WRITING SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD: Alphabets, Syllabaries, Pictograms
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1991. Paperback. 122p. A new, unread softcover book. More
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STUDIOS AND STYLES OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
New York: Odyssey, 1966. Hardcover. 417p. Hardcover book in very good condition in like dustjacket. Owner's nameplate on front inside cover. Otherwise clean and tight. Oversize. Part of "The Arts of Mankind" series. 355 b/w and color plates, including foldout maps and photographs. More
LOOKING AT ANSEL ADAMS: The Photographs and the Man
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 254p. A large hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Measures approx. 10.9" x 9.5" More
CHARLES SHEELER: Artist in the American Tradition
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 203p. A red cloth hardcover book in essentially fine condition, apart from the spine being slightly faded. Clean and tight. Illustrated with many black and white plates. A handwritten note on the front free endpaper states that this..... More
THE GREATER JOURNEY: Americans in Paris
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 558p. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page. More
NEEDLECRAFT FOR THE HOME
New York: The Homemaker's Encyclopedia, Inc., 1952. Hardcover. 256p. A teal hardcover book in very good condition. Edges rubbed; otherwise clean and tight. A vintage sewing manual with black and white illustrations. More
OUTDOOR SKETCHING: Presenting Some Fundamental Principles for the Guidance of Students of Outdoor Sketching and Picture Making
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, Inc., 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 101p. A large hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Bottom of spine bumped, and owner's bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is worn at the corners and lightly faded on the..... More
PORTRAIT OF AN ERA as Drawn by C.D. Gibson
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 391p. Ex-library. A red cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Spine tanned and front free endpaper clipped off. Library marks inside and on spine, but text itself is clean and binding secure. A biography of the artist best remembered for..... More
THE LIVES OF THE PAINTERS, Volumes I-IV
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 4 vols. A set of four teal cloth hardcover books in near-fine condition. Spines slightly faded and foredges foxed, but interiors unmarked and securely bound. The fourth volume is full of plates, most of which are in..... More
BIBLIA PAUPERUM, Conteynynge Thirty and Eight Wodecuttes Illustrating the Liif, Parablis, and Miraclis offe Oure Blessid Lord & Saviour Jhesus Crist, with the Proper Descrypciouns therof Extracted fro the Originall Texte offe John Wiclif, Somtyme Rector of Lutterworth.
New York: A.C. Armstrong & Son, 1885. Limited Edition. Vellum. Ex-library. A hardcover book decoratively bound in vellum with brass clasps. FAIR condition. Besides having the usual library markings inside and on the spine, the hinges are cracked, the front free endpaper detached, and all pages tanned and brittle with..... More
VISIONS: THE ART OF BEV DOOLITTLE; A Catalogue of Published Works
The Greenwich Workshop, 1988. Paperback. 48p. An oblong softcover book in new, unread condition. A catalogue of Bev Doolittle's Native American paintings. More
THE BEST OF TIMES: An Account of Europe Revisited
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. Hardcover. 188p. An oversize hardcover book in very good condition with a fair dustjacket. Corners rubbed; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is badly chipped and has split along the fold lines. A work by the illustrator of the MADELINE series. This is an..... More
A CATALOGUE OF FRENCH BOOKS: BOOKS PRINTED IN FRANCE AND FRENCH BOOKS PRINTED IN OTHER COUNTRIES, FROM 1470 TO 1700 AD.
London: Maggs Brothers, 1926. Hardcover. Ex-library. Stamps on page edges and title page. Card pocket glued to front endpaper. Call numbers painted on spine. Slight yellowing to page edges. Otherwise a clean, tight book in very good condition. Library bound in brown cloth boards. 396p. Black and white plates and..... More
ERIC GILL: Man of Flesh and Spirit
New York: Universe Books, 1982. Later printing. Paperback. 304p. A softcover book in very good condition. Previous owner's plate, otherwise clean and tight. Contains many b/w illustrations. An examination of artist Eric Gill, combining writings of his own about theology, philosophy, and art, with commentary and biographical material by Malcolm..... More
SEWING MADE EASY
Garden City: Garden City Books, 1952. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 398p. A hardcover book in cery good condition with a like dustjacket. Foredges foxed; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is foxed and edgeworn. A vintage illustrated guide to sewing women's clothes. More
THE GOTHIC IDOL: Ideology and Image-making in Medieval Art
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Paperback. 407p. A softcover book in near-fine condition. Mild crinkling along the edges, and owner's name inside. Otherwise clean and tight. Contains lots of black and white illustrations. More
GEORGES ROUAULT: Exposition du Centenaire
Musee National D'Art Moderne, 1971. Paperback. 239p. A softcover book in very good condition. Clean and tight. Includes b/w and color illustrations. Text in French. A catalogue for the exhibition of Georges Rouault displayed in 1971 at the Musee National D'Art Moderne. More
MARY CASSATT: A Biography of the Great American Painter
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Hardcover. 333p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is edgeworn and has a few small closed tears, which are held with tape on the reverse side. More
THE GOTHIC CATHEDRAL: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. Paperback. 282p. A softcover book in fine condition. Bollingen Series XLVIII. More
JEAN FOUQUET AND HIS TIME
Switzerland: Pleiades Books, 1947. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Oversized blue cloth. Plates. 116p. Cover shows some fading and light shelf wear. Otherwise a clean and tight book in very good condition. Translated into English by Eveline Winkworth. Pictorial and textual sketch of 15th century France and the painter, Jean..... More
DICTATOR STYLE: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colorful Despots
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2006. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 119p. A new, unread hardcover book in dustjacket. A thoroughly illustrated guide to the lavish homes of 20th-century dictators. More
MICHELANGELO & THE POPE'S CEILING
New York: Walker & Company, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 373p. A very good hardcover book in a fine dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate, otherwise fine. Includes b/w and color plates. The story of the commissioning of the Sistine Chapel. More
THE HOUSE OF THE SINGING WINDS: The Life and Work of T.C. Steele
Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 209p. A green cloth hardcover book in fine condition. More
TREASURES FROM CHATSWORTH: the Devonshire Inheritance
International Exhibitions Foundation, 1979. Paperback. 235p. A softcover book in fine condition. Contains many color and b/w illustrations. An art collection on display in 1979. More
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