Softcover. Lawndale, CA, Old Master Gallery Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 172 pages. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Light wear to edges and spine, front hinge cracked, but binding still tight. A nice. clean copy.
Hardcover. Collingwood, NJ, Anthony C. Schmidt Fine Arts, 5th, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 370 pages. An unabridged republication of the edition originally published by the Michigan State Library in 1924. Maroon leatherette with gilt titles to front and spine. No dust jacket. Small stain to bottom edge, else like new.
Hardcover. Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 191 pages. Hardcover with original dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Faint foxing top edge. Dust jacket with a few small spots of foxing, light wear to edges, very bright & price-clipped. Toning throughout, faint foxing to a few pages. Otherwise clean & unmarked.
Hardcover. Artists House, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 272 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Dust jacket with wear, rubbing and a few closed tears with tape repairs. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 132 pages plus 126 plates, several in color. Beige cloth with gilt design on front, gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket worn and chipped.
Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white Illustrations by various artists including A.B Frost. Gilt decorated green covers. Previous owner's signature on front end paper.
Hardcover. New York, NY, Bulfinch Press, Reprint, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 107 pages. Hardcover. "First Reduced-Format Edition". Decorated endpaper. Decorated covers. B/w illustrations throughout and frontispiece. pages and edges clean. Binding tight. Spine straight. In beautiful condition. A different look at books through photography.
Softcover. New York, James Fr. Carr, 2nd, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 639 pages. "Comprising biographical and critical sketches of American artists: preceded by an historical account of the rise & progress of art in America." Blue cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. Light rubbing to covers, mild wear to cover edges; a very clean, tight copy.
hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 111 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color pictures throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Leipzig, Velhagen & Klasing, 1st, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 90 black & white illust. 112 pages + index. Transl. from German by Campbell Dodgson
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor scuffing to dust jacket. Otherwise a very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.
Hardcover. Noank, CT, Noank Publishing Studio, 1st Edition, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 88 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's stamp on title page. Color plates, b/w illustrations throughout. DJ has agewear, priceclipped. Pages/edges have some tanning from age, otherwise clean. Binding good. Spine straight. Red cloth decorated cover boards w/mylar cover under DJ. "Sturdy realism and a lyrical note of singular appeal meet as complementaries in Blackman's portraits, figures, and still-life paintings... an inspiring teacher... emphasizes the importance of sound construction and draughtmanship."
Hardcover. New York, Weathervane Books, reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, xv+252 pages, 16 colored and 32 b&w illustrations. Study of a group of artists, such as Howard Pyle, Andrew Wyeth, N. C. Wyeth, Harvey Dunn and others, living in the Brandywine Valley of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Red paper boards with slight sunfading to edges, yellow cloth spine and black pictorial dust jacket with closed tear to back cover and light wear. Overall a nice, tight, clean copy.
Softcover. New York, Assouline, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 296 pages, profusely illustrated in color. Large softcover bound in clear acrylic covers with metal clasps.
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 267 pages, b&w illustrations. Profiles of 7 artists of the period: Millais, Burne-Jones, Watt, Poynter, Alma-Tadema, Leighton and Orchardson. Worn covers, front and rear hinges cracked. Previous owner
Softcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 277 pages. Softcover with minor wear to edges. Very clean, unmarked copy. Color images throughout.
Hardcover. Boston, Horn Book, 4th pr., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 329 pages, b&w illustrated dust jacket with light edgewear. Vol. 2 of the Horn Book Papers.
Softcover. GA, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. 103 pages. 59 B&W and color illustrations. pictorial cover. Slight wear to both covers. Color frontispiece. Overall, a nice, clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 143 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Photographs of artists by Jim MuHugh. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.
Softcover. Oakland, CA, Oakland Museum, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy tan cover with embossed title. Rubbing on both covers, slight tear to back cover. Staple binding with creases and rubbing. Pages have some spotting but otherwise are in good condition. 22 plates, some in color, most in b/w. Abbreviated biographies of artists accompanying the photographs. 16 pages.
Hardcover. Italy, Opera Della Primaziale Pisana, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 143 pages + numerous illustrations/plates in color and b/w, fold. map. ITALIAN TEXT. Covers show some wear/fading from age. Gilt title on spine and front cover. Bound in red fabric. Some foxing to edges/ but pages/illustrations clean, does not affect text. Still a quite tight binding.
Softcover. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, First Edition, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 386 pages. Softcover. Bright wraps with light wear to edges, creases to front lower right corner. Previous owner's name to front half title page. Frontis illustration, The Final Close Up, Charlie Chaplin, City Lights, in black & white. Black & white illustrations throughout. Light (erasable) pencil to first chapter. Else clean, tight copy.