Art, Photography & Architecture
History of an Art: Drawing
New York: Rizzoli / Skira, 1979. First English Language Edition. Quarto (34cm x 26cm). Orange cloth boards (hardcover) with titling embossed in red on cover and spine; pictorial dustjacket; 280pp; illus. Very Good copy; slight shelf wear to bottom extremities; soiling on textblock. Very Good dustwrapper; shelf wear to extremities;..... More
F. Jay Haynes, Photographer
Montana Historical Society, 1981. First Edition. First printing. Landscape octavo (25cm). Dark red cloth, in grey dust jacket; 192pp; black and white illustrations. Bumped at head and tail, generally clean: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced $29.95), lightly rubbed, Very Good. #61677. More
Arshile Gorky Adoian
Chicago: Gilgamesh Press, 1978. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 314pp; illus. Brief ownership signature to front endpaper, else tight and unmarked, Very Good or better in the original dustwrapper, slightly tatty along upper edge, Very Good. More
The Many Worlds of Arshile Gorky
Chicago: Gilgamesh Press, 1980. First paperback printing. Octavo (22cm). Pictorial card wrappers (softcover); 327pp; illus. Mild external wear, internally clean, tight and unmarked; Very Good. More
Chinese Encounters [Signed]
New York: Penguin Books, 1981. First Edition Thus. Substanal work on the daily life and political environment in post-Mao China, with text by Miller, and photographs throughout by Morath. Small quarto (23.5cm); photo-illustrated car wrappers; 245,[11]pp; illus. Signed by Morath and Miller on the title page. Mild external wear, else..... More
Poetry Comics: A Cartooniverse of Poems
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (28cm); black publisher's cloth-backed blue paper boards, spine stamped in gilt, in yellow pictorial dustwrapper; 183pp. Some soiling, chips and short tears to dustwrapper; top extremities rolled; interiors clean and sound; sales slip laid-in (dated 1983). Fine in Very..... More
God's Country and My People
New York: Harper and Row, 1968. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (30cm); cloth hardcover; [176]pp; illus. Tight, straight, clean copy; Near Fine, in crisp, unclipped dustwrapper (priced $10.00 on front flap), Near Fine. More
Wright Morris: Photographs & Words
[Carmel, CA]: The Friends of Photography / Matrix Publications, 1982. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm x 25cm). Cream canvas cloth boards (hardcover) with black titling embossed on cover and spine; pictorial dustjacket; 120pp; illus. Near Fine copy; slight soiling to extremities; slight bump to rear cover fore-edge; else new. Near Fine..... More
Winchester: Limestone, Sycamores & Architecture
Winchester, VA: Preservation of Historic Winchester, Inc, 1977. First Edition. Quarto (29cm). Cloth boards; 120pp; illus. Touch of wear to spine ends and board corners, else a sharp, Near Fine copy, lacking the dustwrapper. Photo-essay on the historic architecture of Winchester, Virginia. More
Winchester: Limestone, Sycamores & Architecture
Winchester, VA: Preservation of Historic Winchester, Inc, 1977. First Edition. Quarto (29cm). Cloth boards; pictorial dustjacket; 120pp; illus. Sharp, Near Fine copy in lightly rubbed dustwrapper with a small chip at crown of spine and a few small losses to rear wrapper extremities; Very Good. Gift inscription on title page..... More
Women Travelers: A Century of Trailblazing Adventures, 1850-1950
Paris: Flammarion, 2007. First English Language Edition. Quarto. Paper-covered boards; dustjacket; 240pp; illus. Fine, apparently unread copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper; near-new. More
American Folk Marquetry: Masterpieces in Wood
New York: Museum of American Folk Art, 1998. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (27.5cm.); navy blue publisher's cloth boards with gilt text, in matte color pictorial dust jacket; 239pp. A showcase of wooden marquetry as displayed in a 1998 exhibition at the Museum of American Folk Art; an unaddressed invitation..... More
General Washington's Headquarters 1775-1783
Troy, Alabama: Troy State University, 1977. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author on flyleaf: "To my good friend Peggy Burnett / with love and best wishes;" signed, noted dated but apparently contemporary with publication. First printing. Oblong quarto; leatherette over boards, decoratively titled in gilt; dustjacket; xv,79pp; illus..... More
Europas Alte Herrlichkeit: Städte und Stätten eines Kontinents in malerischen Ansichten des XIX. Jahrhunderts
Hamburg: Das Topographikon / Verlag Rolf Müller, 1970. First Edition. Folio (39cm.); publisher's red gilt-lettered leatherette in yellow pictorial paper-covered slipcase; 191pp.; illus. throughout, many in color. Fine condition. Slipcase a bit worn and soiled, else Near Very Good. History and guide to 19th-century Europe, illustrated with contemporaneous views. More
Edvard Munch: Signs of Modern Art
[Riehen]: Fondation Beyeler / Kunsthalle Würth, [2007]. First English Language Edition. Folio (31cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; 281pp.; color illus. throughout. Some general light shelf wear to jacket extremities, corners a bit bumped, a few leaves previously dog-eared, else Very Good and sound. More
Munch and Photography
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. First English Language Edition. Quarto (29.5cm x 23.5cm). Black cloth boards (hardcover) with titling embossed in silver on spine; pictorial dustjacket; 208pp; illus. Near Fine copy; top corners bumped; 1/4 inch blemish to bottom of cover, clean and tight. Near Fine dustwrapper; very slight..... More
After the Scream: The Late Paintings of Edvard Munch
Atlanta / New Haven: High Museum of Art, Atlanta / Yale University Press, 2001. First Edition. Quarto (31.5cm x 25.5cm). Black cloth boards (hardcover) with title blind-stamped on cover and titling embossed in silver on spine; pictorial dustjacket; 176pp; illus. Fine copy; appears new. Near Fine dustwrapper, very slight rubbing..... More
Muntadas: April 1-19, 1980 [...] The Kitchen, 484 Broome St., New York
New York: The Kitchen, 1980. Exhibition announcement. Single sheet, ca. 6" x 28", printed on both sides of sheet, folded to make ca. 6" x 7" brochure. Announces three new video works by the avant-garde multimedia artist: "Liege 12.9.77 (1977); On Subjectivity: About TV (1978); and Between the Lines (1979)..... More
Bolide Design
Paris: Union Centrale des Art Decoratifs, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (30cm x 23.5cm). Pictorial wrappers (softcover) with French flaps; 104pp; photo illus. Very Good copy; shelf wear to extremities; crease to back cover. Catalogue for the exhibition 'Bolide Design' presented at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris in 1970..... More
Images du Travail: Peintures et Dessins des Collections Françaises
[Paris]: Ministère de la Culture, Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1985. First Edition. Square quarto (20.75cm.); original black pictorial card wrappers; 211pp.; illus., a few in color, throughout. Light shelf-wear, else Near Fine. Catalog for the exhibit of the same title, held July 6-October 7, 1985, at the..... More
1969: An Appointment Calendar with studies and finished works in the Museum of Modern Art [Ben Shahn's Copy]
[New York]: Museum of Modern Art, [1968]. First Edition. Oblong quarto (20.25cm.); original spiral-bound decorative die-cut boards; unpaged; chiefly color and plain plates, including one folding. Boards rubbed, small white sticker to upper cover, else Near Very Good. Featured artist Ben Shahn's copy; the artist would die March 14, 1969..... More
Muybridge: Man in Motion
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976. First Edition. Small square quarto (23.5cm.); publisher's boards in brown pictorial dust jacket; x,207pp.; illus. throughout. Fine in original shrinkwrap. Bibliographical data provided by OCLC. More
[Text in Russian] Anatolii Nabatov: Zhizn' i Tvorchestvo
Moskva: 1997. First Edition. Quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's boards in brown pictorial dust jacket; 135pp.; chiefly illus., mostly in color. Some minor chipping and a few short closed tears to jacket extremities, else Very Good and sound. Catalog of the works of the Russian avant-garde painter. More
Phantasies of a Prisoner [Signed]
Denver: Alan Swallow, [1958]. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm.); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [6]pp. & 70 plates. Jacket spine a bit toned, else Fine. Signed by the author on p. [1]. Early graphic novel first begun while Naeve was imprisoned for opposing World War II "on humanitarian grounds."..... More