Search Results: Art, Design, & Photography from Hedgehog's Whimsey Books

Washington DC.: Smithsonian Institution Press., 1985. Trade paperback. Very good. Near fine; light back cover crease.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 8.5x11in. Color and B&W photos. Audience: General/trade. Traditional Arts: Chronology at front, 1.9-.7 million years before 1984, through to publication. Exhibit organized for Festival of India 1985-1986 at the Thomas M Evans Gallery of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., June 4-July 28, 1985.

Grantham NH.: Stockwell Publications., 1994. First edition. Stated 1st edition.. Trade paperback. Fine.. 1 Horizontal format; color photo front cover. Glued binding. vii, 72 p. 28 x22 cm. Color photos by author. Photo essays: Himalayas (Nepal, Tibet); Switzerland; United States (Vermont, New Hampshire, New England, Maine, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado and Utah, Wildflowers, Florida, Birds, Sunsets. Photos are paired with quotations, multiple sources, used w/ permission.

Barcelona.: Hijos de J. Thomas (Publisher).. Tourism edition.. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Spine ends and right edge short chips. Interior clean.. 1 75 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. Text pages 27, ; B&W Photo plate pages 48. 4.5x6.5in. Illustrated tissue over paper boards. In Spanish, French, and English, this undated tourism guide is perhaps 1920s-1930s. Described are the Alhambra architecture, and artwork of both the Moorish and Christian eras in Spain (14th to early 15th centuries).

Hirmer Verlag Munchen., 1960. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Near fine. High quality materials.. 1 Tan linen over boards; color cover paste-on artwork facsimile. 7x7.5in. Color and B&W artwork reproductions. Art Gallery Guide and Reference in German. Malerei der Deutschen Spatgotik; Deutsche Malerei der Durerzeit; Italienische Malerei bis zum Ausgang der Renaissance.

Washington DC.: Thr American Federation of Art. Dist. by Oxford University Press., 1939. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. End paper and right page block foxing. Else fine.. 1 179 p. Orange cloth over boards. Gold front title banner; spine titles. 9x12.5in. High quality materials. Art: A tribute to the artists at work primarily during the Great Depression when the Federal Government employed artists (184 then living). Color (10) and monochrome photo (249) reproductions and plates. Lists at back: artist and represented works, including murals at public buildings. The American Federation of Art is committed to the "Advancement of Art in America". Its logo is on the title page.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. Advanced Reading Copy.. Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. 1 335p. B&W grayscale photos throughout. Gold/Yellow covers with gold tonal cover portrait of subject. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Known as "Mrs. Jack", lived an eccentric and independent life, shocking the 19th c. Boston aristocracy she had married into. With art historian Bernard Berenson, and after her husband's death in 1898, she created the first great private art collection and museum in America. Themes: Remarkable woman, Brahmins of Boston's Beacon Hill, emerging ethnic communities, little-known gay subculture.

Boston.: L.C. Page & Company., 1906. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. A few loer pages not carefully trimmed. Some still uncut. Spine faded but readable. Light fraying, top spine.. 1 Light blue thick-weave cloth over boards. Stamped gilt titles, ornate cover decoration w/ red-orange element. Gilt border and top page block. xiii, 359 p. 20 cm. Sepia-toned Artwork Photo Plates, fold-out Floor Plan. Untrimmed right and lower page blocks. The Art Galleries of Europe series, listed 4th of 5; "Other Volumes in Preparation". Tissue-protected frontispiece plus 47 other plates by Venetian artists. Contents by room. Illustration list. Bibliography. Index. This is a beautifully crafted volume.

Blue Heron Publishing, 1995. Illustrated.. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 0 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 285 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

San Francisco CA.: Chronicle Books., 1995. 3rd printing. Revised edition.. Trade paperback. Fine. With Light spine crease.. Geismar, Pamela (Cover design by), and Chave, Paul (Studio photography by), and Harris, Robin, and Day, David (Illus. by).. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Color Illustrations. 26 cm. Audience: General/trade. Artfully, colorfully designed, and presented for enjoyment and instruction.

Albuquerque NM.: Mountain Productions of Texas., 1992. Trade paperback. Fine. Slight rubs to spine ends, spine fold edge.. Representative artists.. 1 172 p. Higher than magazine quality glossy pages w/ more sturdy color-illustrated cover; square edge glued binding. Color & B&W art reproductions inside. Artist listed alphabetically, some w/ enhanced ad space. High quality printing. Sampling of artists and artworks, presumably based on financial agreements or initiatives.

Simon and Schuster., 1937. Early printing.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Small prior owner name, date, 1942. Minor sun-fading to spine. Colorful, vibrant illustrations, strong b&Ws. Weakness to end paper binding starting.. 1 677 p. Illustrations, index. Inc. appendix: "A Few Musical Illustrations". 24 cm. Red cloth covered boards; orange paste-on title box, spine. Cover crest. A Van Loon classic, intriguing illustrations, a book that feels good in the hand, produced with quality materials and plates that draw the reader into the text. Turn toward the back first: "How to Use This Book. " The author, b. Holland 1882, was a brilliant child and became a lecturer and writer in history and art in the US then Europe, and also an Associated Press correspondent during WWI and NBC radio commentator. His works were widely popular during the early to mid-20th century.

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. / Paris.: Prentice-Hall / UNESCO., 1969. First edition. 1st American edition.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Front fly-leaf vertical creasing; light jacket edge wear. Tight. Clean interior; unmarked.. 1 171 p. illus. (part col. ), ports. Roayl blue cloth over boards. Gold stamped spine titles. 10x12.25in. 32 cm. Color and B&W plates and smaller; Captions & credits at back w/ additional copy tucked in. Art & Design: An international photo essay w/ text including 9 major writers: Herbert Read; Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay; Basilio Uribe; R Buckminster Fuller; Andre Maurois; William Melnitz; Grigory Kozintsev; Yehudi Menuhin. Beautifully designed on fine quality paper.

San Diego CA.: Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego., 1971. Trade paperback. Fine. With short top corner bump. Clean and bright.. 1 48 p. Includes: illustrations, bibliography. Color illustrated textured paper covers. High quality interior text papers, varying in type. 8.5x11in. Catalogue with selected color and black & white artwork representations, the assembled collection of Toulouse Lautrec works compiled by Baldwin M. Baldwin over 20 years, and made available for loan to the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, by Mrs. Maruja Baldwin. The catalogue describes 97 works, plus a listing of the French artist's "Selected Subjects, Lautrec's Friends as Models", numbering 82 items. Sections are introduced by durable tissue title pages.

New York.: The Platt & Peck Co.. No date, presumed late 19th-early 20th century. Hard cover. Good. Scuffing to covers; interior mostly quite clean. A few drawing exercises have been hand colored.. 1 50+ p. Green cloth over spine; illustrated front paper cover on board; plain blue back paper cover one board. Stitched binding. A few blank pages. Plates with art exercise, shades of gray, some full color. 25 cm. Early 20th century art instruction book. Nature, flowers, projects, geometric designs, no automobiles or mechanical tools, some animals, baskets, practical items. Beginning artists and children of all ages; teachers.

London.: Spring Books., 1962. 2nd edition. 1st in 1960.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Jacket has edge wear, short chips.. 1 Light blue heavy cloth decorated w/ small gold vase. Color photo cover, 4 examples. 137 p plus 91 p art plates, 2-sided. 22 x 31 cm. Reference book for potters, amateur and professional. Raw materials and ways of testing; industrial or studio use; classifications of ceramics (soft wares, Wedgewood, stoneware, porcelain, more); glazes, their molecular formulae, production, firing; pigments, modeling & moulding, kiln-firing; restoration; mathematics of ceramic design. Photo plates range in countries and epochs.

New York.: Charles Scribner's Sons., 1983. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Jacket has back cover scuffing. Red ink stamp on first free end paper: "Not for Resale". Not so, source unknown.. 1 Hard cover. Black cloth and brown paper over boards. Gold spine titles. 45 Plates in black; Notes. 64 p. Audience: General/trade. The art of calligraphic abstract design illustrated by the work of "the most innovative and accomplished master of letters working today", from William Hogarth's Introduction.

New York: Leslie-Judge Company, 1911. 14th ed. (1908 Judge Company). Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Minor edgewear, minor title wear to larger block letters, box.. America's Greatest Artists (Illustrated by). 0 Includes illustrations. Not paginated, About 200pgs. 8x11in. B&W pen&ink drawings cartoon style, grayscale artwork; Durable red cloth-covered bds, red endpapers, economy paper. White stamped rectangular title box front, no spine title. Delightful early 20th century period collection, Americana. "Special Edition" with cover titles. Illustrators: 42 listed. Poems and stories: 11 authors listed "and others".

New York: H.N. Abrams, 1952. Wraps. Very good in good dust jacket. "DJ" is clear glassine original to volume with chips, tears at spine, corners; patch missing top rear spine edge. Edge soiling to paper covers where glassine chipped. Clean interior. Prints tacked near spine edge. Small.... Cezanne, Paul (Prints from paintings).. 1 8 p. text, 16 Color Plates (incl. cover), plus grayscale illustrations. 39 cm. (folio) An Abrams Art book. In portfolio; title from cover. One of the Abrams series. Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), native to Aix in France, developed his painting skills alongside Parisian impressionists and writer Emile Zola.

Minneapolis, MN: Frederick R Weisman Art Museum / University of Minnesota Press., 2003. Expanded version from 1999 catalogue.. Trade paperback. Fine in fine dust jacket. Stiff paper illustrated jacket with wide overlapping flaps.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 83 p. 9.5x8.5in. Color Illustrations. Chronology. Exhibition List. Audience: General/trade. Art & Design: American Abstract Modernism. Plates: Paintings; Constructions and Sculpture; Works on Paper. Biographical, philosophical essays, critiques.

New York.: Bernard Ackerman, Inc. / Beechhurst Press., 1946. First edition. Assumed 1st. No print line.. Hard cover. Fine in good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Jacket has edge tears, splatter-spotting. Book volume: slight bumps to lower extremities.. DeVore, Harry L, Jr (Drawings by).. 1 117 p. Brick-toned cloth over spine; same color titles, front drawings. Tan paper over boards. 29 cm. Audience: Architectural, travel historians / Art collectors. Fifty drawings, each on right side of pages, with text narrative opposite. The lightweight paper is of good quality but somewhat opaque. On the shores of the lower Mississippi River, New Orleans is rich with French and Spanish heritage, hosting the Mardi Gras Carnival in winter, and a tropical port destination in summer.