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London: Archive Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Foreword by V.S. Pritchett, being a fine and fetching account of the early years of the P.E.N. Awards for literary excellence. Bound simply in red cloth. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, price-clipped. Penned by the First Secretary of P.E.N., who was the daughter of the founder, C. Dawson Scott. Karel Capek and Bernard Shaw, Anatole France and John Galsworthy and Ernst Toller. Illustrated with a manuscript facsimile and four black-and-white photographs, including one fold-out example of the Dinner in 1923, and with key to all depicted. 52 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: The Studio of Design & Illustration. Hardcover. Fair. Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Harry Furniss. Harry Furniss is the illustrator of this fine travelogue comprised mostly of sketches he made of the experiences he had during a voyage he took on steamer to India from bonny England. Interestingly, though unpaginated, every other page is a sketch of "upstairs" and "downstairs" at each stop along the way. Bound in original publisher's green cloth in oblong format and with gilt embossing of lettering and illustration, also with a red, white and blue navigator's flag. Rubbing to joints, scuffing to spine head and foot. Detached first free endpaper, which features a gift inscription. Rubbing to, scuffing to edges. Else and withal, a serviceable copy of a lovely set of sketches.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

at the Rose, over-against the North Door of St. Pa: T. Astley, 1739. School Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce exemplar of an important collection of six plays, there being no additional copies available currently on-line. Edition not stated, but apparently adapted by John Stirling for the use of and in schools. Bound sturdily in full leather, rubbed and abraded, a bit scuffed at spine head. Heavy rubbing to, scuffing of tips, edges. Five raised bands to spine, no lettering there. Extensive penciled and penned inscriptions by three previous owners at endpapers, some similar markings at rear pastedown. Cracking to front pastedown, stitches showing, but still remarkably sturdy. The present work comprises the theatrical comedies of North African playwright of the Roman Republic Publius Terentius Afer (c. 195/185 - c. 159 B.C.E.); adapted for the use of schools by Church of England clergyman John Stirling. Thus, a First Edition Thus; all text in Latin. All copies of… Read More

New York: Todtri, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Pablo Picasso. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in gloriously colorful pictorial covers. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. 100 full color plates. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [3], 4-127 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Koln, Germany: Benedikt Taschen, 2007. Softcover. Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Pablo Picasso. Sterling condition softcover copies, complete in two volumes, with tight bindings and clean internals, showing neither shelf- nor edge-wear. Light furling to short range of pages to one volume. Includes 962 full-colored and 474 black-and-white illustrations. Comprehensive index, chronology and bibliography. Big, tall, Imperial octavo-sized volume, though perfect-bound, the original German edition, German language throughout. Brilliant interiors, brilliant, full-colored card-stock wraps, unmarked interiors. Housed in an illustrated paper cardboard slipcase in nearly Fine condition. Apparently unread, spines still crackle. The Spanish artist, Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a "painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France" (Wikipedia) and is seen as having founded or co-founded the Cubist… Read More

Chicago: Klees/Gustorf Publishers, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Pablo Picasso. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear but for faint soiling to front covers, bound in black cloth, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Critical essay, notes on sources, and several score fine, full-color reproductions of Picasso's works. [5], 6-115 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at title page, dated contemporarily at 10/05/02. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 364 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Oakland, California: Mills College, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Claire Falkenstein . Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. The illustrations of Claire Falkenstein, Anny Roy (an editor) and Franklin Way Bartle augment this inaugural issue of Pacific, housed at Mills College, in Oakland, California. Sturdy, still tightly staple-bound softcover copy, moderate wear of covers, less to text-block, sunned a bit at edges, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Contributions by the editors, Harriet Pratt and Ann Roy, and articles by or about Erico Verissi, Robinson Jeffers, e.e. cummings, Bernhard Blume, Wallace Stevens, Delancey Ferguson and William Carlos Williams. 48 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Tom L. Doherty Associates, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in white cloth, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Fully intact, illustrated dust jacket with a diagonal crease to front cover, another to rear flap, else not price-clipped. Sections devoted to Sea-Lanes, Astoria, Wilderness Crossings, Out to Arcadia and Medicine Road. Plentiful maps and illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [17], 18-478 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1970. Seventh Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Jerry MacMullen. Stated Seventh Printing. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in green cloth over boards, burgundy cloth-backed, light turquoise lettering to spine, burgundy and turquoise illustration of a paddle-wheeler to front cover. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. xiv, 157 pp., complete with notes, index, appendices. Black-and-white illustrations galore, by the author Jerry Macmullen. Readable, accessible account of the heyday of sea-going paddle-wheelers in California in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. George Caleb Bingham. Scarce in the trade, there being only two additional copies available on-line. 34 reproductions, eight of which are in full color, from the finest works of George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) make this a fine artist biography and monograph. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, bound in gray cloth, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine, with a clean, bright interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn along edges. x [5], 2-193 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927. First English Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Previous owner's inscription at first free endpaper, minor soiling of paper label title at spine, else decorated covers are quite nice, and interior is clean and bright. 108 pp. of text, and then an extensive range of xcii sharp and distinct black-and-white and duotone photographs. The Note notes that this is a translated version (presumably from the original French) of the manuscript by "one of the leading authorities upon the subject of the history of printed cottons." In the Introduction, which follows a list of illustrations, a brief bibliography, etc., it is said: "The art of printed cotton or toile imprimee -- that charming caprice that dominated French fashions of the eighteenth… Read More

London: V & A Publishing, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine alternative history of painting built upon the collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 166 full colored plates, with an additional black-and-white illustration. [5], 6-144 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1939. Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Chauncey Brewster Tinker. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper, inscribed warmly as "Hawley, with C.B.T.'s warm regards, December '40," and signed with a flourish indeed. Fine and probing account by the poet and painter himself, also a critic of such and historian. Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1939, being a Second Printing. Bound handsomely in blue cloth, gilt ruling to front and rear covers, spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. Bound in a small quarto format. Plentiful black-and-white plates. Fine collection of lectures and insights drawn from the Norton Lectures for 1937/8. xiv [3], 4-195 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or… Read More

New York: Lefebre Gallery, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Square 12mo 7" - 7. Carl-Henning Pedersen. Scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. Structurally sound art gallery exhibit catalog, square softcover format measuring 7 1/4" on each side, side-stapled. Unpaginated, but roughly 12 pp. Crimp to upper tip, else about Near Fine, clean and unmarked. Black-and-white reproductions of Carl-Henning Pedersen's best paintings, printed on high-gloss paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Oxford University Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound simply in brown cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, head and foot bumped, else with a clean, bright interior. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, but price-clipped, protected by a plastic coat. The author tries to increase the layman's enjoyment of paintings by showing her the technical as well as the aesthetic means by which the artist right into the artist's workshop in terms of methods and materials, techniques and markets. xiii [1], 2-148 pp. + xxvii fine black-and-white plates.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Selected and Edited with an Introduction by John L. Sweeney, this being a First Edition Thus. Selections of Henry James' best observations of art openings and movements and works of art, including the Wallace Collection at Bethnal Green. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned of interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's penned inscription at first free endpaper. Bound in red cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Simple printed, heavy dust wrapper, moderately worn, price-clipped. [8], 9-274 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Tate Gallery, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear but for slight concave presentation of front board, light wear to bottom edge, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Nicholas Serota provides a Preface, Rosalind Mallord Turner provides a note of thanks to the reader for enjoying publication of the manuscript that was in the family library since 1856. Regardless of the poor reception of his poetry that Turner received early on, he viewed poetry as a sister of painting, exhibiting many of his works with quotations by various poets and by composing his own poetry to accompany some of his most important works.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Sotheby's of New York, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals except for an ink-stamp from previous owner (Charles Campbell Gallery), showing little shelf- and edge-wear, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere, though with helpful and interesting penned marks by the previous owner, presumably someone from the Charles Campbell Gallery. Stapled onto verso of first free endpaper is a Sale Form showing the lots that sold on November 4, 1981, November 5, 1981, being typescript and also taped to the page. Bound handsomely in burgundy colored cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to front cover and to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Catalog of one of the more important art historical collections of the 20th century, featuring works of Max Ernst,… Read More

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Art Gallery, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the simple printed wraps, protected by a simple printed dust wrapper, housed now in a plastic sleeve. Published in First Edition state in New Haven, Connecticut, highlight the show devoted to the paintings of the Jewish German-born artist Josef Albers, February 22 - March 26, 1978. Contributions by the Director, Alan Shestack, by Albers himself, then also Jean Arp, Fronia Wissman, Gene Baro, and complete with a checklist of the paintings. Nearly square, but quarto oblong softcover format. 36 pp. Black and white and a few color reproductions of paintings throughout, a just and due homage to the exhibition of 64 paintings by Josef Albers.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage… Read More