Dedham Pottery Catalog (Reprinted in its unabridged original form, 1938)
Boston: Robert W. Skinner, Inc., 1987. Softbound. Greyish silver wraps. 38 pp., many bw plates. A facsimile reprint of the original 1938 edition. More
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Stone Roberts: Paintings & Drawings (Revised Edition)
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
Jules Olitski Stained Paintings 1961-1964
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
Illustrated catalogue of oil paintings and water colors by the late R. Swain Gifford, N.A., to be sold at unrestricted public sale by order of the executrix at the American art galleries ... [February 2d, 1906] The sale will be conducted by Thomas E. Kirby, of the American art association, managers
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
The American Clock 1725-1865: Forgeries and Restorations in American Furniture / Two Yale Student Exhibitions
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
Oriental Art
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
American Abstract Artists
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
Japanese Netsuke: Serious Art (Outstanding Works Selected From American Collections)
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
The Human Figure in Motion
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
Chats on Old English Tobacco Jars, together with a reprint of a book on The Westminster Tobacco Box
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
The Poetry of Crisis: the Peter Nahum Collection of British Surrealist and Avant Garde Art 1930-1951
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
Maritime America: Art and Artifacts from America's Great Nautical Collections
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
William Hahn, Genre Painter 1829-1887
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
The Hoosier Group: Five American Painters
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
Paul Klee: Paintings, Watercolors 1913 to 1939
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
The Appalachian Photographs of Doris Ulmann
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
Manuel Neri: The Figure In Relief
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
Homage to Charles Demuth: Still Life Painter of Lancaster
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
A Catalogue of Rare Chinese Jade Carvings
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
Fifteen Under Forty: Paintings By Young New York State Black Artists
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
The Snipe Art Collection of William S Brewster
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
The Eight
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
W.H.D. Koerner and Montana; an exhibition arranged by the Montana Historical Society in association with Ruth Koerner Oliver
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
Le Cabinet du Duc d'Aumont: A facsimile reprint of the 1870 edition recording the auction of 1782
NY: Acanthus Books, 1986. Reprint, limited edition, No. 511 of 520 copies. Hardcover. Navy cloth/boards, gilt spine lettering; [xxvii], [5], [xxxii] 203 p.; 34 bw plates. From the introduction: Some seven months after his death, a sale of the fifth Duc d'Aumont's collection took place at the magnificent town house... More
The Life and Adventures of James W. Marshall, the Discoverer of Gold in California
San Francisco: George Fields, 1935. Hardbound. Green paper covered boards. xvi, {2}, 144 pp. Frontispiece portrait, 2 folding plates, folding color map. One of 500 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. More