New York: Golden Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 397pp. Red cloth with embossed gilt symbol to front plate and gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Some scuffing and creasing to dj. A fascinating book on ancient art, discovered in the city of Sumer. Beautifully illustrated with 557 illustrations..... More
New York: Golden Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 380 pp. Red cloth with embossed gilt symbol to front plate and gilt lettering to spine, in white dj with black lettering and colored picture. Very slight creasing and wear to d/j. "This book presents for the first time (...) the..... More
Paris: Rive Gauche, Productions, 1981. First French edition. Hardcover. Folio. 342, [2]pp. Original Photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. The character of Surrealism had been crystallizing over the previous five years when, in 1924, Andre Breton's Manifeste du Surrealisme defined the word. As conceived in..... More
London: John Murray, 1848. (First Edition). Hardcover. 8vo. xiii, 396 (4). 16 pp. catalogue at rear of John Murray's other publications. Brown cloth binding. Corners bumped. Some pages foxed. Front board cracked, but holding soundly. Back board broken and loose at bottom, but also holding. Some bumping to head and..... More
Stuttgart: C.E. Schwab Verlagsgesellschaft, 1947. First edition (Erstes bis fünftes Tausend). Hardcover. Quarto. 185, [3]pp. (Text), [64]pp. (Plates). Original cloth spine over printed paper covered boards, with red lettering on spine and front cover. Written secretly between 1943 and 1944, "Das Unbekannte in der Kunst" (The Unknown in Art) was..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1960. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 64pp. Original photo-illustrated dustjacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece photograph. Beckett's, Duthuit's, and Putman's takes on the work of abstract painter Bram van Velde. Illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of van Velde's artwork. DJ with..... More
München: Delphin verlag, (1920). Hardcover. 8vo. 180,[4],pp. Decorated yellow cloth and spine. Minor discoloration to boards and slight fraying on head of spine. Color frontispiece. Discoloration to some of the full-page color plates. "Mit einem Katalog der graphischen Werke des Künstlers von Karl Hobrecker." Delightfully illustrated with color and b/w..... More
Milan: Comune di Milano, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-libris. Square 4to. 227p. Black cloth, white lettering to spine, in original dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs. Text in Italian. Ex-libris on free front endpaper. Black endpapers near head of spine worn to reveal white underneath. Overall good..... More
Paris: Editions Place des Victoires, (2002). First edition. Sm. Folio. 253pp. Profusely Illustrated with b/w and color reproductions of paintings and photographs. Dj slightly creased to top and bottom edges, book slightly shaken. Binding in good, interior in very good condition. More
New York: Art Voices, 1963. First edition. Softcover. Signed in bold blue marker across title page with message to unidentified addressee "Happy Easter and love & all, Boris." Folio. 29 (1)pp. Original photo-illustrated cover with black and brown lettering on cover. Profusely illustrated art magazine featuring Boris Lovet-Lorski. Inside covers..... More
München: Verlag Georg D.W. Callwey, ca. 1960. N/A. Hardcover. Folio. 104pp.(316pp) xxxi. Gilt decorated green cloth. Title plate with gilt lettering. Head and tail of spine chipped. Corners and parts of edges worn. Some discoloration to boards. One-inch tear along back strip near head of spine. Hinges starting. Color frontispiece..... More
Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff/'s-Gravenhage, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 2 Vols. 361pp; 250pp. One hundred and twenty pages of plates reproduced at rear of Vol. II. White photo-illlustrated dustjacket over maroon cloth with gold lettering to cover and spine. "Van de Waal was an eloquent teacher, but feared by many of..... More
Wien: Wilhelm Braunmüller, 1878. Softcover. 8vo. 149pp. Original wrappers. Staining and creasing to wrappers. Four-inch split along head-, and one-inch tear to tail of spine. Small bookplate of previous owner to inside of front wrapper. The origin and development of the painters guild in Prague, including the actual text of..... More
Leipzig; Berlin: E. A. Seemann, 1901. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. [6], 201, [5]pp. Original illustrated soft cloth, with gold lettering to front cover and spine. All paper edges red. Publisher's logo on title page. Decorative initials. Illustrated with no less than 103 b/w photographic reproductions, this work is a remarkable..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 600pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over green cloth, with gold lettering on spine. This work is a splendid survey of all the significant artistic monuments of the Greek world that have come down to us. Architecture and sculpture, painting, vase..... More
Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. 323pp. Black cloth with white lettering on front board and spine. Color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Depiction and description of art and life in Genoa, one of Europe's cities of high culture, as it was influenced by French artists..... More
Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 1964. Second revised. Hardcover. Quarto. xiii, 199pp. Original green pebbled cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Revised edition with notes by Pramod Chandra. Extraordinary collection of color reproduction of paintings, protected by tissue guards, augmented with b/w photographs..... More
Dublin: Lilliput Press, 2004. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (8 3/4 x 6 3/4"). XI, [1], 415, [3]pp. Original printed olive wrappers. "Joyce in Art" is the first historical account of visual art inspired by James Joyce. At once a comprehensive and selective study, it focuses on the most original, provocative..... More
Teheran: B.T.N.K., 1968. Hardcover. 4to. 214pp. Silver cloth with embossed lettering to cover and gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Persian translation of this classic work on Islamic Art. The dust jacket flap has information on the translator. Illustrated throughout with in-text and full-page b/w reproductions of paintings, sketches..... More
Zürich: Editions des Eaux-Vives, 1945. Softcover. 8vo. 94pp. Original wrappers. Some tearing to spine. Minor staining and discoloration to wraps. A study on abstract and concrete art. Illustrated with color and b/w plates. Text in German. Wraps in fair, interior in good condition. More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 227 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering and black decorative motif and borders on front cover. Gold lettering on spine. Lavishly illustrated with 17 b/w facsimile photographs, including frontis piece, of a number of different works of art..... More
Leipzig; Berlin: E. A. Seemann, 1905. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. [8], 126, [2]pp. Original illustrated soft cloth, with gold lettering to front cover and spine. All paper edges red. Publisher's logo on title page. Decorative initials. Illustrated with 105 b/w photographic reproductions, this remarkable work is both a history and..... More
München: Verlag Georg Müller, 1917. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 20pp. Original stapled orange wraps with black lettering on cover, protected in modern mylar. Decorative initials. Flugschriften des Münchener Bundes, erstes Heft, Juni 1917. Riemerschmid was a multifaceted talent with a portfolio that reached from architecture and city planning to painting..... More
Firenze: Edizione U, 1949. Softcover. 8vo. 188pp. of text followed by 157 plates. Original white wrappers with lettering on cover and spine. Spine creased. Minor chipping to head and tail of spine. Some wear to edges. Minor foxing and discoloration to wrappers. Small library stamp to endpaper. Some age yellowing..... More
Rome: Tipografia del Senato di G. Bardi, 1919. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 47, [1]pp. Unopened copy. Original printed wrappers. Scarce work compiling the allocutions pronounced during the ceremony that took place in Vinci, on May 25, 1919 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. Minor..... More