Authors starting with B from Ars Libri Ltd

Heidelberg (Kehrer), [2005].. 141, (3)pp. 96 color plates. Sm. folio. Plastic over boards. Wrap-around band. ... more information

New York (Coward-McCann), 1969.. 237, (3)pp. Prof. illus. Sm. folio. Cloth. D.j. (a bit worn and chipped at extremities). ... more information

San Francisco (San Francisco Art Institute), 1977.. 3 fascicles. 12 pp. 10 illus.; 12pp. 6 illus.; 8pp. 2 illus. Sm. 4to. Self-wraps. ... more information

München (R. Piper & Co. Verlag), 1947.. 94, (2)pp. Sm. 4to. Wraps. ... more information

Spain, circa 1588.. Pen and ink, and brown wash, heightened with white, on 2 sheets of heavy blue paper, joined together by the artist. Sight: 493 x 402 mm. (ca. 19 3/8 x 15 3/4 inches). This is one of a well-known group of drawings for liturgical vestments, made by Spanish artists active at the Escorial between 1587 and 1598. Miguel Barroso (1538-1590), who trained with Gaspar Becerra, arrived at the Escorial in 1587, and worked there continuously for the rest of his career; he was named painter to Phili... more information

N.p., [2005].. Title-page & 23 plates. Wraps. ... more information

Bruxelles, n.d.. Mailing card, printed on pale yellow stock (verso blank). 140 x 180 mm. (5 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches). By the versatile Belgian Constructivist painter and designer (1896-1995), contributor to “7 Arts” and creator of tubular furniture, and costumes, decors and posters for the theatre. Here, at left, his elaborate letterhead advertisement; at right a credo concerning the just design of posters, set out in “Coup de dés”-like typography: “L’affiche est un/ CRI/ je... more information

Chicago (Paul Theobald), 1961.. (8)pp., 42 plates. Sm. folio. Portfolio (board slipcase). Contents loose within printed wrapper, as issued. A fine copy. ... more information

Average image size: 257 x 360 mm. (ca. 10 1/8 x 14 1/4 inches). Mount size: 382 x 471 mm. (ca. 15 x 18 1/2 inches). Panorama: Image size: 250 x 722 mm. (9 7/8 x 28 1/2 inches). Mount size: 403 x 854 mm. (ca. 15 7/8 x 33 5/8 inches). Exceptionally large prints, of which 11 are signed “A. Beato” in pen and brown ink within the image (none are signed in the negative). All are horizontal compositions unless otherwise noted, formally titled in pen, in script, on the mounts, beneath the image. Descrip... more information

Boston/Toronto (Little, Brown & Company), 1975.. 304pp. Prof. illus. 4to. Cloth. D.j. ... more information

Düsseldorf (Art-Press Verlag), 1970.. 194 full-page plates in text. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Parallel text in German, English, and French. First edition of the Becher’s first book. “The pictures are perfect models of good industrial and architectural photography. They are, however, more.... The similarity of the structures ...and the sameness of the style all contribute to a monotonic effect. But it is this monotony that is so surprisingly refreshing.... The similarity of the plates somehow draws th... more information

Aachen, 1971.. (32)pp., including 8 plates with multiple illustrations. 4to. Photo-illus. wraps. An early artists’ book by the Bechers, published in conjunction with their exhibition at Gegenverkehr e. V. in Aachen in March 1971. ... more information

München (Prestel-Verlag), 1977.. 321, (3)pp. 329 illus. Sq. 4to. Cloth. D.j. ... more information

München (Schirmer/Mosel), 1999.. 158, (2)pp. 64 duotone plates. Lrg. 8vo. Cloth. D.j. Signed by the photographers on the front flyleaf. ... more information

München (Schirmer/Mosel), 1994.. 7, (3)pp., 264 plates. Lrg. sq. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Dec. 1994-Jan. 1995. ... more information

München (Schirmer/Mosel), 1993.. 9, (3)pp., 102 duotone plates. Lrg. sq. 4to. Cloth. D.j. ... more information

München (Schirmer/Mosel), 2002.. 11, (1)pp., 180 duotone plates. Lrg. oblong 4to. Cloth. D.j. ... more information

München (Schirmer/Mosel), 1977.. 18, (2)pp., 350 duotone plates. 4to. Boards. D.j. ... more information

München (Schirmer/Mosel), [2006].. 6, (2)pp., 246 duotone plates. Lrg. sq. 4to. Cloth. D.j. ... more information

München (Schirmer/Mosel), [2005].. (4)pp., 237 duotone plates. Lrg. sq. 4to. Cloth. D.j. ... more information