Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 311, [1]pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over blue cloth. Remarkable work on Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, the renowned German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts with faces contorted in extreme facial expressions. This monograph is profusely illustrated with 205..... More
Fresno, California: Fresno Art Museum, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Folio,Original bare bords with black cloth spine as issued. Impression of the title in an elipse on front cover, silver lettering on spine. 90 pp. Illustrated throughout from cover to cover with b/w and color facsimile photographs of the work of..... More
Kobenhavn: Budtz Müller & Co., nd (ca. 1910). Softcover. Oblong 4to. Unpaginated (32pp). Original illustrated wraps. Early 20th century publication illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs showing over 30 of the famous sculptures in the Ny Carlberg Glypoetek in Copenhagen. The collection is built around the personal collection of Carl..... More
London: Sculpture and Memorials, 1937. Handbook, 2nd edition. Softcover. 4to. 64 pp. Paper wrappers. Profusely photo-illustrated in b&w, also a few drawings. Cover has some staining, cover has become detached from text block without damaging the cover (no tears, holes, etc.). Fair condition. More
Paris: Jeanne Bucher, 1947. Limited First edition. Paperback. 1/900. Folio. 17, [3]pp. (text), 71pp (plates), [3]pp. Original glassine over printed dust-jacket and stiff wrappers. Frontispiece. This striking monograph on the art of Jacques Lipchitz is superbly illustrated throughout with 71 examples of the artist's sculptures reproduced in simili-gravure. Glassine sunned..... More
Paris: Firmin-Didot et cie, 1956. Hardcover. 8vo. xv. 384 pp. In French. Beautiful heliogravure frontispiece of the statue "Le Jupiter D'Evereux" with tissue protector as well as 600 illustrations and photographs of French Gaul sculpture from the Roman period. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Condition of book: Fine..... More
London: Stuart Shave Modern Art (Gallery), 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11-1/4" X 8-1/2"). 112pp. Acetate dust wrapper over white boards lettered in black. Profusely illustrated with photos of the artist's work (most in color). Initialed and numbered ("14") by Ricky Swallow on the title page and with his sketch..... More
(東京) Tokyo: Toho Shoin (東方書院), 1932. Ex-library, first edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 10pp. 13pp. (135 plates) 26pp. (5). Dark blue thick linen boards, with gilt lettering on the spine. Decorative red endpapers. Illustrated title page and half-title. Table of contents at the front. The publication is vol.4 of the series dealing..... More
Constantinople: Ministere Imperial de L'Instruction Publique, 1908. Softcover. 8vo. ix. 664pp. of text followed by 15pp. of plates. Tan wrappers with black lettering to cover and spine. Discoloration, staining and some tears to wrappers. Two inches of backstrip on head of spine missing. Page 605 throughout back wrapper detached from..... More
Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1987. Limited first edition. Hardcover. 1/1500. Large quarto. 183, [1]pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over black cloth with silver lettering on spine and front cover. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by Naum Knop to Esther Swerdloff-Naidis. Remarkable work on the art of the renowned..... More
New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 564pp. Original photo illustrated blue dust jacket with blue lettering on cover and spine. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Two color photographic frontispieces. A comprehensive study based mostly on the M.T. Hindson collection with a foreword by..... More
New York: David McKay, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (12" x 9-1/2"). 172pp. Bibliography and alphabetical list of owners. Photographic dust jacket with white spine lettered in black, over gray cloth lettered in white. Frontispiece portrait of Hepworth. Profusely illustrated with 128 monochrome photos of sculptures and 14 drawings. Cloth..... More
Paris: Arted-Editions d'Art, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 150pp., 105 plates. Original pictorial dustjacket over green cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. "The Musée Antoine Bourdelle is the finest art sanctuary in Montparnasse. In the rooms that were his studios, in the garden where he used to dream..... More
New York: Galeria Bonino, LTD, 1967. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated (8pp.) Original color design with black lettering on cover. Exhibition No. 28, from 17th October - 11th November, 1967. With four full page b/w reproductions of Bonalumi's structures plus the centerfold. Photos by Peter Moore. Internationally exhibited work by..... More
Pietrasanta: Centro Culturale Luigi Russo, 1986. Softcover. 4to. 88pp. Pictorial wrappers. Book on the "Museo dei Bozetti", that focuses on artist's models for sculpture work, or "Bozetti". With an introduction on the museum and the artistic and artisan activity in Versilia, in three languages (Italian, French, English). Illustrated throughout with..... More
Sedalia, MO: Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007. Hardcover. Small folio (12-1/4" x 8-1/2"). Unpaginated. Color printed photographic boards, black & gray spine lettered in white. Illustrated with approx. 40 pages of color photos of Callas' sculptures. Signed by Callas on the title page, dated 2013. "With approximately 50 years..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xiv, 381pp., 88 plates. Original three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt ruling on cover, gilt ruling and lettering on spine; raised bands. Gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece with tissue guard. "..no book dealing exclusively with this..... More
New York: Sotheby's Publications, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. 359pp. Original photo-illustrated dustjacket, white and black lettering on spine, over dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Gray endpapers. "This book is intended for a public interested in Etruscan civilization and, more particularly, in Etruscan bronzes. To facilitate..... More
Vienna: Jugend und Volk, 1973. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 164 (4)pp. Original black quarter cloth over illustrated stiff wraps; original photo-illustrated dustjacket with white lettering on spine. Illustrated b/w endpapers with Hrdlicka's drawings. Sculpture and large drawings by the Austrian sculptor, draughtsman and painter with an introductory text by the..... More
Chicago: Argonaut, Inc., 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xliii, 261, xcvi plates. Original black cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and publisher's device on spine. Title page with publisher's device. Enlarged Edition with a Foreword and Reference Bibliography by Lenore Keene Congdon. "This book is intended both for those who want..... More
Mexico: Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, (1990). Softcover. 4to. 226pp. Illustrated soft cover. Some rubbing, creasing and scuffing to binding and spine. Some glue residue along gutter on front-, and rear endpapers. Escultura Greco-Roman presencia de la Academia vision Contemporanea. Illustrated with color, bw and duo tone reproductions of plates depicting..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, n/d. Hardcover. 4to. 320pp. Gilt-stamped black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original mylar jacket. Minor wear to corners on tail of spine. Ex Libris to inside of front board. Four lectures on its changing aspects from ancient Egypt to Bernini. Wonderfully illustrated with..... More
Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, (1926). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 314pp. Green cloth with gilt and black cover plate. Gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine bumped and slightly chipped. Minor closed tear to head of spine. Corners bumped and rubbed. Wear to top front edge. Collezione Artistica Hoepli. "Duecentoventicinque..... More
München: Delphin-Verlag, 1922. Limited edition. Hardcover. 328/700. Large Quarto. 45 (1)pp., 60 plates w/ tissue guards. Original red cloth with gilt-stamped vignette and lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated title page. A collection of material on the subject of the art of the goldsmith gathered during Redslob's fourteen..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. xviii,155,[64]pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed dust wrapper. The period in Greek art that falls between the destruction of Athens by the Persians and the building of the Parthenon is the focus of this book. Illustrated..... More