a little faded. 46 black and white plates, each with description. 46 listed at back. Clean and tight. 48 pages.

Record # 806929


Price: $12.00 

 

Best of Friends

Softcover. New York, NY, Museum of American Folk Art, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy black covers with minor rubbing and scratching. Staple binding with clear wear along the spine. Newspaper clippings laid-in. 20 plates, 104 listed.

Record # 806931


Price: $13.00 

 

Artistic Horse-Shoing: A Practical and Scientific Treatise


Rich, Professor George E.

Hardcover. New York, M. T. Richardson, 1st, 1887, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Boards covered in brown cloth with image on front cover. Tear near the gutter on the first few pages including the frontispiece but it does not effect the image depicted. Still has previous owner's inscription from 1888. Some staining on pages but otherwise, a tight, clean copy. This book overs detailed illustrations of various methods of shoeing with special directions "for shaping shoes to cure different diseases of the foot".

Record # 806941


Price: $80.00 

 

Artists of the American West: A Biographical Dictionary Volumes I, II, III


Dawdy, Doris Ostrander

Hardcover. Chicago, The Swallow Press, First, 1980, 81, 85, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Three volumes. Pages: 275+345+568. Volume III contains the three-volume index. This three-volume set is intended as a reference for those studying the American West. All artists included were born before 1900. Black cloth-bound with blue uniform dust jackets. All three volumes well-bound, clean copies. The dust jackets range from very good to near fine with some edgewear and rubbing/scratching.

Record # 806954


Price: $150.00 

 

Dictionary of American Artists: 19th and 20th Centuryr


McGlauflin, Alice Coe (editor)

Hardcover. Poughkeepsie, NY, Glenn Opitz / Apollo Book, reprint, 1982, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 372 pages. Reprint of Volume XXVI American Art Annual, 1929. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition. Book clean and well-bound except for one or two pages with underline in blue ink. Dust jacket shows minor edgewear. Clean jacket with illustrations of American flag and painter's palette.

Record # 806955


Price: $40.00 

 

Bonnin and Morris of Philadelphia: The First American Porcelain Factory, 1770-1772


Hood, Graham

Hardcover. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press, na, 1972, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 78 pages. Monograph of the first china factory In the United States. Includes 32 pages of b&w plates. Book clean, cloth-bound in blue with gold titling. Dust jacket lavender with border print and black lettering. There is a light scratch running across the front of the dust jacket, otherwise this copy is clean and tightly bound.

Record # 806956


Price: $45.00 

 

Archives of American Art: a Directory of Resources


McCoy, Garnett

Hardcover. New York, R R Bowker Company, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 163 pages. List of artists papers which are on file with the archive. In very good condition, the pages quite clean and crisp. Cloth bound in black with gilt lettering. Rubbing to the cover, otherwise a tight and very clean copy.

Record # 806961


Price: $14.00 

 

Furniture: in the Collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum


N/A

Softcover. New York, NY, The Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Gray covers with some creases and minor wear along the edges. Staple binding. Pages in good condition with some minor creases. Fully illustrated end pages and reverse title page. 22 plates, each with a description. 31 pages.

Record # 806969


Price: $12.00 

 

Eighty: An American Souvenir


Sloane, Eric

Softcover. New York, NY, S & R Hayden, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Beautifully illustrated gray cover in excellent condition with only minor rubbing at the bottom edge. Staple binding. 26 half and full page plates, almost all in color. Pages in excellent condition. 24 pages.

Record # 806971


Price: $50.00 

 

Eighty: An American Souvenir


Sloane, Eric

Softcover. New York, NY, S & R Hayden, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Beautifully illustrated gray covers with some spotting on the front and a few marks on the back. Staple binding. 26 half and full page plates, almost all in color. Pages in excellent condition. 24 pages.

Record # 806972


Price: $50.00 

 

Bed, The


N/A

Softcover. New York, NY, Museum of Contemporary Crafts of the American Craftsmen's Council, 1st, 1966, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Purple covers with very little wear, only minor rubbing along the edges. Staple binding. Pages are clean and crisp. 52 b/w plates.

Record # 806973


Price: $18.00 

 

Karl Martz: Potter-Retrospective


Bowie, Carl

Softcover. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Art Museum, 1st, 1977, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Simple gray covers in excellent condition. Minor sunning on the spine and a few rubbing marks on the back. Beautiful transluscent fly leaf and raised photo on the title page, though this is peeling off a bit. Pages are clean and crisp. 30 b/w plates with 222 listed. Other exhibitions and permanent collections listed at back, as well as publications/articles/films/photographs published of the artist's work. 64 pages.

Record # 806974


Price: $77.00 

 

Ruckus World of Red Grooms, The


N/A

Softcover. Elizabeth, NJ, Berkowitz Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. White covers with cut-out showing a full color illustration on the fly page. Covers are slightly worn and sunned around the edges, and there is rubbing on the back in particular. Staple binding. 19 b/w plates, 26 listed in back.

Record # 806975


Price: $13.00 

 

Fashion Plates in the Collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum


The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design

Softcover. New York, NY, The Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy tan covers in excellent condition; only minor sunning on bottom of the front and a small crease. Pages crisp and clean with 30 b/w plates along with description and writing on the history of fashion. 32 pages.

Record # 806980


Price: $12.00 

 

Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages


Martin, Rebecca

Softcover. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy illustrated covers, in excellent condition with almost no wear. Corner slightly bent. Pages clean and crisp. Paper binding in good condition. 42 plates, mostly in b/w and a few in color. Catalogue of 27 items. 68 pages.

Record # 806982


Price: $65.00 

 

Working Class Costume from Sketches of Characters by William Johnstone White, 1818


Clabburn (ed), Pamela

Softcover. London, England, The Costume Society, 1st, 1971, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Blue covers in excellent condition, only some wear along the edges. Paper binding is a little sunned but is still tight. Pages are clean and crisp, with a few marks along the edges. 28 b/w plates with notes at the end. 34 pages.

Record # 806985


Price: $15.00 

 

Vanity Fair


N/A

Softcover. New York, NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 1977, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, White covers with illustrations in excellent condition. Very minor creases. Staple binding also in excellent condition with very little wear. Illustrated end pages and 22 plates inside, with 6 in color. Pages are clean and crisp. Various magazine clippings included relating to fashion.

Record # 807006


Price: $16.00 

 

Silver


Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Softcover. New York, NY, The Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy gray covers with illustration on the front. Corners are a little bent and covers have some rubbing. Staple binding is tight. Pages in excellent condition. 29 b/w photographs and illustrated end pages. 35 pages.

Record # 807011


Price: $20.00 

 

Guide to the Works of Art in New York City, A


Levy (ed), Florence N.

Softcover. New York, NY, Florence N. Levy, 1st, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Brown stapled covers. Ex-lib with usual stamps and marks. Inscription on back of title page from a previous owner. Covers are in good condition, slightly warped. Paper binding is tight but shows a few signs of wear. 49 b/w plates of various museum pieces in New York. 59 pages.

Record # 807013


Price: $12.00 

 

Utica Silver


Fountain Elms

Softcover. Utica, NY, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1st, 1973, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Shiny silver covers with a few small scratches on the back and minor rubbing on both covers. Very little wear on edges. Tight staple binding. Pages are clean and crisp. 25 b/w plates with 165 items in the catalog. 24 pages.

Record # 807014


Price: $13.00 

 

Guidebook to Diplomatic Reception Rooms


Department of State

Softcover. Washington, D.C., Department of State, 1st, 1975, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Orange paper covers in great condition, hardly any wear. Paper binding is tight and pages are clean and crisp. Numerous b/w plates of diplomatic reception rooms along with descriptions. 154 pages.

Record # 807019


Price: $12.00 

 

Hill-Stead Museum, The


Harris, Jean C.

Softcover. Farmington, CT, The Trustees of the Hill-Stead Museum, 1st, 1966, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Light blue covers in pristine condition with only slight wear to edges and corners. Old price sticker on the front cover. Paper binding in good condition, minor wear but still tight. 18 b/w plates and a page of description for each artist's work. Guide to items of other interest in the museum at the back of the book.

Record # 807021


Price: $60.00 

 

Historical Collections of the Essex Institute: Pickman Silver, The


The Essex Insitute

Softcover. Salem, MA, The Essex Institute, Vol 39 No 2, 1903, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pink paper covers, very worn and with a tear at the bottom of the front cover. Sunned around the edges, which are frayed. Staple binding holds together but the paper covering is coming off. Previous price marking on front cover. Many of the pages have foxing, but otherwise are in good condition. 8 b/w illustrations.

Record # 807024


Price: $20.00 

 

Parade of Maryland Fashion


Manakee, Harold R.

Softcover. Baltimore, MD, Maryland Historical Society, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Yellow covers with sketch illustrations. Some rubbing and marking, and corners are slightly worn. Staple binding is tight. Pages are in excellent condition. 16 sketch illustrations of costumes, with 40 listed in the catalog. 35 pages.

Record # 807025


Price: $16.00 

 

Silversmiths of Rochester


Schild, Joan Lynn

Softcover. Rochester, NY, Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, No 8, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue covers with minor sunning along edges. Staple binding is tight. Pages in excellent condition with one large crease on title page. Titled as a Guide Bulletin for the museum. 21 b/w plates and much description and history of silversmiths. 32 pages.

Record # 807027


Price: $35.00 

 

Quilts from Cincinnati Collections


N/A

Softcover. Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati Art Museum, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy illustrated covers with very little wear except for some rubbing on back. Paper binding is tight. Pages are in excellent condition, clean and crisp. 33 color plates, each with description. 40 pages.

Record # 807030


Price: $12.00 

 

American Illustrators


Goffman, Judy and Alan

Softcover. Blue Bell, PA, Judy & Alan Goffman, 1st, na, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy brown covers, illustrated with publishers' sticker on front and back. Minor rubbing. Staple binding is tight with a little bit of wear at the top of the spine. Clean and crisp pages with 37 plates, 7 of those in color, including covers, each with a listing.

Record # 807050


Price: $30.00 

 

American Illustrators: Catalog Three


Goffman, Judy and Alan

Softcover. Blue Bell, PA, Judy & Alan Goffman, 1st, na, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy illustrated cover in excellent condition. Staple binding is tight. Pages are in great condition, clean and crisp. 37 color plates, including covers, most full page and all in pristine condition, each with a listing.

Record # 807051


Price: $30.00 

 

American Illustrators: Catalog Four


Goffman, Judy and Alan

Softcover. Blue Bell, PA, Judy & Alan Goffman, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy, tan, illustrated covers in excellent condition, with bottom corner slightly bent. Staple binding is tight, though a little worn. Pages are clean and crisp, a few creases but otherwise in great condition. 11 color plates, including covers, each with a description.

Record # 807053


Price: $30.00 

 

American Illustrators: Catalog Two


Goffman, Judy and Alan

Softcover. Blue Bell, PA, Judy & Alan Goffman, 1st, na, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy brown covers in great condition. Corners are slightly worn and there are a few creases near the spine. Staple binding is tight, with a little wear on the spine. Pages are in great condition, clean and crisp. 48 plates with 11 of those in color including the cover plates, and each with its own listing.

Record # 807054


Price: $30.00 

 

Indiana's Indianas


N/A

Softcover. Rockland, ME, The William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, 1st, 1982, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Black covers in good condition, minor wear along the edges and some rubbing. Paper binding is tight with only minimal wear along the spine. Pages are clean and crisp. Various b/w and color plates throughout, both in descriptive section in the front as well as the catalog of works in the back. 42 listings in catalog. 23 pages.

Record # 807062


Price: $16.00 

 

Americana Enshrined


N/A

Softcover. Atlanta, Georgia, Great American Gallery, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, White glossy covers in great condition, a few stains on the back. Paper binding is is good condition. Pages are also glossy, clean and crisp. 15 color plates in the catalog, with various color plates before that in the explanatory sections. 43 pages.

Record # 807068


Price: $13.00 

 

Contemporary Pueblo Indian Pottery


Harlow , Francis H. & John V. Young

Softcover. Santa Fe, NM, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Orange covers in great condition, almost no wear. Previous owner's inscription in front. Staple binding is in good condition. Postcard laid-in. Pages are clean and crisp. 13 plates, with 7 in color. 23 pages.

Record # 807069


Price: $12.00 

 

International Collection of Books and Ephemera About Sporting & Wildlife Art and Artists, An


Mikesh, Frank J.

Hardcover. Walnut Creek, California, Frank J. Mikesh, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Sale catalog of of 1347 books and ephemera, spanning 8 centuries and 5 continents. number 56 of limited edition of 150 copies. Black spiral binding, white covers with color illustration of "Snapped Twig" by Roy M. mason, preface by author/seller. Very slight rubbing and soiling to covers, pages crisp and unmarked.

Record # 807122


Price: $30.00 

 

Masterpieces of American Silver


The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Softcover. Richmond, VA, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with gray covers and embossed silver mounted seal. Seal is peeling off of the cover a bit, and there is an old price sticker in the corner, in addition to some edge wear. Spiral binding is tight. Fly leaves have minor foxing, otherwise pages are clean. Catalog is divided by different regions of the U.S., with 102 b/w plates of silver work and 337 listings. 99 pages.

Record # 807590


Price: $13.00 

 

Fall 1984, Barridoff Galleries


Elowitch, Annette and Rob

Softcover. Portland, ME, Barridoff Galleries, 1sst, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog of various works at the Barridoff Galleries, all of which were for sale at the time. Illustrated blue front covers, with minor scuffing and scratching. Staple wrappers are tight. Pages clean and crisp. 23 beautiful color plates, mainly of oil paintings.

Record # 807604


Price: $13.00 

 

Fall 1988: Selected Paintings, Barridoff Galleries


Elowitch, Annette and Rob

Softcover. Portland, ME, Barridoff Galleries, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with white covers, illustrations on front and back. In great condition, only very minor rubbing. Staple wrappers tight, pages clean and crisp. 21 color plates of various artists' work, all focused on New England life and landscape. Mainly painting, but some sculpture.

Record # 807605


Price: $13.00 

 

Fashion Illustration


Ridley, Pauline

Softcover. New York, NY, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy red covers with color plates on front and back. Very minor rubbing, previous price sticker on back. Paper wrappers tight, pages clean and crisp, small stain on title page. 48 color plates of fashion illustrations, not part of an exhibition but showing the changing illustrations over time. Detailed introduction on the history of fashion illustration and the different technique and styles used. 104 pages.

Record # 807665


Price: $20.00 

 

Girls


Hunt, Henry

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue cloth covers, large color-illustrated label pasted to front cover, profusely illustrated with color and b&w plates, top edge gilt. Slight rubbing and edgewear to covers, cloth lightly faded at edges, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 807685


Price: $150.00 

 

Sand and Glass


Science Service/Science Program

Softcover. unknown, Nelson Doubleday, Inc./Odhama Books, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages. Stapled wrappers with illustrated wrappers, 13 color tipped-in plates, numerous b&w and monotone illustrated plates. Light rubbing to wrappers, pages clean and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 807748


Price: $12.00 

 

Glass in New England


Wilson, Kenneth M.

Softcover. Sturbridge, MA, Old Sturbridge Village, 2nd printing, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 47 pages. White laminate stapled wrappers with illustration, numerous b&w plates. Very light rubbing to wrappers, pages crisp and unmarked; a neat, tight copy.

Record # 807756


Price: $12.00 

 

Start Quilting: Piecing a Top


Carter, Hazel

Softcover. Vienna, VA, Hazel Carter, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black and white covers with line drawing of a quilt. Minor marking on the front, light rubbing. Staple wrappers are tight, pages clean and crisp. Meant to be the first work in a series on quilting. Explanations and how-to of making a quilt top, including several different styles and an essay on what a quilt is. 10 b/w photographic plates and numerous line drawings to illustrate techniques and styles. 59 pages.

Record # 807806


Price: $30.00 

 

How to Make a Quilt: 25 Easy Lessons for Beginners


Leman, Bonnie

Softcover. Wheatridge, CO, Leman Publications, 2nd, 1972, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Black and white cover with photographic background of a quilt. Minor rubbing, but otherwise very little wear. Staple wrappers are tight, pages clean and crisp. Previous owner's return address on front end paper. Numerous line drawings illustrating how to make a quilt. Chapters go through the steps of the process, as it is reprinted from the Quilter's Newsletter Magazine. 26 pages.

Record # 807807


Price: $12.00 

 

Bandboxes and Shopping Bags


Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Softcover. Washington, D.C., The Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Catalog of the collection of bags and bandboxes at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. White covers with color plates on front. Minor rubbing and marking. Staple wrappers are tight, pages clean and crisp. Numerous b/w plates of bags in the museum's collection. Organized by style of bag. Introductory essay on the bag in art. 33 pages.

Record # 807811


Price: $18.00 

 

Covered Bridges of Massachusetts: A Guide


Howard, Andrew R.

Softcover. Unionville, CT, Andrew R. Howard, 1st, 1978, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Red covers show very little wear, only a slight mark on the front. Paper wrappers tight, showing little wear. Pages clean and crisp. 9 b/w plates, one photograph for each bridge, are included with text describing each of the covered bridges in Massachusetts. Essays on the construction and types of bridges, as well as brief history of covered bridges, precedes this. 46 pages.

Record # 807815


Price: $20.00 

 

Albany: Three Centuries A County


Roseberry, C.R.

Softcover. Albany, NY, Albany County Tricentennial Commission, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Guide has yellow covers, clean except for minor rubbing. Staple wrappers are tight, pages are clean and crisp, with previous price inscription on title page. Chapters broken up by the towns of the county, with photographs of landscapes and buildings, and text on the history of each town. 30 plates in all, with 29 beautiful color photographs. 39 pages.

Record # 807819


Price: $15.00 

 

Bottle Talk


Reed, Adele

Softcover. Bishop, CA, Adele Reed, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue covers are slightly sunned around the edges, with minor rubbing. Staple wrappers are slightly worn but still tight. Pages are clean and crisp, with a previous price inscription on title page. Numerous textual and illustrated descriptions of various types of bottles and seals on bottles, all from the American west. Numerous b/w plates of labels and line drawings throughout the booklet. 41 pages.

Record # 807825


Price: $12.00 

 

Brantford Pottery, The


Webster, D. B.

Softcover. Ontario, Canada, Royal Ontario Museum, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages. Royal Ontario Museum Art and Archaeology Occasional Paper 13. Black and light pink wrappers, perfect binding, 78 b&w plates, sections titled "History of the Pottery," "Excavations," "Excavation Recoveries," and others. Very slight rubbing to wrappers, pages crisp and unmarked; a clean, tight copy.

Record # 807853


Price: $26.00 

 

Modern Chair, The: Its Origins and Evolutions


Armstrong (ed), Richard

Softcover. La Jolla, CA, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with gold covers and numerous color plates. MInor scratching and rubbing, spine shows some wear. Staple binding tight. Black pages are glossy, clean and crisp. Numerous b/w plates, many full page of different chairs, and others smaller of drawings or historical photographs of chairs. Catalog is divided by artist, with short career information on each artist and several examples of their work. Chairs are also divided by time period. Short introduction on chair design. 62 pages.

Record # 807892


Price: $19.00 

 

Western American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture: 19th & Early 20th Century American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture


Sotheby Parke Bernet

Softcover. Los Angeles, California, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Auction catalog. Perfect binding, color illustrated plate to front cover, profusely illustrated with color and b&w plates with accompanying descriptions, price list laid-in. Very slight wear to wrappers, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding.

Record # 807960


Price: $4.00 

 

Plimoth Colony Samplers


Davidson, Mary M.

Softcover. Marion, MA, The Channings, 1st, 1975, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Collection of drawings and text on various samplers from the 17th century onward. Purple covers, minor sunning and small previous price mark, but otherwise very clean. Staple wrappers tight. Pages clean and crisp, whole work very nice and tight. Numerous line drawings and occasional photographs of sampler design. Extensive text on history and individual samplers. Index of artists included. 58 pages.

Record # 808066


Price: $130.00 

 

Indigo


Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of New Mexico

Softcover. Santa Fe, New Mexico, Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of New Mexico, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Dark purple stapled wrappers, illustrated throughout with b&w plates. Light rubbing to wrappers, previous seller's price sticker to top right corner of front; otherwise a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 808117


Price: $13.00 

 

Pennsylvania's Decorative Arts in the Age of Handcraft


Richman, Irwin and Mark H. Dorfman

Softcover. University Park, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical Association, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 76 pages. Pennsylvania History Studies: No. 13. White wrappers with color and b&w illustration, perfect binding, profusely illustrated with b&w photography by Mark Dorfman. Light rubbing to wrappers, pages crisp and unmarked; a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 808120


Price: $12.00 

 

Decorative Arts and Paintings of the Colonies and New Republic 1740-1820, The


Childs Gallery

Softcover. Boston, MA, Childs Gallery, 1st, Unknown, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Catalog of works from one gallery. Glossy white covers with color plates on front and back. Light scratches. Staple wrappers tight, pages glossy, clean and crisp. Numerous small b/w plates of paintings, furniture, and other decorative art related to colonies. Catalog is divided up by historical period or subject. Brief explanations of each work provide some historical information.

Record # 808174


Price: $12.00 

 

Decorative Arts and Paintings of the Colonies and New Republic 1740-1820, The


Childs Gallery

Softcover. Boston, MA, Childs Gallery, 1st, Unknown, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Catalog of works from one gallery. Glossy white covers with color plates on front and back. Light scratches. Staple wrappers tight, pages glossy, clean and crisp. Numerous small b/w plates of paintings, furniture, and other decorative art related to colonies. Catalog is divided up by historical period or subject. Brief explanations of each work provide some historical information.

Record # 808175


Price: $12.00 

 

Chairs made for American Children


Morris Museum of Arts and Sciences

Softcover. Morristown, NJ, Morris Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with white covers, b/w photographic plate. Minor rubbing and smudging, bent corner. Staple wrappers tight. Pages generally clean and crisp, title page has slight rubbing. 50 b/w plates of chairs made for American children, from various time periods and in various styles. Information on the artist and specific design included. 71 items listed. Short introduction on the history of chairmaking for children.

Record # 808184


Price: $13.00 

 

Look Before You Sit!: The Connoisseurship of Chairs


Smith (essay), Nancy A.

Softcover. Fitchburg, MA, Fitchburg Art Museum, 1st, 1985, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with white glossy covers, b/w photographic plates. Covers very clean, only very slight rubbing. Staple wrappers tight; pages glossy, clean and crisp. 18 b/w photographic plates of chairs in the exhibition, all of different styles and from various historical periods. 48 items listed. Extensive introduction on chair style and discoveries, as well as concerns. 31 pages.

Record # 808186


Price: $13.00 

 

Chair, The: Art or Architecture? An Index of Current Production Designs, 1860-1970


American Institute of Architects Foundation

Softcover. Washington, D.C., American Institute of Architects Foundation, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with silver covers; minor rubbing and scratching. Staple wrappers tight. Pages clean and crisp, though very slightly bent in corner. 44 b/w plates of chairs from a century of design, shown in chronological order. Introduction discusses form versus function and chairs as art versus architecture.

Record # 808187


Price: $16.00 

 

Forms in Metal: 275 Years of Metalsmithing in America


Museum of Contemporary Crafts of the American Crafts Council/Finch College Museum of Art

Softcover. New York, Museum of Contemporary Crafts of the American Crafts Council/Finch College Museum of Art, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 36 pages. Exhibition catalog. Copper stapled wrappers, profusely illustrated with b&w plates, essays by Robert H. Luck and Paul J. Smith, complete catalogue. Slight rubbing to wrappers, pages crisp and unmarked; overall a very clean, tight catalog.

Record # 808205


Price: $13.00 

 

Recess: A Pictorial New Look at Old Maxims


Scott, Jr., Edward A.

Hardcover. New York, Pandick Press, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 152 pages. INSCRIBED BY SCOTT ON TITLE PAGE. Illustrated boards, b&w illustrations by Scott. Rubbing and light edgewear to covers, very slight foxing to page block ends, pages crisp and unmarked; overall, a very neat, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 808217


Price: $25.00 

 

Autumn Sale: A Special Sale of One Hundred Paintings by American & European Artists


Schwarz

Softcover. Philadelphia, PA, Schwarz, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Auction catalog. Stapled wrappers with color illustration, 100 color and b&w plates with accompanying descriptions and prices. Mailing label addressed to previous owner on rear cover, extremely slight edgewear, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight catalog.

Record # 808274


Price: $16.00 

 

Ophthalmologist Looks at Art, An


Linksz, Arthur

Hardcover. San Francisco, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Foundation, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 125 pages. Black cloth covers, gilt titles to spine, gray dust jacket with illustration, 156 b&w plates. Rubbing and light edgewear to dust jacket, light foxing to inside of dust jacket, previous owner's signature to front endpaper corner, embossed stamp to front endpaper and title pages, pages crisp and otherwise unmarked, tight binding; overall, a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 808298


Price: $35.00 

 

Young America: A Folk-Art History


Lipman, Jean, Elizabeth V. Warren, Robert Bishop

Hardcover. New York, Hudson Hills Press/Museum of American Folk Art, 1st, 1986, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages. Bright cream cloth covers, red and blue stamped pictorial of eagle with flag and laurel, stamped titles to spine, laminate dust jacket completely illustrated in color, 293 illustrations including 207 in full color. Slight edgewear to dust jacket, covers extremely clean, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; an extremely clean, tight copy in excellent condition.

Record # 808302


Price: $30.00 

 

Pressed Glass, 1825-1925


The Corning Museum of Glass

Softcover. Corning, NY, The Corning Museum of Glass, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black covers; minor rubbing and scratching. Staple wrappers. 30 color plates of various works of pressed glass. Text on pressing process in the U.S. and Europe. Full listing of 30 works in back. 48 pages. Tight, clean copy.

Record # 808380


Price: $12.00