New York: Harper and Brothers, 1926. First American Edition. A romance of Egypt. Includes a full-page frontispiece, numerous illustrations and head- and tail-pieces after woodcuts by Eric Ravilious. Small octavo (19.5cm). Navy cloth with paper spine label; dustjacket; 275pp; illus. Spine leaning slightly; private library hand-stamp to front endpaper; general... More
![Città di Vicenza, Centenario dell'Unione all'Italia [Inscribed & Signed to Ben Shan]. Gino BARIOLI.](/pictures/medium/31378.jpg?v=1529353654)
Vicenza: Museo del Risorgimento, 1966. First Edition. Slim square quarto (20cm.); original white decorative card wrappers printed in red, green, and black; unpaged; color and black and white plates throughout. Wrapper extremities a bit toned, minor dust-soil to rear wrapper, else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed on upper... More
![Hudibras. Plates I-XII (complete) [from] Hogarth Restored: the Whole Works of the Celebrated William Hogarth. CARICATURE - GREAT BRITAIN, William HOGARTH, Engraver Thomas Cook, after.](/pictures/medium/008381.jpg?v=1529353112)
London: T. Cook, 1806. Later Edition. The complete series, plates I-X uncut as issued. These are the Thomas Cook re-engravings, ca. 1806. Plate marks 21-1/4" x 14" on 24" x 17" sheets; printed on heavy wove paper. Occasional shallow chipping, soiling, & foxing to extremities; images fresh and unfoxed; Very... More
![Mesa Verde [Limited Edition, Signed]. Evan S. CONNELL, Robert Therrien.](/pictures/medium/31979.jpg?v=1529353676)
New York: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1992. First Edition. Limited to 150 copies of which this is no. 134. Folio (33cm.); decorative vegetable vellum embossed in gilt, two-toned (tan and purple) cloth slipcase; 24pp.; original water color and etching by Therrien bound in. Fine. A handsome production. More
New Britain, CT: New Britain Museum of American Art, 1971. First Edition. Oblong octavo (15x22.75cm.); original pictorial staplebound wrappers; unpaged; chiefly color and black-and-white illus. Rear wrapper lightly foxed with some minor dust-soil, else Very Good or better. Exhibition catalog of the works of Ken Davies, known for his highly... More
New York: Ives Washburn, 1930. First Thus. One of 150 hand-numbered copies on rag, with 12 mounted original wood engravings on rice paper by Ilse Bischoff, including frontispiece pencil-signed by the artist. Octavo. Vellum-backed blue cloth boards; paper spine label; 253pp. Vellum portion of binding browned and discolored; bit of... More
![[Text in Russian] Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge / Nikolai Gay. Nikolai GE, Alla G. VERESHCHAGINA.](/pictures/medium/34635.jpg?v=1529353780)
Leningrad: "Khudozhnik RSFSR" 1988. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket, matching cloth and paper-covered slipcase; 182pp. A hint of wear at jacket spine crown, minor soil to slipcase, else Fine. Catalogue raisonné of the Russian realist painter. More
[Original Manuscript: 1930]. Glintenkamp, along with his friend and contemporary Stuart Davis, was among the foremost disciples of Robert Henri, and inherited some of his mentor's Ashcan mannerisms; but he is perhaps best remembered as one of the original artists of the New York socialist/bohemian magazine The Masses, where his... More
[Bologna]: Nuova Alfa Editoriale, [1990]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers, French flaps; lx,237pp.; color illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, else Very Good and sound. Essays in English and Italian, the painting descriptions in Italian only. More
Annotated on verso in pencil, "Xmas 1945" - the hand is that of H. Richard Archer (1911-1978), collector, librarian, and a personal friend of Yavno's during the time they both resided in Los Angeles (ca 1945-1947). The current example came from Archer's collection, acquired directly by us about ten years... More
New York: American Artists Group, 1945-1946. Series issued by the American Artists Group, founded by Samuel Golden in imitation of the better-known Depression-era Associated American Artists, but in this case the prints sold were unlimited, unsigned, and dirt cheap, much to the dismay of other New York-based purveyors of fine... More
![[Text in Russian] Studiia Voennykh Khudozhnikov Imeni M. B. Grekova. M. B. GREKOV, Tat'iana Petrovna SKOROBORATOVA.](/pictures/medium/34633.jpg?v=1529353780)
Moskva: "Izobrazitel'noe Iskusstvo" 1989. First Edition. Quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's cloth in red pictorial dust jacket; 231pp.; chiefly color illus. throughout. General shelf wear to jacket and cloth extremities, else Very Good and sound. Catalogue raisonné of the Soviet military and battle painter Mitrofan Borisovich Grekov. Text entirely in Russian. More
ca 1930-35. A spectacular large print demonstrating Groth's early mastery of aquatint technique -- a Bowery street scene peopled with the ghost-like figures of Depression-era down-and-outers, typical of Groth's social-realist work during the Great Depression. Though best remembered as a wartime sketch-artist and book illustrator (he produced a number of... More
ca 1930-35. A chilling image of a pistol-wielding African-American man fleeing the scene of a crime, leaving two white bodies lying in the street. It is unclear whether the scene is intended as a commentary on growing racial tensions in Harlem in the 1930s (possibly a direct reference to the... More
ca 1930-35. An evocative New York waterfront scene, typical of Groth's social-realist work of the Depression era. Though best remembered as a wartime sketch-artist and book illustrator (he produced a number of titles for The Limited Editions Club, including the widely-praised LEC edition of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on... More
ca 1930-35. An evocative New York street scene, typical of Groth's social-realist work of the Depression era. Though best remembered as a wartime sketch-artist and book illustrator (he produced a number of titles for The Limited Editions Club, including the widely-praised LEC edition of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on... More
ca 1930-35. An evocative New York street scene, typical of Groth's social-realist work of the Depression era. Though best remembered as a wartime sketch-artist and book illustrator (he produced a number of titles for The Limited Editions Club, including the widely-praised LEC edition of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on... More
![[Text in Russian] Mir' Iskusstva / Russia's Age of Elegance. Omaha / Minneapolis / Princeton, 4 June 2005 - 11 June 2006. Greg GUROFF, intro.](/pictures/medium/34229.jpg?v=1529353759)
[St. Petersburg?]: Palace Editions, 2005. First English Language Edition. Folio (30.5cm.); publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards; 151pp.; illus. throughout. Just About Fine. Exhibition catalog issued by the State Russian Museum. More
[Mexico City]: Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, [1981]. First Edition. Quarto (24.75cm.); original black decorative staplebound card wrappers; 56pp.; chiefly color illus. throughout. Wrappers rather rubbed along extremities and spine, small creases to both corners of upper wrapper. Good or better overall. Exhibition catalog of contemporary Nicaraguan painting, including artwork... More
![Drawn to the Past [Inscribed & Signed]. Michael LEONARD.](/pictures/medium/32390.jpg?v=1529353696)
London: Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd, [1991]. First Edition. Slim octavo (21cm.); original grey pictorial card wrappers, French flaps; unpaged; chiefly illus. Just About Fine. Inscribed and signed on title page: "For Benedict / with love from / Michael / Oct '97." Exhibition catalog of portraits inspired by various Old Masters and early photographs. More
![Paintings & Drawings by Leonard Michael, 29 May - 27 June 1997 [Inscribed & Signed]. Michael LEONARD.](/pictures/medium/32389.jpg?v=1529353696)
London: Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd, 1997. First Edition. Small, slim quarto (21.5cm.); original dark blue pictorial card wrappers, French flaps; 63pp.; chiefly illus. Just About Fine. Inscribed and signed on half title: "For Harvey / with love from / Michael / Oct '97." Attractively produced exhibition catalogue. More
Philadelphia: Oser Press / Arthur Williams, 1973. First, Limited Edition. A highly attractive artist's book, notable especially for the quality of the artworks chosen to illustrate the text. Contributing artists include Edna Andrade (original silkscreen on reflective mylar); Jean Reist Stark (hand-colored etching); Elaine Kurtz (silkscreen on lithograph); Robert Keyser... More
![Güzel Sanatlar [No.] 4. MAARIF VEKILLIGI.](/pictures/medium/31854.jpg?v=1529353671)
[Istanbul?]: Maarif Vekilligi, 1939. First Edition. Folio (36cm.); original cream decorative wrappers lettered in black and gilt, yapp edges; 123pp.; nine color plates mounted to brown stock, additional text illus. and photographs throughout. Wrapper extremities quite chipped and worn with some small paper flaws not approaching text; contents fine. About... More
New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, [1996]. First American Edition. Folio (33.5cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; 271pp.; color illus. throughout, including folding leaves. Near Fine condition. More
[Columbus, OH: by the Author, 2004]. First, Limited Edition. A collection of fanciful images based on the Japanese zodiac, each depicting a character from the zodiac engaged in some aspect of traditional Japanese textile design. Keiko Okamoto is a Japanese illustrator, printmaker, fabric designer and textile artist, a graduate of... More
