Carl Andre; Sculpture 1959-1977
New York: Jaap Rietman, 1976. Andre, Carl. First edition. Soft cover. 88p, many black-and-white ills. Covers lightly soiled overall, foxed. Published on the occasion of a traveling exhibition. More
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Malevich and His Circle; An Anniversary Tribute
New York: Rosa Esman Gallery, 1978. First edition. Soft cover. [16]p, several ills. Outer pages foxed; covers soiled. Catalogue of 42 works on paper and books by Malevich, Exter, Goncharova, Larionov, El Lissitzky, Rodchenko, Tatlin, and others. Published on the centenary of Malevich's birth. Can be sent outside the US..... More
Alexander Rodchenko
New York: Princeton Architectural Press for New York Chapter/American Institute of Architects, 1987. Rodchenko, Alexander. First edition. Soft cover. [32]p, many black-and-and white ills. Exhibition catalogue. Texts by Bowlt, Alexander Lavrentjev, and Vieri Quilici on Rodchenko's photographs and graphic design, architectural language, and constructivist theory. Can be sent outside the..... More
Brentano's Book Parade
N.p. [New York?]: Brentano's, 1949. Williams, Gluyas. First edition. Soft cover. 12p, many small ills. including author photos, book jackets, and Gluyas Williams cartoon on cover (from Father of the Bride). Advertising pamphlet for the "top current books" of June 1949 from Brentano's, "booksellers to the world." Among the featured..... More
Consumption and the World of Goods
London: Routledge, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 654p,many tables, + many ills. Over 20 essays by specialists on 17th- and 18th-century material culture in Britain, Europe, and America. Their interpretations help shape "a new historical landscape based on the consumption of goods and services." The parts are: Problems, Methods and Concepts;..... More
Printmaking in the Service of Botany
Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1986. First edition. Soft cover. 167p, many ills., some in color. Exhibition catalogue of 72 printed examples of botanical illustration, each described at length and illustrated with several details. Grouped roughly chronologically by process: relief (woodcut, wood engraving, etc.), intaglio, planographic, nature..... More
Report of the Committee on the Visual Arts at Harvard
Cambridge, MA: Privately printed (Harvard University), June 1955. First edition. Hardcover. 176p, no ills. Photo-duplicated typescript, printed on rectos. Tipped in: "This report is confidential and not for distribution or publication until permission has been granted by the Present of Harvard University." Covers lightly shelf-rubbed. A mid-century needs and opportunities..... More
Jerry N Uelsmann: Silver Meditations
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1975. Uelsmann, Jerry. First edition. Hardcover. N.p., 146 large photos. Lightly rippled throughout; slight foxing to last few bottom margins; else clean. Comprehensive selection of Uelsmann's work, chiefly his multiple images of the natural world that "possess an often eerie vision of the extra-sensory..... More
I Want To Take Picture
Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1987. Burke, Bill. Limited edition. Hardcover. N.p., many duotone photos by Burke and other ills., some in color. Plasticized pictorial boards; no jacket, as issued. One of 1000 copies (unstated). The first edition of this remarkable artist’s book. Via photographs, diary entries, and collaged ephemera, Burke documented..... More
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Cygnea Cantio: Swan Song [no. 2 of 50, signed]
England: Tracey Bush, 1999. Bush, Tracey. Limited edition. One folded sheet. Artist's book consisting of one stiff leaf of tan paper, folded in thirds, within blue cloth covers with ties. Very faint ghost of an old small label on back cover, which could easily be removed. Folded, 6 x 9..... More
"Offenbach Serie", 1982-1983
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
Diary; How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) Continued, Part Three 1967
West Glover, VT: Something Else Press, 1967. First edition. Soft cover. A Great Bear Pamphlet. 14p, 1 small ill. on cover. Ruminations, printed in various tones of blue, red, and black ink. Original price of $1.50 printed on back. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default..... More
The French Art of the Book
New York: Cultural Division of the French Embassy, 1949. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 50p, no ills. except for tipped-on cover ill. Cover edges shelfworn, covers lightly browned, rust around staples. Reproduced typescript. Traveling loan exhibition of 242 20th-century examples of French book arts, divided into three parts: Several Great..... More
![Item #30660 The Way I See It [Broadway columnist Earl Wilson's copy]. Eddie Cantor](/pictures/thumb/30660.jpg?v=1641235983)
The Way I See It [Broadway columnist Earl Wilson's copy]
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1959. No stated edition. Hardcover. Ed. by Phyllis Rosenteur. 204p, no ills. Line on copyright page reads 94611. With ink stamp, "From The Library of Earl Wilson The New York Post." Jacket torn, as shown. Breezy memoir, full of inspirational life lessons learned by the singer/comedian..... More
Rebecca Horn
New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1993. Horn, Rebecca. First edition. Soft cover. 344p, over 100 ills., many of them large color plates. Subtitled The Inferno-Paradiso Switch only on the copyright page. Photo is a little cropped. Substantial exhibition catalogue of the mixed-media objects, installations, films, and performances by this eclectic artist..... More
Jeux, Sports, Divertissements; Livres d'Enfants, Education
Paris: Rodolphe Chamonal, 1997. First edition. Soft cover. 68p, many ills., some in color. In French. Handsome antiquarian bookseller's catalogue offering over 400 books on games and pastimes, plus some children's books. Includes entertainment and performing arts, gymnastics and boxing, fireworks, billiards, playing cards, chess, hunting, mountaineering, bullfighting, golf, etc...... More
Catalogue 106: Conservation & Restoration of Works of Art and Related Subjects
Cambridge, MA: Charles B. Wood III, n.d. [1980s-90s]. First edition. Soft cover. 97p, many black-and-white ills. Bookseller's catalogue of 397 antiquarian books and other printed materials on art conservation and restoration, all described in detail. Chiefly American, British, and French. Can be sent outside the US for less than the..... More
![Item #30459 The Photograph and the Book V [Catalogue 105]; 19th Century Photographically...](/pictures/thumb/30459.jpg?v=1633973593)
The Photograph and the Book V [Catalogue 105]; 19th Century Photographically Illustrated Books, a Few Albums, and an Interesting Variety of 19th Century Catalogues of Photographs
Cambridge, MA: Charles B. Wood III, n.d. [2000]. First edition. Soft cover. 79p, many ills. Bookseller catalogue, continuing Wood's pioneering catalogues of books about and containing photographs. 203 entries, all scrupulously described. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
Nineteenth Century Photography: Catalogue 114
Cambridge, MA: Charles Wood, n.d. [2003]. First edition. Soft cover. 83p, many photos. Offers 221 illustrated books, albums, catalogues, and technical manuals, all described in scrupulous detail. More
Complement des Etudes sur la Vision des Couleurs
Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1879. First edition. Soft cover. 277p + 7 pls. Lacks front wrapper. Title page torn in half. Back wrapper present. The sewn gatherings are separating. Suitable for enclosure or for a good rebinding project. As first issued, in the Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France..... More
![Item #31146 Property from the Estate of John Rewald [Catalogue 7934]. Christie's](/pictures/thumb/31146.jpg?v=1664882767)
Property from the Estate of John Rewald [Catalogue 7934]
New York: Christie's, 1994. First edition. Soft cover. 100p, many ills., some in color. Lots 401-570, following a morning art sale (not Rewald's). Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Modern drawings by Cezanne, Valadon, Giacometti, Morandi, Brauner, Balthus, Hockney (the catalogue cover), and many more; a few prints and paintings; African objects; fine..... More
Catalogue of a Fine Series of Plates from Turner's Liber Studiorum; The Property of a Gentleman, Deceased. Also Choice Engravings in Mezzotint & Colours...from Various Private Sources
London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1902. Turner. First edition. Soft cover. 11p, no ills. Auction catalogue of 168 prints (92 from the Liber Studiorum). All prices and buyers inked in. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
C W Kolbe (Catalogue 38)
1977. Christopher Mendez [gallery]. C W Kolbe (Catalogue 38). London, 1977. 32p, ca. 76 ills. Very good paperbound (covers shelfsoiled). Pricelist laid in. ** Sale catalogue of the astonishingly detailed landscapes and animal studies by this German etcher-engraver. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping..... More
![Item #26577 Hoen Ho: Kyuseikyu Reisenmei Rinsho Shugakucho [calligraphy manual]. Chuo School of...](/pictures/thumb/26577.jpg?v=1633973483)
Hoen Ho: Kyuseikyu Reisenmei Rinsho Shugakucho [calligraphy manual]
1987. Chuo School of Art Press. Hoen Ho: Kyuseikyu Reisenmei Rinsho Shugakucho [The Square and Circle Method: Penmanship etc.]. Tokyo: Chu Bijyutsu Gakuen Shuppankyoku [Chuo School of Art Press], 1987. 83 loose sheets total, housed in a folding cardboard case with ties. The sheets are ca. 9 1/2 x 13..... More
![Item #30802 Aphorisms [1 of 50, signed]. William Cole, Damon Lehrer](/pictures/thumb/30802.jpg?v=1645993893)
Aphorisms [1 of 50, signed]
Cambridge: The Bow & Arrow Press / Cole & Contreras, 1992. Lehrer, Damon. Limited edition. Limp boards. Loose sheets and folded gatherings, with guardsheets. Partly printed in brown. No. 32 of this edition, signed by Cole (one of 50 thus, from a total edition of 89). Eight aphorisms written by..... More