Syracuse: Design Center, Syracuse University, n.d. [1962]. First edition. Soft cover. [72]p, many black-and-white ills. Short texts by Laurence Schmeckebier, Director of the Syracuse School of Art. Catalogue of the "collection of ceramics organized by Professor Ruth Randall and exhibited for the first time as a part of the University's..... More
Utrecht: Antiquariaat Forum, 2002. First edition. Soft cover. 463p, many ills., many in color. Bookseller's large handsome catalogue of over 500 "rare books, prints, manuscripts, drawings and a painting, ca. 1600-1850," all with detailed descriptions. The topics include "history of the book, bibliography, (occult) sciences, astronomy, travel, atlases, medicine, dentistry..... More
New York: Praeger, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 264p, ca. 220 ills. + 28 color pls. In the publisher's American Art and Artists series. A pioneering book, and still a standard survey. Large and heavy; shipping/handling will be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering. More
New York: Borghi & Co., 1986. Bauer, Rudolf. First edition. Soft cover. 48p, over 40 ills., several in color. Catalogue of an exhibition of 44 drawings and paintings, with the aim of restoring Bauer's "rightful place in the development of non-objective art during its pioneering decades." The text consists of..... More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press for The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 208p, 115 ills. On photomontage, advertising, documentary films, etc., in interwar Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States, published to accompany a traveling exhibition. Texts by Maud Levin, Annette Michelson, Christopher Phillips, Sally Stein..... More
Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale, 1979. First edition. Soft cover. 168p, many ills. + 4 color pls. and color cover. In French. Catalogue of the huge exhibition mounted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Diaghilev's death, covering his entire career. Over 400 costumes, photos, manuscripts, scores, and other artifacts, drawn mostly from..... More
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche: Le Centre des Livres d'Artistes (CDLA), 2008. Kuppel, Edmund. First edition. Stapled soft cover. [16]p, a few ills. Small exhibition catalogue of Kuppel's photographic and video installations. The text consists primarily of Kuppel's interviews with Mathieu Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate..... More
Providence: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1966. Limited edition. Soft cover. N.p., ca. 80 black-and-white ills. One of 1000 copies, designed by Malcolm Grear. Wide-ranging survey of 79 Fifties-Sixties still lifes--painting, drawing, and mixed media--by Rot, Warhol, Calder, Diebenkorn, Morandi, Johns, Murch, Bourgeois, Spoerri, and more. Cover..... More
Montreal: Editions Fides, n.d. [1942]. Charlier, Henri. First edition. Soft cover. 130p + 24 ills. Collection of texts by Charlier on religious painting, sculpture, embroidery, and stained glass, followed by illustrations of his work in these media. Introduction by Pierre Ladoue. The Cahiers d'Arca series was aimed at a Catholic..... More
London: Evans Brothers, 1980. Gimson, Barnsley. First edition. Hardcover. 223p, over 160 ills. Comprehensive study of the life and work of designer Ernest Gimson and the architect brothers Ernest and Sidney Barnsley. Working in the Arts and Crafts style (chiefly domestic and ecclesiastical buildings, furniture and metalwork), their style also..... More
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1974. Rohm, Robert / Sproat, Christopher. First edition. Soft cover. [20]p, 8 plates. One of the museum's series of exhibitions "in which prominent guest curators present what they regard as important developments in contemporary art" (note by Kenworth Moffett). The works are mixed media (rope..... More
New York: J.B. Neumann and G. Franke, [1931]. Beckmann, Max. First edition. Soft cover (stiff wrappers). 48p, over 40 full-page pls. and other ills. No jacket (as issued?). Following the short text are 12 plates of Beckmann's prints, 12 installation photos of the large Beckmann show at the Basel Kunsthalle..... More
![Item #31564 Vertice; Revista Nacional de Falange Espanola Tradicionalista [etc.]. writers](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31564.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685391604)
Madrid: Various printers, January 1940. First edition. Soft cover. Ca. 100p, many photos and other ills., some in color. In Spanish. The cover shows Carlos IV. Vol. 4, no. 40, of this large-format monthly Spanish magazine devoted to traditional Spanish arts and culture. This issue includes short illustrated articles on..... More
Boston: Robert Klein Gallery, 2000. Unterberg, Susan. First edition. Soft cover. 8p, 10 color plates on glossy paper. Invitation to gallery reception laid in. Printed by The Stinehour Press. Exhibition catalogue. Schaffner's introduction is titled "Susan Unterberg's Floating Worlds." Manipulated photos of ghostly white horses at liberty--yet within walls. Can..... More
Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 1987. Disalvo, Ann. Limited edition and first illustrated edition (1st pub. 1978). Hardcover. [38]p, several line ills. by Ann Disalvo. No. 602 of 1000 copies, printed in red and black. "The first printing of Horse Fables in 1978, partially destroyed in a flood later that year..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. 190p, no ills. No jacket (as issued?). (Institute for Government Research, Service Monographs of the United States Government, No. 41). Summarizes the BAI's many functions (improved livestock breeding, prevention of cruelty to animals, meat inspection, disease control, veterinary education, etc.), followed by..... More
[Hay-on-Wye, Wales]: No stated publisher, n.d. [ca. 1979-80]. No stated edition. Soft cover. [12]p, a few ills. Reproduced typescript. Richard Booth, who turned Hay-on-Wye into a thriving book town, planned to form a new political party under the banner of "Rural Revival." This pamphlet is one of several promoting the..... More
New York: Philomel, 1982. First US edition (1st pub. 1981 in UK). Hardcover. 272p, no ills. Color jacket by Kinuko Craft (price-clipped; small tear at bottom edge). Teen novel, sequel to the beloved Flambards trilogy. World War I is now almost over, and English country life is changed forever. Life..... More
![Item #31558 An Artist's Life, The Second Burst, The Finish [3 vols.]. Sir Alfred Munnings](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31558.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685391603)
London: Museum Press, 1951-52. Munnings, Sir Alfred. Various printings. Hardcover. 3 vols.: totaling over 1000 pages, ca. 140 ills. Without the jackets. Vol. 1 is October 1952 reprint of the third edition (1st pub. 1950). Vol. 2 is December 1951 second edition (1st pub. 1951). Vol. 3 is October 1952..... More
London: Warne, 1956. Rose, Sheila. First edition. Hardcover. 178p, many ills. + 1 color pl. by Sheila Rose. No jacket. In this English pony novel three children unexpectedly take over the running of a riding school near the sea. Reading copy. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, n.d. [1960s?]. McCann, Gerald. Later printing (1st pub. 1958). Hardcover. 224p, many ills. by Gerald McCann. No jacket. Juvenile/young adult novel, set in the Australian bush. First title in the popular Brumby series. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate... More
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1950. Edwards, Lionel. Second printing (1st pub. 1948). Hardcover. 145p + 5 pls. by Lionel Edwards, 1 in color. Jacket quite torn. An interesting point of issue is that the jacket was printed on the other side of color proofs illustrating Bible stories--perhaps due to..... More
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 134p, many ills., 9 in color. Lacks jacket. At the time, one of the very few books in English on Haitian art. Based on Rodman's travels in the country and his immersion in the art world there. With much detail about..... More
London: Arts Council, 1965. Roberts, William. First edition. Soft cover. 30p + 23 plates. Catalogue of 212 works, shown at several locations in London, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Manchester. One painting recreates "The Vorticists at the Restaurant de la Tour Eiffel: Spring 1915," with Frederick Etchells holding the first issue..... More
Darmstadt: Alexander Koch, 1921. First edition. Hardcover (boards). 190p, many large photos, 2 in color. A few marginal tears, all neatly mended. Pictorial survey of contemporary rooms devoted to food--breakfast and tea rooms, dining areas, buffets and credenzas, silver and glassware, table settings, and kitchens and cooking facilities. Interior decor..... More
