Pennsylvania Museum of Art

Degas: 1834-1917

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1936. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, moderate wear of covers at spine head and foot, light sunning thereto, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Penned inscription at first free endpaper. 140 pp. Prefatory note by Paul Sachs, Introduction by Agnes Mongan, Acknowledgments, List of Lenders, and then a full catalogue and reproduction of well over 100 fine works by the French painting.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Good

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Book number: 346356

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Edgar Degas|artist exhibit

Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design

Josef Hoffmann: Drawings and Objects from Conception to Design

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy pictorial wraps to augment the exhibition of Hoffmann's works that was held at the Goldie Paley Gallery in Philadelphia, the Krannert Art Museum in Champaign, Illinois, and the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art in Chicago. First Edition, clean, unmarked, crisp of interior. 32 pp., Foreword by Elsa Longhauser with notes and text figures, essay with notes and text figures: "Josef Hoffmann and the Architectural Clock," by Carles Vallhonrat, essay with text figures "Josef Hoffmann's Gesamtkunstwerk: Ornament and Pattern" by Angela Volker. Replete with full-color and black-and-white plates. 272-item exhibition checklist, and chronology/biography. Double-column text.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 348218

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Josef Hoffman|artist catalog|artist exhibition|Elsa Longhauser|Carles Vallhonrat|Angela Volker

Modern Institute of Art

Modern Artists in Transition

Beverly Hills, California, Modern Institute of Art, 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, staple-bound, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Comprises the opening exhibition of the Modern Institute of Art, which was held February 13 to March 28, 1948. Unmarked, clean and solid copy, a bit tone. Thirty-three black-and-white art pictures including works by Picasso, Roualt, Miro, Duchamp, Chagall and others, and then a Foreword by one of the trustees, Aldous Huxley.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 347150

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Picasso|Roualt|Miro|Duchamp|Chagall|Aldous Huxley

Cleveland Museum of Art

Odilon Redon 1840-1916: Pastels and Drawings

Cleveland / New York, The Cleveland Museum of Art, in association with Jacques Seligmann & Co., 1951. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Still tightly bound softcover copy, moderate wear of blue printed gate-fold wraps in the form of chipping and sunning, less so to the text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy of an important gallery and museum exhibit of the best pastels and drawings of the French artist. Quarto format, 32 pp., with 15 illustrations, 11 being full-page.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 346861

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Odilon Redon|French painters|French art history

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Sasanian Silver: Late Antique and Early Mediaeval Arts of Luxury from Iran

Ann Arbor, Michigan, University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Foreword by Charles H. Sawyer, a Historical Survey by Martha Carter, and an Introduction to The Art of Sasanian Silver by Oleg Grabar, completed with a bibliography and a catalogue. Printed, illustrated softpaper wraps. [6], 7-158 pp. including several score gorgeous black-and-white plates, printed on high-gloss paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347568

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Sasanian Silver|Iran |Iranian art history|Oleg Grabar|Charles H. Sawyer|Martha Carter|Late Antique|Early Mediaeval arts

The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo

Scandinavian Craft Today: 35 Artists from Denmark Finland Iceland Norway, Sweden

Tokyo, Japan, The Seibu Museum of Art Tokyo, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy of a , with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Big tall, heavy, fine looking catalog, with Message by Elsie Hetamaki-Olander and Kirsti Kolle Grohndahl and then also by Paul J. Smith. Essays by Ulf Hard af Segerstad, Barbro Kulvik and Jonna Dwinger about various aspects of various Scandinavian crafts and artists. Gorgeous full-color reproductions on double-column texts in English and Japanese. [7], 8-129 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 349354

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Scandinavian arts|art history|Denmark|Finland|Iceland|Norway|Sweden|crafts

San Francisco Museum of Art

Spanish Masters of Twentieth Century Painting

San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Moderately soiled and worn printed light blue wraps, sunning along page edges, previous owner's inscription to first free endpaper. Foreword by Richard B. Freeman regarding the museum gallery exhibit sponsored by the San Francisco Museum of Art devoted to the Spanish Masters with an especial focus on Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, and Joan Miro. Learned, accessible essays by Man Ray and Sidney Janis, Herbert Read and Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Donald Gallup and Juan Larrea. [1], 11-108 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 347162

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Joan Miro|Juan Gris|Pablo Picasso|The Spanish Masters|art history|Spanish painters

San Francisco Museum of Art

World Print III

San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. First Edition set, complete in a folder, of the Press Release materials sent from the San Francisco Museum of Art regarding the then upcoming 1980 World Print III, displaying the winners of a world-wide print competition from dozens of countries, sponsored by the Philip Morris Incorporated, the Osaka University of Arts and the California College of Arts and Crafts. The folder is comprised of: 1) five black-and-white photographic sheets featuring works by Bogdan Borcic, Yugoslavia, Yrjo Edelman, Sweden, Rudolfo Abularach, Guatemala, Hitoshi Takahar, Japan, Ruth Hagopian, U.S.A., and Charles Roth, U.S.A.; 2) a promotional pamphlet introducing the exhibition (4192 prints, 1670 selected, 58 countries, 134 prints chosen); 3) a one-page Press Release regarding the show (June 28 - August 10, 1980); 4) a second Press Release, two pages; 5) a four-page Fact Sheet; 6) a folded sheet of two pages' worth of related events in the neighborhood; 6) a one-page (two sides) Special Notiece to critics, editors, and assignment editors, from D.B. Finnegan, Director of Publicity; 7) a stapled list of all the American printmakers; 8) ditto, Canadian; 9) multi-page stapled list of International Winners; 10) a notice from the World Print Council; 11) a one-page Statement of Support from the Philip Morris Company about their support; 12) a five-page stapled list of all the artists and art projects that Philip Morris Company has supported; 13) assort gew-gaws (pamphlet, brocher, bookmark, etc.).Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 353382

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: San Francisco Museum of Art World Print III World Print Council lithography blockprint etching printmaking

Marlborough Galleria D' Arte

Adolph Gottlieb. Marzo 1970

Rome, Italy, Marlborough Galleria D' Arte, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers beyond furling to fore-edge, less to text-block but for some wax hardened at first free endpaper, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Fine looking artist exhibit catalog for a show held in Rome, with texts in Italian, and plentiful tipped-in full-color plates including at frontis. Protected in plastic sleeve.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 352816

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Adolph Gottlieb artist exhibit catalog Italian language

Arthur, Elizabeth

Antarctic Navigation

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page, a sterling condition hardcover copy of a magnificent novel dedicated to the travel and exploration of a young American woman, Margaret Lamont, to the South Pole, 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 two-tone, white paper over boards, black cloth-backed, and with a fine woodcut illustration to front cover. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 798 pp. including a Note on the Author and her Acknowledgments.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 351024

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Antarctic navigation Elizabeth Arthur signed travel exploration

Franks, Kenny Arthur and Paul F. Lambert

Early California Oil: A Photographic History, 1865-1940

College Station, Texas, Texas A & M University Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine contribution to the Montague History of Oil Series, this being Number Four in the series. 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. Several score illustrations and photographs of the early decades of California's petroleum industry. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiii [2], 3-242.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 345882

Catalogue: Americana/Regional Interest

Keywords: California |Montague History of Oil |Kenny Arthur Franks|Paul F. Lambert|petroleum|Western Americana

John Arthur

Realist Drawings & Watercolors: Contemporary American Works on Paper

Hartford, Connecticut, New York Graphic Society, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Twenty-four full color drawings, 84 in black-and-white, printed on high-gloss paper, including works by Alfred Leslie, Wayne Thiebaud, Chuck Close, Ben Schonzeit, Janet Fish, Yvonne Jacquette, Alice Neel and others. [7], 8-144 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 351905

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: realism realist art art history

California College of Arts and Crafts

Master of Fine Arts Graduates, California College of Arts and Crafts

Oakland, California, California College of Arts and Crafts, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. A fine and due homage to the 1969 graduates of the California College of Arts and Crafts, bound in printed softpaper wraps in oblong, and featuring the works of James Harvey Albertson, Richard Allen, Craig Brigham Douglas Char, Michael Cullen, Tomi De Paola, Donald H. de Viveiros, John Dumas, Adna Gissoiano Ertas, Frank Gaard, John Hara, Roger E. Kast, Donna Kieszcz, Donna Mossholder, Robert Mumm, Arthur E. Nelson, Eunice M. Prieto, Susan Grofsick Rago, David Burrell Richardson, Barbara J. Rogers, Ira Sharkey Merlin, Stone John Sumner and George T. Wray.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 353420

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: California College of Arts and Crafts James Harvey Albertson Richard Allen Craig Brigham Douglas Char Michael Cullen TOmi De Paola Donald H. de Viveiros John DumasAdna Gissoiano Ertas Frank Gaard John Hara Roger E. Kast Donna Kieszcz Donna Mossholder Robe

McFadden, David Revere, Guest Curator, Museum of Arts & Design

Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting

New York, Museum of Arts & Design, 2008. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine and fine-looking exhibition catalog from a show of the same name, held in 2007. Foreword by Holly Hotchner, then an Introduction by David Revere McFadden, and then contributions by Jennifer Scanlan, Liz Collins, Freddie Robins, Erna van Sambeek, Yoshiki Hishinuma, Barbara Zucker, Ruth Marshall, Annet Couwenberg, Janet Echelman, Dave Cole, Althea Merback, Henk Wolvers, Niels van Eijk, Bennet Battalle, Sabrina Gschwandnter, Cat Mazza, Francois Dupre, Shane Waltener, Cal Lane, Piper Shepard, Elana Herzog, Eugene van Veldhoven, Hildur Bjarnadottir, Carson Fox, Hilal Sami Hilal, Edward Mayer, Sheila Pepe, and Anne Wilson. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated wraps, in gate-fold. [5], 6-141 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 348887

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Holly Hotchner|David Revere McFadden|Liz Collins|Freddie Robins|Erna van Sambeek|Yoshiki Hishinuma|Barbara Zucker|Ruth Marshall|Annet Couwenberg|Janet Echelman|Dave Cole|Althea Merback|Henk Wolvers|Niels van Eijk|Bennet Battalle|Sabrina Gschwandnter|Cat M

Dickins, Asbury and John W. Forney

American State Papers. Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, from the Second Session of the Nineteenth to the Second Session of the Twenty-First Congress, Commencing January 12, 1827, and Ending March 1, 1824-1827, Class VI, Volumes II and III, Naval Affairs

Washington, D.C., Gales & Seaton, 1860. . Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two remarkably attractive ardcover copies, Volume II and Volume III, rebound and with new endpapers and gilt-stamped titles to spines, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; ex-library, but only minimally so, there being an ink-stamp to each volume at title page noting that the volume had once been in the U.S. Congressional Library, but with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Massively heavy, oversized volumes. Occasional smudging to or crimping of pages, else, tightly bound, clean and unmarked of interiors. This volume is given over to "Naval Affairs" mostly from the 1820s, 1830s and 1840s. An incomparable set of primary documents for the scholar of U.S. history, the U.S. Navy, navigation, and military history.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 346717

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: American State Papers|U.S. Congress|19th Congress|20th Congress|21st Congress