1898-1948. Hardbound. Mostly green cloth, various paginations and illustrations per volume. A substantial run of this most important and vital American Art reference. Missing only v. 2 (1899), v. 5 (1904-05), and v. 23 (1926). A total of 34 physical volumes. Although catalogued into Thomas Falk's Who Was Who In... More about American Art Annual (34 of 37 vols
Barcelona, Catalunya: IEMed (European Institute of the Mediterranean), 2004. Hardcover. Black boards with glossy black lettering. 611 pp. Hundreds of color plates and illustrations. A beautiful catalogue with vibrant illustrations on glossy pages. This compilation of articles was written for the exhibition of the same name at the History Museum... More about Mediterraneum: Splendour Of The Medieval Mediterranean, 13th-15th Centuries
Paris: n/a, 1954. Cardboard cover with cream paper wrapper, green titles. Unpaginated. Illustrated with many b/w photos. Heavy book, extra postage charge likely. Parallel text in French and English. Gives a history of the silver and gold smith's art from ancient to contemporary times and their works in Europe and..... More about L'Orfevrerie Contemporaine en Europe et en Amerique
Milan, Italy: Franco Maria Ricci / Musei Vaticani, 2004. First French edition. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; 214 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Text in French; A wonderfully illustrated guide to the collection held at the Gregorian Etruscan Museum at the Vatican; Many full-page plates; Extensive text. More about Vatican: Musee Gregorien Etrusque
Dublin: J. Potts and J. Williams, 1769. ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A REPRINT. Leather bound. Brown leather/boards. Five raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. Tooled edging all around. xvi, 174 pp. with 1 bw illustrations and 3 folding bw plates of a plan of the Lake of Kilarny in the... More about Hibernia curiosa. A letter from a gentleman in Dublin, to his friend at Dover in Kent. Giving a...
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1979. Hardcover. Crimson cloth, gilt letters on spine, tan & color illus. dust jacket, 366 pp., 453 BW illus., 20 color plates. "Francis Picabia (1879-1953) played a key role in the history of modern art, and particularly in Dada and the development of abstract art... More about Francis Picabia: His Art, Life and Times
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards; Gold lettering on spine and front cover; 387 pp.; 69 bw maps and diagrams; 8 bw illus.; 1 fold-out color map in back of book. The story of World War I told from the Russian standpoint, as opposed... More about The Unknown War: The Eastern Front
New York: Larry Clark, 1979. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with silver stamped lettering on spine, black, BW-photographic dust jacket with black lettering. 61 pp. Mainly comprised of BW photographs. Originally published in 1971 in paperback, self-published by Clark in hardcover in 1979. Signed by Larry Clark at bottom right corner... More about Tulsa
Paris: Librarie Centrale D'Art et D'Architecture, Ancienne Maison Morel, : C. Eggimann, succr. 1912, circa. Hardcover. Elephant folio with sheets 14.125 x 20" surrounded by thick printed boards with remnants of ties and newer taped spine. Halt-title, presentation sheet, Title-page, 40 pp., followed by 136 plates (1 color, and 4-5... More about Le Parthénon. l'Architecture et la sculpture. Photographies de Fre de ric Boissonnas et W.A....
Paris: Galerie Jacques de Vos, 1990. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps with French flaps; 135 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Parallel text, French and English; Accompanied a gallery exhibition devoted to the interiors and furniture of French interior designer Jean-Michel Frank and his associates Christian Berard, Andre Groult, Adolphe... More about Jean-Michel Frank: Interieurs aux sources du XXeme siecle
Recklinghausen, Germany: Verlag Aurel Bongers, 1975. Hardcover. Russet-colored cloth, color illus. dust jacket, 426 pp., 1115 illus., mostly in BW, 5 fold-outs. Text is in German. Explores the life and work of German painter Heinrich von Zugel (1850-1941), known best for his plein-air depictions of domestic animals. He was far... More about Heinrich von Zügel: Leben, Schaffen, Werk
Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, [1950?]. Hardcover. Darkest siena stamped cloth, gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover; 232 pp., many BW illus. The fourth volume of an eventual 72-volume set providing details about the lives and works of Dutch and Flemish artists who produced prints, etchings, engravings and woodcuts... More about Dutch and Flemish Etchings Engravings and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700: Volume IV, Brun-Coques
Torino: Allemandi, 2010. Hardcover. Gray boards with blue spine, inlaid color illustration and lettering in gold and black. 173 pp. BW and color illustrations. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of works from the collection of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum held at the Basil & Elise... More about Noguchi: Between East and West
Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1925. Hardbound. 2 Volumes. Vol. 1: Blue cloth and paper covers. 367 pp. Vol. 2: Plates 1-64. Not uncommon in research libraries, but unseen in the marketplace. An acceptable copy that will contribute to your knowledge store. More about The Culture of the Babylonians, From Their Seals In The Collections of the Museum (Publications...
Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery Trustees, 1938 - 1947. Softcover. Plain paper wraps, each year a different color, with colored lettering and a blind stamp of the museum's insignia. Each volume has +/- 125 pp. with bw images throughout. Each volume contains 7-10 articles examining various pieces of art in... More about The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery, Vols. I - X
Milano: U. Hoepli, 1907. Hardbound. Greenish paper over boards with brown leather spine and gold spine lettering; 53 numbered plates and additional bw figures. Text in Italian. Of the 53 numbered plates, 18 are double leaves, hinged in at the center fold. Of these 18, 8 are 3-color halftones. One... More about Le Nozze Aldobrandine: i paesaggi con scene dell'Odissea e le altre pitture murali antiche...
New York City: Dodge Publishing Co., 1905. Hardcover. Full deep leather with five raised bands and gilt title in second compartment. Softly marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Unpaginated with 28 photographs printed directly to tissue paper, and 41 pages of text printed to recto of sheets only. Tri-Colored preliminary explains... More about The Rubaiyat of Amar Khayyam (translated into English verse by Edward FitzGerald ; with...
London: The Proprietor, Sold by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green [etc.], 1828. Hardbound. Brown buckram with gilt titles on spine; [4] [xxv] [258] pp; 129 engravings on 117 plates, with plain paper guard sheets. No frontispiece, engraved section page. Folio, heavy. A complete set of prints in this very... More about A Collection of one hundred and twenty-nine fac-similes of Scarce and Curious Prints, by Early...
Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press, 1929. 542/600 copies with signed etching. Hardcover. Burlap binding with cream paper spine label and light blue paper board covers, no dust jacket. xxii/100 pp. 61 b+w illus. Volume 4 of 5 eventual volumes of Benson's Etchings and Drypoints, compiled... More about Etchings and Drypoints By Frank W. Benson: An Illustrated and Descriptive Catalog: Volume Four
Paris: 1888. Hardbound. 3/4 Brown Moroccan leather with vellum boards, elaborate gilt design, five raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers with one etched bookplate inside front cover and another gallery bookplate on front marbled free endpaper. Includes 31 original etchings. Binding is signed Stikeman & Co., book... More about Catalogue des Tableaux Modernes par Bonington, Corot, Decamps, Delacroix...Composant l'important...
New York, NY: D.A.P., 2007. Hardcover. Navy stamped boards with orange lettering. Yellow dust jacket with orange spine lettering. 343 pp. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held Feb. 20-Apr. 22, 2007, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, and Sept. 12-Dec. 8, 2007, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New... More about The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection
West Islip, NY: ULAE Inc, 1981. Hardbound. White leatherette with padding, with gilt silver impressed title in the style of handwriting; the whole contained in a beige cloth slipcase. Printed on thick wove paper with ragged edges, top edge silver gilt. Introductory essay followed by 45 bw images printed upon... More about Photos in + Out City Limits Boston
Houston ; Köln: Menil Foundation ; DuMont Schauberg, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. White paper boards, blue cloth spine, white dust jacket with black titles. xvi, 396 pp. 740 black and white illustrations. Text in German, introduction in English and French, with inserted 4-page translation guide. This fourth volume comprises 740... More about Max Ernst, oeuvre-katalog, Werke 1929-1938 (Volume 4
New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1984. Hardcover. Navy cloth. iv, 385 pp. + 295 bw plates. Ph. D. thesis submitted at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. Scholarly examination of Moore's drawings from 1921 to the 1950's. More about The Drawings of Henry Moore
