Hardcover. New York, Museum of American Folk Art, 1st, 1982, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Exhibition catalog. 146 pages, illustrated throughout with 132 plates in full color. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. White pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to edges and spine, else a very nice, tight copy.
Softcover. New York, NY, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with green covers, color plate on front. Minor scratches and rubbing. Staple wrappers tight, pages clean and crisp. Various newspaper clippings on exhibition inside of front cover. 49 plates, 19 in color, of American folk art in painting, sculpture, and textile works. 63 works listed. 44 pages.
Softcover. Williamsburg, VA, Colonial Williamsburg Inc, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 50 pages. Exhibition catalog. Gray textured stapled covers with red titles, foreword by James L. Cogar, essay by Edith Gregor Halpert, catalogue, profusely illustrated with b&w plates. Mild rubbing to covers, slight age discoloration to cover edges due to age, adhesive stain to front cover from assumed missing di-cut illustrated plate; otherwise a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Bonanza Books, Reprint, N.D., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 132 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Yellow cloth with red lettering to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Light wear and foxing to covers and upper edges, else a very nice, tight copy.
Softcover. New York, Hudson Hills Press, Inc./Whitney Museum of American Art, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 233 pages. Covers completely illustrated in full color, white titles, perfect binding, divided into sections by century, then artist, textured dividing pages, profusely illustrated with large beautiful color plates. Very slight rubbing to covers; a clean, tight copy in great condition.
Hardcover. New York, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc , 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 244 pages. 86 color illustrations and 146 b&w. Gilt titles on spine. Includes extensive bibliography. Edge wear to dust jacket and soiling to several pages, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum, 1st, 1977, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 108 pages. Exhibition catalog compiled by Richard B. Woodward. White covers with color illustration and black titles to front, perfect binding, foreword by R. Peter Mooz, introduction by Mary Black, 51 full-page color plates with accompanying descriptions. 10 different article clippings from various newspapers and magazines regarding exhibition. Light rubbing to covers, front cover just barely separated from first page due to cheap binding adhesive used; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.
New York, NY, Bramhall House, reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 86 color plates, 146 B&W illustrations. pictorial paper dust jacket with wear to corners, spine, and edges. Wear to back cover. Red board, orange spine. Previous owner signature and date on front flyleaf. Spotting to top edge. Overall, a clean, nice copy.
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.
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.
Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 392 pages. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Some shelf-wear, edge-wear, creasing, and closed tears to dust jacket, particularly around spine. A little tape on back of dust jacket. Now protected by clear, plastic cover. Minor tanning along top edge of flaps. Nice, unmarked copy.
Softcover. Boston, MA, MFA Publications, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 111 pages. Published in conjunction with the exhibtion "American Folk" organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from April 8 to August 5, 2001. Color illustrated soft cover, numerous color plates throughout, features work of 36 identified artists. Light wear to cover; overall a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. US, Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1st, 1987-06-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 202 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Portland House, 1st, August 2, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 202 pages. Brown cloth cover, minor wear. Dust jacket has light wear to some edges. Inside is bright and clean, with 78 full color plates. A nice copy.
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.
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.
Hardcover. New York , The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 92 pages. Orange cloth cover, very little wear. Dust jacket has light wear to edges. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Light foxing on top edge. Faint stain on front endpage, otherwise inside is bright and clean with many color and b&w photographs throughout. A nice copy.
Hardcover. New York, Hudson Hills Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 314 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Yellow blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine. White pictorial dust jacket. Back cover slightly sunned, else a beautiful copy. Like new.
Dayton OH, Girl Scouts Inc., 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 10 separate issues, each 50 pages. Wonderful articles, fiction, ads, news of girl scout activities of the period. B&W photos and illustrations. This group features a profile of Juliette Low (founder of Girl Scouting) in three parts, articles by Helen Creighton on folk ballads, others on Helen Hayes, vegetable puppets, bicycling, Hollywood studios, careers in libraries, gardening, etc. Many ads and editorial on Girl Scouts, camp activities, uniforms. Mostly very good with some chipping, dog ears. Mailing label on covers.
Dayton OH, Girl Scouts Inc., 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 11 separate issues, each 50 pages. Wonderful articles, fiction, ads, news of girl scout activities of the period. B&W photos and illustrations. This group features profiles of Bonita Granville and Deanna Durbin, articles on the NY World's Fair, careers in radio, "Can Girls be Lawyers?", others on pets, hair-dos, decorating your room, etc. Many ads and editorial on Girl Scouts, camp activities, uniforms. A back cover ad on the newly released Wizard of Oz. Mostly very good with some chipping, dog ears. Mailing label on covers.
Dayton OH, Girl Scouts Inc., 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 10 separate issues, each 50 pages. Wonderful articles, fiction, ads, news of girl scout activities of that period. B&W photos and illustrations.This group features Winter Cottage by Carol Ryrie Brink (Illust. By Fritz Eichenberg), articles by Alan Lomax on folk music, others on Mickey Rooney, baking pies, horseback riding, dog stars of the movies, gardening, etc. Many ads and editorial on Girl Scouts, camp activities, uniforms. Mostly very good with some chipping, dog ears. Mailing label on covers.
Softcover. Giverny, Musee d'Art Americain, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 109 pages. Softcover. Text in French and English. Small museum stamp at top right corner of front endpaper. Full color illustrations. Degree of fading to spine. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1st, 2005, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 215 pages, illustrations in color and b&w. A study of Grant Wood's "American Gothic" painting. Beige cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Minor edgewear to jacket, else like new.
Softcover. Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. 122 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Blue pictorial stiff wrappers. Light wear to edges and spine, minor sunning to front cover, else a very nice, clean, sharp copy.
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