Harry Jackson
New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1981. First edition. 308 pp. Quarto. 397 illustrations, including 104 plates in full color. More
Art
Heads and Tales: Twenty-Seven Stories and Twenty-Seven Portraits
Milan: Edizioni Charta, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 238pp. Octavo [24.5 cm]. Hardcover in matte pictorial boards; no jacket as issued. Light rubbing to boards, especially at corners, else very light wear; interior is clean and tight. 31 color photos. From the rear cover: '"Finding a way to be a woman..... More
Mai-Masken der Uatmul, Papua New Guinea Stil, Schnitzvorgang, Auftritt und Funktion
Basel: Sonderabdruck aus den Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Slender wraps in white spine and rear cover, green photographic front cover. Very slight rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and in some places around the outside edges. Illustrated with a map and..... More
Spode and His Successors
London, New York, Toronto, Melbourne: Cassell & Company, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. 204 pp. Large octavo. [25 cm]. Blue paper over boards. Gilt title stamped on spine. Gilt illustration inlaid to front cover. Illustrated endpapers with previous owner's signature. Previous owner's bookplate on the back of front free endpaper. Scuffing..... More
Spirit of the Plains People: Howard Terpning
Shelton, CT: The Greenwich Workshop, [2001]. Hardcover. Quarto. [31 cm]. Brown paper over boards with illustrated dust jacket. Still in publisher's shrink wrap. Spine exhibiting some toning, else fine. A retrospective of the work of painter Howard Terpning and his depictions of Native peoples. More
Sandy Scott: Etchings
Austin: Doe Run Press in cooperation with Southwestern Art, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Octavo [23 cm] Tan and black printed wraps. Very good condition. "Office copy" has been written in pen on the front cover. There are also 5 small stains on the front cover. A book presenting the plates..... More
Georges Seurat 1859-1891
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, 1991. Paperback. 450pp. Oblong quarto [25.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently rubbed and creased. One half of the spine is yellowed. The yellowing runs from the top to the bottom of the..... More
Manuel Hernández, Pinturas
Caracas: Museo de Bellas Artes, 1977. Original exhibition catalog. Paperback. Slim oblong octavo [20 cm] Saddle-stitched photographically illustrated wraps. With light soiling to the rear wrap, and a very faint notation in pencil on the recto of the rear wrap. Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas / Consejo Nacional de la..... More
Susan Hertel: A Retrospective
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, in association with University of Washington Press, Circa 1988. Paperback. 80pp. Quarto [28 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The spine and surrounding areas are sun faded. The top edges of the covers and pages are very lightly bumped. A graduate of Scripps College in..... More
Brett: From Bloomsbury to New Mexico, A Biography
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. First UK edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 299pp. Octavo [24 cm] Brown cloth-effect paper over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. There is a small indentation to the head of the book's spine, and numerous short indented blind marks on the rear panel of..... More
A Gallery of Waterfowl and Upland Birds
Los Angeles, CA: Petersen Prints / Petersen Publishing Company, 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 12 1/4" X 11 1/4" volume with decorative tan cloth boards three quarters bound in bright red leather with gilt lettering and trim. Red marble endpapers. Handsome gallery of full color waterfowl art on a heavy stock..... More
A Gallery of Waterfowl and Upland Birds
Los Angeles, CA: Petersen Prints / Petersen Publishing Company, 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 12 1/4" X 11 1/4" volume with decorative tan cloth boards three quarters bound in bright red leather with gilt lettering and trim. Red marble endpapers. Handsome gallery of full color waterfowl art on a heavy stock..... More
A Gallery of Waterfowl and Upland Birds
Los Angeles, CA: Petersen Prints / Petersen Publishing Company, 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 12 1/4" X 11 1/4" volume with decorative tan cloth boards three quarters bound in bright red leather with gilt lettering and trim. Red marble endpapers. Handsome gallery of full color waterfowl art on a heavy stock..... More
The Cancer Chronicles
London: other CRITERIA, 2003. First printing, 1/1000. Paperback. 35pp. Octavo [20 cm] Red wrappers with printed title and author on front panel. Fine. Signed by the author in red ink on the half-title. Volume of prose from the contemporary artist who is not for the squeamish. Published to accompany the..... More
Catalogue of the Frank Lloyd Collection of Worcester Porcelain of the Wall Period
London: Waterlow and Sons, Ltd., 1923. Private printing. Hardcover. 391 pp. Quarto. [25 cm]. Brown leather over boards with gilt frame stamped on front board. Gilt title stamped on spine. All edges gilt. Previous owner's used book plate on front paste down. Corners and tail of spine rubbed. Marbled endpapers..... More
Heads and Tales
New York: Bonanza Books, 1936. Early edition. Hardcover. 416pp. Large octavo [24.5 cm] 1/4 yellow cloth with brown paper covered boards, and a black ink stamped title on the spine. The book is in near fine condition. The last index page is mildly soiled. The dust jacket is in very..... More
Anecdotes of Mr. Hogarth, and Explanatory Descriptions of the Plates of Hogarth Restored (text volume only)
London: Printed for the Engraver, No. 38, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden; and G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, 1803. First edition. Leather bound. 386pp. Quarto [28 cm] 3/4 leather with marbled paper over boards. Top edge trimmed; other edges deckled. Light rubbing to the extremities; leather at the head of..... More
The Complete Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of One Hundred and Fifty Steel Engravings, from the Original Pictures
London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, Circa 1860. First edition thus. Leather bound. 201pp. Quarto [31 cm] 3/4 burgundy red leather with matching cloth over boards, raised bands, and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Marbled text block edges and endpapers. Good plus. Heavily rubbed at the..... More
The Works of William Hogarth; Containing One Hundred and Fifty-Eight Engravings, By Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Davenport, with Descriptions, In Which Are Pointed Out Many Beauties That Have Hitherto Escaped Notice, with A Comment on Their Moral Tendency, By the Rev. John Trusler. In Two Volumes
London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1824. A New Edition, Revised and Corrected. Leather bound. 149; 158pp. Quarto [31.5 cm] Diced brown leather with gilt stamped and embossed embellishments on the boards. With tissue guards. Joints partially cracked, more so on volume 1, but boards still holding. Light offsetting and foxing..... More
Das Neue Hogfeldt-Buch
Berlin: Paul Neff Verlag, 1942. Hardcover. Oblong quarto [23.5 cm x 32 cm] Beige cloth spine with tan paper covered boards, red ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and a blue ink stamped design on the front cover. Good only. The covers are very mildly soiled and..... More
Masterworks at the Liebieghaus
Frankfurt: Liebieghaus: Skulpturen Sammlung, 2008. Paperback. 185pp. Quarto [26.5 cm]; photo illustrated wraps. More
European Ceramic Art: from the end of the Middle Ages to about 1815: Illustrated Historical Survey
New York: Faber & Faber. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Quarto. [27 cm]. Bound in green leather with gilt illustrated stamped on front board and gilt title stamped on spine. Speckled endpapers with moderate toning. White satin ribbon pagemarker with toning to tip laid in. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste down. An..... More
Allan Houser (Ha-o-zous)
Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1987. Limited Edition. Leather bound. 263pp. Quarto [33 cm] Brown patterned leather with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and an embossed title on the front cover. Brown endpapers. In a natural beige cloth covered slipcase, with a brown leather title label on the..... More
Under the North Star
New York: A Studio Book; The Viking Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Slim quarto [28.5 cm] Red cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. The book is bumped at the spine ends and the corners of the covers. The dust jacket is price-clipped, and the..... More
Under the North Star
New York: A Studio Book; The Viking Press, 1981. Leonard Baskin. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 44pp. Slim quarto [29 cm] Red cloth over boards. Olive green endpapers. The spine ends and corners are bumped, and there is a shallow indentation along the top edge of the front board. The dust..... More