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CATALOGUE OF THE VERNAY COLLECTION OF EARY ENGLISH FURNITURE, PORCELAINS,
OLD ENGLISH SILVER, GLASSWARE AND OTHER ART OBJECTS Arthur S Vernay N.Y. (1940) Cream coverd boards, 227 pages with eight hundred fully described items of which one hundred and fifty are illustrated in b/w photos, this was the closing sale of the Arthur S. Vernay Store in N.Y. on April 30th 1941, the store was open for about 35 years, "a special sale prior to Mr. Vernays retirement" items have the retail price and sale price in this catalog, bumps to corners and tear to lower spine bottom do not really detract from the overall condition. G/NO DJ Book# 3618 US$ 35.00.
Meggendorfer, Lothar THE DOLL'S HOUSE Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978 "A three-dimensional book that unfolds to reveal five old-fashioned domestic scenes, including a shop, a living room, and a kitchen, each with pop-up
furnishings and occupants." Reproduction of the antique pop-up book, unfolds to over four feet. Illustrated boards with some minor edge wear, tiny red ink mark to cover and one very tiny pull to cover, inside fine. VG. Book# 3808 US$ 65.00.
St. James, Renwick THE ART OF JAMES CHRISTENSEN, A JOURNEY OF THE IMAGINATION The Greenwich Workshop, (1994) First Edition Maroon cloth, lavish gilt illustrations to front cover, illustrated endpapers, 180
pages, signed by artist on square sticker placed on loose front endpaper listing title, in price-clipped dust jacket. Laid in is a folder with loose paper "giving special thanks" along with a print of an original sketch, "Nestor", reproduced from the artist's sketchbook #24. States that this is not available in bookstores. NF/NF. Book# 3802 US$ 60.00.
Parks, Stephen R.C. GORMAN "A Portrait" A New York Graphic Society Book, Little Brown & Co Boston(1983) First Edition Blue cloth, gold lettering to spine and front cover, 143 pages, 11 1/4"x 10", this is some of the
best North American Indian art that was ever done in my opinion, one of the best artists in America, photographs by Chuck Henningsen. DJ with portrait of Mr. Gorman in Desert. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE Book# 3608 US$ 65.00.
Loomis, Andrew FIGURE DRAWING FOR ALL IT'S WORTH Viking Press, NY (1969, 23rd Printing) Yellow cloth, measures about 9"x12", 204 pages, clean inside-no writing, hint of bumps, in edge worn dust jacket with edge
tears at most folds, VG/G. Book# 3535 US$ 75.00.
Gasser, Manuel THE WORLD OF WERNER BISCHOF EP Dutton, NY, 1959, 1st US Ed Green cloth, gilt spine letters, gilt design on front cover, 74 b&w and color photo reproductions, edge wear and chips to dust jacket, VG/VG.
Book# 3343 US$ 30.00.
Leymarie, Jean THE SPIRIT OF THE LETTER IN PAINTING Hallmark Cards, Albet Skira Creation (1961) Beige boards, 91 pages, tipped-in color plates (reproductions), "Compliments of Hallmark" plate pasted to loose front
endpaper, hint of edge wear to dust jacket, VG/VG. Book# 3220 US$ 25.00.
Lear, Edward FLORA NONSENSICA Harvard College, MA (1963) Ltd to 2000 Blue wraps, 21 b&w drawings, colophon limits to 2000 copies, light corner wear, VG. Book# 3118 US$ 30.00.
Matthews E.C. JOSEPH PENNELLS SKETCHES OF OLD NEW ORLEANS Hope Publications, New Orleans Louisiana, (1966) Wraps, 64 pages, tape on spine over chip, front corners lite folding, G Book# 3157 US$ 10.00.
Chrysler Corporation SIGNIFICANT WAR SCENES BY BATTLEFRONT ARTISTS Chrysler
Corporation, nd, "Sponsored By Chrysler Corp" No copyright date listed on title page, but the paintings were all c/r by Chrysler in 1947. Wraps, "a collection of reflective paintings in which sixteen artists interpret war as they saw it around the world", the commissioned American artists were given freedom of expression in making the "visual recapitulations of past
emotional stress, actual physical danger in battle areas" drawn from their personal experiences and depicting scenes of WW1 & WW11, b/w photos are 9"x7", covers show foxing and a hint of soiling, shows minor bump to spine and corners, held together by two staples.. G Book# 3146 US$ 40.00.
D'Ombrain A. W. A GALLERY OF GUM TREES Australasian Medical Publishing Co Limited, N.S.W. (1938) Stiff boards, 53 pages, 21 7" by 5" tipped-in plates from original paintings in "water color" by Tydfyl Evans, inscribed by the
author on title page and dated Nov,1941, inscription in ink from previous owner on back of half-title page, stamp on head of front paste-down, front signature starting. DJ with p/o front cover, rear cover minor soiling and lite crease, lite wear to the extremities, chip to the spine top. VG/G Book# 3137 US$ 50.00.
Parrish, Maxfield THE MAXFIELD PARRISH POP-UP BOOK Pomegranate Artbooks, CA, 1994 "Daybreak" on illustrated glossy boards, 8 full color reproductions including: The Dinkey-Bird, Air Castles, Daybreak, The
Manager Draws the Curtain, Land of Make-Believe, The Lantern Bearers, Puss-in-Boots, Graduation Painting. Near Fine. Book# 3055 US$ 40.00.
Hutton, Graham ENGLISH PARISH CHURCHES Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1953 Tan cloth, 226 photographs by Edwin Smith, 226 pages, light edge wear, price clipped dust jacket with minor edge wear, VG/VG. Book# 3037 US$45.00.
Bony, Jean FRENCH CATHEDRALS Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1951 Tan cloth, 196 pages, photos by Martin Hurlimann, text by Jean Bony and Peter Meyer, bumps and edge wear, in very worn rubbed and chipped dust jacket, VG/G.
Book# 3036 US$ 40.00.
Matthews, Washington Dr NAVAJO WEAVERS, Navajo Silversmiths Filter Press, Palmer Lake Colorado,1968 Wraps, 37 pages, b/w illustrations, weaving the saddle-girth, weaving of diamond-shaped diagonals, Navajo blanket loom, photos of crucible, and sandstone molds for shaping silver objects, small 1/4"chip on page 2 at bottom (not on text) and a very minor fold. VG Book# 3128 US$ 15.00.
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