The Sketchbook/Scrapbook of John Papinchak, a remarkably mediocre artist from the 1930s by Papinchak, John

New York Botanical Garden. PAPERBACK. 1/1/2003. 002222 :Very Good uncreased paperback with slight edge wear . Used - Very Good.

Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 1923; 4to, 68 pages. Auction catalogue for the 1923 Frederik Muller public sale of the E. Van Essen private collection of antique Flemish paintings consisting of 137 lots of the works of Bosboom, Breitner, Corot, J. Van Essen, Neuhuys, Poggenbeek, Monticellli, Steelink, Suy, Jacob Maris, Willem Maris, et. al. Twenty-eight pages of descriptive text, in French, together with illustrations of 53 of the items offered for sale, a good number full-page, all beautifully reproduced in finest quality photogravure on heavy card stock by Emrik & Binger, Haarlem, Netherlands. Very Good Plus, in printed heavy wraps that have minor tanning of the outer margins. Text and illustrations Fine in all respects. Crisp, clean, bright, corners sharp, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. A scarce and valuable reference.

Rizzoli, New York, 1984; First Edition, First Printing; Quarto, 752 pages; deep blue cloth; gilt titles; illustrated. Art historian Pierre Schneider’s monumental work on Henri Matisse, fourteen years in the making. Profusely illustrated with 930 illustrations, 220 in full color, a number reproduced for the first time here. Premier authority on the subject. First American Edition, with text in English translated from the French by Michael Taylor and Bridget Strevens Romer. Not a later reprint. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust jacket that has a couple of minor surface wrinkles at the upper portion of the spine panel. Crisp, bright, glossy, corners sharp, no chips or tears, no price-clipping, no ownership signatures.

Fuller Museum of Art, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Unmarked. Catalog for exhibition at the Fuller Museum of Art, Brown University, and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Beautifully illustrated. This exhibit, based on Dion's strong ecological concerns, was culled from a series of pseudo-archaeological digs undertaken in Providence, Brockton and New Bedford. Contributions from Gregory Volk, Leah Rosenmeier, Denise Markonish, Antone G. Souza, Jr., and Murney Gerlach. Photography by Bob Braine. 49p.

Ayma. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1951. First. Hardcover. Spanish-language text. Lavender boards show small rubbed area to front cover. Binding is tight, corners sharp and inner pages clean and unmarked. Pictorial endpapers, 4 tipped-in color plates, lithos, b/w photos. Please Note: This is a heavy title and will require additional shipping for expedited/international orders. .

London: James S. Virtue. Very Good+. 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean marbled boards. Leather spine with gilt decorated raised bands. Leather protected front corners. Marbled page edges. Illustrated with 36 engravings. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Free of foxing. Prior owners book-plate. Lightly rubbed bottom edge of covers. Art; Engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 376 pages .

Alfred A. Knopf in association with Callaway Editions, New York, 1987; First Edition; folio. One hundred sensuous O’Keeffe flower paintings, lavishly reproduced full-page in brilliant color from 8" x 10" color master transparencies which were then scanned to produce the plates. Edited and with informative background text by Nicholas Callaway. Very Fine, in a Very Fine dust jacket and complete in all respects, with publisher’s illustrated wraparound band, separate color illustrated index card to all the flowers, and the original silver-color corrugated cardboard shipping case. A beautifully published and sumptuous book.

G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1923; First Edition; large octavo; red cloth boards; gilt titles; top edges gilt; illustrated. History of the world’s literature and art, from earliest beginnings to date. Authored by renowned poet-dramatist John Drinkwater and artist Sir William Orpen, R.A. Five volumes, containing a total of 1,000 b&w illustrations and 50 color plates. Extensive indices at the back of each volume. Fine in all respects,clean, bright, bindings tight, sound and square, corners sharp, text and illustrations pristine, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. A handsome matched set of a monumental work. Domestic shipping only on this item.

Editions Albert Skira, Paris, 1939; First Edition; tall quarto (11 1/4" x 15 1/4"). Large portfolio of selections from the works of Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, and Camille Pissarro. An entry in the "XIX Century Masterpieces Of French Painting," series printed in Paris in conjunction with French and European Publications, Inc., New York. Authoritative eleven-page English language introduction by Pierre Francastel, containing one in-text tipped-in plate, is followed by 13 beautiful full-page laid-in color plates tipped onto heavy card stock, suitable for framing. Printed in Switzerland. Very Good Plus, tiny chip of the paper covering in the blank area at the uppermost extremity of the spine panel, not affecting titles or graphics. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp. All plates brilliant and Fine.

Graphis Arte Editions, Livorno, 1993; First Edition in English; Limited to 1000 copies; quarto, 275 pages; blue cloth; gilt titles; illustrated. Definitive catalogue raisonné of the graphic work of Marino Marini (1901-1980), the culmination of twenty years of research by Giorgio and Guido Guastalla resulting in considerable changes to the previous cataloguing, ordering, and dating of the artist’s works. Illustrated with over 435 reproductions in color and b&w, quite a number full-page. Exhaustive catalogue at the back with photo, date, and technical data for every graphic work in Marini’s oeuvre. Includes eight previously unpublished works. Foreword by the authors, preface by Marina Marini, the artist’s wife, and eight-page introductory critical essay by renowned Italian art critic Mario de Micheli. Translation to English from the original Italian supervised by Leslie J. Sachs. Finely published and printed on Brilliant Garda Matt paper from the Garda Mill, by Grafiche Favillini in Livorno,… Read More