"Die Malerei und Plastik des Mittelalters II. Deutschland, Frankreich und Britannien, Julius Baum, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenaion, Wildpark-Potsdam, 1930. Handbuch der Kunstwissenschaft. Painting and Sculpture of the Middle Ages II. Germany, France and Britain. Art Studies Handbook series. Book in German. 23 tipped in plates. Over 400 Illustrations. VG condition. Gilt title on spine, shelf wear to spine cloth. Corner bumped. Front end paper removed. Text aged, but generally tight, bright and clean. " View More...
"Steichen, The Master Prints 1895-1914, The Symbolist Period, Dennis Longwell, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1978. The surviving photographs printed by Edward Steichen during the turn-of-the-century years are works of unparalleled richness in the history of the medium. He produced these unbelievable works through a variety of enormously time-consuming printing techniques, some of which have been almost forgotten. VG/Fair. Dj is heavily edge worn. " View More...
"Glass Flowers, in the Ware Collection in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University. Insect pollination series with sixteen color plates by Fritz Kredel, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1946. Apparent first with dust jacket. VG/VG. " View More...
"Mirror of the World, Tales form the Khamseh of Nizami, Peter J. Chelkowski, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1975. Numerous tipped in full color plates. Large format. Deep look into Persian poetry and miniature painting associated with it. VG+. Red cloth boards sunned, else tight and clean. " View More...
"Proposals for Monuments and Buildings, 1965-69, Claes Oldenburg, Big Table Publishing, Chicago, 1969. Stated first printing. 16 color plates and 50 drawings by Oldenburg for monument proposals intended for New York, Stockholm, London, Oslo and other locations. Included are notes and bibliography by artist. VG/G. Dj sunned. " View More...
"The Apocalyptic Vision, The Art of Franz Mare as German Expressionism, Frederick S. Levine, Harper & Row, New York, 1979. HB with clipped dj. Black and white reproductions of artist's work with analysis. Tight, clean and sharp. " View More...
"Wings of Paradise, the Great Saturnid Moths, John Cody, University of North Carolina, 1996. John Cody, who has been described as the "Audubon of moths", was also psychiatrist and medical illustrator who spent his lifetime studying and painting moths. This lovely large folio present some of his best work from his travels to South America and Africa. Near fine / Near fine. Red cloth boards with silver gilt titles. " View More...
"Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino, Samuel Butler, Jonathan Cape, London, 1924 3rd edition, volume 7 of 20 volume work.(The Shrewsbury edition of the works of Samuel Butler).Originally published in to 1881, documents authors walks and recollections in Northern Italy and his admiration for the art, architecture and history he found therein. Limited to 750 printed, this is 674. Lacking jacket if issued. Quarter vellum bound with delicate gilt title, blue cloth board slightly sunned. Untrimmed pages. Copious remarkable drawings throughout. Sunned and some minor spotting to ex... View More...
"Apollinaire on Art: Essays and Reviews, 1902-1918, Artworks 2001. Translations original published by Viking Press in 1972. Collected seminal writings by the great French modernist and poet. required reading for all budding dada artists. Near fine paperback, square, tight and clean. 546pp." View More...
"Near fine hard cover, volume one only. Stated first Artabras edition. Foxing on edges. Soft blue cloth blind embossed, gold title on spine bright. Very large and heavy. Full color plates and fold outs. 703pp." View More...
"Braque Lithographe, Preface de Francis Ponge, produced by Fernando Mourlot, Andre Sauret, 1963. Soft wrappers with board Slipcase. Limited edition monograph on the lithographs of Georges Braque. This an unnumbered edition of 4125. Slipcase sunned at edges, some cosmetic wear. Glassine jacket missing 4" chip at spine. Else, near fine condition. Bound in stiff paper wrappers and encased in a brown card slipcase. 146 catalogued reproductions in gorgeous full color and, for the most part, full page with text in French detailing the specific information about each print. Covers and frontispiece ap... View More...
VG condition. 474pp. b/w illustrations published by Otto Nagel with the collaboration of Sibylle Schallenberg-Nagel and advice from Dr. Hans Kolwitz. 2nd revised edition. Some instances of double printing of text. Top of mylar wrap and dj shelf worn slightly. Heavy and large. View More...
"Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, 1946. Illustrated Modern Library, illustrated with 11 full color and numerous black and white drawings by Salvador Dali. Pictographic boards, with mylar printed jacket. VG condition. Edge worn, mylar has small chips from spine area and small tear. Spine gilt bright. Pen inscription on inner board. Else clean and tight, illustrations are bright and true, striking. Very uncommon collectible edition. 587pp. 8vo." View More...
