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Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press, 1974. First English Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining, but with what appears to be a small remainder stamp along bottom edge and ink-bleed along bottom edge of first free endpaper. Edited by Paul Raabe (1927-2013), and translated by J. M. Ritchie. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond price-clipping, protected by a plastic coat. Contributions by the editor, and by Heinrich Eduard Jacob, Armin T. wegner, Ernst Blass, Alexandra Pfemfert, Claire Jung, Johannes R. Becher, Alfred Richard Meyer, Max Brod, Johannes Urzidil, Kurt Pinthus, Richard Seewald, Marietta Klabund, Heinrich F.S. Bachmair, Friz Max Cahen, Walter Mehring, Rudolf Leonhard, and many others, involving German expressionists and expressionism in Germany, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland and elsewhere. [5], 6-423… Read more

Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press, 1974. First English Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Translated from the 1965 original German text by J.M. Ritchie. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear and some chipping and short, closed tears, not price-clipped. Heavy hitters of art and social history contribute chapters devoted to regional traditions of German Expressionism, from Berlin and Prague to Leipzig to Munich and Heidelberg, and then after the World War One period, too. [5], 6-423 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Paris: Bibliothèques nationales de France, 1933. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, printed and nicely illustrated wraps, covered in a stiff sheet of Mylar. Some moderate foxing to endpapers front and rear, sunning to and light soiling of wraps, but clear, clean, tightly bound, and unmarked of interior. Lots and lots of lovely black-and-white illustrations, and other duotones including on rear panel. [10], 11-206 + plentiful period advertisements from publishers and galleries. French language text. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs but for previous owner's ink-stamp; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining.Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear and some chipping, but not price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. ix + 230 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York / New Haven, Connecticut: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press , 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in a dark brick-red cloth cover, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Cezanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde has essays by, among others, the editor, Rebecca A. Rabinow, Ann Dumas, Robert Jensen, Jonathan Pascoe Pratt, Douglas W. Druick, Gloria Groom, Gary Tinterow, Jacqueline Munck, Anne Distel, and others. xiv [3], 4-449 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical… Read more

New York: Printed at Posy-Shoulson Press for the Chaim Berlin Yeshiva, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Penned by Yehoshua Heschl Rabinowitz of Brownsville and previously of Monastrishte and the city of Uman. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Handsomely bound in a brown stiff, stamped cloth, with blind-stamped ruling, designs to front cover, title to spine. 140 pp. Written in Hebrew and Yiddish but almost wholly the former. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Spring Books. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Nice-looking, structurally sound copy in hardcover of the first English edition, having been translated by A. Parfait, and touching on Delfft, Meissen, Wedgewood and other ceramics manufacturers. Publication date not stated, but appears to be 1962. Bound handsomely in a light blue buckram cloth and illustrated by means of a gilt vase. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped but with wear along top edge especially and chipping to bottom edge. Gorgeous full color photographs to front cover. 137 pp., then a lengthy section of nearly 100 plates, double-side. Reference book for potters, amateur and professional. Raw materials and ways of testing; industrial or studio use; classifications of ceramics (soft wares, Wedgewood, stoneware, porcelain, more); glazes, their molecular formulae, production, firing; pigments, modeling & moulding, kiln-firing;… Read more

London: Printed by The Ballantyne Press for George Newnes Limited, n.d. Hardcover. Near Fine. Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A nearly fine condition, handsomely constructed copy in hardcover, date of publication not stated, but perhaps early 1900s. Bound handsomely in a light brown paper over boards, stamped brown lettering and illustrations, vellum-backed, a bit soiled and stained, but with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Super-attractive sepia-tone painting at frontis after a photograph by Hollyer. 56 beautiful illustrations, on almost every page, with initials, tails and frontis drawings, too. xxii + a list of dates, and then followed by gorgeous plates, some being tipped in. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Pantheon Books for Bollingen Foundation, Inc, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. From the personal library of Dr. Franz Schulze, influential professor of art history and architecture and prior architect himself, who signs his name here neatly. A fine-looking, structurally sound copy of the original, true First Edition, the thirty-second volume in the influential Bollingen Series series of works devoted to art and history, social sciences and humanities, bound handsomely in a heavy oatmeal linen cloth over boards, black cloth-backed, with a gilt and black device to front cover, lettering and devices to spine. Lacking original dust jacket. Folktales of all the major African tribes selected and edited by Paul Radin in collaboration with Elmore Marvel, with Radin's Introduction and then sculptures selected by Jame Johnson Sweeney. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxi [1], 1-353 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the… Read more

Berkeley, California: University of California, Berkeley, 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Good. An early and quite influential contribution to the University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology series. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers, including furling to front cover, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. An expert approach to Native American sociolinguistics in general and of the Wappo language grammar in specific. viii + 194 pp., many being yet unopened. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Poor. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, bound in red cloth with black border and lettering to cover and spine, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Dust jacket present and protected in a paper-backed Gaylord jacket, but considerably chipped. Clean and bright interior, and with lots of black-and-white line drawings by Ray Gough. xiii [2],3-337 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

A.S. Barnes and Company. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper, inscribed to Lucile Morrison, February, 1945. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, bound in red cloth with black border and lettering to cover and spine, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Plentiful black-and-white line drawings by Ray Gough. xiii [2],3-337 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Paris: Georges Fall - Editeur, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Atlan. A sturdy, still attractive copy in hardcover, a bit sunned and lightly soiled along upper edges, else clean, tightly bound and unmarked of interior. "Atlan" stamped to front cover. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, chipping to spine head, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. Published in First Edition state by Georges Fall, with 91 pp., eight reproductions in color, and 33 in black-and-white. Illustrated endpapers, texts in French. A lovely copy of an important Jewish artist. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: GalerieDenise Rene , 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Kupka. Nice-looking, structurally sound artist exhibit catalog devoted to the paintings of the Czech painter Frank Kupka. Held at the Galerie Denise Rene Gallery in New York and also simultaneously in Paris. Unpaginated, but roughly 20 pp. of glossy-printed reproductions of Kupka's fine paintings, black-and-white, duotone and full color, with an Introduction by Michel Ragon. Laid in is an Addenda to the Catalog, and that has two notes of Errata on the final page. Organized as a Guggenheim Museum Retrospective, New York Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Quite handsomely bound in a heavy sailcloth, burgundy, with sharp and distinctive gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear to edges, a single, short closed tear, but not price-clipped. The author "defines the various stained glass workshops of 13th-century Burguny by describing the major programs of still extant glass in the region's churches and the relationship of this glass to Parisian stained glass style." Four illustrations in text, then another four in full color, then 162 black-and-white illustrations following. xviii [2], 4-182 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy… Read more

Iowa City, Iowa: The University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Kazimir Malevich. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustrated wraps, square format, and with a score or more of black-and-white illustrations. 116 pp., and in First Edition state. Essays by the editor and by Stephen Prokopoff, six essays by Malevich himself, then a Glossary of Names, an artistic and biographical note, a bibliography of Malevich's writings, a general bibliography, then an Index. iv [1], 2-115 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Iowa City, Iowa: The University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Kazimir Malevich. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustrated wraps, square format, and with a score or more of black-and-white illustrations. Bound in square softcover format, 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" in size. 116 pp., and in First Edition state. Edited and introduced by Patricia Railing. Essays by the editor and by Stephen Prokopoff, six essays by Malevich himself, then a Glossary of Names, an artistic and biographical note, a bibliography of Malevich's writings, a general bibliography, then an Index. iv [1], 2-115 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Iowa City, Iowa: The University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Kazimir Malevich. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustrated wraps, square format, and with a score or more of black-and-white illustrations. Bound in square softcover format, 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" in size. 116 pp., and in First Edition state. Edited and introduced by Patricia Railing. Essays by the editor and by Stephen Prokopoff, six essays by Malevich himself, then a Glossary of Names, an artistic and biographical note, a bibliography of Malevich's writings, a general bibliography, then an Index. iv [1], 2-115 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Max Beckmann. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in a light black cloth, embossed title to cover, silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. This comprises the first English language catalogue raisonne devoted to Beckmann since the centenary retrospective in 1984. This homage to the life and work of Max Beckmann is edited by Sean Rainbird, has 293 pp. and 174 color illustrations, another 40 in black-and-white. A dozen essays by noted critics and historians including by Robert Storr, Susanne Bieber, Nina Peter, William Kentridge, and Ellsworth Kelly. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical… Read more

New York: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Max Beckmann. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Gorgeous homage to Max Beckmann and with sterling essays by Sean Rainbird, the editor, Max Beckmann himself, Robert Storr, Susanne Bieber, Nina Peter, Anette Kruszynski, Didier Ottinger, Leon Golub, Barbara Copeland Buenger, William Kentridge, Jill Lloyd, Ellsworth Kelly and Charles W. Haxthausen. Complete with Chronology, Select Bibliography, List of Works, and Index. 174 color illustrations and 50 in black-and-white. [5], 6-293 pp. plus page of errata. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest… Read more