FS: Some Art Titles
EOBooks
Abdy, Jane THE FRENCH POSTER Clarkson N Potter, (1969) Green cloth, 16 color pictures, 112
b&w, slight fading to extremities and one chip out of spine, price-clipped dust jacket with two holes in spine, wear to extremities. G/G. Book# 01239 US$ 35.00.
Aberconway, Christabel THE STORY OF MR KORAH Michael Joseph, London, (1954) First
Edition Light blue boards, maroon spine, illustrated by Rex Whistler in b&w sketches and three tipped-in color plates, edge and extremity bumps with light soiling to extremities. Price-clipped dust jacket with edge wear chips and bumps, soiling to spine. VG/G. Book# 0805 US$ 40.00.
Breuning, Margaret MAURICE PRENDERGAST (The American Artist Seriesof the Whitney
Museum of American Art) Whitney Museum of American Art, (1931) Brown covered boards, 59
pages, gold lettering to spine and front cover, gold eagle on front cover, 21 full page illustrations, "this is the American Artist Series", errata slip laid in to contents page, in spine chipped dust jacket. NEAR FINE/VG Book# 3612 US$ 35.00.
Burland, C.A. MAN AND ART Studio Pub, NY (1959) First Edition Green, 37 pages plus 96 pages
of plates, price-clipped dust jacket with a few edge tears. VG/G. Book# 01682 US$ 15.00.
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.
Di Fate, Vincent & Ian Summers DI FATE'S CATALOG OF SCIENCE FICTION HARDWARE. Workman Pub, NY (1980, 1st Printing) Navy boards, couple bumps, 160 pages, in dust jacket with hint of edge wear, VG/VG. Includes over 50 of Di Fate's full-color works, and over 100 schematic diagrams. Book# 3346 US$ 20.00.
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.
Dreiser, Theodore THE SYMBOLIC DRAWINGS OF HUBERT DAVIS FOR AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY Horace Liveright, (1930) Black cloth over foil covered boards. Folio. Limited edition to 525
copies, number 90. 20 full page plates in b/w. Signed and numberd by Hubert Davies and signed by Theodore Dreiser. Gift inscription in ink to previous owner, cover scuffs, lite scuffs to edges. VG/NO SLIP CASE Book# 3676 US$ 85.00.
Fujikake, Shizuya. JAPANESE WOOD-BLOCK PRINTS. Japan Travel Bureau, Tokyo (1938) Sixth Edition, 1959. Tourist Library Vol. 10, tan boards with minor wear and rubbing to extremities. VG.
Book# 0426 US$ 35.00.
Holbrook, Stewart H. MR. OTIS The Macmillan Co, N.Y. 1958 First Edition Blue & gray cloth, 71
pages, faint circular stain to front cover, 29 color plates, introduction by Stewart Holbrook, bump to the lower spine. DJ chipped and closed tears, very minor soiling. VG/G Book# 3529
US$ 20.00.
Howe, Thomas Carr SALT MINES AND CASTLES. The Discovery and Restitution of Looted
European Art Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, NY (1946) First Edition Red cloth, gilt letters, map end papers, photos, 334 pages including index (some pages unopened), dust jacket missing most of spine, taped, torn. VG/Fair. Book# 01955 US$ 20.00.
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.
Loomis, Andrew DRAWING THE HEAD & HANDS Viking, NY (1956, 13th Printing) Black cloth
over boards, name on loose front endpaper, bump to lower spine, minor discoloration to extremities, price-clipped dust jacket with major spine chips, closed tears, some fading, VG/G. Book# 4294 US$100.00.
Loomis, Andrew FIGURE DRAWING FOR ALL IT'S WORTH Viking, NY (1943, 1971, 13th Printing) Black over boards, spine bumps, minor wear to extremities, chips to dust jacket (some major),
stain to front cover, edge tears, VG/G. Book# 4295 US$ 100.00.
Martin, Andre PARIS Spring Books, (1960, 1968) Peach cloth, minor edge wear and discoloration,
minor spine bumps, in worn torn chipped dust jacket. Cities of the World series. G/Fair Book# 01179 US$ 18.00.
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.
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.
Pratten, John W. PORTRAIT PAINTING FOR BEGINNERS Watson-Guptill, NY (1955,1956,1962) Third Printing Beige cloth, illustrations (6 color), minor edge wear, in clipped dust
jacket with edge wear, chips, rubs. VG/G. Book# 01280 US$ 10.00.
Richardson, Diana Edkins, (editor). VANITY FAIR. Photographs of An Age 1914-1936. Crown
Pub, NY, (1982, first edition). Black boards, 203 pages, bookplate on front end paper. Price-clipped dust jacket with minimal edge wear. VG/G+. Book# 00111 US$ 45.00.
Rockwell, Norman ROMANCE Ariel Books, Andrews and McMeel, Kansas City, (1993) Glossy
boards with "The Artist" (Sat Eve Post cover 6/4/27), in dust jacket. VG/VG. Book# 0874 US$ 5.00.
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.
Verner, Elizabeth O'Neill. MELLOWED BY TIME. A Charleston Notebook. Bostick &
Thornley, S.C., 1941, first edition Illustrated with pencil drawings by the author, 81 pages, orange cloth 1/8" ink mark on front cover. VG. Book# 103 US$ 25.00.
Warshaw, Howard DRAWINGS ON DRAWING. A graphic reflexion of the language of drawing. Ross-Erikson, CA (1981) Foreword by Donald Davie, black cloth, gilt letters, 77 pages, hint of edge wear to dust jacket, 1/2" closed tear to upper front cover, VG/VG. Book# 2916 US$ 30.00.
Willard, John (Text By) THE CHARLES M RUSSELL BOOK Salisbury Press/Superior
Publishing Co. Seattle Wash, (1970) Brown leatherette with gold lettering to front cover, 64 pages, 14"x10", 32 colored illustrations "20 are full page", 25 b/w illustrations and 6 bronze illustrations, foreward by Senator Mike Mansfield, minor bump to spine, front hine starting. VG+/NO DJ Book# 3675 US$ 60.00.
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