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Spacetime Projects, 2019. NEW and unread in near PERFECT condition (only a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear to the cover -- like you sometimes find in any new book store). Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears or fading. Bright. Square and tight. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. Bilingual edition (English and Spanish). Profusely illustrated with sculpture photographs, several in full color. Bound in the original pictorial boards. Oversize Hardcover. 9" wide by 11.5" tall. . 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Oversize Hardcover. New/No dust jacket, as issued. 180pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Los Angeles, California: The UCLA Art Galleries, 1967. Fine condition in a Near Very Good dust jacket (three closed tears, 2" or less). NOT a library discard. A square, tight copy. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white, clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing. Oblong Hardcover. 11.25" wide by 8.75" tall. This catalogue was published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition of Archipenko's sculptures, prints, and drawings shown at the UCLA Art Galleries, Walker Art Center, Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and elsewhere in 1967-69. Illustrated throughout with photographs (6 in full-color) of the major pieces included in the exhibition. Foreword by Katherine Kuh. Includes essays about Archipenko's life and work by Frances Archipenko, Frederick S. Wight and Donald H. Karchan. The catalogue describes each of the 118 items in the exhibition.… Leer más

Art and Design Center of Vergina Greece, 1997. HARDCOVER. All text is in English. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is only lightly rubbed. NO chips. NO tears. NO fading. Bright, shiny, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean, crisp, and unmarked. 1997. First Edition. This art exhibition catalogue features hundreds of images of Alexander the Great by the artist Efthymios Makis Warlamis. Most of the art is in beautiful full color. With a 25-page illustrated introduction by Angela Tamvaki, Curator National Gallery of Greece. 7-page preface by Dr. Volker Fischer, Director of the Museum of Applied Art, Frankfurt. Bound in the original glossy pictorial laminated boards. Oversize Hardcover. 9.5" wide by 11.75" tall by 1.25" thick. This large, very heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. First Edition.… Leer más

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1965. Boldly INSCRIBED/SIGNED by Alexander Dobkin on the dedication page. 7" wide by 10" tall. Very Good condition in Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($6.50). Sharp corners. Inner hinges are sound. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with nearly 100 Dobkin full-page drawings, eight of them in full color. Includes a 5-page introduction by the artist. Bound in the original oatmeal-color cloth, lettered in maroon on the spine.. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the ARTIST. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Dobkin, Alexander.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. An unusually nice copy. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped ($8.95) and is protected by a removable Brodart sleeve. Just a touch of yellowing to the white parts of the jacket. No chips. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. No foxing. Bound in the original bright orange cloth, lettered in gold and light blue. Swashbuckling, inspired novel said to be based on Joseph Duveen, the famous art dealer. By the creator of the debauched Jewish art dealer, snoop, and brigand Charlie Mortdecai. Subtitle: "Which tells how Carolus Mortdecai Van Cleef set out to seek his fortune in London Town; on the high seas, in India, the Treaty Ports of China and even in Darkest Africa; and how he found it, predictably, in a place which has no longitude and precious little latitude." From the Dust Jacket: "ALL THE TEA… Leer más

New York: Arno Press, 1975. Appears unread. Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. 2 clothbound volumes. 1975. Reprint of a complete set of 8 issues of this important periodical on the graphic arts, which first appeared between 1946 and 1948. Contains well illustrated articles by Stanley Morison, Ruari McLean, Percy Muir, A. F. Johnson, Harry Carter, etc. Topics include book illustration, type design, printing, typography, lettering, Reynolds Stone, Claude Lovat Fraser, Robert Gibbings, Eric Gill, etc. Profusely illustrated in b/w, including several fold-out plates. Complete with errata slip, laid-in. Uniformly bound in the original yellow cloth, stamped in bright green. Reproduction of an Eric Gill? drawing on the spine of each volume. Oversize Hardcover. Each volume meaures 8" wide by 10" tall by 1.25" thick. This heavy 2 volume set will require extra postage for Priority… Leer más

Paris: Monnet & Petrie, 1976. A gorgeous copy. Very Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket (only lightly rubbed). NO chips, tears, creases or fading. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Sharp corners. Internal condition is Very Fine. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently seldom, if ever read. Profusely illustrated with photos, 1 b/w and 26 beautiful full page, full color plates (color plates are printed on one side only, suitable for framing). Texts by Maria Fortunata Prieto Barral & Jacques Lassaigne in French, English and Spanish. Bound in the original black pictorial cloth, stamped in orange. Complete with beautiful dust jacket illustrated with full color Alvar prints, front and rear. Oversize Hardcover. 8.25" wide by 12" tall. This large book may require extra postage for International shipments, but only the standard charge for… Leer más

Face Table Books, 2014. NEW and unread in PERFECT condition. Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears, creases, rubbing or fading. Bright and shiny. Square and tight. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. This is Volume 1 only, of 2. Well illustrated with photos, drawings, tables, etc. Bibliographical references. Glossary. From the publisher: "This is Volume 1 of Amateur Gemstone Faceting, containing Chapters 1 to 9. To track down Volume 2, search for "Amateur Gemstone Faceting Volume 2: Expanding Your Horizons." Have you ever gazed in wonder at a faceted gemstone, at the ever-changing interplay of light, colour, and sparkle, and asked yourself how such a thing could come into being? Gemstones have been a source of fascination, mystery, and power for millennia, yet it is only in the last few decades that the tools and knowledge for creating these tiny miracles have been available to the average person. In this book, amateur faceter Tom… Leer más

New York: Dafran House Publishers, Inc. Near Fine condition. The spine is square and flat with NO creases. NOT price clipped ($8.95 gold foil sticker). NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. No date of publication indicated (but 1970s?). Has info on poster sizes, condition, pricing, reproductions, etc. With 422 illustrations, some in color, of World War I posters by Flagg, Leyendecker, Fisher, Christy, Parrish, Rockwell, Gibson, Brangwyn, Grant, Pennell, Falls, Jessie W. Smith, Coffin, Bull, Raleigh, Paus, etc. Also includes 84 photos of WWI sheet music. Bound in the original full color pictorial wraps. 8.25" wide by 11" tall.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Near Fine condition. 260pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Washington, D. C.: The American Federation of Arts, 1929. Very Good condition but for light wear to spine ends and bookplate removed from pastedown endpaper. Illustrated with 17 plates. Includes a comprehensive review of art in the year 1928; a directory of Museums, Associations and Societies [with brief histories and names of officials for each] (arranged by category: The American Federation of Arts; National Societies; State Groups; Foreign); Schools of Art; Fellowships and Scholarships; Obituaries of American Artists, 1927-1928; Necrology, 1897-1927; Magazines of Art Published in the U.S.; Paintings Sold at Auction, 1927-1928; Directory of Art Teachers and Art Supervisors in Public Schools; Who's Who Among Art Dealers. Index. Bound in the original green cloth, lettered in gold on the spine and front cover. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. 660pp.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 1994. Very Good condition. Clean, square, and tight. Volume 1 only. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Originally published in 1907 by the Grolier Club. Illustrated with 43 portraits/plates. Includes short biographies of some 700 American engravers, plus a 75-page index to the engravings described, with check-list numbers and names of engravers and artists. Bound in the original light blue cloth, lettered in black. . Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xxxi, 391pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 1994. 4 volumes in 3 books, complete. A gorgeous set. Brand New in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO rubbing. NO fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. 1994. First Edition Thus. The standard reference. First combined printing of Stauffer's two volume work with the supplements by Mantle Fielding and Thomas Gage. These volumes first appeared in 1907, 1917, and 1920, respectively. Stauffer was originally issued in 353 sets and Fielding in just 220 copies. Altogether they contain biographical sketches for more than 800 American engravers and give detailed descriptions for 5,370 engravings with measurements, titles, notes, etc. Illustrated with numerous portraits/plates. Includes a 75-page index to the engravings described, with check-list numbers and names of engravers and artists. The three books are uniformly bound in the… Leer más

Washington, D. C.: The American Federation of Arts, 1921. Very Good+ condition but for a light stain at the extreme outer margin of a few early pages (the stain is a narrow strip in the margin only, less than 1/4 inch wide; NO text is affected). Illustrated with 17 plates. Includes a comprehensive review of art in the year 1921; a directory of Museums, Associations and Societies [with brief histories and names of officials for each] arranged by category: The American Federation of Arts; National Societies; State Groups; European; Schools of Art in the United States; Obituaries of American Artists, 1920-1921; Magazines of Art Published in the U.S.; Press List of Daily and Weekly Publications Having Art Notes; Auction Sales, 1920-1921; Paintings Sold at Auction, Drawings Sold at Auction; Prints Sold at Auction; Sculpture Sold at Auction; Who's Who in Art [lists names, addresses, and biographical info for 5,459 painters, sculptors and illustrators; with 1,201 names appearing for the first time;… Leer más

Miami, Florida: Mann Galleries, 1973. Very Good condition (only light cover soil). Sharp corners. NO owner's name. Internally very clean and unmarked. 8.25" wide by 10" tall. Art exhibition catalogue with reproductions of paintings (including 12 color plates) by Benjamin West, John Frederick Kensett, William Mason Brown, David Johnson, Worthington Whittredge, Thomas Bigelow Craig, Frank Duveneck, George Inness, William Merritt Chase, Theodore Robinson, Childe Hassam, John Singer Sargent, Emil Carlsen, Abel G. Warshawsky, etc. Bound in the original white wrappers, stamped in black. Full color frontispiece, "Nude with White Shawl" by George Bellows.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Bellows, George; & John Frederick Kensett, William Mason Brown, David Johnson, Worthington Whittredge, Drank Duveneck, Geoge Inness, William Merritt Chase, Theodore Robinson, Childe Hassam, Emil Carlsen, Abel G. Warshawsky. 32pp.

Winterthur, Delaware / Charlottesville: Winterthur Museum / University of Virginia Press, 1987. NEW and unread in a NEW dust jacket. Bright and shiny. NO chips. NO tears. Only a little shelfwear to the rear panel of the dust jacket (like you sometimes find in any new book store). Sharp corners. NO fading. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. Crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. 1987. First Edition. Illustrated. Nine contributors examine aspects of the explosion in 19th century illustrated books. Topics include F. O. C. Darley, Howard Pyle, John Sartain's illustration for gift books, illustrated natural histories, engraving for Dobson's Encyclopedia and American architectural books. Susan Otis Thompson contributes "The Arts and Crafts Book in America." Finally, in a history of the development of photomechanical book illustration, magnified photos of the different processes make it possible to easily distinguish between them. Bound in the… Leer más

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. Perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. 1987. First Edition. Nearly three hundred posters, many advertising books or magazines, are here reproduced and described in detail. There are a total of 380 illustrations, 56 in striking full color. This is the first comprehensive history and catalogue of influential posters of the period by Edward Penfield, Ethel Reed, Howard Chandler Christie, Joseph Leyendecker, Peter Newell, Will H. Bradley, Maxfield Parrish, Edwin A. Abbey, Arthur Wesley Dow, Charles Dana Gibson, William Glackens, Maurice Prendergast, Frederic Remington, John Sloan, John Henry Twachtman, etc. Contains CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN ART POSTERS FROM THE 1890S by David W. Kiehl, which provides for each of 290 posters a… Leer más

New York: The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1953. Very Good condition (light cover soil). NO owner's name. Internally very clean and unmarked. 8.5" wide by 9.25" tall. Art catalogue with 74 reproductions of oil paintings. Bound in the original glossy white wrappers, stamped in black. Full color painting of George Washington (1776) by Charles Willson Peale on the front cover.. First Edition. Softcover (stapled wraps). Very Good condition. Illus. by Peale, Charles Willson. Unpaginated.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1993. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No chips. No tears. 85 illustrations, including 40 plates in full color. Bilingual text, side-by-side. From the Dust Jacket: "Through over 80 works of art and lively short text pieces in both English and Spanish, the book covers daily life and popular culture, including baseball, P. T. Barnum's circus, Hollywood, and television, in addition to broad themes such as immigration and industrial change. It focuses on individuals -- Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, the Wright Brothers, among others -- as well as major events." Features beautiful art by Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Edward Hopper, Romare Bearden, Robert Rauschenberg, etc. Original turquoise cloth . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 4to. 160pp.

No Place (but Washington, DC?):: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1976. Oblong. 10" wide by 8.5" tall. A very nice copy. Tight with sharp corners. The spine is square and flat. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Exhibition catalogue, illustrated with 65 marine/maritime prints, offered as a Bicentennial tribute to the U.S. Navy. The prints, presented in chronological order, record 120 years of American naval and military operations, from the expedition against Louisbourg in Nova Scotia to the closing scenes of the Civil War. Selected by Gene Baro from the thousand or more in the Robinson Collection, these prints balance artistic beauty with historic significance. Each print is described in detail, with full bibliographical details, printer, engraver, measurements, historical background summary, etc. List of notes/sources. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine… Leer más

New York: Macmillan, 1976. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. Perfect condition (thanks to a warehouse find). STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp - obviously never read. 1976. First Edition. A comprehensive historical study of artists and writers from the precursors of the picture book up to approximately 1970. 700 marvelous illustrations, 130 in full color. A key reference for collectible children's books that is probably quoted more than any other in the field. Christian Esquevin, in his article for AB's 1992 special issue on children's books, said this volume, "should be mandatory reading for all interested in collecting picture books." Listed in Katz (1994) as ONE OF THE BEST 30 BOOKS on the history of book illustration. Bound in… Leer más