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 about Desert: a Legend

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 about Hudibras. Plates I-XII (complete) [from] Hogarth Restored: the Whole Works of the Celebrated...

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 about Ken Davies, 25 Years in Retrospect

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 about Text in Russian] Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge / Nikolai Gay

[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 about Russian Painting in the Romantic Age / La Pittura Russa Nell'Età Romantica

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 about Complete Collection of American Artists Group Monographs

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 about Aquatint, "Bread Line"

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 about Drypoint Etching: "Coal Gleaners"

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 about Drypoint Etching: "Tail Enders"

[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 about Pintura Contemporanea de Nicaragua: Segundo Aniversario Triunfo de la Revolucion Popular Sandinista

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 about Paintings & Drawings by Leonard Michael, 29 May - 27 June 1997 [Inscribed & Signed

[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 about Güzel Sanatlar [No.] 4

[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 about Textiles of the Japanese Zodiac