American / 2. Colonial, C. 1600-1775 from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Viking Press; A Studio Book, 2002. Cloth, 203 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's name/front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Virtually no other form of American architecture is as widespread or as popular as the Spanish Revival style. From bungalows and… Read more about this item

Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1964. [32] pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, June 1964. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Essay by anthropologist George Kubler (The Shape of Time).. 1st. Paperback. Very… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Viejo Press, 2012. 46 pages, illustrations (some colour); 22 x 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. Oblong.

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1979. 253 pages; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket, lightly soiled, protected in a mylar cover. "The Arrow and the Cross describes the earlier missionary penetrations in the Southwest, California and the Northwest. In those colonial empires, men of the cloth, both Protestant and Catholic, strove to crush the Indians'… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2012. xii, 465 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited… Read more about this item

Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1974. Cloth, viii, 518 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear/tape repaired, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Domestic architecture; Religious architecture; Graphics; Paintings on hides; Panels in Gesso relief; Textiles; Woodworking… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, NY and Los Angeles, CA: Brooklyn Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976. 96 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, March 6 to May 31, 1976, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 4 to August 29, 1976. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to… Read more about this item

Santa Monica, CA, and Chicago, IL: Getty Center for the History of Art and Humanities, 1993. Cloth, 360 pages, illustrations; 27 cm. Ideas & Debates Series. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: American genesis: the landing of Christopher Columbus, by Barbara Groseclose; Copley, West, and… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1964. 146 pages, illustrations, map; 28 cm. Revised and enlarged edition. Firm binding, unmarked. Droplet staining/top edge. Age toning. "This Dover edition, first published in 1964, is a revised and enlarged version of the work originally published by American Studio Books in 1946." - Verso of title page. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Historical Background of the… Read more about this item

New York: Crowell-Collier Press, 1969. Pictorial cloth boards, 186 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. 558 pages, [48] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "David McCullough tells the story of the American artists and scientists who studied in Paris, and changed America… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. Cloth, xiii, 249 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "This is the first comprehensive study of an important but largely unknown part of the history of American art: the materials and techniques used by American painters. It is based on extensive research into primary… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2004. Pictorial boards, 239 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 30 cm. Photography by Noah Sheldon. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Introduction: why Colonial Revival?; Explorations: 1781 to the Civil War. Vassall-Craigie Longfellow… Read more about this item

Charleston, SC: Historic Charleston Foundation, 1986. 16 pages, colour illustrations; 23 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. *** Please note: ISBN conflicts with another book. The title of this volume is: Nathaniel Russell House. Guidebook.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1988. Cloth, viii, 198 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 x 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket with light edgewear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Oblong.

Evanston, IL: Terra Museum of American Art, 1981. 32 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, December 19, 1981 to March 14, 1982. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Evanston, IL: Terra Museum of American Art, 1982. 40 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, September 2 to -December 30, 1982. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Seatlle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1984. Cloth, xiii, [3], 240 pages, [17] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Full length study of the artists who accompanied the expeditions to the Pacific northwest coast and produced… Read more about this item

Waukesha, WI: Country Beautiful Corporation, 1971. Cloth, 189 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Woodcraft; Carvings: wood and scrimshaw; Wrought and cast iron; The common metals: copper, brass, tin, pewter; Lighting devices; Weathervanes; Toys; … Read more about this item

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1950. [78] pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Slipcase with light shelfwear. Includes a Colophon in rear.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.