Great Britain: The Walpole Society, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 316,[48]pp. Half blue cloth over blue paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Issued only to subscribers. Topics mentioned area memoir of John Francis, oil paintings of Hugh Douglas Hamilton, Allan Ramsay's rise and reputation and the rebuilding of Comb..... More
Great Britain: The Walpole Society, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 153,[55]pp. Half blue cloth over blue paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Issued only to subscribers. Topics mentioned are John Guillim's Book "A Heraldic Painter's Vade Mecum", William Gipin's "'Unfinished Business': The Thames Tour (1764)" and A Cozens Album..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. Hardcover. Small folio. (xii), 596pp. Illustrated green dust jacket, white lettering on front cover and spine. Grey cloth boards with blue lettering on spine. "This volume unites groundbreaking texts by eminent American and European scholars with the most complete visual presentation ever of Ingres's..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1969). First printing. Hardcover. Sq. 4to. 324pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Wear to head and tail of spine. Corners rubbed. Head of spine slightly frayed. 2" and 1/2" piece of dj missing at head of spine. 2 small pieces..... More
Wien: Gerlach U. Wiedling, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Sextodecimo, 42(1)pp. 104 plates. Original white silk with gilt-stamped emblem on cover. Frontispiece; portrait of mayor Richard Schmitz. Tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the Historical Museum in Vienna with a text by Oskar Katann. Profusely illustrated with 104 sepia-toned reproductions of..... More
Berlin: Paul Cassirer, 1920. Slevogt, Max. Hardcover. 8vo. 180pp. Illustrated boards in original illustrated dj. Minor spotting to boards. Foxing to dj not affecting illustrations. Minor chipping to head and tail of dj spine. Signed to Alfred Scharff by the author on front endpaper. Frontispiece. Text profusely illustrated with fine..... More
Berlin: Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, 1909. First edition. Softcover. 4to. 40pp. of text followed by 40pp. of plates. Decorated tan wrappers. Age wear throughout wrappers. Some discoloration and staining. Small chip to head of spine missing. A catalogue of the auction held in Berlin in 1909, including Dutch masters such as..... More
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. 319pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Fascinating account of Fine Art in Canada. Magnificently illustrated with 35 color and many b/w reproductions of paintings. Dj price clipped with creasing on top. In English. Very good condition. More
NP, nd. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 19,[5]pp. Original printed wrappers. Iconic and religious art of Cusco, Peru taken from the magazine Historia y Cultura No. 15. Illustrated with 5 full page b/w reproductions of paintings and 1 diagram printed on glossy paper. Slight crease and age wear on wrappers. Text..... More
Milwaukee: [privately printed], 1972. First printing. Pamphlet. Octavo. Stapled stiff paper wraps. pp. 41 + 3 blanks at rear. A collection of 17 short reflections, observations and anecdotes from Joe Chase's life as a prominent American portrait painter of the twentieth century. (Not illustrated). Chase (1878-1965) is well known for..... More
New York: Putnams, (1946). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 224 pp. Black buckram binding. Head and tail of spine bumped. Frontis. Inscribed by previous owner. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. In very good condition. More
London: The Studio, (1943). Hardcover. 8vo. 146 pp. Blue buckram binding w/dj. Head and tail of spine bumped. Dj crudely repaired with scotch tape. Creased and chipped to edges. 136 illustrations of R. Flint's works. In good condition. More