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
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
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
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
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
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
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
(New York): Columbia College, 1920. Softcover. Stapled cotton rag paper sheets, double-leaaves and folded in the Chinese style may or may not be missing covers. 14 printed sheets in color including the title-page. Sheets measure 9.75" x 12.75" Exquisitely simple plates in basic colors, most are multi-colored. OCLC locates just..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
London, England: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1972. Softcover. Blue wraps; 100 pp.; No illustrations. More
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
Tokyo: Rikogakusha, 1994. Hardcover. Off-white boards with brown lettering on the spine; colorful DJ with blue, white and red lettering; [122] pp.; richly illustrated. Text in Japanese. More
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
Boston: Ars Libri, 1994. Softcover. Glossy illustrated wraps. 60 pages : illustrations (some color). Catalog #101. Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-60). More
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
Worcester, MA: The Davis Press, 1906. Hardcover. Orange cloth. 118 pp (actually 108 pp). BW illustrations. More
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
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