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Dublin, Ireland: Eason & Son Ltd, 1981. One of the Irish Heritage Series number 33 8vo size staple-bound booklet with heavy cardstock wrappers. Color illustrated covers. Unpaginated, about 24 pages with color and black and white illustrations. From first page: "The achievements of Irish artists of the early Christian period are now known the world over and the… Read more

2015. 8vo size squarish trade paperback with illustrated cover; 30 pages, many are full color, full page. From back cover artist note: "It has been a pleasure and a challenge to create these paintings; but being a strong admire(r) of Beethoven's music and his character, they were very much fun to create. His music calls for… Read more

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd; Designed as an elementary course of instruction and to meet the requirements of technical classes in connection with the Board of Education undated/circa 1930s; Fourth Edition 8vo size green patterned clothbound hardcover with black titles on the spine and cover; 91 pages with black and white illustrations by the author. Bumped… Read more

Waterville, ME: Colby College Museum of Art Contemporary Painting curated by Alex Katz at Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine 4to size square softcover; 64 pages with many full page, full color illustrations. If you are so inclined, you could take the book apart to frame the prints (most of the prints have nothing but their… Read more

Avon 8vo size trade paperback; 231 tanned pages with black and white illustrations and color photographs on glossy stock. From back: "Carefully designed and lavishly illustrated with hundreds of sharp, clear line-drawings and eight pages of full-color plates, this book ranges from ancient Chinese ceramics to the work of English potters and designers in (the 20th) century. … Read more

Dover, 1959. 1836 basic designs and their variations 8vo size trade paperback; 216 pages with black and white illustrations, followed by a multi-page publishers catalog From back: "One of America's foremost commercial artists and trade-mark designers has drawn and classified 1836 basic geometric designs and variations for quick, convenient, practical reference by workers in all fields of… Read more

London: Studio Editions, 1993. Folio sized hardcover with dust jacket; 144 pages, 48 full page, full color reproductions and some additional illustrations. From jacket: "A pioneering figure in the history of modern art, Paul Gauguin led a life as dramatic as his art, abandoning his wife, family and livelihood in France to pursue a vision in Tahiti. … Read more

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1997. 4to size hardcover with dust jacket; 96 glossy pages with color photographs throughout. From back: An art museum might seem quite and calm, but behind the "Staff Only" doors in can be a high-pitched scene. walk among the workrooms at the National Gallery of Art, where curators, guards, carpenters, engineers, and over 90,000… Read more

1936. 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with gilt titles and decorations on cover; 30 pages plus "fifteen plates in color and details in black and white" on glossy stock. Includes a brief biography of the artist, Edwin Austin Abbey, and details of the artwork. Back strap is detached and has been tucked into book. Pages have a… Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960. First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; From jacket: "In this most exciting period of history the author traces (Savonarola's) contacts with Lorenzo (the Magnificent) and the opposition, with the artists, Botticelli and Michelangelo, with Machiavelli, with the great Pope, Alexander VI, with Lucrezia, Cesare and the Sforza family.… Read more

4to size softcover; 95 pages with 73 black and white plates Introduction by Philip Rhys Adams, Director, Cincinnati Art Museum Note: our photographs may be close-ups or cropped images of the original artwork. Edgewear, light wear and light soil on back cover; several small creases on cover. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Bourdelle, Antoine.… Read more

New York: Viking Books for Young Readers, 1979. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 207 bright, white pages with black and white illustrations From jacket: "(The author) shows us exactly how social, cultural, and economic changes through the centuries have influenced the look, the use, the feel of a building. The author challenges us to look at… Read more

1971. 8vo size spiral bound softcover; unpaginated about 20 pages. Heavy cardstock (heavy like postal card) shows maker's marks and photographs of more than 300 examples of Nippon or Japanese porcelain. Edgewear and some rubbing or transfer from photo pages to page before. Moderate wear to covers; tanned border to first page. PLUS: Universal Price… Read more

Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1991. English Language Edition 8vo size trade paperback; 280 heavyweight glossy pages with color and a few black and white photographs Contents include: A history of the station and the museum Exhibitions at the Musee d'Orsay Historical background Floor plans, photographs Edgewear, light wear to covers, slightly cocked spine.. Trade Paperback. Good/No… Read more

New York: Knopf, 1996. Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 113 pages with full page black and white illustrations on almost every page. Also includes CD-ROM, still in sealed package! with all of the cartoons from the book. From jacket: "The 100 wonderfully witty cartoons in these pages immerse us in today's newest,… Read more

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. Stated First Edition Folio size tan clothbound hardcover with decorative red border and dust jacket; 256 pages with 230 reproductions, 60 in color. From jacket: "(The author) begins with the brilliant artists of the Revolutionary Generation - West, Copley, Stuart and C.W. Peale - who were still triumphantly active when… Read more

Editions Hazan, 1994. Photographs by Bruno Jarret 8vo size trade paperback; 103 heavyweight pages with black and white illustrations throughout including many full page. From back: "Rodin in his environment: his bronzes and his drawings, his marbles and his collections, his furniture and his gardens - a look into the private life of a genius." … Read more

London: Faber and Faber 8vo sized trade paperback; 152 pages with sections of black and white photographs on glossy stock. Contents include: Art and Magic Art and Mysticism Art and Religion Secular Art We note underlining on at least 10 pages and marginalia on at least four pages. Light wear to covers, lightly bumped corners, creased… Read more

1968. 8vo size blue (craft-like) paper covers; 471 heavyweight glossy pages with black and white photographs of the artwork throughout. Includes: Domenico Beccafumi: Judith with the Head of Holofernes Benvenuto di Giovanni (or Da Siena): Saint Jerome Boucher: Venus and Cupid with Doves, The Modiste, Shepherd Piping to a Shepherdess Diaz: Venus Disarming Cupid; The… Read more

Boston: Bulfinch Press, 2003. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 96 heavyweight glossy pages with color and black and white illustrations and photographs, includes index. From jacket: "This stylish book proves that fashion in the jazz age goes far beyond the flapper dress and the cloche hat... Freedom was the motif in the emancipated climate of… Read more