The Dance, Art, & Ritual of Africa
New York, NY, U.S.A. Pantheon Books, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. Price-clipped dw, else as new. More
New York, NY, U.S.A. Pantheon Books, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. Price-clipped dw, else as new. More
London: Lloyd Humphries, 1951, 1951. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to, pictorial covers in color (of unidentified Picasso watercolor), illustratedwith 3 full-page color prints and 77 b&w drawings, many provided by Picasso from his own collection, plus b&w photographs of Picasso by Douglas Glass and Lee Miller. In publisher's glassine that..... More
NY: Powerhouse Books / Thea Westreich, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Self portraits, in drawings, paintings and photographs. Fine copy. More
London: Gainsborough Ralston Publishers, 1976. First Edition. Soft cover. Issue dated 12 Nov 1976 the major feature of which is about English artist Tom Phillips and his art. Bound into the spine of this magazine is an original print from the first edition of The Humament, his famous work, this..... More
NY: Gagosian Gallery, 1991. Soft cover. Large oblong, stiff French-style covers, 64 page gallery catalog, 13 full page color plates with the reproduced notebook for Grove Group plus transcription. The slightest wear to corners, else fine. 2000 copies. More
London: John Lane/The Bodley Head, 1922. First Edition. Pub Cloth. 8vo, pub cloth, 158p, illustrated w/ 49 plates, including an original etching plate frontispiece (plus two plates in rear of etching tools). An appareatnly unused copy. Internals fine. In scarce dw, that is lightly soiled. More
NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Splendid graphic and textual review by Poyner of the work of graphic designer Herbert Spencer and his groundbreaking magazine Typographica published in London from 1949 -1967. Closed tear rear j panel, otherwise fine all around. More
Huntington NY: Pidgeon Hill Press, 1926. First Edition. Printed Covers. Slightly rolled spine, small loss to upper right corner front cover, internals near fine. Errata slip tipped-in at apstedown. More
NY: Oquaga Press, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy, unnumbered but personally signed by Radenkovitch on the limitation page with a lengthy contemplation about youth to a marreid couple of fellow artists and dated West Cornwall (CT) 1957. More
NY: ArtAsiaPacific Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new, hardcover copy, removed from publisher's shrinkwrap in order to catalog. Beautifully published, colored reporoductions od the art of Iranian mixed media artist Rahbar. Patterned paper over boards with insets that mimic mask. More
Florence: Sansoni Editori, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine, unused copy in dustjacket with minor wear at corners. Laid-in is exhibition catalog, with text also by author Rewald, for an exhibition of Reder's work at World House Galleries in Manhattan in Jan - Feb 1959. More
Middleburg VA: The National Sporting Library, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 880 pages; 2,384 artist biographies; 418 illustrations. Inscribed by the author on the ffe. An apparently unused copy in slipcase. The first edition of the standard, not limited, edition. More
NY: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to, black cloth covers, an apparently unused copy, with front and rear panels of broken slipcase. More
Lenexsa KS: Joan Cowley Gallery, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by artist Rivera on the half title. More
Tucson, AZ, U.S.A. Rose Publications, 1984. First Edition. Cloth Boards. Prospectus laid, along with ALS by Rosano. More
NY: Wiley & Halsted, 1858. First American Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, 8vo, ix, 125, 4 (addenda, publisher's ads) brown, water-grain clloth, gilt decoration front, blind-stampoed surround front and back, gilt to spine. Shallow loss spine tips, else presentable unsophisticated copy. More
West Hartford VT: The Countryman Press, 1945. Rungius, Carl. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. #267 of 1250 copies. As new copy in publisher's slipcase. More
Matthias Schaller/ VG Blidkunst, 2015. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. 800 copies in English, 400 in German, this copy in English. Squarish folio, white cloth, titles stamped in black, 115 (4), pictorial review of Scahller's homage to the great artists creating his own vision of their paint palettes that reflects his..... More
NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1942. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Inscribed by artist Tchelitchew. Stiff paper covers, soem offsetting around edges. Internals fine. Signed books or exhibition catalogs by Tchelitchew are exceedingly uncommon. More
NY: George Braziller, 1957. Shahn, Ben. First Edition (Limited). Hardcover. This #30 of 250 copies, with original print hand colored by Shahn tipped in across from title page. Signed by artist Shahn and author Soby on the colophon. Spine sunned, and slipcase present but broken at seams. Internals of book..... More
Kelly-Winterton Press, 2009. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY from artist van Doren to arhcitect Cesar Pelli, inscribed by van Doren on the half title "To Cesar with admiration. Best, Adam 1/31/17" With a ANS on a correspondence card (with envelope) of van Doren as lecturer, residential college seminars at..... More
NY: Pace Wildenstein Gallery, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Catalog for May- June 2002 Oldenburg exhibition. 4to, pictorial covers, 40 pp, with poster in front pastedown sleeve, folded (as issued). More
Neufchatel: 1781. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pamphlet, covers missing, lightly stained around edges, 39 pages. Critical discussion by an unidentified observer - pehaps an exhibiting artist - whose tone is that of a mock 'counter-critic' ("galimatia" = "gibberish"), or in any case, someone arguing against the prevalent reviews and opinion..... More
NY: Frederic Fairchild Sherman, 1929. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Only 160 copies, privately printed. 4to, blue cloth over printed boards, 61 pages, illustrated with b&w frontispiece and 27 figures. Inscribed to artist Robert Osborn and his wife Eloide who started the traveling exhibition program at MOMA "To Eloide and Robert..... More
Paris: Editon Du Felin, 1996. First French Edition. Cloth. just the slightest wear to dw corners and spine ends, else fine, clean and tight with no previous owner markings. More