Pioneer Artists of Taos by Bickerstaff, Laura M

Denver, CO: Old West Publishing Co, 1983. Revised and updated edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 227 pages; 6 1/8 x 9 3/8" A study on the six founding members of the Taos Society of Artists: Joseph H. Sharp; Oscar E. Berninghaus; Ernest L. Blumenschein; Bert G. Phillips; E. Irving Couse; W. Herbert Dunton. Some foxing on various pages; jacket spine is lightly faded; jacket edges and corners are worn; jacket top spine edge is creased with 1/2" tear; light foxing to inside jacket; jacket in mylar sleeve.

Paris: Editions Bourrelier et Cie, 1936. First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rear Middle Butterscotch leather with marbled board. [8]+5-235p+[3],dep,illus. Beautiful contemporary leather binding .Owners book plate on paste-down. Interior fine French text. Soft cover has been rebound

Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1983. Hardbound. Good/Fair; with some margin notations in ink and wear and one large tear to dj; with one ex-lib. plate. Orange cloth with navy lettering; light blue dj with color illustration and white lettering; 227 pp. with numerous bw and color illustrations. The Taos Society was founded in 1915 to provide a link between artists in the tiny, isolated New Mexico village and the major American art markets. This study includes the six founding members: Joseph Sharp, Oscar Berninghaus, Ernest Blumenschein, Bert Phillips, E. Irving Couse, and W. Herbert Dunton as well as artists who later joined the Society.

Denver: Sage Books, 1955. Retired library copy, usual stamps, stickers, labels, markings, and front card pocket, age toned end papers, dust jacket flap remnants tipped in at back end papers, else clean and tight. Rebound in buckram, bumped at head and foot of spine, bumped corners, library stamp on front cover. 93pp.. Buckram. Good. Illus. by B&W Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover.

Old West Publishing, 1983. Revised and Expanded. Light bump to lower spine, still fine in very good, rubbed and slightly edge worn dust jacket, with one small chip and closed tear to back panel..

Denver: Sage Books. Very Good. (1955). Hardcover. 93 pages, maroon boards with black printing. Former owner signature on the front free endpaper. Otherwise this is a bright, nice copy. Very Good in a slightly edge chipped dust jacket. .

Denver: Old West Publishing. Very Good +. 1983. 0912094214 REVISED & EXPANDED EDITION . 8vo, 227 pp, VG+ in moderately worn dust jacket (ink gift inscription on ffep). Well illustrated in color and b&w. Revised and expanded edition: four additional chapters have been added since this book was first published in 1955. Still an essential work. .

Fine / near fine. First new revised edition. Originally published in 1955 by the author. The Taos Society was formed in 1915 by 6 artists for the purpose of reaching a larger audience. Although is disbanded in 1927, it created a larger community who, not only came to work, but stayed the rest of their lives. This revised edition is twice a long as the original edition and contains 4 additional chapters. The book is in fine, like new condition. The jacket shows shelf wear, but the corners are square and the pages are clean and unmarked. The jacket is protected in mylar.

Denver:: Sage Books/Alan Swallow. VG, unmarked, illus. Hardback; owner's name; DJ-fair, soiled,. c. 1955. ISBN: several tears to 3/4". 93 pp.. Catalogs: ART. Keywords: ART, NEW MEXICO, TAOS, BIOGRAPHY, ARTS, AB2005.

Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1983. Hardbound. VG / G (Ex-lib., label at spine of book and dj., pencil markings at ffep and title page; Moderate wear to extremities of dj.). Orange cloth with navy lettering; light blue dj with color illustration and white lettering; 227 pp. with numerous bw and color illustrations. Revised and expanded edition. The Taos Society was founded in 1915 to provide a link between artists in the tiny, isolated New Mexico village and the major American art markets. This study includes the six founding members: Joseph Sharp, Oscar Berninghaus, Ernest Blumenschein, Bert Phillips, E. Irving Couse, and W. Herbert Dunton as well as artists who later joined the society. Signed by the author.