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Claremont, CA: Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, 2002. Cloth, 87 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits; 29 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, Calif., in 2002. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the artist, with a personalized inscription. A near-fine copy, front endpapers lightly soiled. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. In honor of Aldo Cassanova, Emeritus Professor of Art, Scripps College.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Santa Barbara, CA: Fithian Press, 2004. Cloth, xxv, 262 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. 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, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Well-illustrated. Authoritative. 500 illustrations.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

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

Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981. 271 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: The Art of Ancient Iran, by P. R. S. Moory; Ancient Art of Central Asia, Mongolia, and Siberia, by Emma C. Bunker; Stamp and Cylinder Seals of the Ancient Near East, by Edith Porada; and, Ancient Art of Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, by Glenn Markoe.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, in association with the Trust for Museum Exhibitions, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria, 1998. Cloth, 256 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Photographs by Ivo Hadjimishev. Catalogue accompanying a traveling exhibition opening in February 1998. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Published to accompany an exhibition at six US museums, starting at the Saint Louis Museum in February 1998, this is a study of the remarkable artistic accomplishments of the Thracians, a people who lived to the north of Greece in ancient times. In the Iliad, Homer described the Thracians as formidable enemies of the Greeks in the Trojan War, and their mountainous country gave birth to legendary poets such as Orpheus. But the Thracians had no written language, and until recently little was known… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971. Cloth, 124 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top edge lightly soiled, expected browning. Stated First Edition in the United States of America. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1997. Pictorial boards, 296 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.

Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1988. xxii, 199 pages, [33] pages of plates, illustrations; 29 cm. Originally published: London Methuen, 1912. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. Clip-Art book unused & intact. Verified upon shipping. "Standard reference offers comprehensive, detailed record of 500 years of European armor--manufacture, materials, tools, cost, weight, and more. Over 100 illustrations. Bibliography." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York and New Haven, CT: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2000. xvi, 636 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 32 cm. Exhibition held September 19, 2000 through January 7, 2001 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "In 1825 the Erie Canal, connecting the Atlantic with the American heartland via the Great Lakes, was completed, and in 1861 the Civil War, disrupting American unity, began. This volume examines the exhilarating period between these two far-reaching events. The Erie Canal turned the port of New York into the gateway to the United States, ushering in a time of enormous growth and change for the city of New York. Still very much a work in progress, New York became both an international economic and cultural center: it was transformed into what contemporary observers variously termed the Empire City, the Great Emporium,… Read More

New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1991. 163 pages, colour illustrations; 32 cm. Photographs by David Finn. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: List of Colorplates; Reflections of the Artist, by John Safer; A Note from the Photographer, by David Finn; Introduction, by Douglas Lewis; John Safer: The Sculptor in Context, by Walter J. Boyne. I. An Analogy. II. Trophies. III. Facets and Flames. IV. A Smile from Kelly Johnson. V. Limits of Infinity. VI. Of Time and Space. VII. A Final Thought; Biographical Note; Exhibition History; Public Collections.. 1st. Hardcover. NEW/NEW. Folio. Collectible.

New York: Exeter Books, 1987. Cloth, 128 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small corner crease/front free endpaper, age toning. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Glass; Vases; Lamps; Furniture; Jewelry.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.; Art of the World Ser., 1967. Cloth, 272 pages, illustrations, maps, colour plates; 24 cm. First published, 1964, under title: Fruhen Steppenvolker. Translated from the German. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at crown. Browning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: I. Discovery of Early Steppe Art; II. Pontic Scythia; III. Scythian Finds in Central Europe; IV. Scythian Elements in the Caucasus; V. Anan'ino Culture in Eastern Russia; VI. Expansion of the Sarmatians; VII. Minusinsk Bronzes; VIII. Graves of the Scythian Era in the Altai; IX. The Hsiung-Nu in Transbaikalia and Northern Mongolia; X. Ordos Bronzes; XI. Tuva: An Area of Withdrawal; XII. The Saka in Middle Asia; XIII. Siberian Gold: The Steppes of Northern and Eastern Kazakhstan; XIV. The Aftermath; XV. The Rise of the Mounted Warriors and the Birth of Animal Style.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York and London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Cloth, 48 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Designed by Gerard Nook. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription. Age toning. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap, with closed tears/back cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Oblong. Collectible.

New York: American Federation of Arts in association with Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1983. 208 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Handling soil/tail edge, otherwise fine.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Andr Emmerich Gallery; Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, 1990. [16] pages, chiefly illustrations (some colour), portrait; 28 cm. Exhibition held March 29 to April 21, 1990. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps lightly rubbed. Painted steel sculptures.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Andr Emmerich Gallery; Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, 1984. [19] pages, chiefly illustrations (some colour), portrait; 27 cm. Exhibition held April 19 to May 19, 1984. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps lightly rubbed. Painted steel sculptures.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

London: Paul Hamlyn; Artia for Batchworth Press, 1960. Decorative cloth, 59 pages, 92 plates (5 colour), illustrations, map; 28 cm. Issued in a slipcase. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. Slipcase with light shelfwear.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.