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[Moscow] s.n. 1963., 1963. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 8.5" x 6.5" 54pp + 39pp Interesting text in English. Illustrated by 39pp woodcuts and paintings. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Paris: Henri Laurens, 1956. Revised Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 64pp. Text in French. This short history of the Rodin Museum in Paris includes 44 halftones of his work and a plan of the Museum. 6.5" x 4.75". more information

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Philadelphia George Gebbie 1872., 1872. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to spine ends, else in very good condition. 9.25" x 6" 62pp Large-paper edition. Association copy: Inscribed and signed by James L. Claghorn, to whom this book is dedicated. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. more information

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Philadelphia Historical Society of PA nd [1892]., 1892. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Spotty foxing to portrait, else in very good condition. 10" x 6.75" 9 leaves Peale painted the portrait in 1772. Signed inside cover: "Compliments of W.S. Baker.". Illustrated by engraved frontispiece. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Ketchum, ID: Computer Lab, 1988. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Allison Gosney. 32pp; 9 full-page illustrations, map. This booklet chronicles the artist's long life in New Mexico, and describes houses and museums there which are associated with O'Keeffe and her work. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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London: Spring Books, 1950. Second Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Good. pp: vii, 196, indice; 242 illustrations, many in color. Benham traces the 600-year evolution of playing cards, especially the portrait cards: jack, queen and king, and emphasizes the French and English packs and their changes relative to the politics, costumes, and social rules of their day. 10" x 7.25". more information

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Rome: Laziale A. Marchesi, 1924. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 46pp; 13 illus from photographs. A room-by-room guide to the Museum at St. Peter's in Rome; text in Italian. 6.5" x 4.5". more information

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NY Museum of Modern Art (1946)., 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Spine lightly suntanned, else in very good condition. 10.25" x 7.5" 102pp. Illustrated by color plates, b&w illus. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. more information

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NY: Henry Street Settlement, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Various illustrators. 212pp; illustrations, some color. 10.75" x 7.5". more information

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NY: Cooper Union, 1921. First Edition. not bound. Good. Palm card. One side lists the officers of the Woman's Art School, and states that this card will "Admit Gentleman and Ladies." On the back is a floor plan of the School. 3.5" x 5.5". more information

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Lansing Michigan State Library 1924., 1924. Soft cover. Lower tips chipped from covers and first few leaves, else good. 9" x 6" 370pp Has bibliography and periodical references. Lists hundreds of painters, sculptors, illustrators, mural painters, and etchers. Fifth Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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NY E. Weyhe 1957., 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book near fine condition in a very good slipcase. 7.25" x 4.5" slipcase approx. 100pp Printed from the original woodblocks at The Spiral Press, on handmade Goyu paper, including a double-page spread in colors. Limited to 500 copies, this copy neither numbered nor signed. Bound in cloth-backed boards illustrated in color from woodcuts; in the original woodcut-pictorial slipcase. Illustrated by approx. 100pp of woodcuts. First Edition. Binding is cloth/boards. more information

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Cambridge, MA: Meriden Gravure for Harvard U, 1965. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Illus from photographs. 20pp; color frontispiece, 10 b&w illus from photographs, map. Describes 84 pictures in this exhibition, from the collections of Mrs. John F. Kennedy, John Kenneth Galbraith, Stuart Cary Welch, and the Fogg Art Museum. 10.25" x 7.5". more information

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London: Cresset Press, 1957. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xii, 215; 15pp illus from photographs, map. The author worked 20 years on the Tientsen-Pukow railway before traveling through China as an art buyer for museums, 1928-1935. 8.75" x 5.5". more information

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Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1976. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Handmade paper covers. (64)pp; 80 illus from photographs. Number 527 of an edition limited to 750 copies, this is a presentation copy, inscribed and signed on the front endpaper. 8.5" x 10". more information

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London: John Murray, 1860. First Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine. Two volumes. pp: lxxxviii, 255; engraved portrait + 325, including a chronology of the principal pictures painted by Leslie. Engraved bookplates of Horation Noble Pym in both volumes, with a newspaper review of his book, A Tour Round My Bookshelves, tipped to the front endpaper of Volume I. Bound in full calf, gilt spine decorations and cover rules, marbled endpapers and edges. 7.5" x 4.75 Tipped into Volume I is a four-page, autograph letter, in part: "Mr. Tom Taylor presents his compliments to the Rev'd J. Sheepshanks...the eminent connoisseur & collector...." Taylor states that he is engaged in a life of Sir Joshua Reynolds, to be published by Mr. Murray. He hopes that he may be able to inspect the pictures in the library of the late Mr. Sheepshanks "for the purpose of identifying as far as possible...." Several mentions of Horace Walpole, &c., &c. Four pages, 7" x 4.5" // Leslie was born in London to American parents who came back to this country with him in 1799 and settled in Philadelphia. By 1811, he had returned to London to study at the Royal Academy, earning two silver medals, etc. In 1833, he came back again to teach drawing at the US Military Academy, West Point. Disenchanted after six months, he returned to England. This autobiography with letters contains interesting recollections of friends and colleagues here and abroad. more information

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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. 2nd printing. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xv, 370; color frontispiece, 58pp halftones. Has folding genealogical chart, bibliography and index. Declared as "the first complete biography in English" of the notorious French painter (1864-1901), with new material from letters, interviews with surviving contemporaries, etc. 9.5" x 6.25". more information

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Rutland & Tokyo Charles E. Tuttle (1962)., 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Very good condition in a moderately chipped dust jacket. 10.5" x 7" pictorial dj 452pp w/index. Illustrated by 314 illus, some color. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. more information

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NY: New York Graphic Society, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Henry Moore. Unpaginated; illus throughout. Complete with the "auto-lithograph" plate on handmade paper, drawn by Henry Moore in 1958. 19" x 12". more information

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NY: National Academy of Design, 1930. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 43pp; 13pp illus from photographs. Has information on the history of the Academy, study courses, exhibitions, lectures, competitions, list of members, &c. 9" x 6". more information

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NY: National Academy of Design, 1926. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 9" x 6" 45pp; 15pp illus from photographs. Has information on the history of the Academy, study courses, exhibitions, lectures, competitions, list of members, &c. 9" x 6". more information

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NY: National Academy of Design, 1931. First Edition. Original wraps. Good. 47pp; 19pp illus from photographs. Has information on the history of the Academy, study courses, exhibitions, lectures, competitions, list of members, &c. 9" x 6". more information

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Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1919. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tips of boards bumped. pp: xxii, 454, index; 98pp illus on coated stock. This sixth edition, delayed until the close of World War I, contains "new material and new illustrations." 8.5" x 6.25". more information

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London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1966. 2nd printing. Original wraps. Very Good. 40pp; 30 full-page illustrations, some color. First published in 1950, this exhibition guide covers the seven tapestry cartoons loaned to the Museum by Queen Victoria. 7" x 9.5". more information

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NY: Harper, 1951. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xiv, 180, index; 146 illus from photographs, two color plates. 10" x 7.5". more information

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NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1959. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Good. 192pp, index; color frontis, b&w illustrations. This style, dominant from 1895 to 1905, was featured in a 1960 MOMA exhibition on Art Nouveau in the graphic & decorative arts. 9.5" x 8.5". more information

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NY: Kennedy Graphics, 1970. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. Ben Shahn. Unpaginated; 24 lithographs in black and gold. Comprises 24 lithographs by Ben Shahn, printed in black & gold, each opposite a page of illuminated Hebrew text. This is #72 of 240 copies. The lithographs are protected by a portfolio of handmade paper, laid into a clamshell buckram case with gilt-morocco cover label; and in the original mailing carton. This was Ben Shahn's last completed work. 16.5" x 18". more information

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London, 1966. Reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 63pp; 16 plates. Symons (1865-1945), an English "decadent" poet and critic, edited "The Savoy". Beardsley worked for "The Savoy" after he was fired from "The Yellow Book". Here, Symons assesses AB's art and describes personal experiences with him. 8.75" x 5.75". more information

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NY Curt Valentin 1952., 1952. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Spine label chipped, covers of insert foxed, else very good. 6.5" x 10.25" two volumes pp: (11+90) The spine label has a few letters chipped away. The paper covers of the introductory text are lightly foxed. Limited to 1200 copies. This copy is from the library of Ben Shahn, with his notation on the cover of the text volume: "Whose sketch-book is this? . or this?". Illustrated by approx 90 pages of sketches. First Edition. Binding is cloth + wraps. more information

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San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1959. Later printing. Original wraps. Very Good. pp: (vi), 25. Watts looks at Zen Buddhism and its relationship with art and the American Beat movement. 8" x 5.5". more information

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Germantown, PA: Site and Relic Society, 1913. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small ink mark on paper cover. 15pp. Germantown claims credit for the first oil painting in America, a portrait of Kelpius by the brush of Dr. Christopher Witt. Later artists discussed here include Charles Wilson Peale, Gilbert Stuart, George B. Wood, Joseph Pennell, Violet Oakley, and others. 10" x 7". more information

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