FS: Art Books, Cheap
Stephen Longshore
For Sale:
Boggs, Jean Sutherland. PICASSO AND MAN. The Art Gallery of Toronto
and the Montreal Musuem of Fine Arts, Toronto, 1964. Catalog. Contains
four essays on Picasso's work including ones by John Goulding and Robert
Rosenblum. The images are all black and white except for one in colour.
160 pp. in oblong wraps with card covers and an illustrated attached
dust jacket. Very good with dirty edges in a torn and stained dust
jacket. (VG/G+). $10.00 U.S.
Boswell, Peyton, Jr. MODERN AMERICAN PAINTING. Dodd, Mead, New York,
1940. With eighty-nine Illustrations in Full Color. Folio in grey
cloth, gilt on cover and spine, 169 pp. with considerable biographical
information. Near fine without dust jacket. (NF). $20.00 U.S.
Erickson, Arthur. THE ARCHITECTURE OF ARTHUR ERICKSON. Tundra,
(Montreal), 1975. First edition. One of 2500 copies. Square quarto,
228 pp. of black and white and colour photographs, and commentary by the
author. Fine in a worn dust jacket with a large piece out of the rear
panel. INSCRIBED by the author in 1975 on the half-title. (F/VG-).
$75.00 U.S.
Johnson, Una E. Great Drawings of the World. 20TH CENTURY DRAWINGS,
From 1940 to the Present Day. Studio Vista, (London), (1975). First
edition. Black and white and colour plates. Oblong 8vo in brown cloth,
141 pp. including Bibliography. Slight spine lean. Very good in a worn
dust jacket. (VG/G+). $20.00 U.S.
Haydn, Hiram & Nelson John Charles, eds. A RENAISSANCE TREASURY. A
Collection of Representative Writings of the Renaissance on the
Continent of Europe. Doubleday, Garden City, 1953. First edition.
Essays from Francesco Petrarca to Andreas Vesalius. Sm. 4to in black
cloth, red and copper printing on the spine, 432 pp. including
Biographical Sketches. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with
modest edgewear. (F/NF). $20.00 U.S.
Heilner, Van Campen. OUR AMERICAN GAME BIRDS. Doubleday, Garden City,
1947. Reprint of the 1941 edition. Foreward by Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt. Paintings and Drawings by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Illustrated with
19 color plates, many black and white drawings, and maps. Folio in red
cloth, gilt on spine, 178 pp. Darkening around the edges and slight
wear at the corners and spine ends. Very good in slightly soiled,
chipped dust jacket. (VG/VG). $20.00 U.S.
Kahn, Albert E. DAYS WITH ULANOVA. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1962.
First edition. Introduction by Arnold Haskell. A Pictorial Portrait of
the Great Russian Ballerina. Illustrated with many, many black and
white photogrphs, photo endpapers. Quarto in rust cloth, gilt on cover
and spine, 236 pp. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with modest
edgewear. (F/NF). $20.00 U.S.
Catalog. BRITISH PAINTING IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. The Montreal
Musuem of Fine Arts, The National Gallery of Canada, The Art Gallery of
Toronto, and The Toledo Musuem of Art, in collaboration with The British
Council, (London), 1957-1958. Foreward by Vincent Massey. An
introduction by the Duke of Wellington. Black and white and colour
photographs of paintings loaned by owners in Great Britain and North
America. Sm. 4to in wraps, pictorial green card covers, 150 pp. Near
fine with clear lamination peeling. (NF). $15.00 U.S.
Smith, Bradley. JAPAN. A HISTORY IN ART. Gemini/Simon and Schuster,
New York, 1964. First edition. A most comprehnsive history fully
illustrated with colour photographs of remarkable art. Quarto in
heavily textured dark blown cloth with bold gilt on cover and spine, 295
pp. including Bibliography. A near fine copy with slight staining on
the bottom edge, in a near fine dust jacket with a few short closed
tears. (NF/NF). $20.00 U.S.
Witt, Robert Clermont. HOW TO LOOK AT PICTURES. Putnam's, New York,
1906. First edition. Illustrated with many black and white
photographs. An authoratative text, 193 pp. including Index. Very good
in slightly darkened red cloth, gilt on cover and spine, teg. (VG).
$20.00 U.S.
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