American Artists

Three Tales from the Brothers Grimm, Translated and illustrated with woodcuts by Wanda Ga'g, author of "Millions of Cats". 1943 Coward-McCann, Inc. First Edition, Stated Fifth Printing Thus. RARE in the original dust jacket. Exlib. Good+/Good- DJ protected in mylar wrap. Green decorated library binding. A solid, clean copy in a Rare/Scarce original unclipped $2.00 dust jacket. BRIGHT RED jacket is not sunned. The dj spine is missing 1 inch of the top of its spine, otherwise very nice. Back panel states: Books By Wanda Gag list from Millions of Cats through More Tales From Grimm. Coward-McCann, Inc.

New York: Rizolli, 1986. Signed by the architect on the half-title page. Additionally inscribed: New York 1988 For Eric Klock from Robert A M Stern. First edition / First printing. Green cloth. Near fine, with mild sunning to the top edge of the boards, in near fine dust jacket with slight fading to the spine, and a surface scratch to the rear panel. Eric Klock is a Snohomish, Washington based Architect, founder of KPA Associates.

Santa Monica, CA: Ram Publications / Huntington Library, 1997. Signed on the title page by Michael Kenna. Additionally inscribed: To Michael, with very best regards, September 12, 97. First edition / First printing. Brown cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket, with a hint of fading to the dust jacket spine. A lovely production.

DUST JACKET ONLY. NO BOOK IS INCLUDED The Aesop For Children Rand McNally & Company copyright 1919. MILO WINTER 27 X 11 7/8 Orange/Red First Edition unclipped DUST JACKET ONLY. This dust jacket (fits a volume 9 3/4 X 11 7/8) Original price $2.00. USED. Good condition.

New York: Pantheon: 2000. First edition / First printing. First edition statement with full number row on the 14th page, which also serves as the title page. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Fine in near fine dust jacke.t Small chip to folded over band on back cover shown in scan of back cover. Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award in 2001, the first graphic novel to win the award. In September 2019, Jimmy Corrigan was chosen by Guardian UK critics as one of the 100 Best Books published in the 21st Century.

New York: Abrams, 2016 Signed on the title page by Lawrence Weschler, Weschler has added the adage: To see things clear & dear. Additionally signed in both cursive and block letters by Ramiro Gomez, who has added: Thank you. First edition / First printing. Aqua blue boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket.

Steig, William The Lonely Ones. Copyright 1942, First Edition. Duell Sloane and Pearce, NY. USED. VG/VG Original dust jacket. QUITE RARE THUS. Now protected in a mylar wrap. Cartoons by New Yorker Magazine contributor and author and illustrator of SHREK!, WILLIAM STEIG. 102 pages, 5 3/8 X 7 ¾.

"Frankenthaler." Text by Barbara Rose. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, [1971]. pp. 274, Biography, Bibliography. 205 b. & w. illus. and 54 colour plates (1 fold-out). Hardcover, illustrated cloth, title in black on spine, white on cover (bottom of spine is worn & frayed, top & fore edge are toned, margins in text are yellowed, extremities are worn, price stamped on half-title page, otherwise interior is unmarked). dj., original plastic (jacket is cracked and has several short tears, torn in a few places at both top & bottom of spine, has a tear and is folded down at top of front cover, the surface of the jacket is scuffed). Good+ condition.Size: 11" x 11 5/8" (27.75cm x 29.5cm).
"The physical design of this volume is the result of close collaboration between Helen Frankenthaler and the artist Robert Motherwell, who developed its basic concept. The painting reproduced on the cover was made especially for this publication." (from the dust jacket).
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New York: The Floating Bear, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 16pp, stapled front wrapper drawn by Jess Collins. This copy addressed and mailed to Art Ford in New York. Another key issue of this incomparable private-circulation mimeo revolution mag from the heart of the sixties cultural ferment. Most content by John Wieners. Mailing address and postage plus Return to Sender stamp to last leaf (no other markings), horizontal mailing fold, a little toning, minor wear overall.

Newport, RI: The Fisher Press, 2017. First edition, limited to 600 copies. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Newport, RI: Newport Art Museum and The Fisher Press, 2017. Square folio, 12 1/8" x 12 1/8", 215pp., illustrated with numerous full color reproductions. Introduction and biographical notes by the artist. With a foreword by Francine Weiss. Fine in very near fine dust jacket - jacket has minor bump nicking at the crown. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1982. Softcover. Oversized. 27 full-page prints. Very Good. Very faint age-toning to edges of pages. Owner signature on half-title page, else free of marks. Light soiling to cover with corners and spine edges rubbed. Overall, a clean, solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama:: Red Hydra Press,, 2023.. Edition of 50. Measuring 4' x 6.5" the three sewn signatures of Biblio Text paper are bound in a letterpress-printed paper wrapper. Garamond types were chosen for this text. Bound in Kahdi Indian handmade papers. All the work of design, paper cutting, letterpress printing, and binding by hand was done by Steve Miller. The books are signed by author and the artist and are numbered 1-50 Steve Miller: "This is a special book of fierce and earthy poems by Wisconsin poet Mary Wehner, with dynamic drawings by Alabama artist Jane Marshall. Mary and Jane were paired in an earlier book, or the opposite, and truly enjoy working off each other's energy. "As is true of all Red Hydra book project, the printer/publisher needed to fall in love with the words and the drawings before committing them to book form. It takes too much time and hard work to not be convinced of the strength of both. The journey from idea to final bound books is… Read More

Abrams, 1978. hardcover. Good. 16x13x1. Text is clean and unmarked, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Several pages have light corner crease or small corner bumping in upper right corner margin/tip. Hard Cover. Dust jacket is clean and bright, some light creasing back cover, corner bumping, light edge/shelf wear. Green cloth cover boards VG. Binding is in very good condition, solid, square. Large, coffee table book, full-color. 14.5 x 12 x 1.5. Printed in Japan. A book that is currently OOP / NP (Out-Of-Print edition / No Longer in Print), uncommon, a first edition, collectable or hard to find. 1989 Reissue, Abrams. Ships in box, well packed, quickly and with care.

Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2020. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2020, first printing. 4to., 10 1/4" x 11 1/4", 191pp., illustrated throughout with full color plates. Signed by Chambers on title page. Pictorial laminated boards, blue endpapers. Slight open wavines to upper portion of page block from bookmarks left in book, small stain on front edge, else fine in fine dust jacket. . Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 4to.

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If Garry Winogrand photographed everything, all the time, as he is famous for having done, his pictures of airports convey the many still very familiar sights and spaces and sensations attached to air travel. Arriving at an airport, checking baggage, watching other travelers amble, walk and sometimes rush by, luggage trailing and flailing and neatly rolling along, passengers waiting forever on those long rows of attached seats, friends and relatives greeting each other and saying goodbye: everything that happened and stills happens in these vast public spaces. Winogrand's airport photographs were taken over a period of 25 years, with the first frame shot around 1958 and the last in 1983, just months… Read More