![Ashendene, Kelmscott and Doves Press Publications [Sale 527]. Parke-Bernet Galleries](/images/noimage.png)
1944. Parke-Bernet Galleries. Ashendene, Kelmscott and Doves Press Publications [Sale 527]. NY, 1944. 677 lots, a few ills. Very good paperbound (slightly skewed from storage, spine sunned). Unpriced. ** Also "autograph letters, manuscripts and first edtions of American and English authors . . . a remarkable Lincoln autograph .... More
1979. Russica Book & Art Shop. Catalog 33: Forbidden Laughter. NY, n.d. [1979]. 111 items, a few ills. Very good paperbound. ** "A collection of rare & unusual Russian and Soviet books of humor and satire." Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate... More
1960. West Coast Lumbermen's Association. Distinctive Homes of West Coast Lumber. Portland, OR, n.d. [1960]. [20]p, many color photos. Very good paperbound (top of front cover chipped, ink name on front cover). ** All the ways to use various woods in your modern or traditional home--siding, paneling, floors, etc. Filled..... More
1983. Leach, Ken. Catalog "Unique" January 1983. Brattleborough, VT. 46p, no ills. Good stapled paperbound (light handling wear); duplicated typescript, as issued. ** Bookseller's catalogue of "odd volumes of American books, published in two or more volume sets prior to 1850, in original bindings." 805 items, including titles by Jane..... More
1956. Le Courrier Graphique. Conception et Graphisme du Livre 1945-1955. Paris, 1956. 108p, many ills. and ads (some in flat color). Good paperbound (covers stained). ** Issue 86 of this French trade journal devoted to book design and the printing and publishing industries. Surveys a decade of French typography, fine..... More
Librairie Joseph Vincent. Albums pour la Jeunesse (Collection Plon). Bordeaux, n.d. [ca. 1890-1900]. 16p (self wrs.), color ills. on covers and each page. Fair paperbound (heavily foxed, small chip out of front cover). ** Bookseller's catalogue of French children's picture books illustrated by Mars, Boutet de Monvel, Crafty, and Caran..... More
![Abstract & Cubist Paintings and Drawings [1 of ca. 300]. William Roberts](/pictures/thumb/26276.jpg?v=1617973623)
1957. Roberts, William. Abstract & Cubist Paintings and Drawings [cover reads: Some Early Abstract & Cubist Work 1913-1920]. London: Canale [1957]. 16p + 12 black-and-white pls., including several relating to World War I. Good hardcover (boards designed by Roberts; smudged). No d.j., as issued? Neat pencil underlining and marginal notes..... More
1902. Wolverhampton Art and Industrial Exhibition, 1902. Catalogue of the Exhibits in the Fine Art Section. Wolverhampton: Whitehead Brothers 1902. 63p, no ills. Fair paperbound (covers torn, a few opening pages dampstained, a few of the brittle pages have separated from the staples). ** Checklist of over 350 works and..... More
1992. Mellinghoff, Frieder, and Friedrich Friedl. Wen den Pfennig nicht ehrt . . . Plakate werben fur das Sparen [Milton Glaser's copy]. Stuttgart: Deutscher Sparkassenverlag 1992. 190p, many color ills. Very good large paperbound (covers shelfsoiled). Small private library shelf number on spine. ** Color-packed survey of advertising posters made..... More
![Margarethe Krieger: Holzschnitte zu Brecht [signed]. Karl Krolow, fwd](/pictures/thumb/26219.jpg?v=1617973563)
1966. Krolow, Karl, fwd. Margarethe Krieger: Holzschnitte zu Brecht. Ludwigshafen: Galerie Lore Dauer, n.d. [1966]. [36]p, 16 large pls. Very good paperbound (front cover chipped, lightly stained). Signed by Krieger. ** Powerful expressionistic woodcuts illustrating works by Brecht. One of Krieger's early publications. Can be sent outside the U.S. for..... More
1940. Rood, John. Wood Sculpture. Athens, OH: Lawhead Press 1940. 32p, many black-and-white photos of Rood's sculptures. Good paperbound (card covers) in fair d.j. (spine reinforced with tape; torn, soiled). Title page smudged from offsetting from front jacket flap. ** Text by Rood on his work. Laid in: 2 one-page..... More
1974. Stokes, Telfer. Spaces. London: Weproductions 1974. N.p., many photos. No text except for front matter and captions at the end. Very good small paperbound (light shelf rubbing). Trompe-l'oeil dogear to upper corner of cover created by clipping off the corner. ** Everyday objects, buildings, and landscapes photographed and combined..... More
1989. Schwarz, Dieter. Lawrence Weiner Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonne. Cologne: Walther Konig 1989. 205p, many ills., some in color. Very good hardcover; no d.j. (as issued). Would be fine except the bottom rear cover corner is bumped and the bottom rear cover edge is rubbed for ca. 1 inch. Text..... More
Fontana, Lucio. Smith, Elizabeth A.T. Beck & Moffett / Lucio Fontana. NY: Marianne Boesky Gallery 2010. 64p, many color ills. Very good hardcover; no d.j. (probably as issued). ** Catalogue for the two exhibitions Robert Beck & Donald Moffett: Range, and Lucio Fontana: Paintings 1956-1968. Includes an additional short text..... More
1969. Pepper, D. Stephen. Rhino Horn. Hackensack, NJ: Custombook, n.d. [1969]. 22p, 15 color pls. Fair paperbound (covers soiled, worn; mended tear at bottom of front cover). ** Published to accompany the first Rhino Horn exhibition, at the New School for Social Research. The seven artists were Peter Dean, Jay..... More
1956. Lemaitre, Maurice. La Plastique Lettriste et Hypergraphique. Paris: Caracteres 1956. 68p, several line ills. + 2 double-page halftone pls. Very good paperbound (covers lightly shelfsoiled). One of 500 copies of the regular edition. In French. ** On writing systems and graphic expressions of hypertexts, by a leading practitioner and..... More
1939. Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of Artistic & Literary Property connected with Rossetti, Swinburne, Ford Madox Brown, etc. removed from "The Pines", 11 Putney Hill (The Home of A.C. Swinburne and Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton). London, 1939. Auction catalogue, unnumbered. 21p (82 lots) + 5 pls. Very good paperbound. Bookseller ticket..... More
1969. Marabottini, Alessandro. Polidoro da Caravaggio. Rome: Edizioni dell'Elefante 1969. 2 vols. Text: 399p; plates: hundreds of ills. on 164 pls. Good sturdy paperbounds. Cover wear (spine and some edges reinforced with tape); several marginal notes. No. 369 of 1000 sets. ** "Polidoro Caldara, usually known as Polidoro da Caravaggio..... More
1998. Quaritch, Bernard. The Science of Art: Optics, Perspective, Colour (Catalogue 1250). London 1998. 94p, many line ills. + several color pls. Very good paperbound (slight external handling wear). ** Bookseller's catalogue of 88 extraordinary European and British books of the 15th-19th centuries: Alberti, Durer, Chevreul, Euclid, Newton, Kepler, Fosse..... More
1958. May, James Boyer. Little Magazines. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center 1958. [16]p, a few ills. Good paperbound (margins foxed). ** Exhibition checklist of little magazines and literary reviews from the collection of Dr. Marvin Sukov, with their addresses at the time. Some "are not strictly speaking little magazines, but like..... More
![Crossroads [Lalla Essaydi photographs]. Waterhouse, Dodd](/pictures/thumb/25896.jpg?v=1615216383)
2008. Waterhouse & Dodd. Crossroads [Lalla Essaydi photographs]. London, 2008. 44p, many large color photos. Good paperbound (would be very good except for bumped corners). ** "The first UK exhibition of photographs by the celebrated Moroccan artist." Includes an interview with Essaydi. She is acclaimed for her portrayals of Islamic..... More
1909. San Francisco. Souvenir-Portola. Public Work of San Francisco Since 1906. Supplement to Municipal Reports, 1908-9. Ca. 60p, many photos of buildings built after the 1906 earthquake. Fair paperbound (covers detached, internally very good except one small corner chipped away from bottom of one page). ** Surveys the post-earthquake building..... More
![Drawings by Commercial Artists of San Francisco [1925]. San Francisco Advertising Club](/pictures/thumb/25195.jpg?v=1615216382)
1925. San Francisco Advertising Club. Drawings by Commercial Artists of San Francisco. [Cover reads: Advertising Illustrations] San Francisco: Printed by Johnck Kibbee & Company, 1925. [16]p, 1 ill. each by the listed artists, 1 in color. Good paperbound (chipped, lower inch of spine split, soil and wear). Internally very good..... More
1864. Ruprich-Robert [Victor Marie Charles]. Le Chateau de Falaise (Calvados). Paris: J. Claye, printer, 1864. 30p, 12 line ills. Good paperbound (light chipping to covers; shelf soiled; lightly foxed). ** Official report to the government minister Vaillant on the condition of this Normandy chateau, and recommendations for repairs and restoration..... More
1957. Pars, H.H., pseud. [Hans Diebow and Hans Schwarz van Berk]. Pictures in Peril. NY: Oxford 1957. Trans. from German. x, 240p, several ills. Good hardcover, no d.j. Outer pages and fore-edges foxed; corners bumped. From the library of Frederic S. Ossorio, with his ink signature. Frederic, a brother of..... More
