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, Atria Books, 1st thus, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 592 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This biography draws on newly uncovered archives and the co-author's expertise in magic to reveal Houdini's secret work as a spy for the United States and England. It includes his post-war efforts to expose the fraudulent activities of spiritualist mediums, and the plot organized by Arthur Conan Doyle to have him murdered. Clean copy. Record # 33737
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
Softcover. Millbrae, CA, Celestial Arts, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, soft cover, B&W illustrations and photos throughout. Minor wear but generally in good condition. Long before "turn on, tune in, drop out" became the credo of the American counterculture, Aldous Huxley was using mescaline and LSD in controlled, carefully documented experiments. Accounts of those psychedelic experiences, along with his interest in Eastern mystical religions, accompany the moving story of Aldous Huxley's later years with his wife, Laura. Huxley's fascination with the spiritual world remained with him throughout his life and never wavered through his final illness in 1963. THIS TIMELESS MOMENT takes the reader into the lively mind of one of the most profound thinkers of any generation. Previous owner's name on first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33578
Hardcover. London, Readex Microprint, reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 331 pages, hardcover. Covers are significantly bumped near the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright, and the binding is solid. This is a reprint of an 1868 book, with original B&W illustrations throughout. In 1864, the Russian government granted permission to the Western Union Telegraph Company to make a survey for a possible telegraph line extending from British Columbia through what was then called Russian America (Alaska)... One of the participants was Frederick Whymper, a young English adventurer, writer, and artist, who joined the expedition and wrote Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, one of the earliest and best accounts of Alaska during the transition from a Russian to an American possession. Previous owner wrote two short notes on the inside back cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33785
Hardcover. Geneva / NY, SKIRA / Crown Publishers, Inc., Reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 217 pages, hardcover. Covers have some minor soiling. Interior pages are clean and bright. Previous owner's label pasted on front end page. Tipped-in, gorgeous full color plates throughout. This book explores the history and development of Japanese painting, covering a broad timeline. This is an oversize book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 33874
Hardcover. Washington D.C., National Geographic, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 287 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, with sticker residue on rear. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Minor bumping to corners. Binding is solid. This National Geographic book accompanied a traveling exhibition of relics and artifacts relating to Tutankhamun. Contains full color photography throughout. This is an oversize book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34000
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
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Livingston, MT, Scribners, Book Club, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, black & white illustrations, 192 pages. Dust jacket with light edgewear, light soil. previous owner's bookplate inside front cover, otherwise clean, very good. Record # 61905
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
Softcover. Philadelphia, The Victorian Society in America, 2nd, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. A pocket guide to 19th century museums, inns, restaurants, tours and historic sites. Blue pictorial stiff paper wrappers. Light wear, and slight rubbing to spine, else clean, tight copy. Record # 605626
Softcover. Texas/Colorado, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art/Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. White wrappers, with color illustration of Kuhn's "The Commissioners" to front, perfect binding, color frontispiece of "Bar Room Fight," foreword by Fred S. Bartlett, 33 full page b&w plates. Slight rubbing to wrappers, pages crisp and unmarked; a very neat, tight copy. Record # 807903
Softcover. New York, Watson Guptill Publications, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Traces the transformation of America through art from 1760 until after the civil war. 112 pages, includes 60 color illustrations. A clean copy, in near fine condition. Record # 805369
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