New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 333pp. Quarto [31 cm] Black cloth over boards with stamping in orange and yellow ink on the spine and front cover. Bright blue endpapers. With 300 illustrations, including 129 in full color, and with a...... More
San Francisco: Bedford Arts, Publishers, 1998. First printing. Hardcover, accordion fold book. Unpaginated. Quarto. [31 cm]. Accordion-folding artist's book bound in dark green cloth. Illustrated in full color. Gilt title stamped on front cover and spine, illustrated paper label on front board. There is a 1 cm wide strip of..... More
Original exhibition catalogue. Paperback. SIGNED. 24pp. Slim square octavo [22.5 cm] Saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers. With just a couple trivial areas of soiling on the wraps. A Catalogue for the exhibition Wild Beasts: Roy De Forest & Gaylen Hansen. January 20 - March 25, 1999, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art..... More
Mexico: Fondo Editorial de la Plastica Mexicana, 1991. Second edition. Hardcover. Large folio [45 cm] Tan cloth with red ink stamped titles. Good. The edges of the covers are very lightly rubbed. The front hinge is broken, and the text block is just barely beginning to come away from the..... More
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press; Published for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D. C., 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Text: 495; 357pp. Thick folio [33 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Occasional rubbing to the boards. In a slipcase with cloth and pictorial..... More
New York: A Random House / Madison Press Book, 1986. Second edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 166pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Green cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and the author's last name blind stamped on the front cover. Fine Fine. Signed by Bateman on the half title..... More
Abradale Press / Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1997. Hardcover. 455pp. Large folio [36.5 cm] Blue paper covered boards with bold gilt stamped titles, and gilt ruled lines on the front cover. Very good. The edges of the covers are heavily rubbed and gently bumped. There are a couple of..... More
Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1976. Paperback. Octavo [24 cm] in wraps. Light rubbing and wear to wraps; interior is clean and bright. B&W photographs. Text in French. More
The Children's Book Council, Inc. Promotional postcard. Ephemera. SIGNED. 15 cm x 10 cm. Fine condition. Signed by Diane and Leo Dillon, a husband and wife team of illustrators, on the front of the card. The Dillons were awarded two consecutive Caldecott Medals for Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1891. First edition of this re-issue. Leather bound. 368pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Contemporary 3/4 green leather binding with marbled paper over boards by Root & Son. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. With rubbing along the joints and edges. A re-issue of a smaller publication..... More
Vero Beach, FL: Windsor Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 176pp. Quarto [27 cm] in pale green cloth with gilt-stamped spine. Full-color reproductions on every page. With an introduction by Margaret Atwood. Signed and inscribed by Doig in pencil on title page: "To David/ from/ Peter/ LDN/ 23 Sept/ 2014,"..... More
Rockford, IL: Fishy Whale Press, 1982. Paperback. 119pp. Quarto [28 cm] in silver-colored wraps with gilt-stamped title on front wrap. Small nibbled chip to front wrap upper corner, light rubbing to wraps; interior is clean and bright. Reproductions of a series of color and B&W lithographs concerned with architecture throughout..... More
Indiana Historical Society, 1985. First edition. Paperback. 130pp. Quarto [27 cm] Printed wraps. Good. The covers are verly lightly soiled. There is a 1 inch tear in the paper at the head of the spine, and there is a 4 inch tear in the paper of the backstrip. From the..... More
Prescott, AZ: Salusa Glassworks, Inc., 2002. Hardcover. SIGNED. 126pp. Oblong quarto [22 cm x 28.5 cm] Red cloth-effect paper over boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine. Near fine, with very minor rubbing to the spine ends. In a very good dust jacket, with light wear to..... More
Tokyo: Toto Bunka Co., Ltd, 1952-1954. Presumed first editions. Hardcover. Folio [37 cm] Gray cloth over boards, with black, orange, and white ink lettering. Lavishly illustrated. With many tipped-in plates, some in color. The extremities are gently bumped, and the pages are lightly toned. In dust jackets with periodic tears..... More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto [26 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards. In a matching dust jacket. Very good / Near fine. From the jacket- "This is the first book to portray a comprehensive collection of Aboriginal bark paintings in full colour together with a fully-illustrated description of the manner..... More
San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2010. Dave Eggers. First printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Duodecimo [17.5 cm]. Illustrated wraps. Dave Eggers is best known for his memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius", in which he chronicles the movements of the relationship between he and his brother as both of his parents are dying..... More
Kansas City, Kansas: University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1974. First edition. Paperback. 142 pp. [26 cm] Painting on front cover, white on back. New. Paperback. More
Savannah, Georgia: Compass Publishing, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 119pp. Oblong quarto [26 cm x 31 cm] Beige cloth over boards. There is a light red stain, approximately 1" in diameter, in the top fore-edge corner of the rear cover. In a dust jacket, with multiple light scratches to the..... More
Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 295pp. Quarto [27 cm] Black and white illustrated paper over boards. Patterned endpapers. Hinges weak, but holding. Covers lightly rubbed at the edges. Kiki Smith is a West German born American artist whose work is imbued with themes of sex, birth..... More
San Francsico, CA: Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2004. Second Edition. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 11" wraps in red and violet spine with red and violet illustrated covers. "POPagandist, billboard bandit, post pop pundit, post-punk prankster, countercultural cartoonist, subvertising executive, culture-jammer. The artist with his finger on the pulse card..... More
New York: Chromacomp (Embossed stamp in bottom margin), [1982]. Limited Edition. Poster. SIGNED. Serigraph on paper [16 1/2 x 20 1/2"; 22 x 28" in mat] from the limited series, featuring a crisp, colorful design. The scene features the sign's lucky numbers and ruling day of the week. A highly..... More
New York: Chromacomp (Embossed stamp in bottom margin), [1982]. Limited Edition. Poster. SIGNED. Serigraph on paper [16 1/2 x 20 1/2"; 22 x 28" in mat] from the limited series, featuring a crisp, colorful design. The scene features the sign's lucky numbers and ruling day of the week. A highly..... More
New York: Chromacomp (Embossed stamp in bottom margin), [1982]. Limited Edition. Poster. SIGNED. Serigraph on paper [16 1/2 x 20 1/2"; 22 x 28" in mat] from the limited series, featuring a crisp, colorful design. The scene features the sign's lucky number, number 1, and the ruling day of the..... More
New York: Chromacomp (Embossed stamp in bottom margin), [1982]. Limited Edition. Poster. SIGNED. Serigraph on paper [16 1/2 x 20 1/2"; 22 x 28" in mat] from the limited series, featuring a crisp, colorful design. The scene depicts a Centaur holding a bow and arrow, and features the sign's lucky..... More