Essai sur les Arts Plastiques Vivants en Republique du Tchad [drop title] [Cover title: Les Arts Vivants en République du Tchad]

Essai sur les Arts Plastiques Vivants en Republique du Tchad [drop title] [Cover title: Les...

Folio (31cm.); original drab staplebound mimeographed wrappers; unpaged; chiefly illus. throughout. Several shallow losses and one long closed tear along wrapper extremities, none touching text, some dampstaining to wrappers, more noticeably to rear cover; contents about fine. Good or better overall.

The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole: A Romance of Modern Venice

The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole: A Romance of Modern Venice

Octavo (21cm.); original simulated cloth in pale blue and white pictorial dust jacket; xvi,[2],299pp. Jacket extremities a bit chipped and worn with clean one-inch loss to top edge of upper cover not touching text or image, some minor dust-soil. Near Fine in an About Very Good copy of the scarce.....

Red Star Over Russia: A Visual History of the Soviet Union from the Revolution to the Death of Stalin

Red Star Over Russia: A Visual History of the Soviet Union from the Revolution to...

First printing. Large quarto. Black cloth boards (hardcover) in pictorial dustwrapper; 350pp (chiefly illus). Fine, unread copy in unworn dustwrapper; Near-new. Spectacular survey of Soviet visual culture from the teens through the forties.

Israel - 2 Conferencias por Vicente Lombardo Toledano

Israel - 2 Conferencias por Vicente Lombardo Toledano

Original linocut in three colors, 93cm x 67.5.5cm (ca 36" x 26") on thin paper. Mild wear to edges, with edge slightly creased at upper right; a few tiny closed tears and marginal losses; better than Very Good with colors bright and vivid; Grade A-/B+. Unbacked.

Poster: "You Are Needed Now - Join the Army Nurse Corps. Apply at your Red Cross Recruiting Station"

Poster: "You Are Needed Now - Join the Army Nurse Corps. Apply at your Red...

Original photo-illustrated poster, lithographed in colors and measuring 52.5cm x 78.5cm (20.75" x 31"). Professionally linen-backed, with old fold lines faintly visible; Fine.

Colombia: Vrijheid voor alle politieke gevangenen [Colombia: Freedom for All Political Prisoners]

Colombia: Vrijheid voor alle politieke gevangenen [Colombia: Freedom for All Political Prisoners]

Original pictorial poster (50x70cm.) printed in four colors on glossy white stock; previous vertical fold, light wrinkling to extremities, else Near Very Good.

All the Brave: Drawings of the Spanish War

All the Brave: Drawings of the Spanish War

Quarto. Illustrated card wrappers (softcover); 21pp [text] + 70pp illus. Wrapper edges touched, with pinpoint rubbing at corners; still a tight, clean, Very Good to Near Fine copy, much better than usually seen.

The Madison Avenue Cut-Out Book. Presentation by Bigger, Fusmythe, Roundheel, Clod & Smart

The Madison Avenue Cut-Out Book. Presentation by Bigger, Fusmythe, Roundheel, Clod & Smart

Folio (33.5cm.); original die-cut illustrated staplebound wrappers in the shape of a briefcase; unpaged; illus. About Fine.

Welcome American Federation of Labor

Welcome American Federation of Labor

Large display banner, 124cm x 87cm (ca 48" x 34"). Printed in white on a red background, with grommets for mounting along upper border. Without imprint, though a stamped union bug is visible on verso of canvas lining -- illegible, but resembling most closely the label of the Brotherhood of...

Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska

Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska

Quarto (28.25cm.); original tan cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; xvii,[1],217pp.; frontispiece, full-page illus. throughout, pictorial endpapers. Cloth rather darkened and a bit rubbed along extremities, spine gilt substantially dulled, else a Very Good and tight copy.

Medals and Coins of the Age of Peter the Great from the Hermitage Collection

Medals and Coins of the Age of Peter the Great from the Hermitage Collection

Quarto (29.5cm.); original green gilt-embossed boards; 39pp. & approx. [40] leaves of color photographs, some folding. Small bump at the bottom edge of both covers, else Near Fine. Text in English and Russian.

[Text in Cyrillic] Gosudarstvennyi Russkii Muzei Leningrad: Zhivopis, skul'ptura, grafika, dekorativno-prikladnoe iskusstvo, narodnoe iskusstvo

[Text in Cyrillic] Gosudarstvennyi Russkii Muzei Leningrad: Zhivopis, skul'ptura, grafika, dekorativno-prikladnoe iskusstvo, narodnoe iskusstvo

Folio (34.25cm.); publisher's linen in pictorial dust jacket; 307pp.; chiefly color illus. Some wrinkling to jacket extremities, else Very Good or better. Fine art catalog of the works displayed at the present-day's State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.

Man Ray, 1890-1976

Man Ray, 1890-1976

Folio (33.5cm.); original boards in red pictorial dust jacket; 251,[1]pp.; chiefly illus. Fine. Text in English, German, and French.

Original Hand-Bound Mock-Up for The Grindstone of God: A Samoyed Fable, with 26 Original Pencil Illustrations by Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Original Hand-Bound Mock-Up for The Grindstone of God: A Samoyed Fable, with 26 Original Pencil...

[Roosevelt, NJ: ca 1969-70]. Octavo (23.5cm). Red paper-covered boards; [28]pp. Original hand-made "dummy" of 28 pages, with text and illustrations tipped on to blank pages. Includes a hand-lettered title page and 26 original pencil drawings by Bernarda Shahn, illustrating the (mostly) animal characters in the text. In fine condition, as...

Antipersonnel [Inscribed & Signed]

Antipersonnel [Inscribed & Signed]

Folio (32cm.); original dark green cloth, upper cover and spine embossed in yellow; 87pp.; photographs throughout. Fine. Inscribed and signed on title page: "Personally, Raphaël. Paris, 2010." Catalog of an exhibit at the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, featuring photographs taken of various antipersonnel mines, each accompanied with a short.....

Poster: "I'll carry mine too! Trucks and Tires Must Last Till Victory"

Poster: "I'll carry mine too! Trucks and Tires Must Last Till Victory"

Original photo-illustrated poster, lithographed in colors and measuring 56.5cm x 71cm (22 1/8" x 28"). Professionally linen-backed, with old fold lines faintly visible; some expert, pinpoint retouching to a few small spots at lower fold (center), and at the intersection of several points along center fold; Near Fine. A-.

USSR in Construction. 1937, No.5 (May)

USSR in Construction. 1937, No.5 (May)

Folio (41.5cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers, stapled; [36]pp; illus; text is in English. Minor wear and a few creases to spine fold and extremities, with dustiness to rear wrapper; occasional thumbing to margins; Very Good+.

Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement

Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement

Quarto (27.75cm.); original simulated cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; 256pp.; profusely illustrated, many in color. Remainder rubberstamp to bottom textblock edge, else Very Near Fine. A New York Graphic Society Book.

Caught: The Art of Photography in the German Democratic Republic

Caught: The Art of Photography in the German Democratic Republic

Small quarto (22.75cm.); original cloth in cream photo-illustrated dust jacket; xi,[1],305pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Jacket extremities a bit wrinkled and somewhat dust-soiled, more heavily so to rear panel, very slight lean to spine, short closed tear mid-panel not affecting text or image, else Near Fine in About Very Good jacket.....

Images of American Radicalism

Images of American Radicalism

Quarto (27.5cm.); original glossy yellow illustrated wrappers; xviii,462pp.; illus. throughout, including numerous color plates. Light internal wear from handling, else Very Good or better.

Poster: Moederboek / De Bonte Was [Motherbook / Colored Laundry]

Poster: Moederboek / De Bonte Was [Motherbook / Colored Laundry]

Original illustrated poster (50x35cm.) printed offset in colors on white glossy stock; a hint of wear from handling, else Near Fine. Prospectus poster for a compilation of pieces from the Dutch feminist magazine De Bonte Was, edited by Ada Stroeve. One copy in OCLC as of October, 2016, in the...

Let's Be Offensive: A Revue With Political Punch

Let's Be Offensive: A Revue With Political Punch

Original lithographed poster, 54cm x 41cm (21" x 16"). Professionally matted and framed (not laid down) beneath UV-protective glass. Fine, unfaded example; Grade A.

Space 1026 [Space Art] [Limited Edition]

Space 1026 [Space Art] [Limited Edition]

Limited to 200 copies of which this is no. 150. Square quarto (28cm.); postbound screenprinted wrappers; unpaged contents comprised of screenprints, collages, and textiles, including two folding plates. Undated but several contributions dated 2002 in image. Upper wrapper slightly scratched else Fine. Freeborn's name has been added to the list...

Great Art Treasures in America's Smaller Museums. By the editors of Country Beautiful

Great Art Treasures in America's Smaller Museums. By the editors of Country Beautiful

Folio (31cm.); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; 194pp.; color and black and white illus. throughout. Top jacket extremities rather worn with three tears and subsequent creasing; some general dust-soil, else Very Good in Good or better jacket. Gift inscription to Ben and Bernarda Shahn on half title from...

The Tender Stone [Limited Edition, Signed]

The Tender Stone [Limited Edition, Signed]

Limited to 650 copies of which this is no. 626. Small quarto (23.75cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [10],100pp.; illus. throughout. Signed by the author on front flyleaf. Jacket extremities quite toned, small chip at top edge of rear panel, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Illustrated...

The Drawings of Goya: The Sketches, Studies, and Individual Drawings

The Drawings of Goya: The Sketches, Studies, and Individual Drawings

Thick quarto (29.5cm.); original cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 579pp.; chiefly illus. throughout. Minor wear from jacket extremities, else Near Fine. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with their estate label to front pastedown.

Unveiling the Visible: Lives and Works of Women Artists in Pakistan

Unveiling the Visible: Lives and Works of Women Artists in Pakistan

Square quarto (26cm.); original boards in pictorial dust jacket; 212pp.; color illus. throughout. Old price sticker to rear jacket panel, inoffensive gift inscription to title page, else Near Fine.

USSR in Construction (USSR im BAU). 1930, nos.1-6 (January-June)

USSR in Construction (USSR im BAU). 1930, nos.1-6 (January-June)

Five folio issues (42cm); printed card wrappers, stapled; 48; 32; 32; 48; 48pp; illus; text is in English and German. Issue No.1 stated "Second Edition", remaining issues in the First Edition. All issues signed in pencil by previous owner at lower right corner of front wrapper (Kurt V. Müeller), with...

The Harlem Book of the Dead

The Harlem Book of the Dead

Quarto (26.5cm.); original white glossy photo-illustrated wrappers; [10],85pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers slightly edge worn, old dampstain affecting latter half of textblock with subsequent cockling, else About Very Good.

Art Young's Inferno: A Journey Through Hell Six Hundred Years After Dante [Limited Edition]

Art Young's Inferno: A Journey Through Hell Six Hundred Years After Dante [Limited Edition]

Limited to 1000 copies which this is an unnumbered out-of-series copy. Small quarto (28.5cm). Black cloth boards, stamped in bright orange on spine and front cover; 176pp.; illus. Textblock slightly shaken in binding, else a Very Good or better, quite bright copy, albeit lacking all but one flap of the...

Handbook of Painting. The Italian Schools. Based on the Handbook of Kugler

Handbook of Painting. The Italian Schools. Based on the Handbook of Kugler

"Revised and Remodelled from the Latest Researches, by Lady Eastlake." 2 volumes; octavo (20.5cm.); original cream cloth, paper spine labels printed in red, maroon glazed endpapers; xxv,[1],288;[2],[289]-620pp.; approx. 144 plates, occasional text illus. throughout. Cloth heavily foxed, paper labels dampstained, spines toned and ends a bit rubbed; one plate loose...

Images of American Radicalism

Images of American Radicalism

Quarto (28.5cm.); original cloth in pale grey pictorial dust jacket; xviii,462pp.; color plates, text illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, jacket spine a bit sunned, else Near Fine.

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