1967. Boggs, Jean Sutherland. Drawings by Degas. NY: Abrams 1967. 238p, over 150 pls, a few in color. Very good hardcover; no d.j. (as issued?). A few neat pencil notes on rear endpaper. ** Text and detailed catalogue of the major exhibition at the City Art Museum of Saint Louis..... More
1982. Antiquariaat Forum; Antiquariaat Julius Steiner-Asher. Historical Gardens Garden Architecture Horticulture: Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts & Prints jointly offered for sale. [Utrecht/Amsterdam 1982]. 68p, many ills., a few in color. Good large paperbound (shelfwear). ** Bookseller catalogue of 340 rare and significant garden books of the 17th-20th centuries, many described..... More
1943. Lo Duca. Bayard. Paris: Prisma 1943. 30p + 49 pls. followed by fold-out captions. Good hardcover (original boards). Backstrip is chipped, with some pieces missing, but the binding is sturdy and the content is very good (pages age browned, as always). In French. One of 1590 numbered copies. **..... More
1939. Woodall, Mary. Gainsborough's Landscape Drawings. London: Faber and Faber 1939. 151p + 121 collotype ills. on pls. Good hardcover (endpapers foxed) in fair d.j. (torn, soiled). ** The first book on the subject, with a catalogue raisonne of ca. 450 drawings, most of which were published here for the..... More
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1998. Atterbury, Paul. Moorcroft: A Guide to Moorcroft Pottery 1897-1993. Shepton Beauchamp: Richard Dennis and Hugh Edwards, 1998. Rev. ed. (this ed. 1st pub. 1993). 208p, hundreds of wares shown in many photos, most in color. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** Comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to "one..... More
1975. Associated American Artists, NY. Albert Besnard: Printmaker. 1975. [8]p, several ills. Text by Sylvan Cole, Jr. Very good paperbound. Pricelist and unused order form laid in. ** This comprehensive exhibition of 100 of Besnard's etchings and lithographs "is, as far as we can discover, the first to be devoted..... More
1961. Taylor, Joshua C. The Graphic Work of Umberto Boccioni. Garden City, NY: Doubleday for The Museum of Modern Art, 1961. N.p., over 300 small ills. Very good paperbound (covers shelfsoiled). ** Catalogue of 317 drawings and etchings, Futurist and representational, all illustrated. Can be sent outside the U.S. for..... More
1984. Worrall, A. Roland, ed. Maryland Horse Shows Association, Inc. 1936-1960: A Chronicle of Events. Maryland Horse Shows Association, 1984. 429p, many photos. Very good hardcover (no d.j., as issued). No. 356 of the first edition, signed by the author. ** Detailed year-by-year history of Maryland shows and show results..... More
1942. Hastings, Howard L. Top Horse of Crescent Ranch. NY: Cupples & Leon, copyright 1942. 248p + 1 color pl. by the author (repeated on the jacket). Very good hardcover in fair d.j. (spine tips chipped, edges torn). ** Children rescue a drowning colt and train him to be a...... More
1992. Asch, Leslie, ed. Les Chevaux: Esthete, Ambassadeur et Libertin. Paris, March-April 1992. 80p, many color photos. Very good large paperbound. In French. ** A lavish life-style magazine about the luxurious equestrian world in France. This issue, "Chevaux et Vins," is devoted to many famous vineyards (domains and chateaux) that..... More
1893. Thomson, Allen W. The Horses of Windsor County and the History of the Windsor County Fair. Boston: Geo. H. Ellis, printer, 1893. 56p + a few wood-engraved pls. (portraits of horses, some perhaps from photos). Fair paperbound (covers taped but detaching, most of backstrip missing, but soundly stapled). Reference..... More
1938. Gorny, Hein, and Wilhelm Braun. Ein Pferdebuch. Munich: F. Bruckmann 1938. 102p, many photos by Gorny, beautifully printed in gravure. Fine hardcover in very good d.j., including original glassine d.j. (torn at edges). Neat ink name, Xmas 1937 [sic]. Contents slip laid in. In German. ** The photos show..... More
1930. Higginson, A. Henry, ed. As Hounds Ran: Four Centuries of Foxhunting. NY: Huntington Press 1930. xxviii, 240p + many "contemporary prints and with new drawings by Cecil Aldin & Lionel Edwards," 1 in color. Fwds. by John Masefield and Edgar Astley Milne. Very good hardcover, unopened. Covers faded, as..... More
1951. Coelho, Jorge Leal Furtado. Equitacao Pratica. Sao Paulo: [Author?] 1951. 230p, ca. 150 photos (often poorly printed) and line ills. Good paperbound (covers worn, faded; opening pages creased). In Portuguese. ** Very comprehensive work on dressage, cross-country riding, high school (including Spanish walk, cantering on 3 legs, airs above..... More
1964. Thomas, Robert Louis, editor and publisher. L'Information Hippique: 1964. Vol. 8, nos. 80-91. 11 issues, complete. Variously paged, many ills. and ads. Good paperbound (light cover wear). In French. From the collection of dressage master Dr. H.L.M. Van Schaik. ** Large monthly magazine (one double issue) on "le cheval..... More
1922. Cox, Harding. Chasing and Racing: Some Sporting Reminiscences. London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1922. xiv, 282p + 1 portrait frontispiece (photo credited to Elliott & Fry on tipped-in slip). Good hardcover (foxed); no d.j. ** Memoirs of racing and hunting in Victorian and Edwardian England. Presentation copy from..... More
1927. Students of The Cavalry School. The Rasp: The Cavalry Service Annual [1927]. Fort Riley, KS, 1927. 314p, many photos and line ills. Good sturdy hardcover (leatherette covers a little rubbed, outer pages and a few others lightly soiled or rubbed). Short ink note on half-title. ** Doings at Fort..... More
1939. Sackett & Wilhelms Lithographing Corporation. Creative Artists 1940. NY, n.d. [1939 or 1940]. "Limited edition." Over 200p, many ills., all in black and white and printed on rectos only. Very good stiff paper covers, spiral bound (light edgewear) in good unclipped d.j. (chipped). ** An annual directory of dozens..... More
1996. Hutchins, Dan and Sebie. Old Cowboy Saddles & Spurs: Identifying the Craftsmen Who Made Them. Marion, IA: Hutchins 1996. 6th annual ed. 240p, many photos and line ills. Very good oversized paperbound (slight shelf wear and soil). No. 79 of 1000 copies, signed by both authors. ** Collector's guide..... More
1991. Stewart, David B., and Hajime Yatsuka. Arata Isozaki Architecture 1960-1990. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art 1991. 304p, over 280 photos and line ills., many in color. Good paperbound (would be very good except for closed tear to one page, neatly mended). ** Career survey of the Pritzker Prize-winning..... More
Allen, Ralph. Shulman, Julius, fwd. Concrete Spirit: The Architecture of Ralph Allen. Rockport, MA: Rockport Publishers 1995. 128p, many photos and line ills., many in color. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ** Presents 12 schools, churches, libraries, and other concrete buildings in southern California; also an illustrated..... More
1995. Rykwert, Joseph. Vittorio Gregotti & Associates. NY: Rizzoli 1995. 285p, many photos, plans, sketches, and models, many in color. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. Owner's ink name on front endpaper. ** Presents over 110 of Gregotti's projects from the 1950s on. Heavy; shipping/handling may be extra. Please..... More
2003. Pennoyer, Peter, and Anne Walker. The Architecture of Delano & Aldrich. NY: Norton 2003. 224p, 32p in color. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** Survey of the firm's career designing "grand country estates, striking townhouses and club buildings, churches, schools and public buildings." Examines in detail 20..... More
2009. Holcomb, Melanie, et al. Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages. NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009. 188p, 157 ills., almost all in color. Fine hardcover in fine d.j. ** Beautiful documentation of this important exhibition. Holcomb's text treats the "history, aesthetics, and uses of medieval drawings" from..... More
2001. Christen, Barbara S., and Steven Flanders, eds. Cass Gilbert: Life and Work. Architect of the Public Domain. NY: Norton 2001. 320p, over 200 ills., 18 in color. Very good hardcover in very good d.j (slight shelf soil). ** Chapters by architectural historians, architects, and other specialists on Gilbert's civic..... More
