Search Results: Art, Architecture & Archeology from Knickerbocker Books

New York: Sotheby's, 2000 Catalog that accompanied Sotheby's auction of November 2 & 3, 2000. 327 lots featuring prints of such artists as Thomas Hart Benton, Chagall, Braque, Mondrian, Miro, Henry Moore, Picasso and many others. Illustrated in B&W and color. NEAR FINE softcover - a fresh, clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy. Light rubs to spine ends, corners, otherwise fine. 8-1/4 x 10-1/4"; 156 pp.. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Urbana: Universiy of Illinois Press, 1956. 1956 First Edition. NEAR FINE. Softcover book and 24 loose plates housed in clamshell box. Box Good+. 24-page illustrated book, printed in black and red, includes Foreword and notes by Allen S. Weber. Bound in illustrated cover reproducing one of the two-color (yellow and black) plates. Book is clean, unmarked and firmly bound. The 24 loose plates include 6 in full color, 2 in two-color, the balance black and white. Plates are Near Fine to Fine, a few with slight edge wear not affecting or near image areas. Plate 1 (black and white) has a tiny spot in the image area that transferred from a spot on the back cover of the book (photo available). The top of the clamshell box is covered in gray paper printed in black and red. The box is clean but sunned along edges and the front flap of box detached. Book and plates measure ~12-3/4 x 16-3/4".. First Edition. Wrappers. Near Fine/Boxed. 4to.

New York: A Studio Book/ The Viking Press, 1976 1976, printing unstated. A Better than Good copy in Good+, unclipped dust jacket. Overall a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy. The first 2 leaves and final leaf are lightly foxed with a light damp stain, all other pages are clean and free of blemish - the lovely color plates (artwork and engravings by such venerable artists and engravers as Havell, Bennett, Birch, Currier & Ives, Hill, LeMoyne, Marryat, Pelham, and Wall) are bright and fine. Blue hardcover with turquoise cloth spine is clean, lightly rubbed and color faded along edges. Dust jacket is clean and complete - reverse (unprinted) side lightly foxed but printed side clean. Moderate scuffing and rubbing to edges and folds, a short closed tear and tiny chips. Binding firm, hinges tight; boards and spine straight. 12 x 10-1/2" (oblong); 134 pages. Hard Cover. Good ++/Good+.

New York: Dutton Studio Books/Penguin Group, 1992 Stated First Printing, October, 1992, with "1" in printing line. FINE in NEAR FINE, price-intact dust jacket. A pristine copy - fresh, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound in royal blue cloth hardcover binding. Dust jacket has very slight bit of shelf rub but is very near fine - no tears, creases or chips, bright and colorful. Price intact on front flap. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding tight, boards and spine straight. Beautifully written and produced with 402 sumptuous color illustrations. 9 x 12"; 304 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Keister, Douglas (photography). 4to.

New York: Pica Press, 1982 1982 First Edition with full number line. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages fresh and fine, bound in clean, unworn hardcover of pumpkin colored cloth, gilt lettered on spine. Pictorial jacket is clean though toned along edges; light edge rub but no tears or chips. Binding and hinges firm, intact. Illustrated with B&W photos. 6 x 9-1/4"; xx + 285 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+.

New Y1963: Crown Publishers, Inc. First U.S. Edition. FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. A lovely copy of this rather ephemeral book: clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound in hardcover of pale green paper over light boards, titled in black on front and spine. Unclipped color pictorial jacket is lightly edge rubbed. Else fine. Opening essay is followed by 24 color plates, each with facing page of explanatory text. The development of various decorative styles including the La Venta, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Mixtec cultures and Mayan and Aztec civilizations. A title in the "Movements in World Art" series. 5-1/4 x 7-1/4". First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo.

Don Mills, Ontario, Canada: Collier Books, 1988 First soft cover edition with full printing number line. NEAR FINE. A clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound in pictorial paper cover, price intact on rear panel. Pages crisp and near fine with faint marginal toning. Cover is slightly shelf rubbed but clean, no tears, chips or creases. No creasing to cover spine and binding is intact, no splits or cracks. A fascinating and well laid out history of New York City architecture from Dutch beginnings through the 20th century. Illustrated with finely printed B&W photos and reproductions. 7 x 10"; xi + 339 pages. First Edition Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

The American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, 1999 VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and firmly bound copy. Faint marginal toning to pages, otherwise fine. Bound in blue hardcover which is clean & straight, lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners tips. Dust jacket is clean and complete: edges lightly rubbed and there is denting to the back of the jacket apparently from pressure of a pen. Binding firm, hinges tight. Includes the 52 winning entries of the annual international competition and 6 special award winners. Also an overview of the jury's selection process and a complete ASAP membership directory. Illustrated with architectural drawings and photos (many color and some black and white). 9-1/4 x 12-1/4"; 144 pages . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1961. 1961 Stated First Edition. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD- unclipped dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages crisp and fine. Bound in decorative paper over boards with red cloth spine. Light toning and rubbing along edge of boards, otherwise cover is fine. Jacket complete with light soiling and light edgewear. In clear protector. Binding tight, hinges intact, boards straight. With Intermissions by Henry Miller. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4"; 63 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Slim 8vo.

Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1968 1968 First Printing with full number line. AUTHOR SIGNED. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. A clean, crisp and tightly bound hardcover. The only marking is author's inscription on front free endpaper "Best wishes to Al Ellison from Chandler Montgomery. Pages fine. Yellow cloth hardcover slightly rubbed at bottom edge, otherwise fine. Dust jacket, has a bit of light edgewear with a couple of tiny chips. Binding firm, hinge tight. Dr. Montgomery directed NYU's Art Education program of the Division of Early Childhood and Elementary Education. He applies his experience in this well-written and illustrated work. 7-1/2 x 9-1/4"; 209 pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961. Hardcover catalog for the 1961-62 exhibition of assemblages created by major artists of the early to mid-twentieth century. VERY GOOD+ in VERY GOOD price intact dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and firmly bound copy, in black cloth hardcover, gilt lettered on front and spine. Pages clean and near fine. The spine is cocked (leans) but binding and hinges are tight and intact. Unclipped dust jacket is clean and complete. Edges are lightly rubbed and there is light creasing to bottom of the front panel, a few tiny short closed edge tears with color frontis plus 10 color illustrations (one a fold-out). 8-1/2 x 9-1/2"; 176 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good.

Cologne: Konemann, 1999. 1999. Third Printing. FINE in FINE dust jacket. A fresh, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages and hardcover are pristine. Jacket is clean and complete - no tears, chips or ceases and is in a clear archival protector. A sumptuous survey of East Asian art, from the Neolithic to modern age, covering architecture, painting, ceramics, pottery, crafts and 'everyday' objects. A beautifully produced book. color illustrations throughout. 10-1/2 x 12-1/2"; 739 pages. A heavy volume - will require additional postage for priority or international mailing.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1957 1957 University of Washington Press. First Edition in very scarce dust jacket. Front endpaper with beautifully calligraphed inscription in Chinese characters (photo available). Includes full-page B/W plates. FINE copy in NEAR FINE dust wrapper. No other markings to book. Pages are fine and tightly bound in hardcover of marbled papers over boards with brown cloth spine, gilt spine lettering. Slight rubbing to corners, otherwise cover is fine. Dust jacket of brown paper printed in black and blue is complete (unclipped) with light sunning to spine and edges, small edge chips and 2 small holes in spine. Jacket is in clear protector. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2"; xvii + 123 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1952. 1952 First Edition (stated). INSCRIBED by Editor Phyllis Barclay-Smith. VERY GOOD+ in VERY GOOD price intact dust jacket. Inscription on front free endpaper reads, "To my dear friend / Elsie Naumburg/ with love from / Phyllis Barclay-Smith / July 1952." Naumburg was a noted American ornithologist. Book is otherwise unmarked; pages clean and near fine. Green hardcover, gilt titled on spine, is slightly rubbed and color faded at edges, otherwise fresh and fine. Binding and hinges firm and intact. Unclipped illustrated jacket is clean, lightly edgeworn with small chips and a few short closed tears. Jacket spine slightly toned. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Reproductions of more than 70 woodcuts and descriptions from Bewick's History of British Birds, each accompanied by a short verse by 20th-century poet Arthur Seymour John Tessimond. Phyllis Barclay-Smith, an avid conservationist who in 1952 became Hon. Secretary of the Advisory Committee… Read More

London: Collins, 1948. 1948. VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages and endpapers fresh and fine. Hardcover, blue printed paper over boards, is clean - lightly rubbed at corner tips and spine ends but otherwise fine. Jacket, matching cover design is fresh and clean, lightly edge rubbed but no tears, chips or creases. Binding firm, hinges tight. This history was published as Britain's hospitals were about to pass into state ownership under the Health Service Act. Illustrated with 26 black and white reproductions as well as 4 full page color plates. No. 131 in the "Britain in Pictures" series. 6-1/2 x 9"; 50 pages. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York and London: American Studio Books, 1946 1946, no printing stated. VERY GOOD in GOOD- dust jacket. Book is clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound in orange cloth hardcover gilt titled on front and spine. Light marginal toning to pages and endpapers; cloth along top edge of cover age darkened, boot otherwise fine. The price-clipped jacket is shelf-rubbed and there are several sizeable chips from the top edge but the caricature of Greta Garbo on front remains mostly intact, just a bit clipped from the top or her hat. There are a few dark spots on the rear panel. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. The caricatures, several printed in two-color (orange and black), include Raymond Massey, Gertrude Lawrence, Clark Gable, Ingrid Bergman, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Mae West and a 'terrific' Joan Crawford … and many more. 6 x 9"; 80 pp. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good-.

W W Norton & Company/The American Museum of Natural History, 1987 1987 Stated First American Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE price-intact, dust jacket. 4-page pamphlet laid in titled "Declaration of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Tunisia, Mr. Zine El-Abidine Bel Ali on the Occasion of the Opening of the Exhibition." Book is fresh and clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound. Light marginal toning, otherwise pages are fine. Bound in turquoise hardcover with white lettering front and spine. Cover is clean, lightly rubbed at spine ends and the top front and rear corners are bumped. Dust jacket is clean and complete with price on front flap - top front and rear corners lightly creased from the bump, spine ends slightly rubbed, otherwise fine. Binding firm, hinges tight, boards and spine straight. A history of Carthage from the Punic City, with illustrations in color and black and white of art and artifacts. 9 x 11-1/4"; 238 pages.. First American… Read More

New York: Routledge, 1996. First Edition, printing unstated. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked copy - this massive volume is firmly bound in dark brown hardcover, gilt titled on front and spine. Hinges and binding intact, no splits or cracks. Faint marginal toning to pages, otherwise text and cover are fresh and fine. Color pictorial dust jacket is clean, lightly shelf rubbed and with bit of wear to edges but no significant chips or tears - one tiny closed tear near middle of spine. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. This comprehensive history of the ancient Celts includes archaeology, language, literature, warfare, art, religion, industry and more. B&W illustrations photos, plans and drawings throughout. 7 x 10"; xxiv + 839 pages. A heavy volume, will require additional postage for Priority or international mailing.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Thick 8vo.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1939 Exhibition catalog. 1939 First Edition, limited to 5,500 copies. Near Fine. Bound in stiff gray wrapper with dark gray lettering on front and spine. Pages fresh, clean and unmarked, light bump to top outside corner. Faint toning to wrapper along edges with light bumps to top corners. No tears, creases or chips. Wrapper is in a clear protector. Binding secure, spine uncreased. Introduction by William Carlos Williams, 27 pages of plates, photos of Sheeler and his Ridgefield home, Chronology, Bibliography, List of lenders to the Exhibition, and brief Note and Catalog of the Exhibition. 7-1/2 x 10"; 54 pages.. First Limited Edition. Wrappers. Near Fine.

Austin and London: University of Texas Press 1969. Stated 2nd printing. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD price intact dust jacket. Clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound in black-white linen weave cloth hardcover, gilt titled on spine. Pages crisp and fine. Cover has half-inch bands of color fade at top and bottom of spine, otherwise fine. Binding and hinges firm, intact and straight. Unclipped color illustrated jacket. $20.00 price intact, is clean; lightly shelf worn with rub spots to rear panel and spine. Jacket spine has faded and there are half inch chips from top and bottom of spine. The three major sections of this work cover Russell's Major Paintings, Other Russell Paintings and Pen Drawings, Russell as a Sculptor. Also included, Exhibitions, Typical Russell Signatures, a Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with black & white as well as color plates. 11 x 11-1/2"; xvi + 148 pages. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Large 4to.