Benjamin West A Biography
Boston: Houghton Miflin, 1978. West, Benjamin. First edition. Hardcover. 525 pages. Illustrated. Extensive Bibliography. Index. More
American Art
Glee: Painting Now
Ridgefield: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Approx. 60 pages in text. 16 x 13 cm. Color plates. Unique bi-fold presentation. More
Calvert Vaux Architect & Planner
NY: Ink, Inc, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 271 pp. 272 illustrations: color and black and white plates, photographs, drawings, plans. Bibliography. Index. This is the first comprehensive narrative of Vaux's work to show the entire range of his creativity. More
N.C. Wyeth The Collected Paintings, Illustrations, and Murals
NY: Crown, 1972. Wyeth, N.C. First edition. Hardcover. 336 pp. Voluminously illustrated in color and black and white. Foreword by Paul Horgan. Introduction by Edward Layton. This Catalogue Raisonne contains an invaluable 1200-entry, illustrated, complete bibliography, with detailed data on all N.C. Wyeth's pictures and published writings, etc. Index. An..... More
Covered Bridges Of The Middle Atlantic States
Brattleboro: Stephen Greene, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 120pages. 26 1/2 x 19 1/2 cm. More than 100 illustrations, diagrams and maps. More than 400 existing bridges located and described. Selected Bibliography. Glossary. Index. ROOS 252. "Basic history for Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, W. Virginia and Washington, DC." More
Covered Bridges Of The Northeast
Brattleboro: Stephen Greene, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 121 pages. 26 1/2 x 19 1/2 cm. More than 100 illustrations, diagrams and maps. Roster of Builders. Selected Bibliography. Glossary. Index. ROOS 253. "Basic history and reference for New York, New Jersey and New England." Bookplate. More
Outlines & Sketches
Boston: NP, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio, 40 x 54 cm. Twenty engravings printed recto only with tissue guards, on eighteen sheets. Engraved by the brothers, John and Seth Wells Cheney who studied in Europe. Seth opened a studio in Boston in 1841, earned well-deserved acclaim and credit for..... More
Victorian Furniture Essays from a Victorian Society Autumn Symposium
Philadelphia: Victorian Society in America, 1983. Paperback. 254 pages. 28 x 21 cm. Profusely illustrated: photographs and prints. Owner inscription. More
Diane Arbus Magazine Work
New York: Aperture, 1984. Arbus, Diane. First edition. Hardcover. 175 pages. 29 x 24 cm. 151 black and white photographs. A collective portrait of sixties' style and culture. Bibliography, More
III Bienal De Arte Picotorico Cerveceria National De Panama
Panama City: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, 1996. First edition. Paperback. 86 pages. 10 x 9". Host of color plates -- photographs of excellent quality. Modern Panamian art, list of artists with biographies. Text in Spanish. More
The Lithography of Richard Day
NY: E. Weyhe, 1932. First edition. Boards. Small folio, 30 x 22 cm, 10 pages in text, Foreword by Carl Zigrosser. Twelve full-page plates, plus an original lithograph signed by Richard Day in pencil, and hand printed from the stone by Paul Roeher. Limited edition, copy 496 of 500. Bright..... More
Jacques Lipschitz: Sketches in Bronze
NY: Praeger, 1969. Lipschitz, Jacques. First edition. Hardcover. 195 pp. 4to, 161full-page plates. Photographs of the Maquettes by James Moore. Bibliography. A peek into Lipshitz's creative process. FREITAG 5661. Owner inscription. More
The Artist In America
NY: W.W. Norton, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 256 pp. Lavishly illustrated with color and black and white plates. A survey of 300 years of American Art with essays by experts. Introduction by Lloyd Goodrich. More
Milton Avery
London: Waddington Galleries, 1962. First edition. Original Wraps. Approx. 20 pages. 15.5 x 23 cm. Illustrated in black and white. Essay by Clement Greenberg. Ink mark front cover. More
The Prints of Ellsworth Kelly A Catalogue Raisonne 1949-1985
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1987. Kelly, Ellsworth. First edition. Hardcover. 200 pages. 29.5 x 23.5 cm. Kelly did not return to printmaking fervently until 1970. Illustrated with 159 color plates and 182 duotones. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing line, color and form. Chronology. Glossary. Bibliography. Index... More
Thomas Cole
NY: Watson Guptill, 1981. Cole, Thomas. First edition. Cloth. 84 pages. 29 x 27 cm. 32 color plates and 12 black and white. Bibliography. Index. More
Thomas Hart Benton
NY: Abrams, 1973. Benton, Thomas Hart. First edition. leather_bound. 279 pages. 30 x 35 cm. Large, landscape 4to, Limited edition, copy 272 of 350 signed by Thomas Hart Benton. The artist celebrates the American experience; his father, a Tennessean served in the Confederate Army before removing to Missouri, where Benton..... More
The Churches of Mexico 1530-1810
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. 126 pages in text. Profusely illustrated with 163 plates, eight of which are in color, as well as thirty-six black and white figures. Photographs by Hugo Rudinger. Chronologies. Biographies of Architects. Glossary. Selective Bibliography. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER J250. "A first-rate book." More
The Cottage Builder's Manual
Worcester: Published by Z. Baker, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. 173 pages. 25 x 16 1/2 cm. 209 text figures and over 93 wood-engravings. HITCHCOCK 47. KARPEL B231. "A curious work with some very strange designs, most of which are based on some form of centralized plan: twelve-sided, hexagonal, octagonal, circular..... More
American Painting History And Interpretation
NY: Macmillan, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 717 pp. One hundred black and white plates. Notes. Index. Owner inscription. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER M489. CHAMBERLAIN 1456. "A good survey of American Painting." LUCAS p89. More
Francis Rattenbury and British Columbia; Architectureand Challenge in the Imperial Age
Vancouver: Univ. of British Columbia Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 391 pp. Copiously illustrated; more than 200 photographs, plans, drawings andmaps. Bibliography. Index. The first major critical study of a Yorkshire born, Canadian architect who had a major influence and impact on the CanadianWest. He was also chief architect for..... More
The 19th century journals & paintings of William Pope
Toronto: M.F. Feheley, 1976. Pope, William. First edition. Hardcover. 175 pp. Thirty-six four-color plates with accompanying commentary by J. Fenwick Landsdowne. Index. Pope emigrated from Kent, England and settled in PortRyerse, Ontario. Canada's first artist-naturalist, his watercolors are artistically comparable to those of his contemporary, Audubon. Selections fromPope's very literate..... More
Cecil C. Bell
Kansas City: McGrew Color Graphics, 1976. Bell, Cecil C. First edition. Hardcover. 159 pages. 31 x 24 cm. Limited edition, one of 2000. Bell, an exuberant second generation Ash Can painter, a slightly younger contemporary of Reginald Marsh whose work recalls the early work of John Sloan, was a skilled..... More
Drawings For The Iliad
New York: Delphic Arts, 1963. Baskin, Leonard. Sixty black and white lithographs 26 1/4 x 20 inches (not offset lithography) each plate numbered in blind at plate bottom on Fabriano paper in an edition of ninety by the Meridian Gravure Company. Apparently an extra suite of plates not issued with..... More
The Wonderful World of Oz
West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1985. Moser, Barry. Hardcover. 268 pages. 33.5 x 30.5 cm. Limited edition, Handling copy #5 of 350 illustrated and signed by Barry Moser. With an appreciation by Justin G. Shiller, printed by Harold McGrath in Van Dijck type on archival paper with calligraphy by Yvette Rutledge..... More