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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.



 

Low & Inside


Osborn, Robert

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated throughout, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, dust jacket price clipped, minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and bright.

Record # 855248


Price: $38.00 

 

Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths


Adair, John

Softcover. Norman & London, University of Oklahoma Press , 1st PB, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 220 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear and scratching to wrappers.

Record # 855302


Price: $13.00 

 

American Indian and Eskimo Basketry: A Key to Identification


Miles, Charles & piere Bovis

Hardcover. New York , Bonanza Books, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear, rubbing to dust jacket with small chip missing from rear flap. Sticker-scar to front fly leaf, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 855303


Price: $19.00 

 

Green Mountain Boys, The


Solomon, Alan

Softcover. NY, Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1st, 1998, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Tri-fold large pamphlet. Color and b&w photos. Crease going through center. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855745


Price: $25.00 

 

Expressing Abstraction: Writings on Art for The Nation


Faison, Jr., S. Lane

Softcover. Williamstown, Mass, Williams College, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 855761


Price: $15.00 

 

Cent ans de Republique


Favier, Jean

Softcover. Fevrier, Archives Nationales, reprint, 1978, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages. B&w images throughout. French text. Color pictorial covers. Some underlining done in pen. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855770


Price: $23.00 

 

Life and Works


Beuys, Joseph

Paperback. Woodbury, NY, Barron's, reprint, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages. B&w frontispiece and b&w images throughout. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 855820


Price: $25.00 

 

Studies in the History of Art: Italian Medals


Pollard, J. Graham

Softcover. Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, 1st, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 299 pages. B&w images throughout. B&w frontispiece. Crease to front cover, some fading to spine. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855846


Price: $25.00 

 

Modern Art of Asia: New Movements and Old Traditions


Japan Cultural Forum

Hardcover. Tokyo, Japan, Toto Shuppan Company, Ltd, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 147 pages. B&w and color plates. Red-orange cloth boards. Pictorial dust jacket is price clipped with some spotting on underside. Comes in slip case. Slip case has spotting. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855848


Price: $25.00 

 

There


Stillman, Steel

Softcover. Onestar Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Ca 100 + pages of b&w silhouettes. Limited edition, #198/250 copies. Signed. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 855874


Price: $50.00 

 

Spirit Within, The


Larson, Judy

Hardcover. Manchester Center, VT, Applejack Art Partners, 1st, 1999, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 120 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Brown cloth, gilt titles. No dust jacket. Light wear and sun-fade to covers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 855885


Price: $31.00 

 

Pandora's Box: The Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol


Panofsky, Dora & Erwin

Hardcover. New York , Pantheon Books, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 158 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. light wear, rubbing and soil to dust jacket with slightly faded spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856046


Price: $25.00 

 

Arthur Rackham


Larkin, David

Softcover. New York , Peacock Press/Bantham Books, 2nd US, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated throughout with 40 plates in color. Light wear and yellowing to wrappers, faint foxing to edges and end papers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856049


Price: $19.00 

 

Hidden World of Misericords, The


Kraus, Dorothy and Henry

Hardcover. New York, George Braziller, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 191 pages. Black-and-white illustrations throughout, including frontispiece. A little chipping on dust jacket covers. Some sun-fading along dust jacket spine. Dust jacket price-clipped. Previous owner's embossed stamp on front flyleaf. Light foxing along top and bottom edges. Slight creasing on front dust jacket flap and front flyleaf. Minor soiling on pages xii and xiii. Good, tight copy.

Record # 856374


Price: $19.00 

 

Don't Be So...


Fryer, Paul

Hardcover. London, Trolley, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 163 pages. 27 color plates. Some edge-wear and creasing on plastic covering dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856582


Price: $38.00 

 

Goldsmith of Florence: A Book of Great Craftsmen, The


Gibson, Katherine

Hardcover. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 209 pages. 100+ black-and-white illustrations. Some edge wear and soiling to cloth covers. Light soiling and scratching to all edges. Slight musty odor. Previous owner's inscription on page after front flyleaf. A little soiling to a page or two. Minor tanning along edges of pages. Good, tight copy.

Record # 856629


Price: $25.00 

 

Golden Age of the Renaissance, The: Italy 1460-1500


Chastel, Andre

Hardcover. New York , Thames & Hudson, reprint, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 384 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w and a fold-out map in rear. Red cloth with gilt decor and titles. Some edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Previous owner's signature and slight foxing to end papers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856742


Price: $38.00 

 

Lost Cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor


Swaan, Wim

Hardcover. New York , G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st US, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 175 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear and rubbing to price clipped dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856747


Price: $19.00 

 

Textiles of Ancient Peru and their Techniques


D'Harcourt, Raoul

Hardcover. Seattle, WA, University of Washington Press , 1st US, 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 186 pages of text + 117 pages of b&w plates. Severe rubbing and wear to dust jacket with several tears along edges and tape-repair to spine. previous owner's stamp on front end paper. Reading copy only.

Record # 856755


Price: $31.00 

 

Sporting Etchings


Ripley, A. Lassell & Dana S. Lamb(comments by.)

Hardcover. Barre, Ma, Barre Publishers, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 91 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. SIGNED by Lamb on title page. Light edgewear to dust jacket with slight tear to upper edge of front cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856759


Price: $50.00 

 

Crete and Mycanea


Marinatos, Spyridon

Hardcover. London, Thames & Hudson, rep., 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 177 pages + index, illustrated throughout with 52 plates in full color and 369 illustrations in b&w. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to price clipped dust jacket with tearing and light chipping along edges. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 856768


Price: $75.00 

 

Golden Age of Justinian, The


Grabar, Andre

Hardcover. New York , Odyssey Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 408 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear, rubbing and soil to dust jacket with light chipping to edges of spine. Faint foxing to edges, dust jacket flaps, and pages. Reading copy.

Record # 856775


Price: $38.00 

 

Surgeon - Craftsman: Laurence Knight Groves, M. D. 1922-2007


Jones, Jennie

Softcover. Bratenahl, OH, Cleveland stock images, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 78 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 856783


Price: $63.00 

 

Romance of Design, The


Warren, Garnet & Horace B. Cheney

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday , Page & Company, 1st, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 237 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Edgewear, chipping and soil to dust jacket. Book itself in very good condition.

Record # 856790


Price: $50.00 

 

Monologue: A Dream Sequence


Forbes, W. Stanton

Softcover. Los Angeles, CA, NA, reprint, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 25 plates in b&w. Perfect binding paperback. Light shelf-wear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 857039


Price: $25.00 

 

Two Thousand Years of Oriental Ceramics


Koyama, Fujio & John Figgess

Hardcover. New York , Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 377 pages. 173 illustrations, with 54 tipped-in colorplates. Large, heavy folio. Edgewear, rubbing and tearing to dust jacket with chip missing from lower edge of front cover, and small strip missing from rear cover. Faint tanning to pages. Internally very good.

Record # 857042


Price: $100.00 

 

Art of Beatrix Potter, The


Moore, Anne Carroll

Hardcover. London & New York , Frederick Warne & Co, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 336 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light wear and spotting to green cloth covers. Faint foxing to a handful pages, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 857059


Price: $75.00 

 

Philosophy of Art History, The


Hauser, Arnold

Hardcover. New York , Alfred A Knopf , 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 427 pages. Gilt title on the spine. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 857154


Price: $19.00 

 

Third Of A Century Of Graphic Work, A


Salter, George , Illust. by: George Slater

Softcover. New York , The Composing Room , 1st, 1961 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 23 pages. Color illustrations throughout. Preface by the author. Burgundy soft cover includes decorative slipcase clean, tight copy.

Record # 857167


Price: $31.00 

 

Razing of Romania's Past, The


Giurescu, Dinu C

Softcover. New York , World Monuments Fund , 1st, 1989 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 75 pages. Softcover. Photographs and one pull out map with key interspersed throughout. Some creasing around the spine. clean, tight copy.

Record # 857176


Price: $13.00 

 

Journey into Romanesque - A Traveller's Guide to Romanesque Monuments in Europe


Nebolsine, George

Hardcover. New York , G.P Putnam's Sons , reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Hardcover. 127 illustrations and 20 maps. Illustrated frontispiece and endpages. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 857190


Price: $13.00 

 

Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels


Sothebys

Softcover. New York , Sothebys, 1st, 1998, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 360 pages. Extensive full color illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 857220


Price: $25.00 

 

Life of Rielly, The


Rielly , James

Softcover. London , TImothy Taylor Gallery , 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 56 pages. Extensive color illustrations and photographs throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 857312


Price: $15.00 

 

Explorations in Space


Dunbar , Michael

Softcover. Flint, MI, Flint Institute of Arts , 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 41 pages. Extensive color photographs throughout. Softcover with metal spiral binding. Includes appendix of sculptor's exhibitions and awards. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 857386


Price: $25.00 

 

Green, Green Mountains of My Homeland


Xubai, Li , Illust. by: Li Xubai

Softcover. Winlock WA, Cloud Harking Retreat, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages. Extensive color illustrations by author. Extensive notes in English and Chinese. Includes bilingual resume of the artist. Lavishly illustrated covers. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 857394


Price: $88.00 

 

Frederic Remington Book, The: A Pictorial History of the West


McCracken , Harold

Hardcover. Garden City New York, Doubleday & Company Inc, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 284 pages. Extensive b&w and color illustrations throughout with extensive documentation and notes. Gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Edge wear to top edge of dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857422


Price: $50.00 

 

Chinese Trade Porcelain


Beurdeley , Michel

Hardcover. Rutland VT , Charles E Tuttle Company , 2nd, 1963, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 220 pages. Extensive b&w and color illustration throughout. Gilt lettering on spine. Pages 166 and 167 previously stuck together. Foxing to end papers and flyleaves. Musty odor. Slight tear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857431


Price: $38.00 

 

Pursuit of the Horizon


Haberly, Loyld , Illust. by: George Catlin

Hardcover. New York, The Macmillan Company , 1st, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 239 pages. Illustrated frontispiece. B&w illustrations throughout. Gilt lettering on spine. Minor stains to spine. Edge wear to spine and top edge. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857436


Price: $23.00 

 

Jean Cocteau: The Man & The Mirror


Sprigge , Elizabeth and Jean-Jacques Kihm

Hardcover. New York, Coward-McCann, 1st US, 1968, 286 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. B&w illustrations throughout. Illustrated frontispiece. Gilt titles on spine. Edge wear to top edge of dust jacket. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 857468


Price: $15.00 

 

Manual of The Fine Arts


Huntington, D.

Hardcover. New York, A.S Barnes and Burr, reprint, 1862, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 472 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Blind stamp on front and back cover. Gilt titles on spine. Rubbing to bottom and top edge. Some stains to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857492


Price: $19.00 

 

Classic Book Jackets: The Design Legacy of George Salter


Hansen, Thomas S.

Softcover. New York , Princeton Architectural Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 200 pages, illustrated throughout in color. A collection of the legendary graphic designer's best work over 40 years. Foreword by Milton Glaser. Like new.

Record # 900210


Price: $19.00 

 

Permanent Collection, The: Vol. 1


Gunther, Dr. Erna

Softcover. Bellingham WA, Whatcom Museum of Art, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages, b&w illustrations. Paper wrappers in very good condition.

Record # 900310


Price: $19.00 

 

In Your Face: A Cartoonist at Work


Marlette, Doug , Illust. by: Doug Marlette

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 212 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Essays and cartoons from Pulitzer winning cartoonist. Fore edges bumped, bottom edge dust jacket chipped. Lightly rubbed bottom edge board due to bumping. Dust jacket slightly rubbed. Removed price sticker mark on half title page. Mild soiling on title page. Unmarked.

Record # 951108


Price: $24.00 

 

Collection of R.B. Kitaj, The


Christie's

Paperback. London, Christe's, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 185 pages, paperback. Collection of regarded painter's art collection. Color photos throughout. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951178


Price: $50.00 

 

Art and Presentation: New Principles in the Analysis of Pictures


Willats, John

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 394 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Light penciling to first 15 pages. Edgewear to dust jacket, top edge. Mild soiling, rubbing to rear wraps. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951187


Price: $25.00 

 

Relief Printmaking


Walkin, Colin

Paperback. England, Crowood Press , reprint, 1998, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages, paperback. A manual of relief printmaking techniques. Light rubbing and edgewear to wrappers. Front wraps and top edge copy slightly soiled. Previous owner's inscription on half title page. Pencil underlining throughout. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951191


Price: $19.00 

 

Tamarind Book of Lithography: Art and Techniques, The


Antreasian, Garo and Clinton Adams

Paperback. NY, Harry N. Abrams , reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 463 pages, paperback with French flaps. Comprehensive guide to the art and techniques of creating fine lithographs. 479 illustrations, including 87 in full color. Soiling to front wraps, edgewear to wraps as well. Slight upward crease to front wraps. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951231


Price: $31.00 

 

Praecolumbische Kunst: Mexiko Guatemala Honduras (GERMAN TEXT)


Graulich, Michael and Lin Crocker-Deletaille, Gerald Berjonneau, Emile Deletaille

Hardcover. Germany, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. GERMAN TEXT. Pre-Colonial Native Latin American decorative and sculptural art. Mild cocking to front boards. Many color illustrations throughout. Unmarked. A bright and clean copy.

Record # 951236


Price: $50.00 

 

Rhetoric of Purity, The: Essentialist Theory and the Advent of Abstract Painting


Cheetham, Mark A.

Paperback. Cambridge, MA, Cambridge University Press, 1st paperback, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 220 pages, paperback. An exploration of the historical and theoretical relations between early abstract painting in Europe and the notion of purity. With black-and-white plates throughout. Light rubbing to wrappers. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951266


Price: $31.00 

 

Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered


Hales, Dianne

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Shuster, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 317 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Story of the most recognized artistic subject of all time. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951281


Price: $24.00 

 

Writer's Brush, The : Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers


Friedmn, Donald

Hardcover. Minneapolis, Mid-List Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 457 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. With essays by William H. Gass and John Updike. Over 400 reproductions by more than 200 of the world's writers, arranged alphabetically. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Fading to dust jacket front. Light soling to bottom copy edge. Edgewear to dust jacket top edge. Corners lightly bumped. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 951287


Price: $63.00 

 

Show Windows - 75 Years of the Art of Display


Wood, Barry James

Hardcover. New York, Congdon & Weed, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 170 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Elaborate department store displays from a bygone era. Color and b&w photo plates throughout. Moderate rubbing and wear to dust jacket, as well as light foxing. Heavy foxing to half title page and page 170. Slight fading to top and bottom board edges. Otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 951321


Price: $39.00 

 

National Portrait Gallery: Permanent Collection Illustrated Checklist


Smithsonian Institution

Paperback. Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 461 pages, paperback. An illustrated checklist of the National Portrait Gallery, cataloging acquisitions up to December 31, 1985. Mild rubbing and soiling to text block top and fore edge. Light rubbing to wraps. Black-and-white illustrations. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951350


Price: $31.00 

 

Great Magazine Covers of the World


Kery, Patricia Frantz

Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 384 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A panorama of more than 500 covers from 20 countries, spanning a century-and-a-half of magazine publishing around the world. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951351


Price: $31.00 

 

Word Image Number


Sarah Lawrence College

Softcover. Bronxville, NY, Sarah Lawrence Gallery, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, paperback. Square slim octavo. Issued on the occasion of the exhibition "Word Image Number" held at the Sarah Lawrence Gallery in 1975. Tanning to spine and fore edge. Slight stain to top edge. Fading to front and rear endpapers. Previous owner's inscription to dust jacket front flap. Illustrated with b&w photos throughout. Scarce. A tight copy.

Record # 951357


Price: $79.00 

 

Hallelujah Anyway


Woodroffe, Patrick , Illust. by: Patrick Woodroffe

Hardcover. London, Paper Tiger, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 135 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated exploration of the border between reality and imagination. Light rubbing, edgewear to dust jacket. Light fading to half title page; faint foxing to top edge text block. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951374


Price: $31.00 

 

Post-War and Contemporary Art: Morning Session; Thursday, November 13, 2008


Christie's

Softcover. New York, Christie's , 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 329 pages, paperback with French flaps. Beautiful color plates, fold out plates as well. Light rubbing to wraps. Slight soiling to fore edge text block. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951377


Price: $48.00 

 

Flair Annual 1953


Fleur (Editor), Cowles, Illust. by: Federico Pallavicini

Hardcover. New York, Cowles Magazines Inc., 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, hardcover. Red cloth stamped gilt, with a cutout front panel around the phrase "Annual 1953." Tastefully illustrated in color and b&w, with cutouts, fold outs, booklets, etc. By the editor of the short-lived Flair; one of the more visually inventive magazines ever conceived. Designed by and with many drawings by Federico Pallavicini. Fading and slight edgewear to boards, milld tear to front panel at cutout. Rubbing and slight staining to boards as well. Fading to text block edges. Slight cocking to spine. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 951390


Price: $101.00 

 

Aesthetics: Problems in the Philosphy of Criticism


Beardsley, Monroe C.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace & World Inc., 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 614 pages, hardcover. Philosophy of art criticism. Color frontispiece. Slight soiling and edgewear to boards. Bumping to spine. Light fading and spotting to front endpapers; stamping to preliminary page. Previous owner's inscription to front endpapers. Light age-toning to text block. A tight copy.

Record # 951496


Price: $24.00 

 

Terminal Lance: The White Donkey


Uriate, Maximilian, Illust. by: Maximilian Uriarte

Hardcover. New York, Little, Brown and Company, 1st H.C., 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, hardcover. Fictional graphic account of a Marine serving in Iraq. Written and illustrated by ex- Marine and Iraq veteran Maximilian Uriarte. Mild rubbing to boards. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951562


Price: $39.00 

 

Arts in Britain in World War I, The


Ferguson, John

Hardcover. London, Stainer and Bell, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 131 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A study of a broad spectrum of arts in Britain during the period of the First World War. With black-and-white illustrations throughout. Mild age toning to top text block edge. light rubbing to dust jacket. Light spotting to front and rear endpapers. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951619


Price: $19.00 

 

War Paintings & Drawings by British Artists


Brinton, Christian

Hardcover. NY, Redfield-Kendrick-Odell Company, 1st, 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages, hardcover. War paintings and drawings by British artists. With a foreward by Raymond Wyer and introduction by Christian Brinton. Binding slightly cracked at front hinge. Moderate rubbing, edgewear, and bumping to boards. Light age toning and soiling to boards as well. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Glue residue and soiling to preliminary pages. Age toning to top edge text block. Color frontispiece intact. Many black-and-white illustrations throughout. Scarce.

Record # 951635


Price: $48.00 

 

Folies de L'Industrie, Les


deBusscher, J.M.

Softcover. Brussels, AAM Editions , 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 285 pages, paperback with French flaps. FRENCH TEXT. A look at French and Belgian war memorials. Many color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Heavy bumping and edgewear to wraps. Age toning to text block edges. Mild age toning to front flyleaf. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951636


Price: $31.00 

 

Contemporary International Ceramics


Storr-Britz, Hildegard

Hardcover. Germany, DuMont, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 244 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Bilingual, in German and English. A handbook of international ceramics and a survey of the production of well-known artists from 26 countries. Mild rubbing and light fading to dust jacket. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Many black-and-white and color illustrations throughout. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951644


Price: $48.00 

 

Mexican Folk Crafts


Espejel, Carlos

Hardcover. Spain, Editorial Blume, 1st US, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 237 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Translated by Pablo Shekelton. Photographed by F. Catala Roca. A colorfully illustrated look at traditional and modern Mexican folk art. Moderate soiling and edgewear to dust jacket. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951648


Price: $39.00 

 

Penland School of Crafts, The: Book of Pottery


Coyne (Editor), John

Hardcover. Indianapolis/New York, Rutledge/Bobbs Merrill, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated, hardcover with dust jacket. With photography by Evon Streetman. Price-clipped. Inscription to previous owner on front endpapers. Mild fading, soiling and edgewear to dust jacket. Light pencil marking and soiling to Six Goblets article. Mild water stain to lower spine. Boards slightly bumped as well. Light soiling to front flyleaf.

Record # 951652


Price: $24.00 

 

Pre-Columbian Art: Sale 5401, November 26, 1985


Sotheby's

Softcover. New York, Sotheby's, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, paperback. Auction catalog of Pre-Columbian art. With many color and black-and-white photographs throughout. Moderate fading and edgewear to wraps. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 951654


Price: $24.00 

 

Lozas De Talavera Y Puente, Las (SPANISH TEXT)


Zamora Vicente, Alonso and Others

Softcover. Madrid, Mercato Puerta de Toldeo, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 167 pages, paperback with French flaps. SPANISH TEXT. Previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf. Many color photos throughout. Scarce. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951655


Price: $63.00 

 

New Textiles, The: Trends and Traditions


Colchester, Chloe

Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Contemporary achievements in weaving, printing, quilting and embroidery. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Previous owners signature on front flyleaf. With over 250 illustrations, 153 in color.

Record # 951659


Price: $24.00 

 

Little Journeys: To the Homes of Eminent Painters


Hubbard, Elbert

Hardcover. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 497 pages, hardcover. Biographical sketches of famous painters. Stamped boards with gilt titling. Moderate bumping to corners. Mild rubbing and edgewear to boards as well. Gilted top text block. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951785


Price: $23.00 

 

Miss Florence and the Artists of Old Lyme


Heming, Arthur, Illust. by: James Stevenson

Hardcover. Essex CT, Lyme Historical Society, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 69 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Account of life in the Lyme Art Colony, centered at the boardinghouse of Miss Florence Griswold in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Spotting and age toning to dust jacket as well. Mild fading to prelim pages. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. A tight copy.

Record # 951940


Price: $25.00 

 

Greek Ornament


Connell (Editor), Patrick

Hardcover. London, B.T. Batsford , 1st UK , 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 127 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Greek ornamentation throughout the ages. With black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout. Rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Fading to dust jacket spine. Price-clipped. Pencil markings to rear endpapers. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 951944


Price: $19.00 

 

Artists Under Vichy: A Case of Prejudice and Persecution


Cone, Mich

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 2nd, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 264 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Provocative work on the art of Vichy and occupied France. Black-and-white and color illustrations throughout. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 952106


Price: $25.00 

 

Cool Memories: 1980-1985 (FRENCH TEXT)


Baudrillard, Jean

Softcover. Paris , Editions Galilee, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages, paperback with French flaps. FRENCH TEXT. Memoir of French artist. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper and front flyleaf. Moderate edgewear and rubbing to wraps. Fading to spine. A tight copy.

Record # 952115


Price: $19.00 

 

Writings of Marcel Duchamp, The


Sanouillet (Editors), Michel and Elmer Peterson

Softcover. New York, Da Capo Press, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 196 pages, paperback. Entertaining and essential companion to any study of Duchamp. Light fading to wraps, mild rubbing as well. Previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952128


Price: $19.00 

 

Manual on Sketching Sea Town & Country, A


Doust, L.A. , Illust. by: L.A. Doust

Hardcover. London and New York, Frederick Warne & Co., 2nd, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 86 pages, hardcover. Brown boards. How to sketch the sea, town and country. With 26 illustrations by the author. Mild rubbing and edgewear to boards. Light age toning to text block edges. Marginal fading to interior text block Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952144


Price: $23.00 

 

Art of the Renaissance in Northern Europe, The: Its Relation to the Contemporary Spiritual and Intellectual Movements


Benesch, Otto

Hardcover. London, Phaidon, revised, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 195 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. An introduction to the understanding of Old German, Old Netherlandish and Old French Art. With 90 illustrations in black-and-white. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Price sticker residue to inner dust jacket flap. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 952276


Price: $35.00 

 

Painting Surf and Sea (SIGNED)


Ballinger, Harry R.

Hardcover. New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 93 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page. Light rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, wrapped in plastic sleeve. Chipping and light smudging to dust jacket as well. Minor wear to lower board edges. Previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952386


Price: $23.00 

 

Altars & Icons


Nix, Patricia

Hardcover. New York, Dillon Gallery Press, 1st, 1997`, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, hardcover. Colorful plates of ancient altars and iconography. Slight scuffing to lower front panel. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 952400


Price: $25.00 

 

Barcelona and Modernity


Robinson, William H.

Softcover. Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 524 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Color illustrations throughout.

Record # 2230060


Price: $50.00 

 

Carved and Decorated European Art Glass


Grover, Leonore

Hardcover. Rutland, VT, Tuttle Publishing, 4th printing, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 244 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Tear to dust jacket rear. An otherwise very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. 424 color plates.

Record # 2230209


Price: $25.00 

 

Anelli etnici: Africa, Asia, America (Italian Edition)


Cutsem, Anne van

Hardcover. Milan, Italy, Skira, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 2230266


Price: $88.00 

 

After Andy: Adventures in Warhol Land


Fraser-Cavassoni, Natasha

Hardcover. New York, Penguin Publishing Group, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black & white images throughout.

Record # 2230355


Price: $19.00 

 

Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen


Strathern, Andrew

Hardcover. London, Backworth, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 page. Hardcover with dust jacket. Moderate abrasion and ripping on top edge of jacket with taped repairs. Slight foxing on inner cover.

Record # 2230450


Price: $23.00 

 

Frederic Remington - Selected Letters


Splete, Allen P & Marilyn D. eds.

Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 487 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Some stains and slight rip on dust jacket. Clean and tight copy.

Record # 2230452


Price: $19.00 

 

Bird Decoy, The: An American Art Form


Johnsgard (editor), Paul A.

Hardcover. Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 191 pages. Hardcover with original dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Faint foxing top edge. Dust jacket with a few small spots of foxing, light wear to edges, very bright & price-clipped. Toning throughout, faint foxing to a few pages. Otherwise clean & unmarked.

Record # 2233097


Price: $31.00 

 

Mutiny and the Mainstream: Talk that Changed Art, 1975-1990


Seigel (Editor), Judy

Softcover. New York, Midmarch Arts Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 358 pages. Softcover with sunfaded spine. Light sunfade to front left margin. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 2233119


Price: $23.00 

 

Roger Troy Peterson: The Art and Photography of the World's Foremost Birder (SIGNED FIRST EDITION)


Peterson, Roger Tory

Hardcover. New York, NY, Easton Press, Signed First Edition, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 204 pages. Hardcover SIGNED BY AUTHOR to preliminary page, number 3,030 or 3,500 limited signed editions. Leather bound with gilt printed owl vignette to boards, gilt titles & gilt compartment lines to spine. Gilt all edges & golden ribbon marker. Previous owner's bookplate to front endpaper. Tight binding. Clean & unmarked throughout.

Record # 2233132


Price: $63.00 

 

Pre-Inca Art and Culture


Leicht, Hermann

Hardcover. New York, Orion Press, 1st thus, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 253 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Chipped and frayed dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 2233338


Price: $19.00 

 

Oriental Carpets from the Tents, Cottages and Workshops of Asia


Thompson, Jon

Softcover. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1st US, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages. Softcover with light wear to paper wrappers. Color pictures throughout. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 2233410


Price: $19.00 

 

Portraits & Persons: A Philosophical Inquiry


Freeland, Cynthia

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 357 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light wear throughout. Clean and tight copy. Black and white pictures.

Record # 2233476


Price: $23.00 

 

Collecting African Art


Gillon, Werner

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Publishing, reprint, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 182 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white pictures, mostly, a few color pictures in rear. Clean, tight copy with light soil and rubbing on edges. Dust jacket price clipped.

Record # 2233632


Price: $25.00 

 

Make a Chair from a Tree: An Introduction to Working Green Wood


Alexander Jr, John D.

Softcover. Newtown, CT, Taunton Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 125 pages. Softcover with light wear to paper wrappers. Black and white pictures throughout. Light foxing on edges. Tight copy.

Record # 2233709


Price: $75.00 

 

Choosing Craft: The Artist's Viewpoint


Halper (editor), Vicki; Douglas, Diane

Hardcover. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 313 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges. Black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 2233766


Price: $25.00 

 

Nineteenth-Century Decoration - The Art of the Interior


Gere, Charlotte

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st , 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 408 pages. Hardcover. Coffee table sized, full page, full color & b/w illustrations throughout. Brown cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Bright dust jacket with only minor shelf wear. Clean & bright copy.

Record # 3340002


Price: $38.00 

 

Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics, The


Blackbeard, Bill/Martin Williams

Softcover. Washington DC , Smithsonian Institution Press and Harry N. Abrams, 3rd Printing, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 336 pages. Softcover. Frontispiece, Johnny Wise, 1902, by Tad Dorgan. Coffee table size, full page, full color & b/w illustrations throughout. Anthology of numerous syndicates and individual comic artists from 1896 to mid 70's. Bright copy, clean and unmarked.

Record # 3340006


Price: $25.00 

 

Grain of Sand, A - Nature's Secret Wonder - The Amazing Microphotography of Dr. Gary Greenberg


Greenberg, Gary

Hardcover. Minneapolis, Voyageur Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 112 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket in very good condition. Full page, full color photographs throughout by the author, beautifully presented. Cover inset photographs - sea urchin spine, blue shell fragment, olivine, heart-shaped shell fragment. Bright unmarked copy.

Record # 3340026


Price: $25.00 

 

Shenandoah Pottery, The


Rice, A. H./John Baer Stoudt

Hardcover. Strasburg, Shenandoah Publishing House, First Edition, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 277 pages. Hardcover. Purple cloth boards with sunfading to spine & front cover edge. Gilt embossed decoration to cover. Gilt titles to cover & spine. Profusely illustrated in full color & bw throughout. Light toning to preliminary pages. Otherwise clean, and unmarked.

Record # 3340116


Price: $25.00 

 

Genius of the Future, The: Essays in French Art Criticism


Brookner, Anita

Softcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell University Press, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 172 pages, paperback. Examining the art criticism of several noted eighteenth and nineteenth century French writers- Diderot, Stendahl, Baudelaire, Zola, the brothers Goncourt and Huysmans. Light fading to spine. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 4450030


Price: $19.00 

 

Cut and Make Egyptian Masks


Smith, A.G.; Josie Hazen

Softcover. New York, NY, Dover Publications, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Softcover with light rubbing on spine. 5 full-color masks to cut out on heavy stock. Instructions in back. There are some creases to corners, however only one piece is affected slightly. Bright illustrations.

Record # 4450167


Price: $15.00 

 

Highly Important American from the Stanley Paul Sax Collection: Sotheby's New York January 16 and 17, 1998


Sotheby's

Hardcover. New York, Sotheby's, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Former library book with labels, stamps, etc. Dust jacket unclipped and excellent, covered in protective brodart. Color illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Boards bound in red fabric. Binding tight, very clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 5560115


Price: $31.00 

 

American Arts & Crafts: Virtue in Design


Bowman, Leslie Greene

Softcover. Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art//Bulfinch Press, First Edition 5th Printing, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 255 pages. Softcover with light wear to edges., published to accompany the exhibition holding the same title. Profusely illustrated in full color & black and white throughout. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 6670010


Price: $19.00 

 

Scroll Saw Handbook


Spielman, Patrick

Softcover. New York, NY, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, First Edition, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages. Softcover. Profusely illustrated in black & white throughout, over 500 photographs and drawings to accompany woodworking instructions by expert woodworker & teacher, Patrick Spielman. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 6670014


Price: $15.00 

 

Threshold States: Sprach-Schwellen


Breder, Hans

Softcover. Munster, Germany, Hachmeister Verlag Munster, First Edition, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 129 pages. Softcover with copious illustrations in full color and black & white. Faint, marginal toning to wraps. Faint tone to edges. Otherwise, clean inside & out. A nice copy.

Record # 6670018


Price: $38.00 

 

In Remembrance of Creation: Evolution, Art and Scholarship in the Medieval and Renaissance Bible


Berkowitz, David Sandler

Hardcover. Waltham, MA, The Brandeis University Press, First Edition, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 211 pages. Hardcover with gilt illustration to front cover & gilt titles to cover & spine. Light foxing to edges. Black & white illustrations, tight binding, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 6670019


Price: $15.00 

 

Masks of the Spirit: Image and Metaphor in Mesoamerica


Markman, Roberta H./Peter T. Markman

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st Edition, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 254 pages. Hardcover. White canvas boards with gilt titles to spine. Full color & b/w illustrations throughout, maps to endpapers. Dust jacket with light wear to edges, small spot of soiling & some sticker residue. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 6670029


Price: $19.00 

 

Baudelaire's Voyages: The Poet and His Painters


Coven, Jeffrey/Dore Ashton (Contribution)

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Bulfinch Press Book, First Edition, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 183 pages. Hardcover. Navy cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Bright dust jacket in very good condition. Profusely illustrated in full color and black & white throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 6670046


Price: $19.00 

 

Shakespeare and the Artists


Merchant, W. Moelwyn

Hardcover. London, UK, Oxford University Press, First Edition, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 254 pages. Hardcover. Green boards with gilt titles to spine. Dust jacket with ex. lib. sticker to spine, dime sized chip to lower right corner, now protected with a plastic cover. Ex lib markings to endpapers. Wonderful illustrations in black & white throughout, over 85 plates. Clean inside and out.

Record # 6670124


Price: $23.00 

 

Andalusian Dances


Bonald, Jose M. Caballero

Softcover. Barcelona, Editorial Noguer, First Edition, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 62 pages. Softcover with full color photograph to wraps. Light wear to edges, some tanning & small chips to spine. 62 pages of text followed by 60 pages of photographs in black & white. Clean & unmarked.

Record # 6670126


Price: $19.00 

 

Masterpieces of Japanese Puppetry: Sculpted Heads of the Bunraku Theater


Michener, James A.

Hardcover. Rutland, VT, Charles E. Tuttle Company, First Edition, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 91 pages. Hardcover with stamps to rust & brown cloth covered boards. Gilt titles to spine. Musty smell. The volume is photo illustrated in black & white, followed by 32 tipped-in color plates. Wonderful illustrations of puppet masterpieces. Dust jacket has chipping & tears to top inch of spine & other small tears to edges, price-clipped. Clean pages throughout, protected with cardboard slipcase.

Record # 6670133


Price: $150.00 

 

Vilallonga


Vilallonga, Jes

Softcover. Qu

Price: $19.00