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. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34397
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, 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
Softcover. Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages, soft cover. Paper covers have some edge wear, with one closed tear and a stain on the rear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Stapled binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This is Volume 75, Number 325 of the Bulletin of The Philadelphia Museum of Art. The catalogue lists 133 works, which are annotated. It was the first retrospective exhibition of Oakley's work. Clean copy. Record # 34296
Softcover. Hagerstown, MD, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, xv, 160 pages illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Catalog of 66 works by American artists. Pictorial stiff wrappers with some wear to edges and spine and small wrinkle to lower right corner. Paperclip impressions on a few pages and two scraped areas on spine. A nice, tight copy. Record # 605809
Softcover. New York, NY, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., 1st, 1981, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with brown covers, staple wrappers. 74 b/w plates of watercolors and drawings from various artists; introduction on American art. Tight, clean copy. Record # 808249
Hardcover. North Dighton, MA, JG Press / World Publications Group Inc., Reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket has one closed tear at the top of the spine, but is still in very good condition overall. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book provides an insightful introduction to both the life and works of this towering American genius, and gives us a cornucopia of breathtaking color reproductions of his greatest masterworks. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34313
Hardcover. NY, American Artists Group, Inc., 1st, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, hardcover. Cloth spine with paper covered boards are in good condition, with moderate edge wear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout of Kuniyoshi's artwork. This is a small-format book, only about 6" tall. It is an autobiography of Yasuo Kuniyosho, accompanied by his artwork. Clean copy. Record # 34101
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