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NY: AMERICAN CITY MAGAZINE . Good. Black cloth. 1913. 1st edition. 1st ed.,8vo, black cloth. 684 pp. Articles, photographs, diagrams , and advertisements for city planners and municipal managers and buyers. Hundreds of b/w photos depiciting architecture, roads, a nd vehicles. . with its paper seal affixed inside front panel; also ex libris Al fred F. Rosenheim, with his bookplate, -- one of the leading arch itects in Los Angeles in the early part of the 20th century. His major works include the Hellman Building and Second Church of Chr ist Scientist. Condition: Good; moderate wear to covers, two larg e chips at top of spine. Text block is tight, clean and bright. .

NY: Harry N. Abrams in association with Bowles/Hopkins Publishing. Fine. 1980. 1st edition. 1st ed., 4to. Deluxe leatherbound edition, limited to 1200 signed and numbered copies in slipcase. Bragg (1931- 2017) was an Ameri can sculptor, painter, artist and author known best for his satir ical artwork. His work is displayed in numerous museums and exhib itions and won many awards, including the Gold Medal for the Nati onal Society of Illustrators and the Award of Merit from the Art Directors Guild of New York. Fine, with fading to fore-edge of sl ipcase. .

Cambridge: Walter Lewis. 1935. 1st ed. 8vo, unpaginated full blue morocco with gilt lettering on front p anel ("Westminster Hall 9 May 1935" ), raised bands on spine, gil t edging, b/w frontispiece, one b/w photograph with tissue guard. Matching d/w and slipcase. Absolutely pristine copy in fine d/ w and very good slipcase. .

Mexico: Fidencio S. Soria, . Good. Softcover. n.d. [c. 1900]. . 1st. 1st ed., small 4to, softcover. 30 pp + 63 b/w photographic plates with tissue guards, including two large folding plates -- the fi rst of which is torn at the attachment. Otherwise a good copy i n original wrappers. Covers cracked at spine ends, moderate stain ing. Except for the damage to the first plate, the text block is very good. A very clean tight copy; prior owner’s name stamp a t upper right of title page. with no other noticeable flaws. .

The Book Club of California, San Francisco. New. 1989. 1st edition. First edition; one of 450 copies. Edited with an Introduction by Norman Neuerberg. xl, 100 [1] pp. Oblong folio, cloth-backed deco rated paper-covered boards with printed paper label on spine, in publisher's plain white wrapper. Illustrations & plates from sket ches & paintings by Ford, a few in color including tipped-in fron tispiece.. Most of Ford's drawings and paintings were executed in the early 1880's. The patterned cloth used in the binding was ty pical of the wallpapers and decorations found in the California M issions. Prospectus laid in. . pristine but with a couple of small nicks to the publisher’s wr apper. .

Buenos Aires. Fair. 1938. 1st edition. 12 1/2'' x 9 1/2''. xxxi, 367, [1] pp. No. 169 of an edition limi ted to 1000 copies. Profusely illustrated with 597 b/w and color photographs, 2 maps. . ish. Fair: Clean, bright, unmarked interior, with no damage to te xt block. Covers shaken and lacking spine. Dust jacket present bu t toned and tattered. Signed and inscribed by Wasserman on title page. .

exico. 1966. Very good. 1966. 1st edition. 4to. Unbound sheets in gray board portfolio with string tie. 91 b /w photographic sheets, several with multiple images prefaced by 121 pages of descriptive annotations in both Spanish and English. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. The second volume of a series written an d illustrated by Boos on the ceramic sculptures which appear on t he funerary urns of the Precolumbian Zapotec (Oaxacan ) Culture o f southern Mexico. Very good: the photographic plates and descrip tive pages are fine. Portfolio overs fully intact but with browni ng to the fold-overs, slight surface wear to both panels, some sp otting and wear to edges, and spine .

Cordoba, Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia. Very Good. 1964. 1st edition. 4to. Unbound sheets in gray board portfolio. 32 b/w photographic sheets, several with multiple images prefaced by approximately 50 pages of descriptive annotations in both Spanish and English. LI MITED TO 1000 COPIES. The first volume of a series written and il lustrated by Boos on the ceramic sculptures which appear on the f unerary urns of the Precolumbian Zapotec (Oaxacan ) Culture of so uthern Mexico. Plates and sheets are fine. Very good: the photogr aphic plates are virtually pristine, with just a bit of toning to the binding edge of several of the descriptive pages. Covers ful ly intact but with browning to the fold-overs, some spotting and wear to edges, and spine, faded string tie. .

Fair-Good. 1946. 1st ed. 8vo, softcover. 297 pp. , 288 pp. Include articles by Miguel Cova rrubias: Tlatilco-El Arte y la Cultura Preclasica del Valled de M exico; El arte “olmeca o de La Venta. Story by Miguel Angel As turius: Los brujos de la tormenta priveral. Condition: Fair; lig ht wear to covers, some soiling; light cracks on spine; text bloc ks lightly shaken but intact. .

Paris: F. Depech. 1821. 1st ed. [Costume] F. Depech / Hippolyte LeComte. ires de la Monarchie Francaise depuis 1200 jusquâa 1820 [Civil and Military Costumes of the French Monarchy from 1200 to 1820] An incomplete set of 80 lithographs depictingRobes and costumes worn by French aristocracy, clergy, and judiciary from the 13th - 19th centuries. From a series of 380 l executed by Hippolyte Le Comte and published 1820-21 by Francois Delpech. Delpech operated the most popular lithographic print shop in Paris; LeComte was a French painter best known for his large scale historical paintings and ballet designs; the caricaturist J.J. Grandville worked in his studio. Approximately 8"x10", signed in the plates -- plates 109-180 consecutively are bound in period board covers; another 8 plates are loose: 10, 64-67, 348, 364, 367. Covers heavily rubbed; plates are in fair-good condition -- age-toned but the images are bright; occasional l foxing. Several of the loose plates are trimmed about 1/2". Inquire… Read More

Paris: J. Baudry. Fair. Blue board. 1881. 1st edition. 1st ed., 1881. 2 volumes, folio. ¼ morocco, blue pebbled cloth; ribbed spines. ##### . tapestries and furniture coverings, mostly in b/w or sepia but in cluding thirteen chromolithographic plates with tapestries or det ails in color. Each plate accompanied by a sheet of descriptive t ext. The Mobilier National, formerly the Garde-Meuble de la Couro nne was the French department responsible for storing and repairi ng all movable furnishings and décor from the royal households o f the Ancien Regime. [16th-18th centuries]. . Plates very good-near fine with only occasional light foxing in the margins. Covers and spines heavily worn with front board of volume two nearly detached. Bookplate of Robert Heysham Sayre [18 24-1907] inside both front boards. Sayre was vice president and chief engineer of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and vice president o f Bethlehem Iron Company, precursor of Bethlehem Steel Corporatio n. The… Read More

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop. 1973. 1st ed.. 1st ed., limited to 300 copies. 8vo, illustrated boards, 48 pp. Illustrated with contemporary photographs and graphics - LA cemet eries up to the year 1885. Fine, without d/w -- as issued. .

Banco de la Republica, Bogota - Colombia. 1944. 1st ed.. 1st ed., loose leaf with string tues, 50 color photographic plate s, three explanatory texts: El museo del oro, El oro de los indio s colombianos, El trabajo indigena del oro. First edition, in Spa nish, of a catalog of the collection of pre-Columbian gold artifa cts from indigenous cultures of Columbia. Burgundy card covers. A very good copy; the text block and plates are fine with some d iscoloration to end papers. Covers have light wear to edges, bump ed corners. .

Time, Inc., New York. Vol. V, No. 3, March 1932. 148 Pp. Soft Cover, 14" X 11 1/2". Rear cover painting of Jean Harlow toasting Lucky Strike cigarettes.
One of the features of the magazine's early years were cover designs by leading artists of the day. Here, Diego Rivera (1885-1957), the prominent Mexican painter whose large frescoes helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement, illustrates an issue devoted to the USSR, with detailed articles covering many aspects of the Soviet Union during its preeminent Stalinist years -- Russia: The Preface, The Soviet State, The Eternal Peasant, The Five-Year Plan, Communist Life, Karl Marx. In addition to Rivera's cover, the issue is richly illustrated with numerous full-page, color propaganda posters, paintings, and period photographs.
Selecting Rivera for the cover of this issue was a pointed choice. Rivera was a dedicated Marxist, a member of the Mexican Communist Party, and deeply involved in world politics. He also hosted Russian exile Leon Trotsky and his… Read More

NY: Grove Press. 1992. 1st ed. New copy in dustjacket. This is the fully illustrated compendium of the best Horror, Fantasy Science Fiction Film Art -- posters and cards from the Ronald Borst Collection. A true classic and indispensable to collectors of horror and sf.

Mountrath Ireland/Los Angeles: The Dolmen Press/H. Keith Burns. 1983. Deluxe edition, limited to 250 numbered copies. 125 for distribut ion in Ireland, 125 for the U.S. Black cloth with gilt decoration s in black slipcase. This special edition, signed by Bowe, contai ns an extra suite of eight plates reproduced from Clarke's origin al drawings for "The Ancient Mariner." The gilt decoration on the front cover is from a design by Clarke adapted from the binding of the special copies of the 1922 edition of the Fair Tales of Pe rrault. This special edition rarely comes on the market. .

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1984. 1st. edition, INSCRIBED by Horst and author Valentine Lawford to Connie Wald, the wife of Hollywood producer/writer Jerry Wald. A very good copy overall, but with spotting on the back cover and a half-page unrelated gift inscription on the front end-paper. Dus t jacket is good only, with two 1/2-inch closed tears near the sp ine and several smaller nicks .

1st ed., 4to, illustrated stiff wrappers, plastic comb binding. Unpaginated.
One of a series of annual volumes published in conjunction with an annual ball, and New York, Artists Equity Association. From the preface: "This is Volume 5 of Improvisations. First conceived in 1950 from an idea by Julio de Diego, Improvisations has been accepted as a novel and original medium by advertisers in sympathy with the ideals of Artists Equity Association. The member-artists who illustrated the journal were selected by the advertisers and were given complete freedom of expression. Each page was designed by the artist directly on the litho plate, thus making this a collection of original lithographs."
Contains works by forty-nine artists including Chaim Gross, Jacob Lawrence, Jack Levine, Ben Shahn, Louise Nevelson, and Raphael Soyer. Printed in color or monochrome on a variety of paper stocks. Limited to 2000 copies, this being copy 56.

Ward & Dickson Diners. 1928. 1st edition. Illustrated catalog of classic club car diners by one of the nati onâs preeminent manufacturers of portable dining cars. Illustra ted with color and b/w photos, testimonials. . good. Light edgewear, toning to covers. Light spotting to bottom of first page, otherwise interior fine. .

1st ed., small 4to. Hand-pulled silkscreen on cardboard covers with metal bolts, [48] pp. 15 color plates. Limited to 1000 copies. Appreciation by José Luis Cuevas; introduction, "Anverso y Reverso en la Obra de Ignacio Iturria / The Obverse and the Reverse in the Work of Ignacio Iturria" by Damián Bayón; title essay, "Soñar con los Ojos Abiertos / Dreaming with Your Eyes Open" by Hugo Achugar; exhibitions; bibliography. Text in Spanish & English. Published in conjunction with exhibition of paintings by Uruguayan artist Ignacio Iturria at the Museo Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexico City.
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Iturria, who represented his country at the 1995 Venice Biennale, was trained in commercial art and graphic design before turning to painting full time. His palette is dominated by muddy browns and earth tones that reflect the colors of the Plate River and the southern Atlantic Ocean, which formed the backdrop to his childhood in Montevideo. He merges representation and surrealism concentrating on the domestic… Read More