- Octavo, sewn printed gray wraps. Unnumbered pages, including profuse B&W & color illustrations after watercolors by Bill Beckley. 2 leaves of the introduction have been roughly opened, tearing one of them, else near fine. Limited edition of 500 copies. This copy is signed and dated in pencil & inscribed in ink by Bill Beckley on the title page. The introduction by Sabine Kimpel-Fehlemann is printed in German and English. View More...
- Sextodecimo (16mo), 6-7/8 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled pictorial wraps with an illustration from Max Beckmann's "Day and Dream" on the front cover. The covers are rubbed and soiled with several stains. The bottom edge of the covers are darkened with a small chip to the bottom corner of the front cover. 16 pages, illustrated in black & white. One of the catalog items has been underlined in ink. Good. Catalog for the April 3 through 28, 1951 New York City exhibition at the Buchholz Gallery. View More...
New York: Catherine Viviano, 1957.. 1957.. Good. - Small quarto [approximately 9-5/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed white wrappers. The wraps are slightly bumped and very lightly foxed & soiled with a few light creases. V pages plus 19 full-page illustrations & plates in black & white, including illustrations on the inside wraps. There is a small stain & surface tear to the top corner of the title page. The top page corners are lightly bumped & there is a small, light crease to the front edge of each leaf. Good. There is an introductory essay by Perry T. Rathbone... View More...
- Quarto, 11-7/8 inches high by 8-7/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in color pictorial wraps. The top front corners of the covers are slightly creased. 482 & [1] pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Very good. First American edition. Published in conjunction with the exhibitions at the Haus der Kunst in Munich, the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, The Saint Louis Art Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. First Edition. View More...
(Munchen [Germany]): Schirmer/Mosel, (1984).. (1984).. Very good. - Quarto [10-3/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], white paper covered boards in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped & the extremities of the dust jacket are slightly darkened. 151 pages. 54 full-page color illustrations with some black-and-white illustrations in the text. There is a pencil notation on the rear pastedown. Near fine.
Mit einer Einleitung von Hildegard Zenser. The text is in German. Dust jacket present. View More...
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1973).. (1973).. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11-1/4 inches high by 10-3/8 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped. 151 pages plus colophon. 64 full-page color illustrations & 17 illustrations in black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.
First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum, 1986.. 1986.. Very good. - Quarto [10 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped. 64 pages. Numerous illustrations in color and black & white. The top corners of the endpapers are bumped. Near fine.
Catalog for an exhibition shown at the Oakland Museum, Oakland, Calif. from June 6 to August 24, 1986. View More...
- Oblong quarto, 12 inches high by 13-1/4 inches wide. White cloth titled in bronze on the spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly soiled, rubbed and creased. 278 & [3] pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white throughout, including many full-page illustrations. There is faint minor creasing to the last several pages. Very good. Dust jacket present. View More...
New York and London: American Studio Books, [1946].. [1946].. Good. - Quarto [approximately 12-1/4 inches high by 9 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped & the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. The dust jacket is rubbed & heavily chipped with a tear to its spine & with the flaps partially detached. xv & 80 pages of black- and-white reproductions of paintings, drawings & decor by Eugene Berman. Also with a color frontispiece. Good in a fair dust wrapper.
Edited and with an Introduction by Julien Levy. Dust jacket present. View More...
New York: Wildenstein, 1984.. 1984.. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11-3/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in plain white wrappers with an oval keyhole in the front wrap revealing part of a photographic portrait of Bernhardt by Nadar, in a printed acetate dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed with some minor soiling and the head & tail of its spine are chipped. 158 pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine in a good dust wrapper. Catalog for an exhibition conceived, organized and catalogued by Georges Bernier. The exhibition, whic... View More...
(Amstelveen, Holland: Philip Morris Finest Selection Foundation, 1996).. 1996).. Fine. - Quarto, dark green cloth titled in white, in dw. The dw is rubbed. 90 pp. Profusely illustrated in color & B&W. Near fine.
The text is in Dutch.
A printed card with Berning's contact information is mounted on the rear endpaper. Dust jacket present. View More...
- Small 4to, navy blue cloth (bumped) titled in gilt within red rectangle between gilt rules on spine & in gilt on front cover. xxiv, 426 & [1] pp. (title page slightly spotted). Profuse B&W illustrations. Very good. From the library of Leonard Bernstein inscribed to him on the front endpaper: "To Leonard Bernstein-- As a small token of appreciation for your willingness to lend your great talents to help a few hard-pressed Congressmen-- George E. Brown Jr. M.C." Prepared by the Architect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on the Library. View More...
New York: Independent Curators Incorporated, (1993).. (1993).. Very good. - Small quarto [10- 5/8 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover catalog bound in gilt-lettered white wrappers. The catalog in turn is bound into a folding stiff paper case with a black suede surface. The front panel of the case consists of 2 folding wings fastened with a Velcro stud, which form the shape of a plunging neckline, above which the gilt titling of the catalog is revealed. The black suede is somewhat rubbed & dusty. 72 pages. Profuse color illustrations. Very good. Catalog for a 1993-1994 touring exhibition o... View More...
(Nuoro, Italy): Istituto Superiore Regionale Etnografico, (1984).. (1984).. Fine. - Small quarto [8-5/8 inches square], cream cloth, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & soiled with the top edge lightly creased. 173 & [1] pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.
The book was published to accompany an exhibition and includes a catalog listing and reproduction of each of the items. The text is in Italian. Dust jacket present. View More...
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1959).. (1959).. Very good. - Small quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The corners of the covers are lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is rubbed & lightly chipped & soiled with a small piece out of the top edge of its rear panel. xxviii & 454 pages. Illustrated with reproductions of 112 drawings in crayon by George Caleb Bingham. There is a small area of soiling to the bottom edge. Very good in a good dust wrapper.
First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
- Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcovers, bound in stapled blue wraps titled in black on the front cover. The covers are slightly rubbed. 24 pages, profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. Near fine. "Acknowledgements" by the exhibition's guest curator Harriett Green are printed on the verso of the front cover.Laid in at the front is a 16-page softcover pamphlet titled "Celebration of Life: Robert Hamilton Blackburn December 10, 1920-April 21, 2003" for a memorial exhibition held in New York at Cooper Union's Great Hall on September 18, 2003. Also laid in is a 3-page... View More...
RARE LIMITED EDITION OF BLAKE'S INVENTIONS FOR THE GRAVE - Folio, 15 inches high by 11 inches wide. Handsomely bound in black moire silk cloth with morocco leather labels titled in gilt mounted on the front cover and on the spine, in a black cloth covered slipcase. 96 pages, illustrated throughout with color reproductions of the watercolor drawings and with black & white reproductions of the engravings, many full-page. Fine. RARE. First edition, limited to 186 copies, of which numbers 1-150 were for sale. This copy is marked "out of series". The illustrations come from high-quality digital pho... View More...
- Small quarto [8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers with a cover illustration reproducing a painting by Ilijs Bosilj. The binding is lightly soiled with a tiny chip to the spine & 2 small score marks to the adjacent edges of the wraps. Unpaginated. Full-page color illustrations with captions on the facing pages. Also with black-and-white photographic portraits of the artists. Very good. Catalog for a 1980 exhibition at Galerie Susi Brunner in Zurich, Switzerland, a gallery devoted to outsider art, naive art, primitive art, art brut and folk art. There is ... View More...
- Quarto, 13-5/8 inches high by 9-7/8 inches wide. Green cloth titled in creamy white on the front cover and the spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. There is a large jagged diagonal tear to the rear panel of the dust jacket. 351 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white throughout, including several full-page color plates. There is minor staining to the top edge of the front endpaper. Very good in a good dust wrapper. First American edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Late 19th Century. . Good. - A collection of 150 prints relating to Boston and its environs. With a few exceptions, including a double-page Chart of Jamaica Pond, a double-page View of Court and Tremont Streets, Boston, with the New Iron Building, a color folding map Outline Plan Showing the Growth of Boston, Thos W. Davis, City Surveyor, 1880, and a double-page print the merchants and folks at the Corner of Washington and Boylston Streets, Boston, - The Old Boylston Martket, most are mounted or inlaid within 10-3/4 inch high by 7-1/2 inch wide sheets of heavier creamy stock. All are in gene... View More...
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