The "Wax Works" of Duke Ellington
Hollywood / Stockholm: Duke Ellington Jazz Society, Inc., 1954. Softcover. Eighteenmo. Softcover. Blue paper wraps with white illustrated titles. Unpaginated. More
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Heraldry Illustrated, Being a Short Account of the Origin and History of Heraldry
New York: Comstock, 1897. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering; 127 pp.; 30 plates. This is a nice copy by a different publisher than most other copies for sale. More
That's the Ticket! A Century of American Political Ballots, Selections from the Charles H. McSorley Collection
New York: The Rail Splitter Press, 2012. Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Glossy printed paper covers. 146 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. "A definitive study of American presidential elections 1789-1888 as revealed by political ballots and election tickets. Prior to the introduction of the secret ballot at the end..... More
Childe Hassam: An American Impressionist
New York / Houston: Adelson Galleries / Meredith Long & Company, 1999. Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Color wraps. 12 pp plus 95 color plates. 28 cm. Issued in conjunction with 1999-2000 exhibitions featuring works by American impresisonist Childe Hassam (1859-1935). With essays by Warren Adelson, Jay E. Cantor, and William H...... More
The New Interior: Modern Decorations for the Modern Home
New York: The Century Co., 1916. Hardcover. Red library buckram, gilt letters on spine, 315 pp., 49 BW illus., one fold-out chart. Outlines decor ideas for the modern American home of the early 20th century. Interesting, in hindsight. More
Americans In Paris 1860-1900
London: National Gallery of London, 2006. Hardcover. Brown boards with color illustrated glossy dustjacket. 288 pp., profusely illustrated in color. A wonderful study with new scholarship and insights. Lists, illustrates and annotates over 100 works by your favorite artists, with many pictures drawn from private collections. As the center of..... More
Americans In Paris 1860-1900
London: National Gallery of London, 2006. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. 288 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. A wonderful study with new scholarship and insights. Lists, illustrates and annotates over 100 works by your favorite artists, with many pictures drawn from private collections. As the center of the art world in..... More
Aeschylus I: Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Suppliants, Prometheus Bound
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Sixteenmo. Hardcover. Olive cloth boards with gilt stamped titles.xlvi, 576 pages ; 17 cm. Aeschylus (ca. 525-456 BCE), the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world's great art forms, witnessed the establishment of democracy at Athens and fought against the Persians..... More
Outdoor Advertising
New York / London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1938. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Maroon cloth boards with gilt stamped titles on spine. Book xiv, 310 pages including frontispiece, illustrations, diagrams, forms color double plates, 2 folded maps 24 cm. More
Orfebreria Prehispanica
Mexico: Corporacion Industrial Sanluis, 1989. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration on the spine; Black DJ with photo-illustrated cover and gilt lettering; 328 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in Spanish. Includes bibliographical references. More
Third-Space: Shifting Conversations About Contemporary Art
Birmingham, AL: Birmingham Museum of Art, 2017. Paperback. White wraps with black lettering. 207 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from January 28, 2017 to January 6, 2019 at the Birmingham Museum of Art. More
Washington Historical Buttons: Washington Inaugural Buttons, and Other Buttons Bearing the Portrait of Washington or Alluding to Him and His Administration
Highstown, NJ: 1949. 1st. Hardcover. A navy casebound book with the title in bronze letterign down the spine. There is a blue dust jacket with the title printed in white down the side. There is also a mylar jacket. Pages: (7), viii-xi, (2), 1-82. Contains many black-and-white illustrations. Contents are..... More
Domestic Architecture, Published for Private Distribution
New York: Lewis Colt Albro and Harrie T. Lindeberg, 1912. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Bound in black cloth with gilt titles. Hand written index. 1 volume (unpaged) ; 32 cm. More
The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence: Together with Extracts from Newton's Principia and Opticks
New York: Philosophical Library, Inc., 1956. Hardcover. Twelvemo. Hardcover. Red cloth binding in plain paper jacket with red/black titles. lvi, 200 pages 19 cm. More
The Modern Poster
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. Hardcover. Special limited edition, No. 65 of 250 copies on Imperial Japan Paper. Octavo. Hardcover in plain paper slipcase. Bound in white cloth with gilt stamped titles and illustration pasted to the front board. xiv, 117, [1] pages : illustrations, color frontispiece ; 25..... More
The Modern Poster
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. Hardcover. No. 858 of 750 copies on enameled book paper. Octavo. Hardcover in plain paper slipcase. Bound in green cloth with blue stamped titles and illustration pasted to the front board. xiv, 117, [1] pages : illustrations, color frontispiece ; 25 cm. More
American Art: A Selection of Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture
1985. Softcover. Color wraps. 22 pp. 6 color, 13 bw plates. Illustrated and annotated catalogue of 19 works, with ex coll, literature, and brief essays. With an alphabetical index to the artists, including George Henry Hall, John William Hill, Thomas Ball, George Inness, Frederic Remington, John Smibert, Worthington Whittredge and..... More
Spring Selections: American Paintings from 1815-1940
1989, Spring. Softcover. Grey wraps. appx. 50 pp. 25 color plates. 24 works of better quality listed and illustrated in color. Includes works by many lesser known artists. More
International Poster Annual '48-49
New York / London: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1949. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Bound in red cloth with color illustrated jacket. 178 pages : illustrations ; 30cm. Text in English, French and German. More
International Poster Annual '48-49
St. Gall: Zollikofer Publishers, 1949. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles. 178 pages : illustrations ; 30cm. Text in English, French and German. More
International poster annual '51
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1951. Hardcover. Light brown cloth binding with gilt lettering. Profusely illustrated in B&W and some color. 195 pp. English, French, and German. A survey of contemporary work in poster arts, including essays: Safety posters / S.A. Grummitt -- Contemporary design for film posters / C.W...... More
International poster annual '51
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1951. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Cream cloth binding with gilt lettering in illustrated jacket. Profusely illustrated in B&W and some color. 195 pp. English, French, and German. A survey of contemporary work in poster arts, including essays: Safety posters / S.A. Grummitt -- Contemporary design for..... More
International Poster Annual '51 [1951]
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1951. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Burlap cloth boards with gilt titles. 195 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. Text in English, French, and German. Safety posters / S.A. Grummitt -- Contemporary design for film posters / C.W. Cousland -- Posters for the New York..... More
International Poster Annual '52
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952. Quarto. Hardcover. Cream cloth boards with gilt titles in illustrated jacket. 184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. Text in English, French, and German. Posters for London Transport / Harold F. Hutchinson -- Posters for an illustrated weekly / Horst Jaedicke --..... More
International Poster Annual '52 [1952]
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Burlap cloth boards with gilt titles in illustrated jacket. 184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. Text in English, French, and German. Posters for London Transport / Harold F. Hutchinson -- Posters for an illustrated weekly / Horst Jaedicke..... More