Search Results: Folk Art from Chequamegon Book Company

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 243 pages. english translateion by Sigrid MacRae. ex-university library copy with spine label removed, no pocket, stamped on top edge of pages, typical internal library stamps (dj now in mylar protector). priority and international shipping will be extra, please inquire; Ex Iibrary; 9 3/4 x 11 7/8

Athens: University of Georgia, 1990. Paperback. Very Good+. Covering basketry, musical instruments, wood carving, quilting, pottery, boatbuilding, blacksmithing, architecture, and graveyard decoration, John Vlach seeks to trace and substantiate widespread African influences in the traditional arts and crafts of black Americans." 175 pages; 8 1/2 x 11

New Yor/Santa Fe: Abrams/Museum of International Folk Art, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Monteaux, Michel (photos). 254 pages, 160 illustrations, including 50 color plates.; 9 1/4 x 11 1/4

Pantheon, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Top edge of pages slightly darkened, top 1 1/4" at spine sundarkened. ; 188 illustrations, 4 color plates. American folk art is highly original and impressive and shows a remarkable kinship to the work of modern artists. ; 9 x 11 1/4 "; 193 pages.

Washingotn DC: National Gallery of Art, 1987. Paperback. Near Fine. Exhibit which traveled from 1988-1990, with essays on American folk art by Banjamin Mason, David Curry, Jane Nylarder. Features trade signs, cravings, decoys, scrimshaw, trade figures, carousel animals, weather vanes and whirligigs, quilts and coverlets, and rugs. 211 pages; 9 x 10 1/2 ''.

New York: Dutton, 1974. Paperback. As New. 392 pages, 726 color and b/w illustrations of wonderful, sometimes eccentric pieces of American folk art.; 8 1/2 x 11

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1995. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good+. ...this book is a glorious colleciton of American folk art by 'ordinary' women of the 18th and 19th centuries." 128 pages, color and b/w plates and illustrations. Spine slightly sunned.; 7 x 10

Honolulu HI: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. Hardcover. fine/fine. The Fifth International Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association, titled 'Art, Performance and Society', called for papers in sessions dealing with 'Production and Performance, 'Social and Cultural Context', 'The Record and the Remainder' and 'The Mission of Museums'. In all, some 60 papers were presented, 24 of which have been included in this book." 318 pages; 8 x 9 1/2

New York: Viking Studio, 1976. Hardcover. Good in Very Good dust jacket. A sound reading copy: stencil samples pasted to endpapers DJ price clipped, small damp stain on inside; 200 pages. A how-to with many b/w and some color examples. The previous owner's additions will be helpful.; 8 3/4 x 11 1/2

Friends of Fred Smith, 2005. Third Edition. Center Stapled Booklet. very good. The Wisconsin Concrete Park: A Brief History and Self-Guided Tour". 34 pages. Sticker scuff on front cover.; 8 1/2 x 11

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1987. 1st American Paperback Edition. Glossy Paperback. Near Fine. Illustrated by Cripps, Davis (photos). Combines traditional stencilling techniques with the tough acrylic lacquer spray paints used on cars. The result: long-wearing designs of great originality, with Le Grice's trademark delicate layers of color and intricate design. 158 pages.; 8 1/2 x 11

London: Merrell Holbeerton, 2007. Hardcover. fine/fine. 207 pages. "...creches by more than one hundred artists from over seventy countries.." priority and international shipping will be extra, please inquire ; 10 x 11 1/4

Mexico: Banco Nacional De Formento Cooperativo, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. former owner's name stamp on front free end page. The remains of the front panel of the dj is laid in the book. The text is in English and Spanish. ; 9 x 12 3/4

UK: Shire Publications, 1989. Paperback. As New. The book begins with a history of the people and their first contact with Europeans and ends with an analysis of the post-contact developments up to the present da y." 64 pages; 5 x 8.

San Francisco: Chronicle, 1993. Paperback. As New. A survey of Indonesia's decorative art with more than 150 color photographs displays textiles, wood and horn carvings, ceramics, metalwork, masks and puppets...160 pages.; 8 3/4 x 10

San Francisco: Chronicle, 1996. Paperback. As New. A survey of thailand's decorative art with over 175 full color photos of handicrafts: baskets, earthenware, jewelry, furniture, theater trappings, textiles...160 pages.; 8 3/4 x 10

New York: Museum of Modern Art / Simon & Schuster, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. DJ is worn with chipping along edges and corners; 1 x 1" piece missing from top DJ spine edge; inside flap corner is price-clipped; boards are lightly worn; 2 1/4 x 3 3/4" book plaste on front pastedown; writing in ink on bottom second page; DJ now in mylar protector. ; Focuses on the aboriginal arts of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia, Hawaii, and the Phillipines. ; 7 3/4 x 10 1/4"; 199 pages.

New York: Norton (Winterthur), 1983. Hardcover. fine/fine. Hutchins, Catherine E. (editor). A synthesis of Pennsylvania Germans' history and culture: architecture, furniture, ceramics, Fraktur, books, glass, metal and textiles. 309 pages, b/w and color plates, DJ in mylar sleeve.; 8 3/4 x 10 1/4" with Benno M. Forman, Frank H./ Sommer, Arlene Palmer Schwind, Frederick S. Weiser, Donald H. Fennimore & Susan Burrows Swan. priority and international shipping will be extra, please inquire.

New York: George Braziller, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. essays by Tibor Bodrogi, Brenda Clay, Michael Gunn, Dieter Heintze, Louise Lincoln and Roy Wagner. Published in association with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. 168 pages spine area slightly faded. former owner's name in ink on first page. ; 8 1/4 x 11

Jackson MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1996. Paperback. Near Fine. How an immigrant's carvings of birds bring him...a place in mainstream American folk art. 72 pages, 40 b/w and color illustrations.; 8 x 8