Babelon, Jean

Cervantes: Notice Sur Sa Vie Et Son Oeuvre

Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, 1947. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. French language text. Fine black-and-white portrait of Cervantes by Juan Jauregui at frontis. An exhibition catalog organized by the L'Union Nationale des Intellectuels. 52 pp. of bibliography of Cervantes' work, being 306 items by and about him. Toning to text-block, but clean and unmarked.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 347419

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Jean Babelon|Miguel Cervantes

Bachrach, Fred G.H.

Turner's Holland

New York, Tate Gallery, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy of a fine-looking gallery exhibit catalog, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Fine duotone at frontis, then several score more black-and-white, duotone and full-color reproductions of Turner's finest works. 71 pp. Complete with Foreword, Sponsors' Forewords, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Explanatory Note, Turner's Holland (the catalog proper), then selected topographical sketches and list of exhibited works.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 351393

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Fred G.H. Bachrach|J.M. Turner English artists landscape artists gallery exhibit catalog

Baer, Nancy Van Norman, ed.

Theatre in Revolution: Russian Avant-Garde Stage Design, 1913-1935

New York / San Francisco, Thames and Hudson / The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1992. . 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 beyond light crimp to front first few pages. Contributions by the editor, Nancy Van Norman Baer, and then by John E. Bowlt, Mel Gordon, Valerii Gubin, Simon Karlinsky, Mikhail Kolesnikov, Georgii Kovalenko, Nicoletta Misler, Steven A. Nash and Elizabeth Souritz. 207 pp., and here are the contents: Harry S. Parker III provides the Preface, and the editor, the Acknowledgments, and then Valerii Gubin, "Introduction to Alexei Bakrushin and his theatrical museum"; "The early twentieth-Century Cultural Revival and the Russian merchant class" by Simon Karlinsky; "Design and movement in the theatre of the Russian avant-garde," by Nancy Van Norman Baer; "The construction of caprice: the Russian avant-garde onstage," by John E. Bowlt; "The Russian avant-garde and the theatre of the artist," by Mikhail Kolesnikov; "East meets west: Russian stage design and the European avant-garde," by Steven A. Nash; "Russian eccentric theatre: the rhythm of America on the early Soviet stage," by Mel Gordon; "Constructivism and dance," by Elizabeth Souritz; "The constructivist stage," by Georgii Kovalenko; "Designing gestures in the laboratory of dance," by Nicoletta Misler; and then sections devoted to "Manifestos of the Russian avant-garde," Slected plot summaries, an Exhibition Checklist, and then a full Index.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 347295

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Nancy Van Norman Baer|Russian avant-garde theatre|theatre design|stage design|Soviet art|Soviet theatre|Russian theatre

Bailey, Chris H.

Two Hundred Years of American Clocks & Watches

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, A Rutledge Book, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1975. 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 brown cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond light wear to top edge, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 254 pp., with Selected Bibliography and Suggested Readings, Bibliography, and Index. Replete with black-and-white and full-color illustrations and photographs.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 348187

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Chris H. Bailey|American clocks|horology|watches

Bain, George

Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction

London, Constable, 1990. Fourteenth Impression. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy in tall quarto-size format, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustrated stiff card stock wraps. Stated 14th Impression of this marvelous survey of Irish art history through its crafts and methods of making them, interlacing and knotwork to border designs; knotwork panels and spirals, key patterns and zoomorphics and other forms and methods. Well illustrated throughout in black-and-white including photographs. 163 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 356094

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: George Bain Celtic Art art history Ireland Irish art history frontispieces knotwork interlacing

Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn, ed.

Nalini Malani: In Search of Vanished Blood

Ostfildern, Germany, Hatje Cantz, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, bound in colorful pictorial covers, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Complete with DVD. A fine example of a student research project from 2014 in the field of art history and performance art, with contributions the editor, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, a Foreword from the anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, and with additional contributions from them and from Andreas Huyssen and Johan Pijnappel, and an interview between Appadurai and the artist Nalini Malani. Spectacularly illustrated and 95 pp. of text.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 353662

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev Arjun Appadurai Andreas Huyssen

Baker, Kenneth

Klaus Fussmann: Self Portraits and Landscapes on Canvas and Paper

New York, Lefebre Gallery, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 12mo 7" - 7. Uncommonly found in the trade, there being currently one additional copy available. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog from a show in 1985. Minor wear of covers. Three copies available, clean, unmarked text-block, and with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Square format, measuring 6 1/4" on a size, glossy black-and-white cover and illustrations interior, with a short essay about the exhibit to honor Fussmann by Kenneth Baker. Staple-bound, unpaginated, but 12 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 355551

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Kalinowski Alain Bosquet Horst Antes Jean-Michel Folon Francois Mathey Antonio Segui Ellen Schwartz Christian Dotremont artist exhibit catalog Reinhoud Lefebre Gallery

Baldry, A. Lys

Burne-Jones

London, T.C. & A.C. Jack, . . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Another fine contribution to the series, Masterpieces in Colour. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in publisher's original green cloth, with black lettering and illustrations thereto. First ten pages have damp-staining to right edges, not affecting text, then disappearing, springing surely from illustrated dust jacket, protected by Brodart, staining to bottom right edge. Else a clean and serviceable copy of a fine and accessible biography of the English painter Edward Burne-Jones. 78 pp., rough-cut, with final edge untrimmed.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good/Good,

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Book number: 349981

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Edward Burne-Jones

Barasch, Moshe

Crusader Figural Sculpture in the Holy Land: Twelfth Century Examples from Acre Nazareth and Belvoir Castle

Rutgers, New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Orange lettering over black cloth spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, sunning of orange lettering on cover to yellow on spine, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Fifty illustrations in black-and-white drawn from areas as disparate as Acre (Accra), Nazareth, and Belvoir Castle. [5] 6-237 pp. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 347023

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Moshe Barasch|Belvoir Castle|12th century art history|Holy Land|Crusades|Holy Land art history|Christianity

Rose, Barbara and Edy de Wilde

Ellsworth Kelly: The Focussed Vision: Paintings and Sculptures 1963 - 1979

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Stedelijk Museum, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Tall copy in printed wraps, at 68 pp., being a catalog from the show sponsored by the Stedelijk Museum 13.12.1979 - 3.2.1980 and at three other venues. Text in English and Dutch, lots of black-and-white and 13 color illustrations, depicting 39 works in the exhibition.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347313

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Ellsworth Kelly|artist monograph|exhibition catalog|Barbara Rose|Dutch language|California artists

Rose, Barbara and Edy de Wilde

Ellsworth Kelly: The Focussed Vision: Paintings and Sculptures 1963 - 1979 / Ellsworth Kelly: De Scherp Gerichte Blik: Schilderijen En Beelden 1963-1979

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Stedelijk Museum, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Tall copy in printed wraps, at 68 pp., being a catalog from the show sponsored by the Stedelijk Museum 13.12.1979 - 3.2.1980 and at three other venues, London, Paris and Baden-Baden, also in 1980. Text in English and Dutch, lots of black-and-white and 13 color illustrations, depicting 39 works in the exhibition. Fine black-and-white photographs of the author, too.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347496

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Ellsworth Kelly|artist monograph|exhibition catalog|Barbara Rose|Dutch language|California artists

Wedgwood, Barbara and Hensleigh Wedgwood

The Wedgwood Circle 1730-1897: Four Generations of a Family and Their Friends

Westfield, New Jersey, Eastview Editions, 1980, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and engaging family and friends biography beginning with the first Master Potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730-95) and written by a descendant. A fine social history of the decorative arts in England. 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. Card stock-printed genealogy of the Wedgwood Dynasty at front and rear endpapers. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiii [2], 2-386Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 349936

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Hensleigh Wedgwood|Barbara Wedgwood|porcelain|ceramics|Wedgwood

Barber, Fiona

Rita Duffy: The Essential Gesture

, Nicholsen & Bass, for the artist, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Unique in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. From the personal library of the feminist art historian extraordinaire, Dr. Whitney Chadwick, a giant across many fields. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Full-color, full-page reproductions of Fiona Barber's then current best works, printed on high-gloss paper. Unpaginated, but roughly 40 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 353834

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Rita Duffy Fiona Barber

Barbes, Armand

Proces Des Accuses Des 12 Et 13 Mai Devant la Cour Des Pairs: Contenat Les Faits Preliminaires, Les Debats, Les Interrogatoires, Les Depositions Des Temoins, Les Requisitoires, Les Plaidoires, Les Repliques Et L'Arret de Condamnation.

Paris, Pagnerre, Editeur, 1839. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Original printed pink paper wrappers, now sunned, measuring 6" x 9" and protected in a stiff Mylar coat, forward cock to spine. Damp-staining to preliminary pages, but signs of neither odor nor mildew. Wrappers are worn, otherwise clean internally and tightly bound. O.C.L.C. locates seven copies in American libraries and two copies abroad, there being one additional copy in this state (First Edition). French language text. 331 pp., rough-cut, some toning to text.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 345648

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: French language legal system court case

Baro, Gene

Carnegie International 1982

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, distributed by Rizzoli of New York, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with only scant wear and light furling to single tip, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight other shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial covers. Long introduction to the works by Gene Baro. Fine retrospective presentations of the work of several score artists and with 186 full-page reproductions of the artists' works and with artist statements and biographies. Unpaginated, but roughly 200 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 350438

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: John R. Lane|Gene Baro