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Terrain of Freedom : American Art and the Civil War


Art Institute of Chicago

Softcover. Chicago , Art Institute of Chicago, 1st, 2001, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 104 pages illustrated throughout with numerous plates in b&w. Blue pictorial stiff wrappers. Lovely copy. Like new.

Record # 401338


Price: $12.00 

 

Texas Graveyards: A Cultural Legacy


Jordan, Terry G.

Hardcover. Austin, Texas, University of Texas Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Fine, Dust Jacket: Fine, 147 pages. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine, b&w illustrated dust jacket, illustrated with photographs. Still in original shrink wrap, never opened - book in excellent condition.

Record # 605426


Price: $29.00 

 

Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages


Martin, Rebecca

Softcover. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Glossy illustrated covers, in excellent condition with almost no wear. Corner slightly bent. Pages clean and crisp. Paper binding in good condition. 42 plates, mostly in b/w and a few in color. Catalogue of 27 items. 68 pages.

Record # 806982


Price: $65.00 

 

The Artist's Mount Desert


Wilmerding, John

Softcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 195 pages. Color & B/W photographs and drawings. Price tag on back cover. Some wear on edges of cover.

Record # 801912


Price: $19.00 

The British Library Guide to Manuscript Illumination: History and Techniquesde Hamel, Christopher
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The British Library Guide to Manuscript Illumination: History and Techniques


de Hamel, Christopher

Softcover. Toronto ; Buffalo, University of Toronto Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages. Softcover. Minor wear, scuffing to back cover, pages 41 and 43 dogeared, with underlining restricted to the endnotes pages. Tight copy.

Record # 2230719


Price: $38.00 

 

The Cultures of Mankind (4 vols)


Von Hildebrand (ed), Alice, Gary Wills, Ruth Brantl, Jilian Mates and Eugene Cantelupe

New York, Braziller, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Titles include: Greek Culture - The Adventure of the Human Spirit, Roman Culture - Weapons and the Man, Medieval Culture - The Image and the City, and Renaissance Culture - A New Sense of Order. Spines sunned. 380 pages each. Black & white photography and art. Box sunned with light wear.

Record # 205936


Price: $35.00 

 

The Gothic Cathedral


von Simson, Otto

Hardcover. New York, Panteon Bollingen Foundation Series, 2nd, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 278 pages. Bollingen Series XLVIII. Tipped-in color plates, b/w images throughout, gilt titles and decoration on spine, gilt decoration on front board. Blue top edge lightly faded. Some wear to dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate. Dust jacket price clipped. Clean inside. Content: "...von Simson undertakes an interpretation of the Gothic cathedral as an image of supernatural reality".

Record # 30069


Price: $25.00 

 

The Great Centuries Of Painting: The Fifteenth Century From Van Eyck To Botticelli


Lassaigne , Jacques and Giulio Carlo Argan

Hardcover. New York, Skira, reprint, 1955, 235 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations tipped in. Includes extensive bibliography. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Include slip case. Some foxing to dust jacket interior, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 410287


Price: $63.00 

 

The International Film Poster - The Role of the Poster in Cinema Art, Advertising and History


Edwards, Gregory J.

Paperback. New Hampshire, Salem House, 1st wraps, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illustrations ,224 pages. Paperback.

Record # 201262


Price: $20.00 

 

The Old Guard and the Avant-Garde: Modernism in Chicago, 1910-1940


N/A

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 280 pages,tan cloth cover with purple spine lettering. This American art history book explores the early cultural development of the movement in Chicago, pulling from previously unpublished primary sources. 20 color reproductions along with black and white photographs and sketches and a timeline in the back.

Record # 512231


Price: $19.00 

The Sacred Remains: Myth, History, and Polity in BelauParmentier, Richard J.
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The Sacred Remains: Myth, History, and Polity in Belau


Parmentier, Richard J.

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 341 pages. Softcover with minor wear and fading on spine, light foxing on text block. Creasing on bottom front corner.

Record # 2230583


Price: $23.00 

The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston Exhibition Record, 1897-1927
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The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston Exhibition Record, 1897-1927


Softcover. Boston, MA, Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 289 pages. Softcover, with minor wear to corner of upper spine and scratched section on back cover. Otherwise clean and tight copy. Members and associate members arranged alphabeticall; text also includes a chronology of major exhibitions; cover was designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue

Record # 2230510


Price: $188.00 

 

Theater of Cruelty: Art, Film, and the Shadows of Fear.


Buruma, Ian

Hardcover. New York, New York Review Book, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 423 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Extremely clean and bright inside and out. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good condition.

Record # 30660


Price: $15.00 

 

Thirteen Chapters of American History Represented by the Edward Moran series of Thirteen Historical Marine Paintings


Sutro, Theodore

Hardcover. New York, The Baker & Taylor CO, 1st, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 113 pages + b&w plates. Includes several full-page plates from the marine paintings depicting American history from Lief Erickson through the Spanish-American war. Tissue-protected photography portrait of the artist in front. scarce edition. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering. Some bumps and wear to cover. Inscription: "Compliments of the Ainslie Galleries Inc, 677 Fifth Avenue, New York City" on front attached end paper. Rough cut edges. In good shape

Record # 605231


Price: $16.00 

 

Thomas Bayley Lawson: Portrait Painter of Newburyport and Lowell


Coburn, Frederic W.

Softcover. Salem, MA, Newcomb & Gauss Co., reprint, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Reprinted from The Essex Institute Historical Collection, Vol 83, October 1947. 59 pages with 10 b&w plates.

Record # 805361


Price: $19.00 

 

Thomas Cole, 1801-1848: One Hundred Years Later


N/A

Softcover. Hartford, CT and New York, NY, Wadsworth Atheneum, Whitney Museum of American Art , 1st, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 60-page pamphlet, with 21 black-and-white plates. Exhibition catalog. Light edgewear and soiling to covers. Minor creasing to rear cover. Previous owner's signature on title page. Good, tight copy.

Record # 856557


Price: $13.00 

 

Thomas Doughty (1793-1856): An American Pioneer in Landscape Painting


Goodyear, Jr., Frank H.

Softcover. Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, staple-bound pamphlet. Exhibition catalog. Mostly black-and-white illustrations, with some color illustrations. A little tanning along spine. Minor shelf-wear and soiling to covers. Light creasing to bottom corners of front cover and pages. Nice, tight copy.

Record # 856511


Price: $88.00 

 

Thomas Moran in Utah


Lindstrom, Gaell

Softcover. Logan , Utah State University, 1st, NA, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 20 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609993


Price: $12.00 

 

Thomas P. Anshutz, 1851-1912


Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Softcover. Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1st, 1973, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 27-page, staple-bound pamphlet. Exhibition catalog. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Very light sun-fade to spine. Minor creasing to covers and bottom corners of pages. A little foxing to fore edge. A few pages with light soiling. Otherwise, clean, tight copy.

Record # 856604


Price: $13.00 

 

Thomas Waterman Wood, PNA, 1823-1903


Wood Art Gallery

Softcover. Montpelier, VT, Wood Art Gallery, 1st, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages. Exhibition catalog. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Light shelf-wear, edge-wear, and soiling on covers. A little tanning and creasing along spine. Some creasing on rear cover and last few pages. Minor spotting on fore edge and last couple of pages. Good, unmarked copy.

Record # 856490


Price: $19.00 

 

Three Centuries of Connecticut Folk Art


Grave, Alexandra

Softcover. Connecticut, Art Resources of Connecticut, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 104 pages. Exhibition catalog. Mostly black-and-white plates, with a few color plates in front. Light shelf-wear and soiling on covers. A little creasing on rear cover. Minor soiling to fore edge. A few scratches on all edges. Good, tight copy.

Record # 856439


Price: $23.00 

 

Three Hundred Years of American Paintings


Eliot, Alexander

Hardcover. New York, Time Incorporated, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 315 pages. 250 color illustrations throughout. Brown leatherette spine, white boards with light staining, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. No dust jacket. Gold slip case with edge wear. Slight yellowing around edges, otherwise a very nice, tight copy.

Record # 605347


Price: $32.00 

 

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting (The Culture & Civilization of China)


Barnhart, Professor Richard

Hardcover. US, Yale University Press, 1st, 1997-10-20, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 402 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light sun-fade to dust jacket spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464216


Price: $63.00 

 

Threshold States: Sprach-Schwellen


Breder, Hans

Softcover. Munster, Germany, Hachmeister Verlag Munster, First Edition, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 129 pages. Softcover with copious illustrations in full color and black & white. Faint, marginal toning to wraps. Faint tone to edges. Otherwise, clean inside & out. A nice copy.

Record # 6670018


Price: $38.00