Geneva: Patrick Cramer, Publisher, 1994. Hardcover. Brown and decorated cloth, white and illus. dust jacket, 300 pp., many BW and color illus.; held in white cardboard slipcase. The annotated and illustrated catalogue provides details on the 120 books, albums, and catalogues that were illustrated by French artist André Masson (1896-1987)... More
London: Quartet Books, 1978. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt letters on spine, black and color illus. dust jacket, 128 pp., many BW illus.; held in blue paperboard slipcase. Biography of English poet and patron of surrealistic art Edward James (1907-1984). More
New York: Abrams, 1970. Revised Second Edition. Hardcover. Terra cotta cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Glossy, cream dj with gilt lettering and French folds. One small color image on front and a large color image on back. xxi, 630 pp. with more than 780 illustrations, 75 in color, including several folding plates... More
New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1973. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards; red lettering. Bw-illus. dj with red lettering. 304 pp. with 21 color plates and more than 300 bw illustrations. Published in association with the New York Graphic Society Ltd. With a foreword by Thomas Messer. Based on a major... More
Köln (Cologne), Germany: Buchhandlung Walther König, 1971. Softcover. Red and BW illus. wraps, 175 pp., 74 BW illus. Text is in German. Presents the work of German artist and art historian Walter Dexel (1890-1972). With an introduction by Walter Vitt. The lightly annotated and illustrated catalogue presents 73 pieces. Includes... More
Boston, Massachusetts: Dudley A. Weiss, 1989. Hardcover. Red buckram, gilt letters on spine and front cover; approx. 400 pp.. charts, 1 BW illus. of author. Weiss served as the executive director of the Library Binding Institute from 1952-1982. This memoir offers a history of the organization as well. A rare... More
Milan: Iolas Gallery, 1971. Paperback. Cream card wraps; black lettering and French flaps. [52] with 20 tipped-in color plates. Color-illustrated announcement card for a later exhibition laid in. Catalogue from the exhibit of works by William Copley, held January 1971. Includes a quote by Copley (CPLY), the color images, and a professional bio. Scarce. More
Munchen: Edition Schellmann, 1995. Hardcover. Grey cloth/boards; black lettering. Glossy, white dj with color image and black lettering. 227 pp. with 154 works pictured in color and/or bw, some with multiple views. The complete catalogue of the original prints of Christo with more than 160 lithographs, screenprints, and multiples, for... More
New York: OUP, 2009. Hardcover. Brown cloth/boards; blue spine. Beige, photographic dj with brown lettering on spine. xxv, 283, [1] pp. with occasional bw photographs, numbered by chapter. Darwin's Camera tells the extraordinary story of how Charles Darwin changed the way pictures are seen and made. In his illustrated masterpiece... More
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Hardcover. Navy blue boards; gilt lettering. Turquoise illus. dj with white lettering. x, 243 pp. with no illus. Art, Theory and Culture in Sixteenth-Century Italy offers a critical overview of the literature on the visual arts produced during the High and Late Renaissance. Analyzing... More
New York: OUP, 1999. Hardcover. Glossy, illus. boards; yellow lettering on grey spine. 141 pp. with occasional bw images. Part of the Oxford Portraits in Science series of scientific biographies for young adults. More
North Sydney, Australia: Georg Allen & Unwin Australia Pty., Lts. 1984. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards; gilt letterin. White illus. dj with green lettering. xii, 235 pp. with occasional bw photos and charts. The first systematic treatment of th epolitical experience of Australian women. More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co. 1907. Hardcover. Red cloth/boards; illustrated paste-down on front cover. 223 pp. with bw frontis and 6 additional bw illustrations. A classic by Henry Rideout. The story of a cat bought by a young American girl who is traveling with her aunt in China and... More
Rockport, Massachusetts: Art Instruction Associates, 1980. Spiral bound. Goldenrod wraps with black comb binding; black lettering. 133 pp. with color and bw images. A primer on oil painting. Includes the 7 fundamentals of painting and all sorts of information the beginning painter would need to know on perspective, proportion, colors... More
Pacific Palisades, CA: Brana Fine Art, 2002. Hardcover. White and color illus. boards, 234 pp., many color and BW illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2002 exhibition of artwork by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali (1904-1989). With a remembrance by Luis Romero. Otherwise, this book is all about the artwork: dozens... More
Boston: Messrs. R.C. & N.M. Vose, 1921. Ephemera. Ivory wraps. Black lettering and bw image. [8] with 5 bw plates. Catalogue from the exhibition celebrating the 80th anniversary of the establishment of Vose. Includes an essay and the partial list of works on view (21 listed). Actual title: Messrs. R.C.... More
Boston: The Robert C. Vose Galleries, 1947. Ephemera. Small, ivory stapled wraps; black lettering. [8] with 1 bw illustration. Catalogue/invitation from the exhibition held March 1947, marking the 50th anniversary of Robert Churchill Vose as a Boston art dealer and the 106th year of the founding of the Vose house... More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1986. Hardcover. Beige stamped cloth, pink and illus. dust jacket with mylar cover; 224 pp., 100+ BW and color illus.; held in original cardboard slipcase. On front cover: Chagall, Lithographs VI. The sixth and final part of a six-volume series devoted to the lithographs produced... More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1984. Hardcover. Beige stamped cloth, blue and illus. dust jacket with mylar cover; 250 pp., 303 BW and color illus. On front cover: Chagall, Lithographs V. The fifh in a six-volume series devoted to the lithographs produced by Russian-French artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985). With an... More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1974. Hardcover. Beige stamped cloth, blue and illus. dust jacket with mylar cover; 180 pp., 130+ BW and color illus., 1 original lithograph; held in original cardboard slipcase. On front cover: Chagall, Lithographs IV. The fourth in a six-volume series devoted to the lithographs produced... More
New York: Frederick Keppel & Co. 1911. circa 1911. Paperback. Small, grey wraps; black lettering. 42 pp. with 11 bw plates. The essay by Mrs. Van Rensselaer is reprinted from The Independent. Keppel's essay is a sketch of the Life of Millet. Also included is a list of Millet's original... More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1975. Hardcover. Blue stamped cloth, white and color illus. dust jacket, 160 pp., BW and color illus. Presents the intricate and colorful posters associated with Russian-French artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985). Consists of his own posters, engraved by him; his posters engraved by Charles Sorlier; and... More
Boston: Craftsmen Gallery, Inc. 1984. Ephemera. Glossy brown tri-fold wraps; 3 order forms and 1 additional sheet laid in. Catalogue of Mission furniture. Includes 3 ordering forms and a sheet with an essay about the company and products. More
Boston: Craftsmen Gallery, Inc. 1983. Paperback. Tan stapled wraps with black lettering and decoration. [44] with bw images throughout. Catalogue of Mission furniture, accessories, lighting, metalwork, and art pottery, all original from the period. With an introductory essay regarding Elbert Hubbard and Roycrofters. More
Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1963. Softcover. Cream and color illus. wraps in original tissue guard jacket, 189 pp., 146 color plates. Text is in French. Considers the lithographic work of French painter Georges Braque (1882-1963). With an introductory essay by Francis Ponge. Otherwise, this illustrated catalogue presents more than 140... More
