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La Luz de Jesus / Last Gasp, 2003. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 95, [1]pp. Original illustrated wraps. Blue fly-leaf signed in gilt by Glenn Barr. Fascinating collection of some of the most creative art work by acclaimed artist Glenn Barr. Wraps and interior in very good condition. More
Barcelona: DAC Editions, 2000. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 64pp. Original illustrated wraps. Title-page inscribed and signed by Ciruelo, and dated San Diego 2001. Fascinatin work in which the acclaimed Fantasy artist displays a few preliminary sketches and personal drawings that he never thought he was going to show someday. Wraps..... More
Bulfinch, 1999. First American edition. Hardcover. Folio. 319pp, [1]. Original illustrated dust jacket with grey lettering on front cover and spine. Light grey cloth boards with dark grey lettering on spine. Photographic frontispiece. "Andy Warhol's: Drawings 1942-1987 is the most complete book of Warhol's drawings yet to appear. It features 248..... More
London: Phaidon Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 186pp (vol.I); 179 plates (Vol. II, upaginated). Maroon cloth in clear mylar with gold stamped lettering on spine, housed in an illustrated slipcase with photo-illustration on cover. Frontispiece color reproductions tipped in to both volumes. With an introduction and catalog by Held..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 191 (1)pp. Original pictorial dustjacket over gray blind-stamped cloth cover with white lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers and frontispiece with printed Erté signature. A tribute to Erté's creativity and longevity with an introduction by Erté. Illustrated with beautiful full page..... More
NP: NP, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XIV, [6], 144, [2]pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over b/w cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. This remarkable work is a record of crystallizations of experience lived through from one winter to the next, in Ein Hod, an Artist's Village, near..... More
Springfield, Mass. The Pond-Ekberg Company, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. x. 197pp. Quarter cloth over paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Minor discoloration to boards. Head and tail of spine rubbed. Boards slightly bowed. Frontispiece. Pages unopened. Among the annotated b/w silhouettes are many Jewish faces and..... More
Saarbrücken: Saar-Verlag, No date. Softcover. Large Quarto Portfolio. 4pp., 15 plates. Original illustrated dustjacket over stiff wrappers with black lettering on cover. Instead of a foreword Masereel offers short statements for each angel addressing the people who have hiked up the mountain to see them. Each address characterizes the angel..... More
New York: Curt Valentin, 1944. First edition. Softcover. 1/665. Quarto. Unpaginated. [34]pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Compilation of 14 exquisite surrealistic drawings by French artist André Masson. Minor creasing and age-toning along edges of wrappers. Very minor age-toning along paper margin. Tiny closed tear along upper margin of pages throughout (not..... More
London: The Leadenhall Press Limited, (1896). Hardcover. Large 8vo. Unpaginated. Blue cloth binding. Rebound with original brown paper cover bound in. Corners bumped and with light general wear, but in very good condition. Ex-library copy with bookplate present. More
Berlin: Reichsbank, 1937. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 105 plates. Original salmon wraps with blue lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece drawing. Published on behalf of the board of the Reichsbank, edited by the economics and statistics departments of the Reichsbank, January 22, 1937. Hjalmar Schacht, the German economist, banker, center-right politician..... More
Paris: Editions "Forces Vives" ND [1968]. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Book housed in its original publisher's cardboard slipcase. Frontispiece. Collection of 53 striking drawings, including 9 in full color, by Heinrich Richter (1884-1981), a major..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 96pp., incl. two foldouts. Original light green cloth with red lettering on cover and spine, in original color illustrated dustjacket. "Edward Ruscha is one of the pioneers of the artist book movement, early recognizing the possibilities of the book as..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto. XIX, [1], 249, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over brick cloth with gold lettering on spine. Color frontispiece. Stuart Cary Welch’s collection of Persian, Turkish, and Indian art is renowned throughout the world for its quality and depth. In 1999, Welch..... More
Norfolk, Virginia: The Donning Company - Starblaze Editions, 1979. First edition, 4th printing. Softcover. Quarto. 119, [1]pp. Original illustrated wraps. Bookplate signed by Michael Whelan, laid in. Illustrated title-page. Fascinating work being the first and only collection of Whelan's work. It is an award nominee book by an award-winning artist..... More
Berkeley: Last Gasp of San Francisco, 1983. First edition, first printing. Softcover. Quarto. 47pp. (1). Glossy white illustrated wrappers, with orange and black lettering on the front cover and spine. The work is the first collection of Vaughn Bode's "Deadbone Erotica" printed in full color (it was originally in b/w)..... More
West Hollywood: Denenberg Fine Arts, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 126pp. Original burgundy cloth with reproduction of drawing laid into debossed frame and gilt lettering on cover and spine. Full color catalog of traveling exhibition curated by Robert Flynn Johnson Works. Works on paper by Edgar Degas and his circle..... More
London: The Bystander, c. 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 44, 48pp. Two original gray wrappers with green, respectively blue lettering and color cartoon pasted to each cover bound in three quarter black leather over pebbled cloth with gilt lettering on cover. Illustrated ads on inside and back covers. 'The Bystander'..... More
Paris: E. Dentu, 1862. Hardcover. 8vo. 216 pp. Half white leather over marbled boards. An illustrated history of manners, with images taken from French novels, satirical drawings, newspapers, etc. Many b&w illustrations with text explanation or captions. With light wear to spine and minor shelf wear. Else, in very good..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 258pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Minor rubbing to corners. Some scuffing to covers. Minor creasing to dj. Two small tears to upper edge of dj. Frontispiece. Light water staining to frontispiece and title page not..... More
München: Verlag der "Jugend" 1913. Later printing (11.-20. Tausend). Hardcover. Quarto. 304pp. Original printed paper covered boards with color illustration laid on front cover. Color frontispiece portrait of Otto von Bismarck. Remarkable collection of selected b/w drawings published in the well-renowned "Jugend" magazine between 1896 and 1912. "Jugend" was a...... More
Dornach: Sektion für redende und musische Künste am Goetheanum, 1947. Second edition. Softcover. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7"). [6]pp (Text), [12] leaves (Plates). Original printed wrappers with green lettering to front cover. Reminiscent of Leonardo's grotesque heads, Rudolf Steiner's "Physiognomisches Karikaturen" portrays the following twelve characters: - The Genius; - The Philosopher; -..... More
San Pedro, CA: Duff-Gray Gallery, 1976. Limited First edition. Paperback. 1/1000. Oblong quarto. [4]pp (text), 16 leaves (illustrations). Title page numbered and signed by Edgar L. Strong. Splendid collection of 16 b/w drawings depicting various views of beautiful San Pedro, a district of the city of Los Angeles, California. Formerly..... More
Norfolk, Virginia: Donning Company, 1987. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 110, [2]pp. Original illustrated wraps. Frontispiece. Title-page signed in gilt by David Cherry. Fascinating work containing not only a collection of some of Cherry's best science fiction and fantasy book covers and works of his own fancy, but also an entire..... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1971). Hardcover. Large 8vo. 111 pp. Illus., frontispiece. Dark orange cloth binding in dj. Dj w/some discoloration along top edge. Overall very good. More