New York: American Art Association, 1915. First edition. Soft cover. Auction catalogue, May 7, 1915.  483 lots, several plates.  Covers age-smudged. Chiefly 19th-century works, with some early books and rarities, such as 16th-18th-century manuscripts and Fr. Colonel's 1620 grammar of the Maya language of Yucatan.  The original edition.  No prices..... More

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1930. First edition. Paperbound. 88p, many large pls. (generally one per artist). One of 2250 copies. Catalogue of the museum's second exhibition, and its first of American art (1929-30). The painters--deliberately "eclectic" and representing both "conservative" and "advanced" styles--were selected with the aid of..... More

1989. Hirschl & Adler Folk. But Were They Good Likenesses? NY, 1989. 42p, many ills., many in color. Text by Colleen Cowles Heslip. Good paperbound (shelfwear to covers). ** Interesting loan exhibition catalogue, which pairs 19th-century American portraits and landscapes with daguerreotypes or photographs of the actual subjects. Can be..... More

1929. Macbeth Gallery. Exhibitions from the Summer Colonies: No. 3 Mystic. NY, Dec. 24, 1929-Jan. 6, 1930. One sheet, folded twice to make 4 panels, printed on one side; 1 ill. Panel size 4 x 8 inches. Good (handling soil, one-inch closed tear to bottom margins). ** Reprises part of..... More

1940. Rood, John. Wood Sculpture. Athens, OH: Lawhead Press 1940. 32p, many black-and-white photos of Rood's sculptures. Good paperbound (card covers) in fair d.j. (spine reinforced with tape; torn, soiled). Title page smudged from offsetting from front jacket flap. ** Text by Rood on his work. Laid in: 2 one-page..... More