![Item #30155 Austria; Togethep [sic] with Budapest, Prague, Karlsbad, Marienbad. Karl Baedeker](/pictures/thumb/30155.jpg?v=1633973518)
Leipzig; London; New York: Karl Baedeker; T. Fisher Unwin; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. 12th rev. ed. Soft cover. 518p, 86 maps and plans, 2 panoramas, most in color. Limp cloth (a few light stains). Ink name of a Mrs. Reynolds, New York. An early issue of this edition, with the..... More
Frankfurt: Joseph Baer & Co., 1929. First edition. Soft cover. 28p, many ills. Prospectus for the "most important private collection of 15th century books formed in Germany since the Klemm Collection has been sold in 1886." Illustrations of woodcuts and text pages from a selection of the 850 books to..... More
Winnipeg: Plug In Inc., 1991. First edition. Soft cover. 64p, many ills., several in color. Catalogue of an "exhibition of printed textile multiples published by Editions Conz, Verona-Milan." Chiefly silkscreens on cloth. Chapters by Henry Martin, Dick Higgins, and Emmett Williams. Notes on the artists and editions by Wayne Baerwaldt;..... More
New York: Barneys New York, n.d. [1980s]. First edition. Unbound sheets. Three accordion-folded sheets, printed on card stock. "Man" consists of 16 panels printed on one side (7 photos + prices). "Woman" consists of 16 panels printed on both sides (12 photos + prices). "Home" consists of 16 panels printed..... More
London / Liverpool: Barraud Studio, n.d. [ca. 1890]. No stated edition. Mounted photograph. Image is ca. 7 x 10 inches on damaged cardboard mount (ca. 10 x 14 inches). On the mat are printed Barraud's name and addresses plus "W & S Ltd" and "Permanent." Image has trivial wrinkles (from..... More
N.p. [Redding, CA?]: Colleen Barry, 1996. Barry, Colleen. Three-dimensional object. Unique mixed-media book object. Ca. 10 inches high, 7 inches wide, and 5 inches deep including the door knob. Signed and dated. Purchased from the artist in the year of its creation, 1996, and in fine condition. Photos are..... More
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth Publications, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 52p + 16 pls., some folding. Printed in red and black. "The first Hamilton B. Mitchell Lecture on Printing and the Graphic Arts." Jacket shelf-smudged, chipped. It is much more yellow than the pale photo here. In this elegant book Baskin shares..... More
Dallas and Northampton, MA: Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University and Gehenna Press, 1992. Baskin, Leonard. First edition. Soft cover. 238p, many ills., some in color. Printed in red and black throughout. One of 2000 copies. Overstock felt-tip line on bottom fore-edges; lower corners bumped. Small scrape on back cover. Traveling..... More
No place [Buffalo?]: No stated publisher, 1987. First edition. Soft cover. Six reproductions of photographs, printed in duotone on glossy card stock, laid in folder. Short texts by Reyner Banham, Anthony Bannon, and the photographer. Ca. 6 x 9 inches. Folder lightly soiled; price sticker removed from back; photos are..... More
Providence: Rhode Island School of Design, 1987. First edition. Soft cover. 82p, over 60 ills., 4 in color. Designed by Malcom Grear Designers, printed by Meriden-Stinehour Press. Detailed exhibition catalogue of Victorian illuminated books in several genres--sacred texts, history of the book, secular literature, architecture and design, manuals and examples..... More
Paris: 1926. First edition. Soft cover. Introduction by Jean Cocteau. N.p., 72 large black-and-white pls. Auction catalogue of the fabled Quinn collection of modern paintings and works on paper by Cezanne, Derain, Dufy, Fresnaye, Gris, Laurencin, Matisse, Pissarro, Redon, Rouault, Rousseau, and Segonzac. Prices lightly penciled in. The sale was..... More
Beaufort-en-Vallee, France: Bergmans en Brouwer, 1983. First edition. Soft cover. 80p, many ills. In English and French. A remarkable offering of 389 items relating to the Paris Salon through the years. With short historical texts, selected bibliography of secondary sources, and a list of publications on the Salon, 1800-1900 (in..... More
Philadelphia: Art Alliance Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 286p, several photos. Slight wear to jacket. History of the innovative curriculum at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University from 1900 on, through a study of the administrations of the first six art directors (Charles F. Binns, Charles..... More
Lyon: Braun, 1943. Walch, First edition. Soft cover. 16p, ca. 15 ills. Despite having been born with a deformed leg and arm, Alsatian-born Charles Walch achieved artistic renown in France between the world wars. Besson was the first critic to champion him. Some of the paintings reproduced here recall Chagall's..... More
London: Marlborough Fine Art, 1962. Vantongerloo. First edition. Soft cover. 54p, many ills., a few in color. Retrospective exhibition catalogue of paintings, drawings, and constructions in many media. With some texts by the artist, including "Reflections" and "An Intimate Biography." Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the..... More
New York: Reinhold, 1956. Second printing (1st pub. 1955). Hardcover. 200p, many photos (6 in color), line ills., and 2 pages of mounted chips of "functional colors" for factories, offices, schools, and hospitals, and "decorative colors" for stores, hotels, restaurants, and homes. Jacket soiled, foxed, torn (edge tears not shown..... More
New York: Cooper Union, 1928-1951. Mostly first editions. Hardcover (buckram, spine gilt-stamped). Variously paged and illustrated (chiefly text). From the library of E. Maurice Bloch, with his bookplate. Typed contents page glued in. The museum is now the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. Contents: "Proposed Plan of the Cooper Union Museum..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1967-1969. Various editions. Hardcover. Hundreds of pages, some ills. Light shelfwear and soil; overall clean and sturdy). No d.j. (if issued?). From Henry Adams to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Vol. 5 is the 1969 first printing; vols. 1-4 are 3rd or 4th printings of 1967 and..... More
Easthampton, MA: Warwick Press, n.d. [1993]. First edition. Unbound sheets. Folded card plus 2 loose sheets. Printed by offset in two colors. Ca. 4 x 5 1/2 inches. Publisher's prospectus. One sheet reads, "A gentle reminder to let friends, collectors, and book lovers everywhere know that Carol's nifty new alphabet..... More
![Item #30411 Das Tier in der Antike [The Animal in Antiquity]. Hansjorg Bloesch](/pictures/thumb/30411.jpg?v=1633973579)
Zurich: Archaeologisches Institut der Universitat Zurich, 1974. First edition. Soft cover. 71p + hundreds of small ills. on 64 pls. In German. An enormous loan exhibition of 400 works depicting animals in ancient art--Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Chiefly small and large sculptures, vase paintings, and metalwork. Birds, cats, sea..... More
Minneapolis: Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1958. First edition. Soft cover. 28p, 21 ills. One of 1000 copies designed by Rob Roy Kelly. Back cover and last few pages dampstained along spine. Covers age soiled. Catalogue for a loan exhibition that aimed to assemble all the major Poussin paintings in..... More
Rennes: Compagnons du Sagittaire [printer], 2007. Limited edition. Soft cover. 264p, many black-and-white photos. In French. One of 700 copies. Very informative exhibition catalogue of more than 50 artist magazines from the US, Britain, and Europe that were published from 1962 on. The exhibition was held at three sites in..... More
Rome: Capitolium (Revista di Roma), 1968. First edition. Soft cover. Special issue of the journal Capitolium. Over 250p (some numbered separately), hundreds of photos + ca. 10 folding maps and plans in flat colors. Covers worn, outer pages dogeared, but text block is secure and sturdy. The maps are generally..... More
No place: No stated publisher, n.d. [1986?]. First edition. Paperbound. 16p, 18 large color ills. Light handling soil to covers. The text is titled "Hand-Werk zu Arbeiten von Peter Reichenberger." The oils on canvas or paper have a resemblance to color field painting. Can be sent outside the US for..... More
Amsterdam: Fragment, 1989. First edition. Soft cover. 144p, hundreds of ills. Texts by various writers in Dutch and English. One of 1700 paperbound copies. Important exhibition catalogue of several dozen postwar books by 13 photographers. The show's aim was to critically analyze the documentary photobook as an "independent art form..... More
