New York: Barneys New York, n.d. [1980s]. First edition. Unbound sheets. Three accordion-folded sheets, printed on card stock. "Man" consists of 16 panels printed on one side (7 photos + prices). "Woman" consists of 16 panels printed on both sides (12 photos + prices). "Home" consists of 16 panels printed..... More
No place [Buffalo?]: No stated publisher, 1987. First edition. Soft cover. Six reproductions of photographs, printed in duotone on glossy card stock, laid in folder. Short texts by Reyner Banham, Anthony Bannon, and the photographer. Ca. 6 x 9 inches. Folder lightly soiled; price sticker removed from back; photos are..... More
Philadelphia: Art Alliance Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 286p, several photos. Slight wear to jacket. History of the innovative curriculum at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University from 1900 on, through a study of the administrations of the first six art directors (Charles F. Binns, Charles..... More
![Raoul Dufy [Tokyo and Kyoto exhibition]. Bernard Dorival](/images/noimage.png)
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
Innsbruck: Wagner'sche Universitat, 1891. First edition. Paperbound. 55p, 3 line ills. In German. On wood construction in antiquity--Assyria, Egypt, Greece--based on ancient texts and other evidence. Passing references to Gottfried Semper. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate. Reference copy... More
Santa Barbara: University of California Santa Barbara Art Galleries, 1969. First edition [1 of 600 copies]. Paperbound (printed foil). 108p, 113 photos and line ills. One of 600 copies; designed by David Gebhard. (Two later editions were issued.) Covers scuffed, spine faded; internally very good. The photo is too pale. ..... More
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. First edition. Soft cover. Vol. 14, no. 1. 176p, many photos. Slight shelf wear. Articles on the founding and first decades of the Victoria and Albert Museum by Clive Wainwright, Anthony Burton, Martin Levy, Paul Tucker, and others. The Government Schools of Design and the..... More
![1895 C.R. Hettel Jewelry Company, St. Louis, Mo. [cover title]. C. R. Hettel Jewelry Company](/pictures/thumb/26395.jpg?v=1615216388)
1895. Hettel Jewelry Company, C.R. 1895 C.R. Hettel Jewelry Company, St. Louis, Mo. [cover title]. 222p, many line ills. Poor but complete limp cloth. Back cover, index, and rear endpapers detached. Front cover worn, opening pages dampstained, pages dogeared. Ca. 8 x 10 inches. ** Trade catalogue used as a...... More
Wilton, Cork: Collins Press, 2004. First edition. Spiral bound paperbound. 268p, 240 photos, line ills., and maps. Reproduced by photo-offset. Detailed survey of the monuments on the Burren and the Aran Islands of Ireland--tombs, crosses, churches, tower houses, forts, etc. Grouped chronologically: the first peoples, from Neolithic to Bronze Age..... More
Chamberlain, John. Judd, Don, et al. The Chinati Foundation / La Fundacion Chinati. Zurich: Bodmer + Weber 1987. N.p., many full-page photos and line ills., a few in color. Good paperbound (cover wear, soil; upper corners bumped in first half of book). In English and Spanish. One of 3500 copies..... More
Caligari: Paolo Pisano, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 174p, many photos and line ills., several in color. Monograph on the pre-Christian grotto-crypt of the church of Santa Restituta in Caligari, Sardinia, and its excavation. Chapters on its history, some reproductions and transcriptions of documents relating to the later church, inscriptions found..... More
No place (printed in San Mateo): San Carlos Villagers, n.d. [1967-68]. First edition. Hardcover. 117p, several photos and line ills. Covers are splayed due to cross-grain binding. No jacket, as issued. . San Carlos lies between San Francisco and San Jose, in San Mateo County on the San Francisco Peninsula. Its..... More
Baltimore: 1907. First edition. Stapled paperbound. Catalogue of dozens of framed pictures, mirrors, frames, hat racks, screens, display easels, and commodes. All described and priced. The back cover lists the firm's other home furnishing lines, and their warehouses in Baltimore, New York, Kobe (Japan), and Canton (China). The firm's factories..... More
![The Breeder's Gazette Farmer and His Wife! [cover title]. Virginia C. Meredith](/pictures/thumb/30042.jpg?v=1616762922)
Chicago: Sanders Pub. Co., n.d. [ca. 1918]. First edition. Paperbound. A lavish promotional brochure soliciting subscribers and advertisers to the weekly Breeder's Gazette, which reached "the very cream of the farming population." The tone is aspirational: "The Gazette is devoted to 'nurture and education' in better thinking about the fine..... More
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan: Seibundo, N.d. [ca. 1876]. No stated edition. Japanese stab paper binding. N.p. [each ca. 24p], many line ills., partly printed in red. Two carpentry manuals showing details and proportions of wood construction and carving. Originally printed in two 2-volume sets. Ours are volume 1, number 1, and..... More
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1970. First edition. 88p (461 lots), many black-and-white ills. Covers age-yellowed. No realized prices. A two-day sale that also included a Regency games table, seat furniture, cut glass, clocks, and other decorative objects. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate..... More
1969. Parke-Bernet Galleries. Fine Jewels; Magnifcent Precious-Stone Jewelry; Fine Antique Victorian & Other Jewelry [cover titles]. NY, 1969. Variously paged and illustrated (1 color pl. of opals). Very good paperbounds (spines faded). No prices realized. ** Group of 5 catalogues offering jewelry from various owners, including Tallulah Bankhead, the Tenth..... More
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1951. First edition. Soft cover. Auction Catalogue 1283, November 14 and 17, 1951. 348 lots, many black-and-white ills. Cover soil; internally very good. Museum de-accession, with label on front cover and small ink stamp on first page and back cover. The 88 paintings are priced in..... 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
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
Los Angeles: Balcony Press, 1989. First edition. Paperbound. 92p, ca. 100 color photos. Photos and captions grouped by themes: transition, joinery, Oriental forms, "the theme of three," flowers and trees, doors, fireplaces, and leaded glass. Inspiring details from this California Arts and Crafts landmark (Pasadena). Published at $24.95, with old..... 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
