New York: American Art Association, 1916. First edition. Soft cover (stiff wrappers, in rubbed but sturdy slipcase). [Ca. 200]p, many ills. From the library of painter Stanley Marc Wright, with his bold ink stamp on both sides of the slipcase. Auction catalogue of 259 American, German, French, Danish, and other..... More
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago (copyright American Art Association), 1889. First edition. Soft cover. 3 items: 80p with many ills., 14p, 35p. Second Appendix covers are soiled and sunned; owner's small ink stamp on two covers; small pin- or staple holes in most margins and sometimes in the text. The..... More
Ecouen: Office de Tourisme d'Ecouen, 2012. Limited edition (1 of 1000 copies). Soft cover. 152p, many ills., many in color. In French. Trace of old price sticker on front cover. Very comprehensive survey of the French, British, and American painters and printmakers who frequented this lesser-known artists' colony just north..... More
Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press for Harvard University Library, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 178p, 88 ill., almost all in color (some published here for the first time). Essays on the histories and personalities behind selected American daguerreotypes in Harvard collections. The college began collecting daguerreotypes early on, recognizing their..... More
London / Liverpool: Barraud Studio, n.d. [ca. 1890]. No stated edition. Mounted photograph. Image is ca. 7 x 10 inches on damaged cardboard mount (ca. 10 x 14 inches). On the mat are printed Barraud's name and addresses plus "W & S Ltd" and "Permanent." Image has trivial wrinkles (from..... More
![Item #26593 Third Annual Dinner [menu printed on silk]. Boston Marketmen's Republican Club](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/26593.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1633973484)
Boston: Elwell French (printer), 1891. First edition. Unbound folded sheet. The menu is printed on one piece of unhemmed yellow silk, originally tied with thread within stiff covers; the covers have now detached.. The sewing is still intact on the silk. The lettering on the cover, which surrounds an image..... More
New York: Pantheon, 1979. First American edition. Hardcover. 232p, many ills. Photo is slightly cropped. Very informative history of women artists and their roles in the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain and America--design education for women, ceramics, embroidery and needlework, lace making, jewelry and metalwork, wood carving, furniture and..... 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&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
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
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
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
N.p. [Vermont]: [E.J. Bullock & Co.], n.d. [late 19th century?]. No stated edition. Unbound card. Advertising card, ca. 3 1/4 x 5 inches. At the top are two silhouetted equestrians embossed in silver. The woman rides sidesaddle in a long flowing habit. Photographed through hard plastic sleeve. This Vermont country..... More
![Item #30120 Julijs Feders [Fedders]: Monograph. A. Eglit, A. Lapin](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30120.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1633973510)
Riga, Latvia: Latvian State Publishers, 1958. Fedders. No stated edition. .Hardcover. No jacket, as issued. 160p, ca. 70 pls., 8 in color. Study of this early Latvian landscape painter. (1838-1909) With a checklist of his works. In the publisher's series, Materials on the History of Latvian Art. In Russian. Uncommon..... More
New York: Praeger, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 264p, ca. 220 ills. + 28 color pls. In the publisher's American Art and Artists series. A pioneering book, and still a standard survey. Large and heavy; shipping/handling will be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering. More
New York: Grand Central Art Galleries Art Education Association, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 94p, many ills., including 8 color pls. Important exhibition of this lyrical landscape style, which fell out of favor in the wake of modernism and is now highly valued. Overview by Gerdts, followed by chapters on four..... More
![Item #30277 The Making of the South Kensington Museum [in Journal of the History of Collections];...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30277.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1633973542)
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
![Item #31123 Announcements and Catalogue [cover title]. Ginn, Company](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31123.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1663678904)
N.p. [Boston?]: Ginn & Company, n.d. [1885-86]. First edition. Soft cover. 282p, a few ills. Lists well over 100 textbooks and examination guides in all fields and for all education levels, together with many testimonials from satisified educators around the country. The contents of many books are described, often with..... More
Munich: Eigenthum und Verlag von Jos. Albert, n.d. [1866?]. Schnorr von Karolsfeld, Jos. Albert. First edition. Portfolio. 16p + 20 loose plates (mounted photographs). Scattered foxing and spotting, but the photos are overall clean, very crisp, and richly printed. Cover wear (front cover is detached). Ex-library (long ago), with title..... More
Westborough, MA: House of Whittemore, n.d. [mailed with 2-cent stamp; ca. 1940s-50s]. First edition. Soft cover. 42p, 7 ills. on covers. Old handling soil; handwritten mailing address. Laid in: 4-page typed list of about 100 "hard-to-find titles, good to fine condition") with several ills. Hundreds of items, chiefly 19th-century American..... More
![Item #30402 [Photograph of A. Monroe, Fine Groceries, Fruits & Produce, ca. 1900]. Instantaneous...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30402.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685227982)
New York: Instantaneous Photo View Co., n.d. [ca. 1900]. Photograph. Ca. 6 x 4 inches on mount that is ca. 8 1/2 x 6 inches. The mount is poor quality cardboard; two corners have broken off, and a crease is developing across the photo. Sepia-toned photograph showing the storefront and..... More
Paris: Musee Jacquemart-Andre; printed by Busson, 1963. First edition. Paperbound. 56p + many pls., several in color. In French. Erratum slip laid in. Large exhibition of this fashionable Paris-based Italian painter (checklist of 270 items). Texts by Jean-Louis Vaudoyer and others. Dashing society portraits, landscapes in the Macchiaioli tradition, Venice..... More
Boston: C. Kimball, n.d. [ca. 1890-1900?]. Kimball (photographer). No stated edition. Mounted albumen print. With the photographer's monogram CK on back. Kimball, "Instantaneous Photographs," was located at 140 Court Street, Boston. Studio portrait of a young lady in her finest finery--elaborate lace collar, fitted jacket, embroidered diamond-shaped lappets, box-pleated skirt..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. [1880s-90s]. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. One newsprint broadsheet, folded once to make 4 pages. Large advertising flyer for Lee's "monster aggregation of living marvels. The most successful exhibition traveling of features that cannot be duplicated in America." Advertises educated horses, donkeys, and dogs; reed..... More
