Material Witness: Masters from California Crafts, California Crafts XVII

Sacramento, Crocker Art Museum / Creative Arts League of Sacramento, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a 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, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Preface by Susan J. Willoughby, Introduction by Eudora Moore, and then with several score full color illustrations of the best works of the artists from the California Crafts Movement. [3], 4-123 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 347539

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Crocker Art Museum|Susan J. Willoughby|Eudora Moore|California Crafts Movement|California art

Memoire Sur Les Coutumes Du Cambodge

Paris, France, Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extreme-Orient, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Unique to the trade, there being no currently available exemplars of this article from Bulletin de l'Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient, dedicated to the peoples and cultures of Cambodia, 1902, pp. 123-177. Bound most handsomely in red marbled paper over boards, still bright and shiny, crushed red Morocco leather-backed, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Silk-linen ribbon bound in, lightly toned text-block, fine decorated endpapers. French and Chinese language throughout.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 356480

Catalogue: Asian Studies

Keywords: Customs culture Far East Cambodia

Memoires Lus a la Sorbonne Dans Les Seances Extraordinaires Du Comite Imperial Des Travaux Historiques Et Des Societes Savantes, Tenues Les 4, 5, 6 Avril 1866

Paris, Imprimerie Imperiale, 1865. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still fairly sturdy. Original printed blue wraps, moderately soiled and chipped along edges, library reinforcing tape added at some point in the past, with many dog-eared pages, some mild foxing, etc., else a clean and unmarked copy. "Archeologie" is the sub-title. Neither editor nor author listed, but twenty articles by learned men; the Table of Contents provides lists of articles and illustrations and plates, including in foldout. 448 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fair

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Book number: 345764

Catalogue: French history and culture

Keywords: La Sorbonne|French culture|French language|education art history literature |science

Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Committee Appointed to Consider the Education and Training of Officers of the Army

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1902. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Extremely scarce in the field, comprising a volume of reports in the original, true First Edition state, published in London for the King and his subjects throughout the Commonwealth. Presented to him and to the Parliament by Command of His Majesty. Previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered, via ink-stamp, at title page (the Bibliotheque du Palais De La Paix), and another owner's ink-stamp at front cover. Original publisher's printed blue wraps, a bit sunned and mildly soiled, chipped, worn, etc., but protected in a Mylar jacket. 150 pp., double-columned. Some marginal notes, else still pretty clean and unmarked. 340 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 346237

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: The Boer War|The Transvaal War|English military history|South Africa

Natural History of Quadrupeds, Illustrated with Numerous Engravings

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1840. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Among the most consummate and admirable, therefore, of the terrestrial works of the great Creator, and signally manifesting his wonder-working skill, his unspeakable wisdom, power, and goodness, and the study of their organization, and character, and habits, cannot be otherwise than highly entertaining and instructive" (from the publishers' Preface). Another fine addition to the Harper and Brothers Family Library, this being No. 104. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in marbled paper over boards, creamy calf leather over tips and spine. Replete with fine half-page black-and-white engravings. Penned anonymously, but probably by a team of natural historians on staff in Britain at the time, but clearly prior to the Darwin/Wallace revolution of two decades later. First Edition was published the prior year. Forty-one illustrations throughout. viii [324 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 357210

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: mammals natural history quadrupeds mammalia

The New Bath Guide: Or, Memoirs of the B-N-R-D Family. In a Series of Poetical Epistles. A New Edition. Christopher Anstey

London, Printed by C. Whittingham, for the Associated Booksellers,Verner and Hood, J. Cuthell, Ogilvy and Son, J. Walker, Lackington, Allen & Co., J. Nunn, Otridge and Son, 1800. New Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. I here present you with a collection of letters, written by a family during their residence at Bath; the first of them, from a romantic young lady . . . " A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but internally quite nice and readable. Some discoloration to and staining of rear panel of vellum boards, cracking to half of front joint, cover beginning to separate. Title in pen to spine, toning to endpapers, missing half-title, faded damp-staining to a range of pages at book's end, unobtrusive. iii, 155 pp., [5] pp. including a page of the publisher's ads, with five engraved plates, quite fine, each engraved in 1797.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fair

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Book number: 357042

Catalogue: Antiquarian and Collectible

Keywords: The Bath Guide England English family English history

Ocherki Po Istorii I Tehnike Gravjury. A Survey of Engraving: Its History and Techniques. V 14-Ti Tetradyah V Futlyar-Korobke.

Mockba / Moscow, Izobrazitelnove Iskusstvo, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. In Russian language, a set of 14 tall quarto softcover volumes in printed wraps constituting separate essays about the history and technique of engraving and of printmaking. 14 notebooks, featuring monochrome, black-and-white, and duotone prints. Housed in a large casebox with brown printed and illustrated paper over cardboard, moderately rubbed, but structurally sound. Published in the Soviet Union in 1987, in Moscow, but with no author or editor listed in English. The chapters cover the following topics and genres: German engraving: 15th and 16th centuries; Netherlandish Engraving: 15th and 16th centuries; Italian engraving: 15th to 18th centuries; French engraving: 15th to 17th centuries; Dutch Engraving: 17th century; English Engraving: 18th century; Western European Engraving: 19th century; Engraving in Western Europe and America: 20th century;Japanese Colour Prints: 17th to 19th centuries; Russian Engraving: 16th and 17th centuries Lubok prints; Russian engraving: 18th to the early 20th century; Soviet prints.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 349748

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: German engraving: 15th and 16th centuries|Netherlandish Engraving: 15th and 16th centuries|Italian engraving: 15th to 18th centuries|French engraving: 15th to 17th centuries|Dutch Engraving: 17th century|English Engraving: 18th century|Western European En

Paris - Moscou 1900 - 1930

Paris, Centre National d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, 1979. Second Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. This catalogue, being a revised and expanded Second Edition, augments the exhibit that was held 31 mai - 5 novembre 1979, featuring, as the title page continues: arts plastiques, arts appliqués et objets utilitaires, architecture-urbanisme, agitprop, affiche, théâtre-ballet, littérature, musique, cinéma, and photo créative. Quarto format, wth 580 pp., with a full index, replete with full-color and black-and-white illustrations. The exhibit was organized by the Ministry of Culture in the U.S.S.R. Text in French. It provides a survey of the development of the European Modern Art Movement, including art in different forms, architecture, the agitprop-era, posters, theatre and ballet, literature, music and film and photography. Published in Paris by the Centre Georges Pompidou, 1979, Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, big, heavy, oversized quarto format, mild wear of covers, with a clean, bright, unmarked interior; neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Preface by Pontus Hulten, and then many chapters by heavy hitters in art history, art criticism, and social history. Several hundred black-and-white and full-color illustrations. 580 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 346386

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: art history|French language|Soviet art history|Russian artists|art|architecture|sculpture|collage|photography|cinema

Paris 1889: American Artists at the Universal Exposition

Philadelphia / New York, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts / Harry N. Abrams, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. 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 a bluish-gray cloth cover, with a blind-stamped illustration of the Eiffel Tower to front cover, silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Well over 300 Illustrations, including 103 gorgeous plates in full color. Edited by Essays by Annette Blaugrund, and with an essay by her, but essays also by Albert Boime, D. Dodge Thompson, H. Barbara Weinberg and Richard Guy Wilson. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [5], 6-304 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 347049

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Universal Exposition|Annette Blaugrund|Albert Boime|D. Dodge Thompson|H. Barbara Weinberg|Richard Guy Wilson|American artists|American art history|French art exposition|World Exposition

Paul Klee

New York, The Viking Press, 1952. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. The 164 reproductions, including 13 in full-color, make this a major artist monograph indeed, representing well the full breadth and depth of Paul Klee's life and works, a major painter of our time, including sketches and drawings and full-page, full-color paintings, printed on high-gloss paper. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, a bit toned of interior, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, machine- and price-clipped. Translated by Alexander Gode. [5], 6-156 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 348747

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Paul Klee|Carola Giedion-Welcker|artist monograph

Paul Delvaux

Paris, René Drouin Editeur, 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. French language texts of introduction and captioned thumbnails, black-and-white reproductions of some of the Belgian painter Paul Delvaux's finest works. Unpaginated, but with roughly 28 pp. and a full catalogue. Scarce in the trade.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 349859

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Rene Drouin|Paul Delvaux|Belgian painters|artist exhibit|artist monograph

Peronnique: A Celtic Folk Tale from Brittany

New York, Atheneum, 1970. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. The first children's book by the illustrator, Monique Michel-Dansac, and who chose this classic children's tale for her first books. Oblong, pictorial boards, yellow cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Unpaginated, but roughly 24 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,