Search Results: American / 3. Neo-Classical & Romantic from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1987. Buckram, 447 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Transcribed from the original, in the collection of Henry Bradley Martin, and with a foreword and notes, by Alice Ford. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. An account of his journey to England and Scotland to arrange the publication of The Birds of America.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. xx, 211 pages, illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, from April 12 through August 18, 1996. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Published to mark the Smithsonian Institution's 150th anniversary. Richly illustrated with colour plates of portraits drawn from the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and other artifacts. "Provides an account of the year 1846 in the United States, including the war with Mexico, the railroad boom, and abolition movements." - Publisher.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. xx, 211 pages, illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, from April 12 through August 18, 1996. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Short scratch/front cover. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Published to mark the Smithsonian Institution's 150th anniversary. Richly illustrated with colour plates of portraits drawn from the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and other artifacts. "Provides an account of the year 1846 in the United States, including the war with Mexico, the railroad boom, and abolition movements." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Sun Valley, CA: American Historical Press, 1998. Cloth, 267 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 29 cm. Picture research by Dennis Holzman; chronology by Robert W. Arnold III; editorial coordination by Margaret Tropp. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author John J. McEneny. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

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.

Munich, London, New York: Prestel, 1999. 296 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 31 cm. English Edition. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, March 17 to June 20, 1999. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "A specifically American form of art emerged in the nineteenth century that was much more than just a reflection of European developments or stylistic trends. It was a period during which noteworthy local traditions were brought to light, and this is reflected in the selection of landscapes, portraits, and genre paintings contained in this volume, with a plate section including 146 works by 43 artists. The works provide a comprehensive survey of American painting spanning more than one hundred years, from the close of the eighteenth century until World War I. In the context of their genre, these works demonstrate both the continuity… Read More

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.

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.

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.

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1973. 68 pages, illustrations (some colour); 19 x 22 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. A collection of 19th-century American paintings.. 1st.. Paperback. Fine. Oblong. ..

New York: Sotheby's, 2011. 183 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Sale N08802. Auction held 1 December, 2011. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Auction catalogue with 112 lots.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

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: American Federation of Arts, 1995. 176 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Catalogue of a traveling exhibition first held at the Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Fla., December 3, 1995 to January 28, 1996 and five others; organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Currier Gallery of Art. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981. 228 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, from November 17, 1981 to January 31, 1982, and at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., from March 17 to June 6, 1982. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Slightly bumped at tail of spine. Age toning. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Geneva and Cleveland: Skira; World Publishing Company, 1969. Cloth, 144 pages, colour illustrations; 35 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Bumped corners, top edge lightly soiled, age toning. Dust jacket, with a closed tear/back cover, protected in a mylar book cover. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1991. xvi, 250 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. On 19th-century American genre painting, with precursors Alvan Fisher, Francis Guy, John L. Krimmel, and the more famous mid-19th-century practitioners such as William Sidney Mount, George Caleb Bingham, Richard Caton Woodville, and others. A major survey. Named most outstanding book in Arts, Literature and Language in the Association of American Publishers' 1991 Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing Awards.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

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.

Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1981. 180 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 x 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Handling wear/spine. Age toning. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Foreword, by J. Carter Brown, Jan Muhlert, and Earl A. Powell; Preface, by John Wilmerding; The American View: Paintings & Drawings, by Earl A. Powell; The American Figure: Genre Paintings & Sculpture, by Linda Ayres; The American Object: Still-Life Paintings, by John Wilmerding; Catalogue; Index.. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

Washington D. C.: National Gallery of Art, 2004. viii, 166 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 9 May to 10 October 2004. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "John Wilmerding was curator of American art and senior curtor 1977-1983 and deputy director 1983-1988, at the National Gallery of Art. Item discusses Wilmerding's collection and his career at the gallery." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Director's foreword, by Earl A. Powell III; Acknowledgments, by Franklin Kelly; Scholar, teacher, collector: John Wilmerding and American art, by Franklin Kelly; Catalogue, by Nancy K. Anderson, Charles M. Brock, Deborah Chotner, Franklin Kelly and Abbie N. Sprague; Provenance, exhibition history, and references; Bibliography of John Wilmerding's published works.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bulfinch Press, 1980. 176 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.