Avigdor Arikha Dessins 1965/6
Jerusalem: Tarshish Books, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy. Fine all over. More
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Alice in Wonderland: The Forming of a Company and the Making of a Play
NY: Merlin House, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Scarce hardcover edition. Near fine book - no names, inscriptions or bookplates - in better than very good unclipped dw, with some minor wear, a 1" shalow chip top edge rear panel. Hard-to-find Avedon title. More
ERNST NEIZVESTY
Zurich: Galerie Ernst Scheidegger, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Scarce exhibition catalog of Neisvestny's sculpture with text by Russian Revolutionary Art authority John Berger. Published as part of the Begegnung series, this No.8, April/May 1977. Five large stiff sheets, folded, for a total of 10 pages, amply illustrated with b&w..... More
FIGURE DRAWINGS 1975 - 1979.
NY: Harper & Row, 1979. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Catalog published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by The Art Museum and Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, October 15 - November 11, 1979. Inscribed by Dine to Riva Castleman, who ran the Print Department at MoMA, on the..... More
DRAWINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT by GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE 1902-1936
Santa Barbara: Board of Regents, University of California, 1968. 1st Edition Limited. Soft cover. Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition of original drawings by George Grant Elmslie held at the Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, January 4 through January 31, 1968. Limited edition of 250 copies, this..... More
BRUNO LUCCHESI
NY: Rudder Finn Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. SIGNED BY ITALIAN SCULPTOR LUCCHESI on the half title (plainly signed, not inscribed and desirable thus). Apparaently unused book, slight rubbing to covers, more so at rear. More
The Stronger Sex, As Seen By Vertes
NY: Hyperion Books, 1941. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. 1750 copies, tis #1037. Covers a little soiled, internals fine, including all the erotic tipped-in plates. In publisher's cardbord slipcase, which is soiled and stained a bit. More
Love Finds a Way
NY: Dodd Mead, 1904. Fisher, Harrison (illustrations). Armstrong, Margaret (cover Design and Text decoration). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, First Edition. Pictorial illustrations by Harrison Fisher. Cover design and text decorations by Margaret Armstrong (MA). Dark green cloth pressed in gilt and with floral vine design embossed in light green and..... More
Garden Clubs and Spades
NY: Dutton, 1941. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Small octavo, publishers green cloth in slightly soiled pictorial dustjacket. A collection of garden cartoon's from The New Yorker's Hokinson. Presentation copy from her to multiple Tony-award winner Hugh Wheeler (Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music) who, with the nom de plume Patrick Quentin..... More
HUGH NEWELL JACOBSEN, ARCHITECT
Sydney: Imges Publishing, 2003. 1st Australia Edition. Hardcover. As new copy, firts Australia edition, after the 1988 first edition published by the AIA, Washington DC. More
Drawn from Nature: The Plant Lithographs of Ellsworth Kelly
New Haven: Grand Rapids Art Museum / Yale University Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy, with Kelly's compliments card laid-in. More
THE PRINTS OF ELLSWORTH KELLY: A CATALOGUE RAISONNE 1949 - 1985.
NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1987. 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Kelly to Riva Castleman, who was the head of the Print Department at MoMA, on the half-title: "for Riva Ellsworth" . 4to, 200 pages, as new in dustjacket. More
IN SEARCH OF THE MONKEY GIRL
(Millerton NY): Aperture, 1982. Hardcover. As new copy, cloth slipcase still in publisher's shrink-wrap. #49 of 100 copies. SIGNED by Levenson. Unfortunately, lacking print, otherwise it wouldn't be priced like this. More
Hiroshima. A Tragedy NeverTo Be Repeated
Tokyo: Fukuinkan Shote, 1998. 1st Edition in English. Hardcover. First ediition in English, originally published inJapan in 1995. The tragedy of Hiroshima illustrated, in children's book format. Compelling production. An apparently unused book. More
ATLAS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
NY: Rand McNally, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy, as new in fine dw. More
KILLING TIME
Cambridge MA: Armory and Pugh, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Issued in trade softcover, covers a wee soiled. Solid copy. More
No Easy Roses: A Look at the Lives of City Teenagers
(Cambridge MA): Olive Pierce, 1986. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Oblong softcover. Photo / essay on challengdes of teenagers in high school in and around Cambridge (Boston) Massachusetts. Corners bumped/ worn a bit, binding solid. More
Vocabulario y refranero Criollo
Buenos Aires: Editorial Guillermo Kraft, 1962. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Sixth edition, limited, #367 of 4000 copies, this published in 1962 after the first edition of 1943. The South American reference manual for ranch life: horses, campsites, wildlife, native dress, hunting, cooking, etc. Large 4to, 421p. Thousands of alphabe tical listings..... More
THE TENTH MUSE
London: Putnam, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon cuisine title in original dustjacket with painterly pictorial by William Maclaren. Gift inscription dated 1978 in calliogrpagic script ffe. Dustjacket price-slipped with some professional internal repair. Still, highly presentable. More
Landscape Gardening: Or, Parks and Pleasure Grounds. With Practical Notes on Country Residences, Villas, Public Parks and Gardens By Charles H. J. Smith . With Notes and Additions By Lewis F. Allen
NY: C. M. Saxton, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Nice unsophisticated copy, pub brown embossed cloth, gilt titles and device spine. xiii + 367 + 10p pub list. Lacking ffe and slight diaginal stain across leaves of first signature, else internally clean. A solid copy. More
BEN SHAHN: HIS GRAPHIC ART
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
STEICHEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER
NY: Harcourt Brace, 1929. 1st Edition, limited. Hardcover. Limited edition, #499 of 950 copies, signed by both Steichen and Sandburg below limitation. Near fine copy, showing the lightest of wear at bottom edges and tips. No PONs, bookplates etc and desirable thus. More
THE SHOREBIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA
New York: The Viking Press, 1967. Clem, Robert Verity. Limited First Edition. Full-Leather. #236 of 250 copies .Full leather. Prospectus laid-in. Near fine copy, in original publisher's cloth slipcase. More
SUTEJ DRAWINGS.
Zagreb: National and University Library, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Sutej (1936 - 2005), the Croatian avant-garde painter and graphic artist, to Riva Castleman, who was head of the Print Department at MoMA, on the title page. Quarto, 224 pages, illustrated. Fine copy all around. More
THE OTHER HAMPTON
NY: Grossman Publishers, 1974. Tomkins, Jill (photography). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy to publisher Richard Grossman, inscribed to him some time after publication by photographer Tomkins on the ffe: "For Poppy - back where it belongs - (drawn heart) - J" Book near fine, dustjacket has minor toning and light..... More