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Century of Chair Design, A


Russel, Frank, Philippe Garner,John Read

Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Over 350 illustrations with 16 pages in color. Traces the development of chair design between 1850-1950 as seen in the work of over 60 craftsmen. Gray faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket with slight edgewear, otherwise clean and tight copy. Large and heavy book requires extra shipping for international orders.

Record # 605078


Price: $22.00 

 

Century of Philadelphia Artists, A


Frank S. Schwarz & Son

Softcover. Philadelphia, PA, Frank S. Schwarz & Son, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Color illustrated cover, 33 color plates with accompanying descriptions and biographical information, perfect bindings. Light wear to cover; overall a clean, tight copy.

Record # 805751


Price: $10.00 

 

Century of the Impressionists, The


Cognait, Raymond

Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers Inc., 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages. Red cloth covers, white stamped titles to spine, laminate dust jacket with full-color illustration, 110 color plates and 64 two-tone drawings. Clean covers, light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, with closed one inch tear to front panel top edge, pages crisp and unmarked, neat binding; overall, a neat, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 850940


Price: $25.00 

 

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 

 

Ceramics and Glass at the Essex Institute


Mudge, Jean M., Jane C. Nylander, Susan J. Montgomery, and Tanya B. Barter

Softcover. Salem, MA, Essex Institute, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Catalog with green covers, minor creases. Paper wrappers. 49 b/w plates of glass and ceramic works in the collection, with a half-page of text accompanying each work. Catalog is divided by region and type of work, with an introduction to each section. 64 pages. Tight, clean copy.

Record # 808533


Price: $15.00 

Ceramics in AmericaM. G. Quimby, Ian (ed.)
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Ceramics in America


M. G. Quimby, Ian (ed.)

Softcover. Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 374 pages. Softcover, with minor wear and creasing on edges. Otherwise clean and tight copy.

Record # 2230508


Price: $25.00 

 

Cezanne, His Life and Art


Lindsay, Jack

Hardcover. New York, New York Graphics Society, 1st, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 360 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Yellow cloth. Lacks dust jacket. Covers slightly worn and sunned. Previous owner's signature on front end papers, else a clean, nice reading copy.

Record # 810181


Price: $12.00 

 

Cezanne


Cezanne, Paul

Softcover. US, Philadelphia Museum Of Art, 1st, 1996-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 600 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Large heavy volume. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to wrappers with slight creasing to rear cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 462849


Price: $25.00 

 

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 

 

Chamberlain Selection of New England Rooms 1639-1863


Chamberlain, Samuel & Narcissa G. Chamberlain

Hardcover. New York, Hastings House, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 192 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Blue cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Slight wear and rubbing to edges and spine, multiple closed tears. A nice, clean copy.

Record # 606358


Price: $20.00 

 

Chanel and Her World


Charles-Roux, Edmonde

Softcover. US, The Vendome Press, 1st, 1979-01-01, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Wear and rubbing to wrappers, especially to the spine.

Record # 462842


Price: $38.00 

 

Charles C. Caffin: A Voice for Modernism, 1897-1918


Underwood., Sandra Lee

Hardcover. Ann Arbor, MI, UMI Research Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 310 pages. UMI Research Press Studies in the Fine Arts: Criticism. Light gray leatherette, Black lettering to spine. No dust jacket as issued. Looks brand new.

Record # 605136


Price: $13.00 

 

Charles Codman: The Landscape of Art and Culture in 19 century Maine


Earle G. Shettleworth, Jessica Nicoll

Softcover. Portland ME, Portland Art Museum, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalogue. 96 pages, 45 illustrations (39 color). Catalogue of 75 works exhibited. Introduction by Earle G. Shuttleworth, Jr.; "'The Real Pioneer of Art in This City': Charles Codman and the Rise of Landscape Painting in Portland, Maine" by Jessica Nicoll; "Diamonds, Rifle Rangers and Rock Slides: Codman's 'Native' Landscapes" by Jessica Skwire Routhier; checklist of 97 known works; bibliographical references.

Record # 408474


Price: $25.00 

 

Charles, The: Rivers of America


Tourtellot, Arthur Bernon , Illust. by: Ernest J. Donnelly

Hardcover. New York, Farrar & Rinehart Inc. , reprint, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 356 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. B&w illustrations throughout. Illustrated end papers and fly leaves. Chipping and edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857375


Price: $38.00 

 

Chats on Japanese Prints


Ficke, Arthur Davison

Hardcover. Rutland, Charles E. Tuttle, 1st US, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 456 pages. Hardcover. Full color frontis. Black & white illustrations. Price clipped dust jacket with short tape repaired tears at edges. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613698


Price: $19.00 

 

Chaudet's Belisarius: An Example of Virtue - Exhibition September 15-November 7, 2003


Janoray, Charles

Softcover. New York, Charles Janoray, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 14 pages. Exhibition catalog. Illustrated in full color and black & white. Minor wear.

Record # 610741


Price: $13.00 

 

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 

 

China, 5,000 Years: Innovation and Transformation in the Arts


Lee, Sherman E. (Editor)

Softcover. Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 503 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Large oversized volume. Light wear and rubbing to wrappers and slight crease to spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 458957


Price: $50.00 

Chinese Jades - Colloquies on Art & Archaeology in Asia No. 18Scott, Rosemary E.
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Chinese Jades - Colloquies on Art & Archaeology in Asia No. 18


Scott, Rosemary E.

Softcover. London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art/School of Oriental and African Studies/University of London, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 262 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613308


Price: $75.00 

 

Chinese Silk: A Cultural History


Vainker, Shelagh

Hardcover. Rutgers University Press, 1st U.S., 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Black cloth cover, very little wear. Dust jacket has minor wear to edges. Many color illustrations throughout. A nice, clean copy.

Record # 455647


Price: $20.00 

 

Choice Pages from Early American School Books


Johnson, Myron

Softcover. Scotia, NY, Americana Review, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Catalog of pages from old school texts; blue covers with minor rubbing and some discoloration. Staple wrappers. Numerous b/w plates from old texts, with bibliographic information included, are included. Introduction on collecting old American school books. Tight, clean copy.

Record # 808539


Price: $12.00 

 

Chopin and Other Musical Essays


Finck, Henry T.

Hardcover. New York, NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, First Edition, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Publisher's navy cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Grey dyed top edge. Light nominal toning, previous owner's signature to front fly leaf. 273 pages. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 6670139


Price: $44.00 

 

Christian Parlor Book, The - Devoted to Science, Literature, and Religion - Vol. VI


Thomas Cole, Jenny Lind, Walter Savage Landor

Hardcover. NY, George Pratt, 1st, 1850, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 24 b&w engraved plates. Articles on the Character of Thomas Cole (with a portrait and a sketch), Jenny Lind (with portrait), Danish sculptor Albert Thorvalsden (portrait), author Walter Savage Landor(portrait). 380 pages. Light foxing to pages. Black leather spine, cloth on rear board coming loose, minor tears.

Record # 601596


Price: $30.00 

Christian Texts for Aztecs: Art and Liturgy in Colonial MexicoLara, Jaime
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Christian Texts for Aztecs: Art and Liturgy in Colonial Mexico


Lara, Jaime

Softcover. Notre Dame, IN, University of Notre Dame, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 362 pages. Spiral bound softcover. Color illustrations throughout. Covers show a little use/shelf wear: creases, a bit of soil, small rip at bottom of front cover. In very good condition, clean and bright inside.

Record # 30943


Price: $50.00