Art from Gilt Edge Books

New York: New American Library, 1989. Foreword by art critic Henry Geldzahler; introduction by Glenn Albin. One of Warhol's closest friends for the last fourteen years of his life, Christopher Makos shares with us that friendship and shows us , close up, a fascinating portrait of Andy Warhol.. 150 revealing b/w photographs filled with Warhol, his world, and… Read more

New York: The Viking Press, 1950. This work combines the historical and the aesthetic by comparing the ways in which themes have been treated by the painters of different periods. 239 beautifully printed half -tone reproductions represent the range and inherent contrasts of the themes, fully developed captions supply a running commentary and introductory sections provide the general background… Read more

Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co. Publishers, 1906. A complete self educational treatise, giving thorough instructions in nine branches of Decorative Art, Flower and Landscape Painting in Oil and Water Colors, Pastels on Paper and Leather, Pen and Ink Drawing, China Painting, Pyrography or Burnt-wood etching, Repousse and Cut-out Brass work etc. Illustrations and figures accompany text, followed by… Read more

Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1910. Being a History of the Progress of the art of Painting Illuminated and Demonstrated by Critical Descriptions of the Great Paintings in the Old Pinakothek, the New Pinakothek, and the Schack Gallery in Munich. Frank Roy Fraprie - S,M., F.R.P.S. Frontispiece titled: Rubens - Wife and Child ( with tissue guard) .… Read more

London: Painted Postcards Limited, 1962. Translated from the German by Leonore Sierigh and Edward Gallagher. The original title being: Mitleid Verbeten. The book describes the lives and struggles of a group of artists who lost the power of their hands and who now paint with the mouth or with the foot. It is a telling human document of the disappointments,… Read more

London: William Collins of London, 1942. 'Life Among The English' - with eight plates in colour and twenty-six in b/w, reproduced from museums, libraries, galleries and others. Dame Rose Macaulay is well-known as one of the ablest writers of our time. She has a wonderful subject, perfectly suited to her pen and her account of how the English people lived… Read more

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.,Inc., 1977. Actors, Writers, Composers, Designers, Producers, Directors talk about films. Over 600 voices of film experience - past and present, from all film producing countries in film jobs of every kind - speak directly about the art of cinema. Voices of Film Experience, an important and original contribution to film literature, is the most… Read more

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc,, 1976. 611pp. 746 illustrations including 95 plates in full color. This book explores the development of the graphic arts from the earlist examples of true prints made in the Far East over a millenium ago to the latest experiments with new materials that have released the print from the flat surface of… Read more

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1982. 255pp. 37 color plates, 770 b&w photographs. This author has devoted himself for twenty-five years to the study of Eskimo Art, making yearly trips to the arctic to research prehistoric Eskimo art and to live among and study the work of contemporary Eskimo sculptors. Not only is this book a visual catalogue… Read more

Oxford: Phaidon, 1979. 80pp. 69 illustrations, 28 in colour. Claude Monet (1840-1926) achieved his first successes in the 1860s, with works painted in a realist/naturalist vein. By the late 1970 he was recognized as the dominant artistic personality among the group then known as The Impressionists. Brian Petrie is lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Reading.… Read more

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, Publishers, 1979. 191pp. 171 illustrations, including 141 in full color. Folklore abounds in stories of enormous creatures, predatory or friendly, who ravaged or rescued according to their nature. This and other fascinating giant lore, together with an exploration of the various types and forms of giant, their ethnic origins, habits, customs and cultures,… Read more

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1933. Three volumes in one. (i) London Buildings, (II) London Paintings, (III) London Sculpture. Each volume has Preface, Table of Contents and List of Illustrations. Very well illustrated with b/w photos. Fold-out map at rear (London Buildings). Map to rear endpapers ( London Sculpture). Minor foxing to prelims. Scarce dust jacket has kept… Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. 64pp. Christine Price brings together the earth arts of people throughout the world. Village potters of the present day and their traditional methods are represented as well as the potters of ancient times. The pots in this book are a mixture of old and new. Some of them were made by Indian potters… Read more

New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1966. Starting with the simplest of lines, curves and circles, Mr. White in the first section of this book shows step-by-step how to make a drawing of almost every object imaginable. There is no text for this section as the drawings, in an easy progression from easy to more difficult, speak for themselves.… Read more

Random,NY/ Random House, Canada, 1952. First Canadian Printing. The author provides a list of people who each shared with him their recollections of Joseph Duveen....the most spectacular art dealer of all time and later became Lord Duveen of Millbank. The contents offer six insightful chapters - (1) Itinerary - (2) A Beginning in Delft - (3) A Brisk Market… Read more

London: Hutchinson, 1985. "Pick of Punch" ia as funny and beguilding as ever....and that's just the cartoons. All the magazine regulars are here, and whether caught up in the memories of VE Day or captivated by the journeyings of Charles and Di in Italy, their carefully honed prose is hard to resist. Full page color cartoons : "Handelsman… Read more

Boston: The Page Company Publishers, 1920. . "Containing a brief history of the Palace and of its collections of paintings, as well as descriptions and criticisms of many of the principal pictures and their artists." Tissue-guarded frontispiece is a portrait of 'Mona Lisa'. This book offers twenty-two chapters and a generous list of illustrations (three pages) … Read more

Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1987. Heavy card covers. Cover photograph: self-portrait (1950,1953) by William Kurelek. Artist, author, prophet, family man, social activist, lecturer, and fervent Catholic.....painter William Kurelek was a complex man of passionate convictions and artistic genius. Here is the full story of the dramatic and tormented life from which he produced his landscapes of gentle prairie nostalgia and… Read more

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. " A thoroughly engaging portrait. Not only do we learn about Rembrandt, but diverse facets of 17th century Europe as a whole are captured. Charles Mee communicates his love for Rembrandt's painting, as well as his compassion for Rembrandt as a man. A gripping and compelling book." These are the words of… Read more

New York/London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1973. Charles H. Gibbs-Smith.... Keeper Emeritis, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Foreword and extensive introduction by the author. The Bayeux 'Tapestry', in reality an embroidery 203 feet long, depicts in "comic-strip" - style the Norman version of the events leading to William the Conqueror's victory over the Anglo-Saxon Army in 1066. It… Read more