American Art
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Mutts
by Patrick McDonnell
The fun and mischievous daily adventures of head mutt Earl and his kitty chum, Mooch, take center stage in Patrick McDonnell's Mutts collection, A Little Look-See. As with McDonnell's previous collections, the always-adorable Mooch and Earl can be counted on for hearty laughs and endearing moments as they share their pets'-eye views when "their peoples" are not around. In A Little Look-See, we learn through Earl and Mooch that yes, animals do practice those irresistible expressions that melt our hearts,...
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American Art Books & Ephemera
AMERICAN FOLK ART : From Western New York Collections
by Anderson, Patricia
Rochester, NY.: Memorial Art gallery, 1986. Book. Illus. by author. As New. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st.Edition 1986 , Illustrated soft cover wraps, un-paginated with black & white illustrations . This is a limited printing of only 1000 copies and is inscribed by the author. Condition : As New.
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£12.14
Eye and the Heart: Watercolours of John Stuart Ingle
by Camp, John
. Very Good. 0847808882. Rizzoli International, with dustjacket, bright clean copy, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1988. Hardcover.
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£15.00
Garry Winogrand
by Rubinfien, Leo
El Cajon CA: Grossmont College Gallery, 1976. Garry Winogrand. Unpaginated. 40 photos. Exhibition Catalogue. Wraps. A several inch-long horizontal crease throughout book, near top edge (see photos). Scarce. VG+
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£28.33
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On Campaign in the Age of Napoleon [SIGNED]
by Rocco, Keith (Art) ; Chartrand, Rene and DeLaMater, Matthew (Text)
Military History Press, 2006. Signed First North American Edition. Deluxe edition, limited to 1,200 numbered copies. Number 642. Full leather. Published Military History Press, 2006. Signed by artist on filled in publisher's bookplate attached to pastedown. Folio, 9 3/4" x 14", 288pp., illustrated with full color plates - some double page. Burgundy full leather with raised bands, gilt spine and cover titles and decorations, green marbled endpapers, all edge gilting, burgundy ribbon marker...
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£364.28
A Spectrum of Innovation: Color In American Printmaking 1890-1960
by Acton, David
New York: Worcester Art Museum / W. W. Norton & Company, 1990. First. Softcover. VG+, clean, tight and bright with a hint of shelf wear to covers; ownership name of former art museum curator on ffep.. Red/white/blue/black illustrated glossy wraps with blue/red lettering on black spine. 304 pp. 100 full-page color plates and 21 bw plates. Includes Introductory essays detailing printmaking methods and histories. This is followed by 100 superb full page color plates of the prints, with notes on each print...
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£16.19
American Gothic : The Biography of Grant Wood's American Masterpiece
by Thomas Hoving
New York: Chamberlain Bros, June 2005. Trade Paperback. First Edition / full number line. Very Good+. Gift inscription on title page. Lightly tanned. Otherwise as new. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Corners sharp. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 165 pages
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£8.05
Bronzes of the American West
by Broder, Patricia Janis
N.Y.: Harry N. Abrams, 1974. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 431 pages, illustrations, minor edge wear to jacket. oversize item..
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£20.24
The Art Museum In America
by Pach, Walter
New York: Pantheon, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Very good. 300 pages. Sixty-two illustrations. Index. An account of the history, achievement and problems of Art Museums in the USA. A final chapter covers Latin-American art and museums.A supplement lists the art museums in the USA.
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£20.24
Evidence 1944-1994
by Avedon, Richard
NY & Rochester, NY: Random House & Eastman House. Folio. 212pp., 600+ illus. Pictorial Boards, d.j. Signed. A VF copy in VF d.j.Please Note: Due to the size, weight, and cost of this book, extra shipping & insurance is required. NY residents must pay NY sales tax. Thank you.
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£222.61
Song of The Swallows ( Charming Picture Book about Birds Returning Mission San Juan Capistrano in California & Ringing of Bells to Welcome Them )
by Told & Pictured Leo Politi INSCRIBED & SIGNED with Original Watercoloured Drawing Christmas 1956
Simon & Schuster, 1949. HBDJ, illustrated Cloth Cover, 1949 reprint, , DJ has some rub, Scuff, & mended Tear, VG/VG-, AS-IS. Signed by Author. Hard Cover.
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£136.81
American Prints in the Library of Congress: A Catalogue of the Collection
by Beall, Karen F
xxi,568pp.,100s of illus. Cat., Sel. Bib., Indexes. Cloth, price-clipped d.j. A Fine copy of the superior first edition, in Fine (price-clipped) d.j.
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£52.62
Complete Etchings of John Marin
by Zigrosser, Carl
20pp. text + 180 illus. Bib., Exh's., Index, Wraps. Covers lightly soiled, otherwise in VG condition.
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£52.62
Painters of the Desert, 1960, First. Inscribed Association copy
by Ed Ainswoth
Folio, 13.25 x 9.75, 111 pp. Publisher: Desert Magazine. Ed Ainsworth. 1960, First edition. ASSOCIATION copy. Original orange cloth, lettered in gilt. Foreword by Carl Schaefer Dentzel. Illustrations and plates throughout from drawings and paintings (some in color) by various artists, and photographs of them.
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Very Good. Spine ends and top corners a bit bumped, lacks dust jacket. ASSOCIATION copy with a 8-line INSCRIPTION by Ainsworth in ink on the half-title page: "For Lindley, my pal,... Read more about this item
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Very Good. Spine ends and top corners a bit bumped, lacks dust jacket. ASSOCIATION copy with a 8-line INSCRIPTION by Ainsworth in ink on the half-title page: "For Lindley, my pal,... Read more about this item
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£242.85
D. V. Diana Vreeland
by Diana Vreeland
NYC: Knopf, 1984. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. D. V. Diana Vreeland "An evening with D.V. is almost as marvelous as an evening with D.V. [herself]-same magic, same spontaneity and, above all, never a boring moment." -Bill Blass D.V. is the mesmerizing autobiography of one of the 20th century's greatest fashion icons, Diana Vreeland, the one-time fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and editor-in-chief of Vogue, whose incomparable style-sense,...
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£14.82
Land of Unlikeness. Introduction by Allen Tate.
by Lowell, Robert
Cummington (Cummington Press), 1944.. (48)pp. Title-page woodcut by Gustav Wolf. Boards. Slightly sunned. Front board slightly scuffed. One of 26 copies on Dacian paper, numbered and signed by Lowell on the colophon, from the limited edition of 250 in all. Lowell's first book of poetry.
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£3,238.00
Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
by Hazel E. Brown
Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two...
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£22.63
Dry Brush and Pencil Drawings
by Wyeth, Andrew
Light wear on dust jacket - excellent inside.
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£29.95
Norman Rockwell Illustrator
by Arthur L. Guptill
Watson-Guptill Publications, 1971. Hardcover. Near fine/None. Third printing. All pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and square. No signs of shelf wear to slipcase. Book spine slightly sunned.
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£12.14
Archipenko: The Sculpture and Graphic Art. Including a Print Catalogue Raisonné
by Karshan, Donald
Sm 4to hardcover. 163pp. Illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne of the prints. Cloth, d.j. Endpapers creased, otherwise an excellent copy of the standard reference.
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£109.28
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Communication to the Trustees, III, January 1905, The Museum Commission in Europe
by Sturgis, R. Clipston
Cambridge, MA: The University Press, Cambridge, 1905. First Edition . Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presumed first and only printing of the first edition. An association copy owned and inscribed by the author [but not of this book] William Stanley Parker. Two parts bound in one volume: 1) The Museum Commission in Europe; 2) Report on Plans Presented to the Building Committee. NOT ex-library. No remainder marks. Approximately 9.25 x 6 inches. Bound...
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£319.75
Wyeth at Kuerners
by Wyeth, Andrew
Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Very Good Hardcover, no dustjacket 1976. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. Oversize.
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£36.43
Sand: Memory, Meaning, and Metaphor
by Longwell, Alicia G
Southampton, New York: The Parrish Art Museum, 2008. Softcover. VG. Cardboard covers with white lettering; 147 pp., profusely illustrated in bw and color. Issued in conjunction with a 2008 exhibition. Includes essays by Longwell, poetry, excerpts from other writers, and numerous illustrations by artists such as Picasso, William Merritt Chase, Winslow Homer, Man Ray, Jackson Pollock.
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£16.19
Tenderheaded: A Comb-Bending Collection of Hair Stories
by Harris, Juliette & Pamela Johnson, Eds
NY: Washington Square Press. Introduction by Ntozake Shange. 8vo. xiv, 302pp., illus. Wraps. Very Good.
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£20.24
