Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1996. First edition. Soft cover. 262p, over 120 ills., some in color. Jacket soiled, wrinkled. Catalogue accompanying a major exhibition, which sought "to explore the anatomists' curiosity about the structures and functions of the body, and the artists' equally passionate search for ways to represent..... More
Edinburgh: Morning Star, et al. 1977. LeWitt,Sol. Limited edition. Soft cover. [20]p, no ills.; printed on rectos. Afterword by Pierre Joris. Front and back covers designed by Sol LeWitt. One of 500 copies. Prints Celan's poem "Irisch" in German, followed by five translations in English (by Pierre Joris, Harry Gilonis..... More
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
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
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...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30459.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633973593)
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
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
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
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
Boston: Library of the Boston Athenaeum, 1981. Stone, Arthur J. First edition. Soft cover. 24p, many ills., including photos of marks. Exhibition catalogue devoted to the work of "one of the last independent designers and master silversmiths of New England" (1847-1938). Includes information about his workshop. Checklist of a wide..... More
![Item #31146 Property from the Estate of John Rewald [Catalogue 7934]. Christie's](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31146.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1664882767)
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
New York: Christie's, Manson & Woods, 1977. First edition. Soft cover. 128p + many plates, some in color. Estimated prices laid in; occasional prices noted in ink. Auction catalogue of 216 lots. Items 183-216 are fine bindings, chiefly the once-lost Riviere bindings executed for exhibition in Leipzig in 1914. Can..... More
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
London: Christopher Mendez, 1977. First edition. Soft cover. 32p, ca. 76 ills. 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 rate. More
Tokyo: Chuo Bijyutsu Gakuen Shuppankyoku [Chuo School of Art Press], 1987. No stated edition. Unbound sheets. 83 loose sheets total, housed in a folding cardboard case with ties. The sheets are ca. 9 1/2 x 13 inches. The photos don't do them justice. Portfolio of progressive models for learning how..... More
Philadelphia: The Clay Studio, 1992. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., over 70 ills. "An exhibition of 74 artists from the former East Block [sic] countries." One large photo of each artist's work plus summary biographical and exhibition information. Texts by Clark and Drutt ("Through the Looking Glass: Reflections on Social..... More
![Item #30802 Aphorisms [1 of 50, signed]. William Cole, Damon Lehrer](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30802.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1645993893)
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
Amiens: Encrage, 1999. First edition. Soft cover. 147p, no ills. In French. Study of the lives and work of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac (Pierre Ayraud), celebrated authors of psychological suspense fiction and romans policiers. With a bibliography of novels, stories, and serial appearances, and a chronology. The films Vertigo..... 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
Beauchamp, UK: Richard Dennis, 2003. Leach, David. First edition. Soft cover. 120p, many ills., dozens in color. Cooper's detailed biography is followed by Nibelett's summary of the pots made at Dartington Hall, the Leach Pottery, and Lowerdown Pottery; the techniques used; pots and potters who inspired Leach (especially his father..... More
![Item #30833 Robert Irwin [1968]. John Coplans, fwd. by Kynastone McShine](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30833.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1646682772)
New York: Jewish Museum, 1968. Irwin, Robert. First edition. Soft cover. [12]p, 1 plate (photo of Irwin by actor Dennis Hopper). One of the three catalogues from the Jewish Museum's simultaneous exhibition of "three independent and mature artists"--Irwin, Gene Davis, and Richard Smith. This was Irwin's second one-man New York..... More
Waltham, MA: Watch City Poetry Series, 1981. Sagalyn, Avital. First edition. Indivdual sheets, accordion folded. Ed. by Jennifer Rose and Laraine Pinnone. Pamphlet Nos. 1 through 4 in this series (all published?). Each offers a few poems, printed by offset on both sides of one sheet, folded into thirds. Ill..... 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, Jean Tardieu, and..... More
![Item #26173 Raoul Dufy [1 of 375]. Pierre Courthion](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/26173.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695127082)
Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1929. Dufy, Raoul. Limited edition. Hardcover. [36]p. many line ills. + 40 pls., 2 in color pochoir (Leda and the Swan, "Carnaval"). In original glassine jacket. Within poor original board covers (spine gone, much of original silver foil covering is scraped away). No. 216 of 375..... More
Geneva: Musee de l'Athenee, 1960. Dufy; Buffet. First edition. Soft cover. [20]p, many ills., 1 in color. Exhibition announcement laid in. In French. Exhibition catalogue. Checklists of 37 works by Dufy and 37 works by Buffet, all chiefly oils. "Raoul Dufy ou le Triomphe de la Joie" by Courthion, reprinted..... More
