Obpacher Brothers

From Cliff and Mountain Side

Munich & New York, Obpacher Brothers. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Soft cover. 12pp. No date, circa 1888. Heavy card stock pictorial cover with silver matallic tie. Cover and contents are very clean and unmarked except for owner's name and date (1888) on inside front cover. Dust jacket is edge chipped and lightly soiled and stained but mostly intact. Delicate sepia lithographs of idyllic landscapes on front cover and on each page along with poetic text. A nicely preserved example of this type of illustrated book. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001948

Catalogue: Illustrated, Ephemera, Art

Keywords: Landscapes Seascapes Mountainside

Chwast, Seymour; Heller, Steven (Editors)

The Art of New York

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1983. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. 0810918099. 191pp. Cloth hardcover, silver decoration. Book is in near fine condition, contents are clean. Very good dustjacket has very little wear, but a couple of small scratches on rear panel. New York as seen by the major artists of the 20th century. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 000539

Catalogue: Illustrated, Art and Architecture

Keywords: Bellows Benton Glackens Glaser Haas Marin O'Keeffe Sloan Steinberg 0810918099

Ministero de Ejercito

Évolución Histórica de Los Uniformes Militares Argentinos

Argentina, Ministerio de Éjercito, 1950. First Edition, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Soft cover. 20 láminas a color, 12 páginas descripción de las láminas en carpeta. La carpeta ésta sucia y rota a lo largo de los bordes, pero los illustraciones están en condiciones agradables. 20 color plates, 12 pages of descriptions in folder, in Spanish language. Folder is overall soiled and torn along edges, but the illustrations are in very nice condition. A very attractive set of beautifully executed military color illustrations. Good.

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Book number: 001598

Catalogue: Illustrated, Military, Art

Keywords: Espagnol Uniforms Argentina

Godefroy, J.

De Romaansche Stijl (1000-1250) En Het Overgangstijdperk Naar De Gothiek

Amsterdam, Wed. J. Ahrend En Zoon's, 1912. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 155pp. Green bevelled decorative boards, gilt lettering. Met 21 platen en meer 300 figuren tusschen den text. 21 plates and 300 in text illustrations. Corners and spine chipped, light scuffing, hinges splitting and some internal separation but holding, endpapers darkened, text lightly tanned, occasional light pencil underlining. Text is in Dutch language. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001183

Catalogue: Illustrated, Art, Architecture

Keywords: Gothic "Middle Ages"

Keren Hayesod

Israel Art Calendar 5717---1956/1957

Tel Aviv, Lion the Printer, 1956. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. Unpaginated. Spiral bound 12 month calendar with a color illustration for each month by Israeli artists. Produced by Keren Hayesod United Israel Appeal. In clean and sound condition. Very Good.

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Book number: 001620

Catalogue: Illustrated, Judaica, Art

Keywords: Israel "Arthur Hantke"

Kaulbach, William

Schiller-Gallery. From the Original Drawings

New York, Stroefer & Kirchner. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. William Kaulbach. 115pp, 22 plates. Embossed leather cover, gilt lettering to cover and spine, inside dentelles to boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Edges worn, chip to head of spine, interior is mildly toned but sound and all plates are clean and unmarked. 22 sepia-tone plates, including frontispiece, are mounted to individual stiff cardstock pages, and each is followed by a brief description. Good.

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Book number: 002699

Catalogue: Illustrated, Art

Keywords: Drawings

Leslie, Robert L. and Seitlin, Percy

PM : An Intimate Journal For Production Managers, Art Directors and their Associates. April-May 1938 (Vol IV, No 6.)

New York, PM Publishing Co. 1938. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. Aubrey Beardsley. 16pp. 50 plates. Light wear, spine missing, contents are complete. Cover features New York Central poster. Includes 50 prints selected from the American Institute of Graphic Arts with 1938 prices listed. Good.

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Book number: 004390

Catalogue: Art, Decorative Arts, Illustrated

Lindsay, Norman

Favourite Etchings

London and Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1977. 1st Edition, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. 0207135290. Black cloth, gilt decoration, white lettering. Unpaginated. Book is in near fine condition. Dust jacket spine mildly sunned, still very good condition. 100 plates of Norman Lindsay's etchings, preceded by an introduction by Daniel Thomas. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 004679

Catalogue: Art, Illustrated

Keywords: Etchings "Norman Lindsay" 0207135290

Rey, Robert

Choix de Soixante-quatre Dessins de Edouard Manet (Dessins et Peintures des Maitres du XIXe Siècle a Nos Jours)

Paris, Braun & Cie. 1932. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Siegmund Forst. 47 plates of black and white reproductions, 3 pages of text. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, original dust jacket. Light soil and dampstaining to covers, Light dampstaining to some edges, not affecting plates or text. Dust jacket is soiled and slightly chipped. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 001516

Catalogue: Illustrated, Art

Keywords: Sketches Drawings

Rosenberg, Adolf (Introduction)

The Work of Rembrandt Reproduced in Over Five Hundred Illustrations

New York, Brentano's, 1907. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 392pp. Red hardcover, gilt design to cover and spine, top edges gilt. FIRST EDITION. Spine faded and missing small piece at top of spine, a chip at midpoint and wear at bottom, covers still bright, faint spot to top edges, hinges tender but binding is tight. Frontispiece and half-title page loose but holding, contents are lightly age-toned. Illustrations of over 500 works by Rembrandt arranged chronologically. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000597

Catalogue: Illustrated, Art and Architecture

Keywords: "Van Rijn" Leyden

Singer, Curt ; Meysels, Theodore F.,

This Is Jerusalem ; Twelve Miniatures and Five Pen Drawings By Curt Singer, Commentary By Theodor F. Meysels

Tel Aviv, E.J. Herzfelder, 0. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. Curt Singer. 13pp commentary, 12miniatures. No date, circa 1950s. Stiff pictorial cardboard stock folder, 13 page commentary and 12 tipped-in color illustrations on individual sheets. One pen drawing is on cover and 4 are within the text of the commentary. Overall light soiling to cover and slight pucker to inside flaps. Color miniatures are clean and sound. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001507

Catalogue: Illustrated, Art

Keywords: Israel "Holy City" "Damascus Gate" Wall

Urban, Paul (Book Layout)

Das Werk Des Malers Diego Rivera

Berlin, Neuer Deutscher Verlag, 1928. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Diego Rivera. Unpaginated 60 pages printed one side only. Light soil to cover, backstrip half missing, contents and all illustrations are clean, slight staple rust to endpapers, bookseller's label on front free endpaper. Text is in German, illustration captions in German and Russian. Good.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 003533

Catalogue: Illustrated, Art

Keywords: Fresken Frescoes