The Blue Book of Pacific Island Designs
Fellowcrafters Inc, 1946. Hardcover. Green library buckram. Blue wrapper bound in. 25 plates. Features winning student designs from the Fellowcrafters' First Annual Applied-Design Contest. More
Art Technique
Book of Alphabets designed for the Use of Painters, Sign Writers, Draughtsmen, Etc.
New York: Excelsior Publishing House, circa 1865. Hardbound. Bound into reddish boards, first few pages present in preservatrion-quality plastic sheething, followed by 114 different typesets / alphabets on about 80 pp. Published by or distributed by McKeon & Schofield, Proprietors. Scarce, and the sort of book that normally would have..... More
COLOR CHEMISTRY: Number One of a Series of Monographs on Color -- COLOR AS LIGHT: Number Two of a Series of Monographs on Color -- COLOR IN USE: Number Three of a Series of Monographs on Color
New York: Research Laboratories of the International Printing Ink Corporation and Subsidiary Companies, 1935. Hardbound. Three cardboards-bound volumes in cardboard slipcase. 3 vols, large 8vo, (2), 18; (2), 21; (2), 17, (11)pp, folding color plate with color wheel & 3 color stops, hundreds of color illustrations. The first volume treats..... More
Drawing For Young Children: Containing One Hundred and Fifty Drawing Copies, and Numerous Exercises
New York, NY: James Miller, 1870s - 1880s. Hardcover. Purplish-blue cloth over boards; Gold lettering and black decoration on front cover; Unpaginated, approx. 120 pp.; 472 bw line drawings. Published under the superintendence of the Society For the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, London; Includes an introduction and tips on drawing..... More
The Flag and Soldier Painting Book (McLoughlin Book No. 992)
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1900 circa. Hardcover. Color lithographed boards with embossed cloth spine. 70 sheets including 6 color lithographed plates. In better than expected condition for these type of books. This one has enjoyed the benefit of a busy, if not skilled hand, who has colored in some of..... More
La Vie mysterieuse des chefs-d'œuvre : la science au service de l'art
Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1980. Color pictorial wraps. 334 pp., (6) pp., profusely illustrated in mostly bw. Text is entirely in French. A fantastic catalogue, would be epic if it were to be translated into English. Very detailed examination of various historicalo artifacts. More
The principles of design and colour : comprising the arrangement and disposition of forms with facility and success in the various patterns for silk, cotton, woollen, paper, and other manufactures : together with the matching of colors : so as to produce elegance and richness of effect : illustrated with plates containing diagrams of the principles of color.
London: Ackermann & Co., 1847. Hardbound. Library cloth. iv, [2], 17 pp., followed by 2 (of 3) color plates with tissue guards. Lacks the third plate (called plate 4 in some places within the text). Scarce, worldcat locates three copies. More
The Protection of Cultural Resources Against the Hazards of War: A Preliminary Handbook
Washington: National Resources Planning Board, 1942. Paperback. Blue stapled wraps with black lettering. v; 46 pp. Prepared by the Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources, February 1942. Contents include The role of libraries, museums, and archival agencies in wartime; Hazards of war to which cultural resources are exposed; The selection..... More
Real Penwork: Self-Instructor in Penmanship
Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Knowles & Maxim, 1882. Hardcover. Oblong black boards with gilt illustrations, green cloth spine and corners. 82 unnumbered pp. Many BW illustrations. Despite its condition, this is still a beautiful instructional book on the dying art of penmanship. This book describes in detail how to write in cursive..... More
The Right Palette
New York: M. Grumbacher, 1927, March and April. Softbound. Printed wraps. 16 pp. each, few bw illustrations in the form of clever ads. A most uncommon publication presented by Grumbacher, best known for it's manufacture and marketing of artist's supplies. The lead article "What is Modern Art: is authored by..... More
The English School of Painting in Water Colours; Its Theory and Practice. With the Several Stages of Progression.
London: Day and Son, 1861. Hardcover. Black library buckram. 132 pp + 26 color plates (each page with a single large or multiple small chromolithographs, pasted down). Overview of and treatise on watercolor technique by Aaron Edward Penley (1806–1870), published in 1861. More
The Secret of The Old Masters
NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1906. Hardcover. Olive cloth. x, 198 pp. Filled with lost secrets used by early painters. Includes notes on varnishes, canvases, oils, etc. Scarce. More
Figure Drawing Comes to Life
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1957. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with white lettering and illustration; white DJ with coloful lettering and black illustration; 160 pp.; richly illustrated. "A series of experiments in drawing the figure conducted by Calvin Albert, interpreted in a text by Dorothy Gees Seckler." -- WorldCat. More
National Exhibition Service, Handbooks 2, 3, 4 and Supplement to No. 2
Washington, DC: American Federation of Arts, 1937-1940. Softbound. Paper wraps. 4 volumes. These are fantastic as sources of what exhibition packages were available to Museums, Colleges, Libraries, Art Associations, Clubs and High Schools during this time period. The booklet gives a brief description of each, including the cost for it..... More
Handbook of Young Artists and Amateurs in Oil Painting
New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1848. 1st. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt border on cover, elaborate gilt design on spine, top edge gilt. xxxiii, (4), 398, (2), 6 pp. ads at rear. Discusses and details anything and everything concerning techniques utilzed during the production of Fine Art. A scarce first..... More
Training the Conservation of Paintings: Report of a Committee to Consider the Establishment of an Institute for Training in the Conservation of Paintings and Drawings
London, England: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1972. Softcover. Blue wraps; 100 pp.; No illustrations. More
The Treatment of Paper for Special Purposes: A Practical Introduction to the Preparation of Paper Products for a Great Variety of Purposes
London: Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1907. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards; Gilt titling to spine and front cover; 239 pp. plus 24 pp. advertising other titles; 48 bw figures. A guide to parchment paper, transfer paper, preservative paper, fireproof and antifalsification papers, metal papers, colored papers, and many other types..... More
Handbook of Print Making and Print Makers
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. Hardcover. Tan cloth, 255 pp., 8 BW engraved plates. A summary of extant printing processes: Etching and dry-point, line-engraving, woodcut and wood-engraving, mezzotint, aquatint, color-printing, and lithography. More
Modern Art
Boston: Ars Libri, 1994. Softcover. Glossy illustrated wraps. 60 pages : illustrations (some color). Catalog #101. Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-60). More
The art of chromolithography. Popularly explained and illustrated by forty-four plates showing separate impressions of all the stones employed: and all the progressive printings in combination, from the first colour to the finished picture
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. Hardbound. Golden cloth utility library binding. (vi)+24 pp with 44 plates by Lemercier & Co. A terrific working copy of this classic and informative descriptive text. Fabulous plates. Because of the perforation stamps to the plates, sold as a reference copy. More
Copper Work: A Text Book for Teachers and Students in the Manual Arts
Worcester, MA: The Davis Press, 1906. Hardcover. Orange cloth. 118 pp (actually 108 pp). BW illustrations. More
Copper Work: A Text Book for Teachers and Students in the Manual Arts
Worcester, MA: The Davis Press, 1906. Hardcover. A rebound copy, possibly the work of an art student, and done long ago (1950s or earlier): plain, grey cardboard with black hand lettering and border; vellum spine with same lettering. Grey pastes-down end papers may be original paperback covers (?), and original..... More
Suzy Frelinghuysen & George L.K. Morris: American Abstract Artists, Aspects of Their Work & Collection
Williamstown, Mass. Williams College Museum of Art, 1992. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 64 pages : illustrations (some color). Lenox Exhibition catalog./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-60). More
Experimental Researches Concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Colours; and the Best Means of Producing Them by Dyeing, Calico Printing, etc. (2 Volume Set)
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies. Hardcover. Marbled boards, 3/4 cognac leather binding, fived raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. New end papers. Volume I is 542 pages, volume II is 518 pages. Important book on the methods and processes of dyeing by Edward Bancroft, "Fellow of the Royal..... More
Experimental Researches Concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Colours; and the Best Means of Producing Them by Dyeing, Calico Printing, etc. (VOLUME II only)
Philadelphia: T. Dobson, 1814. Hardcover. Quarter-bound brown cloth spine and light blue paper-covered boards with mounted title block on spine with black lettering; 396 pp. (untrimmed). THIS IS VOLUME II ONLY OF this important work on the methods and processes of dyeing by Edward Bancroft, "Fellow of the Royal Society..... More