London: Thomas and Hudson, 1993. Meehan, Aidan. First edition. Soft cover. 160p, over 400 line ills. by the author. Comprehensive guide to analyzing and constructing the spirals and related motifs of Celtic design,by a well-known student and practitioner of it. The text is in very readable calligraphy. Can be sent..... More
New York: John W. Lovell, 1890. No stated edition. Soft cover. 171p + 15p of publisher's ads. Line ills. on front and back covers. No. 7 in the monthly Lovell's Detective Series. Covers age browned and a little stained; pages are browned but very clean. Binding is tight. Tales of..... More
![Wer den Pfennig nicht ehrt . . .; Plakate werben fur das Sparen [Milton Glaser's copy]. Frieder...](/pictures/thumb/26248.jpg?v=1633973471)
Stuttgart: Deutscher Sparkassenverlag, 1992. First edition. Soft cover. 190p, many color ills. Color-packed survey of advertising posters made for the German savings bank, from the late 1920s through 1992, along with historical texts. Many well-known artists, and a wide variety of styles, are here. The title, "He who doesn't honor..... More
!["What They Said"--Postscript to Art Criticism [MoMA benefit]. Jerome Mellquist, ed](/pictures/thumb/30186.jpg?v=1633973523)
New York: Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1949. First edition. Stapled soft cover. [24]p, several ills. Covers lightly age soiled. Laid in: list of MoMA patrons. Catalogue of an exhibition of 18 MoMA treasures held for the benefit of the Museum of Modern Art's 20th anniversary. Collects comments by contemporaneous art critics, writers..... More
![The Breeder's Gazette Farmer and His Wife! [cover title]. Virginia C. Meredith](/pictures/thumb/30042.jpg?v=1633973495)
Chicago: Sanders Pub. Co., n.d. [ca. 1918]. First edition. Paperbound. A lavish promotional brochure soliciting subscribers and advertisers to the weekly Breeder's Gazette, which reached "the very cream of the farming population." The tone is aspirational: "The Gazette is devoted to 'nurture and education' in better thinking about the fine..... More
London: G. Michelmore & Co., n.d. [April 1921 from receipt date]. First edition. Soft cover (yapped). 191p (251 iems) + several pls. of bindings, a few in color and/or folding. Bookseller catalogue, with occasional pencil checkmarks. One large folding color plate shows an elaborate embroidered 18th-century Italian binding made for..... More
![The New York Woman [first issue, 1938]; Edited for the Woman of Metropolitan New York. James...](/pictures/thumb/30040.jpg?v=1633973494)
New York: New York Woman, 1938. First edition. Paperbound. First issue of this weekly magazine, September 9, 1936, "after two years of intensive preparation." Fashion tips, society gossip, life-style advice for all up-to-date New York women: working women, young marrieds, young mothers, and those in search of a new look..... More
Windham, CT: Elizabeth Moody, 1982. First edition. Soft cover. 52p, several line ills. Showcases winners of author and illustrator awards for children's books; also a few other awards, such as the National Book Award. Chiefly books published before 1976. No other copies online at the time of this listing. Can..... More
Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1998. Morell, Abelardo. First edition. Soft cover. 63p, many large photos. Evocative photographs made while Morell was artist in residence at the Gardener, "revealing the extraordinary in the ordinary." Texts by poet Simic and Gardner curator Jennifer R. Gross. More
![Col. Louis J. Kolb Collection of Books, Manuscripts & Historical Objects [cover title]. Wm. D....](/pictures/thumb/30354.jpg?v=1633973563)
Philadelphia: Wm. D. Morley, 1941. First edition. Soft cover. 126p, several ills. Covers torn at top and bottom. Unpriced. 332 items: "superlative Washington, Lincon & Grant autographs, books, and relics; manuscripts including 'Star-Spangled Banner' ,'Dixie'--'Home, Sweet Home'--'Hail Columbia'; association books, fine bindings, etc." Includes desk and chair used by Lincoln..... More
Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 1997. Rogier van der Weyden. First edition. Soft cover. 221p, over 50 ills., 33 in color. The first volume in the ME FECIT series, dedicated to analyses of individual 15th- and 16th-century paintings. Detailed case study of this northern masterpiece--its subjects, iconography, context, and much technical analysis..... More
![Instructions concerning Erecting of a Library [etc.]. Gabriel Naudeus](/pictures/thumb/26574.jpg?v=1633973482)
1903. Naudeus [Naude], Gabriel. Instructions concerning Erecting of a Library: Presented to My Lord The President De Mesme. As now interpreted by Jo. Evelyn, Esquire. Introd. by John Cotton Dana. Cambridge, MA: Houghton, Mifflin at the Riverside Press 1903. xxxii, 160p, no ills. Good hardcover (marbled boards, leather spine). Some..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1945. Strand, Paul. Second [revised] edition. Hardcover. 32p,. 23 plates. No d.j. The first monograph on Strand, and MOMA's first monograph on a photographer. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
Florence: Albizzi, 1822. 6th edition. Soft cover. 220p + 3 line pls. In original printed covers. Lacks backstrip: gatherings and cords exposed. Scattered foxing throughout. Partly dampstained, sometimes heavily, but not obscuring content. Gatherings are separating but cords are sturdy. This guidebook to the Uffizi opens with a brief history..... More
Paris: Fernand Nathan, n.d. [1930s?]. No stated edition. 48p, 48 line ills. All printed in black and red. Small initials printed in some of the illustrations. Fair (covers and margins a little chewed; front cover stained, internally very good, unused). . Reading, spelling, and handwriting manual for French primary school..... More
![Behind Bars [with press release and announcement]. Meg O'Rourke, curator](/pictures/thumb/30126.jpg?v=1633973511)
New York: Thread Waxing Space, 1992. First edition. Stapled paperbound in self wrappers. 32p, 14 color pls. Laid in: press relase (headed "Behind Bar") and postcard announcement. Exhibition of abstract works in various media (including installation and video) by 16 artists, which examine "the conceptual relationship between viewer and object..... More
![Zakko Hinagata [Templates for Carpenters] -- 2 books. Taiga Hankoku Ochiai, Sentaro Egawa, text,...](/images/noimage.png)
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan: Seibundo, N.d. [ca. 1876]. No stated edition. Japanese stab paper binding. N.p. [each ca. 24p], many line ills., partly printed in red. Two carpentry manuals showing details and proportions of wood construction and carving. Originally printed in two 2-volume sets. Ours are volume 1, number 1, and..... More
Milan: Giancarlo Politi, 1982. First edition. Soft cover. 320p, many ills., many in color. . A seminal publication on international neo-expressionist painting of the 1970s-80s, which embraced forms of earlier art (figuration, texture, emotion, etc.) in reaction to conceptual abstraction. Oliva dubbed the Italian version "La Transavanguardia." Contains "Transitional Art" by..... More
Boston: Ginn, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. 162p, no ills. Covers lightly rubbed, paper label browned. From the library of a professor Cross, with his pencil name and with a gift card laid in. Perhaps a later printing? (copyright line reads 66.12). No jacket (as issued?). Originally published in the scientific..... More
New York: Otto Gerson Gallery / Fine Arts Associates, 1956-1963. First edition. Soft cover. Variously paged and illustrated. Texts by various contributors. Further details on request. 1956: Rodin to Lipchitz Part II. 1957: Picasso Sculpture Part I, Lipchitz, David Smith. 1958: Paintings Watercolors Sculpture. 1959: R. Delaunay, Summer Fall, Paintings..... More
London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1955. Gore, Spencer Frederick. First edition. Soft cover. 16p + 8 pls. The first reassessment of this pioneering member of the Camden Town Group. Checklist of 76 works exhibited. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate... More
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1968. First edition. Soft cover. 462 lots + many black-and-white ills. (chiefly of the automobiles, also some clocks and furniture). Lots 351-462 comprise a wide variety of automobiles, bicycles, and parts, ca. 1902-1920. Unpriced. Knight was a member of the wealthy textile family who originated the..... More
![Ashendene, Kelmscott and Doves Press Publications [Sale 527]. Parke-Bernet Galleries](/pictures/thumb/26432.jpg?v=1633973478)
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1944. First edition. Soft cover. 677 lots, a few ills. Unpriced. ** Also "autograph letters, manuscripts and first edtions of American and English authors . . . a remarkable Lincoln autograph . . . ornithological and other color plate books" fine bindings, etc. Can be sent..... More
![Eighteenth & Nineteenth Continental Furniture Porcelain Prints & Paintings [etc.]; Property of...](/pictures/thumb/30092.jpg?v=1633973506)
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1970. First edition. 88p (461 lots), many black-and-white ills. Covers age-yellowed. No realized prices. A two-day sale that also included a Regency games table, seat furniture, cut glass, clocks, and other decorative objects. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate..... More
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1969. First edition. Soft cover. Variously paged and illustrated (1 color pl. of opals). No prices realized. Group of 5 catalogues offering jewelry from various owners, including Tallulah Bankhead, the Tenth Duke of Manchester, Stella Aronson Gilboy, Dr. Moser Lyon Stadiem, James A. Bohannon, and others..... More
