The New York Historical Society, 1929-1974. CAVE. Softbound. 40 loose issues. This incomplete run from 1929-1974 includes these issues: Vol. 13:1,3; Vol. 15:4; Vol. 22:4; Vol. 31:4; Vol. 35:2; Vol. 36:1-4; Vol. 37:1-4; Vol. 38:1,2,4; Vol. 39:1-4; Vol. 43:1; Vol. 49:3; Vol. 50:3,4; Vol. 51:1-4; Vol. 52:1-3; Vol. 53: 2-4;... More
NY: American Art Association Inc, 1927. Softbound. Paper wraps. 136 pp. BW illustrations. Cover title is "Orientalia: Semi-Precious Stones, Porcelains, Potteries, Enamels and Furniture: The Collections of Mrs. Leopold Stokowski and Mr. Edward G. Getz with Additions." The Stokowski-Getz Collection. Catalogue lists 497 items, including "more than a hundred snuff... More
New York: Abaris Books, 1985. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt letters and lines on spine and front cover, 359 pp., 300+ BW illus. Part of a lengthy series of illustrated picture atlases presenting the reproduction of prints rendered by European masters. Once based primarily on the compilations created by Austrian... More
Brussels, Belgium: Arcade Press, 1963. Hardcover. 2 vols. Burgundy cloth, black title blocks with gilt letters on spines, black & illus. dust jackets, 356 pp. (Vol.1) + 208 BW plates, 4 fold-outs (Vol. 2). Focuses solely on identifying and chronicling the drawings of Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Volume... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth/boards. Gilt lettering. Claret dj with bw illus. and cream lettering. 132 pp. plus 52 bw plates. "The Meidias Painter, who worked in the closing decades of the 5th century BC, was one of the last great Athenian red-figure vase painters... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. Signed by the Author. Leather bound. Dark chocolate leather/boards; gilt decoration on covers and spine with two raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Moire end papers and matching stain place-holder ribbon. All edges gilt. 194 pages with color illustrations by Bob Dacey... More
Italy: Luciano d'Alessandro, nd. Original/Signed/Numbered. Folio. Elephant folio. Flexible boards covered in beautiful, heavy cream paper with fleurs-de-lis motif. Grey cloth spine. Cream cotton ties at 3 open edges. Contents include 3 bw photographs (11.5x15 inches), each signed/numbered. Each is mounted onto a bi-fold piece of heavy, black, textured art... More
Paris, France: Alphonse Picard, 1891. Hardcover. Brown cloth library binding; 702 pp.; 80 duotone plates; 500 bw figures. Text in French; An extensive look at the history of lighting, from Roman times through the nineteenth century; Wonderfully illustrated; Heavy. More
Haarlem: Joh. Enschede en Zonen, 1930. Hardcover. Boards covered in blue-grey paper with title labels on front cover and spine; 102 pp. with 8 additional pages of lists. Printed on beautiful rag paper, a lovely book of 11 examples of type faces, with numerous selections by designed by Didot l'Aine... More
London, England: H. Payne and W. Cropley, 1761. First. Hardcover. Brown leather; Raised bands and gilt titling at spine; 146 pp., 156 pp.; No illustrations. Two-volume set of Almoran and Hamlet by English author and editor John Hawkesworth; This is NOT a print-on-demand copy. More
Paris: Editions Abel Rambert, 1984, 1987. Hardcover. 2 vols. Gray or cream stamped cioth, gray or white & illus. dust jacket, cardboard slipcases for each vol., 782 pp., 1185 BW & color illus., + 47 pp. stapled paperback index. Text is in French, with essays in both French and English... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Hardcover. Black cloth with gilt square title on cover and spine. 259 pp. Copyright page has 1926 and the Scribners seal at the bottom. Title-page has 1927 at bottom center. Page 169 has "down-staris" on last line, instead of "downstairs or down-stairs" A very nice copy, suitable for gift-giving. More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1984. Hardbound. 5 vols., sky-blue cloth, 1466+ pp., 100s of BW illus. Vol. 1-4 text is in French. A 1984 reprint of Lemoisne's four-volume catalog, first published in the late 1940s -- reprinted together here. Contents are divided thusly: v,1 Jeunesse de Degas, ses premieres oeuvres... More
Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1878. First. Hardbound. Beautiful Blue crushed 3/4 leather (has turned green along the length of the exposed spine) with 5 raised bands, exceptional gilt design along the entire spine length. All edges gilt. ix, 192 pp. 48 stunning color chromolithographs. This is a stunning book... More
Paris: Abeille International, 1979. Hardcover. Pine green cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, black & color illus. dust jacket, 147 pp., 56 color plates, sundry BW illus. Text is in French. Showcases the collection of art rendered by the Eket people of Nigeria, and collected by French investment... More
1929. Hardbound. 3/4 green leather with gilt accents, raised bands with gilt devices and gilt title, matching fine woven green cloth covered boards. Original front paper cover bound in. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated in bw. Bound long ago by "A.D. Whiteside" (whose name is embossed in gilt letters towards the bottom... More
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1953. Hardcover. 2 Volumes. Light green stamped cloth. Tan marbled dust jackets. Vol 1: lxxv + 574 pp.; Vol 2: 200 watercolor plates with descriptions facing on tissue guards. OVERSIZE. A wonderful botanical reference work with full descriptions and beautiful illustrations. Volume I contains... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1905. Hardcover. Navy cloth, gilt lettering. 128 pp. xxix bw plates. Ancient Greek furniture, including materials, techniques, centers of manufacture, couch frame fillings, furnishings, and various styles. Quite rare. NOT A REPRINT EDITION. More
Milan, Italy: Franco Maria Ricci, 2001. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spine and front cover; Color plate affixed to front cover; 282 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Text in Italian; Napoleon's two campaigns in Italy as chronicled in watercolor by Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti and texts by French... More
Wien: Eduard Beyers Nachfolger, 1911. No. 399 of 400. Hardbound. Blue-green leather spine with marbleized boards; acetate covers; decorative end papers; 391 pp. with 57 colored and bw plates, covered by glassine papers. Text in German, with alphabetical listing of artists. More
1889. Hardcover. Red cloth and boards. Volume 1, the larger volume, features modern works and has paper-covered boards. Volume 2, featuring Old Masters, is entirely bound in cloth. In total, 181 pp. 100+ bw beautiful plates. A 16-page preface precedes a two-volume catalogue of crisp, lovely plates, all formerly in... More
Tokyo: Fuji Television Gallery, 1992. Softcover. Blue-grey pictorial wraps with black lettering; French flaps. Silver metallic end papers. 114 pp. with 23 works pictured in color (some with additional detail views); 9 bw illustrations; and a few photos of Kiefer's studio and of the "Elisabeth" installation. A separate black folder... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. Hardcover. Forest green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket is glossy and illustrated in color with Ruisdael's painting "Waterfall in a Hilly Wooded Landscape" on the front, and "Panorama of Amsterdam, Its Harbore, and the IJ" on the back, black lettering... More
Sankt Peterburg: A. F. Marksa, 1901. Hardcover. The complete, original individual paper wraps of the 1901 run of this periodical and supplement, all bound together in stunning, blue cloth/boards, decorated with highly-stylized image and gold title block with black (old style) Cyrillic lettering. Paginated consecutively over the year's run (804... More
