1968. Asia House Gallery; Robert P. Griffing, Jr. The Art of the Korean Potter: Silla, Koryo, Yi. NY, 1968. 132p, over 100 ills., 8 in color. Very good to fine hardcover in d.j. Small bookplate partly removed from inside front endpaper. ** Handsome and comprehensive exhibition catalogue. The show was... 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
1993. Baekeland, Frederick, and Robert Moes, et al. Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections. NY: Japan Society 1993. 206p (120 entries), many photos, many in color. Very good paperbound. ** This important loan exhibition catalogue is a definitive guide to its subject. Covers the development, classical traditions, forms, functions, and... More
1964. Bodelsen, Merete. Gauguin's Ceramics: A Study in the Development of His Art. London: Faber and Faber 1964. 238p, ca. 200 ills., several in color. Very good hardcover in fair d.j. ** Important study of the "some sixty ceramic pieces that Gauguin executed in the late 1880s and early 1890's... More
1977. Bowie, Theodore, introd. Karl Marz Potter: Retrospective. Indiana University Art Museum 1977. 63p, many photos + small color plate mounted on title page. Very good paperbound (covers smudged overall; internally fine). Japanese paper endpapers. ** Exhibition catalogue of over 200 functional works--stoneware, earthenware, porcelain bowls and vases, etc. Can... More
1980. Bowlt, John, introd. Russian Theater and Costume Designs from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Exhibition catalogue, San Francisco, 1980. 64p, ca. 100 ills., 5 in color. Good paperbound: cover edges rubbed; ex-museum lib., with ink stamps on title page. Internally very good. ** Chiefly Ballets Russes designs... More
1964. British School at Athens. Annual: No. 64. London, 1964. 308p, many b&w ills. on 64 pls. + several folding site plans, elevations, etc. Very good hardcover (rear endpaper lightly smudged); no d.j. (as issued?). ** Twelve articles on early Greek jewelry, recent excavations at Mycenae, "A Note on the... More
1979. Bruhn, Thomas P. American Decorative Tiles 1870-1930. Storrs, CT: William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, 1979. 48p, many b&w photos + color cover. Good paperbound (covers quite rubbed but not torn; internally fine). Errata sheet laid in. ** Loan exhibition catalogue of 180 tiles from the leading... More
1978. Campbell, James Edward. Pottery and Ceramics: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale 1978. 241p. Very good hardcover; no d.j., as issued. ** Long wide-ranging annotated bibliography of books and journals on ceramics worldwide--histories, technical works, collections, etc. Hundreds of entries, all in English. The first such reference since... More
1988. Carroll, Diane Lee. Looms and Textiles of the Copts: First Millennium Egyptian Textiles in the Carl Austin Rietz Collection of the California Academy of Sciences. [San Francisco]: California Academy of Sciences 1988 (Memoir 11). 201p, ca. 100 photos and line ills., 8 in color. Very good paperbound. ** Scholarly... More
1992. Christie's, London. The T. Crowther & Son Collection of Architectural Furnishings. Auction catalogue (no. 4824), 1992. 221p, many photos, many in color. Good paperbound (lower corner of front cover creased; a little shelfwear; internally very good). ** Over 1400 sumptuous items from the inventory of this venerable firm upon... More
1985. Crawford, Alan. C.R. Ashbee: Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist. Yale University Press 1985. 499p, over 200 ills. (over 15 in color). Fine copy of the hardcover first edition, in very good jacket. ** First and still the best study of this major Arts and Crafts architect; designer of jewelery... More
1967. Dorival, Bernard. Raoul Dufy. Tokyo: Musee National d'Art Occidental, 1967. N.p. (199 works), over 200 ills. Good paperbound in worn original glassine d.j. In Japanese. ** Catalogue of a large, wide-ranging exhibition, including many works on paper and ceramics. It was also shown in Kyoto. The illustrations, though all... More
1920. Dufy, Raoul. Croquis de Modes par Raoul Dufy: Soieries de Bianchini-Ferier et Cie Dessinees par Raoul Dufy. [Paris] Gazette du Bon Ton, no. 1, fevrier 1920. 8 loose hand-colored lithographed fashion plates by Dufy, within paper covers. Covers good (old label and small stain); plates all very good and... More
1980. Ebendorf, Robert. [Robert Ebendorf]. Florence Duhl Gallery, NY, and University Art Galleries, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, 1980. [12]p, many ills., some in color. Texts by the artist and Heikki Seppa. Good paperbound (shelfsoiled), with a signed piece of art metalwork mounted to the front cover. ** Untitled... More
1997. Eliens, Titus M., et al., eds. Dutch Decorative Arts 1880-1940. Kingston, NY: Battledore 1997. 254p, many photos, almost all in color. As new hardcover in as new d.j. ** Important survey of Dutch avant-garde design, beautifully illustrated. Essays by various scholars on "Nieuwe Kunst," the Amsterdam School and Expressionism... More
1960. Galerie Charpentier [Ader, Perigois, Laurin]. Importante Collection de Porcelaines Tendres de Vincennes et Sevres. Auction cat., Paris, June 22, 1960. N.p. (lots 151-298) + many photos on 43 pls. Good paperbound. ** Also in the sale were Old Master paintings and drawings, 18th-century furniture, and tapestries, all from the... More
1895. Galerie Georges Petit, Paris. Catalogue des Objets d'Art et de Riche Ameublement executes dans les ateliers et sous la direction de M.A. Beurdeley. 1895. 56p (365 items), many photos (phototypie by Berthaud). Fair paperbound: covers faded, rather chipped; scattered foxing throughout. Sewn binding generally sound. ** In 1895 Beurdeley... More
1971. Groenewegen-Frankfort, H.A., and Bernard Ashmole. Art of the Ancient World:: Painting, Pottery, Sculpture, Architecture from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, Greece, and Rome. NY: Abrams, n.d. [1971]. (Library of Art History) 528p, 700 ills. + 61 color pls. Very good hardcover in shelfworn d.j. ** Comprehensive survey. Heavy; shipping/handling will be... More
1981. Hampe, Roland, and Erika Simon. The Birth of Greek Art: From the Mycenaean to the Archaic Period. London: Thames and Hudson 1981. 316p, 504 ills., 60 in color. Very good hardcover in lightly shelfworn d.j. and slipcase. ** Large survey of the architecture, painting, metalwork, weapons, stone vessels, pottery... More
1985. Hansen, Robert C. Scenic and Costume Design for the Ballets Russes. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press 1985. 231p, 70 black-and-white ills. As new hardcover. No d.j., as issued. (Theater and Dramatic Studies, 30) ** Excellent survey of the artistic contributions to the Ballets Russes of Benois, Bakst, Roerich, Depero... More
1965. Hare, Richard. The Art and Artists of Russia. London: Methuen 1965. 294p, over 150 ills. + 32 color ills. Very good hardcover (except for tapestains on rear endpapers) in very good d.j. (shelfsoiled). ** Good survey. Chapters on icons, metalwork, portrait painting, porcelain of the Russian Empire, 19th-20th-century painting... More
1991. Lefebvre, Judith (curator). Connecticut Masters: The Fine Arts and Antiques Collection of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company. Hartford, 1991. 271p, many color ills. Fine hardcover in very good d.j. ** Presents the firm's collection of Connecticut paintings (chiefly 19th-century landscapes) and colonial and federal furniture. More
1906. Holme, Charles, ed. The Art-Revival in Austria. London: "The Studio" 1906. Variously paged, many ills., many in color. Good sturdy hardcover (covers stained and rubbed, bottom corners bumped). In original green cloth, with title panel mounted on front. Foxed throughout (foxing to the plates is generally to the margins... More
1982. Japan Society for the Study of Oriental Trade Ceramics. Trade Ceramics Studies 2. [Dazaifu] 1982. 141p + over 100 photos, line ills., and charts (some folding). Very good paperbound. Entirely in Japanese except for the table of contents and "Tenmoku Ware: A Case of Ceramic Analysis Applied to the... More
