Braby, Dorothea

The Way of Wood Engraving

London & New York: The Studio Publications, (1953). (1953). London & New York: The Studio Publications, (1953). (1953). Good. - Small quarto [approximately 10 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The head of the spine is creased. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with light soiling to its rear panel. The front panel is nearly detached and a long tear to the spine & 2 tears to the inner edge of the rear panel have been partially repaired internally with scotch tape. 95 & [1] pages. Full-page & textual illustrations in black & white after wood engravings by various artists. The top edges of the pastedowns are slightly bubbled & there is very light rippling to the top edges of the pages. A small label is affixed to the top corner of the front pastedown. Very good in a fair dust wrapper.

First edition. "How to Do It Series" Number 46. Good .

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Book number: 31799

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; GRAPHIC ART; THE WAY OF WOOD ENGRAVING; HOW TO DO IT SERIES; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; WOOD ENGRAVERS; PRINTS; PRINTMAKERS; ARTISTS; CRAFTSMEN; ILLUSTRATORS; DOROTHEA BRABY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Bradford, Martha Jane (1946-2018).

Lost Pond: An Original Signed Limited Color Serigraph by the Maine Artist Martha Jane Bradford.

Circa [1988]. [1988]. SIGNED LIMITED COLOR SERIGRAPH BY THE MAINE ARTIST MARTHA JANE BRADFORD - A 30-1/2 inch high by 44 inch wide color serigraph illustrating a beautiful Maine landscape. The image depicts a pond surrounded by colorful shrubs and trees with a mountain range in the background. "AM Editions" is stamped in blind at lower left. "Selling Sample" is faintly penned in purple grease pencil. The serigraph is signed in full by Martha Jane Bradford in pencil at right below the image with "Edition 250" and "26 colors" penciled under the image at left. Two faintly drawn "X"s are penciled at the bottom of the image. There are several very short tears in the margins that could be matted out. The verso is slightly soiled. A beautiful signed color serigraph by the Maine artist Martha Jane Bradford. The Maine artist Martha Jane Bradford (1946-2018) studied at Holyoke College and Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Her work was featured in several solo and group exhibitions and can be found in the permanent collections of the Boston Public Library, the DeDordova Museum and the Fogg Art Museum. Very good .

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Book number: 95937

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; MAINE ARTIST; MARTHA JANE BRADFORD; LOST POND; ORIGINAL COLOR SERIGRAPH; LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED; LANDSCAPE; AUTOGRAPH; SAMPLE; AM EDITIONS; PRINT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

Bradley, Will.

Victor Victoria Bicycles: Overman Wheel Co. " a Vintage Art Nouveau Advertising Page Designed and Illustrated by Will Bradley for the February 20, 1896 Issue of the Youth's Companion.

The Youth's Companion 1896. 1896. - A 16-1/4 inch high by 11-1/4 inch wide pictorial advertisement for Victoria Bicycles illustrated and designed by Will Bradley. A dreamy 14 inch high by 9 inch wide Art Nouveau illustration printed in blue on a gray background depicts a woman, draped in a flowing gown, standing with a bicycle next to tall flowers and trees within a floral frame. "Victor" and "Victoria" are printed within the floral borders at right and left of the image with "Bicycles / Overman Wheel Co. / Boston, New York, Detroit, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland Ore." framing the top and bottom. This rare advertisement by Will Bradley was published on page "iv" of Volume VII, No. 8 of "The Youth's Companion", dated February 20, 1896. Several black & white pictorial ads decorate the verso (page "iii" of the periodical). A couple of short tears near the corners of the top edge are repaired with clear archival document tape from the verso. The edges of the print are slightly darkened from having once been framed. An attractive art nouveau print. [Ref: "Will H. Bradley: His Work. A Bibliographical Guide" by Anthony Bambace, pages 152-153]. Very good .

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Book number: 94701

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ADVERTISEMENT; ILLUSTRATED; ART; BICYCLES; WILL BRADLEY; VICTOR VICTORIA BICYCLES; WOMAN'S BIKE; TYPE DESIGN; PUBLICITY; AD; ILLUSTRATION; THE YOUTH'S COMPANION; ART DECO PRINT; OVERMAN WHEEL CO.; ILLUSTRATION; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY.

(Braque, Georges). Leymarie, Jean.

Georges Braque.

New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, (1988). (1988). New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, (1988). (1988). Fine. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-7/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in color pictorial wraps. 278 & [2] pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine. Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Fine .

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Book number: 98232

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; GEORGES BRAQUE; JEAN LEYMARIE; SOLOMON G. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Brauer, Erich; Fleissner, Herbert; editor

Brauer: Malerei Des Phantastischen Realismus

Munchen/Wien: Langen-Muller Verlag, (1968). (1968). Munchen/Wien: Langen-Muller Verlag, (1968). (1968). Good. - Small oblong quarto [8-5/8 inches by 9-1/8 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is very slightly bumped & somewhat bowed and the extremities of the dust jacket are slightly rubbed. 59 & [5] pages plus a section of 32 full-page color illustrations reproducing drawings, oil paintings and water colors by Erich Brauer. Also with a black-and-white portrait plate and with black-and-white plates & illustrations in the text. 1 word on the title page is partially rubbed away, probably in the printing process. Good.

With an essay by Erich Brauer and contributions by Pierre Restany and Alfred Schmeller. The text is in German. Good .

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Book number: 28987

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; FANTASTIC REALISM; ERICH BRAUER; BRAUER: MALEREI DES PHANTASTISCHEN REALISMUS; HERBERT FLEISSNER; PIERRE RESTANY; ALFRED SCMELLER; ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH.

(Velazquez). Breal, Auguste

Velazquez

London: Duckworth & Co. / New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. circa [1905]. [1905]. London: Duckworth & Co. / New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. circa [1905]. [1905]. Very good. - Small octavo, blue cloth titled & decorated in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly bumped. xxiv & 236 pages. Illustrated with profuse black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. A few page corners are lightly bumped. The front edges of 2 overlapping leaves are creased with a tiny chip to one of them. Very good.

A title in the series "Popular Library of Art". Very good .

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Book number: 24698

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; SPANISH ART; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; 17TH CENTURY; ARTIST; PAINTER; VELAZQUEZ; CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY; AUGUSTE BREAL; PLATES; THE POPULAR LIBRARY OF ART.

Breuer, Karin.

An American Focus: The Anderson Graphic Arts Collection.

Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco / University of California Press, (2000). (2000). Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco / University of California Press, (2000). (2000). Fine. - Quarto, 13-5/8 inches high by 12 inches wide. Hardcover bound in orange cloth titled in black on the spine, in the original black & white dust wrapper. The head and tail of the book's spine are lightly bumped. 192 & [1] pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine. Fine .

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Book number: 98064

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; AN AMERICAN FOCUS; THE ANDERSON GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION; KARIN BREUER; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; FINE ARTS MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS.

Haughton, Brian and Anna; et al

The International Asian Art Fair

(London: The International Asian Art Fair Ltd.), 1996. 1996. (London: The International Asian Art Fair Ltd.), 1996. 1996. Fine. - Quarto [11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is slightly bumped. 66 pages plus ads. Profuse illustrations & pictorial ads in color and black & white. Near fine.

Catalog for the first International Asian Art Fair, organized by Brian and Anna Haughton and held at the Seventh Regiment Armory, New York City from March 30th through April 2nd, 1996. The fair included a benefit for the Asia Society on March 29th, and there are illustrated essays on Chinese ceramics from the society's Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. Fine .

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Book number: 30503

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ASIAN ART; THE INTERNATIONAL ASIAN ART FAIR 1996; BRIAN HAUGHTON; ANNA HAUGHTON; SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY, NEW YORK CITY; ILLUSTRATED CATALOG; ASIA SOCIETY BENEFIT; CHINESE CERAMICS; MR. AND MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER 3RD COLLECTION; SONG AND JIN PERIOD

Briganti, Giuliano

The View Painters of Europe

NY: Phaidon, (1970). (1970). NY: Phaidon, (1970). (1970). Fine. - 4to, gray cloth titled in black on spine with illustration in black on front cover; in color pictorial orange dw. [vi] & 318pp. Profuse color & B&W illustrations. Near fine in original publisher's box.

First American edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Fine .

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Book number: 24512

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART REFERENCE; EUROPE; VIEWS; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; NEAR FINE; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS. (Art). THE VIEW PAINTERS OF EUROPE. Briganti, Giuliano.

(Brighton, Andrew).

Mai Dolgok: A Nyolcvanas Evek Brit Festeszete Es Szobraszata/Current Affairs: British Painting and Sculpture in the Eighties. Mucsarnok 1987 Aprilis 23-Majus 31 / Budapest, Hosok Tere. (Catalog).

(Budapest [Hungary]: Palace of Exhibitions, 1987). 1987). - Quarto, pictorial black wraps. The wraps are rubbed. 162 pp. plus colophon. 74 full-page illustrations in B&W & color. The contents are fine.

The Hungarian edition of the catalog for an exhibition shown in Budapest and at the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, England. The introductory essays are printed in Hungarian and English. The artists' bios are in Hungarian. Among the artists included are Francis Bacon, Anthony Caro, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Leon Kossoff, Gillian Ayres, R.B. Kitaj, Ken Kiff and Gilbert and George.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 2477

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; EIGHTIES; 1980S; BRITISH; PAINTING; SCULPTURE; CATALOG; HUNGARIAN; EXHIBITION; BUDAPEST; MUCSAMOK; OXFORD MUSEUM OF MODERN ART; FRANCIS BACON; ANTHONY CARO; IAN HAMILTON FINLAY; LEON KOSSOFF; GILLIAN AYRES; R. B. KITA

(Broda, Ron; Hilliard, Fred; Livingston, Francis; Manning, Michele; Rother, Sue; Gehm, Charles; Hoff, Terry; Lewis, H.B. [Buck]; Accornero, Franco; Thelen, Mary; Boies, Alex.)

Save the Artists: For Your Art File... . Jerry Leff Associates, Inc.

New York: Jerry Leff Associates Inc. (1994). (1994). - Quarto, 12 inches high by 9-7/8 inches wide. Spiral-bound softcover. Bound in stiff purple wraps decorated with the firm's name in gilt and blind and with a round white paper title label printed in black on the front cover. A purple tag embossed in gilt is attached with black cotton to the top copper spiral ring. The corners are lightly creased. 34 leaves, each printed on one side only, including a list of artists printed as a title page on creamy fine speckled paper and 33 full-page color illustrations and designs by graphic artists and illustrators printed on glossy stock. An additional 5 full-page color plates are housed in a pocket at the rear with Jeffrey Leff's business card housed in a smaller pocket. There is a minor crease to the top corners of the 5 plates housed in the pocket. Very good. RARE. The artists represented in this work are Joe Fleming, Fred Hilliard, Francis Livingston, Rob Roth, Michele Manning, Neil Brennan, Rik Olson, Sue Rother, Charles Gehm, Denise Crawford, Terry Hoff, Brian Callanan, Alan Mazzetti, Richard High, Leonard Morgan, Ron Broda, Kelly Maddox, Franco Accornero, Mary Thelen, Lingta Kung, Alex Boies, and John Sayles, all of whom are listed on the first page. Works by Gwen Connelly, HB Lewis, and Lewis Pippo are included within the pocket at the rear. These artists were not listed at the front. Another print, this one printed on heavy stock, is unidentified. The image beautifully depicts a black man in a tan jacket, standing in the light from a window in a bare loft, gently gesturing to a cat who lies at his feet. Very good .

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Book number: 97246

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ILLUSTRATED; ADVERTISING; GRAPHIC DESIGN; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR PLATES; PRINTS; JERRY LEFF ASSOCIATES INC.; SAVE THE ARTISTS; FOR YOUR ART FILE; PRINTS; JOE FLEMING; FRED HILLIARD; FRANCIS LIVINGSTON; ROB ROTH; MICHELE MANNING; NEIL BRENNAN; RIK OLSON

Broi, Gianni.

P Come Perugia.

(Firenze): Edizioni IGITUR, (1979). (1979). - Small 4to, pictorial B&W wraps. The rear wrapper is lightly spotted along spine. 45 pp. & colophon. Illustrated in B&W by the author, Carlo Cantino & Luciano Ricci. Very good.

The book was published in connection with a show at the Palazzo dei Priori on 21 April 1979. The text includes a conversation titled "La Cautela nel Gioco" between the author and his friends Fabio De Sanctis and Letizia Sostegni. Very good .

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Book number: 94

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: CONCEPTUAL ART; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH-CENTURY; ILLUSTRATIONS; CARLO CANTINO; LUCIANO RICCI; FABIO DE SANCTIS; LETIZIA SOSTEGNI; LITERATURE; ITALIAN; ITALY.

Brown, W. Norman.

A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of Miniature Paintings of the Jaina Kalpasutra As Executed in the Early Western Indian Style.

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1934. 1934. - Small folio [approximately 14-1/4 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide], rebound in dark brown cloth with the original light brown cloth panel mounted over the front cover. The dark brown spine is titled, together with the library number, in white ink by the previous owner. The binding is lightly bumped. The edges of the front cover are a bit faded with some light soiling. v & 66 pages plus 46 pages of black-and-white illustrations. The top page corners are lightly bumped & there is a small hole in the margin of the last text page. Ex-library with a library stamp on each endpaper, a label on the front pastedown & a library pocket mounted on the rear pastedown. Good.

Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art Oriental Studies, No. 2. Publication 3252. Good .

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Book number: 37514

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; INDIAN ART; INDIAN MINIATURES; A DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF MINIATURE PAINTINGS OF THE JAINA KALPASUTRA AS EXECUTED IN THE EARLY WESTERN INDIAN STYLE; W. NORMAN BROWN; SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FREER GALLERY ORIENTAL STUDIES, NO. 2.

Brown, Betty Ann; Raven, Arlene

Exposures: Women & Their Art

(Pasadena, CA): NewSage Press, (1989). (1989). (Pasadena, CA): NewSage Press, (1989). (1989). Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 10 inches square], softcover bound in color pictorial wrappers. The wraps are rubbed & lightly bumped. 115 pages. Profuse full-page color reproductions of the artists' work, photographed by Kenna Love. Very good.

First edition, wraps issue.

The book includes a page of text accompanied by a full-page illustration on each of 110 women artists, among them Laurie Pincus, Nancy Grossman, Ida Applebroog, Nancy Spero, Judy Chicago and Rachel Rosenthal. The foreword is by Alessandra Comini. Very good .

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Book number: 23494

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; WOMEN ARTISTS; EXPOSURES: WOMEN & THEIR ART; BETTY ANN BROWN; ARLENE RAVEN; ALESSANDRA COMINI; PHOTOGRAPHER; KENNA LOVE; LAURIE PINCUS; NANCY GROSSMAN; IDA APPLEBROOG; NANCY SPERO; JUDY CHICAGO; RACHEL ROSENTHAL; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION, WRA

(El Greco). Brown, Jonathan; Jordan, William B.; Kagan, Richard L.; Perez Sanchez, Alfonso E

El Greco of Toledo

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, (1982). (1982). Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, (1982). (1982). Very good. - Quarto [11-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial green wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed with some light creasing & with vertical creases to the spine. 275 pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated with full-page color illustrations & textual illustrations in black & white. Very good.

First edition.

"The exhibition El Greco of Toledo has been organized by The Toledo Museum of Art with Museo del Prado, National Gallery of Art, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts." . Very good .

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Book number: 22650

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; SPANISH ART; PAINTER; ARTIST; EL GRECO OF TOLEDO; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART; JONATHAN BROWN; ALFONSO E. PEREZ SANCHEZ; WILLIAM B. JORDAN; RICHARD L. KAGAN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.