New York: Kennedy Galleries, Inc., 1969-1996. KAVE. Hardcover. Bound volumes and loose issues, combined. A full set of this publication, running from Vol. 1 (1969) to Vol. 27 (1996.) It begins with two orange-cloth bound books containing Vols. 1-4. The rest of the continuous run is made up of loose..... More
Pisa, Italy: Presso Niccolo Capurro, 1815. Hardbound. Green library cloth with gilt title on spine and white call letters. viii, 223 pp. Text is in Italian. Gives historical details and descriptions of the following palaces and collections: Palazzo di Pitti; R. Villa del Poggio Imperiale; R. Villa del Poggioa Cajano;..... More
Pittsford, NY: Pewter Collectors' Club of America, 1959-1974. KAVE. Hardcover. 3 bound volumes. These 3 bound volumes contain Vols. 4 (1959-1963), 5 (1964-1968), and 6 (1969-1974) of this membership publication. The spine lettering begins with "Bulletin of..." even though the actual periodical mastheads and covers do not. More
New York: Rose Fried Gallery: The Pinacotheca, 1950. Ephemera. Folded sheet, measures 17" wide and 22" high when unfolded and 9" x 5.5" when folded. AN exceptionally rare item. Contains an introduction by ARP, a listing of 18 works. Arp refers to him as the Christopher Columbus of Art. More
Paris: Verve, 1939. Softbound. Color illustrated paper wraps, 139pp, approx. 45 color plates and 54 BW plates. Text is in French. Contains numerous texts and plates by famous masters, not least of which are text by Paul Valery, Henri Michaux, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Painting reproductions include work..... More
Philadelphia, PA: The Barnes Foundation, 2015. Hardcover. Cloth slipcase, all volumes are hard cover. 3 volumes : illustrations (some color), portraits. "Despite the reknown of the Matisse holdings at the Barnes Foundation, these works have long remained uncatalogued and elusive to many, given the Foundation's restrictions on loans and color..... More
Paris: Librarie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1877. Hardbound. 3/4 red leather with 5 raised bands. Vol. 1 (1877): xi, 551 pp.; Vol. 2 (1878): 570 pp.; Vol. 3 (1879): 575 pp.; Vol. 4 (1880): 519 pp. All volumes profusely illustrated and 40 superb chromolithographs are spread amongst the 4 volumes..... More
Lawrence Hill, Derry, Northern Ireland: Field Day Publications, 1992. Hardcover. Three volume set bound in blue cloth boards, black title blocks and gilt lettering. A three volume set. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. More
Fribourg, Switzerland: Office du Livre, 1974. Hardcover. Tan cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spine; white & color illus. dust jacket; cardboard slipcase; 411 pp.; 482 plates and figures; 34 color plates tipped in; 448 bw figures. Text is in French; An expansive look at seventeenth-century still life painting in..... More
Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, [1950?]. Hardcover. Darkest siena stamped cloth, gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover; 272 pp., many BW illus. The fifth 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
1992. Black illustrated wraps. 104 pp. Numerous color plates. Catalogue lists 40 sumptuous items, each described in great detail in both Chinese and English. A substantial catalogue. More
New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 2006. Hardcover. 2 vols., Royal blue cloth, blue & color illus. dust jackets, matching illus. paper & cloth slipcase, 755 pp., 1200+ illus., 174 color plates. The two-volume catalog raisonne of American landscape painter Daniel Garber (1880-1958), who is best known for his depictions of..... More
Paris: C. P. Landon; Migneret; Chaignieau Aine; Annales du Musee, 1801-1813. Hardcover. 15 vols., an incomplete set (vols.1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 & vols. 2,3 from Seconde Collection. Red marbled boards with red spines, black title plates with gilt letters on spines; set totals 2234 pp., 1038 BW plates; takes up 18 inches of..... More
New Harmony, IN: Printed at The School Press, 1831-1838. Leather bound. 3/4 black leather with marbled boards and 4-raised bands with gilt title (Volume 1), 3/4 tan leather with gilt tooled lines and "Maclures Opinions" title on each volume (Volumes 2 and 3). All three volumes have the name "S..... More
Paris: Éditions de la revue Verve, 1945. Softcover. Green lithographed thiin paper covers over boards. Title-page followed by two Porchoir prints by Matiss (Title in cursive "de la Couleur HM" followed by La Chute d'Icaree, pagination is discontinuous (some pages numbered, then many are not, then numbered, etc. Two pages..... More
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
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1885. Hardbound. Wedgwood blue cloth with black and gold decoration and gold lettering; TEG; 15 of 20 etchings present. With commentary on each etching; works include 4 by Rembrandt with corresponding etchings by Rajon, Rlameng, Unger, and Jacquemart; Corot, with etching by Guerard;..... More
Malta: Publishers Enterprises Group, 1994. Hardcover. Azure cloth, white & pictorial dj, 509 pp., BW illus. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Interesting on several fronts. This is a biography of Queen Frederica of Hanover (1917-1981), the wife of King Paul I of Greece. It was written by Greek..... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and The American Antiquarian Society, 2005. Slipcased. All volumes: teal cloth/boards. Black title blocks on spine with gilt lettering. Matching teal cloth slipcase with no lettering. 2600 pages over the 3 volumes. HEAVY at 22 pounds (10 kilos) and will require extra postage. This..... More
London: 1910. Dulac, Edmund. Hodder & Stoughton. Hardcover. Red morocco-grain cloth lettered in gilt with ornate gilt spine and cover designs.. 128 pages, 30 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations. Contens: The sleeping beauty -- Blue Beard -- Cinderella -- Beauty and the beast. Beautiful illustrations by Edmund Dulac..... More
Paris: Societe internationale d'art XXe siecle, 1973. ARP 2 Boxes. Hardcover. Glossy multi-colored boards. with Robert Indiana design on cover. Text in French, with condensed versions of the articles in English at back. Articles on Braque, Picasso, Hartung, Miro, Gutherland and Yves Klein. Also, a large section on US Art..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967. Ugo Mulas, Photog. Stated First. Hardcover. Flax-colored linen over boards with black lettering on spine. Bw photographic end papers. No dj or slip case. 339 pp. with bw photos throughout. Includes a title essay by Solomon and sections of photographs, with captions and..... More
Milano: 1936. Hardbound. Grained textured boards. 264, [4] pp., 100 bw plates and illustrations. Catalogue lists 141 works in this collection. Text is in Italian. There are 100 bw illustrations of works following the lengthy essay. More
No place: No Publisher, No date. Hardcover. Greem portfolio with cloth ties, white paper label affixed to front c0over with lettering typical of 1930s. 29 illustrations printed on fine rag paper. A conundrum this book is. No text, no writing of any sort. 29 unnumbered sheets of original prints. Based..... More
