Adam Straus: Greetings From Toxic Paradise
New York, NY: Nohra Haime Gallery, 1993. Softcover. VG. May have library sticker on front cover.. White and color-illus. wraps. Unpaginated, approx. 30 pp.; 8 color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1993 exhibition of artwork by American artist Adam Straus (b. 1956). Features a selection of 8 beautifully rendered plates, exhibition listing, and bibliography. Uncommon.
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Reports of The United States Commissioners To The Paris Universal Exposition, 1878. Vol. 2: Fine Arts, Education, Wood Carving
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1880. Hardcover. VG, with one small tear in ffep, rear inner hinge cracked. Green cloth. 548 pp. The lengthy (179 pages) and very detailed section of The Fine Arts is written by William Wetmore Story. Also includes sections on Education, Political Education, Manual Training Schools, Wood-Carving and Textile Fabrics. Volume 2 of this... Read More
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The Boston Directory, 1924
Boston: Sampson and Murdock company, 1924. Hardcover. Good, soiling, war and fading with some shaking, but in pretty good condition. Light brown cloth in pale blue archival box. 2278 pp. Includes all localities with the city limits as Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Roslindale, Roxbury and West Roxbury. Very large - expect xtra shipping.
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An Exhibition of The Work of Robert Motherwell, to accompany the first Louise Lindner Eastman Memorial Lecture
Northampton, Massachusetts: Smith College Museum of Art, 1963. Softbound. VG. Bluish stapled paper wraps with bw illustration. [28] pp., 13 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1963 exhibition of selected artwork by American artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1991). Includes notes from an artist "conversation," as well as a chronology, bibliography, and exhibitions history. The checklist cites 30 pieces,... Read More
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Compositions by John Flaxman, Sculptor, R.A. from The Divine Poem of Dante Alighieri, containing Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, with Quotations from the Italian, and translations from the Version of The Reverend H. Boyd, to Each Plate
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. Hardbound. VG-, slight foxing here and there. Art library bookplate.. 3/4 leather with five raised bands and decorated compartments. T.e.g. Unpaginated, see notes. Well-illustrated. This unique book is an accumulation of several different editions of this book, illustrated by Flaxman. Other editions bound into this book are: Bohn, London 1854; Batelli... Read More
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Art World (Periodical, 1916-1917)
1917. Softbound. Good, some wear to issues. KAVE. 7 loose issues. Includes issues as follows: 1916: 10-12; 1917:1,3,4,10. PLEASE NOTE: All issues except 1917:10 lack covers.
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The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (Set 1: Periodical run, 1878-2011)
Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 2011. Softbound. VG, may have museum library stamp on covers, otherwise clean, one issue still in shrinkwrap.). CAVE. A combination of 32 bound volumes and 189 loose issues. An astounding accumulation of this quarterly journal (1878-2011), invaluable to researchers. The lot begins with bound volumes as follows: Vols. 2, 4-5, 8-26 bound in... Read More
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Baekje Roof-tile: The Breath of History of 700 Years
Buyeo, Korea: Buyeo National Museum, 2010. Hardcover. VG- (Corners bumped). Black paper over boards with color illus.; 423 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Text mostly in Korean, with some caption information provided in English; Accompanied an exhibition at the Buyeo National Museum; Extensive text; Heavy.
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Annual Summer Americana Auction: Friday-Sunday August 5-7, 2011
New Hampshire: Northeast Auctions, 2011. Softbound. VG. Color pictorial wraps, 212pp, 1,694 color figures. Auction catalog, mostly earlier Americana but includes furniture, pottery, jewelry, tableware, paintings, glass and more.
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Osobliwosci Dalekiego Wschodu w historycznej kolekcji Wilanowa
Warszawa: Muzeum w Wilanowie, 1993. Softbound. VG. Color pictorial wraps. 71 pp., profusely illustrated in bw and color. Text entirely in Polish. A very important catalogue of Chinese items (almost 300 of them) in this museum. Well-illustrated.
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A Passion for Asia, The Rockefeller Legacy: A Publication in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Asia Society
New York: Hudson Hills Press / Asia Society, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. VG (Bookplate & few marks from previous art-library owner.). Flaming red cloth, black & color illus. dust jacket, 224 pp., BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition. "Reflects in words and photographs how the mission of the Asia Society was born of the... Read More
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ABSTRACT TROMPE L'OEIL
New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1965. Softbound. VG. Red and blue printed wraps. Unpaginated, 5 large color plates. 5 Painters who Lead and Mislead The Eye: Albers, Anuszkiewicz, Herbin, Poons and Vasarely. Catalogue lists42 works. Vivid color plates.
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Artforum Periodical Run (Vol. 1-47 mostly complete)
San Francisco 1962-1964; Los Angeles, 1964-1967; New York, 1967-present: Artforum, 1962. Softcover. VG generally, binding are library buckram, loose issues are VG, with the exception of a few of the very early issues, which have loose or broken (but present) wraps.. This is a combined run of bound and loose issues. See description. A significant run of this... Read More
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Twentieth Anniversary Number
Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1921. Hardcover. VG: Wear to the covers, especially the edges and corners of the spine. Clean body pages and solid binding.. Three-quarter fabric casebound book with wa white spine and mostly green wraps. 193 pages. Limited to five hundred copies printed for members only.
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Inaugural Exhibition of Old Master Paintings
New York: Otto Naumann, Ltd, 1995. Hardcover. VG/VG- (light shelf wear to dj). Black & green marbled boards. Color dj with image of Rachel Ruysch painting. Appx. 200 pp. 31 large color plates, numerous smaller bw & color plates. This gorgeous catalogue includes three Northern European alterpieces, two paintings from the Flemish school, four from the Italian school,... Read More
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Lucien CLERGUE: Photographe (signed)
Zurich: Verlag der Arche, 1964. Hardbound. VG+/VG+. Black cloth with gilt embossed design, and bw illustrated dustjacket. 96 pp., many bw plates. Text is in French and German. This copy includes a lengthy and dated January 26, 1964 in Bale signed inscription by the photographer on the ffep, and signed drawings by Clergue on the from and rear... Read More
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Old English Porcelain
London: Stoner & Evans Galleries, 1909. Hardbound. Fair+ (ex-libris to front pastedown. scuffs, smudges & darkening to boards; dark stain to back; scattered foxing. lower spine bumped/bruised w/ protrusion. corners bumped, rubbed & curled. two deep cracks to textblock; some binding threads remain attached; textblock & pgs remain firm.). Gilt-embossed coarsely-woven tan cloth. 133 pp. with bw frontis... Read More
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Art and Art Objects
Austin, Texas: The Jenkins Company, 1978. Softcover. VG- (Minor scuffing to wraps and wear to extremities). Black illus. wraps; Unpaginated, approx. 100 pp.; Profusely illustrated with figures, mostly bw, some color. A wide array of pieces, featuring works by George Cruikshank, e.e. cummings, Daumier, Degas, Whistler, and Renoir, as well as American Historical works by Walt Disney, Currier... Read More
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Plazzotta
London: Plazzotta (self-published). Softcover. VG- but for light wear to cover edges. Red and black pictorial wraps; unpaginated with 46 pp. and 57 bw illustrations. No text but for descriptions of illustrations and biographical information. Descriptions list the casting foundries. Several sculptures of horses, dancers and human forms. One is of Peter Ustinov and another of Nureyev. ... Read More
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Collecting Treasures of The Past: Recent Acquisitions
New York: Bohler & Blumka Gallery (galleries), 2001. Softbound. VG. Color illustrated wraps; Unpaginated, approx. 60 pp., 2 gatefolds; 49+ color plates. A fine array of early treasures of the fine and decorative arts are presented in this sumptuously illustrated catalogue; 49 items shown, mostly religious in nature, with annotations; Includes a bronzes, glass, sculpture, and more from... Read More
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American Art In The Newark Museum: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture
Newark, NJ: The Newark Museum, 1981. Softcover. VG (Minor wear to extremities; Pages tight and clean). Wraps. 432 pp. 42 color, over 400 bw plates. The first half of this massive volume contains the photographs of works. The second half is an alphabetical listing of artists in the collection and their works. Index to reproductions in rear. An... Read More
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John Hultberg: Oeuvres Recentes
Paris: Galerie du Dragon, 1970. Softcover. Good- with general wear and one page coming loose. Black and white illustrated wraps with black lettering on back cover; French flaps: 20 pp. with 7 bw illustrations. With a biography of the artist in French and a list of works in the exhibition, also in French.
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Burlington Magazine
London, 1995. Hardbound. VG, ex art library set. Bound in cloth except for the stated loose issues. Mostly bound, several loose issues at end. Contains the following: Vol 12:11,12; 13:1-8; 14:1,2,9-12; 50:2; 53:8; 57:11; 80:1-6; 91:9-12; 92-127; 128:4-6, 10-12; 129:1-3, 7-12; 130-134; 136:10-12; 137:1-11. Several significant gaps. Mostly complete from 1950-1995.
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Enrico Donati
New York: Staempfli Gallery, 1970. Softbound. VG. Trifold thick sheet, 6 panels. 3 color, 4 bw plates. Includes the briefest of biographies, list of public collections.
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Islamic Carpets: The Joseph V. McMullan Collection
NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art (?), nd. Softbound. VG. Patterned stapled wraps. Numerous color and bw plates.
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