Hardcover. NY, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st thus, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 189 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Originally appearing in 1956, this work is considered the most comprehensive illustrated guide to collectible color plate flower books ever published. This Revised & Expanded Edition includes new title entries, bringing the total to over 750 full-color illustrations, plus an appendix detailing printing techniques. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page in light pencil, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34181
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 In this poignant and historically revealing book, rare and previously unpublished archive material, including cartoons, caricatures, photographs, and oral transcripts take the reader on a unique journey through the real experience of the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
Softcover. Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Art Museum, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Gray stapled covers with black line illustration and red titles, full page b&w frontispiece, preface by Thomas T. Solley, essay by Claus Cluver, 15 b&w plates throughout, catalog organized alphabetically by artists, biographical notes. Slight rubbing to wrappers; a very clean, tight copy. Record # 806165
Softcover. New York, Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Stiff white covers, perfect binding, 12 large color plates including illustration to front cover, gray papers between each plate, b&w photographic frontispiece of Hofmann. Very slight rubbing to covers, stiff binding, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight catalog. Record # 807452
Softcover. New York, Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. White wrappers, perfect binding, 13 full-pages color plates including illustration to cover, b&w photographic frontispiece of Hofmann's home, short essay by Hofmann entitled "On the Aim and Nature of Art." Two light creases to rear cover from previous bending, stiff pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight catalog. Record # 807451
Softcover. Dayton, Dayton Art Institute/Baltimore Museum of Art, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 44 pages. Softcover. Black & white illustrations, one tipped-in color plate. Clean, tight copy. Record # 611850
Softcover. New York City, Frank Rehn Gallery, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages, full pages color and b&w illustrations and photographs. Slight wear to edges, mild discoloration on endpages. Record # 603780
Softcover. Hickory, NC, Hickory Museum of Art, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Catalogue of permanent collection of the Hickory Museum of Art. Brown stapled covers with white titles and color illustration, 47 full page b&w plates. Slight rubbing to covers; overall a very clean, tight copy. Record # 806026
Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 9 articles about children's bookshops, 'A Second Look: The Glass Slipper' by Sheryl B. Andrews, 'Early Spring Booklist', and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright. Record # 604698
Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 143 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'The Artist at Work: Card Tables and Collage' by Lois Ehlert, 'An Extraordinary Vision' by Dilys Evans, 'The Outside Child' by Nina Bawden, and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright. Record # 604701
Paperback. Cincinnati OH, F & W Publications, 1st wraps, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback. Special issue on self-promotion featuring work by many design firms, photographers, illustrators. 152 pages. Color illustrations throughout. Record # 600825
Hardcover. NY, Harper Pop (Harper Collins Publishers), 1st thus, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 206 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains gorgeous full-color illustrations throughout. This book deftly interweaves video game analysis with the complex narratives of art, politics, and history. It positions video games as vital tools for understanding each other and ourselves. Clean copy. Record # 34302
Hardcover. New York, NY, Watson-Guptill, 2nd, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 88 pages, 129 b&w illustrations, cloth bound cover. Corners to dust jacket slightly clipped, slight wear to dust jacket with some chipping, light discoloration to endpages; overall, book is in neat and tight condition. Record # 603812
Hardcover. NY, The John A. Noble Collection, Publishers, 1st, 1993, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 268 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some light edge wear and rubbing, but is still in good condition overall. Black cloth cover boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. In this book, Noble's lithographs, paintings, and rowboat drawings narrate the end of an era, a story of exquisite pathos. The focus is tight; each image relies on metaphor to raise it beyond the merely illustrative quality that typically characterizes marine art. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. An ex-library sticker is present on the dust jacket's spine, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34521
Softcover. Middletown, Wesleyan University, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 28 pages. 2 black & white illustrations with related critical text. Clean, tight copy. Record # 608004
Softcover. New York, NY, Wunderlich & Company, Inc., 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Brown stapled covers with color titles and illustration, introduction by Susan Sheehan, 59 b&w plates with accompanying descriptions, alphabetical index of plates, inserted price list. Very light wear to cover edges and spine; a very clean, tight copy. Record # 805985
Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 265 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, with a few dents and glue on the spine where a sticker was peeled off. Red cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book presents eight essays, expanded and revised from papers presented at a symposium on the relation of mnemonic function to pictorial representation, held at Johns Hopkins University. Scholars in psychology, anthropology, art history, and social history argue that memory is not a neurological recording device, but is instead constructed using visual images. Clean copy. Record # 34122
Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 368 pages volume 1, 248 pages volume 2, both in hardcover with original slip case. Covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Bindings are solid. These oversize volumes are available for domestic shipping only. Hundreds of stunning full color photo illustrations throughout. "Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla have built a 25-year partnership that has included designing for India's leading actors and actresses, working with directors on costumes for epic Bollywood films, and building a brand that exudes luxury, artistry and Indian tradition. Packed with substance as well as style, this publication is a sumptuous fanfare for a whole new world of high fashion. It is sure to become a collectible." Clean copies. Record # 33811
Hardcover. NY, Frederic Fairchild Sherman, 1st, 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 135 pages, hardcover. Gray cloth covers are bumped at the spine and corners, still in good condition overall. Interior pages have deckled edges, some pages are uncut, and light foxing is present. Binding is solid. B&W illustrations throughout. This book is a series of essays describing the lives and careers of 14 artists. One of only 500 copies printed in December, 1919. Author's inscription reads: "To my dear friend, with my affectionate regards, Martin Birnbaum Christmas 1919." Clean copy. Record # 33932
Softcover. Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 24 pages. Catalog listing, with three b&w illustrations, a tribute to the late J. Hall Pleasants. Includes works by Joshua Johnston, the Peales, West, Kuhn, and others. Light blue staple covers. Clean pages, somewhat faded. Some fading along edges of staple covers, other wise a neat copy. Record # 401238
Hardcover. NY, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a few very minor closed tears at the top of the spine, plus one spot of wear on the front where a sticker was improperly removed. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color illustrations throughout. This definitive collection showcases approximately 200 of the author's personal paintings, drawings, and sketches, offering a deep dive into his creative vision. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34552
Softcover. Providence, RI, Rhode Island School of Design, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with illustrated black and white covers. Illustration continues to end papers. Covers show hardly any wear, staple wrappers are tight. Pages clean and crisp. 17 b/w plates of jacquard textiles, each with the artist's statement on their work and techniques. Introduction on the history of this form of weaving, including full page photographic plate. Record # 807659
Softcover. New York, Hirschl and Adler Modern, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Pale yellow stapled wrappers, 8 color and b&w plates including illustration to front, stiff paper, introduction by John Yau, checklist of exhibition. Slight rubbing to wrappers, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight catalog. Record # 807534
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