Softcover. New York, Mayflower Books, Inc, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. b&w photos throughout. Gray pictorial paper boards with light wear to edges and small wrinkle to back cover. Spine slightly bumped. Record # 512771
Softcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2nd Pr., 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 391 pages, soft cover. Paper covers have some mild discoloration, but are otherwise in very good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book collects important Chinese writings about painting, from the earliest examples through the fourteenth century, allowing us to look at the art of this rich era as it was seen and understood in the artists' own times. Clean copy. Record # 34123
Hardcover. NY, Funk & Wagnalls, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 278 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is clean and bright, as are covers and interior pages. Binding is solid, Learn the background of the craftsmen and shops which made utilitarian household wares: the crockery used for cooking, preserving, and serving food. Previous owner has minimally marked up the appendix in pencil, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33679
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Viking, 1st, 2000-10-09, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 332 pages. Light shelf-wear and scratching to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 463550
Softcover. Houston, TX, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1st (in English), 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with glossy white covers, minor rubbing and scratching. Paper wrappers tight. Pages clean and crisp, with 16 plates, 5 in color, of various pieces of embroidery over the course of history. Exhibition was originally organized by a Paris museum. 172 work listing. Glossary of different types of stitches at back. Short introduction on embroidery's history and connection to religion. Record # 807667
Softcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 2nd, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 292 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W tables, as well as some illustrations at chapter headers. This book presents a linguistic analysis of poetry through a series of literary essays which demonstrate the artistic progression of poetry through the decades. Previous owner's name is signed on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34543
Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1st, 1963, Dust Jacket: None, 562 pages, index, bibliography, cloth cover, gilt lettering on spine. Light wear to cloth cover, ex-library copy; overall, a clean, tight copy. Record # 803061
Softcover. New York, NY, The American Federation of Arts, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with b/w covers, plate on front; minor rubbing and sunning. Staple wrappers. 17 b/w plates of historical drawings taken from the museum's collection. 100 items listed. Introduction on the creation of the exhibition and where the drawings come from. 31 pages. Tight, clean copy. Record # 808562
Softcover. New York, NY, The American Federation of Arts, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with b/w covers, plate on front; minor rubbing and marking, some sunning. Staple wrappers. 17 b/w plates of historical drawings taken from the museum's collection. 100 items listed. Introduction on the creation of the exhibition and where the drawings come from. 31 pages. Tight, clean copy. Record # 808561
Softcover. New York, NY, The American Federation of Arts, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with b/w covers, plate on front; minor foxing and rubbing, light sunning on edges. Staple wrappers. 17 b/w plates of historical drawings taken from the museum's collection. 100 items listed. Introduction on the creation of the exhibition and where the drawings come from. 31 pages. Tight, clean copy. Record # 808560
Hardcover. New York, Antheneum Publishers, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 462 pages. Selected, with an introduction, by Daniel Catton Rich, prefatory essay by Lincoln Kirstein. Gray marbled boards with magenta cloth spine with gilt lettering, dust jacket, erratum slip included, 39 pages of b&w illustrations. Light wear and fading to dust jacket; overall a tight, clean copy. Record # 805298
Hardcover. New York, The Viking Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 100 pages. 100 illustrations, including 29 plates in full color. Blue cloth, faded at edges, silver lettering to spine. Pictorial dust jacket with minor wear, some staines on inside of dj, otherwise a very nice and tight copy. Record # 605340
Softcover. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN, Indiana University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 250 pages, soft cover. Covers and interior pages are both clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W illustrations throughout. This essay collection reveals surprising insights into how food shaped Russia's history and culture from Kievan times to the present. Some of the chapters focus on historical topics while others consider images of food in literature and art. Clean copy. Record # 33922
Hardcover. Hartford, CT, O. D. Case and Company, 1st, 1865, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 450 pages, hardcover. Brown pebble cloth covers are in good condition despite some staining, and edge wear concentrated at the top and bottom of the spine. Interior pages have significant foxing but are otherwise clean and bright. Binding is solid but not perfectly square. Contains a few B&W illustrations throughout. Browne was a war correspondent for the New York Tribune, and this book is a compilation of his articles and reports from the front lines. The book covers a wide range of topics related to the war, including military strategy, battles and skirmishes, political developments, and the experiences of soldiers and civilians. Previous owner's name is present on the front end pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34227
Hardcover. NY, Carlton Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 96 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition for its age. Covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W illustrations throughout, both line art and photography. With colorful wit and a judicious economy of style, this autobiography will take you on a nostalgic journey into the inventive excitement of a not-so-distant past. Clean copy. Record # 33766
Softcover. NY, Shelter Harbor Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book is a definitive look at how geometry changed the world of art forever. It follows the artists of the renaissance, whose search for perspective and visual depth led them to the study of geometry. This compelling volume uses engaging text, compelling historical accounts and beautiful illustrations to immerse readers in the fundamental renaissance forms which, although conceived over five-hundred years ago, still have the capacity to awe and inspire us with their beauty. Clean copy. Record # 34337
Softcover. Dayton, OH, Brandywine Conservancy, Inc., 1st, 1978, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with brown covers in good condition. Corners and edges slightly worn. Paper binding is tight, and pages are clean and crisp. Newspaper clipping concerning the artist is inside front cover. 4 color plates with numerous b/w plates throughout of author's realistic paintings, accompanied by generous text on author's life and works. Listing has 61 works listed. 75 pages. Record # 807140
Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 17 pages of text, followed by an unpaginated section with over 150 illustrations, hardcover. Dust jacket, orange cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and some full-color photography throughout. This book focuses on the Gates of Paradise in Florence, detailing how Ghiberti revolutionized Renaissance art through deep perspective, 10-panel Old Testament narratives, gilded bronze casting, and workshop collaboration. Clean copy. Record # 34405
Softcover. San Francisco, The Indian Historian Press, 2nd, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 198 pages, soft cover. Covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Full color and B&W artwork and maps throughout. This was the first full-length work to be published by an Eskimo author. Through its second edition publication in 1982, this was the only scholarly book written by an Alaskan Eskimo, without an interpretation by a non-Eskimo co-author, published by an American Indian professional publishing house. Clean copy. Record # 33791
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover . New York, Copernicus, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 234 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 469337
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. New York, Grove Press, 3rd, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 640 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrapper edges. Record # 471169
Hardcover. New York, Stein and Day, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Hardcover. No dj. Cover boards bound in black cloth, gilt title on spine (faded). Tanning from age to edges. Pages clean, binding tight, spine straight. Record # 31888
Hardcover. NY, Pegasus Books, 1st thus, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 354 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Communist jokes are the strangest, funniest, most enchanting and meaningful legacy of the eighty years of communism in Russia and Eastern Europe. The valiant and sardonic citizens of the former Communist countries-surrounded by secret police, threatened with arrest, imprisonment and forced labor, a failed economic system, and bombarded with ludicrous propaganda-turned joke-telling into an art form, using them as a coded way of speaking the truth and coping with the absurdity of the system. In this poignant and historically revealing book, rare and previously unpublished archive material, including cartoons, caricatures, photographs, and oral transcripts take the reader on a unique journey through the real experience of the Communist era. 25+ B&W illustrations throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33934
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