Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970. First edition. Soft cover. 38p. Running across the top margins are photos of the spines of 833 HUP books, "a number that represents 35 percent of our books in print." Booklet for authors describing the stages of publishing at HUP--from submission and preparation of..... 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
![Cahiers d'Art [1949]; 49th Annee, No. 2. Christian Zervos](/pictures/thumb/30471.jpg?v=1632163142)
Paris: Editions "Cahiers d'Art" 1949. Ernst, Max; Joan Miro. First edition. Soft cover. Pp. 177-352,, many photos and other ills., including color pochoir by Max Ernst. Tipped in at the end is a slip advising the buyer to return the journal to the seller in case of misbinding. Remains of..... More
Paris: Maeght for Bibliotheque Aragon, Choisy-le-Roi, 1995. Cortot, Jean. First edition. Soft cover, self wrappers. [96]p, many color ills. Exhibition catalogue of dozens of books and manuscripts written and/or illustrated by poet-painter-printmaker Jean Cortot (1925-2018). Poems and statements by Cortot; also texts by Pierre Beres, Michel Butor, and several others..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962. Hofer, Evelyn. First American edition. Hardcover. 116p, over 100 large photos by Evelyn Hofer, 18p in color. Cover edges lightly sunned. Jacket soiled, lightly chipped. Stylish portrait of "the city that Londoners know, a paradox of grandeur and grime, a place of bustling..... More
New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1991. First edition. Soft cover. [28]p, many large black-and-white pls. In original envelope (poor). Short text by Carroll Janis, and statements by each of the 18 painters. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
New York: Sanders D. Bruce, 1884. Revised edition (1st pub. 1873). Hardcover. 640p, no ills. Original half leather, marbled boards. Spine, opening pages, and part of another page reinforced with tape; back cover tender. At least one handwritten correction. From the library of the National Quarter Horse Registry, with its..... More
![19th-Century Group Photograph of Violinists]. Rice Portrait Studio](/pictures/thumb/30466.jpg?v=1631829991)
Worcester, MA: Rice Portrait Studio, n.d. [1880s-90s?]. Rice (photographer). Unpublished. Mounted photograph. Striking large sepia-toned studio photograph mounted on heavy board that bears the embossed name Rice, 311 Main Street, Worcester, and a circular monogram within vines. Ca. 13 x 10 inches. Light discoloration here and there; overall very good..... More
Lexington, KY: The Blood-Horse, 1963. First edition. Soft cover. 40p, many photos + 3 large fold-out charts. Internally very good, clean, complete. Reprints the Blood-Horse articles on the Kentucky Derby (Chateaugay), Preakness (Candy Spots), and Belmont Stakes (Chateaugay)—the races and the winners’ family histories. Most of the articles are by..... More
N.p. A. Maltese, 1933. Cambellotti, Dulio. No stated edition. Photographs. The photographs are postcard-size, with printed captions. Also with: an original ticket printed in color, and "Classical Representations in the Greek Theatre of Syracuse (Sicily)," a brochure that describes the two productions, the modern history of classical plays at Syracuse..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1933. Sterne, Maurice. Limited edition. Soft cover. 39p + 10p of ills. Checklist of the 174 works exhibited. One of 1000 copies. Loan exhibition catalogue, from the early years of MoMA. With "Maurice Sterne and His Times" by Kallen, and "A Note by the..... More
![Jerome Park Admission Ticket]. American Jockey Club](/pictures/thumb/30460.jpg?v=1631829989)
N.p. [New York?]: No stated publisher, n.d. [1860s-70s?]. No stated edition. Pasteboard ticket. Lithographed ticket. One corner clipped, showing that it was used. Depicts two horse heads within an oval foliated cartouche. On the back are a printed monogram (C or G) and an embossed monogram, which may show M...... More
![The Photograph and the Book V [Catalogue 105]; 19th Century Photographically Illustrated Books, a...](/pictures/thumb/30459.jpg?v=1632163264)
Cambridge, MA: Charles B. Wood III, n.d. [2000]. First edition. Soft cover. 79p, many ills. 203 entries, all scrupulously described. Bookseller catalogue, continuing Wood's pioneering series of books about and containing photographs. 79p, many ills. 203 entries, all scrupulously described. Can be sent outside the US for less than the..... More
Chicago: Chicago Art Institute, 1943. O'Keeffe, Georgia. First edition. Soft cover. 45p, many ills., 1 in color. Film laminate is lifting from covers, as often with paperbound books of this period. Owner's neat ink name on inside front cover. Catalogue of O'Keeffe's first retrospective exhibition. Checklist of the 61 paintings..... 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
![Little Fur Family [in fur binding]. Margaret Wise Brown](/pictures/thumb/30456.jpg?v=1632163263)
New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Williams, Garth. Reissue (1st pub. 1946). Hardcover. N.p., color ills. by Garth Williams. Bound in artificial fur. Box is poor (soiled, worn). Price $4.50. Tiny bedtime story about a day in the life of "a little fur family | warm as toast | smaller..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1930. Lathrop, Dorothy. First edition. Hardcover. 49p + many pls. by Dorothy Lathrop, 1 in color. Bookseller ticket of Charles E. Lauriat, Boston. Pristine paper label on front cover. First edition: "Published October, 1930." Includes the well-loved "There Will Be Stars" and "The Coin." Can be sent..... More
Geneva: Christian Braillard (printer), 1983. First edition. Soft cover. [48]p, many color ills. Poetic text by Butor and an explanation of the series and its production by Pretre. One of 1500 trade copies. In French. Catalogue for two exhibitions of Jean-Claude Pretre's Offenbach series held in Basel, 1983 (including..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1936, 1944, 1953-54. First editions. Soft cover. Variously paged and illustrated. Overall fair to good. Some are foxed and stained; one cover loosening; handling wear. Three MoMA Bulletins devoted to its pioneering library--its vision, collections, practices, services, bibliographies, etc. Variously paged and illustrated. "The..... More
![Carl Andre Sculpture checklist [and] 'Andre on Andre'. Whitechapel Art Gallery, Carl Andre](/pictures/thumb/30452.jpg?v=1631878237)
London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1983. First edition. Unbound sheets. Two items: checklist for the exhibition Carl Andre Sculpture 1954-1978, and a selection of statements by Andre. Checklist is one sheet folded to make 4 pages, printed in blue. 'Andre on Andre' is one sheet. Light age and handling wear. Both..... More
![Photographic Answers [and] The Photographic Review of Reviews; A Monthly Magazine of Practical...](/pictures/thumb/30246.jpg?v=1631830048)
London: Hampton, Judd and [Iliffe], 1889-1893. Sutcliffe, Frank; H.P. Robinson. First edition. Hardcover. Variously paged and illustrated. Bound volume containing 12 numbers of Photographic Answers and 3 numbers of The Photographic Review of Reviews. Photographic Answers: vol. 1, nos. 1-6, 8-12; vol. 2, no. 15 (October 1889 through July-August 1891)..... More
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1993. Baumann. First edition. Hardcover. 158p, 125 color pls. A beautiful copy of this tribute to a master of the color woodcut, the first book ever on his work. Published to accompany a traveling exhibition. Baumann specialized in landscapes of the Southwest and..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1955. Dennis, Wesley. First edition. Illustration by Wesley Dennis. Price is clipped. JACKET ONLY for this children's trotting horse story. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
Paris: Berggruen & Cie, 1958. Hamaguchi. First edition. Soft cover. [24]p + 14 color pochoir ills. and cover, some double-page. Reproduces mezzotints that were for sale by Berggruen in small editions. Yozo Hamaguchi, born in Japan in 1909, worked in Paris from 1930 on. One in the publisher's series of..... 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
