(Arnould, Sophie). (Lalauze, Adolphe). Douglas, Robert B.

Sophie Arnould: Actress and Wit.

Paris: Charles Carrington, 1898. 1898. - Large octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & the covers are bumped. x, [ii] & 272 pages plus 4-page publisher's ad, partially unopened. lllustrated with 7 copperplate engravings by Adolphe Lalauze. The book is cracked at page 64. The bottom corners of the last 60 pages are creased. The plates are somewhat darkened as a result of contact with their tissue guards. Good.

Limited edition of 500 copies. Good .

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Book number: 4448

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; OPERA. OPERA SINGER; SINGER; FRENCH; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; SOPHIE ARNOULD; BIOGRAPHY; ROBERT B. DOUGLAS; ENGRAVINGS; COPPER-PLATE ENGRAVINGS; PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS; ADOLPHE LALAUZE; NINETEENTH CENURY; 19TH CENTURY; LIMITED EDITION.

Arosio, Giuseppe

Chiese Nuove Verso IL Terzo Millennio: Diocesi Di Milano 1985-2000

(Milano): Electa, (2000). (2000). (Milano): Electa, (2000). (2000). Very good. - Quarto [11 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The head & tail of the spine and the top corner of the rear wrap are lightly chipped. 166 & [1] pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white with photographic illustrations and architectural drawings & plans. There is a glue stain with the remnants of a price-sticker on the front endpaper. Very good.

The author quotes a study that finds that 300 churches were built in the diocese of Milan between 1945 and 1995. He sets out to give an account of the fifty churches built or in the course of construction from 1985 to 2000. The text is in Italian. Very good .

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Book number: 27617

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE; 20TH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE; ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE; RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE; CHURCHES; DIOCESE OF MILAN; CHIESE NUOVE VERSO IL TERZO MILLENNIO: DIOCESI DI MILANO 1985-2000; GIUSEPPE AROSIO; ILLUSTRATIONS; ARCHITEC

(Arp, Hans). Last, R.W.

Hans Arp, the Poet of Dadaism.

London: Oswald Wolff, 1969. 1969. London: Oswald Wolff, 1969. 1969. Very good. - Small octavo, 7-1/2 inches high by 5 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in burgundy boards titled in gilt on the spine in a printed violet dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly soiled and rubbed with a few small stains and the jacket's spine is faded. 128 pages, illustrated with 4 full-page plates. The bottom corners of a few pages are lightly creased. Very good. First edition. "Modern German Authors Tests and Contexts, Volume One". Very good .

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Book number: 98038

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; LITERARY BIOGRAPHY; LITERARY CRITICISM; HAND ARP, THE POET OF DADAISM; R.W. LAST; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATIONS; ILLUSTRATED; PLATES.

Arrigo, Girolamo

Pagine Di Diario: Parigi. (Catalog)

(Milano): Edizione Gabriele Mazzotta, (1999). (1999). (Milano): Edizione Gabriele Mazzotta, (1999). (1999). Fine. - Small octavo [9-3/8 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], pictorial gray wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed with 2 small stickers on the rear wrap. 45 & [2] pages. A sticker has been removed from the half-title, else near fine.

Catalog for an exhibition curated by the photographer. The text, which includes essays by Gaetano d'Andrea and Girolamo Arrigo and a bio of the photographer, is in Italian, with the exception of the brief introduction by J. M. Ribes which is printed in Italian and French. Fine .

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Book number: 5684

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHER; ITALIAN; GIROLAMO ARRIGO; FRANCE; PARIS; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; J. M. RIBES; GAETANO D'ANDREA; PAGINE DI DIARIO: PARIGI.

(Brooklyn Museum of Art).

African Masks: Brooklyn Museum of Art 2001 Calendar.

Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum of Art, (2000). (2000). - A 13 inch high by 12 inch wide quarto-sized illustrated calendar, with 12 full-page color illustrations of African masks displayed in the museum's exhibition. Fine in the original shrink wrap. "For five thousand years and more, masks have played a central part in the ceremonial life of Africa. Their functions are complex and diverse; masks play a part in birth celebrations and funerals, initiations of young people into adulthood, and rituals to protect against witchcraft. They are intercessors with the world of spirits, teachers of social values, and sometimes simple providers of diversion." [Quoted from the rear cover]. Fine .

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Book number: 97064

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ART; ILLUTRATED; AFRICAN MASKS; BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART CALENDAR 2001; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR PLATES; YEARLY CALENDAR.

National Gallery of Art and Federal Security Agency

Arts and Crafts: A Bibliography for Craftsmen

Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1949. 1949. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1949. 1949. Very good. - Octavo, printed gray wrappers. The spine & extremities are slightly darkened. 80 pages. Very good.

Prepared by the National Gallery of Art, Index of American Design in collaboration with the Federal Security Agency, Office of Education, Division of Vocational Education. Very good .

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Book number: 31878

Catalogue: Crafts

Keywords: ARTS & CRAFTS; REFERENCE; ARTS AND CRAFTS: A BIBLIOGRAPY FOR CRAFTSMAN; NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, INDEX OF AMERICAN DESIGN; FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY, OFFICE OF EDUCATION, DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.

(Artaud, Antonin). Greene, Naomi

Antonin Artaud: Poet without Words. Introduction by Janet Flanner

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1970). (1970). New York: Simon and Schuster, (1970). (1970). Good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The top & bottom edges of the covers & the head of the spine are slightly faded. The dust jacket is rubbed with soiling to the rear wrap. The head & tail of the spine & the top of the rear fold are chipped & there is a small tear with a tiny piece out near the top edge of the rear wrap. 256 pages. There are small stains to the fore-edge & to the front margins of several pages. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 14358

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE; AVANTGARDE THEATRE; FRENCH; ACTOR; AUTHOR; SURREALISTS; ANTONIN ARTAUD: POET WITHOUT WORDS; NAOMI GREENE; THEATRE OF CRUELTY; JANET FLANNER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Artaud, Antonin). Sellin, Eric

The Dramatic Concepts of Antonin Artaud

Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, (1968). (1968). Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, (1968). (1968). Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. There is some light spotting to the covers. The dust jacket is slightly soiled with a short tear to the top edge of the rear panel. xiii, [i] & 190 pages. 2 black-and- white illustrations. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 15655

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; AVANTGARDE THEATRE; THEATRE OF CRUELTY; THE DRAMATIC CONCEPTS OF ANTONIN ARTAUD; THEATRE THEORY; ERIC SELLIN; FRENCH; AUTHOR; ACTOR; DIRECTOR; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Haulot. Arthur

Flying the Colours of Belgium. Preface by John L. Brown. Translated and Adapted by Marnix Gijsen

Brussels: Editions Est-Ouest, (1964). (1964). Brussels: Editions Est-Ouest, (1964). (1964). Good. - Oblong 4to, tan cloth backed color pictorial paper covered boards (bumped; rear board soiled with small brown stains) titled in B&W. 131 pp. plus colophon (front hinge just starting; page edges darkened) printed on one side only. 26 color plates. Good.

From the library of Leonard Bernstein [Sotheby Sale 7070, Lot #144], inscribed to him on the front endpaper by the Commissioner of Tourism: "Au Maitre Leonard Bernstein, en signe de bienvenue a Bruxelles, et en temoignage de ma tres vive admiration / [?] / Commissaire general du Tourisme / 22/8/1968".

The author writes in his introductory "Letters to a Friend": "My purpose, in these few pages, is to invite you to wander around in our provinces, from Flanders to Wallonia, from Wallonia to Flanders, through Brabant looking for that 'multiple splendor' of a country whose narrow borders make all the more astonishing its vast natural and artistic variety." . Good .

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Book number: 638

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: TRAVEL; HISTORY; BELGIUM; WALLONIA; FLANDERS; BRABANT; ARTHUR HAULOT; JOHN L. BROWN; MARNIX GIJSEN; MUSIC; COMPOSER; CONDUCTOR; AMERICAN; LEONARD BERNSTEIN.

Price, John M. (1918-2009). Well-known artist and cartoonist, a contributor to Collier's and the Saturday Evening Post.

Card Signed by Notable Artist and Cartoonist John M. Price.

Circa [1940s]. [1940s]. - A crean-colored 2-3/8 inch high by 3-3/8 inch wide card is boldly signed in black ink "John M Price". Near fine. John M. Price [1918-2009] was a notable artist and cartoonist. He contributed to Collier's magazine and the Saturday Evening Post. Fine .

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Book number: 95975

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; ARTIST; CARTOONIST; CONTRIBUTOR TO COLLIER'S AND SATURDAY EVENING POST; CARD SIGNED BY JOHN M.PRICE; SIGNED CARD; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH.

Artmann, H. C.

Nachtwindsucher: Osterreichische Haiku.

(Berlin): Rainer Verlag, (1986). (1986). - Small octavo [approximately 6 inches high by 4 inches wide], softcover bound in blue & white decorative wrappers. Unnumbered pages, including 61 poems, a full-page black-and-white portrait of the author & a colophon. Near fine. Second printing. Fine .

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Book number: 33498

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; GERMAN AUHOR; H. C. ARTMANN; NACHTWINDSUCHER: OSTERREICHISCHE HAIKU; PORTRAIT.

The American Institute of Graphic Arts.

The Fifth Book Auction. Sardi's Restaurant... . Tuesday Evening, March 21, 1939.

New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1939. 1939. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed pink wrappers with a vignette in black on the front cover. The bottom corner of the front wrap is creased with a tiny chip. Unpaginated. Very good. Catalogue for an AIGA book auction held at Sardi's restaurant in New York City on March 21, 1939.129 items are listed. From the library of E. Harold Hugo of the Meriden Gravure Company with a price penciled by him beside each item and a few of his pencil notes in the margins & on a rear blank. Laid in is an envelope addressed to Hugo containing an invitation to the Book Auction Dinner at Sardi's preceding the auction with a Return Reservation Card. Very good .

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Book number: 95799

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC ARTS; AIGA; AUCTION CATALOGUE; FIFTH AIGA BOOK AUCTION; E. HAROLD HUGO'S COPY; HUGO'S NOTES; PRICES.

(Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences)

The Twelfth Year Book of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Founded 1824. Re-Chartered1824, 1843, 1862. The Present Charter Granted in 1890. 1899-1900. Containing the Names of Officers and Members, Copies of the Constitution and by-Laws, a Brief History of the Institute, an Account of the Work of 1899-1900, and a Copy of the Laws Relating Specifically to the Corporation

Brooklyn, NY: The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1900. 1900. Brooklyn, NY: The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1900. 1900. Good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in black. The covers are bumped, rubbed & soiled with some staining to the rear cover & the bottom edge of the front cover. The spine is rubbed & somewhat faded with 3 tiny tears to the cloth of the front joint. 478 pages plus ads. Black-and-white illustrations. The ad pages are darkened. The edges of the text pages are slightly darkened & there is some light staining to the first illustration. Good. Good .

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Book number: 9076

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW YORK; BROOKLYN; THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 1899-1900; YEAR BOOK; TWELFTH YEAR BOOK; ART; SCIENCE; REFERENCE; ILLUSTRATIONS; MUSEUM.

(Artschwager, Richard). Armstrong, Richard

Artschwager (French Edition)

(Paris): Editions du Centre Pompidou). (1989). (1989). (Paris): Editions du Centre Pompidou). (1989). (1989). Fine. - Quarto [approximately 9-1/2 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. 127 & [1] pages. Profusely illustrated with plates and full-page illustrations in color and black & white. Near fine.

Catalog for an exhibition organized by Richard Armstrong for the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and shown at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris from July 7 to September 17th, 1989. The text, which is in French, includes an interview with Artschwager by Bernard Blistene. Fine .

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Book number: 32776

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; AMERICAN ART; AMERICAN ARTIST; AMERIAN SCULPTOR; RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER; ILLUSTRATED CATALOG; RICHARD ARMSTRONG; INTERVIEW; BERNARD BLISTENE; EXHIBITION; CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU.

(Artschwager, Richard). Armstrong, Richard; Cathcart, Linda L.; Delehanty, Suzanne

Richard Artschwager's Theme(S)

Albright-Knox Art Gallery/Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania/La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, (1979). (1979). Albright-Knox Art Gallery/Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania/La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, (1979). (1979). Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 10 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is slightly rubbed at the extremities & the head of the spine is very lightly chipped. 103 pages. Profuse illustrations, mostly in black & white. Near fine.

Catalog for an exhibition cooperatively organized by and seen at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY, the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Contemporary Art and the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art in 1979 and early 1980. Very good .

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Book number: 25874

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; AMERICAN ART; TWENTIETH CENTURY ART; 20TH CENTURY ART; AMERICAN ARTIST; SCULPTOR; RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER'S THEME(S); SCULPTURES; DRAWINGS; INSTALLATIONS; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; RICHARD ARMSTRONG; LINDA L. CATHCART; SUZANNE DELEHANTY; ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART