Search Results: Art from THE BOOK VAULT

Lang Graphics, Delafield, WI, 1997. 12" X 13.5" [oblong]. LIKE NEW condition in its original mailing envelope [GOOD PLUS condition]. This is a 1998 calendar illustrated throughout with Civil War Scenes painted by Mort Kunstler. Each day has notations of famous civil war events that occurred on that day. Nice metal grommet to facilitate hanging.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New/Good.

Lang Graphics, Delafield, WI, 1998. 12" X 13.5" [oblong]. LIKE NEW condition in its original mailing envelope [VERY GOOD condition]. This is a 1999 calendar illustrated throughout with Civil War Scenes painted by Mort Kunstler. Each day has notations of famous civil war events that occurred on that day. Nice metal grommet to facilitate hanging.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New/Very Good.

IBM Corporation, Endicott, NY, 1968. 13.25" X 9.75" in cream colored cloth with gilt titles. Clean, tight, unmarked; front endpaper rumpled. This is not damage, but is original to the book: VERY GOOD PLUS or better condition. Jacket - some soil, curled and worn at edges: just GOOD. Beautiful tipped-in color plates. This is #2925 of a limited edition of 3000 published as gifts by IBM for a convention held in Spain.Text is in Spanish, French, English and German.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

WARTSON-GUPTILL PUBLICATIONS, New York, 1971. 11 1/2" X 8 3/8" in hard covers, with a sturdy slipcase showing some shelfwear. A few tiny blemishes on front cover, finger marks on foil endpapers: otherwise Excellent: about NEAR FINE condition. This is a reviwew of prize-winning ads in print and on TV, including several for Volkswagen and the famous Alka-Seltzer "Spicy meatball" ad. Beautifully illustrated throughout. 543pp + section of advertising.. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1981, 1st ed. 12.75 X 9.25" in brown paper covered boards. Book: VG. Jacket: lightly smudged, slightly wrinkled at spine ends, about VG-.. F. Hardcover.

American Heritage Publishing Co., New York, 1967. 10.75" X 8.25" in blue cloth. A little faded along lower edge both covers, Still, about VERY GOOD condition; Jacket about VERY GOOD NINUS. 432pp filled with super B&W and Color photos of the interesting things in all sorts of categories sold by Sotheby's in 1966-67.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

The H.W. Wilson Company, NY, 1961, App. 1st ed. 10.25 x 7" in blue cloth. EX-Library, but W/O all the usual Paraphernalia. Smudged, esp. back cover, but still, overall in very nice condition. Indexes approx. 120 domestic and foreign art, and architecture magazines.. F. Hardcover.

H.W. Wilson Company, NY, 1959, App. 1st ed. 10.25x7" in blue cloth. EX-Library, But W/O all the usual paraphernalia. Base of spine heavily rubbed, some very slight smudgeing, but overall very nice condition. Indexes some 115 art and architectural publications.. F. Hardcover.

Editorial Porrua, S.A. Mexico, 1958. 7.5" X 5" in green cloth with gilt lettering. Owner's name etc on flyleaf; bookseller's sticker on rear endpaper: VERY GOOD or better; Jacket shows wear, some soil, chipping along edges: GOOD. Half the book is text [SPANISH ONLY]. The other half is black and white plates. Approx. 430pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

The Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, 1972. 10" X 8" in dark mustard colored heavy paper covers: FINE. 41pp of text + 46pp of plates. [BB015]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Arts of Asia Publications Ltd., Hong Kong, 1982. 11 7/8" X 9" in slick illustrated heavy paper covers. Tiny amount of darkening from age, handling. Unmarked: NEAR FINE or better condition. Filled with great photos. The ads are as interesting as the articles. 160pp. [AE002]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

The Arts, 1931. 11.5" X 9" in tan buckram with leather spine label. This is a full year of THE ARTS bound together. Covers a bit smudged, owner's name on flyleaf: This volume was previously owned by A.E. Gallatin [Gallatin was born in 1881 into a wealthy and socially prominent family. Showing a youthful interest in art and literature, he began to collect works by Max Beerbohm, Aubrey Beardsley, and James McNeill Whistler while still in his teens. The common element in these purchases was a preference for works that he saw as possessing a harmonious, refined, and decorative nature, rather than a naturalistic or literal one. He appreciated their aesthetic over their narrative content and their intrinsic over their didactic or utilitarian value.[2][3][4][5] As he collected art, he also began to write about it. For the two decades following the turn of the century, Gallatin produced a constant stream of articles, small monographs, and books of engraved plates.[6] Between 1900 and 1910 most… Read More

Graphis Press, 2006. 12" X 8.875" in black hard covers. LIKE NEW condition. Jacket: NEAR FINE with moderate shelf wear. 238pp. Filled with some of the hippest, niftiest most provocative ads you are ever likely to see all in one place.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

Capone, Italy 1988, app. 1st. ed. VG/VG-; some slt scratches, smudges DJ. Folio catalogue raisonne' for this interesting Italian-American artist. Many color illus. English & It. Text. F. Hardcover.

Actien-Gesellschaft Der Voslauer Kammgarn-Fabrik, 1965. 9.75" X 12.5" [OBLONG] in orange cloth. VERY minor soil: NEAR FINE. 10+48+30pp. Nice black and white photos. German, English, and French text.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

France: Terrail, 1995. 11 7/8" X 9 1/2" in slick illustrated heavy paper covers. Minor shelwear + old price sticker on back cover. Excellent inside and out. Wonderful illustrations. About VERY GOOD PLUS to NEAR FINE condition. 207pp.. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

H. F. Ullman, 2009. 6.4375" X 5.8125" in glossy illustrated heavy paper covers, each of which folds out to make a map. Very Minor shelf wear, but the book is clean, square, tight, and unmarked: VERY GOOD PLUS or better condition. Many excellent color illustrations. 480pp. [BC023]. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Prestel, 1988. 11" X 8.75" in glossy illustrated heavy paper covers: FINE condition. Beautifully illustrated. 177pp. [BB054]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

Harry N. Abrams, NY, 1975, (, 1975. 11.4 X 8.9"; VG in a VG- D/J. Top edge of D/J soiled, less so along fr edge of D/J. Bk cvs marked by areas of v slt discoloration (dampness?). Basic techniques of animation explained and various examples of story sketches, layouts, animation drawings, and background painting are illustrated within the context of the history of Disney's work. Nifty fold-out title page.. Hardcover.

The Arts Publishing, 1923. 11.5" X 9" in tan buckram. Covers are nice and sturdy, but lightly smudged. Back cover is discolored in a grid pattern. Also - the leather spine label has been chipped off: VERY GOOD. This volume was previously owned by the famous art collector, A.E. Gallatin: "Gallatin was born in 1881 into a wealthy and socially prominent family. Showing a youthful interest in art and literature, he began to collect works by Max Beerbohm, Aubrey Beardsley, and James McNeill Whistler while still in his teens. The common element in these purchases was a preference for works that he saw as possessing a harmonious, refined, and decorative nature, rather than a naturalistic or literal one. He appreciated their aesthetic over their narrative content and their intrinsic over their didactic or utilitarian value.[2][3][4][5] As he collected art, he also began to write about it. For the two decades following the turn of the century, Gallatin produced a constant stream of articles,… Read More