Recent Arrivals from Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.

Berkeley, California: Robert Lowie Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial wraps, bound in square trade softpaper format. The author presents the work of the subject, Friedrich Max Uhle… Read more

Castagnola, Ticino: Villa Favorita, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Two splendid exemplars, complete in two volumes, capturing the magnificence of the Thyssen-Bormenisza collection, split into a catalogue and a presentation of the plates. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcovers, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacketa, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Both… Read more

Boston: Bulfinch Press, for Little, Brown and Company, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. [8], 9-143 pp. Replete with illustrations printed on high-gloss paper, including two in black-and-white and 59 in full color. Contributions by, among others, Gerald Stern, Li-Young Lee, Mark Strand,… Read more

New York: Greystone Press, 1966. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in burgundy cloth covers, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond two short, closed tears. Stated Revised and Expanded Edition. Another fine contribution to… Read more

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the publisher's blurb, "This volume illustrates 283 drawings by Italian artists of the eighteenth century in the museum's collection," including Francesco Guardi, Giovanni Tiepolo, Gaetano, Mauro, Ubaldo Gandolfi and others. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound… Read more

Hartford, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Twenty-four full color drawings, 84 in black-and-white, printed on high-gloss paper, including works by Alfred Leslie, Wayne Thiebaud, Chuck Close, Ben Schonzeit, Janet Fish, Yvonne Jacquette, Alice Neel and others. [7],… Read more

London: Phaidon Press, 1972. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Massively heavy, oversized volume, bound in a squarish folio format, bound in gray color and with black line illustration to front cover. 350 pp. including… Read more

London: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in an orange cloth cover, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn, a bit sunned along edges, protected by a plastic coat,… Read more

London: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in an orange cloth cover, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn front panel, a bit sunned of rear panel, protected by… Read more

New York: The Museum of Modern Art / El Museo del Barrio, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy, illustrated wraps, in gate-fold. A fine museum exhibit that augmented the show of the same name that was… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Massively heavy, oversized volume, sturdy, attractive, quarto hardcover format, bound in an oatmeal buckram cloth, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine, bright and clean of interior. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat, then covered again in crinkled… Read more

London: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in an orange cloth cover, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn front panel, ding to middle of rear panel, protected by… Read more

London: Phaidon Press, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in a bright red cloth exterior, fine gilt lettering to cover and spine, bright, clean interior. Well illustrated throughout, with roughly 150 reproductions of drawings, mainly by contemporaries of Rembrandt but of other Grand Masters of… Read more

St. Louis, Missouri: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Handsomely bound in black cloth over boards, white lettering stamped to front board and spine. Fine exhibit catalogue to augment the show held from September 9, 2011 to January 9, 2012, Introduction by Sabine Eckmann, catalogue by Svea Braunart and Foreword by Carmon… Read more

New York: The Museum of Primitive Art, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Scuffing to edges, else clean and unmarked of interior. Essays by Hallam L. Movius, Jr., "Aspects of Upper Palaeolithic Art," S. Kooijman, "The Art Areas of Western New Guinea," and George Kubler, "Rival Approaches to… Read more

New York: Whitney Library of Design, an imprint of Watson-Guptill Publishing, 1988. Revised and Updated Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 234 pp., with 56 full-color and 163 black-and-white illustrations, printed on high-gloss paper. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and… Read more

New York: Museum of Primitive Art, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in light gray paper over boards, a bit of sunning to edges, black cloth-backed, sharp and distinct silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 38… Read more

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Amsterdam University Press, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. As New. An engaging and well researched social history of the effect on the teaching of art history of the invention and insertion of high quality color illustrations, a relatively new feature of art history and instruction. It used to be very different. Sterling condition softcover copy, with… Read more

New York: Crown Publishing Group, 1976. Revised and Update Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in two-tone black cloth over boards, orange cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Frederic Andre Engel's text, having been revised and updated, was translated by Rachel Kendall… Read more

New Haven, Connecticut / Austin, Texas: Yale University and University of Texas, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the simple printed wraps beyond slight bubbling to paper on spine. Preface by Stanton Loomis Catlin, then chapters devoted to each… Read more