1935: Limited Editions Club, 1935. Hardcover. With an Introduction by Raymond Weaver and Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Color plates and text illus. 409pp. 4to, coarse fiber boards with decorated spine, in matching board slipcase. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. Very good (+). One of 1500 numbered copies (#773)..... More
Boston: Robert W. Skinner, Inc., 1987. Softbound. Greyish silver wraps. 38 pp., many bw plates. A facsimile reprint of the original 1938 edition. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Hardbound. Grey boards in glossy green and color-illustrated dustjacket with white lettering. 88 pp. 1 bw, 84 color reproductions. Engaging text precedes these vivid realist works of art. The color is exquisite, and the sensitive portrayal of the human form is relaxing and comforting..... More
New York: Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1988. Softbound. Red printed wraps. [32] pp., 8 large color plates. Catalogue lists 8 works. Lots of professional information provided. More
New York: American Art Association, 1906. Hardbound. Original wraps bound into green cloth. appx. 62 pp., 15 bw plates. This rare catalogue lists 98 works Prefatory Note by F.D. Millet. Worldcat locates 3 copies. Title, dimensions and brief statement for each listed work. More
New Haven, Connecticut: Garvan Furniture Study, 1974. Softbound. Brown wraps. (63) pp., many illustrations. A sort of catalogue for two exhibitions held at the Garvan Furniture Study. The first catalogue lists 39 clocks, with notes on each excerpted from The American Clock by Patricia Kane and Edwin Battison. The second..... More
London: Bluett & Sons, 1988. Softcover. Color wraps. Appx. 40 pp. 24 color plates. Wonderful illustrations, ample annotation of works presented. Includes massive Jades, very ancient Gold, and other unique treaures. More
New York: Ram Press, 1946. Hardcover. Pink boards. 35 bw plates. [68] pp. Includes essays by Moholy-Nagy, Karl Knaths, George L.K. Morris, Fernand Leger, A.E. Gallatin, Piet Mondrian, and Josef Albers. A lovely copy, quite crisp. All of these articles were written expressly for this volume, which was published to..... More
London: Sydney Moss Ltd., 1989. Hardbound. Tan boards with matte color-pictorial dustjacket. about 140 pp., 66 items illustrated with over 150 large and small color plates. In addition to the stunning aray of figures presented and illustrated in vivid color, there is outstanding annotation for each of these items. Additionally..... More
NY: Dover, 1955. Hardcover. Grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine, illustrated dust jacket, 195 plates (appx. 390 pp and 2000 individual photographs). Muybridge's 1887 eleven-volume pictorial treatise of human and animal life in motion is finally prepublished in an abridged format focusing on the Human Figure. Contents: Men. Walking..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1910, circo. Hardbound. Red embossed cloth. xvi, appx. 143 pp., including 34+ pages of bw plates. A most difficult book to paginate. But a thorough examination of the topic. More
South Kensington: Sotheby's, 2006. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. 300 lots described and illustrated. Includes 300 lots, all illustrated in vivid color and annotated. More
NY: Balsam Press/Abrams, 1988. Hardcover. Navy cloth. 255 pp. 18 bw, 214 color plates. This is the most comprehensive volume of America's maritime art and artifacts from 13 premier collections of restored vessels, historic buildings, paintings, ship's carvings, scrimshaw, ship models, etc. Collections featured (by their own curators) include Calvert..... More
Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum, 1976. Softcover. Wraps. 84 pp. 11 color, 52 bw plates. Introduction written by George W. Neubert. Essay and catalogue by Marjorie Dakin Arkelian. Most of his work was done either in New York or California, between 1872 and 1882. Lengthy essay is followed by extensive notes..... More
Indianapolis: Eckert Publications, 1985. Hardcover. Tan cloth, black & color illus. dust jacket, 168 pp. 55 color, 62 bw plates. "An intimate look at the hitherto-unknown personal lives of the Hoosier Group artists -- Otto Stark, Theodore C. Steele, J. Ottis Adams, William Forsyth and Richard B. Gruelle -- and..... More
NY: Oxford University Press, 1941. Spiral bound. Spiral binding, color covers.Title-page, then contents (marked page 7) and pp. 7-35, with color plates within and directly after page 35. Two tipped-in color serigraphs: 'Fulfillment 1920' and 'Figure of the Oriental Stage', and 65 BW plates. One mounted colored plate accompanied by..... More
Penland, North Carolina: The Jargon Society, 1971. Hardcover. Tan cloth with bw illustrated dustjacket. Unpaginated. Appx. 32 pp of text followed by 63 full-page photographs. Twenty-five page Introduction gives wonderful insights and annecdotes about Ulmann. The b/w photographs in this book were taken by Doris Ulmann in the 1930's when..... More
New York and Manchester: Hudson Hills Press, 2006, circa. Hardcover. Turquoise cloth with color pictorial dustjacket. 195 pp., 240 color plates. Manuel Neri’s concern with the dynamic nature of the architectural or special environment has developed his keen understanding of its potency as a setting for the figure. Since the..... More
Ephrata, PA: Science Press, 1978. Limited edition, of 900 copies, #548. Hardcover. Navy cloth. xiii, 130 pp. 46 bw, 73 color plates. Includes a chronology; four essays (with plates throughout) by Norton, Gerald S. Lestz, Alvord L. Eiseman, and Sherman E. Lee; a valedictory by Marsden Hartley; a gallery of..... More
Palm Beach, Fl: House of Jade, 1940. Hardbound. Green cloth covers with fading gilt embossed titles. 185 pp. 44 bw plates. 162 items are presented. 44 of them are illustrated in large, crisp bw plates, each of them being well-annotated. A very fine reference. More
Saratoga Springs, NY: Gallery Museum, Hall of Springs, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 1970. Softcover. BW Pop-art lettered glossy wraps. (36) pp., 15 bw plates of works by 16 artists. Includes works by Emma Amos, Ellsworth Ausby, Malcolm Bailey, Betty Blayton, John Edwards Chadler, Calvin Douglass, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, James G...... More
Boston, MA: Copley Fine Art Auctions, 2008. Softcover. Color pictorial stapled wraps. 79 pp., profusely illustrated in color. Auction lots 200-245 of "The sporting sale."/ Includes index./ Place of sale: Plymouth, Mass. Date of sale: July 22-23, 2008. A good number of these pictures are by American Artists, and may..... More
Springfield, MA: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Gallery, 1941. Softcover. Tan wraps. [44] pp. 28 bw plates. Catalogue listing of 161 works from the collection of influential critic and publisher, Frederic Fairchild Sherman. Artists include Ralph Albert Blakelock (2), Ann Brockman, William Merritt Chase (1 illustration), Eliot Candee Clark (1)..... More
NY: Owen Gallery, 2005. BASEMENT. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. 120 pp. with 48 large color plates. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Owen Gallery, New York, Oct. 25-Dec. 20, 2005. Artists represented (and number of works) are: Arthur B. Davies (4), William Glackens (6), Robert Henri (7), Ernest Lawson..... More
1971. Cream wraps. iii, 28 pp., color and bw plates. Catalogue slists 55 paintings and 16 drawings, though the catalogue numbers indicate the works were drawn from a much larger collection. More
