New York: David McKay Company, 1973. An "inside story" tell-all about the New York art scene, rather scholarly, footnoted. (Things probably haven't changed much since this was originally written.) This is a Near Fine copy of the Second Printing of the First Edition. Purple cloth binding, embossed with a Roy Lichtenstein briushstroke, gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 395 pages, indexed. Previous-owner signature on the FFEP, small bookstore sticker on the rear endpapers, else Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped, with just a bit of wrinkling, mostly confined to the rear panel. In an archiva... View More...
New York: R.H. Russell, 1898. Fitz Roy Carrington (1869-1954), editor, curator, lecturer on Fine Art Prints, prepared several lovely editions such as this. Here is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Vellum binding with gilt decorative emblems on the front cover. Clean text; 103 pages, with lovely illustrations and an "archaic" feel. Gift inscription on the FFEP; some scattered spotting throughout. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. First Edition. View More...
Ann Arbor: Edwin Aprill, Jr., 1967. Frank Frazetta (1928-2010) is perhaps the most renowned fantasy and science fiction artists, famed for his cover illustrations of Robert E. Howard's novels. He had an early career as a comic book artist. This reproduces one of the strips from 1952. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, which is LIMITED to one thousand copies. Large format paperbound with Frazetta artwork on the covers. Clean text; very faint floodmark on the cover; else, a Fine copy. . Limited. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Frank Frazetta. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. View More...
Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Canadian master printmaker Saul Field created a "Bloomsday Suite" for exhibition in 1967, reflecting his fascination with James Joyce's "Ulysses." This beautiful book is based upon that endeavor, containing numerous illustrations. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, which is LIMITED to 250 copies. Light green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 120 pages. SIGNED by Saul Field and Morton Levitt on the Title Page. Includied is an original engraving printed on Barcham green paper, also signed and numbered by the artist.... View More...
Montevideo: Instituto General Electric, 1967. Exhibition catalog for a show of woodcuts, lithographs, and illustrated books by the famed printmaker Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013). White wraps; twelve pages, with six illustrated works within. Tipped into the first page opposite the Title is an original woodcut in a red ochre ink that is titled ("Autobiographia"), dated (1967), and SIGNED by the artist. Very Good (Minus) condition. Although bright and clean, the booklet suffers from some creasing.; however, this does not affect the original print, which could be removed and framed by itself. Fras... View More...
New York: Viking, 1973. An entertaining romp through the fraud, swindling, and chicanery unfortunately rampant in the world of art and money. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Dark blue cloth binding with silver lettering. Clean text; 246 pages, indexed. The dustjacket is unclipped, with a small chip to the lamination on the rear panel. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
New York: Viking, 1958. A continuation of Hanum's book "Spin a Silver Dollar," which told the story of Jimmy Toddy (Beatien Yazz), an artistic prodigy. Beautifully illustrated with eight full color paintings bythe Navajo artist. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Brown marbled paper-covered boards with a tan linen spine. Clean text; 206 pages. The dustjacket is unclipped; a very light bit of soiling on the spine, else Fine. In a plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Beatien Yazz (Jimmy Toddy). Dust jacket present. First... View More...
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1982. Immendorf (1945-2007), one of the best-known German artists of the late 20th century, was a painter, sculptor, and stage designer. This volume contains drawings, both color and black and white, along with a poem by A.R. Penck. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Iillustrated boards of thick cardboard. Unpaginated (about 75 pages). No dustjacket, as issued. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition. View More...
London: J.N. Boydell and Company & G. And W. Nicol, 1806. John Ireland (1742-1808), an enthusiast of the artist, edited John Trusler's "Hogarth Moralised" (1768) to produce these works. First published in two volumes in 1793; a third supplemental volume came out in 1798. These are Very Good copies of the Third Edition (stated). Full leather binding, decorated with decorative both blind and gilt stampings. The spines are ruled and decorated in gilt, with titling in gilt within red and black compartments. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Volume One has a frontis portrait of Ireland and the half... View More...
London: Nobrow Press, 2014. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition [stated "This is a first edition"], an illustrated exploration that "...highlights the relationships and connections of creatives during a very innovative and exciting period in design." Some of the connections; Charlie Chaplin, Steve McQueen, Alan Lustig. The artwork, on both sides of the "page" folds out to over six feets. A pocket contains a fold-out poster.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition. View More...
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1913. Although Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956) wrote essays and novels, he is best remembered for his witty caricatures of popular politicians and personalities of the day. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of his fifth book of drawings, the First American Edition. Bright green cloth binding, with one of Max's drawings reproduced and filled with gilt. Forty-eight halftone drawings are tipped onto heavy, stiff brown paper stock; the last two are line drawings on white paper. Some light staining to the front endpapers; corners are bumped, but not badly. The dustwra... View More...
New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1994. Expanded from a long "New Yorker" article, McPhee investigates the underground world of Soviet dissident art. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition (stated). Red cloth binding with black lettering on the spine.Clean and fresh text; 181 pages. The dustjacket is unclipped, also Fine. In a plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. Essays on the prime-movers of 20th-Century modernism; the author's first book. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine; fifty illustrations. Clean text; 146 pages. The dustjacket is also Fine; in a plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
[Belgium]: [Die Keure], 2006. Produced as a conceptual art project nominated for the Beck's Future Prize, this is based on the 1922 edition of Joyce's seminal modern work. The artist has alphabetized Joyce's words into a long list of letters and punctuation. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, which was LIMITED to 1000 copies, SIGNED and NUMBERED by the artist. This is copy number 728. Published in green wraps; a tiny bit of rub at the margins. In an archival plastic protector.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Editio... View More...
London: Faber & Faber, 1968. Originally published in 1933, and considered an important and standard work on modern aesthetics. This is a Very Good copy of the new and enlarged edition (First Edition Thus).Illustrated with 196 plates, including four in colour. Gray cloth binding with black and red lettering on the spine. Text is clean; 144 pages, indexed, with the illustrations following. Some offset from the dustwrapper to the endpapers, and the gutters a bit weak. The dustwrapper is Good only, with several large chips. In an archival plastic protector. A serviceable copy of this famous book. ... View More...
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1884. Ruskin (1819-1900) was the premier art critic of the Victorian era. This is Volume One only of what was issued as a three-volume set, one of his most famous works. Green decorative cloth binding; lettering and decorations stamped in gilt. Clean text; 434 pages, with Appendices. There is a newspaper clipping laid-in to page 5 of the Preface, which has offset. Period previous-owned signature on the second free endpaper. A very nice little volume, mildly bumped and with minimal rubbing Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good ... View More...
New York, London, Sydney, Singapore: Simon & Schuster, 1999. The author has previously published biographies of Van Gogh, Mary Renault, and Gaugin. First published in England; this is a Fine copy of the First American Edition. White paper-covered boards with a red spine, silver lettering. Clean text: 512 pages, indexed. The dustjacket is unclipped and Fine; in a plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1941. Arthur Szyk (1894-1951), a Polish Jew (later American citizen) became one of the most renowned illustrators of the Twentieth Century. A superior draftsman, his work often resembles that of a Medieval miniaturist - as in his version of the Haggadah, published in 1940. The rise of fascism had long alarmed him, and one year later came this book of "cartoons" mocking the Axis through brilliant caricature. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Foreward by J.J. Horowitz; Introduction by Roger W. Straus, Jr. Light-olive cloth binding with black titling on ... View More...
New York: Orion Press/Grossman Publishers, 1972. The story of the "Bateau-Lavoir," a broken-down building that served as the meeting point for the great French artists and poets of the early XXth century. Translated fby Carol Green. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Mauve cloth binding with gilt lettering. Profusely illustrated. Clean text; 241 pages. The dustjacket is unclipped and Fine; in an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
New York: Oxford University Press, 1939. This collection of children's drawings reflects the horrors of the Spanish Civil War as seen by its innocents. Copyright is held by the Spanish Child Welfare Association of America for the American Friends Service Committee. Introduction by Aldous Huxley. This is a Very Good (Plus) to near Fine copy. Orange paper wraps with black cloth spine; one of the drawings is reproduced on the front cover. Clean text; 14 pages, followed by the sixty plates. Moderate soiling; lightly sunned at the margins. There is a small previous-owner label on the verso of the f... View More...
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