Search Results: Art from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: National Educational Alliance, 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full coarse brown cloth with black & gold titles & decoration, viii, 384, [3] pp, 16 ff color plates, 16 ff b & w photogravure plates, hundreds of b & w photos in text, index. Some foxing to fore-edge. Contains 51 articles on specific aspects of photography. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . VG/No dj. 25 X 17½ cm.

Philadelphia: Courage Books (Running Press), 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, foil titles on spine, black endpapers, 320 pp, color photos & other illustrations on most pages, index. DJ has small chip to tail of spine; in Brodart archival cover. A general technical section is followed by a longer sections illustrating application of techniques to location, studio, and aerial photography and to darkroom manipulation of images. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. Reprint. . Fine/Near Fine. 27½ X 19 cm.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1970 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Original edition, 7th printing: New York, Prentice-Hall, 1970. Black cloth with white titles on spine, 344 pp including 16 ff color and b & w photo plates, index; 2 mm tear to tail of spine, DJ has small chip to head of spine, extremities somewhat rubbed. Revised edition: Prentice-Hall sticker cancels original Thames & Hudson imprint on title page, Prentice-Hall dust jacket, 1978. Green boards, gold ink titles on spine, x, 396 pp, 4 ff color, 16 ff b & w photo plates, index; 4 mm tear to head of spine, extremities rubbed, scattered notes & underlining, DJ has tears under 1 cm with creasing, slight edge wear. Colour Photographer: Thames & Hudson, 2nd printing, 1970. Red cloth, gilt titles on spine & device on front board, viii, 408 pp including 16 ff color plates, index; near fine with extremities lightly rubbed, a bump to fore-edge of rear board, DJ… Read More

Oslo: Forlaget Geelmuyden Kiese, 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Signed by Subject. Joint publisher in the United States is The American Architectural Foundation, Washington, D.C. Sewn in pictorial wraps, 152 pp. A bit of rubbing & curling of edges of covers, owner's address label & purchase record on inside front cover. Signed by artist & architect Vebjørn Sand on the title page. Sand's painting is inspired by the Renaissance masters, as are many of his architectual projects, particularly his bridges, which are inspired by a startlingly modern looking sketch by Leonardo da Vinci for a bridge over the Golden Horn (never built). The exhibition toured the United States in 1998 & 1999. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Wraps. VG/No dj. 25½ X 21 cm.

Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1945 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in stiff grey paper wraps, dark grey titles, 109, [1] pp, index. Extremities rubbed & browning, a 1 X 2 cm surface chip to rear cover. This exhibition monograph discusses the development of American water color painting, as illustrated by the works of Mitchell, Hill, Audubon, Miller, Cropsey, Homer, Innes, Eakins, La Farge, Prendergast, Hopper, Marin, Burchfield, Marsh, and Dehn, whose paintings were included in the exhibition and which are reproduced in black & white in the monograph. The paperbound version is scarcer than the hardcover. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Wraps. VG/No dj. 23½ X 17½ cm.

New York, London & Paris: Cross River Press (Abbeville Publishing Group), 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, pictorial endpapers, 304 pp. DJ in Gaylord jacket cover applied by previous owner. Contains full-color reproductions of about 175 paintings. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. First Edition. . As New/As New. 23½ X 30 cm (oblong).

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth, gilt titles, 208 pp. Moderate overall wear. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Contains the complete collection of 240 pictures of model Helga Testorf, from small pencil sketches of details to completed paintings. Fits in medium flat-rate box. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. First Edition. . VG+/VG+. 28½ X 25 cm.

New York: The College Art Association of America, 1936 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Side stapled in brown printed paper wraps, [4], 133-267 pp, 22 ff b & w photo plates included in pagination. Covers lightly soiled & scuffed. Art history magazine. Contents: the Cyniscus of Polyclitus, by David M. Robinson; a copy of the Athena Parthenos, by Dorothy Kent Hill; a late Reichenau evangeliary in the Walters gallery library, by Dorothy Miner; the reliquary of Saint Amandus, by Marvin Chauncey Ross; a group of gothic ivories in the Walters art gallery, by C. R. Morey; notes on the paintings by Giovanni di Paolo in the Walters collection, by Edward S. King; a pair of seventeenth century Brescian pistols, by Stephen V. Grancsay; the origin of Barye's Tiger Hunt, by George Heard Hamilton; notes & reviews. Fits in medium flat-rate box. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Magazine. VG/No dj. 31 X 23½ cm.

New York: John Wiley & Son, 1873 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth, gilt titles & dec. on spine, 12mo, xxvii, 485 pp, glossary, index. Extremities rubbed, spine ends have small nicks, boards somewhat soiled, some pages foxed. The selected writings discuss mostly painting (divided into subject art and landscape art), with brief sections on sculpture and architecture. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . G-/No dj. 20½ X 14 cm.

Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter green cloth, black cloth-covered boards, black titles on spine, green dec. on front board, ix, 246 pp, 146 figures. Text faded in 3 X 5 cm spot on one page, as if someone lifted it with Silly Putty. DJ has original price clipped and revised price rubber-stamped near clipped corner, and a 3 X 5 cm chip to top of rear panel, with loss of part of ad for another book, otherwise with minimal wear; in Brodart archival cover. Mundt discusses the relation of art to society, with many illustrations of the various forms of art throughout Western history from ancient Egypt to the mid-20th Century. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 21 X 16 cm.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, foil titles on spine, top edge dyed orange, 224 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, bibliography, index. Extremities rubbed. Price-clipped DJ slightly chipped at tail of spine; in Brodart archival cover. A jaundiced view of the business of art in the mid-20th century. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/VG. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1937 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth, gold ink titles & dec., printed paper decoration tipped onto spine, top edge dyed brown, pictorial endpapers, xxiii, 677, [2] pp, 80 plates (many in color) printed one side only, 72 illustrations in text, index. Top few cm of rear board sunned, edges browning. History of art, primarily of Europe and the Mediterranian region. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/No dj. Illus. by the Author. 24 X 16 cm.

Minneapolis: Artsign Materials Company Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Full black cloth, white titles & decoration, [ii], 282, [4] pp, index. No date, looks like about 1975 or so. Catalogue of art supplies and tools with prices. Fits in medium flat-rate box. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. Hardcover Catalogue. Fine/No dj. 28½ X 22½ cm.

Boston: Journey Editions, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue cloth, gilt title on spine & dec. on front board, vii, 248 pp, many humorous paintings & drawings. Boards slightly sunned along bottom edge, top edge slightly foxed, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Bragg's thesis is that man, in general, is nuts, and so far man has done little to disprove it. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Very Good/Fine. Illus. by the Author. 23½ X 15½ cm.

New York: Halcyon House (Blue Ribbon Books, Inc.) WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date, but about 1937. Full dark blue cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, top edge dyed blue, xxxiii, 321 pp, 65 ff b & w photo plates, index. Some rubbing & minor scuffing to boards. Extended title: Early American Scenes and History Pictured in the Pottery of the Time, with a Supplementary Chapter describing the celebrated Collection of Presidential China in the White House at Washington, D.C., and a complete Checking List of known Examples of Anglo-American Pottery, with over 200 illustrations. No date of publication is given. Copyright date is 1916 (to E. P. Dutton), but added text in fine print mentions President Franklin D. Roosevelt's new china, and supplemental Chapter D is a list of prices realized at a 1937 auction. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. Reprint. . VG-/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

Zürich: Fretz & Wasmuth Ltd., 1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. This is number 644 of 1000 copies printed in English. White vinyl, gold ink titles on spine & decoration on front board, pictorial endpapers, 344 pp, many with color or black & white reproductions of paintings and photographs. Browning slightly. DJ shows some edge wear & a ½ cm tear to top edge of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. This is mostly a catalogue of the art collection by Walter Hugelshofer, with about a quarter of the illustrations reproduced in color. There follow a historical survey by Kuno Müller and an article on the hotel village by Fritz Frey, both with color photographs. Ephemera laid in are a Swissair menu, a flyer for three of Frey's hotels, and a carte de séjour from the Palace Hotel, plus a not-so-ephemeral machine-embroidered bookmark. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. Limited/Numbered. . Fine/VG+. 25 X 22 cm.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1955 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Early-style Dover binding - folded signatures present but side-stapled in brown & blue covers with white titles, [xiv], 265, [2] pp, 12 illustrations printed with text but not paginated, bibliography, index. Paper browning, slight shelf wear. Mumford dubs the period the "Brown Decades" because of the somber mood prevailing in the post-Civil War period, but finds this echoed in sooty air and darker color palettes used by architects, interior designers, and painters. The emphasis is on architecture, but other arts, especially painting, are included. Copyright renewal was in the name of Dover Publications. Shipping weight 1 lb.. 2nd revised ed.. Trade Paperback. VG/No dj. 20½ X 13½ cm.

Camden, NJ: The Campbell Museum, 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in laminated pictorial card covers, [172] pp, glossary, bibliography, index. Some creasing to covers. Contains photographs and descriptions of 147 of the then recently-opened musuem's exhibits of soup tureens, plates, and spoons. Photos of silver and pewter items are black & white, all others are shown in color. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ed. Wraps. VG/No dj. Illus. by Photos by G. William Holland & Delmore Wenzel. 25½ X 17½ cm.

New York: Zartscorp, Inc., 1986 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Paper-covered boards (black spine w/pale pink titles and pale pink boards w/black titles), black endpapers, [2], xvi, 122, [4] pp, envelope tipped onto rear board indicates a floppy disk with the Apple IIe or II+ computer game "Swallows" should be present, but contains only the glassine envelope with 16 gummed artist's stamps. Slight wear to corners and spine ends, a few tiny spots. Artist's book, supposedly a translation of Book Two of an ancient text. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . VG/No dj. 28½ X 22½ cm.

Paris: Société des Artistes Français (Imprimérie E. Pigelet), 1936 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Sewn in printed paper wraps, c, 144 pp, 172 pp plates, [4], 145-208 pp. Covers cracked & very fragile, internally very good. Exhibition catalogue, most of the text merely lists the artists, places of birth and teachers, and works included in the Salon. Title for text section is: Explication des Ouvrages de Peinture, Sculpture, Architecture, Gravure, Lithographie et Arts Appliqués des Artistes vivants Exposés au Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Avenue Alexandre-III, le 30 Avril 1936. Fits in small flat-rate box. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. Magazine. G/No dj. 20½ X 12 cm.