Search Results: Fine Arts from Motte & Bailey, Booksellers

London: Chris Beetle Ltd., 1986. First edition. hardcover in slipcase. Very good. Landscape Folio in quarter blue leather, bound by Zaehnsdorf of London, in a full cloth slipcase. SIgnED by Beetle and numbered 502 of 1000 copies. Spine slightly faded. Side of slipcase pattern faded on both sides, more so on right side (as facing the opening of slipcase). Slight scuffing to dj covers as well. An exhibition book from a show in 1986 at Beetle's gallery. Goodwin was a respected landscape artist working primarily in water colors, influenced by Turner.

New Haven, CT.: Yale University Press & the Getty Trust, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 2 large quartos (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jackets. Djs have a bit of scuffing to covers. In a cardboard slipcase. 487 p. w/ many illus. and an additional 225 plates. A well illustrated catalogue raisonne of the work of this 17th c. Baroque Italian sculptor in stone and bronze, often overshadowed by Bernini.

Moscow, 1984. Cloth. Possible first edition. Text of this work is in mainly in Cyrillic with some English although the essay appears to be only in Cyrillic. Very good quarto hardcover in brown cloth binding without dust jacket but in fair slipcase. Light wear to edges of boards with light water damage to back cover near heel of spine and lower corner. Slipcase has wear and rubbing with tears on opening edges and some water damage marks as well. Gift inscription on front free endpaper of book. 196 pages with illustrations. Special shipping rates for this work.

Modena, Italy: Franco Cosmimo Panini, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (over size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. A couple staines to foredge of textblock. Some 32 scholarly essays covering demand and consumption, production, prices, entreprenseurs, market strategies, the secondary market, ealers and intermediaries, and economies of art. 511 p. w/index, illus.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Squarish quarto (over sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xix, 884 p. w/b&w illus., endnotes, index. A survey of the varied art forms of Realism rising from the political and social events of the time.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Squarish quarto (over sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xvii, 750 p. w/b&w illus., endnotes, index. A survey of the varied art forms of Romanticism as a reaction to the political and social events of the time.

Farnham, Surrey, UK: Ashgate, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Tall octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xv, 337 p. w/illus., footnotes, bibliography, index. 16 scholarly essays cover all the varied aspects and talents of Vasari, his collaborators, and legacy.

New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. , 1965. First paperback edition. Oversized Paperback. Very good. Squarish quarto (over size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. Name of former owner on flyleaf in an architectural hand. 343 p. w/ many b&w photographic images. A look at the cutting edge art of the time, including performance art, installations, Jackson Pollock in atction, JIm Dine, 9 Japanese of the Gutai group, and more. Section B

Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Small quarto (slightly oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. 202 p. w/ b7w illustration, bibliography, index. A study of the impact of the machin e age on cutting edge American artists in several media, including painting, scultpure, jazz, and dance.

New Delhi, India: Vadehra Art Gallery, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Tall quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 462 p. w/color illus., index. Several of the illustrations are fold-out. First comprehensive study of the modern Indian artist

New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Dj has a bit of wear at spine also. 139 p. w/ footnotes, index, and additional 64 pages of b&w illustrations. A collection of seven scholary essays on Jesuit influence and paronage of the arts, including music, sculpture, architecure, theater, and more.

Ann Arbor & Berkeley: University of Michigan Press /University of California Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. SIGNED with a heart by Saar on the half title page. 176 p w/illus., artist's chronology, brief endnotes, bibliography, index. An attractive and interesting exhibition catalogue of this African American artist's works.

Bremen, 2000. First edition. Softcover. Very Good in Wraps. Octavo. Light wear to edges of covers with some scuffing and minor stainmark on lower edges of pages. Text is in German. 184 pages with color and b&w illustrations, bibliography. Each chapter covers a different French poster artist.

Bern: Bentelli, 1990. First edition. hardcover in slipcase. Very good. Squarish quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and slipcase. Hand numbered 164 of 195 copies, with limited edition numbered wood engraving laid in (number matches the book limitation) and embossed with the monogram stamp of the artist. 187 [ 2 ] p. w/ numerous b&w illus of engravings. Imre Reiner (1900-1987) was a Hungarian - Swiss typographer, painter, artist, woodcut illustrator, and graphic designer, known for his Meridian and Corvinus fonts. He best work was in Stuttgart and in Switzerland, with stints in London and New York.

Neenah, WI: Kimberly-Clark, no date given.. Oversized Paperback. Very Good. Very good oversized softcover. Scuffing on covers with slight scrap on back panel, wear and rubbing along edges of covers. A collection of brief literary quotes illustrated with pictures followed by a catalog of paper types and makes.

Paris: Societe Nouvelle Adam Biro, 1999. First English language edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Thin octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 144 p. w/ illus. The complete minutes of the New York trial over the admission of the metal sculpture Bird in Space by French artist Constantin Brancusi, originally from Romania. It is the most famous tiail concerning the definition of art.

London: Merrell Holberton Publishers Limited / Imperial War Museum, 1999. First edition. Paperback Original. Very good. Quarto ( oversized ). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 192 p. w/ color and b&w illustrations, a list of works not in the catalogue, and bibliography which includes writings by and about the artist, related books, articles, and solo and group exhibitions. An uncommon catalogue of the work of this artist best known as one of the best WWI artists, with articles about him and his works preceeding the section on his art. He also did etchings and lithography in addition to paintings and drawings.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (over sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, a bit more so to dust jacket. Dj spine sunned, white letters a bit harder to read. Slight soiling to top edge of textblock. SIGNED and inscribed by Lloyd on flyleaf. xiii, 226 p. with footnotes, indexes, and over 380 b&w ilus. of drawing on additonal unnumbered pages.

Owens Sound, ON Canada: Goss Design Studio, 2002. First edition. Paperback. Very good. Squarish, thin, octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. Slight scuffing to covers. 133 p. w/b&w illus, index drawing, glossary, troubleshooting, and more. Uncommon. section B

Milan: Electa / Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (slightly oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. ix, 293 p. w/ color and b&w illus., appendix, bibliogaphy, index. A detailed book of this important and focused Italian Renassance exhibition.