Robert Henri (1865-1929): Pena and Ink Drawings
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New York: Harbor Gallery, 1984. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. The catalogue based on the March-April 1984 exhibition at New York's Harbor Gallery. Bright and Near Fine in its white pictorial wrappers. Essay by Robert R. Preato.
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Allen Ginsberg Reads Kaddish: A 20th Century American Ecstatic Narrative Poem (LP Record)
New York: Atlantic Recording Corportation, 1966. Vinyl. Near Fine. SIGNED BY ALLEN GINSBERG next to his printed text on the inside of the sleeve. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1966 1st pressing of this 33 1/3 LP record. The record itself is very clean and the pictorial sleeve (which was designed by Marvin Israel... Read More
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13 Hand-Colored Leon Bakst Photo-Types
D. Jacomet's Artistic Press, 1927. Portfolio. Near Fine. Leon Bakst. (13) hand-colored Leon Bakst (1866-1924) “photo-types”, executed in 1927 at D. Jacomet’s Artistic Press. These are offset lithographs, 9 are signed/dated in the plate, all with watercolor/pochoir, heightened with gold and/or silver. Bakst, born a Russian Jew in 1866, was a painter who worked in the theater as... Read More
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The Monotypes of Joseph Solman
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New York: Da Capo Press, 1977. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST JOSEPH SOLMAN on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1977 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with one small scuff at the front panel's top-edge. Oblong quarto, nice color reproductions of the... Read More
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Robetrt Ryman: The Charter Series (A Meditative Room for the Collection of Gerald S. Elliott
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The Art Institute of Chicago, 1987. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. The prospectus based on the May-July 1987 exhibition. Bright and Near Fine in its single folded cardboards sheet.
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Mitsu: Forty Images by Balthus
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Balthus. A handsome copy of this 1984 1st thus, here translated from the 1921 original edition (whch was in French) by Richard Miller. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light wear along the spine crown. 12mo,... Read More
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Contact: An American Quarterly Review (Vol. I, No. 2 -- May 1932)
New York: Moss & Kamin, 1932. Magazines. Very Good. The 2nd issue of Contact, the influential literary journal edited by William Carlos Williams and published out of New York in the 1930s. A solid, presentable copy to boot. Clean and VG in its stapled, mustard wrappers, with very light creasing and chipping along the yapped edges. A dazzling... Read More
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4 Inches
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London: Scriptum Editions, 2005. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the 2005 2nd printing. Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Folio, lush black-and-white and color reproductions thruout. Foreword by Sir Elton John, whose AIDS Foundation was the beneficiary from the proceeds of this publication.
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The Carroll Secret of Success in the Chain Store Field
West Haven, CT: he Carroll Company, 1936. Booklet. Near Fine. Scarce 1936 booklet, issued by the Carroll Company of West Haven, CT, offering the opportunities of retail expansion by opening another "Carroll Cut Rate Cosmetics--Drugs" store. With the full backing and training of the parent company. A clean, Near Fine booklet, in its stapled, Deco-infused wrappers. Crisp black-and-white... Read More
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The Bible in India: Hindoo Origin of Hebrew and Chistian Revelation
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New York: G.W. Dillingham Company. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. VG in its dark, decorative cloth, with blindstamped design to the panels and bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Very light soiling to the panel edges, light foxing at the endsheets. Thick 12mo, 325 pgs. Translated from "La Bible Dans L'Inde" by Louis Jacolliot.
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Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861
Austin, Texas: The Texas State Printing Company, 1912. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1861 Proceedings of the Secession Convention of the State of Texas. Bound in a tasteful beige library cloth (with the original wrappers bound-in), octavo, 469 pgs. Clean and bright and VG+. Includes intact fold-out plate.
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Sculpture by Richard Boyce
Los Angeles: Felix Landau Gallery, 1969. Original wraps. Near Fine. A crisp, clean copy of the catalogue based on the September-October 1969 exhibition at LA's Felix Landau Gallery. Sharp and Near Fine in its stapled wrappers, with juist a touch of light creasing along the spine. Square 16mo, vivid reproductions throughout.
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100 Examples of Japanese Textiles for Springtime
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1961. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. Uncommon 1961 sampling of 100 Japanese textiles for springtime. Photographed in vivid, rich color, with accompanying Japanese text at each plate. Solid and VG- in its russet cloth, with light wear at the spine ends and along the outer hinges and light soilijg to the panels. Square quarto, over 100 textiles photographed.... Read More
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Stardust Photo Album
New York: Realife Photos, 1938. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good. Lurid 1938 photo album of "the loveliest girls in the world". Much in the spirit of a burlesque or a Times Square offering but remarkably tame compared to today's nothjing-left-to-the-imagination approach. All the models here at least somewhat clothed and posing in their charmingly innocent version of provocative. Solid... Read More
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Idees: Blouses--Jupes--Lingerie
Paris: Publications Louchel, 1955. Spiral bound wraps. Near Fine. Lovely French lingerie catalogue, focusing on the winter 1955 season. Spiralbound, crisp off-white wrappers, with just a touch of very light soiling at the panels. Easily VG+ to Near Fine and, internally, clean as could be, with no writing or markings of any kind. Tall quarto, very appealing color... Read More
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Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Lexington, Kentucky: Gnomon Press, 1970. Original wraps. Very Good. SIGNED BY RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD (as "Gene Meatyard") across the title page. A solid, presentable copy to boot of the 1970 1st paperback edition. Tight and VG in its pictorial wrappers, with light soiling to the panels and very light creasing along the top-edges. Notes by Wendell Berry &... Read More
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Brice Marden (Including the Original Guggenheim Announcement)
New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1975. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A very sharp example of the catalogue based on the March-April 1975 one-man exhibition at New York's Guggenheim Museum. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just the slightest trace of light soiling at the panels. Limited to 2,000 copies. Also incudes the uncommon... Read More
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150 Years at Chateau Lafite Rothschild
Zachys, 2019. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of this lavish March 2019 catalogue. Clean and Near Fine in its dark-red, pictorial boards, with just a touch of very light bowing to the front panel. Quarto, lovely color reproductions throughout. Housed in a clean, dark-card box, with handsome die-cut titling to the front panel. A very attractive... Read More
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Miquel Barcelo
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Napoli: Edizione Lucio Amelio, 1989. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A crisp, clean copy of the catalogue based on the February 1989 exhibition at Lucio Amelio Gallery in Napoli. Bright and Near Fine (with an even fold in half) in its pictorial wrappers.
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Cindy Sherman (In Dustjacket)
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Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1991. Boards. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy of the catalogue based on the March-May 1991 exhibition at Stuttgart's Kunsthalle Basel. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine pictorial dustjacket. Sherman's incomparable self-portraits thruout.
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Who Chicago? An Exhibition of Contemporary Imagists
Ceolfrith Gallery/Sunderland Arts Centre, 1980. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the February-March 1981 exhibition --in its much less common hardback-- at England's Ceolfrith Gallery/Sunderland Arts Centre. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with very light creasing along the front panel's top-edge and one very small closed tear at the rear... Read More
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Col Tempo" The W. Project: Peter Forgacs's Installation
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Budapest: 53rd Int. Art Exhib., Venice/Mucsarnok Non-profit, 2009. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. First Edition. A bright, Near Fine copy in its original wrappers. The 2009 catalogue of the installation, curated by Andras Renyi, which appeared at the 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice. Octavo, also includes the pictorial wraparound band.
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Report of the Heights of Buildings Commission to the Committee on the Height, Size and Arrangement of Buildings of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City of New York
New York City: Heights of Buildings Commission, 1913. Cloth. Near Fine. A tight, well-preserved copy of the uncommon 1913 1st edition of this report to the Committee on the Height, Size and Arrangement of Buildings in New York. As overseen by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City of New York. Clean and Near Fine in... Read More
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Anselm Kiefer
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Cologne, Germany: Galerie Paul Maenz, 1986. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean copy of this 1986 catalogue of the exhibition at the Paul Maenz Gallery, Cologne. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, sharp color reproductions thruout. Text in both German and English.
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Ferns and Flowering Plants of Wilton
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Wilton Garden Club, Wilton, CT, 1992. Soft Cover. 1992 1st edition. A clean, VG+ copy in its original light green wrappers. Thin quarto, 105 pgs.
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