America Today (Amerika Cegodniya)
London, England: Fontanka, 2007. Softcover. VG. Color pictorial wraps; 189 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color plates and bw photos. Text in Russian, some essays and artist information translated into English in back section of the book; Accompanied the exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum; Includes works by Kristin Baker, Matthew Brannon, Barnaby Furnas, Dash Snow, Dana Schutz, and others; Includes artist biographies.
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Florence 1889 - 1892, Volumes 1 and 2
Boston: F. P. Hathaway (Binder), 1892. Hardbound. Very good, clean and tight but with some scuffing and fading to covers; backs of covers still show original rich red color. Marbleized boards with maroon quarter leather; gilt edges; each volume with approx. 150 single-sided sheets with one bw photo glued onto each page;. These appear to be souvenir photographs of, perhaps a journey undertaken to the city of Florence, put into the albums as a memento or, perhaps as... Read More
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[HEURES] (Usage de Rome). — Hore beate marie virginis s[e]c[un]d[u]m usum Romanu[m] sine require
Paris: Antoine Verard, 1497. Leather bound. Fair+. Worn and ancient leather with vellum sheets. 215 x 145 mm Possibly lacking a frontis and a colophon. Text is 28 lines. Verard's printer's device within an architectural frame; + Anatomical Man within a frame; + 12 Large illustrations within a frame; and 4 with no frame. One of these was colored (with the old color somewhat gone). One or two illus are lightly printed and/or worn. A tear in one.... Read More
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Igor Grabar: Pisma 1917 - 1941
Moscow: Izdatelstvo "Nauka", 1977. Hardcover. VG- but with museum ex-lib. marks, slight bumping to binding, and one area of small spots to page edges when closed. Black cloth with gold lettering; 423 pp. with bw illustrations. Text in Russian. Grabar was born in Budapest and died in Moscow. He was known for his Russian post-impressionist paintings. The book consists of 357 letters written by Grabar, followed by a chronological commentary and index. A volume of letters 1941 to... Read More
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American specimen book of type styles, complete catalogue of printing machinery and printing supplies
Jersey City, NJ: American Type Founders Company, 1912. Hardcover. Fair- (boards have wear esp. around edges, rear has wear from storage, some pages have minor staining, fragile edges, most page content is excellent). Red boards with black text, red text block. 868 pp. Bw illustrations with some color. Many varieties of type as well as examples of their application in ads and letters.
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EXPRESSION a quarterly of the arts and culture of today. No. 3
Los Angeles, CA: The Group Collective Studio 108 / Studio of Modern Art, 1947. Softcover. VG+ New Old Stock. Red cardstock glued wraps with print, French flaps with printing on the front section. 33 (3) pp., many prints some color. Includes essays and asrtistic contributions by Albertine Hopkins (Frontispiece), Moi (Morris) Solotaroff (Toward An American Art; and artwork), Daniel Rhody (Newsprint), Alfred Kouzel (On Henry Moore), Maynard Whitlow (Alone, My Orbit!), Alfred Kouzel (Endpiece). EXPRESSION was a Surrealist... Read More
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The Oxford University and City Guide, On a New Plan, To Which Is Added a Guide to Blenheim, Nuneham, the Newly-Discovered Roman Villa Near Northleigh, &c
Oxford: Munday and Slatter, 1821. Hardcover. VG-: Crack between the spine and the front cover on the leather. Lift to the leather over the spine. Wear to the edges and corners, with the boards below visible around the corners. The brown wraps are dry and chipping. The front cover is loose but attached. The front free end page is detached but laid in. Notations in the margins from previous owner (check marks, short lines aside of a paragraph, and... Read More
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The Square Dance, Including Round Dances, Quadrilles, Novelties and Mixers
Chicago: Chicago Park District, 1940. Hardcover. Good- (Ex-lib., bookplate inside front cover, pocket inside back, perf. stamp at title page; Corners bumped; Some chipping at top and bottom of spine; Some darkening around page edges and a few stray markings, but pages overall clean; Bottom right corner of pp. 25/26 torn off, but text unaffected). Red cloth over boards, library binding; 243 pp.; Numerous bw photos and figures. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work... Read More
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Dead and Company - 2021 - Pin - Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, August 23, 2021
2021. New. Metal pin with one post. A Tour 2021 pin created for the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts show in Bethel, NY on August 23, 2021.
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The Rattlesnake (Large Version) by Frederic Remington (1861 - 1909)
Shreveport, Louisiana: R. W. Norton Art Gallery, 1972. Softcover. VG. White folded sheet; 4 panels; 12 bw figures. Accompanied a 1972 exhibition of the same name; Includes a list of all of the Remington sculptures held in the collection of the R.W. Norton Gallery.
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Abstract Art in England, 1913-1915
London: d'Offay Couper Gallery, 1969. Softcover. VG- (Some soiling to edges of book block; includes separate full-color card invitation to exhibition.). Color illus. wraps with mylar jacket carrying book title. 56 pp. 10 color tipped-in, numerous bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1969 exhibition. with an introductory essay by Anthony d'Offay. One of 2000 copies printed.
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Home Brewed" Wines and Beers and Bartenders' Guide: Secrets of the Liquor Trade, Complete Directions and Recipes for Making All Kinds of Wines, Beers, Liquors, Brandies, Cordials, Syrups, Extracts, Etc.
Racine, WI: Johnson Smith, 1934. Staplebound. G: Stains and smudges to the covers. Small hole through front cover and first two pages. Tanning to the pages.. A staplebound book with brown paper wraps. Black text on the spine. 32, [32] pages. Black-and-white illustrations in the advertisement section.
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Air Service Medical
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1919. Hardcover. VG-: Wear to the edges and corners. Some uneven pages, but solid binding overall.. A black casebound book with green text on the spine and gilt text on the cover. 446 pages; illustrated in black-and-white.
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Alexander Calder: Small Scale. May 15 to June 3, 1982
New York: M. Knoedler & Co, 1982. Softcover. VG. Staple bound grey wraps. Unpaginated. 5 color, 9 bw plates. The exhibition focuses mostly on small scale works.
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Succession de Madame de Poles
Paris: Galerie Jean Charpentier, 1936. Softcover. VG- (Wraps discolored and worn at edges due to age; Small pieces of wrap missing at bottom of spine and outside right edges; Binding tight; Pages overall clean). Off-white wraps with blue lettering and decoration; 71 pp.; 60 bw plates. Text in French; From the auction held November 17th and 18th, 1936 of the collection of Madame de Poles, which included watercolors, drawings, paintings, porcelain, miniatures, bronzes, sculpture, furniture, rugs, and more;... Read More
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Early American Glass: The Magnificent Collection Formed by the Late William T. H. Howe, Cincinnati, Ohio
New York, New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1940. Softcover. Fair (Front cover detached but present; Ink stamping at title page; Prices written in beside lot descriptions; Some light wear and foxing). Green illus. wraps; 74 pp.; Numerous bw photos throughout. Accompanied sale number 227, held November 7 and 8, 1940, which included three rare Stiegel paneled vases, four Stiegel perfume bottles, historical flasks, and much more. 420 lots listed.
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Gérôme & Goupil: Art and Enterprise
Paris: Editions de la Reunion des musees nationaux, 2000. English. Softcover. VG (Page edges are tanning lightly; several toward the back were left inaccurately cut at the top corner during production and are a tad longer than need be.). Black & color illus. wraps, French flaps, 176 pp., profusely illus. Issued in conjunction with several 2000-2001 exhibitions, exploring the collaboration between French academic painter Jean-Leon Gérôme (1824-1904) and the publishing firm founded in Paris by his father-in-law, Adolphe... Read More
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Eastern Encounters: Orientalist Painters of The Nineteenth Century
London: The Fine Art Society, 1978. Softcover. VG. Small square quarto. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps. 78 pp. 24 color, 31 bw plates. Exhibition 26 June - 28 July 1978. Four-page unsigned Introduction. This is followed by the majority of the color plates. Then specific topic-areas are presented, with a small essay and a listing of the artists and works that fit into that category. These categories are: Turkey (14 paintings); Egypt (51 paintings); East of Suez (17 paintings);... Read More
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James Daugherty: Biblical Inspirations
New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 1989. Softcover. VG- with light rubbing to covers. White card wraps with 4 pp. and 4 color illustrations. A small but inviting catalogue listing the 34 works in the exhibition held Dec. 1989 to Feb. 1990. This was to be part of a collaboration with printer, Richard Ellis, begun in 1946, which never materialized, but Daugherty continued with the paintings.
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Fragments: An Excerpt. Second Series. Forty Plates
Jersey City, NJ: H.C. Perleberg, n.d.. Good+ (ex-library, with book plate in portfolio and perforated stamp and ink stamps on title page. Page edges are brittle, with some chipping affecting margins. All plates stamped with accession number on back, which smudged to front of next plate on some occasions.. Black cloth tied portfolio folder with pastedown plate on front. Inside additional trifold cloth wrapper and cloth slipcase. 41 pages (40 plates and title page) are loose, not bound,... Read More
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Culturas Indigenas de Puerto Rico | Indigenous Cultures of Puerto Rico
Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1996. Staplebound. VG: Wear to the corners and covers; inside the book is clean and the binding is solid.. A green staplebound softcover book. Pages: (2), 3-38. Illustrated with color images.
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Harley M. Perkins: Memorial Exhibition of Paintings
Boston, MA: Copley Society, 1964. Paperback. VG-. Stamps from previous owners/libraries on front cover.. White bi-fold with BW illustration on front page. Catalogue of an exhibition held March 6 - 25, 1966. Contains an essay on the artist inside and a catalogue of 30 works on the back cover.
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Darrel Austin: Recent Paintings and Recent Pastels (2 Catalogues)
New York: Perls Galleries, 1944. 1944 and 1945. Ephemera. VG- with light shelf wear; no marks, chips, tears.. Both catalogues: Single sheets folded in half; bw cover illus. with black lettering. 2 internal bw illus. Catalogue of 19 pastels from the exhibit of April 17 to May 20, 1944 and catalogue of 25 paintings exhibited from October 8 to November 3, 1945. Perls Galleries billed, on the back of both catalogues, works by Austin and many others, as... Read More
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society [SET, 13 volumes, from 149.1 (March 2005) to 152.2 (June 2008), missing 151.3 (September 2007)]
Philadelphia, Penna: American Philosophical Society, 2008. Softcover. VG+. Blue wraps with white lettering, numerous illustrations per volume. Includes all 4 volumes of 149 (2005), all 4 volumes of 150 (2006), 3 of 151 (missing September 2007), and 2 volumes of 152 (March and June 2008). 13 volumes in all.
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National Academy of Western Art [NAWA], Sixth Annual Exhibition, 1978
Oklahoma City, Okla: National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center, 1978. Softcover. G (Label & few marks from previous gallery owner; slight soiling to cover; corners slightly bent; text and illus. are clean and bright.). Rust paper wraps, unpaginated, many BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with this 1978 exhibition of American western art. Each artist gets a double-page spread complete with bio pic and one full-color example of his/her work.
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