Search Results: American Art from Royoung bookseller, Inc.

Mexico City: Fischgrund Publications Co, 1935. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. stiff wrappers with blue cotton spine ties. Very good. Orozco, Jose Clemente. 6 pages in text. Folio 36 x 27 cm. Twelve color plates with descriptive text. The original of the last plate (The White Horse) is housed in the NY Museum of Modern Art. Bookplate (free endpaper) and ownership of Dorothy Barbe. Light dampstain head of latter and at foot at back cover free endpaper.

Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1965. First edition. Paperback. Orig. blue wrappers. Fine. Copley, John Singleton. 142 pages. 103 color and black and white reproductions. Exhibition Sept. 18, 1965 -Mar. 6, 1966. Bibliography. Catalogue. FREITAG 1765. KARPEL H262. "....commemorates the 150th anniversary of Copley's death.

Toronto: M.F. Feheley, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. Pope, William. 175 pp. Thirty-six four-color plates with accompanying commentary by J. Fenwick Landsdowne. Index. Pope emigrated from Kent, England and settled in Port Ryerse, Ontario. Canada's first artist-naturalist, his watercolors are artistically comparable to those of his contemporary, Audubon. Selections from Pope's very literate journals, he was well educated and a keen observer, are also reproduced here.

New York: Co-operative Building Plan Association, Architects, 1889. Hardcover. Orig. green portfolio, lacking top flap and cloth ties. Very good.. 8 pages in text. Folio, 36 x 28 cm. Thirty-two plates (floor plans and perspective views) including one color chromolithograph. Text of the Descriptive Price List of all plans produced by Shoppell, and a page of References from happy customers. HITCHCOCK 1179 notes the complete six volume set produced by the Co-operative, and indicates this series was reissued in 1889. We believe our copy reflects the Hitchcock reissue. Loose as issued, front cover darkened at fore-edge, marginal dampstaining to text.

Taliesin: Np, 1940. Wraps. Cream stationery with four folds. Near fine. Two leaves, 18 x 27. Musson was an architect at Taliesin from 1935-1937. Hand written letter in blue ink Mrs. Wright chastises Musson for going out on his own. She chides Musson: "This endeavor (Taliesen) is a great one. I would have liked to have seen you a part of it.

Nd: Np, Sunday. Wraps. Cream paper. Fine. 4 leaves, 23 x 15 cm. Letterhead: Newport House And Cottages, Bar Harbor, Maine -- Thomas P. Jones Proprietor. an undated ALS noted "Sunday." Manship discusses his stay in Maine was to arrange an exhibition of his works, and an offer to visit Mrs. Abbott with ideas for a set of scuptures for her garden. Paul Howard Manship was an American sculptor. He consistently created mythological pieces in a classical style, and was a major force in the Art Deco movement.

New York: Abrams, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Rattner, Abraham. 235 pages. 212 illustrations, with fifty tipped-in color plates. Bibliography. Monograph on one of America's leading Expressionist painters.

Philadelphia: Art Alliance Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 78 pages in text. Introduction by George B. Tatum. With thirty-three photographs of Hutton's work, most of them by Cortlandt van Dyke Hubbard. Notes. Index. Chronological Commissions of Addison Hunter. A microcosm of most of the essential elements for a history of American architecture from 1850-1900. Orig. black cloth. KARPEL B1111. "...drawn upon her own memories...of his life and career.

New York: Grossman, 1970. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Dine, Jim. Approximately 120 pages in text with poems by Ron Padgett and illustrations in black and white by Jim Dine. The first edition of 30 copies published by Cape Galliard Press, London was signed and numbered by Padgett and Dine, and contained an original signed print. Nice copy of an engaging artist's book. Owner inscription.

New Haven: E. H. Pardee, 1880. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind with front cover lettered in gilt. Very good. 15.5 x 10 cm. More than 25 leaves with over 70 mounted, mostly chromolithographs, embossed color card samples with prices written in pencil. The images carry the Victorian sentimentality of the time; with inscriptions -- "Hope sustain thee ever, Love and best wishes, I love thee dearly, Kindest regards, Remember your friend," et al. Elaborate raised embossing in gilt and a kaleidoscope of colors with most card sizes approx. 9 x 5 cm. A few of the cards with lace embroidered frames. Edges of some paper background sheets frayed at front cover margins. Images are clean, a few quires loose.

New York: Rizzoli, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Katz, Alex. 156 pages. Richly illustrated in color and black and white. Essay by Robert Rosenblum. Bibliography.

New York: Random House, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. salmon cloth. Near fine in ragged dust wrapper. 253 pages. 30 x 22 cm. 80 reproductions of Stieglitz photograph. Bibliography. Index.

New York: American Federation of Arts, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 143 pages. 10 x 10". 91 plates, most in color, plus text illustrations. Bibliography. Index.

New York: Rizzoli, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. mauve cloth decorated in blind. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 225 pages. 29 x 23.5 cm. Profusely illustrated with color plates printed on high gloss stock. List of Public Gardens represented. Public Garden Source List. Index.

Washington, DC: Preservation Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 320 pages. Large 4to, plethora of color and black and white plates view 102 sites, two in every state and the District of Columbia -- glorious restorations arecaptured in color.

New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth lettered in silver and black. Near fine in nicked dust wrapper (spine darkened) in rubbed, firm slipcase.. 415 pages. Small folio, 33 x 22 cm. Illustrated with eighteen colored and 136 black and white plates, together with numerous other illustrations showing the work of more than 100 different craftsmen from every part of America. Index to Alphabetical List Illustrations. Bibliography. KARPEL K139. "The introduction to this monumental volume provides an excellent survey of American lithography, discussing business methods, aesthetics, and subject matter. The alphabetical list of lithographers is tremendously helpful in documenting prints.

NP: NP, ND. Shrink wrapped in clear plastic. Very good. American artist and illustrator, famous for the "Christy Girl," he made his reputation as a combat illustrator during the Spanish America War, and added to his fame with patriotic posters for the US Navy and US Marine Corps during World War I. Chip with loss at head left corner.

New York: Praeger, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth. Fine in slightly rubbed dust wrapper. 275 pages. 26 x 23 cm. 525 illustrations include photographs, drawings and maps. A Note on Method and Bibliography. Index. Scully's thesis here is "to present a history of architecture in which city planning is regarded as an inseparable part of the whole both in immediate physical effect and in ultimate social significance." KARPEL B619 "According to Albert Fein, this is a mature and important scholar's most comprehensive statement regarding American buildings and the cities that contain them.

New York: Berry-Hill Galleries, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 112 pages. 9 x 9". 58 color plates, 46 black and white illustrations, plus a host of text figures.

New York: Watson-Guptill, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Orig. yellow cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 224 pages. 31 x 24 cm. Forty-eight full-color plates and 175 black and white illustrations. Biographies of prominent illustrators. Bibliography. Index. For the first time, American poster artists and their work are brought together in a single lavishly illustrated monograph.