New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 31p. + 40 plates (color and b&w). Brown cloth with dj. Head and tail of spine, top edge and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Shelf wear to bottom edge. Small red line top edge near spine. DJ good condition. The..... More
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall, Inc., n/d. Hardcover. 4to. 272pp. Blind-stamped blue cloth with red and white lettering on cover and spine in dust jacket. Discoloration and some staining to dj. Head and tail of spine on dj chipped. Inscribed by Lowry on free front endpaper "For Martha + Leroy with..... More
Moscow: Izobrazitelnoïé iskousstvo, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 208, [2]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over burgundy cloth with yellow lettering on spine and front cover. Book housed in its original cardboard slipcase. Remarquable monograph on the history of Realism in Russian paintings, profusely illustrated throughout with 150 striking color reproductions. Slipcase..... More
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Lg. 4to. ix,258pp. Grey cloth, white lettering on front and spine, in original illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of paintings. Overall very good condition. More
Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1968. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 253-357pp. Unopened copy. Original printed wraps with printer's device on front cover. Proceedings of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, dedicated to the "question of Alexandrian art". Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's stamp and initial on front wrap. Slight age-toning along..... More
London: Peter Nevill, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 143, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over red cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Remarkable work on the origins and history of illumination, magnificently illustrated with 132 color tipped-in. Dust-jacket slightly sunned. Some age-toning along paper margin. Dust-jacket, binding and..... More
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1980). First printing. Hardcover. Lg. 4to.175pp. Dark green cloth in original dustjacket. Minor creasing and scuffing to dj. "With the wave of popular interest in western art currently sweeping the country, there is a renewed interest in the pioneer artists who settled the Taos art colony..... More
Cambridge, MA; London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [10], 269, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over cloth with black lettering on spine. This book explores a segment of German history before 1914 in which politics and art interacted. "Berlin Secession" was the name taken..... More
Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 1994. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Large Octavo. xi, (2) 341 (1)pp. Original blue wraps with black lettering on cover and gray spine. Modern theories of color in philosophy, painting and architecture, literature, music and psychology. "The first thing to realize about the study..... More
London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2005. First edition. Softcover. Large quarto. 494, [2]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. This magnificent catalogue accompanies a spectacular exhibition devoted to the artistic and cultural riches of the Turks. Essays by leading scholars trace Turkish history and cultural development, while paintings, sculpture, textiles, metalwork and ceramics..... More
Kiel: Ludwig, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 335,[1],pp. Illustrated cloth in matching dust jacket. Frontispiece. Interesting account on Paul Cèzannes' approach to his work and the techniques he used in the process. Illustrated with b/w photographic reproductions of of his paintings. Text in German. Bump to bottom edge of front..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, (1956). Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. xiv, 158 pp. Black cloth spine over maroon boards w/out dj. Minor signs of wearing. Corners lightly bumped. Blue top edge. Frontis. Bollingen Series LII. Illustrated with 60 annotated b/w images. A tight copy in good condition. More
Buenos Aires: Fondo de Cultura Economica de Argentina, S.A., (1999). Softcover. 8vo. 222pp. Illustrated wrappers. Minor creasing and scuffing to wraps. Text in Spanish. Essays on origins and history of museums in Argentina. Very good condition. More
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., (1964). Reprint. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xix, 520 pp. Magenta cloth with dj. Reprint of 1870 book published under The Arts in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance. Corners bumped. Dj slightly faded. Over 400 wood engravings. Dj lightly chipped to..... More
Springfield, Mass. The Pond-Ekberg Company, 1942. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 172 pp. Green cloth binding. No dj. With b&w illustrations throughout. Color frontispiece. Signed on endpaper by Drepperd. Introduction by Rockwell Kent. Corners lightly bumped. Light wear to head and tail of spine. Overall, in very good condition. More
Florence, Italy: Edizione Polistampa, 1998. 4to. 80pp. Gazzetta Antiquaria magazine. Nuova Serie, N.33 - I/1998. Illustrated with color and b/w plates. Text in Italian. Very good condition. More
München: Delphin-Verlag, 1913. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 132pp. Original illustrated wrappers. One-inch of back strip to tail of spine missing. Head of spine chipped. Wear to edges. Some scuffing and discoloration. One small tear to fore-edge of cover. Fore-and bottom page-edge untrimmed. Frontispiece. Sporadic pencil markings to some pages. An..... More