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Neuer, Roni & Susugu Yoshida. UKIYO-E: 250 YEARS OF JAPANESE ART. 390
pgs with glossary, index, & bibliography. Color reproductions of works
of art, throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Folio. (NY):
Gallery, (1979). Fine condition in near fine jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $60.00.
O'Doherty, Brian. THE VOICE & THE MYTH: AMERICAN MASTERS. 301 pgs with
bibliography & index. Color & black & white photographic reproductions
of works of art & candid photos of the artists by Hans Namuth. NY:
Universe, (1988). 1st Edition. Fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. Includes Hopper, Davis, Pollock, De Kooning,
Rothko, Rauschenberg, Wyeth & Cornell. $50.00.
Claxton, William. JAZZ. Unpaged. Photos throughout. Cloth in black
dust jacket. Quarto. (Pasadena, CA): Twelvetrees Press, no date
(c.1980s). 2nd Edition limited to 4000 copies. Fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $100.00.
Goodrich, L. Carrington & Nigel Cameron. THE FACE OF CHINA, 1860-1912,
As Seen by Photographers & Travelers. 159 pgs. Photos throughout.
Cloth in lightly chipped pictorial black dust jacket. Oblong imperial
octavo. (NY): Aperture, (1978). Fine condition in very good jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. $35.00.
Deydier, Christian. CHINESE BRONZES. Foreword by Michel Beurdeley. 252
pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black & white photos, drawings
& map, throughout. Cloth in pictorial black dust jacket. Quarto. NY:
Rizzoli, (1980). 1st U.S. Edition. Fine condition in near fine jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. $100.00.
Massie, Robert (Introduction). THE LAST COURTS OF EUROPE: A Royal
Family Album 1860-1914. 256 pgs with index. Photos throughout. Cloth
in lightly chipped dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Greenwich House, (1983).
Fine condition in near fine jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
$30.00.
Salisbury, Harrison E. CHINA: 100 YEARS OF REVOLUTION. 250 pgs +
index. Color & black & white photos & posters throughout. Cloth in
price-clipped pictorial red dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Holt, Rinehart &
Winston, (1983). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition in near fine
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $35.00.
Gray, Thomas. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. Illustrated with
wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Light blue cloth, without dust
jacket, as issued. Slipcased. Quarto. NY: Heritage Press, (1951).
"Sandglass" laid in. Very good+ condition in like case. $17.50.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER.
Introduction by John Livingston Lowes. Color plates by Edward A.
Wilson. Light blue cloth, without dust jacket, as issued. Slipcased.
NY: Heritage Press, (1973). "Sandglass" laid in. Case sunned;
otherwise, very good+ condition in like case. $20.00.
[Metropolitan Museum of Art]. TREASURES FROM THE KREMLIN: AN
EXHIBITION FROM THE STATE MUSEUMS OF THE MOSCOW KREMLIN. 223 pgs with
bibliography & index. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth
in dust jacket. Square imperial octavo. NY: Abrams, (1979). Fine
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $20.00.
Walker, Alexander. JOAN CRAWFORD, THE ULTIMATE STAR. 192 pgs with
filmography & index. Photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto.
NY: Harper, (1983). 1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Near fine condition
in very good+ jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Extensive
photographic history of Joan Crawford's career. $30.00.
Cahill, James. CHINESE PAINTING. 213 pgs. with index. 100 color
reproductions. Pictorial black paper wrappers. Quarto. (Geneva,
Switzerland): Skira, (1977). Very good+ condition. Survey of Chinese
painting from 2nd to 18th century. $25.00.
Seldis, Henry. HENRY MOORE IN AMERICA. 283 pgs. Color & black & white
photos. Cloth in chipped pictorial white dust jacket. Quarto. (NY):
Praeger, (1973). Very good condition in good jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $20.00.
Baumann, Walter. ZURICH. 242 pgs. Color & black & white photos
throughout. Cloth in pictorial white dust jacket. Square octavo.
Zurich: Orell Fussli Verlag, (1978). Text in German with separate text
in French & English laid in. Very good+ condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.
Spuler, Bertold. THE MUSLIM WORLD: A HISTORICAL SURVEY. 2 volumes [The
Age of the Caliphs, The Mongol Period]. 138 & 125 pgs with
bibliography & index. Fold-out color maps. Light green cloth, without
dust jackets. Octavo. Leiden: Brill, 1960. Covers slightly spotted;
otherwise, very good condition. The Set: $50.00.
Rubin, William. FRANK STELLA. 176 pgs. Color & black & white
reproductions throughout, including 4 fold-outs. Pictorial white paper
wrappers. Quarto. NY: Museum of Modern Art, (1971). Very good+
condition. $15.00.
Massie, Suzanne. LAND OF THE FIREBIRD: The Beauty of Old Russia. 493
pgs with bibliography & index. Color illustrations. Cloth in red dust
jacket. Quarto. NY: Simon & Schuster, (1980). 1st Edition. Near fine
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. The story of
the now-vanished culture of pre-Revolutionary Russia. $25.00.
Wolfman, Peri & Charles Gold. THE PERFECT SETTING. 207 pgs. Color
photos throughout. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Square quarto. NY:
Abrams, (1985). 1st Edition. Fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. Gorgeous table settings for every occasion.
In print 1998 @ $45.00. Our price: $22.50.
Yep, Laurence. TONGUES OF JADE. 194 pgs. Illustrated. Cloth in dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: HarperCollins, (1991). 1st Edition [so stated].
Fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
"Selections from the whimsical & mysterious tales, passed down from
generation to generation, that were for many Chinese-Americans an
anchor to their homeland." $15.00.
Pinder-Wilson, R. PAINTINGS FROM ISLAMIC LANDS. 204 pgs.
Reproductions. Cloth in chipped black & white pictorial dust jacket.
Octavo. University of South Carolina Press, (1969). Oriental Studies
IV. Very good+ condition in good jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
$45.00.
Angelou, Maya. WOULDN'T TAKE NOTHING FOR MY JOURNEY NOW. Cloth in dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Random House, (1993). Fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.
Panofsky, Erwin. EARLY NETHERLANDISH PAINTING: Its Origins &
Character. 2 volumes. 573 pgs + plates. Reproductions. Pictorial paper
wrappers. Octavo. NY: Harper & Row, (1971). A very few mariginal notes
in light pencil; otherwise, very good condition. The Set: $50.00.
McClelland, Doug. THE UNKINDEST CUTS: The Scissors & the Cinema. 220
pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in lightly chipped, price-clipped
pictorial white dust jacket. Octavo. Cranbury, NJ: Barnes, (1972).
Tiny rubber stamp on front free endpaper; otherwise, very good
condition in good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.
Pye, Michael. THE KING OVER THE WATER: THE SCANDALOUS TRUTH ABOUT THE
WINDSORS' WAR YEARS. 280 pgs with notes & biliography. Photos. Cloth
in dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Holt, (1981). 1st U.S. Edition [so
stated]. Very good+ condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $20.00.
Berolzheimer, Ruth (Editor). CULINARY ARTS INSTITUTE ENCYCLOPEDIC
COOKBOOK. 974 pgs with index. Pictorial endpapers; profusely
illustrated with color & black & white photos. Thumb-indexed. Yellow
cloth without dust jacket. Thick octavo. Chicago: Culinary Arts
Institute, (1950). Cover lightly spotted; light wear at extremities;
otherwise, good+ condition. $30.00.
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