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New York / Davis, California / Mill Valley, Califo: John Elder Gallery / John Natsoulas Gallery / Susan Cummins Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Arthur Gonzalez. Published jointly between three different art galleries in a colorful, glossy catalog, arresting works of ceramics and assemblage, collage and painting, in First Edition state and Fine condition. 36 pp., and stuffed with full-color plates, illustrations. Former price sticker on rear panel bottom near spine. Complete with plates, list of exhibitions, and a chronology. 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: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. SIGNED by the author at title page. 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, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. 463 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: Hyperion, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at title page. 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, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 288 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.

Ostfildern: Johansen, Annette amd Margit Brehm eds.Published by Hatje Cantz, 2013 , 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Julian Schnabel, J.F. Willumsen, Francis Picabia. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, light scuffing thereto and to spine head and foot, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Gorgeously colorful pictorial covers. From a a publisher's blurb, "the Danish artist JF Willumsen ((1863-1958) is well on the way to becoming a 'painter of painters'. In the twentieth century he was recognized as an important representative of modernism, but his later works were long misunderstood in his homeland as interchangeable, self-deprecating and kitschy. Internationally, his entire oeuvre remained largely unknown for a long time." Special focus on this Dutch artist and on the French artist Francis Picabia (1879 1951) and then the American… Read more

Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 1992. 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. Handsomely bound in brown cloth, with black 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. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xi + 203 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: William Morrow and Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 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. Burgundy cloth covers, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. [8], 9-320 pp. Augmented with 17 full color plates, 35 photographs and prints, and nine maps of the major wine-growing regions of California. Special focus on the Napa Valley, the Sonoma region, Mendocino, the Central Coast, the San Joaquin valley, and then Southern California. 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.

San Francisco / Laguna Beach: Joseph Chowning Gallery / Laguna Beach Museum of Art, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Sterling condition softcover copy, staple-bound, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Fine and engaging essay by John Fitzgibbon (also Fitz Gibbon) about the participating artists, among them Susan Adan, William Allan, Susan Balshore, Richard Berger, Joan Brown, Eduardo Carrillo, Lauren Cogburn, Gordon Cook, Deborah Dano, Victor Faccinto, Richard fees, John Ford, Bill Gis, Kahty Goodell, Don Hazlitt, O.O. Johns, Steven Kaltenbach, Michaele LeCompte, irving Marcus Joan Moment, Robert Bagnasco Murray, Gladys Nilsson, James Nutt, Jack Ogden, Helen Oji, Irene Pijoan, Joseph Raffael, Barbara Riley, Nate Shriner, Michael Stevens, Carolos Villa, Mary Warnter, Ken Waterstreet, Karl Wirsum, and Tom Witt. Unpaginated text, then a score of full color reproductions of fine paintings. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to… Read more

Portland, Oregon: Champoeg Press, 1962. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, bound handsomely in tall octavo format in red cloth, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Some discoloration to the tips, edges, spine head and foot, front cover joints, else quite neat and clean and unmarked of interior. Translated and edited by Ernest Falbo, being a complete diary of Count Leonetto Cipriani's diary from 1853 through 1871. 148 pp. plus full and complete index. Limited to 750 copies only. 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.

Los Angeles: Dustin Publications, 1998. Softcover. New. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Tall quarto softcover format, brightly illustrated on high-gloss card stock. 560 pp., profusely illustrated in full color, duotone and black-and-white, complete with maps, bibliography, index and other scholarly apparatus. From the publisher's marketing blurb, "the first publication to survey the entire history of California Art from maps of the early explorers to the socially and politically activist work of the late twentieth century." 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.

Youngstown, Ohio : The Butler Institute of American Art, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Attractive copy bound in a bright yellow wrap, covered by a stiff Mylar jacket, minor wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy, with the initial signature pulling a bit. Acknowledgments written by Louis A. Zona, Director of the Museum. John Fitz Gibbon penned an Introduction of sorts, he being the Curator of this exhibit. Several score lovely reproductions in full color by California artists, rendered alphabetically in 92 clean and unmarked pages, William Allan to Elmer Bischof, Robert Colescott, Bill Dane, Eduardo Carillo, John Ford, Charles Garabedian, Roger Herman, Irving Marcus, Richard Jackson, Stephen Kaltenbach, Judith Linhares, Anthony Berlant, Jim Melchert, Richard McLean, Manuel Neri, Jack Ogden, Philip Makanna, Peter Saul, and more. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage… Read more

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. A dozen pamphlets, complete. Measuring 8 1/4" x 10" in size and with printed wraps, then laid in loosely into a Fine condition cloth-covered folder fitted in to a Fine condition, also blue cloth-covered slip-case, a bit sunned and toned, slip-case being graced with two cloth labels neatly affixed at spine head and foot with gilt-lettering thereto. Published for its members in The Book Club of California in 1980. Printed on heavy cream-colored paper and then bound in printed heavy paper wraps. 33 [2] pp., and including a short bibliography. Introduction by Muir Dawson and Carey S. Bliss, and then with multiple contributions by Carey S. Bliss, Richard Dillon, and others. 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.

Davis, California: John Natsoulas Press, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Scarce in the trade, there being currently no copies available on-line. Introduction by John Natsoulas himself, having published another extra-fine artist catalog, focusing on the inspiration for and contemporary expression of California landscape art and artists. Sterling condition softcover copy, bound in glossy pictorial wraps, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy illustrated wraps, special focus on Gregory Kondos and Wayne Thiebaud, Laura Alexander, Deladier Almeida, Mike Bagdonas, Melissa Chandon, D.A. Bishop, Dwarka Bonner, and more. Many score lovely, full-color reproductions of fine landscape paintings. 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: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1962. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Another fine contribution to the American Trails Series, edited splendidly by A.B. Guthrie, and a particularly lovely copy of Stewart's best-known work. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy bound in bright-red cloth, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Illustrated endpapers, being a lovely pencil drawing of two steers in lockdown and then a two-page map of California. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Frontis matter + 339 pp., and lots of lovely illustrations. 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

Palos Verdes, California: The Hippodrome Gallery, Palos Verdes Art Center, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available. Short, square, ring-bound, stiff card stock-covered exhibit catalog, pristine of interior. Notes to and captions of 105 different ceramic pieces, all drawn from California-based art schools, reproductions in duotone, Lavra Andreson, Robert Arneson, Ralph Bacerra, Carlton Ball, Billy Al Bengston, Philip Cornelius, Michael Frimkess, Lukman Glasgow, Shoji Hamada, Viveka and Otto Heiko, Albert King, Bernard Leach, Glen Lukens, John Mason, Harrison Mcintosh, Mimeo Mizuno, and many others. 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: Aperture, 1976. Softcover. Very Good. Harry Callahan. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy bound in tall quarto format, minor wear of covers beyond a bit of furling, with a near-pristine text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Measures 12" x 10 1/2" tall and wide, respectively, featuring a glossy pictorial photograph. Light rubbing along edges. Unpaginated, but replete with black-and-white plates printed on high-gloss paper. Fine Introduction by John Szarkowski. Published in association with the Museum of Modern Art, New York on the occasion of an exhibition held at the museum from December 2, 1976 to February 8, 1977. Quite nice of interior. 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: Taplinger Pub Co, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. This beautiful book provides a letter-by-letter analysis of all the important alphabets used by today's calligraphers, a practical survey of calligraphic styles based on the great hands of the Western writing and lettering tradition spanning two thousand years of history. 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 two-tone, black paper over boards, brick red cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [4], 1-106 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: Harry N. Abrams, 2000. First American Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Stated First American Edition, there having been published a true First Edition in London also in 2000. 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, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. [6], 7-320 pp. Lovett's analysis of the technical and social history of calligraphy and book-illumination and illumination of manuscripts is fascinating, augmented with 225 illustrations including 175 plates in full glorious color. Measures 8 3/4" x 10 1/2" in size, wide and tall. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.… Read more

Boston /Shaftsbury: Shambhala, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 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. Errata sheet laid in. 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. A guide to citaion and labeling styles, and a full and contextualized Descriptive Catalogue of the Exhibition "Calligraphy and the East Asian Book," edited by Howard L. Goodman, with a Preface by Frederick W. Mote, then six scholarly chapters, bibliography of secondary works cited, and a Glossary of Japanese and Chinese terms. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiv [1], 3-248 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A.,… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Good-looking, structurally sound copy bound in oblong hardcover format, measuring 9 1/4" x 11" tall and wide, respectively, black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. Stated First Edition of a fetching century-long social history of a German Jewish family, beginning with the 1842 marriage contract of the author's forebears. More than 300 photographs. 241 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.

London: The Phaidon Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Bound handsomely in a tall quarto, near folio format, light tan linen cloth covers, title stamped in green to cover and to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear along joints, edges, chipping to spine head and foot, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. Previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered. Presentation copy, "Buch" (probably the editor, Donald W. Buchanan) from "La Cana Chemise, March 11 '50). There are four full-color tipped-in plates, 84 full-page black-and-white plates. Complete with an Index of artists and collections. [5], 25, [3], [87] 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.