Search Results: Art History from THE BOOK VAULT

IBM Corporation, Endicott, NY, 1968. 13.25" X 9.75" in cream colored cloth with gilt titles. Clean, tight, unmarked; front endpaper rumpled. This is not damage, but is original to the book: VERY GOOD PLUS or better condition. Jacket - some soil, curled and worn at edges: just GOOD. Beautiful tipped-in color plates. This is #2925 of a limited edition of 3000 published as gifts by IBM for a convention held in Spain.Text is in Spanish, French, English and German.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, 1970. 8.25" X 10" (oblong) in heavy paper covers. EX-LIBRARY with gallery business card taped to the front cover. Nice 12pp essay on the artist by Charles Ferguson, Director of the museum; 4pp cronology of the artist's life and work. 36 illustrations with explanatory notes, exhibition catalog, bibliography. Unpaginated - about 60-70pp.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Funk & Wagnalls, NY Approx. 10" X 7.5" in light brown cloth and front cover illustration. Owner's name inside front cover, old price in pencil on flyleaf: VERY GOOD. Jacket shelfworn and starting to chip at foot of spine: GOOD to GOOD PLUS condition. at Beautifully illustrated, as always, by the author. Shows antique hand tools, techniques, and designs of these old structures. 112pp.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, 1965. This is an exhibition catalog from an exhibit of American Sculptors held at the Herron Museum of Art in Indianapolis in 1965. 10" X 7" in heavy paper covers with a Remington Bronze on the front. Ink writing and an ink stamp along top edge of front cover. Otherwise, very nice. 14pp, not counting covers.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY, 2009. 12" X 9.5" in very heavy glossy card stock. Minor shelf wear, but clean, tight, unmarked: NEAR FINE condition. 122pp. Gorgeous illustrations. [BC025]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

American Heritage Publishing Co., New York, 1967. 10.75" X 8.25" in blue cloth. A little faded along lower edge both covers, Still, about VERY GOOD condition; Jacket about VERY GOOD NINUS. 432pp filled with super B&W and Color photos of the interesting things in all sorts of categories sold by Sotheby's in 1966-67.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Sterling North of Chicago, 1933. 10.875" X 8" in yellow cloth with black titles. 1" band across top of front cover darkened; both covers soiled and smudged; 2" tear from bottom of copyright page; otherwise nice. 136 total illustrations - all in B&W. Description and discussion on left-hand page; illustration on right.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Editorial Porrua, S.A. Mexico, 1958. 7.5" X 5" in green cloth with gilt lettering. Owner's name etc on flyleaf; bookseller's sticker on rear endpaper: VERY GOOD or better; Jacket shows wear, some soil, chipping along edges: GOOD. Half the book is text [SPANISH ONLY]. The other half is black and white plates. Approx. 430pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

The Arts, 1931. 11.5" X 9" in tan buckram with leather spine label. This is a full year of THE ARTS bound together. Covers a bit smudged, owner's name on flyleaf: This volume was previously owned by A.E. Gallatin [Gallatin was born in 1881 into a wealthy and socially prominent family. Showing a youthful interest in art and literature, he began to collect works by Max Beerbohm, Aubrey Beardsley, and James McNeill Whistler while still in his teens. The common element in these purchases was a preference for works that he saw as possessing a harmonious, refined, and decorative nature, rather than a naturalistic or literal one. He appreciated their aesthetic over their narrative content and their intrinsic over their didactic or utilitarian value.[2][3][4][5] As he collected art, he also began to write about it. For the two decades following the turn of the century, Gallatin produced a constant stream of articles, small monographs, and books of engraved plates.[6] Between 1900 and 1910 most… Read More

The Arts Publishing Corporation, New York, 1924. Approx. 11 3/8" X 9" in heavy tan cloth with leather spine label. Covers moderately smudged, but overall VG or better condition. This volume is comprised of 6 months (July thru December) of The Arts Magazine from 1924 bound together. Oddly, the front covers of the magazines have been removed and bound together in the front of the book, and the back covers have likewise been bound together in the back. The ARTS covered the art scene in New York and around the world. There are illustrations of art from ages past such as the article on the art of Ancient Peru, and there are also articles on more contemporary artists, shows, books on art, etc. 352pp + many pp of ads. This book was previously the property of A.E. Gallatin: Gallatin was born in 1881 into a wealthy and socially prominent family. Showing a youthful interest in art and literature, he began to collect works by Max Beerbohm, Aubrey Beardsley, and James McNeill Whistler while still… Read More

The Arts Publishing Corporation, 1924. 11.5" X 9" in heavy tan buckram with leather spine label. Covers lightly soiled; about 1/3 of spine label chipped away. Contents like new. This 6 months of the magazine "THE ARTS" bound together. Front covers all together in the front followed by contents, followed by all back covers together. Covers the art scene in New York - gallery openings, books, exhibitions, etc. as well as articles about art, some by famous artists. This volume was previously owned by the famous art collector, A.E. Gallatin: "Gallatin was born in 1881 into a wealthy and socially prominent family. Showing a youthful interest in art and literature, he began to collect works by Max Beerbohm, Aubrey Beardsley, and James McNeill Whistler while still in his teens. The common element in these purchases was a preference for works that he saw as possessing a harmonious, refined, and decorative nature, rather than a naturalistic or literal one. He appreciated their… Read More

Oxford Univ Press, New York, 2000. 10" X 7 5/8" in black hard covers. Book has a remainder mark on bottom edge. Otherwise, extremely nice condition: NEAR FINE. Jacket shows significant shelfwear, a little soiling, starting to chip: GOOD PLUS. Many superb color photos, Index, bibliography. 222pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good.

Corning, New York, U.S.A.: Rockwell Museum, The, 1989. 9" X 9" in heavy paper covers. FINE PLUS condition. This book is filled with very nice full color illustrations of great examples of western art. 84pp.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, PA, 2002. 11.25" X 8.75" in illustrated glazed hard covers. 4 tiny "dents" in top front corner: VERY GOOD PLUS to NEAR FINE condition. A must for collectors or dealers in fine antique furniture. Gorgeously illustrated throughout. Detailed and focused. 256pp, includes prices.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro, 1961, 1st ed. 12 X 9 5/8" in cream colored boards with gold letters. Book VG+ or better, Jacket VG. In a green and white cardboard slipcase: VG-. This is a gorgeous book, full of full-color tipped-in illustrations of fine old tapestries and other textiles. These are great examples of a type of art not usually mentioned in books of art history.. F. Hardcover.

Actien-Gesellschaft Der Voslauer Kammgarn-Fabrik, 1965. 9.75" X 12.5" [OBLONG] in orange cloth. VERY minor soil: NEAR FINE. 10+48+30pp. Nice black and white photos. German, English, and French text.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

Paul Hamlyn, London, 1967. 11 1/4 X 8 1/8" in heavy paper covers. Rubbed at base of spine, slight crease across lower right corner front cover, light to moderate shelf wear. About VG- to VG. Outstanding introduction to modern art and examination of its influences. Profusely illustrated. 444pp.. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Phaidon Press, 2015. 11.75" X 10.25" in matte-blue covers with gilt titles. Clean, tight, unmarked: LIKE NEW inside and out. Jacket also LIKE NEW. 287pp. [CC093]. 4th Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.

Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Prestel, 1988. 11" X 8.75" in glossy illustrated heavy paper covers: FINE condition. Beautifully illustrated. 177pp. [BB054]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

The Arts Publishing, 1923. 11.5" X 9" in tan buckram. Covers are nice and sturdy, but lightly smudged. Back cover is discolored in a grid pattern. Also - the leather spine label has been chipped off: VERY GOOD. This volume was previously owned by the famous art collector, A.E. Gallatin: "Gallatin was born in 1881 into a wealthy and socially prominent family. Showing a youthful interest in art and literature, he began to collect works by Max Beerbohm, Aubrey Beardsley, and James McNeill Whistler while still in his teens. The common element in these purchases was a preference for works that he saw as possessing a harmonious, refined, and decorative nature, rather than a naturalistic or literal one. He appreciated their aesthetic over their narrative content and their intrinsic over their didactic or utilitarian value.[2][3][4][5] As he collected art, he also began to write about it. For the two decades following the turn of the century, Gallatin produced a constant stream of articles,… Read More