FS: A short list of GENERAL ART BOOKS

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1. Editors of Life. AMERICA'S ARTS AND SKILLS. 172 pgs. Color
plates and black & white illustrations throughout. Cloth
backed boards. Folio. NY: E.P. Dutton, 1957. 1st Edition. Near
fine condition. A survey that reveals not only the development
of a distinct pattern of American tradition in the arts, but
also brings forth intimate clues to the American character.
$15.00.

2. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD ART. 15 Volumes. Heavily illustrated
throughout with color & black & white plates & text
illustrations. Blue cloth. Thick Quarto. NY: McGraw-Hill,
(1972). Near fine condition. An exhaustive work compiled by
the International Council of Scholars headed by Mario Salmi,
these important reference books, so marvelously illustrated,
are an indispensable addition to any library. The set, which
sold new for $1,495.00 in recent years, is now out of print.
The Set: $1,750.00.

3. THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, January - December, 1876. 2
volumes. Rebound in orange cloth. Folio. Near fine condition.
$350.00.

4. Berenson, Bernard. SUNSET & TWILIGHT. From the Diaries of
1947-1948. 547 pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in chipped
pictorial black dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Harcourt, Brace &
World, (1963). 1st Edition [so stated]. Very good+ condition
in good+ jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Daily journal
of a humanist in his waning years, noting his decline. $30.00.

5. Bernier, Georges & Rosamond (Editors). THE SELECTIVE EYE
1956/1957: An Anthology of the Best from "L'Oeil," the European
Art Magazine.191 pgs. Color & black & white illustrations
throughout. Color pictorial boards in worn dust jacket. Quarto.
NY: Reynal, (1957). Fine condition in fair jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $20.00.

6. Canaday, John. KEYS TO ART. 183 pgs. Color & black & white
reproductions throughout. Red cloth. Quarto. NY: Tudor, (1964).
Near fine condition. $15.00.

7. Davenport, William. ART TREASURES OF THE WEST. 320 pgs with
index. Color & black & white illustration throughout. Grey
cloth in red leatherette backstrip. Slipcase with pictorial
cover label. Quarto. Menlo Park, CA: Lane, (1966). 1st
Edition. Fine condition. $15.00

8. Demus, Otto. THE MOSAICS OF NORMAN SICILY. 478 text pgs & 120
black & white plates. Cloth. NY: Philosophical Library, (1950).
1st Edition. Near fine condition. $225.00.

9. Greer, Germaine. THE OBSTACLE RACE: The Fortunes of Women
Painters & Their Work. 373 pgs with index. Cloth in chipped
dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux,
(1979). Near fine condition in very good jacket. $15.00.

10. Hess, Thomas & John Ashbery (Editors). NARRATIVE ART. 166 pgs.
Color & black & white illustrations. Cloth in dust jacket.
Quarto. NY: Macmillan, 1970. 1st Edition. Art News Annual 36.
Near fine condition. $20.00.

11. Hess, Thomas & John Ashbery (Editors). NARRATIVE ART. 166 pgs.
Color & black & white illustrations. Cloth in dust jacket.
Quarto. NY: Macmillan, 1970. 1st Edition. Near fine condition.
$20.00.

12. Hubert, J., J. Porcher & W.F. Volbach. THE CAROLINGIAN
RENAISSANCE. 13th volume of "The Arts of Mankind" series edited
by Andre Malraux. 381 pgs with bibliography. 326 illustrations,
including 112 color plates, 49 plans & 3 maps, one folding at
rear. Crimson cloth. Quarto. NY: Braziller, (1970). Near fine
condition. Magnificently produced study of the architecture,
decoration, manuscript painting, sculpture & applied art of
Charlemagne's Europe. $120.00.

13. Irving, Clifford. FAKE! THE STORY OF ELMYR DE HORY, THE
GREATEST ART FORGER OF OUR TIME. 243 pgs with index. Color
& black reproductions. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket.
Octavo. NY: McGraw-Hill, (1969). 1st Edition [so stated].
Near fine condition in very good jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $30.00.

14. Jacobs, Michael. THE GOOD & SIMPLE LIFE: ARTIST COLONIES IN
EUROPE & AMERICA. 192 pgs with index. Photos throughout. Cloth
in dust jacket. Quarto. Oxford, England: Phaidon, (1985). 1st
Edition. Near fine condition in like jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $25.00.

15. Kramer, Hilton (Editor). ARTS YEARBOOK 1: The Turn of the
Century. 143 pgs. Profusely illustrated in color & black &
white. Cloth in dust jacket. Folio. NY: Art Digest, 1957.
Near fine condition. The 1st in a series by the editors of
ARTS. $15.00.

16. Kramer, Hilton (Editor). ARTS YEARBOOK 2: Romantic Art. 143
pgs + ads. Cloth in dust jacket. Folio. NY: Art Digest, 1958.
Near fine condition. $15.00.

17. Leporini, Heinrich. DIE STILENTWICKLUNG DER HANDZEICHNUNG.
79 text pgs. 304 sepia full-page plates. Cloth in shelf-worn
dust jacket. Quarto. Wein-Leipzig: Manz, (1925). Near fine
condition. $250.00.

18. Leslie, Alfred. 100 VIEWS ALONG THE ROAD. 174 pgs. Reproductions
throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Oblong quarto. NY: Timken,
(1988). 1st Edition. Fine condition in near fine jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $32.50.

19. Levenson, Jay (Editor). CIRCA 1492: ART IN THE AGE OF
EXPLORATION. 671 pgs with bibliography. Color & black & white
illustrations throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto.
Washington, DC & New Haven, CT: National Gallery of Art & Yale
University Press, (1991). 1st Edition. Fine condition. $75.00.

20. Levey, Michael. PAINTING AT COURT. 228 pgs with notes & index.
Color & black & white reproductions throughout. Cloth in dust
jacket. Quarto. NY: New York University Press, (1971). 1st U.S.
Edition. Fine condition. "History & development of paintings
created for royal patrons in the courts of Europe between the
14th & 19th centuries." $55.00.

21. Lorgues-Lapouge, C. THE OLD MASTERS: BYZANTINE, GOTHIC,
RENAISSANCE, BAROQUE. 211 pgs with index. 131 color plates,
65 in black & white. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket.
Quarto. NY: Crown, no date (C.1965?). Very good condition in
good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $20.00.

22. Novak, Barbara. NEXT TO NATURE: Landscape Paintings from the
National Academy of Design. 213 pgs. with index. 14 color
plates & 68 in black & white. Tan cloth in dust jacket.
Quarto. NY: Harper & Row, (1980). 1st Edition. Fine
condition. These 82 landscapes chosen from the National
Academy of Design reflect American attitudes to nature & to
art from about 1826 to the present. $15.00.

23. Plunkett, John (Editor). MIND GRENADES: MANIFESTOS FROM THE
FUTURE. Unpaged. Color illustrations throughout. Color
wrappers. Quarto. San Francisco: Hardwired, (1996). Fine
condition. In print 1996 @ $32.95. Our price: $15.00.

24. Rawson, Jessica (Editor). ANIMALS IN ART. 150 pgs with
bibliography & index. Color & black & white illustrations.
Cloth in dust jacket. Imperial octavo. London: British
Museum Publications, (1977). Near fine condition. $15.00.

25. Rix, Martyn. THE ART OF THE PLANT WORLD: The Great Botanical
Illustrators & their Work. 224 pgs with index. Color & black
& white illustrations throughout. Brown cloth in slipcase.
Folio. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, no date (c.1981).
Deluxe Edition. Fine condition in like case. $125.00.

26. Rothenstein, William. MEN & MEMORIES: Recollections.
Illustrated. Grey cloth. Imperial octavo. NY: Coward-McCann,
1935. Near fine condition. $30.00.

27. Secrest, Meryle. KENNETH CLARK: A BIOGRAPHY. 310 pgs with
notes & index. Photos. Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (1984). 1st U.S. Edition
[so stated]. Fine condition in like jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $15.00.

28. Tunnard, Christopher. A WORLD WITH A VIEW: An Inquiry into
the Nature of Scenic Values. 196 pgs with notes & index.
Photos & drawings. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket.
Octavo. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978. 1st Edition.
Near fine condition. $25.00.

29. Waddington, C.H. BEHIND APPREARANCE: A Study of the
Relations between Painting & the Natural Sciences in This
Century. 256 pgs with bibliography & index. Tipped-in color
plates & black & white photo reproductions throughout. Cloth
in white dust jacket. Quarto. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press,
(1970). 1st Edition Thus. Fine condition in very good jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. $75.00.

30. Wollheim, Richard. PAINTING AS AN ART. Bollingen Series
XXXV.33. 384 pgs. Color & black & white reproductions of works
of art throughout. Color pictorial stiff wrappers. Imperial
octavo. (Princeton, NJ): Princeton University Press, (1987).
Fine condition. $15.00.

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