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![Image for A Book of Famous and Beautiful Chinese Ladies from all Antiquities [Accordion Book with Hand-Painted Portraits on Silk]](/assets/images/product/1854595.jpg)
By: N/A
Price: $200.00
Publisher: S.N.:
Seller ID: 1854595
Condition: Near Fine
Minor loss from edges of title label on front board. Wooden boards, carved Chinese character within a circle on front board, along with paper title label. A collection of ten color portraits of Chinese ladies handpainted on silk, mounted on sturdier backing paper, and bound in the accordion style popular for such publications of Eastern art. Each portrait captioned with a brief biographical sketch in both Chinese and English. Subjects include: Chang Li Hua; Mu-Lan; Wu Chiang-Hsien; Yang Yu-Huan; Ch'eng I-Nin; An Honorable Maid of the Tang Dynasty; Su Hui; Hua Jui Fu Jen; Hsi Shih; Li-Chuan. View more info
![Image for Forty Etchings on Copper, Reproduced from the Most Noted Examples of Modern Art and Photographs of English Landscapes. Series I [1].](/assets/images/product/2083653.jpg)
By: N/A
Price: $125.00
Publisher: The Osborne & Murphy Company, Art Publishers, Red Oak:
Seller ID: 2083653
Condition: Very Good
Boards faintly soiled, front hinge just beginning to weaken, portion of front free endpaper removed, front flyleaf creased. All image pages excellent with no marks, foxing, stains, or toning. Forty half-tone images photographically reproduced from original photographs, and copper plate etchings by various artists. In 1888, two enterprising young men, Edmond Osborne and Thomas D. Murphy, purchased a woodcut of the Montgomery County Courthouse that was under construction at the time. To offset the expense of the woodcut, they decided to sell advertising around the picture and add a calendar pad.... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Eureka Press: 1957
Seller ID: 2202896
Condition: Very Good
Faint one inch stain to front wrapper, page corners lightly dog-eared. 1957 Spiral-Bound Softcover. 123 pp. While the chapters which follow are useful for individual study, they were expressly designed for use in informal group discussion. The writers raise issues, examine problems in contemporary art which have caused clashes of ideas, and explore conflicting ways of seeing and thinking. ...The four people who wrote these chapters brought to them four different points of view, and many other views are quoted. CONTENTS: Types of Judgment; The Independence of Form; The Search for the Absolute; ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $5.00 $4.00
Publisher: The Westminster Press: 1958
Seller ID: 2279017
Condition: Good
Wrappers heavily creased, small surface tear on front wrapper. 1958 Small Softcover. 48 pp. An illustrated collection of Bible verses, some of which have been adapted. View more info
![Image for The Art Journal for 1875. New Series. Vol. 1. [Volume One]](/assets/images/product/2284775.jpg)
By: N/A
Price: $75.00
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co., Publishers: 1875
Seller ID: 2284775
Condition: Good
Binding repaired, edges rubbed, some tiny tears and minimal loss from fore-edge corner of a few pages, ink name on title page. 1875 Half-Leather. vi, 384 pp. Leather spine and corners, gilt titles, blind stamped compartments, marbled endpapers. A collection of steel engravings and woodcuts representing the work of a wide range of artists, with articles by various contributors. View more info
![Image for The Art Journal for 1876. New Series. Vol. 2. [Volume Two]](/assets/images/product/2284776.jpg)
By: N/A
Price: $150.00
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co., Publishers: 1876
Seller ID: 2284776
Condition: Very Good
Front joint repaired, edges rubbed, frontispiece foxed, ink name on title page. 1876 Half-Leather. vi, 380 pp. Leather spine and corners, gilt titles, blind stamped compartments, marbled endpapers. A collection of steel engravings and representing the work of a wide range of artists, with articles by various contributors. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $250.00
Publisher: The Kokka Publishing Company:
Seller ID: 2291186
Condition: Good
Former library copy - usual marks. Rear board partially broken away from binding. Light stain along edge of softcover supplement. Oblong. 88 prints, hand-numbered in pencil in top right margin, Japanese text introduction, softcover supplement with English intro and table of contents laid in. A collection of artwork by Hokusai, a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He is especially known for his work, The Great Wave. View more info
![Image for Post, the Saturday Evening Post, December 14, 1963: John F. Kennedy, 1917-63, In Memoriam [Norman Rockwell]](/assets/images/product/2296534.jpg)
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Curtis Publishing Company: 1963
Seller ID: 2296534
Condition: Very Good
A few light creases. No chips. Wrappers intact. 1963 Magazine. 84 pp. COVER: Norman Rockwell portrait of JFK. In Memoriam: A Senseless Tragedy; The New President. CONTENTS: Articles - Hate Knows No Direction (Speaking Out); When the Highest Office Changes Hands, by Dwight D. Eisenhower; The New President: He Ought to Try to Slow Up, Alsop Interviews L. B. J.; The Assassination; Death in Emergency Room No. One; A Eulogy: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, by Arthur M. Schlessinger, Jr.; A Profile in Family Courage; What's Ahead for the G.O.P.?; New Weapon against Muscular Dystrophy; Wacky Search for Gold... View more info
By: Adams, Ansel; Szarkowski, John
Price: $7.00
Publisher: New York Graphic Society Book / Little, Brown and Company: 1986
Edition: 8th Printing
Seller ID: 2295107
ISBN: 0821211226
Condition: Near Fine
Eighth printing. A nice copy. 1986 Large Softcover. Photographer's essential guide from the master himself, Ansel Adams. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: L.C. Page & Company: 1904
Seller ID: 2199664
Condition: Very Good
Early reprint. Spine toned. 1904 Hard Cover. ix, 389 pp. 8vo. Blue-grey cloth, gilt titles, decoration & rules, gilt top page ridge. A survey of the famous gallery which focuses on the Golden Age of painting in Italy. View more info
By: Audubon, John James; Vogt, William - introduction & descriptive text
Price: $125.00
Publisher: The Macmillan Company: 1937
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2293326
Condition: Good
First thus (later printings excluded 65 of the 500 plates). Lacks jacket. Boards a bit soiled, gilt titles mostly rubbed away from spine, endpapers and edges a bit foxed. 1937 Large Hardcover. x, [2], 500, xxvi pp. Numerous beautifully designed color plates reproduced from Audubon's famous paintings. View more info
By: Back, George; Houston, C. Stuart; MacLaren, I.S.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press: 1994
Seller ID: 2273165
ISBN: 0773511814
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Faint stain to page base, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1994 Hard Cover. xxviii, 403, [1] pp. Back's journal is particularly valuable because it is the only one that records the entire expedition; Franklin himself relied on it for his own published account of the journey. Both the journal and Back's earlier notes have been edited by Houston, who provides an introduction and extensive annotations, as well as synopses of the frank comments regarding the expedition recorded in the various journals of the Hudson's Bay fur trade posts. I.S. MacLaren's commentary on Back's painti... View more info
![Image for Cote, Sculpteur Sur Bois (Memoires de la Societe Royale du Canada, Troisieme Series - 1942, Tome XXXVI [36]) [Jean-Baptiste Côté]](/assets/images/product/2276905.jpg)
By: Barbeau, Marius
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Imprime Pour La Societe Royale Du Canada: 1942
Seller ID: 2276905
Condition: Very Good
Letter press invitation laid in, reading 'DaLiLa vous prie de venir Manger La Galette des Rois. 6 Janvier 1943, A 9 heures P.M., 260 MacLaren, R.S.V.P.'). This volume was acquired from the personal collection of Julian Street, Jr., whose wife Hella owned quite a few books by Marius Barbeau, several with notes from the author to her, indicating the two were either good friends or colleagues who worked closely together. 1942 Stapled Binding. We have more books available by this author!. 3-11, [1] pp, twelve plates follow text. French text, title translates as Cote the Wood Carver. A brief study ... View more info
![Image for Louis Jobin, Statuaire (1845-1928) (Memoires de la Societe Royale du Canada, Troisieme Series - 1943, Tome XXXVII [37])](/assets/images/product/2276907.jpg)
By: Barbeau, Marius
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Imprime Pour La Societe Royale Du Canada: 1943
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2276907
Condition: Very Good
Inscribed and signed to Hella Sachs by author on front wrapper. This volume was acquired from the personal collection of Julian Street, Jr., Hella's husband. Edges faintly creased. 1943 Stapled Binding. We have more books available by this author!. 17-23, [1] pp. French text. A brief study of the career of a Canadian sculptor. Barbeau, considered the founder of Canadian anthropology, was a Rhodes Scholar and advocate of the preservation and celebration of the traditions of native peoples. View more info
By: Bateman, Robert; Derry, Ramsay
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Random House: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2267905
ISBN: 0394546547
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Lightly rubbed. 1985 Large Hardcover. Showcasing his message of environmental protection, this testament to Robert Bateman's important work as an artist and conservationist features early paintings, most of which have never before been collected. Alongside the images, the artist comments on the pictures, offering the reader detailed explanations of how he uses art to relay meaning and beauty from the worlds of nature and wildlife. Also providing the different stages of a painting, from conception to completion, this gorgeous collection shows an artist at work - a rare insight in... View more info
By: Bazin, Germain
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York Graphic Society: 1956
Seller ID: 2199985
Condition: Good
No jacket, boards toned, pages toned. 1956 Large Hardcover. 21 pp. Colored plates follow text. 54 illustrations with 46 in color. A look at Italian paintings found in the Louvre's collection. Keywords: LOUVRE FRANCE ITALIAN PAINTING ART ARTISTS View more info
By: Belloli, Andrea P.A. (Editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. / Los Angeles Museum of Art / The Art Institute of Chicago / Reunion des Musees Nationaux: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2281339
ISBN: 0810908271
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Jacket spine and front edge a bit faded. 1984 Large Hardcover. 375, [1] pp. Released in conjunction with art exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Galeries Nationales d'Exposition du Grand Palais, Paris. Numerous color reproductions and black-and-white photographs throughout text, featuring the works of Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cezanne, Edouard Manet, Camille Pissaro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, Vincent Van Gogh, and more. View more info
By: Bertram, Anthony
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.: 1928
Seller ID: 2266621
Condition: Very Good
No jacket, no publisher date (Introduction dated 1928), pencil name on front endpaper, pencil note on rear paste-down endpaper, pages faintly toned. xvi, 238 pp. Sir Peter Paul Rubens (/'ru?b?nz/;[1] Dutch: ['ryb?(n)s]; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist. He is considered the most influential artist of Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasized movement, color, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted i... View more info
By: Blackman, Charles; Amadio, Nadine
Price: $150.00
Publisher: Reed: 1982
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2261081
ISBN: 0589503316
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Includes publisher's slipcase. Ink gift note on front endpaper, jacket spine lightly toned, slipcase lightly rubbed. 1982 Large Hardcover. 143, [1] pp. A collection of drawings inspired by travels to Paris, drawn by the painter of the Antipodean school in Australia, most well-known for his Alice in Wonderland series. Paris Dreaming is both an entertainment and a celebration of Paris -- city of dreams and imagination, and all things to all men. It is also a celebration of French literature from those poets and writers who have lived in the Paris of yesterday and have known the dr... View more info
By: Boris, Janet; [Ryman, Robert]
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams: 2001
Seller ID: 2290441
Condition: Fine
Complete with publisher's box, still sealed in original plastic wrap. 2001 Large Hardcover. Includes: 24-page full-color book about the artist; 8-page full-color activity book; 5 tubes of nontoxic paint; 5 oil pastels; 10 sheets of art paper; 3 paint brushes; mixing palette; a frame to hang your work. Art Ed invites you to learn about modern art by looking at the lives and works of world-renowned artists. Inside this kit you will find everything you need to make artwork using the approach of Robert Ryman. A full-color book provides a biography of the artist discussing his life and works, with ... View more info
By: Bramly, Serge; Reynolds, Sian
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Edward Burlingame / Harper Collins: 1991
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Seller ID: 2299290
ISBN: 0060160659
Condition: Very Good
Book club edition. Edges lightly foxed. 1991 Hard Cover. xvii, 439 pp. First published in France, Serge Bramly's acclaimed biography reveals Leonardo to be as complicated, seductive, and profoundly sympathetic as the figures he painted. Bramly spent five years gathering evidence to reconstruct the artist's life--from his early years as an illegitimate child to his death in the arms of the King of France. Includes color and black-and-white images. View more info
By: Buonarroti, Michael Angelo [Michelangelo]; Symonds, John Addington
Price: $10.00 $8.00
Publisher: Lear Publishers: 1948
Seller ID: 2298300
Condition: Very Good
Jacket edges rubbed with a few small chips and small tears. 1948 Hard Cover. 63 pp. 8 5/8 x 5 3/4. A definitive edition of the seventy-seven sonnets and their alternate readings in the renowned translation with an introduction and notes by John Addington Symonds, and 10 drawings in detail by Michael Angelo. Decorative endpapers. View more info
By: Cahill, Timothy
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute: 2005
Seller ID: 2295924
ISBN: 0931102634
Condition: Near Fine
A very nice copy. 2005 Large Softcover. 123 pp. Surrounded by 140 acres of expansive lawns, meadows, and walking trails in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute is home to exceptional collections of European and American painting and sculpture, master prints and drawings, English silver and porcelain, and early photographs. Published on the occasion of the Clark’s 50th anniversary, this handsome book combines beautiful images with engaging narrative to capture the unique experience of “art in nature” that has made the Clark one of the coun... View more info
Price: $20.00 $16.00
Publisher: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc.: 1998
Seller ID: 2282970
ISBN: 088363838X
Condition: Near Fine
Includes publisher's slipcase. 1998 Large Hardcover. 240 pp. Red cloth, gilt titles, all edges gilt, illustrated slipcase with dark green ribbon pull. A collection of prose, poems, carols, and art related to the virgin birth and the celebration of Christmas. Includes contributions by: St. Luke; Ben Jonson; Henry Van Dyke; John Milton; Nahum Tate; Axel Hambraeus; St. Matthew; William Carlos Williams; Christina Rossetti; Kenneth Grahame; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Robert Louis Stevenson; Charles Dickens; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; O. Henry; Robert Frost; Richard Paul Evans; William Shakespeare; Gr... View more info
By: Catlin, George; Truettner, William H.
Price: $115.00
Publisher: Gilcrease Museum: 2003
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2292793
ISBN: 0972565701
Condition: Near Fine
Small spot on rear jacket panel. 2003 Large Hardcover. xxvii, [3], 100, [6] pp. 2003 facsimile of 1849 handmade original, with detailed color illustrations reproduced from original watercolors. View more info
By: Cellini, Benvenuto; Symonds, J. Addington
Price: $6.00 $4.80
Publisher: Black's Reader Service Company: 1927
Seller ID: 2202907
Condition: Near Fine
No date (circa 1927), No jacket. A very nice copy. 403 pp. The classic autobiography by the Italian Renaissance goldsmith, painter, sculptor, soldier, and musician, still considered the most important memoir of the era. View more info
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Spring Books: 1965
Seller ID: 2276126
Condition: Very Good
Edge wear and small smudge to jacket. 1965 Large Hardcover. Color plates of Cezanne's work with biographical background and artistic appraisal. View more info
By: Craven, Thomas
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Simon and Schuster: 1939
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2275800
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Includes publisher's slipcase. Slight signs of rust to spiral rings, boards slightly faded, small owner bookplate on front flyleaf. 1939 Spiral-Bound Hardcover. 100 captioned plates by American artists such as Thomas Benton, William Gropper, Edward Hopper, Reginald Marsh, and Boardman Robinson. View more info
By: Da Vinci, Leonardo; Merejcovski, Dmitri; Guerney, Bernard Guilbert; Neumann, J.B.
Price: $15.00 $12.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1938
Seller ID: 2287367
Condition: Very Good
Adhesive on front and rear endpapers. 1938 Hard Cover. 580 pp. 100 reproductions of Da Vinci's paintings and drawings. Translated from the Russian by Bernard Guilbert Guerney. Selected and arranged by J.B. Neumann. The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci (Russian: ?????????? ????. ???????? ?? ?????, Resurrected Gods. Leonardo da Vinci, in literal translation) is the second novel by Dmitry Merezhkovsky, first published in 1900 by Mir Bozhy magazine, then released as a separate edition 1901. The novel constitutes the second part of the Christ and Antichrist trilogy (1895-1907), started by the writer's ... View more info
By: Darley, F.O.C.
Price: $500.00 $400.00
Publisher: James G. Gregory: 1862
Seller ID: 2267734
Condition: Very Good
Printed on flyleaf is the following text: 'Presented to Chas. Knickerbocker, by the Steel Plate Engravers of the Western Bank Note & Engraving Co. 'as a mark of esteem' and dated 1872, which seems to indicate this volume was custom-bound for Mr. Knickerbocker in that year. Professionally rebacked with original backstrip laid down, reinforcement to edges of first and last few pages. Two photographs and two engravings laid in. Foxed throughout, boards a bit rubbed with some drying along edges, later pencil gift note on front flyleaf dated 1903 presenting the book to J.H. Wilcox from his mother. ... View more info
