New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Maroon cloth with gilt stamped titles. viii, 445 pages ; 22 cm. Art and common sense.--Ingres: a pilgrimage to Montauban.--The magic of mere paint.--Contemporary European painting.--A note on French military painting.--The post-impressionist illusion.--A memorable exhibition.--Whistler.--Sargent.--Spanish art in Spain and elsewhere.--Secular types..... More
New York, New York: American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1928. Softcover. Tan wraps. 34 pp. 8 bw plates. Foreword by Royal Cortissoz. 54 works annotated. A nice little book. Rare. More
Boston: D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, 1940. Hardcover. Green boards with gilt lettering; top edge of text block is tinted red; 76 pp. This was produced on the occastion of the "Memorial Ceremony at the Annual Meeting of the Century," January 14, 1940. More
New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1931. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Red cloth. 57 pp. 21 bw repros. Five page commentary by Cortissoz, followed by a brief biographical sketch, then followed by bibliography and repros. More
Boston: Privately Printed / The Merrymount Press, 1937. Hardcover. Twelvemo. Hardcover. Navy boards with gilt stamped titles in glassine jacket. 6 preliminary leaves, [3]-46 pages frontispiece, plates 19 cm. Three articles published respectively on January 17th, 24th and 31st in the New York Herald Tribune: The Italian Paintings, The Italian..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. Hardcover. Gray cloth at spine, blue paper at boards; Top edges gilt; xii, 268 pp. 15 two-tone plates. A classic and early biography of American artist John La Farge (1835-1910). More
New York: Kennedy Graphics, Inc. / Da Capo Press, 1971. Hardcover. Brown leatherette, gilt letters on spine & front cover, 268 pp., 15 BW illus. Series: Library of American Art. "An unabridged republication of the first edition published in Boston and New York in 1911." (tp verso) Classic bio of..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. Hardcover. Gray cloth at spine, blue paper at boards; Top edges gilt; xii, 268 pp. 15 two-tone plates. A classic and early biography of American artist John La Farge (1835-1910). Contents are as follows: I.A Study for a Portrait -- II. Ancestry and Early Life..... More
1922. Wraps. xx, 17 + 56 pp. 57 bw plates. Title page is preceded by one plate, followed by an essay by Royal Cortissoz, which is followed by the annotated catalogue listing of 78 works. This is followed by 56 full page plates. Catalog of the exhibition held Mar. 20-Apr..... More
Saint Louis, Missouri: Newhouse Galleries, 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Dark green paper boards with dark green cloth spine; approx. 130 pp.; 11 pp. of text plus 56 bw plate pages with tissue guards. Showcases more than 50 selected paintings by American artist William Merritt Chase (1849-1916). With a two-page introductory..... More
Saint Louis, Missouri: Newhouse Galleries, 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Dark green paper boards with dark green cloth spine; approx. 130 pp.; 11 pp. of text plus 56 bw plate pages with tissue guards. Showcases more than 50 selected paintings by American artist William Merritt Chase (1849-1916). With a two-page introductory..... More
Saint Louis, Missouri: Newhouse Galleries, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Un-numbered copy of a limited edition. Dark green paper boards with dark green cloth spine; approx. 130 pp.; 11 pp. of text plus 56 bw plate pages with tissue guards. Showcases more than 50 selected paintings by American artist William Merritt..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Light blue cloth. 444 pp. 12 bw. Chapters on American topics include Early American Portraiture; The American Wing at The Metropolitan Museum; The American Business Building; American Industrial Art; The Centenary of George Inness; J. Alden Weir; Robert Blum; "291"; Fortuny; Zorn..... More
Paris / New York: Durand-Ruel, no date given (1923?). Softcover. Brown wraps; String-bound; 26 pp.; 1 bw photo; 7 bw plates. Accompanied an exhibition held at Durand-Ruel; Includes an essay by Royal Cortissoz; No date given, but 1923 is written on front cover--looks to be of that era. More
New York: Knoedler, 1941. Softcover. Blue wraps. [50] pp. 10 bw plates. Lists works by Twachtman, Hassam, Whistler, LaFarge, Homer, Ryder, Thayer, Dewing, Sargent and Davies. Also exhibiting were European artists from several centuries. Foreword by Cortissoz. Uncommon. More
New York: American Art Dealers Association, 1931. Hardcover. Brown boards with gilt lettering; oatmeal cloth spine with gilt lettering. xxiv + 100 bw plates. TEG. Lists and reproduces 100 pieces alphabetically, by name of the 100 artists represented. Covers the year ending June 1931. Also includes a membership list of..... More
New York: American Art Dealers Association, 1931. Hardcover. Brown boards with gilt lettering; oatmeal cloth spine with gilt lettering. xxiv + 100 bw plates. TEG. Lists and reproduces 100 pieces alphabetically, by name of the 100 artists represented. Covers the year ending June 1931. Also includes a membership list of..... More
New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1940. Hardcover. red cloth boards w/ gilt emblem. 54 pgs w/ bw illustrations. Lovely illustrations. More
New York: The Paisley Press, 1937. Hardbound. Thick woven cloth with remnants of dustjacket. 72 pp., with 21 tissue-guarded bw plates. Reminiscences of American artist Alexander Shilling (1860-1937) by friends and fellow artists. A rare collaboration of this many individuals, that stands as testament to this artist's influence and esteem..... More
New York, New York: Acanthus Press, 2003. Second, enlarged printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt titling at spine and front cover. BW pictorial dj. with brown and black lettering. 310 pp. Profusely illustrated in bw. Volume 6 in the Acanthus Press Reprint Series The 20th Century: Landmarks in Design. This..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Hardcover. Red cloth. xvii, 608 pp. 12 full page, 141 bw repros. Gilt embossed cover and spine. A very nice copy of this revised edition. A very useful and important general survey. In addition to the original chapters by Isham, Cortissoz continues with Recent..... More
New York: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration, 1937. Hardcover. black boards w/ white, handwritten title. pgs paginated 75-111 w/ 15 bw illustrations. April 1937 of Volume One, No. 3. More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Hardcover. Blue cloth. viii, 363 pp. 16 bw plates. Includes sections on Abbott Thayer, Dewing, George Fuller, George DeForest Brush, Eakins, Cox, Vedder, Ryder, Davies, Inness, Homer, Bunce, Robinson, Twachtman, Hassam, Metcalf, Blakelock, Murphy, many others. More
New York: Whitney Museum, 1931. Hardcover. Red cloth. 56 pp. 20 bw repros. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1907. Dec. black cl. 86 + plates pp. 24 bw plates. A lovely, early study on this sculptor. Tissue guards on all plates. Scarce. More
