General Art
The Art of Urbanism; How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery
Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2009. First edition. Cloth. Small clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 480 pp. Illustrated in black and white with some color. A handsome near fine copy in dustwrapper. Uncommon in the cloth edition. More
A Measure of Silence - Works on Paper by Jon Beacham
Kingston: Brother in Elysium, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Stiff sewn wrappers laid into a thick printed paper dustwrapper. Eighteen illustrations. Page of captions at rear of volume. Fine condition. A useful reference work for fans of this press. More
An Early Flemish Painter
London: Enitharmon Press, 1969. First edition. Paperback. Slender sewn wrappers. A Season's Greetings chapbook. 3 pp of text, an introduction by Miriam J. Benkovitz and a tipped in portrait plate. Fine. More
Folk Art Murals of the Rufus Porter School; New England Landscapes 1825 - 1845
Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Oversized hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 256 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white. A magnificent monograph on folk art murals with text by Lefko and Radcliffe. A fine copy in near fine dustwrapper with short closed tear and crease near top of..... More
Folk Art in the Soviet Union
New York and Leningrad: Harry N. Abrams and Aurora Art Publishers, 1990. First edition. Cloth. Thick clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 459 pp. The first comprehensive survey of folk art in the Soviet Union. Includes 1,430 illustrations of which 705 are in color. Some dampstaining to lower portion of the front..... More
American Primitive - Discoveries in Folk Sculpture
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1988. First edition. Cloth. Tall, wide clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 290 pp. Profusely illustrated. With over 400 examples of folk sculpture. Terrific book on this topic. A near fine copy in clipped, but otherwise very good example of the dustwrapper. A large and heavy book... More
David to Delacroix
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 136 numbered pages followed by 83 black and white illustrations. Stated fifth printing. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. An instant "classic" when first published in 1952. Translated by Robert Goldwater. More
Exposition Trois Siecles D'Affiches Francaises
Paris: Musee De L'Affiche, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Oblong paperbound quarto. With 150 illustrations of French posters from three centuries. Text in French. A very good copy. More
Artemisia Gentileschi Around 1622; The Shaping and Reshaping of an Artistic Identity
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Small hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 179 pp. With some black and white illustrations. A handsome fine copy in equally fine dustwrapper. A detailed study of this seventeeth-century artist. More
Hirschfeld: Art and Recollections From Eight Decades
New York: Charles Scribner, 1991. Second printing. Hardcover. Thick oblong hardbound volume in dustwrapper. 306 pp. With an introduction by Alistair Cooke. A survey of Hirschfeld's career in art illustration. Second printing. Internally clean and well bound. The dustwrapper flaps are adhered to the boards of the book. Sold in..... More
Catalogue of Italian Drawings in the National Gallery of Scotland (Two Volume Set)
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quartos in dustwrappers. Two volume set of books with text by Keith Andrews. 182 and 200 pp, respectively. Very handsome copies in unvlipped printed dustwrappers. More
Tiepolo La Villa Valmarana
Venezia: F. Ongania, 1928. First edition. Cloth. 4to. Text in Italian. Illustrated with 61 sepia illustrations. A few pages have paper loss at bottom edge - not affecting any of the illustrations. Prior owner name to inside front pastedown. A good copy overall in illustrated cloth covers... More
La Miniatvra Italiana
Milano: Electa Editrice, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto. Text in Italian. Book filled with gorgeous color illustrations on tipped on plates. 80 pp of text in Italian by Salmi. A handsome very good copy. Some toning to covers. No dustwrapper. More
Hokusai and Hiroshige; Great Japanese Prints from the James A. Michener Collection, Honolulu Academy of Arts
San Francisco: The Asian Art Museum, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 270 pp. Illustrated in color. With essays by White, Brandon and Woodson and catalogue entries by Woodson. A handsome near fine copy in dustwrapper. A somewhat large and heavy book. Additional shipping charges may apply... More
Yoshitoshiihsotihsoy
Japan: Ribun Shuppan Co., Ltd, 1989. First edition. Paperback. Thick paperbound quarto in dustwrapper. Magnificent monograph of the work of Yoshi Toshi, Japan's master Ukiyo - e woodblock print maker of the late nineteenth century. Text all in Japanese. With spectacular color illustrations. Highly recommended for fans of this artist..... More
Women of the Bible
Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2000. First edition. Loose Sheets. Folio containing 24 loose prints by the artist depicting women from the bible. Prints are held in a stiff paper printed and illustrated folding folder. Fine condition. More
W Magazine Where Four Art Thou November 2009 Issue
New York: W, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Folio sized glossy bound wrappers. The so-called Art Issue of this magazine of fashion and popular culture. With features by or about Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Stephen Shore, R. Crumb, Roni Horn and much more. 192 pp. A fine exmple. More
The Distaff Side
Sharon, CT: The Granary, 2014. First edition. Cloth. Thick clothbound quarto with tipped on image to the front panel. 237 pp. Illustrated in color. A fine copy. Published on the occasion of a 2013 exhibition at The Granary. More
Martha Graham
New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1962. Second edition. Paperback. Stated second printing of this slender monograph on Martha Graham edited and designed by Karl leabo with text by Robert Sabin. Square quarto. Very good condition in bound photo-illustrated wrappers. More
The Martha Graham Dance Company (Program Guide)
No Place: Karl Leabo, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Thin quarto. 32 pp. Promotional program guide to the Martha Graham Dance Company. Filled with black and white photographs, advertisements and brief articles about the cast and crew. Lovely sharp photo on Ms. Graham on front cover. Very good condition in tall..... More
Heroic America: James Daugherty's Mural Drawings From The 1930s
Poughkeepsie: Vassar College, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Oblong paperbound quarto. 83 pp catalog from a 1998 exhibition at Vassar College. Essay by Rebecca E. Lawton. Illustrated mostly in black and white with some color. A very good example. More
Nouveau Traite Des Regles Pour La Composition De La Musique
New York: Da Capo Press, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. Reprint edition of the second edition published in Paris in 1699. With an introduction in English by Imogene Horsely. 120 pp plus 1 7 pp index. Handsome decorated hardbound edition in slightly chipped thin tissue paper wrapper... More
Visions from a White Mountain Palette; The Life and Times of Charles A. Hunt, Madison's White Mountain Painter
Portsmouth: Peter E Randall Publisher, 2008. First edition. Cloth. Small clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 89 pp. Illustrated in both color and black and white. A biography of this New Hampshire based landscape painter. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. More
TE MAORI Maori Art from New Zealand Collections
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Tall paperbound quarto. 244 pp. Illustrated in both color and black and white. With essays by Mead, Agnes Sullivan, David R. Simmons, Anne Salmond, Bernie Kernot and Piri Sciascia. With some age spotting to the page edges, but otherwise a clean..... More