Art/Exhibit & Museum

Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1959.. Illustrated by color and b&w reproductions. First edition. One of Five Thousand copies. Self extended wraps. 8vo. pp. [66]. Fine.. more information

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London: Cassell & Co., Ltd, MCMVII.. Illustrated by b/w. First edition. The Great Galleries of Europe. Stitched wraps, pictorial cover. 24mo. pp. 64. Good. Darkened covers. Reproductions of 60 masterpieces.. more information

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London: Trustees of the Wallace Collection (BAS Printers), 1998.. Illustrated by color and b/w. First edition. Published on the occasion of a special display at the Wallace Collection. Pictorial wraps. Super Royal 8vo. pp. 24. Near Fine. Faint cover bend, not quite a crease. 19 Paintings by Van Gogh, Rousseau, Meissonier, Scheffer. (ISBN 0900785659).. more information

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Le Caire: Imprimerie de L'institut Francais D'Archeologie Orientale, 1927.. Stated second edition. Printed card wraps. 12mo. pp. 45, [3] blank. Very Good+. Minor cover sunning and stain, internally fine. Text listing of 436 items in July 1, 1927 Exhibit, organized by cases and cupboards.. Tutankhamen, Tutankhamon, Tutankham. more information

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Paris: Librairie Hachette, (1966).. Illustrated by 110 planches en couleures, 84 dessins en deux tons. Depot Legal, No. 5623, 4ème trimestre. Creme cloth. Super Royal 4to. pp. 222, [2]. Indices, Table des matières. Fine/VG+/No price in mylar. Bright jacket has several short edge tears and faint yellowing.. more information

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London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976.. Illustrated by 16 full color plates, b/w cameos. First edition. Stiff-wraps, color pictorial cover. 4to. VG. Minor rubbing to cover, internally fine with one typo as below. Two essays authored as above: Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947) and The Courtauld Collection, 16 color plates, cameos of paintings to No.1-61, Drawings Text only No. 62-80. "...A Centenary exhibition to commemorate the birth of Samuel Courtauld, 'organised' by the Courtauld Institute and the Arts Council".. Impressionism. more information

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Japan: Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd, 1983.. Illustrated by color and b/w. First edition. Stiff pictorial wraps. 4to. pp. [ii] blank, 191, [3] blank. VG+. Covers rubbed with light rear soil and one faint stain, internally as new (unread). .. more information

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Bangkok: Tirinasor Press, nd.. Illustrated by b&w reproductions. Pictorial Wraps. 8vo. pp. 40 (unpaginated). VG+. Light edgewear.. more information

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Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, (September 1988).. Edited by Jeanne M. Sexton. Illustrated by color and b/w maps, photos, reproductions. First (NAP) edition. Presentation copy for contributing member of Smithsonian National Associate Program. Gloss pictorial card wraps. 4to (<29cm). pp. 360. Appendices. Fine. ISBN: 0874744350. Oversize.. North American Indians, Eskimos. more information

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New York: Harry N. Abrams, N.D. (1965).. Translated by Norbert Guterman from the French. Illustrated by 87 hand-tipped plates in full color. (circa 1965). Tan buckram, gilt print spine. Square 4to (33 x 27.5cm). pp. 177. Chronology of Painters. VG/In like jacket/No price in mylar. Boards stained from liquid, slight edge toning, several stains and closed tears to jacket. Collection of paintings, prints and ceramics from artists living from 618 to 1927. (Postage as 2 books).. more information

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Hungary: Corvina, (1988).. Translated by Maria Steiner and Elizabeth West. Illustrated by Color and b/w. First English edition. c.1985 As Szépmüvészeti Muzeum. Brown boards printed gilt, taupe eps. Royal 4to. pp. 171, [1]. Cameo works, Catalogue of works. VG/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Several bumped corners, traces of wear at caps and corners of jacket. History, description, plates, multi-contributor. (Postage as 2 books).. more information

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New York: Caxton Press, 1947.. Illustrated by 20 numbered b/w plates (recto): 1-8 Houdon (10 in exhibition); (12) 11-22 David (19 in exhibition). First edition. Stitched-wraps, Salmon printed cover, thick gloss paper. 4to. pp. [18] text, [16] plates, [8] text, [26] plates, [3] text. [1] colophon. Near fine, one heel chip starting, offset to one plate rear. Biographical sketches by William H. Milliken and James Thrall Soby respectively. (Plate numbers 9 & 10 not used). Designed by Mary McRae McLucas. John Antoine Houdon (William H. Millik3n essay) and Jacques-Louis David, Oils (James Thrall Soby essay).. more information

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New York: Sportsman's Gallery, 1966.. Illustrated by b/w and color. First edition. Pictorial stapled wraps. Large 8vo. pp. 40. Very Good. Illustrated catalog of original and reproduced prints and paintings available on every manner of sporting 17th to 20th century.. Catalog. more information

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Luneburg, VT: Steinhour Press, March 1970.. Illustrated by b/w. First edition. 1800 copies. Stapled pictorial card wraps. Cr.4to. pp. 47, [1] colophon. Near Fine. Trace of toning on stapled edge.. more information

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Paris: Hachette, n.d.. Illustrated by 16 b/w plates. 5è edition. c.1913. Original printed wraps, uncut and unopened. pp. [vi], xi, 250, [2] Contents. VG-. Darkened covers and page edges, plates fine. Text in French.. more information

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New York: MMA, March 1924.. 7th edition. (c.January 1914) 10,000 copies printed with additions, corrections and (b/w) illustrations. stiff-wraps, yapped edges, printed black. 8vo. pp. xiii, 400. Artists Arranged by Schools, Portraits, Classification by Galleries, Colophon. About very good. Some foxed margins to front and rear in soiled and stained cover with rear chip.. more information

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New York., December 1961.. Illustrated by b/w text photos. Center-stapled pamphlet. 10". pp. 117-148. Near Fine. Respective articles: A Long-Lost Romanesque Annunciation; Wandering Angels; Andrea della Robbia's Saint Michael Lunette; The Annunciation Tapestry.. more information

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New York., June 1962.. Illustrated by b/w text photos, color center-fold, one map. Center-stapled pamphlet. 10". pp. 289-324. Near Fine. Respective articles: In Search of a Rhenish Master; Avignon Panels: A Preliminary View; John Dynham and His Tapestry; The Case of the Calcite Font (Cloisters).. more information

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New York., May 1961.. Illustrated by color and b/w text reproductions. Center-stapled pamphlet. 10". pp. 237-264. Fine. Respective articles: Penny Plain, Tuppence Colored (May 4 exhibition, Trace Rainey Rogers Auditorium: development of color as applied to every medium of printmaking, 15th century to present); Inigo Jones and His French Sources (chimney pieces).. Archaeology. more information

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New York., February 1960.. Illustrated by b/w text photos. Center-stapled pamphlet. 10". pp. 177-212. VG+. Respective articles: The Sculpture of Greater India; A Royal French Clock [Jacques Thuret]; A Chardin in the Grand Manner.. more information

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New York: MMA, 1961 and 1962.. Illustrated by b/w text photo reproductions, floor plans. Vol. XX and XXI, No.2's. 2 volumes. Center-stapled pamphlet. 10". pp. 33-84; 37-100. Fine. (Post as one book).. Smibert, Houdon, T'ang Dynasty, Hopper, Hepplewhite, Bichignola, Pellegrini, Burgkmair, Kauffman, Cezanne, Renoir, Degas, Seurat, Labille-Guiard, Guardi, Boucher, Mola, Delacroix, Pillement, Couture, Greuze, Credo Tapestry, Riemenschneider, Robbia, Mynuel, Pronk, Etruscan, Hopfer, Saint-Aubin, Beham, Chippendale,. more information

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New York., April 1960.. Illustrated by b/w text photos, one map. Center-stapled pamphlet. 10". pp. 241-272. VG+. ART OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST; Foreword; Introduction; Third, Second and First Millennium.. History/ancient. more information

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New York., June 1960.. Illustrated by b/w text photos. Center-stapled pamphlet. 10". pp. 309-340. VG+. Respective articles: Walter C. Baker collection of Master Drawings, James Cox and his Curious Toys; Prints Recently Acquired (Mocetto, Brontius, Decio, Ferrarese, Grien, Bruegel, Vicentino, Matham, Bellange, Piranesi, Toulouse-Lautrec, Leprince, Helleu, Corinth, Degas, Marsh); Few but Choice; Some Recent Accessions of European Textiles (Half chasuble-Italian, XV century; the orphrey XVI century; Silk panel Louis XV (Chinese); Peytrell, French 1750-1785, Mantle for a statue of the Virgin, Italian 1700-50, Embroidered [bird, owl] panel, Italian, XVIII century).. more information

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New York., March 1961.. Illustrated by b/w text photos. Center-stapled pamphlet. 10". pp. 185-208. Near Fine. Respective articles: A Page from Vasari's Book of Drawings; Two Reliefs of teh Early Old Kindgom; A newly Discovered La Tour: The Fortune Teller (includes the inside color cover from October 1960); Italian Prints.. Archaeology. more information

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New York., January 1960.. Illustrated by b/w text photos. Center-stapled pamphlet. 10". pp. 145-176. VG+. Respective articles: Ornament Prints and Drawings of the 18th Century; The Court and the Cuccagna; The Frankenstein Dragon Stove.. more information

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Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978.. Illustrated by b/w reproductions. First edition. Color wraps. 4to. pp. 17. Fine. Exhibit: April 15 - July 16, 1978. ISBN: 0878461256.. Turner, Wutky, Wright, D'Angelo, La Croix de Marseille, Hamilton, Martin, Dahl, Franque, Hackert, de Valenciennes, Desprez, Degas. more information

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Boston: MFA, 1965.. Illustrated by b/w text photos. First edition. Center-stapled pamphlet. 9". pp. 103, [3]. VG. (Slightly cocked). Director's Report, Selections from the Forsyth Wickes Bequest, Exhibitions/Activities, New Galleries, Selected Acquisitions, Department Reports.. more information

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Boston: MFA, 1964.. Illustrated by b/w text photos. Center-stapled pamphlet. 9". pp. 122-166. Near Fine. 31 items. Sculpture, ceramics (Oenochoe), tapestries, Urban VIII, Aaron Willard clock, Klee, Munch, La Brettone, Peiter Van De Heyden, Ohashi, Nichon, "Quaker Meeting", Fantoni, Carpeaux, Hepplewhite Card Table, Quilts, Glass Amphora, Bronze Coin of Antonius Pius (A.D. 138-161), Embroideries.. Numismatics. more information

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Boston: MFA, 1960.. Illustrated by b/w text photos. First edition. Center Stapled-Pamphlet. 10.5". pp. 26. Notes. VG. Respective articles: A Cap, A Shirt, and a Question Mark (Inka Weaving), A Hellenistic Portrait, Remade as Servus Alexander (A.D. 222-234) Roman Emperor and King of Egypt). Blank cards (as new) 17.5 x 12.5 cm with white envelopes (c.1991 National Gallery of Art, Washington).. more information

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Boston: MFA, (1969).. Illustrated by b/w text photos. Center-stapled pamphlet. 9". pp. [3], 104-128, [4]. VG. Respective articles: Masterpieces of Greek Coinage, Three Imperial Portraits in America: Nero, Britannicus and Faustina II from Asia Minor, Correction in "Attic White-Ground Pyxix and Phiale" (Ca. 450 B.C.) in Vol. LCVII, No. 348, pp. 128.. Archaeology. more information

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New York: Privately printed for the Japan Society, 1939.. Illustrated by Four color and 6 b/w plates. First edition. 1000 copies printed (for Japan Society Members). Laid in publisher's slip indicating title as winner and exhibitor in The Fifty Books of 1939 selected each year by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Tan buckram, Red printed and decorated gold tiles on spine and top board. 4to. pp. 72. Bibliography. Near Fine. Slightest tinge of foxing, (ink owner).. more information

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Boston: MFA, 1952.. Illustrated by b/w text photos. Stated Third edition. (Fully Revised). Stiff-wraps, color pictorial paste-on. 8vo. pp. 187. Egyptian Chronology, Index. Near Fine. VF Egypt written on cover. Assistant curator of Egyptian Art discusses and illustrates the kingdoms: Old, Middle and New and the Late Period with museum pieces.. History/ancient. more information

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Boston: MFA, (1969).. Illustrated by b/w text photos. Center-stapled pamphlet. 9". pp. [3], 136-188, [2]. VG. Respective articles: An Easter Mediterranean puzzle, South Indian Sculptures: A Reappraisal, Titian's St. Catherine of Alexandria (see September 1969 article in Burlington Magazine on same subject by H. Townsend Blodgett).. Archaeology. more information

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Boston: MFA, 1965.. Illustrated by b/w text photos. First edition. Center Stapled-Pamphlet. 10.5". pp. 53, [3] Publication announcement of the first 3 vol of Charles Bain Hoyt ceramic collection. Near Fine. Respective articles: Sumptuary Arts of Ancient Persia; Appendix (Examination of Guennol Ibex); The Vengeance of Achilles (The Dragging of Hektor at Troy).. Archaeology. more information

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Athens: Ekdotike Athenon S.A, 1981.. Illustrated by Color photographs, maps. English later edition. c.1978, 1979. Gloss pictorial self-extended wraps. Super Royal 8vo. pp. 112, [4] color double fold-out plate of Agora Reconstruction. VG. Only flaw is two top-edge bumps, internally fine, no ownership. Inside flaps are ads for other museum guides of Greece.. more information

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New York: Paddington Press, Ltd, 1977.. Illustrated by full color and b/w plates. First (American) edition. Blue cloth, gilt print spine and top, b/w pictorial eps. 4to. pp. [144], unpaginated double pull-out at pp. 32-33. List of Plates, Index. Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Describes collection growth from the 12th century to present including Bodelean Library, The Ashmolean Museum I, II and III (where author is director), and other Colleges and University institutions.. more information

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Southampton: Parrish ARt Museum, 1982.. Illustrated by color & b/w. first edition. Stapled wraps. Oblong 8vo. pp. [44]. Very Good. Light cover soil, internally fine. 104 item bios, some with reproduction.. more information

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Brookgreen, SC : Printed by order of the Trustees, 1955.. Illustrated by b/w plates. First edition. Tan cloth, printed green. 8vo. pp. viii, 183. Index. Near Fine/No jacket/In mylar protector. Works acquired since publication of first volume in 1943, including a short history of Brookgreen with work and sculpture's biographies. Reference catalog of 32 new works and 23 additional works by artists in place.. more information

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Providence: Akerman-Standard Press, [1945].. Illustrated by 102 b/w numbered reproductions. First edition. Includes tipped in errata sheet and copy of Museum Notes Vol.3 No.1, January 1945 laid in. Stapled wraps, printed card cover. 4to. pp. 62, [26] Catalogue, Facts, Bibliography, Notes. VG. Foxed areas to covers, internally fine. Foreword by Gordon Washburn, exhibit January 19th to February 18th 1945.. more information

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Jacksonville: (Women's Poetry Collective) Florida Junior College, Spring/Summer 1981.. Illustrated by b/w text plates. Stapled-wraps. 8vo. pp. 72. Near Fine. Interview and 4 poems by Nina Schneider, Lilian Kamen short story, Barbara Morgan, Memphis Wood, Ruth Feldman, Margaret Shipley, Caryl Porter and others.. more information

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New York: Sotheby's, Thursday, November 14, 1985 at 2 pm.. Illustrated by color & b/w figures (Lots 201-314). First edition. Stiff pictorial wraps. 4to. pp. unpaginated. Fine.. Auction Catalogue. more information

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New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. Illustrated by b/w and color. First edition. Stiff pictorial wraps. Square 4to. pp. 844 items, unpaginated, ads. VG. Light edgewear and rubbing (rear), rear cover scuff line. Prices realized not included.. more information

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Boston: MFA (Balding & Mansell Ltd.), (1983).. Illustrated by full color and b/w. 2nd printing edition. Gloss pictorial wraps. 4to. pp. 351. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Near Fine. Essay by Pierre Rosenberg and H. Barbara Weinberg Exhibition Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The Corcoran Galler of Art, Washington D.C., Grand Palis, Paris 1983-4. 110 Artists. (Postage as 2 books).. more information

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Providence, RI: RISD, 1959.. Illustrated by 3 b&w figures (rear). First edition. Vol. 46, No. 2 (quarterly). Stapled wraps. 8vo. pp. 12. Very Good/Ex-Lib. College library stamp to cover, withdrawn plate front pastedown. Portrait of the Emperor Hadrian; Le Repos: A Portrait of Berthe Morisot by Manet.. more information

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London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1953.. Illustrated by black and white. Stated Second printing edition. c.1948. Blue decorated stitched wraps. Globe 8vo. pp. [32]. Near Fine. Minor cover wear, internally fine. Twenty-eight items, some with sub-letters.. more information

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Harvard University: Fogg Museum of Art, February 1943.. First edition. stapled wraps. Signed by author in typed letter dated 2/17/43 laid in (encourages recipient to visit exhibit which has hundreds of shells showing the universal spiral). 8vo. pp. 30. Bibliography. Good. Light soil, spine wear and small rear tear. Includes foxed np clipping from Boston Herald 12/14/33 "Discuss plans for relief of jobless artists" (museum and art school heads of the times) laid in pp. 24.. more information

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Lexington, MA: Museum of Our Natural Heritage, 1983.. Illustrated by b/w photographs. First edition. Pictorial stapled wraps. Square 12mo. pp. 20, [24] exhibit 149 items. Near Fine. Several tiny nicks to covers. Exhibit 10/30/83-4/15/84. McLellan Collection, Library of Congress.. more information

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Roma: Lorenzo del Turco, (1967).. Illustrated by 79 b/w and color numbered plates. (Series Italian Art Publication) edition. Stiff illustrated wraps. Super Royal 8vo. pp. [xii], 79, [1]. Near Fine. Light toning. Notes, Illustration text and plate captions in English, German, French, Italian. Includes color photos of Sistine Chapel. (All His Works from all the World).. more information

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