Softcover. Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 151 pages. Perfect binding, illustrated with 100 full color plates, introduction by Perry T. Rathbone, index of artists. Light rubbing to covers, crease to bottom front right corner from bending of cover; otherwise a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Amherst, Univ of Massachusetts Pr, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 263 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. light sunning to dust jacket spine, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2nd Printing, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 381 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page, minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight.
Softcover. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Monotone illustrated covers, perfect binding, red titles, 1500 copies published on occasion of exhibition, 176 b&w plates with accompanying descriptions, preface by Benjamin Rowland, Jr., introduction by Kenyon C. Bolton, III. Light rubbing to coves, clipped article from unknown periodical on exhibition included; a very clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Salem, MA, Essex Institute, 1st, 1976, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, One in a series on historical Massachusetts Houses; yellow covers with b/w plate on front; almost no wear to covers. Staple wrappers tight, pages clean and crisp. Postcard of the house inside front cover. 8 b/w plates of house, with extensive text on architecture, history, design and inventory of items in the house. 34 pages.
Hardcover. MA, University of Massachusetts Press , 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 268 pages. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Dust jacket with light edgewear and sunning and a small sticker-stain to front cover.
Hardcover. New York, Watson-Guptill, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 431 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs and reproductions. Included in this volume are: The Cover Show, AIGA Medalist Saul Bass, The AIGA Design leadership Award: Massachusetts Intitute of Technology, Communication Graphics, and much more. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Massachusetts, Gerald David Lincoln, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. White covers with black titles and b&w illustration, perfect binding, profusely illustrated with b&w plates of bottles and accompanying descriptions. Rubbing to covers, spine slightly discolored, previous owner's pen inscription in blue ink to top right corner of title page; overall a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1973, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 368 pages. B&W illust. The life and times of a celebrated 19th century Boston family. Ex-lib with light stamping residue. Dust jacket edgeworn, heavily chipped. Cover boards show heavy fading along top edges, spine cocked.
Hardcover. Salem, MA, Essex Institute, 1983, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Good, Reference guide to historical architecture in Salem, Massachusetts, with reviews of over 350 buildings. 311 pages, fully illustrated with black/white photographs and maps. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, no internal marks; dust jacket has wear at the corners and on the ends of the spine, two rips along the top edge.
Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 286 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very light wear, small scuff to back cover otherwise clean and tight copy. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in lower edge of front end papers.
Softcover. Cambridge, Hayden Gallery/MIT, 1st, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Softcover exhibition catalog. Black & white illustrations. Tender spine with separation at center of catalog, with pages likely to come loose in time. Clear unmarked pages. Some fading and minor soiling to covers.
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.
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 170 pages, b&w maps. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. White pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to edges, price clipped, old price covered with black ink on front fly leaf, else a very nice, tight copy.
Softcover. Massachusetts, multiple publishers, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Six art catalogs published together in a white slip case. "A collaboration among six museums in the Boston area, consists of six separately conceived exhibitions...". Sizes of catalogs differ so that edges stagger to reveal all six titles from front of slip case. Text by James Sheldon. Catalog titles: "Directions in Realisms," "Mavericks," "Painterly Abstraction," "Sitework," "Spiral: Afro-American Art of the 70's," and "Photography: Recent Directions." Light wear to slip cover edges, discoloration to revealed edges of catalogs; otherwise a very clean, tight copy of a unique set of exhibition catalogs.
Softcover. Massachusetts, multiple publishers, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Six art catalogs published together in a white slip case. "A collaboration among six museums in the Boston area, consists of six separately conceived exhibitions...". Sizes of catalogs differ so that edges stagger to reveal all six titles from front of slip case. Text by James Sheldon. Catalog titles: "Directions in Realisms," "Mavericks," "Painterly Abstraction," "Sitework," "Spiral: Afro-American Art of the 70's," and "Photography: Recent Directions." Light wear to slip cover edges, discoloration to revealed edges of catalogs; otherwise a very clean, tight copy of a unique set of exhibition catalogs.
Softcover. Salem, MA, Essex Institute, 1st, 1976, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, One in a series on historical Massachusetts houses; red covers with b/w plate on front; hardly any wear to covers. Staple wrappers tight, pages clean and crisp. Postcard of house inside front cover. 8 b/w plates of house and blueprints, extensive text on history and architecture. 31 pages.
Hardcover. Salem MA, Salem Press Company, 1st, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering, top edge gilt, 54 pages, b&w frontispiece "Field and Staff of Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861". Previous owner's sticker with name on front fly leaf, rear fly leaf removed. Otherwise clean.
Softcover. Boston, Massachusetts, New York Graphic Society Ltd., rep, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Collection of American domestic art in the Southwestern United States. 192 pages, fully illustrated with many black/white and color photographs, some full-page. Book is in very good condition, dust jacket is in good condition with some edge wear and rips on the top edge on the back.
Softcover. Waltham, Massachusetts, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 56 pages. Stiff textured light brown covers with blind stapled titles and folded flaps, acknowledgments and introductory essay titled "The Art of William Beckman and Gregory Gillespie" by Carl Belz, catalogue of the exhibition,16 color and b&w plates by each artist. Slight rubbing to covers, tiny brown marking to lower right edge of front cover, slight break to upper portion of spine; otherwise a very clean, tight copy in great condition.
Hardcover. Massachusetts, Belmont Hill School, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 179 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine and front cover board. Some foxing to cover boards. Clean inside. in honor of the 75th anniversary of the celebrated Massachusetts prep school, including a full history.
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