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1.  Richmond, L. & J. Littlejohns. THE TECHNIQUE OF PASTEL PAINTING.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1931. First Edition. pp: viii, 144; 49
color plates and 34 figures tipped to heavy stock.  11" x 8.5" Very Good.
Original Cloth.
This book gives detailed instructions in the use of pastels, showing
preliminary sketches as well as finished works in full color. Chapters
include flower studies, landscapes, figures, animals, still-life, etc.
(#BOOKS007054I)        $15.00

2.  Weil, C.K. and others. "HOME" - An Interesting Monthly Magazine Sent to
You Each Month by Your Lumber Merchant: Lot of Nine (9) issues, 1938-1941.
Silver Lake, New Hampshire: John F. Chick & Son, Building Material,
1938-1941. First Editions. Lot of nine issues, averaging 16pp each;
illustrated throughout from photographs, floor plans and elevations. In the
original, pictorial wrappers. Approx 11" x 8.5" Very Good. Pictorial Paper
Covers.
The thrust of this magazine is "Now is the time to build your own home."
Themes of these issues include: Hollywood Hilltops; Simple Dignity Is the
Best Architecture; Cape Cod Cottages; Need Four Bedrooms?; Wood Walls; A
Place to Eat in the Kitchen; Twin Level First Floor; Fireplace Ideas; The
Case for Home Ownership; Colonial Twins; Summer Cottages; Modernizing A
House; Plywood Is Perfect Material; Baseball Grows Up [a four-page
departure in one issue]; Historic Walls; Suburban Charm; Log Cabin Siding;
Ideas for the Roadside Merchant; Two Farm Homes in 1940 Style; Modernizing
Your Farmhouse; Duplicate the Charm of Old World Cottages; Underground
Storage Easily Built; Three Modern Farm Homes; Small Summer Cottages; More
Miracles - the Metropolitan Way; Build Storage Facilites, Now!; Model House
and Barn in Ohio; &c. [Internal evidence suggests that this was a Federal
Housing Administration periodical.] (#036916)        $45.00

3.  Hamerton, Philip Gilbert. LANDSCAPE: With Original Etchings and many
Illustrations from Pictures and Drawings. London: Seeley & Co., 1885. First
Edition. pp: xvi, 386, (1) publisher's ad; 50 plates (43 etchings &
engravings, and seven pages of Explanatory Pen-Sketches). Bound in 3/4
morocco and green cloth; ribbed spine with gilt rules, devices and
lettering, top edges gilt; bottom edge of corner on rear board is scraped,
blank flyleaf is foxed, otherwise clean and tight. 12.75" x 8.75" Very
Good. Morocco & Cloth.
"It is not intended to be a treatise on landscape-painting....My dominant
idea has been the influence of natural landscape upon man...." (Preface)
(#037174)        $200.00

4.  Buchwald, Stella. GROUP OF SIXTEEN (16) BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC
PRINTS OF HER OIL PAINTINGS, IDENTIFIED AND SIGNED BY HER ON THE VERSOS,
&c. Original photographs. Photographs include: The Drummer,1948; Back Yard;
Still Life, 1948 (2 copies); Metropolis; The Road; Four Figures, 1948 (2
copies); Lament; Portrait of N. Buchwald; Portrait of A Lady, 1948 (2
copies); Hilda; Three Figures, 1948; Trees and People (2 copies). The
artist has noted shows and galleries where some of the paintings were
exhibited. Also present are brochures from two shows: Norlyst Gallery,
1948; and ACA Gallery, 1951. Also, a handwritten note from Stella to
"Eddie" on ab ACA invitation, in part: "May 1 - All the paintings are in
the gallery...How they look I don't know....We are visiting in the country
for a week--which is wonderful--because I am quite exhausted. We have our
plans for the summer....Learned a lot from getting the show ready. Am
thinking of how I will paint the next show....Stella" Very Good.
Stella Buchwald resided at 215 East 12th Street, NYC, when these pictures
were made. (#037511)        $75.00

5.  Atlas Portland Cement Co. THE STUCCO HOUSE: A book for those about to
build--Owner, Architect, Builder. NY: Atlas Portland Cement Co., 1921.
First Edition. 96pp; text illustrated from photographs of houses and floor
plans, designed by various east coast architects. Gray textured wrappers,
lightly soiled and rubbed at spine ends; contents clean. 11" x 8.25" Very
Good. Original Wrappers. (#037656)        $25.00

6.  Zigrosser, Carl. THE EXPRESSIONISTS: A Survey of Their Graphic Art. NY:
George Braziller, 1957. First Edition. 37pp, text and notes; 122
reproductions of works by various artists, including eight (8) tipped color
plates. Half black cloth and brown boards; dust wrapper lightly chipped and
archivally repaired on verso. 11" x 8.75" Very Good in Good dust-jacket.
Original Cloth & Boards. (#037663)        $20.00

7.  Bry, Doris. ALFRED STIEGLITZ: PHOTOGRAPHER. Boston: Museum of Fine
Arts, 1996. Revised & Enlarged Edition. 28pp text; 62 leaves of plates,
printed on rectos only. Original black cloth in pictorial dust wrapper.
11.25" x 10.75" Fine in Fine dust-jacket. Original Cloth.
This edition, based on the 1965 original, was revised for the Boston MFA
1996 exhibition "Alfred Stieglitz and Early Modern Photography."
(#037676)        $20.00

8.  Wolfe, Bertram D. THE FABULOUS LIFE OF DIEGO RIVERA. NY: Stein and Day,
(1963). First Edition. pp: xxi, 457 with index; 164 gravure illustrations,
39 text drawings by Diego Rivera. Tan and red cloth in a spine-darkened
dust wrapper. 9.25" x 6" Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket. Original
Cloth. (#037690)        $25.00

9.  Howard, Anna G. WOMAN’S 19th CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, ILLUSTRATED WITH
65
ALBUMEN PRINTS OF MASTERPIECES OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE PAINTING, WITH
MANUSCRIPT CAPTIONS NAMING THE ARTIST, SUBJECT, MUSEUM AND CITY. [Hartford,
Connecticut], circa 1880. Original album. Each of the 65 albumen prints is
neatly tipped into corner slots in the album leaves, and each includes Anna
Howard’s neat manuscript notations, identifying the artist, subject,
museum, and city. The artists include: Giotto, Botticelli, Titian, Leonardo
DaVinci, Raphael,
Fra Lippo Lippi, Fra Angelico et al. The locations of the art include: The
National Gallery,
London; National Museum, Florence; Sistine Chapel, The Vatican, Uffizi
Gallery, Louvre,
Dresden, etc. Mostly religious allegories, plus portraits, including
numerous depictions
of The Madonna, the Last Supper, The Crucifixion, Last Judgement,
Transfiguration,
etc. A few photographs have small printed captions at lower edge (in the
image, in
Italian, noting artist, title, etc.). The album is three-quarter brown
leather and pebbled cloth, gilt ruled beveled boards, floral endpapers,
[65] leaves. All of the photographs are in fine condition. The album has
moderate wear, leather is dried, bit chipped at tips of corners; else
tight, bright and clean internally. Signature of Anna G. Howard on front
free-endpaper. 8.5" x 6.5" Very Good. Leather-backed cloth.
Hartford, Connecticut records show that Anna Gilbert Howard was born there
in 1838, was a member of the First Baptist Church, and died at Hartford in
1909. "She was a woman of noble character and a lovely Christian," reported
the Baptist Standard in announcing her death. (#037882)        $75.00

10.  Ledoux, Louis V. JAPANESE PRINTS SHARAKU TO TOYOKUNI IN THE COLLECTION
OF LOUIS V. LEDOUX [Part Four]. Princeton: Princeton U Press, 1950. First
Edition. Folio. Unpaginated: descriptive text, bibliography; 61 plates in
full color, 45 in halftone. Faint foxing to first and final leaves. Bound
in cloth-backed patterned boards. 14.5" x 10" Very Good. Cloth-backed
boards.
Limited to 1,000 copies. (#038387)        $35.00

11.  Ledoux, Louis V. JAPANESE PRINTS HOKUSAI AND HIROSHIGE IN THE
COLLECTION OF LOUIS V. LEDOUX [Part Five]. Princeton: Princeton U Press,
1951. First Edition. Folio. Unpaginated: descriptive text, bibliography; 8
plates in full color, 44 in halftone. Faint foxing to first and final
leaves. Bound in cloth-backed patterned boards. 14.5" x 10" Very Good.
Cloth-backed boards.
Limited to 1,000 copies. (#038388)        $50.00

12.  Caillaux, Rodolphe and George, Waldemar. LE MONDE FLAMBOYANT DE
RODOLPHE CAILLAUX. Montfermeil: Jack Renaud, 1970. First Edition.
Unpaginated. Illustrated througout: color plates, one foldout, b&w
photographs, limited edition print signed by the artist. Bound in red
leatherette, gilt spine and cover lettering, original matching slipcase.
12.25" x 8.5" Fine. Leatherette.
The original print is numbered 93 or 95, signed in pencil by Caillaux. On
the free endpaper is a two-line inscription in ink by the artist: "En
souvenir avec les hommages du peintre [signed] Caillaux." (#038673)
$60.00

13.  Hutton, C.A. GREEK TERRACOTTA STATUETTES. With a Preface by A.S.
Murray, LL.D., Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum.
New York: Macmillan, 1899. First US Edition. pp: xvi, 78, (1); 8 color
plates with tissue guards, 36 illustrations in monochrome. Bound in
gilt-decorated burgundy cloth, coated endpapers, top edges gilt. 10.75" x
7" Very Good. Original Cloth.
Provenance: Bookplate of George Munson Curtiss (1857-1915), author of a
book on early Connecticut silversmiths. (#038685)        $30.00

14.  Westwood, J.O. ILLUMINATED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BIBLE: Copied from
Select Mss. of the Middle Ages. London: Wm. Smith, 1846. First Edition. pp:
8, (39) commentary on plages, (2) lists of plates and manuscripts;
rubricated title-page, 38 [of 40] chromolithographed plates after Medieval
manuscripts. Bound in green morocco, elaborate gilt-stamped cover and
spine, dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 9.25" x 6.5". Lacking
plates for "The Flight into Egypt" and "The Murder of the Innocents" with
no evidence that they were ever present. Very Good. Morocco. (#038719)
    $200.00

15.  Mahn, Berthold. SOUVENIRS DU VIEUX-COLOMBIER: 55 Dessins Originaux
precedes d'un texte de Jules Romains. Paris: Chez Claude Aveline, 1926.
First Edition. pp: xxii, 55 leaves illutrated on rectos only, (7) index,
(3) publisher's ads, colophon. Bound in stiff wrappers, printed in red and
black, glassine dust jacket chipped at spine ends. 9" x 7.5" Very Good.
Original Wrappers.
#35 of 35 copies on velin de rives for the author and editor, this is a
presentation copy with a four-line inscription inked on the half-title and
signed by Berthold Mahn. [Interesting aside: Mahn was a camouflage artist
in World War I.] (#038757)        $85.00

16.  Duhamel, Georges. BERTHOLD MAHN: Extrait de la Revue Art et
Decoration. Paris: Revue Art et Decoration, circa 1930. First Separate
Edition. Offprint, (12)pp; illustrated from Berthold Mahn paintings. Bound
in plain tan wrappers. 11.5" x 8.5" Very Good. Original Wrappers.
This is a presentation copy with a three-line inscription inked on the
title-page and signed by Berthold Mahn. [Interesting aside: Mahn was a
camouflage artist in World War I.] (#038762)        $35.00

17.  Williams, Hugh William. SELECT VIEWS IN GREECE WITH CLASSICAL
ILLUSTRATIONS. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829. First
book edition. Two volumes, quarto. Unpaginated: 64 engraved plates with
tissue guards, text on facing rectos. Bound in black morocco, gilt spine
decorations and lettering, all boards and turn-ins triple-ruled in gilt,
all edges gilt. 10.5" x 7.25" Fine. Morocco.
The following old note is pencilled on the verso front-endpaper of volume
I: "1st edition of this beautiful book with clean, sharp impressions of the
plates. Excellent example of contemporary binding in fine condition."
(#038767)        $250.00

18.  Davis, Charles Thomas. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE MANUFACTURE OF
BRICKS, TILES, TERRA-COTTA, ETC. including common, pressed, ornamentally
shaped and enamelled bricks, drain tiles, straight and curved sewer pipes,
fire-clays, fire-bricks, terra-cotta, roofing tiles, flooring tiles, art
tiles, mosaic plates.... Illustrated by 228 Engravings and 6 Plates.
Philadelphia / London: Henry Carey Baird & Co. / Sampson, Low..., 1884.
First Edition. ISBN: . pp: xx, 472, (8) illustrated ads, 32 publisher's
ads; frontispiece and 7 plates, some folding, some color. Bound in
blind-stamped purple cloth; spine tanned and worn at ends, gilt dull. 9.25"
x 6" Good in dust-jacket. Original Cloth. (#038833)        $75.00

19.  Laufer, Berthold. ARCHAIC CHINESE BRONZES OF THE SHANG, CHOU AND HAN
PERIODS IN THE COLLECTIONS OF MR. PARISH-WATSON. Accompanied by Notes of
Berthold Laufer. New York: De Vinne Press, 1922. First Edition. Quarto.
22pp text; 10 plates from photographs. Printed on rag paper, string-tied
signatures. Plain white wrappers with De Vinne logo on back; with faint
dampmark to upper corner and chips from lower corner. 11.25" x 8.75" Very
Good. Original Wrappers. (#038842)        $20.00

20.  Male, Emile. L'ART RELIGIEUX DE LA FIN DU MOYEN AGE EN FRANCE: Etude
sur l'Inconagraphie du Moyen Age et sur Ses Sources D'Inspiration. 250
Gravures. [with ALS]. Paris: Armand Colin, 1908. First Edition. Quarto.
559pp; 250 gravure illustrations. Bound in half brown morocco and marbled
boards, ribbed spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, top edges
gilt--original printed wrappers bound in. 11.25" x 8.75" Fine. Morocco &
Boards.
Provenance: Small, printed bookplate of W. Frederick Stohlman. Tipped in
front of the title-page is a 2-1/2-page ALS from Emile Male to Stohlman,
written in black ink, dated 17 Dec 1927, on the letterhead of Ecole
Francaise de Rome, signed boldly by the author, a noted art historian.
(#038917)        $125.00

21.  Doria, Charles and others. ASSEMBLING 13.2. New Brunswick, NJ: Douglas
Campus, Rutgers University, 1987. Advance Artist Copy. Proof #1 (in
pencil). Oblong folio, 120 unnumbered pages on leaves of various paper
stocks and colors, including original artwork. Assembled by Charles Doria,
Georfrey Hendricks, Cynthia Linke, Chris Nowlan. Bound in stiff wrappers,
title in red on cover. 8.5" x 14" Very Good. Original Wrappers.
"ASSEMBLING 13.2 was collated and bound by faculty, students, and staff at
the Douglass Campus of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Mason Gross
School of the Arts, Visual Arts Department. THANK YOU ONE AND
ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (#038962)        $75.00

22.  Hunter, Sam. JACKSON POLLOCK. Bulletin Vol. XXIV, No. 2, 1956-57. New
York: Museum of Modern Art, 1956. First Edition. (36)pp; 8pp text,
including chronology; illustrated throughout from photographs, centerspread
in full color. Bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. 10" x 7.5"
Fine. Original Wrappers. (#039074)        $20.00

23.  Cho, Chung W. KOREAN ARTS: Vol. I, Painting and Sculpture + Vol. Two,
Ceramics. (Seoul, South Korea): Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of
Korea, 1956-1961. First Edition. Two volumes, quarto. pp: 219 with
frontispiece and 99 plates + 222 with 100 plates, some in color. Printed on
coated stock. Bound in printed, stiff wrappers. 12" x 8.5" Very Good.
Original Wrappers.
Laid in is a presentation card from Hogan Yoon, Press Attache, Embassy of
the Republic of Korea. (#039340)        $50.00

24.  Dennison, Walter. A GOLD TREASURE OF THE LATE ROMAN PERIOD. New York:
Macmillan, 1918. First Edition. Quarto. pp: (87) with index, (6)
publisher's ads; 36 plates with tissue guards, portrait. Bound in green
cloth, gilt spine title. 11" x 7.75" Very Good. Hardcover.
University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, Volume XII, Studies in
East Christian and Roman Art, Part II [complete in itself]. (#039639)
    $25.00

25.  Anonymous. THE COTTAGE HYMN-BOOK, Suitable both for Public Worship and
Private Use. London: Religious Tract Society, circa 1830. Early edition.
Unpaginated. pp: (x), 145 hymns, (3) psalms, &c.; woodcut vignette on
title-page. Bound in old calf, gilt spine title and rules. Faint
inscription on endpaper, dated May 23rd, 1830. Old bookseller's ticket of
May, Bilbury-Street, Plymouth. 4.25" x 2.5" Very Good. Hardcover.
(#039762)        $45.00



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