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1980. Arntzen, Etta, and Robert Rainwater. Guide to the Literature of Art History. Chicago: American Library Association 1980. 616p. Good hardcover (split to opening pages but binding very sturdy); no d.j., as issued. This copy belonged to Harvard fine arts librarian Wolfgang Freitag, with his pencil marks and underlinings in..... More
2010. Aronson, Judith. Likenesses: With the Sitters Writing about One Another. Manchester, UK: Lintott Press 2010. 132p, many large photos by Aronson printed in duotone. Fwd. by Charles Saumarez Smith, formerly head of the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery. Very good paperbound. Signed by the photographer. ** Compelling..... More
1889. Art Institute of Chicago; American Art Association. Exhibition of the Works of Vassili Verestchagin: Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue. Plus: First and Second Appendixes. Chicago, 1889. 3 items: 80p with many ills.; 14p, 35p. Very good stapled paperbounds (Second Appendix covers are soiled and sunned). Owner's small ink stamp on two..... More
1946. Ash, Lee, et al., eds. American Notes & Queries: 1946-1950, 1962-1976. Various places. 18 vols. (old and new series). Close to 200 issues, lacking 3 (May 1972, January and February 1974). Overall very good paperbounds (light normal storage wear and age browning; one cover is quite browned and shows..... More
1968. Asia House Gallery; Robert P. Griffing, Jr. The Art of the Korean Potter: Silla, Koryo, Yi. NY, 1968. 132p, over 100 ills., 8 in color. Very good to fine hardcover in d.j. Small bookplate partly removed from inside front endpaper. ** Handsome and comprehensive exhibition catalogue. The show was..... More
1985. Associated American Artists, New York. Barbizon Prints and Drawings. NY: Associated American Artists and C. & J. Goodfriend, 1985. 22p, several b&w ills. Text by Victor Carlson. Very good paperbound (slight shelf soil). ** Exhibition catalogue of 165 works on paper by Corot, Troyon, Dupre, Rousseau, Jacque, Millet, Daubigny..... More
1925. Audin, Marius. Essai sur les graveurs de bois en France au dix-huitieme siecle. Paris: Cres 1925. xxxii, 190p, ca. 200 ills. (numbered to 230). Good sturdy paperbound in original glassine d.j. (foxed). One of 2060 copies. ** Biographical dictionary of French woodcut artists of the 18th century, illustrated chiefly..... More
1912. [Austen-Leigh, Richard Arthur]. The Story of a Printing House, being a Short Account of the Strahans and Spottiswoodes. London: Spottiswoode 1912. 2nd ed. 60p + several pls. Good hardcover (boards, cloth spine). Frontispiece detached, scattered foxing throughout. ** The author was then one of the directors of the firm..... More
1940. Austin, A. Everett, Jr. Night Scenes: An Exhibition of the Wadsworth Atheneum. Hartford, 1940. [52]p, many ills. printed by Meriden Gravure. Good paperbound (cover soil, light stain to one page). Cover title is formed from die-cut letters, four of which have lost the strips that separate them so the..... More
1902. Baedeker, K. La Russie: Manuel du Voyageur. Leipzig: Baedeker, and Paris: Paul Ollendorff, 1902. 3rd [and last] edition. xlix, 476p, 19 maps (most folding), 32 plans, all in color. Hardcover (limp cloth). Split to rear joint mended; ca. 2-inch tear to rear folding map, suitable for mending. Else very..... More
1907. Baedeker, Karl. The Dominion of Canada with Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska. Leipzig: Baedeker 1907. 3rd rev. and aug. ed. 331p, 13 color maps (some folding), 12 plans; 2 place-marking ribbons. Good clean hardcover (limp leatherette). Protruding edges of 2 maps chipped, with no loss of content. Tear..... More
1993. Baekeland, Frederick, and Robert Moes, et al. Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections. NY: Japan Society 1993. 206p (120 entries), many photos, many in color. Very good paperbound. ** This important loan exhibition catalogue is a definitive guide to its subject. Covers the development, classical traditions, forms, functions, and..... More
1929. Baer, Joseph & Co., Frankfurt. Will Sell by Auction Oktober 1926 Part I of a Collection of Incunabula the Property of Herr Kurt Wolff. 28p, many ills. Poor paperbound: front cover detached, rear cover missing. ** Prospectus for the "most important private collection of 15th century books formed in..... More
1968. Bager, Bertel. Nature as Designer: A Botanical Art Study. NY: Reinhold 1968 (1st pub. 1966). 176p, 191 black-and-white photos by the author. Good hardcover (covers splayed), lacks d.j. Ink name. ** Close-up photographic studies of a wide range of plants, accompanied by descriptions of their botanical features. Intended as..... More
1980. Bagnold, Enid; ed. by R.P. Lister. Letters to Frank Harris, & Other Friends. Andoversford: Whittington Press / London: William Heinemann, 1980. xxv, 77p + 5 tipped in pls., 1 in color. Fine hardcover (no d.j., as issued) in good slipcase (top edge splitting due to very tight fit of..... More
1973. Ballerini, Luigi, ed. Italian Visual Poetry 1912-1972. NY: Finch College Museum / Istituto Italiano di Cultura 1973. 78p, many ills. and diagrams, some in color. Good to very good paperbound (covers soiled). Comb binding is intact and secure. ** Extensive exhibition catalogue, with a wealth of information: checklist of..... More
1954. Baltimore Museum of Art (Gertrude Rosenthal, text). Man and His Years. Exhibition catalogue, 1954. 40p, many ills. Good paperbound (shelfworn). ** Depictions of old age, works of great painters in their older years, and works by late beginners in European and American art from the Renaissance on. Organized with..... More
1949. Baltimore. Walters Art Gallery. Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. 1949. xii, 85p (233 entries) + many ills. on 30 pls. Good paperbound (cover wear, tears). Internally very good. ** Landmark loan exhibition catalogue. Text (and entries?) by Dorothy Miner... More
1980. Banerjee, N.R. Nepalese Architecture. Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan 1980. 272p + 211 photos. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** Very comprehensive survey by a prominent archaeologist, based on the monuments, written sources, and inscriptions. Also chapters on history of Nepal and its social-cultural traditions... More
1995. Bann, Stephen, ed.; Hartford Art School. The Edge of Town. Hartford Art School, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Second International Distinguished Artists Symposium and Exhibition, 1995. 16p paperbound text by Bann + 19 loose 4-page portfolios by the participating artists. The portfolios are very good to fine. All housed..... More
1981. Bannon, Anthony. The Photo-Pictorialists of Buffalo. Buffalo: Media Study for the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1981. 127p, many b&w ills. Good paperbound (covers rubbed). One of 2500 copies. From the library of Estelle Jussim, with her ink name. ** Comprehensive exhibition catalogue, centered on the 50-year span of the Buffalo..... More
Barnard, P.M. An Illustrated Catalogue of Pamphlets, Broadsides, Poems, Satires, etc. 1575-1818 with a small collection of old maps [Catalogue 159]. London, n.d. [1920s]. 365 items, several line ills. Very good paperbound (covers age browned). ** Also includes plays. Selected author and subject index. Can be sent outside the US..... More
1980. Baronio, Joyce. 42nd Street Studio. NY: Pyxidium Press 1980. Stated first edition. N.p., ca. 40 photos. Texts by Baronio and Linda Nochlin. Good hardcover (plasticized boards). A little skewed due to its size. Lacks d.j. ** Large portraits of the sex-entertainment women and men who visited Baronio's Times Square..... More
1862. Bascom, John. Aesthetics; or, the Science of Beauty. Boston: Crosby and Nichols 1862. vii, 256p, no ills. Good sturdy hardcover (ex-lib. with usual marks, covers stained). Original brown textured cloth. ** Chapters on the identification and cultivation of taste and beauty in general, and in landscape gardening, architecture, sculpture..... More
1970. Baskin, Leonard. Baskin: Sculpture Drawings Prints. NY: Braziller 1970. 170p, 136 large pls. Near fine hardcover in very good d.j. (sunned). ** Text by Baskin plus his own selection of 136 "of his finest works": sculpture, drawings, and prints. Long bibliography. Book and jacket designed by Baskin; jacket and..... More
