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(010437) (Abakanowicz, Magdalena) Jacob, Mary Jane et al. MAGDALENA
ABAKANOWICZ. New York; Abbeville, 1982. 1st ed. Wraps, Square 4to. Very good.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, travelling exhibition catalogue, illus.
in color and b+w, chrono, bibliography $20.00
(010435) Adams, Ansel and Irwin P. Ting, Bill Jennings. DEEP CANYON A DESERT
WILDERNESS FOR SCIENCE. Riverside; Univ. California, 1976. Boards, Small 4to.
Very good in lightly worn dust jacket, 2" repaired closed tear. Publication of
the Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center, Palm Desert $45.00
(010511) Adams, Ansel. MY CAMERA IN THE NATIONAL PARKS. Boston; Houghton
Mifflin, 1950. 1st Signed ed. Spiral Wraps, Large 4to. Very good, light foxing
fr. free endpaper, corners ltly rubbed. Signed by Adams on fr. fly. 30
splendid plates of photos by Adams, texts on the Parks and Monuments,
bibliography $325.00
(010509) (Adams, Ansel) Newhall, Nancy. THE ELOQUENT LIGHT. Aperture, 1980.
Revised ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Near fine in dust jacket. 1963 classic
re-published with foreward by author's husband, Beaumont Newhall, after his
wife's death in a rafting accident $85.00
(010510) Adams, Ansel and Nancy Newhall. THE PAGEANT OF HISTORY IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA. San Francisco; American Trust Company, 1954. 1st ed. Spiral Wraps,
Large 4to. Very good, a little edgeworn, 12" very fine scratch front. 56 very
glossy views of beautiful Northern California $65.00
(010406) (Adams, Robert)(Sontag, Susan) Alinder, James. UNTITLED 14. Carmel;
Friends of Photography, 1978. 1st ed. Wraps, Small 4to. Very good, lower spine
end bumped. Essay by Robert Adams, Alinder interviews Sontag, portfolios by
British and emerging U.S. photographers, Meridel Rubenstein $25.00
(010482) ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. New York; Works Publishing Co, 1939. 1st ed.
Red Cloth, Large 8vo. Good. Slight bumping to corners, nick at bottom of
spine. This is it. The first edition, first printing of the Big Red Book
$2500.00
(010374) American Guide Series. MASSACHUSETTS A GUIDE TO ITS PLACES AND
PEOPLE. Boston; Houghton Mifflin, 1937. 8vo. Good in dust jacket. A very nice
copy. Jacket is rather worn along the edges. Front board is a little spotted.
$45.00
(010408) American Heritage Foundation. NATION'S HERITAGE (IN 6 VOLUMES)
1949 TO 1949. New York; Heritage Magazine, 1946-49. 1st ed. Decorated Clth,
Folio. Very good. Patriotic collection of artists, illustrators and
photographers works on the theme of America, conceived by Malcolm
Forbes.Volume One: cover art by Grant Wood, articles on skiing, (illus. by
tinted gravure plates); Yankee Clipper visiting cards (illus. in color);
artists of the midwest-Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry-many
works reproduced in color; Edison (illus. in b+w photos); etc. Volume Two:
cover art by Dale Nichols, articles on cacti; railroads; Native Americans;
medicos at war in art (from MEN WITHOUT GUNS); movies (various stills); the
circus (from PINK LEMONADE); New York; the American bungalow (illus. in color
with floorplans, from PRIZE HOMES); etc. Volume Three: cover art by John
Rogers Cox, articles on sea fights of the war of 1812; giant birds of the US
(color reproductions of Audubon
watercolors); Thomas Eakins; American folk songs (by the Seegers); empty
houses (b+w photos by Wright Morris; Kentucky horsebreeding, old order Amish
people (b+w photos by Jane Latta), bridges and steel, etc. Volume Four: cover
art by Frances Bond Palmer of Currier & Ives, articles on the Gay Nineties
(b+w photos of the time); wooden ships; boxing; homes in the Sierras (photos
by Edward Weston); the Green Mountains of Vermont (color photos); Niagara
Falls; the American Revolution, engineering school at Rensselaer (photos of
bridges and spans); the art of Winslow Homer; etc. Volume Five: cover art by
Rockwell Kent, entire issue devoted to Native Americans. Volume 6: cover art
by Thomas Hart Benton articles on plastics industry (great color photos);
stage design; the Painted $250.00
(010516) Amir, M.K. Zephyr. SUPREME PERSIAN CARPETS. Singapore;
Self-published, 1972. 1st ed. Boards, Large 4to. Very good in dust jacket. All
color introduction to Persian carpet styles by a merchant. Interesting
interiors of upscale houses with carpets in situ $50.00
(010506) Anonymous ("A Gentleman About Town"). IMMORTALIA AN ANTHOLOGY OF
AMERICAN BALLADS, SAILOR'S SONGS, COWBOY SONGS, COLLEGE SONGS, PARODIES,
LIMERICKS AND OTHER.... Self-published, 1927. 184pp. 1st Limited ed. Cloth,
4to. Very good, clean and bright. 1000 copies made. "Here's to the split that
never heals, the longer you rub it the better it feels..." + other risque
poems $75.00
(010474) Anonymous. MEMOIRS OF THE COURTS OF SWEDEN AND DENMARK DURING THE
REIGNS OF CHRISTIAN VII OF DENMARK AND GUSTAVUS III AND IV OF SWEDEN. London;
Grolier Society, n/d. Limited ed. Leather, Large 8vo. Near fine, very light
edgewear bottom edge only. Two volume set. Deluxe ed. of 1000 in pretty red
leather with gilt trim, raised bands, gilt topedge, deckle paper, illustrated
$95.00
(010443) Arts et metiers. PHOTO 1947. London; B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1947. 1st
U.K. ed. Spiral wraps, 4to. Very good in lightly creased wraps. Minor White,
Fritz Henle, Brassai, Bill Brandt, Beaumont Newhall, Barbara Morgan, Doisneau,
Horst et al in gravure plates $125.00
(010346) Associazione Italiana Cemento Armato e Precompresso. PRESTRESSED
CONCRETE STRUCTURE IN ITALY 1970-1974. Rome; AITEC, 1974. 1st ed. Cloth, Large
4to. Near fine in dust jacket, owner's name fr. fly. Text in English and
Italian. Bridges and viaducts, buildings and misc. 100s of photos, plans and
elevations $65.00
(010389) Barsacq, Leon. CALIGARI'S CABINET AND OTHER GRAND ILLUSIONS A HISTORY
OF FILM DESIGN. New York; Plume/Times Mirror, 1978. 1st thus ed. Wraps, Large
8vo. Very good, small owner's name front fly. Revised and edited by Elliot
Stern, foreword by Rene Clair. 160 great movies stills and other
illustrations. Indispensable. $25.00
(010333) (Bateman, Hester) Shure, David S.. HESTER BATEMAN QUEEN OF ENGLISH
SILVERSMITHS. Garden City; Doubleday & Co., 1959. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to.
Very good in chipped dust jacket, sm. gift inscr. fr. fly. 86 b+w plates with
excellent captions. Biography of late 18th c. craftswoman of exceptional taste
and skill. Lovely pieces $60.00
(010338) Battison, John H.. MOVIES FOR TV. New York; Macmillan, 1950. 1st ed.
Cloth, 8vo. Very good in price clipped dust jacket, 2" tape residue on flaps.
Sm. owners'stamp fr. fly and title page. Glossary, lots of b+w photos (incl.
J. Alton), technical and production info, index $25.00
(010388) Beagle, Peter S.. A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE. New York; Viking Press,
1960. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Near fine in dust jacket, slightly darkened along
top edge. $75.00
(010471) Beer, Eileene Harrison. SCANDANAVIAN DESIGN OBJECTS OF A LIFE STYLE.
New York; Farrar Straus Giroux, 1975. 214pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Very
good in dust jacket. 40 col, 200+ b+w illus. of Scandanavian furniture, glass,
metal, ceraic, textile and jewelry design, biblio and index $45.00
(010501) (Benton, Thomas Hart) Parkman, Francis. THE OREGON TRAIL. Garden
City; Double Day, 1945. Ltd Signed ed. Cloth, Large 8vo. Very good in chipped
slipcase. No. 99 of 1000 made, signed by Benton. Limited Editions illustrated
by Famous American Artists $200.00
(010352) (Bill, Max) Huttinger, Eduard. MAX BILL. New York/Zurich;
Rizzoli/ABC, 1978. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Near fine in dust jacket, owner's
bookplate fr. fixed endpp.. Many color and b+w illus. Chronology, texts by
Bill, extensive bibliographies (e.g. films, theses etc) $150.00
(010402) Bitters, Stan. ENVIRONMENTAL CERAMICS. New York; Van Nostrand
Reinhold, 1976. Cloth, 4to. Very good in dust jacket, sm. chip top spine end,
name inked fly. 40 color, 200 b+w photos of roof tiles, chimneys, baths,
relief walls, pavings, etc. with step-by-step photo sequences $30.00
(010445) Block, Mary. DEN STORA VAVBOKEN. Stockholm; Bokforlaget Natur och
Kultur, 1939. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Very good. 360 illus., incl. step by
step photos, line drawings of Swedish weaving styles plus 115 spectactular
color plates at rear $50.00
(010364) Boger, H. Batterson. THE TRADITIONAL ARTS OF JAPAN. Garden City;
Doubleday, 1964. Cloth, 4to. Very good in dust jacket. 369 b+w illus, 26
color, 40 line drawings. Incl. masks, lacquer, arms and armour, pottery,
dolls, textiles, fans, etc. $65.00
(010450) Bonellie, Helen-Janet. THE STATUS MERCHANTS THE TRADE OF INTERIOR
DECORATION. New York; A.S. Barnes, 1972. 109pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good
in lightly chipped dust jacket. Edges little faded. Illustrated in color and
black and white $25.00
(010505) Boswell, James. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. Garden City; Doubleday,
Doran & Co., 1945. Limited Signed ed. Cloth, Large 8vo. Very good in slipcase.
No. 870 of 1000 illustrated and signed by George Ross. Limited Editions
Illustrated by Famous American Artists series $75.00
(010485) Bowen, Elizabeth. ASTRONOMY BY OBSERVATION. New York; American Book
Company, circa 1890. Cloth Bkd Brds, 4to. Good, quite rubbed, small scrape
fr., creased slty torn fr. fly. Color frontis. of light spectra, blueprints,
and 109 excellent b+w illus of heavenly phenomena, some pencil + pen marks in
textGreat concrete poem (in the round) written in pencil by an anonymous hand
on p. 51, concerning a bumble bee and a brindle cow, and a boy with a "shining
pail" being launched into "E-TER-NI-TY". Only adds to charm. $100.00
(010416) Boyle, Richard J.. AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM. Boston; New York Graphic
Society, 1976. 240pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Square 4to. Very good in dust jacket.
$65.00
(010461) Brosnac, Donald. THE STEEL STRING GUITAR ITS CONSTRUCTION, ORIGIN AND
DESIGN. San Francisco; Panjandrum Press, 1973. 104pp. 1st ed. Wraps, 4to. Very
good. Illustrated with photographs and drawings $15.00
(010319) Brown, Dr. John. RAB AND HIS FRIENDS. Boston; D. Lothrop Co., ca.
1892. Decorated Clth, 12mo. Very good, copperplate gift inscr. 1892, rubbed
edges, corners. Rab, a Bull Terrier belonging to a Highland doctor,
accompanies his master on medical business. Charming illus. by L.J. Bridgman
$10.00
(010324) Bukowski, Charles and Michael Monfort. SHAKESPEARE NEVER DID THIS.
San Francisco; City Lights, 1979. 1st ed. Wraps, Oblong 8vo. Very good, a
little bit soiled. Bukowski tours Europe followed by a French photographer,
these are his diaries. Very wierd and wacky $40.00
(010398) Byrnes, Gene and A. Thornton Bishop, eds.. COMMERCIAL ART A COMPLETE
GUIDE TO DRAWING ILLUSTRATION CARTOONING AND PAINTING. New York; Simon &
Schuster, 1952. 355pp. 2nd printing ed. Cloth Bkd Brds, Large 4to. Very good
in chipped dust jacket. Copiously illus. by 138 artists incl. Boris
Artzybasheff, Paul Bransom, George Herriman, William Steig, Dean Cornwell et
al $60.00
(010497) Byron, Lord. THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON. London; John Murray, 1823.
Leather, Small 8vo. Very good. 4 volume set in fine gilt stamped leather
binding, all edges gilt, a tad foxed, corners rubbed, but very bright, crisp
$450.00
(010507) Ciborowski, A. and S. Jankowski. WARSAW REBUILT. Warsaw; Polonia
Publishing House, 1962. 138pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Square 12mo. Very good in
chipped dust jacket. B+w gravure pls of destroyed Warsaw streets in taken
1945, same scenes taken from same vantage points again in 1962. In English
$25.00
(010514) Clark, Larry. LARRY CLARK PHOTOGRAPHER. Stockholm; Fotografiska
Museet, 1986. 18pp. 1st ed. Stapled Wraps, 8vo. Very good. Text in Swedish, 7
of Clark's classic photos reproduced $40.00
(010342) Coke, Van Deren and Ute Eskildsen, Bernd Lohse. AVANT GARDE
PHOTOGRAPHY IN GERMANY 1919-1939. San Francisco MOMA, 1981. 1st ed. Wraps,
Small 4to. Very good, light crease mid front cover, very faintly soiled.
Seminal exhibition, well illus. in b+w, nice essays. Herbert Bayer, Hans
Bellmer, K. Blossfeldt, Moholy-Nagy, Lotte Jacobi... $0.00
(010466) Collum, Charles R.. NEW YORK NUDE A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY. New York;
Amphoto, 1981. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Very good in flawless dust jacket, a
tiny bit foxed 1/2 title p.. Ron Gallella, paparazzo photographer, artiste
Annie Sprinkle (quel surprise) many others more or less lovely in the buff
$65.00
(010464) Conant, Kenneth John. CAROLINGIAN AND ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE 800 TO
1200. Baltimore; Penguin Books, 1959. 343pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 8vo. Very
good. Illustrated with black and white photographs $20.00
(010472) (Cornwell, Dean) Broder, Patricia Janis. DEAN CORNWELL DEAN OF
ILLUSTRATORS. New York; Balance House Ltd., 1978. 240pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Oblong
4to. Near fine in dust jacket, former owner's name fr. fly. 63 color plates,
236 b+w illus. Intro. by Norman Rockwell. List of clients, selected biblio,
indes, owners of works etc. Scarce $800.00
(010432) (Cowles, Russell) Bear, Donald. RUSSELL COWLES. Los Angeles; Dalzell
Hatfield, 1946. 1st Ltd Signed ed. Boards, 4to. Very good in dust jacket w/ 2
sm chips, owner's name front fly. No. 910 of 1000 signed by Cowles, 40 illus,
20 letters by influential WPA artist, curator of NY Worlds Fair art show
$175.00
(010328) Crumb, Robert. FRITZ THE CAT. New York; Ballentine, 1969. 1st ed.
Wraps, Folio. Good. Covers have a few creases with light edgewear. 3 Big
Stories - Fritz Bugs Out, Secret Agent For the CIA, and Fritz the No-Good
$65.00
(010425) Cutter, Robert. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AUTO RACING GREATS. Englewood
Cliffs, NJ; Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1973. 675pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Very
good in dust jacket. Illustrated with black and white photographs $60.00
(010429) Czarnecki, Joseph P.. LAST TRACES THE LOST ART OF AUSCHWITZ. New
York; Antheneum, 1989. Cloth, Small 4to. Very good in dust jacket. Intro. by
Chaim Potok. Illus. by author's b+w photos taken at Auschwitz - graffiti,
calendars, epitaphs etc carved into walls $40.00
(010323) Dacus, J.A. and James W. Buel. A TOUR OF ST. LOUIS OR THE INSIDE LIFE
OF A GREAT CITY. St. Louis; Western Publishing, 1878. 564pp. Decorated Clth,
Large 8vo. Good, considerably rubbed, spine ends, corners, edges rubbed. Rear
hinge started. Many steel engravings. Text incl. items on assets (schools,
businesses) and negatives (crime, poverty) $45.00
(010513) Davis, N.. RUINED CITIES WITHIN NUMIDIAN AND CARTHAGINIAN
TERRITORIES. London; John Murray, 1862. 391pp. Decorated Clth, Large 8vo. Very
good, spine a bit darkened, corners toed in, clean, tight. 13 steel
engravings, fold out map, text a nice mix of anecdotal and scholarly.
Appendices re birds, weather, inscriptions, mss. $150.00
(010430) De Dienes, Andre. NUDES, MY CAMERA AND I. London; Focal Press, 1973.
Cloth, Large 8vo. Very good in dust jacket. Where does he find these women?
$65.00
(010434) De Dienes, Andre. WESTERN NUDES. New York; Bell Publishing Co., 1968.
Pictorial Bds, Sm square 4to. Very good, corners a tad rubbed, pristine
inside. His most surreal extravaganza. Scarce. Includes some color. Captions
(who cares?) in English, German and French $175.00
(010420) Deakin, Edwin. A GALLERY OF CALIFORNIA MISSION PAINTINGS. Los
Angeles; The Ward Ritchie Press, 1966. 58pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Oblong 8vo. Very
good in dust jacket. Twenty-one of California's Franciscan missions
illustrated in color paintings $0.00
(010515) Deas, Alston. THE EARLY IRONWORK OF CHARLESTON. Columbia, SC; Bostick
& Thornley, 1941. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good in dust jacket with chips at
corners, sunned edges. 64 beautiful line drawings by Richard J. Bryan, lovely
text, index, bibliography, deckled, a very fine production altogether $125.00
(010371) Denman, Frank. THE SHAPING OF OUR ALPHABET. New York; Knopf, 1955.
1st ed. 8vo. Very good in dust jacket. Price clipped from the jacket. $30.00
(010442) Dickinson, Corporal Ted and Sargeant Dave McNichol. KOREA
ILLUSTRATED. Rutland; Charles E. Tuttle, 1952. Boards, Small 4to. Very good in
dust jacket. Story of the 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing, stationed in Korea 1950,
1951, 1952, with b+w photos and line drawings, English text $30.00
(010347) Donat, John, ed.. WORLD ARCHITECTURE 2. London; Studio Vista, 1965.
1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Very good in price clipped dust jacket. 40 projects
worldwide, e.g. Western Africa, USSR, Japan (Kenzo Tange), USA (Craig
Ellwood), Italy (Scarpa). Many photos, plans $50.00
(010491) (Dove, Arthur G.) Wight, Frederick S.. ARTHUR G. DOVE. Berkeley; U.
Cal. Press, 1958. 1st ed. Cloth, Small 4to. Very good in dust jacket with
closed tear on spine, creases. Stickey black residue on cloth covers from
earlier plastic cover over dust jacket. Penned notes on captions. Color illus.
$50.00
(010476) Dowd, J.H. and Brenda E. Spender. SERIOUS BUSINESS. New York;
Scribners, 1937. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good in dust jacket with sm. chip l.
spine end, t. rt. crnr. Sm. owner's inscr. 1/2 title. 32 plates in very rich
color, 48 b+w on children at the "serious business" of play. Charming $60.00
(010335) Doxiadis, Constantinos A.. EKISTICS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS. New York; Oxford University Press, 1968. 528pp. 1st ed.
Cloth, Large 4to. Very good in dust jacket. Formerly in library of architect
James Burns. His signature dated 1969 front fly $45.00
(010467) Dugan, Thomas. PHOTOGRAPHY BETWEEN COVERS INTERVIEWS WITH PHOTO
BOOKMAKERS. Rochester; Light Impressions, 1979. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good
in dust jacket. Includes diverse photographers including Eiko Hosoe, Larry
Clark, Duane Michals, Robert Adams, George Tice et al $30.00
(010448) Duncan, Alastair. ART DECO FURNITURE THE FRENCH DESIGNERS. New York;
Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1984. 192pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Near fine, one
corner slightly chipped. Illustrated with color and black and white
photographs $50.00
(010503) Emerson, Ralph Waldo. NATURE. Aurora; Roycrofters, 1905. Suede, 8vo.
Very good, owner's bookplate front fly, slight rubbing. Lovely scarlet limp
suede covers, charming woodblock decorations in the arts and crafts style
$25.00
(010339) Essoe, Gave. TARZAN OF THE MOVIES A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF MORE THAN
FIFTY YEARS OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGH'S LEGENDARY HERO. New York; The Citadel,
1968. 208pp. 1st Signed ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good in dust jacket with largish
chip front and lower spine. Inscr. by Karla Schramm, who played Jane in "The
Revenge of Tarzan" and "Son of Tarzan", and signed in two places in text
$125.00
(010367) Fagg, William. TRIBES AND FORMS IN AFRICAN ART. London; Tudor, 1965.
Cloth, Large 4to. Very good in chipped dust jacket, owner's impress fr. fly.
170 gravure plates illustrate expert text on identification of stylistic
differences in sculpture for 122 African tribal groups $65.00
(010447) Farber, Robert. FARBER NUDES. United Kingdom; Columbus Books, 1983.
1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Near fine in dust jacket. Nudes in color and black and
white $45.00
(010386) Fedden, Robin and John Thomson. CRUSADER CASTLES. London; John
Murray, 1957. Rev. Enlarged ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good in dust jacket. 30 b+w
photos, 10 plans, this expanded edition includes Armenia and Cyprus as well as
Kraks from Anatolia to Palestine $25.00
(010453) Fiedler, Franz. PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY. Boston; American Photographic
Pub., 1936. 198pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Small 4to. Very good in chipped dust jacket.
Some inking. Includes lightling, exposure, camera, composition, representation
of the hands, and posing the model $35.00
(010456) Floch, Joseph. JOSEPH FLOCH. New York; Thomas Yoseloff, 1968. 143pp.
1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Near fine in somewhat worn dust jacket. Illustrated in
color and black and white $25.00
(010341) Fontcuberta, Joan et al. IDAS & CHAOS TRENDS IN SPANISH PHOTOGRAPHY
1920-1945. New York; ICP, 1985. 230pp. 1st ed. Wraps, Square 4to. Very good.
100+ illus. in color and b+w. Essays (one by Dali) on graphic arts (posters,
ads etc), expermental, war photos, etc. Bios, too $50.00
(010329) (Frank, Robert) Tucker, Anne W. and Phillip Brookman, eds.. NEW YORK
TO NOVA SCOTIA. Boston; Museum of Fine Arts, 1986. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to.
Near fine in dust jacket with very light rubbed area at hinge. Exhibition
catalogue, 21 duotones, 5 halftones, 4 color illus., survey of work 1947 to
1986, contribs. by Alen Ginsberg et al $125.00
(010421) Fuller, R. Buckminster. NO MORE SECOND HAND GOD AND OTHER WRITINGS.
Carbondale; Southern Illinois University, 1963. 163pp. 1st ed. 1/2 Cloth, 8vo.
Very good in dust jacket. These prose and prose-poem essays reflect Mr.
Fuller's intense concern about man and the universe $35.00
(010366) Gamble, William, ed.. PENROSE'S ANNUAL THE PROCESS YEAR BOOK AND
REVIEW OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS VOLUME XXXIV 1932. London; Percy Lund, 1932. 1st
ed. Cloth, Large 8vo. Very good. Great articles, great technical info, great
examples (Herbert Bayer incl.), lots of color, one orig. photo tipped in -
rich $75.00
(010345) Gatz, Konrad, ed.. MODERN ARCHITECTURAL DETAILING NO. 3. New York;
Reinhold, 1967. 285pp. 1st English ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Very good in dust
jacket. Stone, brick, wood, pre-cast concrete, fibre etc inside and outside,
100s of color and b+w photos, line drawings, plans $45.00
(010322) Glasgow, Ellen. THE BATTLE-GROUND. New York; Doubleday, 1902. 1st ed.
Cloth, Small 8vo. Very good, gift inscr. 1913 front fly. Illustrated by W.J.
Baer and Granville Smith. The Civil War in the South is the theme, with lots
of dialect $20.00
(010512) Gold, Frances Joslin. THE INSTANT DECORATOR. New York; Clarkson N.
Potter, 1976. 1st ed. Spiral Boards, Oblong 4to. Very good. Brunscwhwig & Fils
wallpaper sample endpapers ("Tobago") hint at the wonderful layout, 16
transparent overlays, lots of fun $35.00
(010383) (Gotfryd, Alex) Allen Drury. EGYPT THE ETERANL SMILE REFLECTIONS ON A
JOURNEY. New York; Doubleday, 1980. 273pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Fine in dust
jacket. Illustrated with color photographs that captures Egypts great
achievements, ruins and hauntingly beautiful landscape $30.00
(010457) Gowland, Peter. GOWLAND'S GUIDE TO GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAPHY. New York;
Crown Publishers, 1972. 170pp. 1st ed. 1/2 Cloth, 8vo. Near fine in dust
jacket. Inscribed and signed by Gowland. Illustrated with color and black and
white photographs $50.00
(010458) Gowland, Peter. THE SECRETS OF PHOTOGRAPHING WOMEN. New York; Crown
Publishing, 1981. 211pp. 1/2 Cloth, 8vo. Fine in dust jacket. Signed and
inscribed by Gowland. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs
$60.00
(010480) (Gronovii, Johannes) Fredericus, Johannes. AULI GELLII NOCTIUM
ATTICARUM LIBRI XX PROUT SUPERSUNT QUOS AD LIBROS MSSTOS. C. Boutesteyn & J.
du Vivie, 1706. 850+pp. Vellum, Large 8vo. Very good, owner's bookpl. fr.
fixed endpp., lt foxing all thru. Remarkably clean, tight, spine a tad grimy,
Decorated letters, a few illus. Frontis. engr. of author at his desk by
moonlight.Text in Latin and Greek. Index. $500.00
(010459) Guest, Antony. ART AND THE CAMERA. London; George Bell and Sons,
1907. 159pp. Cloth, 8vo. Very good. "The Literature of Photography",
illustrated in black and white $20.00
(010336) Gustave-Toudouze, Georges et al. HISTOIRE DE LA MARINE TOMES 1 ET 2.
Paris; Baschet et Cie, 1966. 1st ed. Decorated Clth, Folio. Very good, sm.
bump to bottom edge vol. 1, corners a bit rubbed. Two volumes. Complete
history of ships, tipped in color plates + b+w gravure plates, tons of b+w in
text, French text. Stunning $350.00
(010390) Halprin, Lawrence. FREEWAYS. New York; Reinhold, 1966. 1st ed. Cloth,
Oblong 4to. Very good in chipped, clipped, creased sltly soiled dust jacket.
279 b+w photos and drawings, chosen with Halprin's all-American love of the
automobile along with an eye for beauty and irony $35.00
(010370) Hamilton, Edward. GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR THE COMPUTER AGE. New York; Van
nostrand Reinhold, 1970. 1st ed. Small 4to. Very good in chipped dust jacket.
$40.00
(010385) Healey, Evalyn. WHITE SCHOOL OF COSTUME ART EXTENSION COURSE LESSON
NO. ONE. Cleveland; White Sewing Machine Co., ca. 1930. 1st ed. Spiral Wraps,
4to. Very good, a few light creases to silver wraps. 10 lessons in fine
dressmaking a sewing machine, chapter on color illus. with color chart, b+w
photos, drawings, patterns $25.00
(010400) (Hesse, Eva) Johnson, Ellen H.. EVA HESSE A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE
DRAWINGS. Oberlin College; Allen Memorial Art Museum, 1982. 1st ed. Wraps,
Large 8vo. Very good. Illus. in color and b+w, chronology, list of exhibitions
with drawings $15.00
(010463) Hitchcock, Henry-Russell. ARCHITECTURE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH
CENTURIES. Baltimore; Penguin Books, 1958. 498pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 8vo.
Near fine. Illustrated $20.00
(010392) Homer, William Innes et al. AVANT-GARDE PAINTING & SCULPTURE IN
AMERICA 1910-1925. Delaware Art Museum, 1975. 176pp. 1st ed. Wraps, 4to. Very
good with chip on upper spine. Comprehensive ex. catalogue illus. in b+w,
filled with useful information about art and patronage. Bios and chronology
$40.00
(010441) Horne, T. et al. THE CONSTRUCTION OF MAPS AND GLOBES. London; Horne
et al, 1717. Leather, 12mo. No boards, 3 plates (of 18) missing, lacks pp
99-110 & Appendix. Leather spine with raised bands gamely holding clean square
1/2 book together, with fold-out copperplate examples, figs in text $100.00
(010320) James, George R.. CALIFORNIA WHITE PAPER PAINTERS 1930S - 1970S.
Fullerton; Cal. State Art Gallery, 1976. 71pp. 1st ed. Strathmore Wps, Oblong
12mo. Very good, spine a bit darkened. Millard Sheets and Phil Dike (Disney
colorist on FANTASIA) are among the 33 artists incl. Bio., statement and
illus. for each $20.00
(010483) (Jawlensky, Alexji) Weiler, Clemens. JAWLENSKY HEADS FACES
MEDITATIONS. New York; Praeger, 1972. 1st U.S ed. Cloth, Folio. Very good in
dust jacket with a few small closed tears + chips. 76 illus., 34 full page
(folio sized) color plates of Blaue Vier co-founder's work + studio inventory,
memoirs, letters etc $250.00
(010452) Jencks, Charles and Nathan Silver. ADHOCISM THE CASE FOR
IMPROVISATION. New York; Doubleday, 1972. 216pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good
in dust jacket. Designing with found materials, 244 b+w illus. Includes art
and architecture (Eames' House of Cards, Duchamp's objets, e.g.) $35.00
(010354) Jones, John. WONDERS OF THE STEREOSCOPE. New York; Alfred A. Knopf,
1976. Cloth Bkd Brds, Square 4to. Very good in slipcase. 160 illus. in color,
bibliography etc. in the book PLUS clamshell case with fold-up plastic viewer
& 48 stereo views $75.00
(010337) Jossic, Yvonne Francoise. A REVIVAL OF THE PAST AGES COSTUMES
ACCESSORIES ARCHITECTURE SOCIAL LIFE AND VARIOUS ACTIVITIES. Philadelphia;
H.C. Perleberg, circa 1940. 1st ed. Cloth Bkd Brds, Folio. Ex-lib, 5 folios,
missing some plates, as described below. Five portfolios in grey boards bound
with red cloth, tied with ribbons. Various library marks and punctures
(ex-UCLA Library).Exhaustive survey of everday designs and motifs - costume,
tools and architecture especially - an interesting collection (with captions)
that neatly sums up the "look" of each era. Obviously a labour of love, issued
over a decade or so. Folio I-II, Pre-historical and Primitive Man, of 40
plates, 8 are missing, 4 color are present. Folio 1-2, Medieval Era, all 40
plates, including 12 color, present. Folio 3-4, 14th - 15th c., 40 plates, 12
in color all present. Folio 5-6, Pre-Columbian American and the American
Indian Past and Present, of original 40 plates, 14 are missing, of original 12
in color,
only 3 are present. Folio 7-8, 16th-17th c., of the original 40, missing only
1 b+w plate, of these, all original 12 color plates are present. $250.00
(010436) Karpf, Nikolaus. LINHOF PRACTICE. Munich; Grossbild-Technik, 1958.
3rd printing ed. Boards, 4to. Very good. Lots of color, lots of technical
data, too. Hip exemplars include De Dienes, Sheldon Hines et al $30.00
(010451) Kelly, Jain. DARKROOM2. New York; Lustrum Press, 1978. 160pp. 1st ed.
Cloth, Square 4to. Very good in dust jacket. Darkroom processes of Judy Dater,
Emmet Gowin, Aaron Siskind, Cole Weston and more $30.00
(010469) Khatibi, Abedlkebir and Mohammed Sijelmassi. THE SPLENDOUR OF ISLAMIC
CALLIGRAPHY. New York; Rizzoli, 1977. 254pp. 1st U.S ed. Cloth, Large 4to.
Very good in dust jacket, longish gift inscr. inked fr. fly. 174 illus., 54 in
color, dazzling, sensual, inspiring examples of calligraphy and crystal clear
text, biblio. - a rare treat $60.00
(010363) Kidder, J. Edward. EARLY JAPANESE ART THE GREAT TOMBS AND TREASURES.
London; Thames and Hudson, 1964. 1st U.K. ed. Cloth, Square 4to. Very good in
dust jacket. 15 color plates, 76 b+w gravure plates, 37 line drawings, 3 maps,
index $50.00
(010396) Kimball, Robert and William Bolcom. REMINISCING WITH SISSLE AND
BLAKE. New York; Viking, 1973. 255pp. 1st ed. Cloth Bkd Brds, Large 4to. Very
good in dust jacket with very light edgewear. Warm illus. bio of
vaudevillians, composers, early film artists Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake.
Discography, filmography etc. $35.00
(010462) Kircher, E.L.. E.L. KIRCHER. New York; Arts, Inc., 1961. 163pp. 1st
ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good. Spine ends a little frayed, covers somewhat worn.
Illustrated with color tipped-in plates and black and white reproductions
$100.00
(010517) Koyama, Fujio and John Figgess. TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF ORIENTAL
CERAMICS. New York; Harry N. Abrams, 1960. 379pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to.
Very good in dust jacket. 173 illus., 54 tipped in color plates, selected from
private and public collections in Japan, very comprehensive survey $125.00
(010454) Krug, Sonia and Shirley Duboff. THE KAMTHIENG HOUSE ITS HISTORY AND
COLLECTIONS. Bangkok; The Siam Society, 1982. 108pp. 1st ed. Wraps, Small 4to.
Very good. Some edgewear. A classic example of Northern Thai residential
architecture of the 19th century. Illustrated in color and black and white
$15.00
(010369) Lewis, John. TYPOGRAPHY: DESIGN AND PRACTICE. New York; Taplinger,
1978. 1st ed. 8vo. Very good in chipped dust jacket. $35.00
(010499) (Lichtenstein, Roy) Cowart, Jack. LICHTENSTEIN ROY LICHTENSTEIN
1970-1980. New York; Hudson Hills, 1980. 1st Signed ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Fine
in dust jacket. 67 color plates, incl. 5 fold outs, and 100+ b+w illus.,
signed by the artist on title page $150.00
(010372) Lichtenstein, Roy. ROY LICHTENSTEIN: MURAL WITH BLUE BRUSHSTROKE. New
York; Abrams, 1987. wraps, Square 8vo. Very good. $25.00
(010407) (Lindner, Richard) Societe internationale d'art XXe siecle. XXE
SIECLE NO. 53 DECEMBRE 1980. Paris; XXe siecle, 1979. 1st ed. Boards, 4to.
Very good. Cover art by Lindner and articles on same by W. Spies, F. Lascault,
A. Jouffrey, J. Gruen, M. Bouisset, illus. color, b+w $50.00
(010504) London, Jack. BEFORE ADAM. New York; Macmillan, 1907. 1st ed.
Decorated Clth, 12mo. Very good, owner's name fr, fly, lightly rubbed, spine
darkened. Color illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull $100.00
(010468) Lyons, Nathan, ed.. PHOTOGRAPHY 64 AN INVITATIONAL EXHBITION NEW YORK
STATE EXPOSITION. Rochester; George Eastman House, 1964. 1st ed. Wraps, Oblong
4to. Very good, two small underlines inside. 25 photographer's, bios, illus.
for all. Incl. Atget, Evans, Steichen, Moholy-Nagy, Siskind, Lange, Man Ray,
Brandt, et al $25.00
(010449) (Maginnis, Charles Donagh) Robert P. Walsh and Andrew W. Roberts.
CHARLES DONAGH MAGINNIS FAIA 1867-1955 A SELECTION OF HIS ESSAYS AND
ADDRESSES. New Haven; Robert P. Walsh, 1956. 51pp. 1st ed. Boards, 4to. Very
good in dust jacket. Small chip at spine crown. $20.00
(010438) Majewski, Wodek et al. SCULPTURAL SURFACE. Brussels; Atelier 340,
1984. 585pp. 1st ed. Wraps, 4to. Very good. Huge exhibition of sculpture and
related forms organized by artists' coop, copiously illustrated in color and
b+w $20.00
(010355) Mallan, Lloyd. MEN ROCKETS AND SPACE RATS. New York; Julian Messner,
1955. Cloth, 8vo. Very good in dust jacket, sm. gift inscr., owners impres.
fly. Story of pioneer spaceflight illustrated with b+w photographs $25.00
(010412) (Mapplethorpe, Robert) Richard Marshall. ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE. Boston;
Little, Brown and Company, 1988. 216pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Fine in dust
jacket. $50.00
(010428) Matheson, Andrew. THE LEICA WAY. London; Focal Press, 1963. 6th ed.
Cloth, 8vo. Very good in dust jacket. Very attractive little book, illustrated
in b+w by noted photographers, chapters on older models, color, techniques
$25.00
(010417) Mathey, Francois. AMERICAN REALISM. New York; Rizzoli, 1978. 191pp.
1st ed. Cloth, Square 4to. Very good in dust jacket. Illustrated in color anf
black and white $50.00
(010415) McCartney, Linda. ROADWORKS. Boston; Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
181pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Fine in dust jacket. Color and black and
white photographs $45.00
(010440) Meek, H.A.. THE SYNAGOGUE. London; Phaideon, 1995. 240pp. 1st ed.
Cloth, Large 4to. Fine in dust jacket. Magnificently illustrated, mostly in
color, many interiors, too, worldwide selection of synagogues, history,
glossary, index $50.00
(010486) Meyerowitz, Joel. REDHEADS. New York; Rizzoli, 1991. 1st U.S ed.
Cloth, 4to. Fine in dust jacket. Printed in Italy for superb color - all those
lovely redheads $65.00
(010414) Mitchell, Margaret. GONE WITH THE WIND. New York; MacMillan Company,
1936. 1037pp. Cloth, 8vo. Very good. The November edition $50.00
(010397) (Moholy-Nagy, L.) Fergusson, Bernard. PORTRAIT OF ETON. London;
Frederick Muller, 1949. 1st thus ed. Cloth, Small 4to. Very good in dust
jacket with chipped corners, edgewear. Sm. owner's name fr. fly. Re-edited
version of 1937 version ETON PORTRAIT. Autograph section signed by some of
class of '54 $75.00
(010490) Monier-Williams, Sir Monier. A SANSKIT-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Cambridge;
Clarendon Press, 1970. 1333pp. Rev. Enlarged ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Very good,
corners rubbed, lower rt. front corner toed in a bit. Owner's stamp fr. fly
$75.00
(010470) Moody, Ella, ed.. MODERN PUBLICITY 30 ANNUAL OF ADVERTISING ART
1960-61. London; Studio Books, 1961. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good. Int'l
print + tv ads, packaging, etc. illus. in col. and b+w, incl. Saul Bass,
Emmett McBain et al, esp. nice Japanese art $30.00
(010379) (Moran, Thomas) Moran, Ann. SPLENDORS OF THE AMERICAN WEST: THOMAS
MORAN'S ART OF THE GRAND CANYON AND YELLOWSTONE. Birmingham; Birmingham Museum
of Art, 1990. wraps, 8vo. Very good. $20.00
(010377) Mourao, Noemia. ARTE PLUMARIA E MASCARAS DE DANCA DOS INDIOS
BRASILEIROS. Sao Paulo; Artes Graficas Bradesco, 1971. folio. Very good.
Jacket is worn on the corners. $250.00
(010502) Mulvaney, C.P.. THE NORTH-WEST REBELLION OF 1885. Toronto; A.H.
Hovey, 1885. 424pp. 1st ed. Decorated Clth, 12mo. Good, corners, spine ends
rubbed, small scuffs here and there. 56 illus. and maps (steel engravings) and
gung ho pro-military account of the Riel rebellion with notes on western
Indians $65.00
(010493) Neufert, Ernst. BAU-ENTWURFSLEHRE HANDBUCH FUR DEN BAUFACHMANN UND
BAUHERRN.... Berlin; Bauwelt, 1936. 300pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good,
spine slightly cocked, somewhat soiled, rubbed a bit. Preceeds ARCHITECTURAL
GRAPHIC STANDARDS, first text of its kind. 1000s of plans and illustrations of
architectural details $75.00
(010393) Newman, Bernard, ed.. PEOPLE LIVING DANGEROUSLY. London; Paul Hamlyn,
1961. Cloth, 4to. Very good in dust jacket with sm. closed tear, creases top
edge. Parachuting, scuba diving, lion taming, fire fighting, sword eating,
motorcycle racing, yikes! Color and b+w gravure plates $35.00
(010495) Normand, Charles and Cordingley, R.A., eds. A PARALLEL OF THE ORDERS
OF ARCHITECTURE GREEK, ROMAN AND RENAISSANCE. London; John Tiranti & Co.,
1936. Rev. Enlarged ed. Cloth Bkd Brds, Folio. Very good, corners rubbed, sm.
dampstain ext. lower fr. only. Tape residue endpp. Re-issue of 1819 version,
in English. 62 full page pls of architectural drawings of the classical order
$60.00
(010475) Nylen, Anna-Maja. SWEDISH HANDICRAFT. New York; Van Nostrand
Reinhold, 1977. 428pp. 1st U.S ed. Cloth, Sm. oblong 4to. Very good in dust
jacket, sm. owner's name fr. fly. "The" authority first time in English, 585
b+w and 60 col. pls, 1000+ works illustrated, comprehensive and lovely,
biblio, index $65.00
(010481) Okada, Koyo. 105 VIEWS OF MOUNT FUJI. Tokyo; Ars, circa 1954. 1st ed.
Decorated Clth, 4to. Very good, small gift inscr. upper fr. fixed endpaper.
Lovely b+w photos in and around Mount Fuji that manage to look like
traditional ink drawings, with captions, Japanese text $150.00
(010365) Okudaira, Hideo. EMAKI JAPANESE PICTURE SCROLLS. Rutland; Charles E.
Tuttle, 1962. 240pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good in price clipped dust
jacket in slipcase with pastedn. 12 tipped in color plates, 104 b+w, detailed
iconography of 30 significant scrolls, list of all emaki extant, index $60.00
(010500) Payant, Felix. CREATE SOMETHING A HANDBOOK FOR BEGINNERS. Columbus;
Design Publ. Co., 1939. 166pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good in chipped dust
jacket with sltly faded spine. Charming how to for teachers and pupils, many
photos, b+w illus. in deco and arts and crafts style, some WPA things $30.00
(010418) Payne, Arthur F.. ART METALWORK WITH INEXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT. Peoria,
IL; The Manual Arts Press, 1914. 188pp. 2nd ed. Cloth, 8vo. Good. All edges
little worn, front free endpage missing. Includes etching, bending,
construction, seaming, enameling and spoon making! $75.00
(010409) Pearce, Walter. PAINTING AND DECORATING. London; Chas Griffin and
Co., 1913. 329pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Good, spine ends worn and front
over-opened. Designs for decorating interiors, tools and lettering illustrated
in black and white drawings and some color plates $60.00
(010378) PICTURESQUE IMAGES FROM TAOS AND SANTA FE. Denver; Denver Art Museum,
1974. wraps, Oblong 8vo. Good. Lower corners bumped. $40.00
(010498) Poe, Edgar Allan. THE POETICAL WORKS OF EDGAR ALLEN POE WITH ORIGINAL
MEMOIR. New York; W.J. Widdleton, 1864. 247pp. Leather, Large 8vo. Very good
in publisher's full leather binding. Very pretty, substantial dark brown
stamped leather with raised bands, gilt edges all round, corners the tiniest
bit rubbed $450.00
(010351) Poulik, Josef (Forman, W. and B.). PREHISTORIC ART. London/Prague;
Spring Books/Artia, circa 1960. 1st English ed. Decorated Clth, Large 4to.
Very good. 9 years of work in Czech archeological sites by W. Forman, 100s of
color (some foldout) and b+w gravure plates, just beautiful $35.00
(010431) Rae, John. GRANNY GOOSE. Joliet; Volland, 1926. Gordon Volland ed.
Pictorial Bds, 4to. Good, edgeworn, pale dampstains cover, clean, brilliant
inside. 22 full page color plates, no foxing or any defects, lovely color
decorations every other page $100.00
(010387) Rapuano, Mike and Lawrence Halprin et al. THE FREEWAY IN THE CITY
PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING AND DESIGN. Washington D.C.; U.S. Government Printers,
1968. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good, front cover rubbed and overcleaned, sm.
ink name fly. The road to hell, etc. Illus. in b+w, handsome design,
bibliography, index $30.00
(010411) (Ray, Man) Foresta, Merry et al. PERPETUAL MOTIF THE ART OF MAN RAY.
New York; Abbeville Press, 1988. 348pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Fine in dust
jacket. 300+ illus. in color and duotone, many published here for the first
time, essays by a host of scholars. Move over Duchamp! $75.00
(010376) Remington, R. Roger. NINE PIONEERS IN AMERICAN GRAPHIC DESIGN.
Cambridge; MIT Press, 1989. 4to. Very good in dust jacket. Jacket was crunched
(just a little) on the spine. $50.00
(010332) Ritter-Leipzig, Hubert. DER KRANKENHAUSBAU DER GEGENWART WIRTSCHAFT,
ORGANISATION UND TECHNIK AND III. Stuttgart; Julius Hoffmann, 1938. 1st ed.
Wraps, Small 4to. Very good in dust jacket. 244 b+w photos and plans of
institutional buildings (hospitals, convalescent homes), includes interiors,
exteriors, furnishings $65.00
(010373) Robertson, Edna and Sarah Nestor. ARTISTS OF THE CANYONS AND CAMINOS:
SANTA FE, THE EARLY YEARS. Salt Lake City; Gibbs M Smith Inc, 1982. wraps,
8vo. Very good. $20.00
(010508) (Rojankovsky, Feodor) Werner, Elsa Jane. THE GOLDEN BIBLE STORIES
FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. New York; Simon & Schuster, 1946. 1st ed. Boards,
Large 4to. Very good, somewhat darkened, v. light wear, ltly foxed fr. endp.
$45.00
(010318) Rosenfield, John M. and Shujiro Shimada. TRADITIONS OF JAPANESE ART
SELECTIONS FROM THE KIMIKO AND JOHN POWERS COLLECTION. Cambridge, Mass.; Fogg
Art Museum, 1970. 395pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Very good in dust jacket.
Buddhist and Zen art forms, chapter on genre themes, time chart, glossary. 153
items illus., some color, fold-outs $125.00
(010426) Rosinski, Jose. FORMULA 1 RACING THE MODERN ERA. New York; Grosset &
Dunlap, 1974. 243pp. 1st American ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good in dust jacket.
Illustrated in color and black and white photographs $35.00
(010410) Rostand, Edmond. CYRANO DE BERGERAC. New York; The Limited Editions
Club, 1936. 199pp. 1st ed. Decorated Clth, 4to. Near fine in worn slipcase.
Illustrated and signed by Syvlain Sauvage. This copy #109 of 1500 $50.00
(010331) Rotha, Paul and Roger Manvell. MOVIE PARADE PICTORIAL SURVEY OF WORLD
CINEMA 1888 - 1949. London; Studio, 1950. 1st Signed ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good
in dust jacket, cloth cover stained along lower edge. Program from screening
of "THE GENERAL" (1927) starring Buster Keaton signed by Buster Keaton laid
in, wonderful book to boot $250.00
(010325) Rothenstein, Sir William. CONTEMPORARIES PORTRAIT DRAWINGS. London;
Faber & Faber, 1937. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good. 24 portraits of diverse
Englishmen (Havelock Ellis, Rudyard Kipling, Wm. Yeats, eg) with texts by
various anonymous writers $20.00
(010446) Ruder, Emil. TYPOGRAPHY A MANUAL OF DESIGN. New York; Hastings House,
1984. 220pp. 3rd printing ed. Wraps, 4to. Very good. Full of extremely
experimental typographic arrangements, astonishing range of examples explained
by famous teacher $25.00
(010487) Rudofsky, Bernard. ARE CLOTHES MODERN? AN ESSAY ON CONTEMPORARY
APPAREL. Chicago; Paul Theobald, 1947. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Good, a bit soiled
and rubbed, corners bumped, inside clean. "Lasting beauty" through the ages,
100s of b+w illus., amusing and scholarly seminal text by leading art
historian $50.00
(010327) Salisbury, O.M.. QUOTH THE RAVEN A LITTLE JOURNEY INTO THE PRIMITIVE.
Seattle; Superior Publishing, 1962. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good in dust
jacket. Two schoolteachers spend a year among the Tlinget in coastal Alaska,
circa 1920s, learn a little bit. Illustrated with photos $25.00
(010350) Sandler, Irving. THE TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN PAINTING A HISTORY OF
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM. New York; Praeger, 1970. 300pp. Cloth, Large 4to. Very
good in dust jacket. 200 b+w, 24 color plates, chapters on Barnett Newman,
Mark Rothko et al, biographies, bibliographies (by artist), index $45.00
(010484) (Scholder, Fritz) Turk, Randy R. and Adelyn D. Breeskin.
SCHOLDER/INDIANS. Flagstaff AZ; Northland Press, 1972. 1st Signed ed. Cloth,
4to. Very good in dust jacket, owner's bookplate fr. fly. Rare selection,
excellent color reproductions. Copy of review, invitations to AISF fundraiser
and private showing laid in $100.00
(010356) (Shahn, Ben) Shahn, Bernarda Bryson Shahn. BEN SHAHN. New York;
Abrams, 1972. 373pp. Cloth, Large sq. 4to. Near fine in dust jacket, gift
inscr. fr. fly. 354 illus., 154 in color, including fold-outs, annoatated
chronology, bibliography, illustrations in text. Comprehensive $250.00
(010478) Shapiro, Nat and Nat Hentoff, eds.. THE JAZZ MAKERS. New York;
Reinhart & Co., 1957. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good in somewhat chipped,
soiled dust jacket, fr. cover OK. 21 bio-essays (Jelly Roll, Art Tatum,
Coleman Hawkins, Billie, Dizzy et al) by various writers, all with photos,
discographpies $20.00
(010492) (Shimin, Symeon) Singer, Isaac Bashevis. JOSEPH AND KOZA OR THE
SACRIFICE TO THE VISTULA. New York; Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1970. 1st ed.
Cloth, Large 4to. Fine in dust jacket. Great conte drawings by Shimin augment
Singer's Polish folktale for children $35.00
(010423) Siskind, Aaron. BUCKS COUNTY PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARLY ARCHITECTURE. Hist.
Society/Horizon Press, 1974. 112pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Near fine in dust
jacket. $75.00
(010413) (Sloan, John) David Scott. JOHN SLOAN. New York; Watson-Guptill,
1975. 223pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good in chipped dust jacket. Paintings,
prints and drawings $45.00
(010455) Smith, Helen Krebs. WITH HER OWN WINGS. Portland; Beattie and Co.,
1948. 243pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good in lightly edge-chipped dust
jacket. Historical sketches, reminiscences, and anecdotes of pioneer women
$20.00
(010405) Spratling, William. FILE ON SPRATLING AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Boston;
Little, Brown & Co., 1967. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good in dust jacket with
very light edgewear. Autobio. by American adventurer, William Faulkner
ex-roommate, then miner and rancher in Mexico. Cover art by Siqueiros $35.00
(010359) Srache, Wolf, ed.. THE GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ANNUAL 1961. New York;
Ziff-Davis, 1960. 1st English ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good in dust jacket with
one small chip to lower rt corner. Essay by de Haas, another by Heinrich
Freytag on "Recent Trends in Camera Construction", various b+w + color photos
$25.00
(010340) Stanek, V.J.. ANIMALS AND WATER. London/Prague; Spring Books/Artia,
1960s. 1st English ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good in somewhat worn dust jacket, sm.
chip lower spine. Color and b+w gravure plates of surpassing beauty, incl.
underwater and microscopic photos, fossils, geology, etc. $30.00
(010348) Stanek, V.J.. INTRODUCING THE CAT FAMILY. London/Prague; Spring
Books/Artia, ca 1960s. 87pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Small 4to. Very good in edgeworn
dust jacket. Cats big (tigers!) and small (Saharan dune cat) beautifully
photographed, 85 b+w gravure plates, lovely text in English $25.00
(010344) (Steadman, Ralph) Carroll, Lewis. ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND
WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE. Clarkson N. Potter, 1973. 2nd printing ed. Wraps,
Large 4to. Very good, a little bit edgeworn, gift inscr. top 1/2 title.
$35.00
(010343) Steadman, Ralph. THAT'S MY DAD. London; Anderson, 1986. 1st ed.
Boards, Square 8vo. Very good. $40.00
(010433) Steichen, Edward. THE BLUE GHOST A PHOTOGRAPHIC LOG AND PERSONAL
NARRATIVE OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER U.S.S. LEXINGTON IN COMBAT OPERATION. New
York; Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1947. 1st Signed ed. Cloth, Small 4to. Very good
in dust jacket with closed tear, chip rear, slt wear. Inscribed warmly by
Steichen 1947. Combat photos, compelling narrative by Steichen who served on
the Lex as she was torpedoed $250.00
(010424) Stieglitz, Alfred. ALFRED STIEGLITZ PHOTOGRAPHS & WRITINGS.
Washington; National Gallery of Art, 1983. 246pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to.
Fine in dust jacket. Rear of DJ hurt. $125.00
(010358) Strache, Wolf, ed.. THE GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ANNUAL 1958. New York;
American Photographic Book, 1957. 1st English ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good in
dust jacket. 12 color plates, 124 b+w. Juried selection, with essays in
English. Emphasis on fashion, travel and industrial images $25.00
(010360) Strache, Wolf, ed.. THE GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ANNUAL 1959. New York;
American Photographic Book, 1957. 1st English ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good in
dust jacket. Max Bill was one of the jurors this year. Essay on high speed
photography, one by Karl Pawek on New Style, many b+w, col. pls. $25.00
(010361) Strache, Wolf, ed.. THE GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ANNUAL 1956. Stuttgart;
Verlag DSB Wolf Strache, 1955. 1st English ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good in dust
jacket. Essays on fashion, color and journalistic photography, technical
developments, many color and b+w photos $25.00
(010362) Strache, Wolf, ed.. THE GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ANNUAL 1960. New York;
Ziff-Davis, 1959. 1st English ed. Cloth, 4to. Very good in dust jacket. Color
and black and white photography $25.00
(010444) Swettenham, Sir Frank Athelstane. THE REAL MALAY PEN PICTURES.
London; John Lane, The Bodley Head, circa 1899. 295pp. 2nd ed. Decorated Clth,
Small 8vo. Very good, corners, spine ends rubbed just a bit, a little foxed.
Front hinge started, various previous owner's names, bookplate. Colonial view
of Malay life by an old hand, nice yellow cover $30.00
(010488) Temple, Keith. PINBALL ART. London; Blossom, 1991. 1st ed. Cloth,
4to. Fine in dust jacket. 120 color illus., chron. list of artists and their
better known games post WW II, index $25.00
(010465) Tice, George A. and Millen Brand. FIELDS OF PEACE A PENNSYLVANIA
GERMAN ALBUM. New York; E.P. Dutton & Co., 1973. 1st paperback ed. Wraps,
Oblong 8vo. Very good, front cover a bit creased, corners rubbed. Tice's
unforgettable b+w photographs of Pennsylvania Germans (erroneously called
"Pennsylvania Dutch" $30.00
(010353) Turbeville, Deborah. DEBORAH TURBEVILLE. Congreve, 1978. Pictorial
Bds, 4to. Very good, a tad soiled, lower spine end bumped. $25.00
(010391) (Van Doesburg, Theo) Lemoine, Serge, ed.. THEO VAN DOESBURG. Paris;
Philippe Sers, 1990. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to. Fine in dust jacket. 41 color, 176
b+w illus., essays in French regarding Dutch founder of influential DE STIJL
architectural and graphic style $45.00
(010321) Van Dyck, Henry. THE LOST WORLD A CHRISTMAS LEGEND OF LONG AGO. New
York; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. Decorated Clth, 8vo. Very good, a little
sunned, corners bottom toed in a tad. Deckle edge, high rag content paper,
nice initialled binding in green cloth with dark green-gold decorations, 5
illustrations $20.00
(010422) Vaughan, Norman. SKI FEVER. Boston; The Open Road Pub. Co., 1936.
50pp. 1st ed. Wraps, 4to. Very good. Illustrated with black and white
photographs $60.00
(010477) (Velazquez, Diego) Trapier, Elizabeth Du Gue. VELAZQUEZ. Trustees of
New York, 1948. 434pp. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 4to. Very good. 248 b+w illus.,
many details, immensely scholarly yet readable text, interesting sidelights on
Sevillian life, biblio, index $100.00
(010494) Venturi, Robert et al. LEARNING FROM LOS VEGAS. Cambridge; MIT, 1972.
1st ed. Decorated Clth, Folio. Fine in original printed glassine over color
photo pastedown. This is the one! Errata slip laid in. Just perfect $750.00
(010394) Vidal, Gore. LINCOLN. Franklin, 1st Ltd Signed ed. Full leather,
Large 8vo. Fine in publisher's shrinkwrap packaging. $35.00
(010349) Villamizar, Ramirez. RAMIREZ VILLAMIZAR. Bogota; Museo de Arte
Moderne, 1984. 1st ed. Cloth, Oblong 4to. Near fine in dust jacket. Edition of
2000. 221 plates, many in color, text in English and Spanish. Prolific,
"heroic" Columbian sculptor $75.00
(010375) Vollmer, John E. IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DRAGON THRONE: CH'ING DYNASTY
COSTUME (1644-1911) IN THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM. Toronto; Royal Ontario
Museum, 1977. wraps, Square 8vo. Good. Small tear on the front cover. This
work shows details of stiching and provides patterns of selected clothing.
$20.00
(010357) Waugh, Norah. THE CUT OF MEN'S CLOTHES 1600-1900. London; Faber &
Faber, 1964. 1st ed. Cloth, Large 8vo. Very good in lightly rubbed, price
clipped dust jacket. Sm. owner's name on fr. fly. Patterns, line drawings,
many illus. and quotes from contemporaries, list of designers, index $40.00
(010460) Welch, James. THE INDIAN LAWYER. New York; W.W. Norton, 1990. 349pp.
1st ed. 1/2 Cloth, 8vo. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00
(010473) Weston, Edward. MY CAMERA ON POINT LOBOS. New York; Da Capo Press,
1968. Facsimile ed. Cloth, Folio. Near fine in dust jacket. Unabridged
republication of the 1950 original. Top quality gloss b+w printing from
original plates $125.00
(010399) Westvaco. WESTVACO INPSIRATIONS FOR PRINTERS CLASSICAL EDITION NO. 31
SERIES OF 1928. West Virginia Paper Co., 1926. 1st ed. Cloth Bkd Brds, Large
4to. Very good, somewhat soiled, edgeworn, owner's inscr. fr. fly. Corners
rubbed. Beautiful color layouts, sample ads etc. include Leyendecker, Parrish,
Kent, Ferris, Cole Phillips et al $100.00
(010401) Westvaco. WESTVACO INSTPIRATIONS FOR PRINTERS NOS. 41-50, SERIES OF
1929. West Virginia Paper Co., 1929. 1st ed. Decorated Clth, Large 4to. Very
good, spine ends a tad rubbed, covers, spine overcleaned. Dazzling art deco
issue, Franz Masareel, Rockwell Kent, MacKnight Kauller, Lepare et al, tons of
color, over the top! $100.00
(010403) Wilcox, R. Turner. THE DICTIONARY OF COSTUME. New York; Scribners,
1969. 403pp. Cloth, Large 4to. Very good in dust jacket. 450+ clear,
unassuming line drawings, 3200 great entries from a ("aal", a hindu red dye)
to z ("zukin", a Japanese headscarf) $45.00
(010427) Wright, Richardson. REVELS IN JAMAICA 1682-1838. New York; Dodd, Mead
and Company, 1937. 378pp. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo. Very good in chipped and creased
dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white $45.00
(010496) (Wyeth, N.C.) Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. THE YEARLING. New York;
Scribners, 1939. 400pp. Ltd Signed ed. Cloth, Small 4to. Very good, a little
bit worn, sm. water spot front cover. One of 750 made, signed by Rawlings and
Wyeth. Beautiful color illus. by Wyeth $750.00
(010326) Yashima, Taro. THE NEW SUN. New York; Henry Holt & Co., 1943. 310pp.
1st ed. Cloth, 12mo. Very good, corners rubbed, spine ends a tad frayed. Novel
in captioned illustrations describes pacifist artist's real life imprisonment,
torture in Japan during Manchurian war $45.00
(010334) Zschokke, Fridtjof. MITTELALTERLICHE BILDFENSTER DER SCHWEIZ. Basel;
Holbein, 1946. 1st ed. Wraps, Folio. Very good in dust jacket. Portfolio of 10
tipped-in color plates of Medieval stained glass windows in Swiss locales,
with German text $35.00