PHantom Flowers; A Treatise on the Art of Producing Skeleton Leaves

Boston , J.E. Tilton and Company, 1864. 1st Edition, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 96pp. Red stamped boards, gilt vignettes to cover and spine, 6 tissue-guarded plates. Very little wear and slight foxing to tissue guards and margins, some slight internal separation, no loose pages, former owner's name on front endpaper. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004796

Catalogue: Art, Gardening and Plant Science

Keywords: Flowers Leaves

PM : An Intimate Journal for Production Managers, Art Directors and their Associates - Vol.III- No. 8, April 1937

New York, PM Publishing Co. 1937. Soft cover. Brown stiff wraps, with paste-on medallion. Cover edges darkened, 1/2 inch chip to tail of spine, contents clean and sound. An interview with Clarence P. Hornung, articles about John Peter Zenger, ideographic writing and more. Original subscription laid-in. Very Good.

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Book number: 004673

Catalogue: Advertising, Art, Decorative Arts

Keywords: Printing Design Layout Logos

(Hart, John S. and Kirkland, C.M. (Editors)

Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art. Vol VII, July-December 1850.

Philadelphia, John Sartain & Co. 1850. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. 388pp. Quarter bound leather, 4 raised bands, buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine. Moderate wear to edges, front board loose but holding, foxing to preliminary pages and occasionally to contents, binding is tight. Numerous engraved plates with tissue guards, including 2 in color. Included in this volume is "The Poetic Principle" by Edgar Allan Poe from the unpublished manuscript. Other contributors include Harriet Martineau, R. H. Stoddard, Mary Howitt and Henry Tuckerman. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004854

Catalogue: Poetry, Literature, Art

Keywords: Poe Poetry Prose Music Engravings

Alberti, Rafael

A La Pintura. Cantata de la linea y del color

Buenos Aires, Imprenta Lopez, 1945. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 33pp, 58 plates in blackand white and in color. Text in Spanish. Tan boards, gilt letterimg and decoration. Chipping to spine. Text and plates mainly clean, last plate has 3 very small abrasions, slight internal separation, all pages and plates holding. Slipcase is worn at corners and lightly soiled. Laid-in is Imprenta Lopez business card of José M. Lopez Soto. Slight paperclip impression on front free endpaper. Good.

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Book number: 003366

Catalogue: Poetry, Art

Keywords: Paintings Masters

Amberg, George

Art in Modern Ballet

New York, Pantheon, 1946. First Edition, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. 115pp, 202 plates (8 are in color). Off-white linen boards, redcloth backing, gilt lettered spine. Contents are mildly toned, binding is tight, small bookseller stamp on rear pastedown. Slipcase has been tape repaired and is splitting at corners. Very Good.

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Book number: 001848

Catalogue: Performing Arts, Art, Dance

Keywords: Ballet Diaghilev

Aubenas, J.-A.

Histoire de Fréjus Forum JUL II Ses Antiquités - Son port

Fréjus, Louis Leydet, 1881. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 800 pp, Text in French. 3 folding plates. Rebound in vellum, red spine lettering. Some soiling and curling to boards, contents and plates are clean and unmarked, several fold tears mended with archival tape, some 0ages still unopened. Very Good.

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Book number: 003634

Catalogue: Art and Architecture, Travel and Geography, History

Keywords: France

Clive Barda (Photography), Graham Hughes (Introduction), Bob Gill (Design)

The Sculpture of David Wynne 1968/1974 - SIGNED BY ARTIST

London, Phaidon Press Limited, 1974. Limited Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 9780714816531. Signed by Artist. Unpaginated. SIGNED by Wynne on front free endpaper. Number 78 of a limited edition of 350 copies bound in blue Relon cloth over boards, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Photographs of Wynne's sculptures in various settings in both black and white and in color with brief commentaries. Book is in sound condition and contents are clean, mildly toned. Included with it is a color brochure of "David Wynne in America" a First Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture at the World Headquarters of PepsiCo Inc. Purchase, New York, a listing of the sculptures exhibited held June 5 through June 30, 1976, a separate listing of the sculptures that were for sale, and a map of the Pepsico campus. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000748

Catalogue: Signed, Art and Architecture

Keywords: Sculpture Autographed Signed 9780714816531

Beauont, Cyril W. (Intro.); Browse, Lillian (Editor)

Leslie Hurry: Setings & Costumes for Sadler's Wells Ballets- Hamlet (1942) Le Lac des Cygnes and the Old Vic Hamlet (1944_

London, Faber and Faber LImited, 1946. 1st Edition, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 72pp. Tan cloth. Very good condition, spine ends lightly rubbed, interior very good, bookplate on front pastedown. Dust jacket is torn, missing several fragments, mended along spine. Brief commentary plus 50 illustrations. Very Good/Poor.

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Book number: 004826

Catalogue: Dance, Performing Arts, Art

Keywords: Ballet Costumes Settings Design

Braider, Donald

Putnam's Guide to the Art Centers of Europe (SIGNED)

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 542pp. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering. Spine faintly faded, book is otherwise clean and unmarked. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR in French on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly edgeworn. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 003517

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Art

Keywords: Tourism "Art Criticism"

Obpacher Brothers

From Cliff and Mountain Side

Munich & New York, Obpacher Brothers, 1888. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Soft cover. 12pp. No date, circa 1888. Heavy card stock pictorial cover with silver matallic tie. Cover and contents are very clean and unmarked except for owner's name and date (1888) on inside front cover. Dust jacket is edge chipped and lightly soiled and stained but mostly intact. Delicate sepia lithographs of idyllic landscapes on front cover and on each page along with poetic text. A nicely preserved example of this type of illustrated book. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001948

Catalogue: Illustrated, Ephemera, Art

Keywords: Landscapes Seascapes Mountainside

Art Institute of Chicago

Catalogue of the Art School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1921-1922

Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1921. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 63pp. Grey card stock, orange and blue lettering and decoration. Moderate wear to edges and spine, glue residue in gutter of inside front cover, text and illustrations are clean. Listing of faculty, course descriptions, rules along with illustrations. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001989

Catalogue: Educational, Art, Architecture

Keywords: Painting Drawing Weaving History Sculpture

Chwast, Seymour; Heller, Steven (Editors)

The Art of New York

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1983. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. 0810918099. 191pp. Cloth hardcover, silver decoration. Book is in near fine condition, contents are clean. Very good dustjacket has very little wear, but a couple of small scratches on rear panel. New York as seen by the major artists of the 20th century. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 000539

Catalogue: Illustrated, Art and Architecture

Keywords: Bellows Benton Glackens Glaser Haas Marin O'Keeffe Sloan Steinberg 0810918099

PM Publishing Com

PM. AN INTIMATE JOURNAL FOR PRODUCTION MANAGERS, ART DIRECTORS AND THEIR ASSOCIATES. No.34 , 1936

New York, PM Publishing Company, 1934. Soft cover. 40pp + 12pp ads. Printed stiff wraps. Light wear to exterior, contents very sound. A feature on Burton Emmett, an article by John T. Winterich and magnificent drawings by Raymond Lufkin. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004566

Catalogue: Art, Decorative Arts

Keywords: Drawings Printing Advertising

Embree Manufacturing Company

Arteefun with the Magic Arteeform

Elizabeth, New Jersey, Embree Manufacturing Company, 1946. Oblong 4to. Soft cover. 48p. Stapled stiff pictorial wrappers. Very light occasional soil to cover, contents mildly age-toned but clean and unmarked. Basic drawing instructions utilizing the 3 basic shapes : circle, oval and tear drop. Very Good.

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Book number: 001739

Catalogue: Educational, Art

Keywords: Drawing Kopieefun

Dowst, Henty P.

Random Notes of Boston

Boston, H.B. Humphrey Company, 1913. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. John Albert Seaford. 92pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and gilt decoration, illustrations all with tissue-guards. A very sound copy, contents age-toned but clean and book appears to be unread. Tasteful illustrations of familiar Boston scenes a century ago. Very Good.

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Book number: 003431

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Art

Keywords: "Beacon Hill" "Back Bay" Commonwealth "Park Street" Fenway