Paperback. Minneapolis, Art Instruction Inc., 1st wraps, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A mail-order commerical art instruction course for fledgling art directors. 64 pages in color, black & white. Large paperback format.
Hardcover. New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. 117 B/W illustrations, 48 color plates. Like new inside and out.
Hardcover. New York, Sterling/Chapelle, 1st, November 1, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 143 pages, illustrated throughout in color. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Small closed tear to rear flap, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Lark Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages. Softcover, french flaps, vivid color illustrations throughout. Some slight tanning to wrapper, otherwise in beautiful condition. An easy how-to book of ways to blend stone work into your garden through instruction on building walls, adding paving, etc.
Softcover. New York, American Photo-Engraving Association, 1st Thus, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Softcover. Measures: 12"H X 9"W. Previous owners stamp on inside front cover. Full color and black & white illustrations. Covers worn, with creases and most paper missing from spine. One brief notation in ink at top of page 54, otherwise clean, unmarked pages.
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".
Hardcover. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 228 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Techniques and methods of assemblage, presented in seventy-eight graded projects describing actual teaching situations. Moderate rubbing, soiling, and fading to dust jacket. Age spotting to top rear panel. Staining and light age spotting to text block edge. Otherwise, unmarked. A tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead, 2nd, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, black & white photos , 388 pgs. Backround, Listings, credits and descriptions of more than 500 of the World's Major Ballet.
Hardcover. Reading, Mass, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 2nd pr., 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages. Cover has light wear on corners and edges of spine, back has small sticker residue on bottom edge. Very clean and bright, with many b&w instruction illustrations and photographs throughout. A tight copy.
Hardcover. Cincinnati OH, North Light Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A bridging of Eastern and Western techniques. Very slight soiling to front flyleaf. Mild edgewear to top and bottom of dust jacket. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Chilton Books, 1st, 16th pr., 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 242 pages. Green cloth cover, fading and wear to edges. Dust jacket is worn and frayed on edges and corners. Light foxing throughout. Many b&w photographs and illustrations. A tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Watson-Guptill, 1st, 1982, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 144 pages, 40 b&w illustrations, 112 beautiful watercolor color plates, index, cloth-bound cover. Book in excellent, near-fine condition - a great find.
Hardcover. Hollywood, CA, Mark Wilson, 1st, 1975, Dust Jacket: None, 472 pages. Spiral bound text with B/W illustrations and photographs. Padded blue binder with course forms and documentation in sleeve.
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.
Softcover. Milano, Editore Ulrico Hoepli , Reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 580 pages. Softcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Light foxing on covers and top edge. Yellowing to fore and bottom edges. Clean inside with the exception of very light yellowing to tops with age. A comprehensive, Italian how-to book of ceramic decoration. Italian price tag on back cover bottom left corner and also on front flyleaf. Previous owner inscription with date of ownership on front flyleaf.
Hardcover. Cincinnati, Oh, How Design Books, 1st Revised Edition, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Decorated cover boards (glossy). Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. in beautiful condition. These are the rules you need to succeed in the professional field of graphic arts, whether you're a savvy designer with years of experience or a student just starting out. Read them; learn and use them to make your work extraordinary.
Hardcover. New York, Vanguard Press, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 39 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and instructive drawing outlines. Pea size piece of paper missing at top of dust jacket spine. Closed tears along dust jacket edges. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Cincinnati, Ohio, North Light Books, 1st, December 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 174 pages, b&w and color illustrations throughout. Light foxing to top edge. Else a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 184 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations with 7 tipped-in color plates. Spine cloth and edges faded. Light foxing to endpapers. No dust jacket. Clean, unmarked pages.
Hardcover. New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover. Full color and black & white illustrations. Dust jacket with light wear. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. New York, E. P. Dutton, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 137 pages. White covers with color illustration, perfect binding, 79 large color stencils, eight chapters with step-by-step instructional directions. Very slight wear to covers, small break to top of spine; a clean, tight copy in great condition.
NY, Scribners, 1st , 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, An instructional book on making artifical flowers. Color, black & white photos. 157 pages. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front fly leaf.
Hardcover. New York , D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 3rd, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages. Green cloth cover with slight bumping of edges and slight fraying on spine. Inside clean and bright with many b&w instructional illustrations throughout.
New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover, 88 pages. Yellow with black lettering and design to front cover and spine. Light foxing to endpapers. Light edgewear and rubbing to covers and spine. Light soiling to laid in.