NP: Late 19th century (?). Hardcover. Small square folio. 10 1/4"x12 3/4". Unpaginated. Broken leporello binding. Decorative patterned white silk boards, with white gold-speckled paper label on the front cover. The work contains 6 color plates of hand-colored woodcuts. The work seems to be in a style similar to Lianhuanhua..... More
Breslau: DPA Deutsche Presse Agentur, 1938. First edition. Loose leaf. Elephant Folio (19 3/4 x 12 5/8"). Poster. Original three color poster with red, gray and black lettering, protected by modern mylar. Propaganda poster on the occasion of the "German Gymnastics and Sports Festival 1938 in Breslau," rendered in rotogravure..... More
München: Verlag der "Münchener Graphischen Gesellschaft" 1913. Second edition. Softcover. Duodecimo. xlvii, 473 (3)pp., 184 plates, (blank leaf), vi, (6) 52pp. Original illustrated two color wraps with brown and reverse gilt lettering on cover. Plan of exhibition halls spanning inside front cover and front free endpaper. Frontispiece portrait of Prinz..... More
Berlin: Europa Center, 1966. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 18pp. Original photo-illustrated wraps with blue and black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Contains brief printed note from German chancellor Willy Brandt with facsimile signature: "With the opening of a small cultural center the Europa-Center gains a new attraction, a...... More
NP: NP, 1934. Loose leaf. 48mo. Postcard (4 x 5 7/8"). Original color postcard featuring M. Califano's painting The Ignominy of the XXth Century." The verso features a printed quote by Albert Einstein: "Neither hatred nor persecution can stay the progress of science and civilization." In fine condition, protected by..... More
![Song of Songs: Eight Original Serigraphs [SIGNED]. Raphael Abecassis, Serigraphs](/pictures/thumb/45532.jpg?v=1559347411)
Jerusalem: Safrai Gallery, 1989. Limited edition. Hardcover. 141/240, numbered and signed in pencil by Abecassis on each serigraph (17 1/4 x 12 1/4" on 22 x 15 1/4" handmade paper). 9 double pages, including title page, holding eight original serigraphs, housed in original blue cloth portfolio with gilt lettering on..... More
Mexico City: Galeria de Arte Mexicano, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. 155 pp. Black cloth with silver lettering on spine. Dust jacket. Dj slightly scuffed on top and bottom of spine, on bottom edge and on all corners. The set of oil paintings presented in "The Anti -Portrait of..... More
Stuttgart; München: Kunstmuseum Stuttgart; Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2006. First edition. Softcover. Large quarto. 380, [18]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over pictorial wrappers. This striking catalog was published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name, which evolved from the observation of signs in daily life and how their meanings have..... More
London: Academia Rossica, 2003. First edition. Softcover. 4to. 160,[1]pp. Original illustrated paper wrappers. Spring/Summer 2003. Issue 10/11. A history of St. Petersburg arts and architecture from 1703-2003. Profusely illustrated with reproduced color and b/w photos. Text in English and Russian. Near fine condition. More
Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, (2005). Hardcover. Quarto. 296pp. Blue cloth with blind-stamped title on cover and spine in original color illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with color & b/w photographic reproductions of art work by Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Pablo Picasso. The paintings depict scenes from brothels..... More
![Special Issue of the XXème Siècle Review: Homage to Yaacov Agam [WITH 2 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS]....](/pictures/thumb/42582.jpg?v=1494538019)
New York: Leon Amiel, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 3/4"). 159, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over burgundy pebbled cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Original lithographic frontispiece. Photo-illustrated title page. This special issue of XXème Siècle is entirely devoted to the art of Yaacov Agam, and..... More
Sao Paulo, Brasil: Editora Cesar, 1967. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/250. Folio (19 1/2 x 13 3/4"). [5] loose leaves (Text), [10] loose leaves (Plates), as issued. Original plywood covers, with embossed red and black lettered leather label on front cover. Two string ties. A series of ten loose woodblock..... More
Paris: Marcel Seheur, 1933. Limited first edition. Softcover. Quarto. 118, [6]pp. Uncut and partly unopened copy. Original printed stiff soft cover with red lettering on front cover and spine. Frontispiece portrait of Mané-Katz by Picasso. Title-page in red and black lettering with printer's device. A detailed and lavishly illustrated account..... More
![Painters of the Desert [INSCRIBED & SIGNED]. Ed Ainsworth](/pictures/thumb/6954.jpg?v=1434441177)
Palm Desert: Desert Magazine, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed to Don Belding, the "Father of West Coast Advertising," by Ed Ainsworth on title page. Lg. 4to. 111 pp. Orange cloth with d/j. Illustrated throughout with photos and painting repros in color and b&w. Features work of 13 artists..... More
Tielt, Utrecht: Lannoo, Tielt, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. 167 pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth with gold lettering on spine in black printed dust jacket. Some text about the artist followed by an abundance of illustrations of his work including reproductions of sketches and photographs of his sculpture. Some scuffing..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. Heliotype edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes in one. Sm. folio. Unpaginated. Original morocco, gold-stamped on front and back cover. Beveled edges. Gold-decorated spine with raised bands. All gilt edges. Doublures. Marbled endpapers. Ex-libris of Lucy [Doheny] Smith Battson (* see below) on free front..... More
![Pointes [WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING, AND ETCHINGS HAND-SIGNED BY THE ARTIST]. Pierre Alechinsky,...](/pictures/thumb/42464.jpg?v=1493314776)
Paris: Georges Visat, 1972. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/25. Folio (15 3/4 x 11 3/4"). 41, [5] loose pages, as issued. Uncut. Original embossed white wrappers housed in an illustrated full tan cloth chemise, with black lettering to spine and front cover. Chemise housed in its matching tan cloth slipcase..... More
Westways Magazine, 1963. Portfolio containing 6 drawings in pen and ink (each signed by the artist) of the exterior of houses in specified locations in Los Angeles: Bradbury Building, Stimpson House, Clark Memorial House, Los Angeles Theater, 4425 N. Figueroa, Clay Street . The artist's signature also on the inside..... More
Los Angeles: Sunbeam Lighting, (1970). Softcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Original wrappers. Minor scuffing to wraps and age yellowing to pages. Very good condition. More
Paris: Camille Bloch, Editeur - Administrateur, 1919. First edition. Softcover. 12mo. 105-145pp. Unopened copy. Original printed wrappers. Scarce and fascinating work dedicated to the painter Raoul Dufy and his work, profusely illustrated with 10 b/w reproductions of some of his most famous drawings and paintings, including one double-page. Book block..... More
New York: Collier Books, 1974. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XII, [2], 144, [2]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Frontispiece. Prepared in 1974 for an exhibit at the Whitney with a section about artists, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, Andy Warhol, and prints by the other artists represented..... More
![Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow [SIGNED ARTIST PROOF WOODCUT]. Irving Amen](/pictures/thumb/38592.jpg?v=1434442501)
NP: NP, 1972. Artist's Proof. Framed. Striking original colored woodcut depicting a young Jewish boy and girl reading and working under a tree. Three people are seen working in the background, while an Israeli flag is proudly flying under a rainbow. The lower portion of the artwork features a Sabbath..... More
Laguna Beach, California: Laguna Art Museum, 1990. First edition. Softcover. Full page original drawing and dedication "To Barbara Poe with all good wishes from Gordon OF" on title page." Quarto. 64pp. Original illustrated wrappers with red and blue lettering on cover, purple and black on spine, protected in modern mylar..... More
New York: Artabras / Abbeville Press, 1988. Hardcover. Folio. Vol.1: 703pp. Vol.2: 713-1312pp. Illustrated blue cloth slipcase, with gilt lettering on front and spine. Volumes in blue cloth boards with blind-stamped designs, and gilt lettering on front covers and spines. The massive work is a full and comprehensive visual and..... More
Milano: Silvana Editoriale Spa, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Lg. 4to. 607pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on front and spine, in original pictorial dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b/w and color reproductions of photographs. Top and bottom edges of dj slightly creased. Glassine on bottom edge of dj peeling slightly..... More