Search Results: American / 2. Colonial, c. 1600-1775 from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2012. xii, 465 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbus's landing had crossed the Bering Strait twelve thousand years ago; existed mainly in small, nomadic bands; and lived so lightly on the land that the Americas was, for all practical purposes, still a vast wilderness. But as Charles C. Mann now makes clear, archaeologists and anthropologists have spent the last thirty years proving these and many other long-held assumptions wrong. In a book that startles and persuades, Mann reveals how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques came to previously unheard-of conclusions. Among them: In 1491 there were… Read More

New York: Avon Books in association with Museum of American Folk Art, 1978. 152 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: American Federation of Arts, 1969. 159 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition being circulated through the United States and Europe 1968-70 under the auspices of the American Federation of Arts. Translation of Peintures naives americaines, xviiie-xixe siecles. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps lightly soiled, age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York and Los Angeles: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1992. 288 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from 26 January to 17 May, and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 5 July to 27 September 1992. Firm binding, creased spine. Clean inside copy. Age toning. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Another copy available. "The rococo style was among the primary artistic contributions of the eighteenth century. Its manifestations throughout Europe have been comprehensively acknowledged and chronicled, but its influence in America, where it was probably the century's crowning design achievement (commonly referred to as the Chippendale style), had never been thoroughly examined. It was a lavish taste that found surprisingly fertile ground in the colonies, where affluent members of society, rejoicing in… Read More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2004. 237 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 30 cm .Photography by Radek Kurzaj. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First printing. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "A photographic tour of some of rural America's most visually impressive country churches features 250 images of more than forty structures, providing accompanying text that places each church within a historical context and short essays that discuss regional, architectural, and congregational significances." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New York and Los Angeles: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1992. 288 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from 26 January to 17 May, and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 5 July to 27 September 1992. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "The rococo style was among the primary artistic contributions of the eighteenth century. Its manifestations throughout Europe have been comprehensively acknowledged and chronicled, but its influence in America, where it was probably the century's crowning design achievement (commonly referred to as the Chippendale style), had never been thoroughly examined. It was a lavish taste that found surprisingly fertile ground in the colonies, where affluent members of society, rejoicing in their hard-won prosperity, strove to adopt London fashions. The… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1974. 392 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1982. Cloth, 405 pages, illustrations (some colour); 34 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. An attractive copy. Printed in 1982--not new! CONTENTS: Colonial period, 1620-1776; Independence to Civil War, 1776-1860; Maturing nation, 1860-1914; America the Beautiful, 1914-1980.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio. Collectible.

New York: Museum of Graphic Art, 1969. 180 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 26 cm. Catalogue of a traveling exhibition organized by the Museum of Graphic Art, New York, with participation by the Brooklyn Museum and 12 other museums in the United States, 1969-71. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Printing. Covers the period from 1670 to 1820. Profusely illustrated. The majority of the prints shown are from the collections of Mr. and Mrs. J. William Middendorf II.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1981. Cloth, 295 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center Series, volume 1. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Cloth, 352 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates (paintings, furniture, metalwork, ceramics, sculpture, etc.). With 542 plates, 251 in color.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

New York: Privately Printed, 1927. xi, 219, pages, frontispiece, illustrations, plates; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Some leaves uncut. Light edgewear to boards, expected browning. "Three hundred and ten numbered copies printed in the month of April, MCMXXVII." This copy numbered "202" on the limitation page.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1974. xxiii, 239 pages, frontispiece, plates; 29 cm. First published, 1924. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket worn at extremities. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Well-illustrated. Authoritative. 500 illustrations.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to.

Washington D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1965. 1 volume (unpaged), illustrations (part colour), colour portrait; 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps lightly soiled, age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. Cloth, xiii, 249 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "This is the first comprehensive study of an important but largely unknown part of the history of American art: the materials and techniques used by American painters. It is based on extensive research into primary and secondary sources, including artist' recipe books, letters, journals, and painting manuals, many of which are unpublished and/or little known to scholars. In interpreting this mass of evidence, the authors have used the experience gained from having museums and private collectors. Detailed information is provided on the methods of many painters, including Benjamin West, Gilbert Stuart, Washington Allston, Thomas Sully, Thomas Cole, and William Sidney Mount. Among the important topics discussed are the quest for the 'secrets' of the old masters, which inspired experimentation with a surprising variety of materials; how… Read More

Geneva and New York: Skira; Rizzoli, 1980. 144 pages, colour illustrations; 33 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. First paperback edition. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Folio.

San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; DelMonico Books - Prestel, 1976. 247 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Exhibition from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, 3rd, exhibited at the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, April 17 to July 31, 1976; and at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 16 to November 7, 1976. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust spotting/foreedge, otherwise tight & clean. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1987. 211 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 November 1987 to 14 April 1988; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 6 May to 4 September 1988; Denver Art Museum, 15 October 1988 to 1 January 1989; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2 February to 30 April 1989; The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 4 June to 3 September 1989; The New-York Historical Society, 3 October 1989 to 7 January 1990; and the Worchester Art Museum, 15 April to 5 August, 1990. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small corner crease/front cover. Age toning. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. The Shelburne Museum, in Shelburne, Vermont, is devoted to folk art and Americana. Profusely illustrated, with scholarly essays.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York and Los Angeles: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1992. Cloth, 288 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from 26 January to 17 May, and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 5 July to 27 September 1992. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "The rococo style was among the primary artistic contributions of the eighteenth century. Its manifestations throughout Europe have been comprehensively acknowledged and chronicled, but its influence in America, where it was probably the century's crowning design achievement (commonly referred to as the Chippendale style), had never been thoroughly examined. It was a lavish taste that found surprisingly fertile ground in the colonies, where affluent members of society, rejoicing in their hard-won prosperity, strove to… Read More

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1972. 195 pages, illustrations (including 2 colour), 1 facsimile; 29 cm. First published, 1948. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. With 183 Illustrations.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.