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New York:: Watson-Guptill / Art Directors Club of New ,, 1947.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in cream cloth with brown lettering. . First edition. Introduction by Edward L. Bernays. Includes work by Jacob Lawrence, Matthew Liebowitz, Ben Stahl, Thomas Benton, Jan Balet, Dong Kingman, Carol Blanchard Edward Weston, Walker Evans, Cecil Beaton, Grandma Moses, Andrew Wyeth and many others - most in black and white but some in full color. Small quarto, illustrated throughout, some in full color, most in black and white. Includes index of artists and of advertisers. 190 pp of the exhibits plus list of artists and 11 additional pages showing how the ads actually appeared in the magazine and full page ads for advertising agencies and others. 316 pp.

New York:: Norton,, (2014). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. A book which explores what it means to be a real artist in the real world - one which offers access to a range of artists, from international superstars to unheralded art teachers. Included are accounts of visits with Ai Weiwei before and after his imprisonment and with Jeff Koons as he woos new customers in London, Frankfurt, and Abu Dhabi. Thornton meets Yayoi Kusama in her studio around the corner from the Tokyo asylum that she calls home and spends time with Laurie Simmons, Carroll Dunham, and their daughters Lena and Grace and many others. SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. Photographs, bibliography, index. xvi, 430 pp.

New York:: Museum of Modern Art, New York,, (1972). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (neat comment on title page, price-clipped, some light edgewear to dj). First printing. A comprehensive book on African textiles and personal adornments, with examples selected from over 2400 items in 77 private and public collections. Pprepared for 1973 exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Includes textiles, clothing and headresses, as well as decorative arts including jewelry, body tattoos and scarification patterns. Illustrated with 244 photographs, 40 in full color. Map. Notes, bibliography. 240 pp.

Sacramento, CA: : Soloman Dubnick Gallery, , 1998.. SIGNED first edition -. Very near fine in glossy white stapled wrappers.. First printing. Exhibition catalogue, illustrated in black and white and with full color plates. SIGNED on the title page by both artists. Includes exhibition list, articles and reviews. Oblong format. Unpaginated [20 pp.]

Monterey, CA:: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, , 1991.. First edition -. Fine in plain white inner wrappers, with stone illustrated wrappers with oversized self flaps.. First printing in wrappers. Catalogue for November 1, 1991-February 2, 1991 exhibition at the Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art curated and with an introduction by Jo Farb Hernandez, who notes that Shepp created some new pieces specifically for this installation. Essays by Mark Levy and Phyllis Tuchman. 36pp. Includes exhibition checklist and history. Illustrated with both full color and black and white photographs of indoor and outdoor installed sculpture works. Slightly oversized format, 36 pp.

Hastings-on-Hudson, New York:: Newington-Cropsey Cultural Studies Center, , 2004.. First edition -. Very near fine.. First appearance in print of these works. Includes essays on the unfinished print, time in the arts, the painting of children by John Singer Sargent, light in photography, and the Glencairn museum. Book reviews and a report on gallery exhibilitons. Illustrated in full color. 55 pp. Small magazine format.

Hastings-on-Hudson, New York:: Newington-Cropsey Cultural Studies Center, , 2003.. First edition -. Very near fine.. First appearance in print of these works. Includes essays on the Morgan library, on Christianity and art, Frederick Turner, Robert Morris's architectural theory, a report on gallery exhibilitons and more. Illustrated in full color. 58 pp. Small magazine format.

New York: W. W. Norton. , (2008). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a large square trade paperback. The "first comphrensive history of the photo booth . . the story of its invention, technological evolution, and its commercial use in the United States and Canada. Includes a extensive illustrations culled from twenty-five years of collecting." Foreword by David Haberstitch. 223 pp.

Amsterdam:: V.O.C.,, (1981). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.. First edition. A small, slim book with 38 paintings of angels by German artist Sulamith Wulfing - most in full color. Wulfing's parents were theosophists and for the first years of her life they lived in complete seclusion. From an early age, she had visions of angels, fairies and elvin spirits and these inspired her art. Each illustration is accompanied only by a brief title because she wanted to leave any "explanation of the drawings completely to the viewer." Unpaginated.

Amsterdam:: Institute of Contemporary Art,, 1991.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a near fine dustjacket.. First printing. Includes a Foreword by Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa, a fascinating collection of letters between van Doesburg in Paris, and Torres-Garcia of Uraguay and commentary on their art and influence by the artists themselves and such writers as Sebastian Lopez, Nicolle Gast, and Jorge Castillo. Selected bibliography, many full color and black and white illustrations, illustrated endpapers. An attractive volume, bound in black cloth.

Seattle:: The Mountaineers Books,, (2003). SIGNED first edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers, with self-flaps.. First printing, a large trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A book which takes us to a beautiful, wild - and endangered - land. Includes a foreword by Jimmy Carter, poem by Terry Tempest Williams and significant long essays by Peter Matthiessen, Fran Mauer, William H. Meadows, and more. SIGNED by the photographer and author Banerjee on the first page and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated with full color photographs throughout, many full page. Maps. Large square format. 176 pp.

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, 1973.. VG. Trade paperback.

New York:: International Press Associates Psychological Library, , 1951.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in white illustrated boards. . Limited, signed first edition. An introduction to the works of this Hungarian husband and wife team of artists known for their sculpture and ceramic works; the emphasis is on works of a religious nature. The Kormendis were visiting the United States for the World's Fair in 1939 when war broke out and they were unable to return to Hungary. Includes an appreciation - 'Memories of the Danube' - by Dudley C. Watson and 47 black and white plates. One of 250 copies (of a total edition of 1000) SIGNED by both artists. A slim volume, unpaginated.

Chicago:: Art Institute of Chicago,, 1941.. First edition -. Near fine in glossy red wrappers with a pasted on illustration on front cover.. First printing, a trade paperback. Catalogue for exhibition from January 30 to March 2, 1941. Illustrated with 163 black and white plates. Essay on Goya's technique by F. Schmid. Errata slip laid in. Slightly oversized. 93 pp

New York / Jackson, Mississippi:: Museum of American Folk Art in Association With University Press of Mississippi, , (1998). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. Published in conjunction with the exhibition by the same name at the Museum of American Folk Art in 1999 and on tour in Atlanta and Dallas in 2000. This is the most substantial gathering of Rowe's work to date, with 84 full color reproductions of her work and many black and white photographs. which display the artist's extraordinary intuitive color sense and the vibrancy and variety of her work. The daughter of a former slave Rowe lived her entire life in rural Georgia. She used whatever materials were at hand. When painting and drawing on paper, Styrofoam, cardboard, and wood, she favored plain and colored pencils, ink and felt tip pens, and gouache. Jewelry, lace, wigs, felt hats, and eye glasses enhanced her cloth dolls. .. . In these color-saturated works, there is an exuberant and… Read More

Boston:: The Page Company, Publishers, , (1909.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Very uncommon in dust jacket. . First printing. A title in the Art Galleries of Europe series, illustrated with many black and white glossy photographic plates of the paintings. In addition to writing extensively about European art, Singleton (along with Luke Vincent Lockwood) was among the first scholars to systematically study the English and Continental origins of American furniture and to develop the terminology still used for different furniture forms. In addition, she was a musician and musical critic, wrote poetry (she studied with Sidney Lanier), translated fairy tales, edited the series of "Famous... described by Great Writers," and much more. Her books were known for careful insight, historical research and artistic selection - while almost forgotten today, she has probably influenced American culture and collecting far more than we realize. Bound in green… Read More

Boston:: MFA / Museum of Fine Arts,, (2004). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. "Presenting the William and Bertha Teel Collection for the first time, this book provides a chance to think about how our vision of such objects is shaped by the ethnographic, primitive, or modern labels that have been applied in the West, and to compare it to how those same works were viewed in their birthplace. Lavish, full-color illustrations of over 100 choice objects combine forces with essays by leading African art specialists Suzanne Preston Blier, Michael Kan, and Edmund B. Gaither, and object descriptions by the collector himself, to provide a thoughtful and visually stimulating examination of these important African forms" Includes 138 full-color and 9 black-and-white illustrations. Bibliography. Large square format, printed on heavy glossy stock - a beautiful book in every way. 207 pp.

New York & Boston:: Arcade Publishing / Little Brown,, (1990). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine in a near fine (pre-publication price of 40.00 still present on dj flap). First printing. A definitive biography, based in part on previously unpublished documents, of the artist who illustrated "The Wind in the Willows," "Peter Pan," and other classic works. It traces the various phases of his personal and professional life, and illuminates his talents as a portrait and landscape painter. A beautiful book with illustrations of his work on every page - including many full-page, full color paintings. Includes a glossary of printing terms, notes, chronology of his life, a complete list of books he illustrated, bibliography, index and more. Large format. 199 pp.

Santa Fe, NM:: Twin Palms Publishers,, (2002). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A book which captures artists at work - including Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, Allen Ginsberg, Isamu Noguchi, Roy Lichtenstein and many others. Large format with 120 plates of black and white photographs with an essay by Constance W. Glenn SIGNED by Felsen on the title page in silver. One of only 3000 copies. Unpaginated.

San Francisco:: Pomegranate Artbooks,, (1993.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A portrait of the vanishing blues scene in the San Francisco Bay area, featuring striking black and white photographs taken over a period of three years, in the early 1980's, in blues clubs in Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco. Slightly oversized oblong format, printed on heavy glossy stock. 96 pp.