New York: Rizzoli, 1991. First edition. Soft cover. 144p, many color photos on ca. 80 pages. Foreword by Sottsass, "Tempest in a Teapot: The Social History of Peter Shire's Ceramics" by Klein, "The Playground of Modern Design" by Drohojowska. "Shire's teapots were an important element in the development of the..... More
Brooklyn: Jan van der Donk, N.d. [1994]. First edition. Stapled sheets. 24p, several ills. Bookseller catalogue of 117 avant-garde and modernist works of poetry, graphic design, photography, etc. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
Minneapolis: Granary Books, February 1987. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., several ills. Laid in: errata slip for a Hermetic Press item, and an offprint of an article about Granary Books from Small Press, January-February 1987. Fully describes and prices 743 recent books and broadsides distributed by Granary Books. Short statement..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, 1992. First edition. Stapled softcover. [26]p, many monochrome ills. (1 per artist). Catalogues 2 exhibitions of recent artist's books, shown in two galleries and one museum in Hungary. The 40 artists in American Book Arts include Barton, Campbell, Drucker, Ely, Hutchins, King, Kyle, Meador, Sligh, Keith..... More
New York: Nancy Hoffman Gallery, 1994. Frey, Viola. First edition. Soft cover. 40p, 69 color ills. including cover. Photo here is cropped on the sides. Traveling exhibition catalogue of 69 of Frey's expressionistic plates, which Kuspit describes as both funk and hallucinatory. Large; shipping/handling may be extra. Please keep this..... More
Tokyo: Fuji Gallery, 1990. Morihiro Wada. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., ca. 40 large color pls. Text in Japanese and English. Texts by Hannel, Mamoru Yonekura, Kazuo Fujii, and Morihiro Wada. Exhibition catalogue, with beautiful photos of 39 patterned stoneware vessels and garden furniture. Morihiro Wada (1944-2008) is one of..... More
Lambertville, NJ: Arts & Crafts Quarterly Press, 1993. Grueby, William H. First edition. Soft cover. 119p, over 180 ills., 63 in color. Comprehensive study of the quintessential American Arts and Crafts potter, his studio, and his production of vases, tiles, and other ceramic ware. More
Beauchamp, UK: Richard Dennis, 2003. Leach, David. First edition. Soft cover. 120p, many ills., dozens in color. Cooper's detailed biography is followed by Nibelett's summary of the pots made at Dartington Hall, the Leach Pottery, and Lowerdown Pottery; the techniques used; pots and potters who inspired Leach (especially his father..... More
Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1998. First paperback edition (1st pub. 1997). Soft cover. 112p, no ills. "Signed by the author" label on front cover; bookstore price sticker on back cover. Boldly signed by Graham on title page. Graham had recently won the Pulitzer Prize; this was her seventh book of..... More
Paris: CNRS Editions, 2004. Bosse, Abraham. First edition. Soft cover. 317p + 38 ills. Detailed study of the influential French etcher-illustrator and his times--his life, the world of printmaking and illustration, the Academy and his difficulties with it, his study of perspective and theory, etc. Scarce in the U.S.... More
Tokyo, New York, San Francisco: Kodansha, 1975. Hamada. First edition. Hardcover. 305p, 88 ills., many in color. Laid in: a slip describing the binding, which was used only on this first edition--silkscreen designs on hand-laid paper over boards. In original clear plastic jacket. The first extensive English-language study of 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
Amarillo, TX: AQHA, 1948. First edition. Soft cover. 455p, many photos within the registry and in the ads. Permanent and tentative registration numbers 2746 to 12,000, listed by horse's name and by number. With corrections to previous volumes. Lots of photos of foundation and other old-time Quarter Horses. (Wells 154)..... More
[Lewiston]: No stated publisher, 1952. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 12p, 1 ill. on cover. Ca. 5 1/2 x 10 inches. Entries, with past performances, for 8 trotting and pacing races held at the fair's 6th session. One is Class A, the rest are C and D. Results and times..... More
[Dubuque, IA]: No stated publisher, 1940. First edition. Soft cover. 20p, a few ills. in ads (no horses are pictured). Damp-rippled but not stained and there is no odor. Pencil notes on front and back cover, unrelated to the show. Ca. 6 ½ x 10 inches. Lists entries for over..... More
Colorado Springs: Western Horseman, 1948. First edition. Soft cover. Issues of September-October and November-December. Each 64p, many photos, line ills., and ads. Cover wear and soil; internally very good, clean, complete. Lee M. Rice on the T. Flynn Saddlery of Puebo, J. Frank Dobie on range horse Alacran, Nelson C...... More
New York: Macmillan, 1957. Anderson, C.W. Stated first printing. Hardcover. 89p, many ills. by the author. Light edgewear to price-clipped jacket; back panel lightly soiled overall. Through patience and gentle handling, Judy and the jumper Fair Lady both recover their nerve. Published for ages 8-12. Scarce in this condition. Can..... More
N.p. Author, 1948. First edition. Hardcover (leatherette). 161p, a few ills. No jacket (as issued?). Nice association copy: presentation from the author to famed sporting book dealer Sydney R. Smith, with his bookplate. The author's memoirs: South Pacific travel, country homes, health scares, and horses. She raced Thoroughbreds at Lincoln..... More
New York and Philadelphia: Junior Literary Guild and Westminster Press, 1947. Mann, Virginia. Book club edition. Hardcover. 222p, several ills., endpapers and color jacket by Virginia Mann. Jacket lightly chipped, torn at top. Rich, spoiled Suzanna learns a lot as she stays with a lively farm family and their three..... More
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Coldwater, MI: Michigan Horse News, 1892. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 24 pp, 4 plates showing the stallions Latitude 4870, Judean 5154, Great Heart 11172, and Highlawn Prince 15456. Ca. 6 x 8 inches. .Advertises 5 stallions plus several other trotters, pacers, mares, and young horses for sale. Family and..... More
Lexington, KY: Ransom Publishing Co., 1962. Morris, George Ford. First edition. Hardcover. 398p, many ills. (mostly photos, some portraits by George Ford Morris). Front joint just beginning to split but binding should hold. Outer pages foxed. Jacket torn. Presentation on front endpaper from Ransom to "Barbara My Frustrated Reformer." Lives..... More
[Rutland, VT]: GMHA, 1942. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 76p, no ills. This small pocket-sized guide gives detailed directions for 9 one-way rides and several circular rides throughout Vermont, often with suggestions for overnight lodging and stabling, lunch stops, local farriers, etc. Several pages of local ads. Uncommon. Can..... More
New York: Horse Magazine, 1956-1958. Soft cover. The issues are February, March, April, June, August, September, and December 1956; February and June 1957; February, August, October-November, and December 1958. Variously paged (usually ca. 40p) and illustrated with photos by Thayer and others. Average cover wear; internally clean, complete. Start or..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1929. Bunbury, H.; Ross, Gordon. Facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1787. Hardcover (imitation leather, gilt-stamped). xx, 38p + 12 pls. by Bunbury and 2 additional pls. by Gordon Ross, 1 in color and signed in pencil. One of 100 deluxe copies (out..... More
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[Paris]: [1751-1772]. No stated edition. Hardcover (rebound in boards, quarter vellum). Two suites of captions and engraved plates from the Encyclopedie: 6p + many ills. on 33 pls., and 2p + many ills. on 7 pls. (1 double page). In French. From the collection of dressage master Dr.H.L.M. Van Schaik..... More
