New York: Abbeville, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 215 pges. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Bibliography. Index. Produced under the auspices of the Walker Art Center, Mildred Friedman, Editor. Ex-library. More
Boston: Boston Book & Art, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 96 pages. 115 color and blackand white plates. One of a series of books based on exhibitions by the Welsh Arts Council. Well illustrated and poignant. More
London: John Lane, 1897. Beerbohm, Max. First edition. Hardcover. 53 pages. 16.5 x 13 cm. Number One of the Bodley Booklets printed by Will Bradley at the Wayside Press in Springfield, Mass. BOMBACE A16. Front cover of the pictorial wrappers chipped at edges with some loss. Interior clean, housed in..... More
Paris: Librarie des Arts Decoratifs, 1960. First edition. Paperback. 16 pages in text. Folio, 30 x 23 cm. Fifty-two plates, a few in color loose as issued. Lithographs by major French artists -- Ingres, Daumier, Manet, Dore, Renoir, Lautrec, Bonnard, Matisse et al. More
New York: Arts Inc., 1960. Grosz, George. First edition. Hardcover. 166 pages. 28 x 22 cm. 114 reproductions, six in color. Introduction by Ruth Berenson and Norbert Muhlen. Bibliography. Grosz's essay illuminates his later, American period. More
Paris: Bernard Klein, 1952. Brianchon, Maurice. First edition. Hardcover. 49 pages in text. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 31 from a total of 300, and one of only 30 copies on Japon with an additional etching of the cover and a suite on chine. The extra suite..... More
Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1976. Murillo, Bartolome Estaban. First edition. 200 pages. 22 x 26.5 cm. Voluminously illustrated with nearly 100 black and white reproductions, over one-third of which have not previously been studied or published, as well as seventy-one comparative illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne of Drawings by Murillo. Bibliography. Index..... More
Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 163 pages. 246 illustrations some in color. Catalogue of Selected Drawings. Checklist of the Weinbrenner Collection at the Univ. of Pennsylvania.Bibliography. Concordance of Inventory Numbers. Weinbrenner was the first internationally important German architect of the 19th Century. More
Np: Np, ca 1753. 30.3 x 24 cm. (plate size) with image 19 x 15 cm. Portrait of Elizabeth Canning in the witness box during her abduction trial which divided London during the 18th century, and remains an unsolved mystery. She was eventually convicted of perjury, transported to America, married..... More
Paris: Editions de la Revue Blanche, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. 45 x 35 cm. One page Preface by Marcel Prevost, French novelist and women's rights advocate. Limited edition, copy 16 of 44 on Japan imperial paper. 18 color pochoir plates of contemporary actresses in their famous roles, including Sara Bernhardt..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1974. First edition. Boards. 97 pp. With fifty-six posters in black and white, sixteen in full-color, and seventeen text figures. Index. This monograph tracks the relationship between film making and the graphic arts which developed in the Soviet Union during the1920's. More
London: S.W. Fores, September 10, 1815. First edition. Pictorial Boards. Hand colored engraving 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches in mat 19 x 15 inches. An ironic allusion to Napoleon's invasion of England For Elba as Hell Bay. As Napoleon views the coast Bertrand says, "By gar! mon Emperor. dey..... More
New York: M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., 1936. Forain, Jean-Louis. First edition. Hardcover. 67 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 293 of 500 printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Illustrated with reproductions of Forain's work. Almost as new condition. More
Edinburgh: National Gallery of Scotland, 1999. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 183 pages. 29.5 x 24.5 cm. Drawings from the 15th to 19th centuries. Profusion of color plates. Index of Artists. More
Minneapolis: Northcraft Studios, "At The Sign of the Pine" 1920's. First edition. Hardcover. Portfolio is 15 x 12 1/2 inches. A complete set of five etchings: Canal Bridge, The Old Well at Toul, A Street Scene, The Fireside, The Fagot Gatherer, plus at inside back cover a bifold leaf, a...... More
NP: NP, ND. 21 x 16 inches, gouache on paper of Art Deco jewelry shop designed by R. Tailliard. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 315 pp. With essay on The Development of Poster Art by Carlo Arturo Quintavalle. Translated by Alfred and Bruni Mayor. Profusely illustrated with 450 illustrations, 250 in full-color. Bibliography. The color reproduction is particularly exquisite. More
New York: October House, 1965. Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 30 pages in text. Introduction by Mervyn Levy. Eighty-four reproductions, and four color plates. Deadat 23 years of age, Gaudier-Brzeska is honored here on the 50th anniversary of his death. Ex-library. FREITAG 3302. More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1985. Grass, Gunther. Hardcover. 530 pages. 26.5 x 28 cm. The history of women and cooking is Grass's subject mater. Etchings by Gunther Grass: each image was printed from two plates. One flatback-ground plate was printed in a transparent green tint with the image overprinted..... More
NY: Vance Jordan Fine Art, 2000. First edition. Paperback. 94 pages. 11 x 9". Color and black and white plates. Works by American artiists. A few with sale prices of works featured tipped-in. More
New York: Abrams, 1984. Chagall, Marc. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 210 p[ages. Translated from the German by Robert Erich Wolf. Forty-two full-color illustrations within a total of seventy-seven plates. Apart from the specific emotive and mystical Russian-Jewish themes, Chagall is discussed in context of the emerging art movements in Paris..... More
Munich: Prestel, 1991. First edition. Paperback. 312 pages. 28 x 21 cm. Copiously illustrated: black and white and color plates. Bibliography. Index. Exhibition of 20th century book illustration held at the Bayrischen Staatsbibliothek, Munich. Test in German. More
Bern: Verlag Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1970. Klee, Paul. First edition. Hardcover. 248 pages. 31 x 29.4 cm. Contains 123 black and white and color illustrations, list of his signatures and wood-cuts and engravings with German text plus bibliographic data for each entry. This Catalogue Raisonne printed on heavy glossy stock..... More
Bern: Verlag Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1963. Klee, Paul. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 31 x 29.4 cm. Contains 150 mostly black and white illustrations, list of his signatures and graphics with German text plus bibliographic data for each entry. This Catalogue Raisonne printed on heavy glossy stock. Most of the illustrations..... More
Kyoto: Uchida Woodblock Printer, ca.1950. Hardcover. Four color woodblock prints, each 11 x 9 inches matted, in pictorial board portfolio -- (1) Taikenbyo Nitenmon Gate in Spring, (2) The Row of Cedar Trees in Summer, (3) Kegan-no-tuki Fall in Autumn, (4) Five-Storied Pagoda in Winter. More