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  Application of Science in Examination of Works of Art: Proceedings of the Seminar, Sept. 7-16, 1965.
Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts, 1965. Hardcover. VG/VG-, slipcase slightly soiled. Grey boards/yellow cardboard slipcase. 254 pp. Numeorus bw plates. Â
   ¶ New scientific methods for conservation, identification, and reconstruction of works of art are explored in a series of essays by international experts in the field.
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6619] Book number: 22072
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  Arts & Crafts with Inexpensive Materials.
New York, Girl Scouts, Inc. 1941. Softbound. Good+, slight soiling, previous owners' name inked on upper right cover. Yellow wraps. 95 pp. well-illustrated. Â
   ¶ A plethora of good and great ideas, some of them illustrated and demonstrated.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 115389
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  Book of Alphabets designed for the Use of Painters, Sign Writers, Draughtsmen, Etc.
New York, Excelsior Publishing House, circa 1865. Hardbound. Overall VG, previous owner's bookplate. Bound into reddish boards, first few pages present in preservatrion- quality plastic sheething, followed by 114 different typesets / alphabets on about 80 pp. Â
   ¶ Published by or distributed by McKeon & Schofield, Proprietors. Scarce, and the sort of book that normally would have been nused until it fell apart and then discarded. Old archicval repairs to title page, small hole through printing.
USD 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 183.5 | £UK 165.5 | JP¥ 24271] Book number: 106411
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  COLOR CHEMISTRY: Number One of a Series of Monographs on Color -- COLOR AS LIGHT: Number Two of a Series of Monographs on Color -- COLOR IN USE: Number Three of a Series of Monographs on Color.
New York, Research Laboratories of the International Printing Ink Corporation and Subsidiary Companies, 1935. Hardbound. Generally VG. Three cardboards-bound volumes in cardboard slipcase. 3 vols, large 8vo, (2), 18; (2), 21; (2), 17, (11)pp, folding color plate with color wheel & 3 color stops, hundreds of color illustrations. Â
   ¶ The first volume treats the simple organic chemistry of color; the second the history of color theories and the physiological effects of seeing different colors; the third, especially beautiful, the use of color in advertising and the proper employment of color relationships.
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 102668
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  Drawing For Young Children: Containing One Hundred and Fifty Drawing Copies, and Numerous Exercises.
New York, NY, James Miller, 1870s - 1880s. Hardcover. Good (Some wear to extremities of covers; A few pencil markings throughout; One page coming loose). Purplish-blue cloth over boards; Gold lettering and black decoration on front cover; Unpaginated, approx. 120 pp.; 472 bw line drawings. Â
   ¶ Published under the superintendence of the Society For the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, London; Includes an introduction and tips on drawing different objects; Drawing exercises include everyday objects like a fish, bowl, house, and shoe and progress to more difficult subjects like a castle, animals, and people.
USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 | £UK 60.25 | JP¥ 8826] Book number: 111869
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  The Elements of Mechanical Engineering, volume IV, Mechanical Drawing.
Scranton, The Colliery Engineer Co, 1897. Hardcover. VG--, light shaking, light wear and fading to cover, light fading to interior. Brown cloth, brown leather spine. 58 pp. Profuse bw plates.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 32951
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  Faber Birren Collection of Books on Color.
New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Library, 1982. Softcover. ISBN: 0845731238. Ex-Art-Library copy with label and a few stamps; otherwise very clean and hardly used. Mustard wraps with 3 color circles and dark brown lettering; 42 pp. Â
   ¶ Includes an introduction to the collection and a subject key.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 114211
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(AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS).,  National Exhibition Service, Handbooks 2, 3, 4 and Supplement to No. 2.
Washington, DC, American Federation of Arts, 1937-1940. Softbound. VG, art library stickers and bookplates inside each. Paper wraps. 4 volumes. Â
   ¶ These are fantastic as sources of what exhibition packages were available to Museums, Colleges, Libraries, Art Associations, Clubs and High Schools during this time period. The booklet gives a brief description of each, including the cost for it and what it contains. A unique resource for this type of information, and scarce (as these were most oftne discarded).
USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 | £UK 90.25 | JP¥ 13239] Book number: 115279
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ANSBACHER, JESSIE.,  Portraits: Principles and Techniques.
New York, NY, Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1959. Softcover. ISBN: 19876543. VG+(like new). Multi-colored illustrated wraps; 46 pp; profusely illustrated with b/w plates and figures.
   ¶ This book like no other is designed help an amuteur painter create a "professional" looking portrait using both text and illustrations; especially focuses on 'light and shadow'.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 115835
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AUDSLEY, W. AND G., ARCHITECTS.,  Guide to the Art of Illuminating and Missal Painting.
London, George Rowney and Co. 1862. Third edition. Hardbound. VG, previous owner's bookplate. Original purple fancy gilt embossed cover cloth laid-down onto newer cloth binding. All edges gilt. 72 pp. 7 lithographic plates, 14 pp ads at rear for materials used and for sale by the publisher, [2] pp. list of current publications. Â
   ¶ Contains a Brief History of the art, a Description of the various styles, in chronological order, a detailed list of materials used by the ancients, a descriptive list of the materials in use at the present time, and full instructions for students in the art of illuminating. The title calls for 8 color lithographic plates. I finf plates 1,2,3,5,6,8 and an unnumbered color frontpiece. Including this frontpiece, there are four color lithographed plates present. The other plates are printedf on the same thick stock, but are not color. Condition of text block does not suggest or indicate the removal of any plates. Hmmm. Your call.
USD 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 60.25 | £UK 54.25 | JP¥ 7943] Book number: 106410
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AYRES, JULIA.,  Monotype: Mediums and Methods for Painterly Printmaking.
Watson-Guptill Publications, 1991. Hardbound. ISBN: 0823031292. As New. Red boards with color illustrated dustjacket. 144 pp. 250 color plates. Â
   ¶ A standard reference, and no finer copy will be found! This is the HARDCOVER edition of this book.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 102638
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BARBOUR, ARTHUR J.,  Painting The Seasons In Watercolor.
NY, Watson-Guptill, 1980. Hardcover. VG. Green cloth. 157 pp. 64 color, 125 bw plates. Â
   ¶ A New Jersey-born artist. A member of American Artist Group and the American Watercolor Society. Lovely plates, detailed explanations.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 5755
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BELL, SIR CHARLES.,  The Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression as Connected With The Fine Arts.
London, George Bell and Sons, 1888. Seventh edition, revised. Hardbound. VG-, some slight wear. Greenish embossed publishers cloth. x, [2], 254 pp. followed by 24 pp, listing of Bohns' Library. Â
   ¶ Nice copy of a sought-after title, intimately connected with the Phrenological approach to life.
USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 | £UK 36.25 | JP¥ 5295] Book number: 100191
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BERKMAN, AARON.,  Art and Space.
New York, Social Sciences Publisher, 1949. Hardcover. VG-, light wear to cover edges. Green cloth. 175 p. 32 bw plates, numerous bw ills.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 31862
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BERRY, WILLIAM.,  Drawing the Human Form: Methods, Sources, Concepts. A Guide To Drawing From Life.
New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1977. Softcover. ISBN: 0442207182. VG. White ill. wraps. 256 pp. Profuse bw ills. Â
   ¶ Valuable textbook for anyone who wants to improve their figural drawing skills.
USD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 | £UK 19.25 | JP¥ 2824] Book number: 102088
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BETTS, EDWARD.,  Creative Seascape Painting.
NY, Watson-Guptill, 1981. Hardcover. VG. Blue cloth. 160 pp. 32 color, 50 bw plates. Â
   ¶ Excellent technical reference by the National Academician, and member of the AWS.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 5568
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BODDEWYN, JULIA MAY.,  Works on Paper: A Primer.
New York, Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, LLC, 2006. Softcover. VG but for slight soiling of back cove. Cream wraps with taupe lettering, spiral bound; 48 pp. with section dividers and 8 color photos. Â
   ¶ Includes a section on conservation.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 107729
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BOWIE, HENRY P.,  On the Law of Japanese Painting: An Introduction to the Study of the Art of Japan: With Prefatory Remarks by Iwaya Sazanami and Hirai Kinza.
New York, Dover Publications, Inc. 1911. Softcover. Good-(ex-lib, cc# on spine, white square library sticker on first page, small sticker on back cover; small tears on cover and spine; bottom corner of back cover bent; a couple non-obvious stains on front cover; pages beginning to darken around edges). Color pictorial wraps; 272 pp; 66 b/w plates.
   ¶ An authentic guide to Japanese painting taken originally from a series of lectures given in Japan by Henry Bowie; Prefatory remarks by Iwaya Sazanami and Hirai Kinza; illustrations specially prepared by Mr. Shimada Sekko.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 115837
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BRAGDON, CLAUDE.,  Projective Ornament.
Rochester, NY, The Manas Press, 1915. Hardbound. Fair. A reading copy only. Ex art school library with wear to spine, few marks, label on spine. Gilt embossed purple cloth. [10], 79 pp. color frontice and numerous bw illustrations with the text. Â
   ¶ First edition.
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 3530] Book number: 104334
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BRAINARD, SHIRL.,  A Design Manual (3rd Edition).
Prentice Hall, 2003. Softbound. ISBN: 0130981176. Like New. Illustrated glossy wraps. 214 pp. Profusely Illustrated.
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 100695
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BRIDGEMAN, GEORGE B.,  The Book of A Hundred Hands.
Pelham, NY, Bridgeman Publishers, 1920. First Printing. Hardcover. VG+. Dark maroon boards/white DJ. 159 pp. 100+ illustrations. Â
   ¶ A lovely copy of the first printing of this scarce treatise on the hand in art. There are actually about 444 different hands illustrated in the book.
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6619] Book number: 103210
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BRIDGMAN, GEORGE B.,  Bridgmans Life Drawing.
Pelham, New York, Edward C. Bridgman, 1924. Hardcover. VG-(dj shows some shelf ware, small owner's stamp on bottom of dj, bottom of front cover, and on the inside of front board). Cream/brown cloth over boards w/ illustrated label on front panel; matching dj; 169 pp; profusely illustrated with bw figures.
   ¶ A step-by-step guide on how to draw the perfect human figure.
USD 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.5 | £UK 23 | JP¥ 3354] Book number: 115857
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BRIDGMAN, GEORGE B.,  Features and Faces.
Pelham, NY, Bridgman Publishers, 1932. Hardcover. VG-, some wear to extremities and especially spine. Brown cloth. 64 pp. Numerous bw illus.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 19139
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BRIDGMAN, GEORGE B.,  The Seven Laws of Folds.
Pelham, New York, Bridgman Publishers, Inc. 1942. First. Hardcover. VG- (DJ. slightly worn at extremties, slightly soiled). Orange cloth over boards; Black titling to spine; Black titling and decoration to front cover; Off-white dj.; 63 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw figures.
   ¶ Instructs on drawing folds found on draped figures.
USD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 | £UK 19.25 | JP¥ 2824] Book number: 115823
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BRIOD, B. (ED.).,  Manual on the Conservation of Paintings.
Paris, International Institute of Intellecutal Coopertaion, 1940. Very clean but with wear to covers and spine a bit loose. Tan cardboard with maroon cloth spine and gold lettering; 296 pp. with 62 bw figures. Â
   ¶ Text in English with thorough information about treatment of varnish, paint, canvas, wood (including parasites!) and conditions regarding heat, air conditioning (in 1940?), smoke, light, packing and transport, and much more.
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6619] Book number: 112894
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