Hardcover. New York, Philosophical Library, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 164 black & white reproductions of Russian art. Also includes list of artists, index of illustrations, introduction. Blue cloth cover with title on spine and front in gilt. Previous owner namestamp in front endpages. Record # 501644
Hardcover. NY, Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1st American Editions, Volume 1 3rd Impression, 1970, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 156 pages volume 1, 123 pages volume 2, hardcovers. Dust jackets on both volumes are in poor condtion, with multiple chips and open tears. Light blue covers of volume 1 are bumped, with significant edge wear concentrated most heavily around the spine. Pink covers of volume 2 are in similar condition. All interior pages are clean and bright in both volumes. Bindings are slightly loose. These two books combine song lyrics by the Beatles with accompanying illustrations and photographs, many by leading artists of the period. Comments from the Beatles on the origins of the songs are also included. These are large-form books, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copies. Record # 33962
Hardcover. Los Angeles, CA, Taschen, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 807 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages which were designed to incorporate indented section tabs on the edges. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography throughout. This book combines original and incisive essays about particular symbols with representative images from all parts of the world and all eras of history. Each of the approximately 350 essays examines a given symbol's psychic background, and how it evokes psychic processes and dynamics. Clean copy. Record # 34518
Hardcover. Spartanburg, SC, Saraland Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 216 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has one crease on the front flap, but is still in very good condition. Tan cloth covers with gilt text and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book chronicles a dynamic period of Southern history, detailing the artistic legacy of native and national artists whose collective image-making led to Charleston's transformation from a faded Southern capital to a premier tourist destination. This book introduces readers to the city's traditions and lore, and delineates their impact on the art of the day. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34470
Hardcover. NY, Greenwich House, 1st thus, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, green cloth covers with gilt text, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains more than 200 color illustrations, and some B&W illustrations throughout. This is a survey of works by French artists of the Impressionist movement, with a focus on Pissarro, Sisley, Manet, Morisot, Monet, Renoir, Cassatt, Degas, and Toulouse-Lautrec. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 33957
Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 306 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition due to a few closed tears, significant chipping, and one long closed cut on the front. Red cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book makes deeply penetrating examinations into the psychology of the artist and of artistic creativity. Anton Ehrenzweig was uniquely qualified in this, having great knowledge and understanding both of the most recent trends in art and of the most advanced psychological theory. Clean copy. Record # 34408
Hardcover. Geneva, Switzerland, Albert Skira, 1st, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 151 pages, hardcover. Gray cloth boards with embossed lettering are in good condition, despite foxing to the top edge, and minor edge wear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains 82 full-color laid-in plates, all of which are present. This book contains all of the essentials to facilitate the study of the great art movements. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's paste-in is present on the front end page. Light pencil underlining and notes are present throughout. Record # 34264
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st thus, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition despite a fold on the front flap. Yellow cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Top edge colored yellow. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. Stokes has acquired an almost mythical reputation as one of the finest and most discriminating writers on art. This book deals only with Stokes' critical writing, and with what is necessary to understand it. Contains some of the previous owner's light pencil markings throughout, but they do not interfere with the legibility of any text blocks. Record # 34478
Hardcover. Santa Fe, NM, Arena Editions, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 447 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This photography book presents portraits of artists, authors, musicians and more. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34446
Hardcover. London, U.K., Beaux Arts Editions / Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 380 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has one closed tear at the top edge, but is still in very good condition overall. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This magnificent volume highlights some of the finest impressionist paintings collected by American institutions. A general introduction and essay accompanies each of the 48 color plates, providing an overview and appropriate social, cultural, and historical background for each work. Presents artwork by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Manet, van Gogh, Cezanne, Seurat, Pissarro, and many others. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34315
Hardcover. London, U.K., Beaux Arts Editions / Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 380 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some light bumping to the top edge, but is still in very good condition overall. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This magnificent volume highlights some of the finest impressionist paintings collected by American institutions. A general introduction and essay accompanies each of the 48 color plates, providing an overview and appropriate social, cultural, and historical background for each work. Presents artwork by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Manet, van Gogh, Cezanne, Seurat, Pissarro, and many others. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34314
Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcovers, 393 and 381 pages, respectively. Covers are in very good condition considering their age, with just some minor rubbing to the spines. Uncut interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Top edges gilt. B&W illustrations throughout, including a beautiful frontispiece of Augustus Saint-Gaudens in each volume, a photo in volume 1 and an illustration in volume 2. This edition contains 2 different text fonts, one of which indicates biographical, and the other autobiographical writings. This is a scarcely available set on the life and works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), an American Beaux-Arts sculptor who is best known for his statues commemorating Abraham Lincoln and Union officers of the Civil War, including Robert Gould Shaw, William Tecumseh Sherman, and John Logan. These volumes were edited by his only child, Homer (1880-1953), an artist and museum administrator in his own right. These two larger volumes are available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's stamp on inside front cover of both volumes, otherwise clean copies. Record # 33868
Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 168 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, and is in fair condition overall due to multiple closed tears and chips. Red cloth cover boards with a quarter black spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book presents a survey of Civil War battle art, some of which is not published elsewhere. Contains six war-inspired poems by Walt Whitman. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34348
Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 168 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, and is in fair condition overall due to multiple closed tears and chips. Red cloth cover boards with a quarter black spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book presents a survey of Civil War battle art, some of which is not published elsewhere. Contains six war-inspired poems by Walt Whitman. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34397
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price clipped and has some minor edge wear along the top, but it is still in good condition overall, as protected by a plastic sleeve. Green cloth covers with gilt text are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains hundreds of B&W cartoons and drawings by James Thurber, many published here for the first and only time, as assembled by his widow, Helen Thurber. End papers decorated with checkered cartoon design. Clean copy. Record # 34494
Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st thus, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 225 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. A chronicle of the life of a Mexican legend, an accomplished photographer whose beauty inspired famous artists, and whose devotion to Communism involved her in an infamous murder case. This book uncovers facts about her life and indelibly portrays a fascinating era. Clean copy. Record # 33701
Hardcover. Middlebury VT, Sheldon Museum, 1st, 1950, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages, hardcover. Cheap cover boards are in fair condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. There is a tear in the cloth at the spine, though the binding is still solid. This book includes a list of all known works by each of the two featured artists. B&W photographs throughout. Inscribed by author in first front end page. Clean copy. Record # 33670
Hardcover. Middlebury, VT, Sheldon Museum, 1st, 1950, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages, hardcover. Cheap cover boards are in fair condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Moderate stain damage along the top edge of the cover. Soiling to corners. Binding is solid. This book includes a list of all known works by each of the two featured artists. B&W photographs throughout. Inscribed by author in first front end page. Clean copy. Record # 33671
Hardcover. Southport, CT, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 319 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is lightly bumped at the corners and the bottom of the spine. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Contains B&W and full-color photography of Van Gogh's artwork throughout. This excellent presentation places Van Gogh's own words together with preparatory sketches for his works, and vintage postcards and photographs. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34041
Hardcover. ACC Art Books, Early Reprint, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 221 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography throughout. This is a richly illustrated catalog, produced to accompany an exhibition focused on Van Gogh's relationships with family, friends and models. The exhibition ran from September 21st 2019 through January 12th 2020, in the Netherlands. Part biography, part art history, this book dismantles the commonly held misconception that Van Gogh's genius stemmed from his mental illness and isolation. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34322
Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, brown cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book is a survey of the works of art by Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944). A pioneer of abstract painting, each of his pieces has been provided with an accompanying commentary by Thomas M. Messer. Contains 82 illustrations, including 40 color plates. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34301
Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 215 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has several ex-library stickers, with minor staining and light bumping. Black cloth covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is slightly loose, due to a cracked front hinge. Contains full-color photography throughout. This book by two widely recognized specialists on Velazquez shows exactly how Spain's most famous painter realized his artistic vision. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. It is an ex-library book with the standard exterior markings, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34304
Softcover. Paris, FR, Editions Verve, 1st, 1939, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, soft cover. Paper covers have some light edge wear, but are generally in good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright despite some minor foxing. Binding is quite loose and is in poor condition due to significant damage to the spine. A good candidate for rebinding. Contains B&W and full-color illustrations and photography throughout. This is a special double issue of the iconic French art journal, created for the New York's World's Fair, with original color lithograph covers of female nudes by Aristide Maillol. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34371
Softcover. London, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Reprint, 2024, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 278 pages, soft cover. Covers are in good condition, despite some minor edge wear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. This intellectual biography of outspoken public activist, professor, and architectural historian and critic Vincent Scully's life and career traces the formative moments in his thinking, mapping his relationships with a constellation of architects, artists, and cultural personalities of the past one hundred years. Previous owner's signature on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33883
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