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African Art Books & Ephemera
Folk Art and Art Worlds
by Vlach, John Michael and Bronner, Simon J
UMI Research, 1986. Book. Hardcover. Eleven original essays on American folk Art from artist to academics, art dealer and gallery or museum, chapters on American rural art and Mexican art. FINE COPY, FIRST EDITION..
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$20.00
Hermann Zapf Calligrapher, type-designer & typographer An exhibition arranged & circulated by the Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati Art Museum, 1960-61
by Zapf, Hermann / Noel Martin (intro.)
Hermann Zapf Calligrapher, type-designer & typographer - #184 Published to coincide with the exhibition arranged -The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati Art Museum, 1960-61. Introduction - Noel Martin,sections compiled (with many examples) by Paul Standard on (170) Zapf items including: Calligraphy, Type Designs, Book Design, Typography, List of Type Faces Brief Chronology. .. Set in Linotype Optima - printed- printing office of Stempel foundry in Frankfurt ..Frontispiece portrait of Zapf... -...
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$22.00
ART: PRINT; THE TOP, Devonshire
by Cox, David and Allen, J. C
Book. Original hand colored steel engraving. Drawn by D. Cox ( 1783 - 1859) and engraved by Allen, no date. Beautiful pastoral landscape print with ocean view. Image size 7" x 4 1/4" , mat size is 9" x 12". VERY GOOD COPY..
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$75.00
Daumier The Man and the Artist
by Sadleir, Michael (on Honore Daumier)
London: Halton & Truscott Smith, 1924 limited ed. (700 copies). vii, 40pp of text & 91 plates. t.e.g. brown cloth 4to w/gilt titles: about Good [cover cloth is worn @ extremities; few pp. show some darkening in the margins; plates illustrating the work of the artist are untroubled; a complete & tight copy] An enormous sized study of the life and work of French painter and caricaturist Honore Daumier (1808-79).
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$35.00
Dreamlands: Des Parcs d'Attraction aux Cites du Futur Album (French Edition)
by Didier Ottinger
*Dreamlands: Des Parcs d'Attraction aux Cites du Futur Album (French Edition) -Didier Ottinger,Large catalog of dreamlands exhibit May to August 2010 , the book has a minimal amount of wear on its edges lightly-used -includes a little pamphlet about the exhibit itself along with a map of the exhibit, which gives some history of Dreamland itself originally started at Coney Island, New York 1904. Filled with a lot of great color & black-and-white photographs of The Works featured at the exhibit.good...
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$17.99
ART: Works On Paper/ Watercolor: Seascape, Harbor
by Sowerville, Duncan
Book. Watercolor on paper by New England artist, Duncan Sowerville, Regionally known, Collinsville, Connecticut artist. This piece is titled " DOCKS" and is a bright, striking scene of a New England Harbor. This was his entry in some Art Exhibition or Competition, the back of the painting has the sticker with the title, artist's name, address and phone number. The image is 10" X 7" and the frame is 15" X 13". It's double matted, custom framed..
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$55.00
MAKING MUSIC
by JONES, CLAIRE
Rear edge of spine is scuffed; last 10 pages, 5 sheets, & rear cover are warped from damp. B&w photos and line drawings in text. Covered in adhesive plastic.
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R207.00
James Montgomery Flagg Uncle Sam and Beyond (Vignettes)
by Nicholas Steward
** James Montgomery Flagg, Uncle Sam and Beyond by Nicholas Steward - "Outside of his most famous piece, the World War I poster of Uncle Sam urging "I Want You," James Montgomery Flagg's other artworks are lesser known. With the renewed interest in vintage illustration, Flagg's vast repertoire is finally getting its due appreciation. He was among many artists who gained fame during the golden age of illustration. His flesh-and-blood men and women, bold, painterly style and visual storytelling skill made...
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$9.99
How to Recognize Islamic Art
by Mandel, Gabriele translated by Erica & Arthur Propper
New York: Penguin, 1980 1st Am. ed. 64pp. illus. paperback: Good. A colorfully illustrated brief guide to the subject.
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$4.99
Art & Lifestyle
by Neiman, LeRoy
New York: Felicie Publishers, 1974 1st ed. 285pp. illus. beige cloth folio: Good/no dj [some age darkening of light colored cloth covers; spine crack of heavy volume mid-text not really affecting book’s integrity; else a clean & complete copy] A big, colorful retrospective volume of the work of American sports artist Neiman (1921-2012), published during his heyday of working for Playboy magazine.
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$25.00
Adidas and Yohji Yamamoto: celebrating 5 years of Y-3
by Yamamoto, Yohji
Adidas and Yohji Yamamoto: celebrating 5 years of Y-3. Adidas: Y-3, 2006 193p., 6x9 inch pictorial boards, thoroughly illustrated with fashion photography from the previous five years highlighting Yamamoto's designs. Limited-edition book this is another book it actually does not appear to have a publisher it might've been done by Adidas Corporation, this is a portfolio showing all of the designers body of work over a five-year period... Interesting book , has a black and white cover with some wearing...
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$300.00
Ponzi and Picasso
by Rochelle Ohrstrom- Contributors- Michael LaPlaca, Martin Archer
*Giftable -very heavy paperback- printed on better-than-average white/stock heavier -covers still glossy although it has been read few times- some wearing edges- scuffs minutiae/ small crease on spine- interior book is clean unmarked -published seismic behest publishing- copyright by author about 10 folded corners on edges of pages in lieu of bookmark-- author writes an interesting story & is an interesting Persona in herself--- I enjoyed it..Ponzi & Picasso is an insider's view of the international art...
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$14.00
The Polymer Clay Techiques Book
by Heaser, Sue
Cincinnati, Ohio: North Light Books, 1999. Not stated. Paperback. Very Good/No jacket. 128 pages with index, illustrated with color photographs. A guide to the wealth of creative possibilities that polymer clay has to offer. White wraps with colorful titles on front cover and white titles on spine. Light edge wear, minor scratches, interior pages bright, binding tight. Trade paperback. Measures 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches.
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$10.00
Posters (I manifesti)
by Rossi, Attilio translated by Raymond Rudorff
London: Paul Hamlyn. 1969 1st ed. thus. 159pp. illus. hardback 12mo: Very Good in a near Fine dj [some foxing of light grey cover paper; bookplate; else VG] A history featuring 77 color plates.
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$6.99
John Marin Drawings 1886-1951
by Reich, Sheldon (on John Marin)
University of Utah Press, 1969. 120pp. illus. black cloth oblong sm 4to: Very Good/no dj [some top edge foxing; few back cover scuffs; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A Retrospective Exhibition Honoring John Marin's Centennial. Organized by the University of Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
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$15.00
The Anatomy of Architecture: Ontology and Metaphor in Batammaliba Architectural Expression (Res Monographs in Anthropology and Aesthetics)
by Blier, Suzanne Preston
U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Well-kept. Clean unmarked pages in bright as new covers. Illustrated with photos and drawings throughout. Jacket with mild shelfwear. .
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$40.00
Painting at Court
by Levey, Michael
New York University Press, 1971. 228pp. illus. red cloth sm 4to: Very Good in a Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [some light top edge foxing; first several pp. have a vertical crease; else VG; dj = p-c; else VG] The 1968 Wrightsman Lectures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, with 200 black & white illustrations and seven color reproductions.
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$25.00
Rubens
by Gilles NereT
Rubens by Gilles Neret, published by Taschen GmbH (2004), the works of Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640 "The Homer of Painting", ISBN 3822828858, printed in Germany .. 96 pages, 7-3/8 x 9 inches .. Softcover biography & chronology of the works of Rubens divided into 4 time periods (1600 - 1620), (1620 - 1630), (1630 - 1640), (1577 - 1640) .. Cover are very good, bright colorful glossy very slight wear showing. Pages are printed on high gloss heavy stock, all pages are in very good condition bright colorful...
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$9.99
The Arts in America: The 19th Century
by Wendell D. Garrett (Author), Paul F. Norton (Author), Alan Gowans.- Joseph T. Butler, John Garrett, Eugene Field
*The Arts in America: The 19th Century Hardcover - excellent copy- huge hardcover beautifully bound- beige board wrapped in maroon cloth on spine,-Wonderfully researched, indexed, comprehensive and straight forwardly written, sufficient to equip those to use it in the full to find the way about the subject for themselves- spine-very good with no tearing. Pages are very good readable , a certain amount of minutiae on page edges, some shelve ware. - Grading books can be subjective pictures provided for...
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$18.99
Art From The Mayans To Disney
by Charlot, Jean
Sheed and Ward, 1939. Book. Hardcover. Important book on Art with much emphasis on North American Natives but also covering printmaking, and modern art. Includes a well-known chapter on Disney and a chapter" The Critic, the Artist and the Problem of Representation". Some minor bumping to the corners and minor chipping to edge of spine but still a NEAR FINE COPY with a bright, clean text, FIRST EDITION..
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$45.00
ART: Boy At Mirror
by Rockwell, Norman
Mass Mutual Life Insurance, 1959. Book. A print after Rockwell's original pencil drawing, printed by Mass Mutual in the 1950's but also printed in a 1959 issue of Saturday Evening Post. A VERY GOOD COPY, 11" X 14", unframed..
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$15.00
Chinese Cloisonne The Clague Collection
by Brown, Claudia
Phoenix Art Museum, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. HARDCOVER. Well-kept, clean copy in thick boards. 79 full page plates of beautiful Chinese metalwork, with many in color. Covers bright with mild rubbing to edges, and mini tear at spine gutter. .
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$155.00
ART: Lithograph: The Last Moments Of John Brown
by Hovenden, Thomas (and Brown, John
Gebbie and Co., 1889. Book. This is an original Lithograph print after the painting by the acclaimed nineteenth century artist, Thomas Hovenden. In 1885 a large etching of the work was created and this is a later, smaller size lithographic series. The size is 10" X 15" and the image size is 8" X 9 1/2". There is some foxing to the margins but not on the image. This is a striking print, much more than can be realized in the photo, rare, VERY GOOD+ CONDITION.295..
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$250.00
The Anstey Weston Guide to Textile Terms
by Weston, H. Anstey T
London: Weston Publishing Limited, 1999. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Unpaginated, arranged in sections with index, terms and an appendix of trade names and abbreviations. An accessible introduction to textile terminology for the student and professional in fashion, textile and related industries.Black boards with white titles on front cover and spine. Book looks nearly new with light wear at edges, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Matching black jacket with white titles is a...
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$5.00
A Text-book of the History of Sculpture
by Marquand, Allan and Arthur L. Frothingham
New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1901. Revised. Hardcover. Good +. 293 pages plus advertisments, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout; frontispiece with protective tissue intact. The history of the art of sculputre from ancient Egypt to modern American art. From the College Histories of Art series. Brown cloth binding with gilt decoration and lettering on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Light edge wear to cover, a tiny bit of spotting, dent in leading edge of back...
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$25.00
