MILLAR, OLIVER

Thomas Gainsborough

NY, Harper. 1949, 1st. Hard, 4to. First American edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harper, 1949. 4to. 19pp. text, plus 40 plates. Good in good dust jacket. Good/Good.

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Book number: 009624

Catalogue: Art

MILLER, DOROTHY C.

Fourteen Americans

NY, Museum of Modern Art. 1946, 1st. Soft Cover, 4to. First edition. Softcover. Published NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1946, first printing. Small 4to. 7 1/2" x 10", 80pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Aronson, Culwell, Gorky, Hare, MacIver, Motherwell, Noguchi, Pereira, Pickens, Price Roszak, Sharrer, Steinberg, Tobey, with biographical notes on each. With statements by the artists and others. Green paper covered boards with white titles in reverse, whilte spine with green titles. Light wear at the spine. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009884

Catalogue: Art

MITCHELL, F. SCOTT

A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR ORNAMENTAL DECORATION: A Collection of Designs & Colour Schemes For Painters' & Decorators' Work

London, Thos. Parsons & Sons. 1908, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Trade catalogue in original publisher's hard cover. Published London: Thos. Parsons & Sons, 1908, 8vo. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2", 130pp. illustrated with full color and b/w plates and four leaves of color samples for Parsons paints. Green cloth with gilt stamped cover design and titles. Thomas Parsons were manufacturers of varnishes, Japans, enamels and fine colors, who began trade in the eighteenth century. Wear at the tips and spine ends, else very good. Rubber stamp of trade distributor Peerless Dennis & Co. Eastbourne on title page, front pastedown and verso of plates. Scarce in first edition. Only 11 copies in WorldCat. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010209

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Architecture & Design

LA MODE

Les Grands Dossiers de L'Illustration : La Mode - Histoire d'un siècle 1843-1944

Paris, Le Livre de Paris. 1994, 1st. (ISBN: 2904310851). Hard, Folio. First edition. Hard cover in laminated pictorial boards. Published Paris: Le Livre de Paris, 1994. Folio, 10 1/2" x 14 1/2", 192pp. illustrated throughout with reproductions from the magazine - some in color. Text in French. Bump to lower corner of front board, else very good plus. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009808

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 2904310851

MOIR, ALFRED

Anthony Van Dyck (Masters of Art)

NY, Abrams. 1994. (ISBN: 0810939177). Hard, Folio. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Abrams, 1994. Folio, 9 1/4" x 12 1/4", 128pp. 121 illustrations, including 40 plates in full color. Fine in mylar sleeved, fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009460

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0810939177

MONCRIEFF, ELSPETH; JOSEPH, STEPHEN; JOSEPH, IONA

Farm Animal Portraits

Suffolk, UK, Antique Collectors' Club. 1997, 1st. (ISBN: 1851492399). Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997. 4to. 9 1/2" x 11", 304pp. over 400 illustrations (325 in full color). Blue cloth with gilt titles, color pictorial endpapers. "In the late eighteenth century livestock breeding swept the country with the urgency of any newly created fashion. The livestock portraits of the day form the only record of many of these early breeds which are now endangered, extinct or changed beyond recognition. This is the first comprehensive study of an exceptional period in livestock experimentation and of the social and economic aspirations which led to the commissioning of these paintings." Fine in near fine dust jacket. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010240

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 1851492399

MORRIS, JAN (INTRODUCTION)

Riding the Skies: Classic Posters from the Golden Age of Flying

London, Bloomsbury Publishing. 1989, 1st. (ISBN: 0747503370). Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1989, first printing. 4to. 8 1/2" x 11 9/16", 144pp. illustrated with recto printed full page color posters. Minor bump to top edge of rear board, else fine in near fine dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010018

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0747503370

MORROW, ELIZABETH; WILLIAM SPRATLING (ILLUS)

Casa Manana [SIGNED]

Croton Falls, NY, Spiral Press. 1932, 1st. Hard, 4to. Ill.: William Spratling. Limited Edition, SIGNED first edition. Limitied to 300 copies. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Croton Falls, NY: Spiral Press, 1932. 4to. 8 1/4" x 11 1/4", unpaginated, drawings by William Spratling, illustrated with b/w plates and architectural plans and renderings. Bound in dark blue publisher's cloth with gilt embossed titles to cover and spine, gilt cover design, beveled edges, pictorial map endpapers. Inscribed by Morrow to Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Schley: "For Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Schley who knew Casa Manana. with a Merry Christmas from Elizabeth Morrow. December 1932." A rare work and important resource on Mexican architecture and pottery by Elizabeth Cutter Morrow on Cuernavaca, Mexico, where she and her husband, U.S. Senator Dwight Morrow, who was Ambassador to Mexico from 1927 to 1930, bought adjoining plots to build a house inspired by the local historic architecture. The book is divided into three sections. Section one describes the town of Cuernavaca. Section two contains architectural plans and details for the home and gardens. Section three contains photo reproductions of the Mexican furnishings in the house, including water jars, jewelry boxes and woven garments. American-born expatriate artist and designer William Spratling created drawings for the new house and illustrated the text. Elizabeth Morrow was an American poet in the early 20th century, who became the first female head of Smith College. Morrow was the mother of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, distinguished American author and wife of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh. Near fine. Rare. Near Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 008529

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Reeve Schley , Anne Morrow Lindbergh , William Spratling , Cuernavaca, Mexico, Signed Architecture & Design William Spratling

JANOCHA, BILL; WALKER, MORT AND NEAL, (EDS.)

The National Cartoonists Society Album, 2005

Winter Park, FL, National Cartoonists Society. 2005, 1st. Soft Cover, 4to. First edition. Softcover. Published Winter Park, FL: National Cartoonists Society, 2005. 4to. wrappers, 8 1/2" x 11", 331pp. illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and reproductions. A virtual encyclopedia of American cartoonist, each with a photographic or drawn portrait, capsule bio/statement and typical cartoons. Includes articles, historical photographs, lists of award winners, obituary of Milton Caniff by Mel Casson. Fine. Bookmark of the The National Cartoonists Society laid in. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010124

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Literary & Modern First Editions

VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM

100 Great Paintings in the Victoria and Albert Museum

London, Victoria and Albert Museum. 1985, 1st. (ISBN: 0905209494). Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. 4to. 10 1/4" x 10", 220pp. illustrated with full color plates. Fine in mylar sleeved, fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009553

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0905209494

AMON CARTER MUSEUM

American Art from the Collection of the Worcester Art Museum

Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum. 1979. (ISBN: 0883600315). Soft Cover, 8vo. Softcover. Published Fort Worth, Texas: Amon Carter Museum, 1979. 8vo. wrappers, 188pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Very good plus. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009645

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0883600315

ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Boston, Trustees of the ISGM. 1978, 1st. (ISBN: 0914660055). Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Boston: Trustees of the ISGM, 1978. 4to. 9 3/4" x 12 1/4", 81pp. illustrated with color and b/w reproductions. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with light edgewear and a short, closed tear. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 009542

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0914660055

THE MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM

Precisionism in America 1915 - 1941: Reordering Reality

NY, Harry N. Abrams / The Montclair Art Museum. 1994, 1st. (ISBN: 0810937344). Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harry N. Abrams / The Montclair Art Museum, 1994. 4to. 9" x 12", 160pp. 165 illustrations, 65 plates in full color. Purple cloth with orange titles, orange endpapers. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair NJ November 20, 1994-January 22, 1995, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach FL February 11-April 2, 1995, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus OH May 7-July 4, 1995 and the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln NE September 5-November 5, 1995. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 010193

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0810937344

OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Collection - 7 Items

NY, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Soft Cover, 4to. Seven publications of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1959-1987. Includes Opening Ceremonies of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1959); Annual Reports, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987. All fine. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009406

Catalogue: Art

MYERS, BERNARD S. (ED.); COPPLESTONE, TREWIN (ED.)

Art Treasures In The British Isles: Monuments, Masterpieces, Commissions And Collections

NY, McGraw-Hill. 1969, 1st. Hard, 4to. First American edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: McGraw-Hill, 1969. 4to. 176pp. illustrated with color plates. Gift inscription on flyleaf. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 009470

Catalogue: Art