Paris: Armand Colin, 1916. 2 volumes. Replete with 240 b/w plates in each volume. Oblong folio, blue cloth pictorially stamped in white & gilt. Paris Librairie Armond Colin, 1916. Bindings shaken with hinge cracked on first volume; pages rather toned. Overall a very good(+) pair. More
Vienna: Christian Brandstatter, 2001. 76 color plates. 112 pages. Slim square 4to, black boards, d.w. Vienna: Christian Brandstatter, (2001). First Edition. Fine in a very good(-) dust wrapper, intact but mis-aligned. Text in English & German. This book focuses on Rankin's debts to Lilly Brett, his wife, and her intense occupation with Judaism and the Nazi's Holocaust. More
10pp of text. Illustrated with 40 tipped-in color plates, loose as issued in a printed wrappers; cloth-hinged board folder within a cloth slipcase. (France): Albert Skira, (no date, circa 1950). A fine copy in a worn slipcase. Limited Edition of 1000 numbered copies. More
Paris: 1934. Sous le Haut Patronage de la Societe Centrale Canine, et du Saint- Hubert-Club de France: Chiens d'Utilite, Chiens de Chasse a Tir et a Course, Chiens d'Agrement. Illustrated with 101 finely printed photographs in the text. 275pp. Folio. 36 unsewn gatherings, loose as issued in a two-part slipcase. Paris: Nouvelle Edition Francaise, 1934. Text in French. A fine copy (unopened pages) in a poor slipcase. Limited edition. One of only 75 copies on Arches paper, from a total..... More
New York: Abrams, 2003. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. 223pp. Short square 4to, pictorial boards, dust wrapper. New York: Abrams, (2003). Near fine copy with a near fine dust wrapper. More
Italy: Vianello Libri, 1987. Illustrated throughout with detailed photographs of Canova's work in black & white & color, by Paolo Cusenza & Mauro Negro. 79 pages. Thin 4to, white boards, d.w. Italy: Vianello Libri, (1987). Near Fine in very good(+) dust wrapper. A near fine copy of this very uncommon monograph of Antonio Canova's work housed at the Gyspotheca Museum, Possagno. More
New York: Shorewood Publishers, 1964. Many illustrations in color and black & white. 141pp. Square 8vo, pale green cloth, slipcase with a mounted illustration on cover. New York: Shorewood Publishers, (1964). Very good. More
New York: Pantheon, 1960. Photographs by Marianne Greenwood. Illustrated with 98 single-sided plates, some in color. Oblong 4to, pale yellow cloth with red decorative image, plain mylar wrapper, pictorial box. New York: Pantheon Books, (1960). A fine copy in a very near fine box. More
New York: Abrams, 1961. Introduction by Georges Boudaille. 32 pages of text in English & Spanish, followed by the illustrations, which reproduce 3 of Picasso's sketchbooks drawn in 1959. Folio, white cloth with multi-colored pictorial covers (spine sun-darkened, as usual); pictorial cloth slipcase (well-rubbed and repaired; now sound). New York: Abrams, (1961). First American edition. Scarce. Internally fine, a very good(+) copy of this handsomely printed book. The plates (black & white, sepia and color), many of which are single-sided..... More
Numerous illustrations, many in color. Slim square 8vo, pale green cloth, slipcase. New York: Shorewood, (1963). A fine copy. More
Illustrated with more than 150 black-and-white photographs by Etienne Sved. 161 pages, 4to, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. rubbed, worn & chipped. New York, (1951). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
New York: Shorewood Publishers, 1963. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. 139pp. Square 8vo, pale green cloth, slipcase with a mounted illustration on the front. New York: Shorewood Publishers, (1963). Very good. More
New York: Abrams, 1959. Illustrated in black & white and color, some mounted and one folding. Slim folio, cloth-backed boards, edgeworn dust wrapper. New York: Abrams, (no date, circa 1959). A very good copy. More
Foreword By Paul Mellon. Photographys by Henry Horenstein. Color photos throughout, 168pp., 4to, cloth, d.w. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., (1990).. Near fine. More
New York: Abbeville, 1991. Illustrated throughout in color. 240pp. Square 4to, green cloth, d.w. (large closed tear on rear panel). New York: Abbeville Press, (1991). First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Ecco Press, 1987. Essay by Raymond Carver. Preface by Andy Grundberg. 32 full-page black-and-white photographic plates. New York: Ecco Press, (1987). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Hirsch & Alder Galleries, 1988. Illustrated profusely in color and black and white. 79 pages. Thin 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, (1988). A near fine copy-- ownership inscription on the front free end paper. More
Introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell. Profusely illustrated in color & b/w, 339pp., wide 8vo, cloth; tattered dust wrapper. New York: The Viking Press, (1960). More
London: Spring Books, 1965. Color & b/w illustrations. 4to, gilt decorated cloth. London: Spring Books, no date, circa 1965. A very good(+) copy. More
Australia: Rigby, 1966. Photographs by Robert B. Goodman. Profusely illustrated in color & b/w. 292pp., 4to, cloth, dust wrapper, publisher's slipcase. (Australia): Rigby Limited, (1966). A very good copy. More
New York: Putnam, 1967. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white by Wim Swaan. 160 pages. 4to, buckram, d.w.; dust wrapper edgeworn. New York; G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1967). First American Edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
London: Precision, 1985. Numerous black & white photographic illustrations. 125 pages. Short slim 4to, stiff blue patterned wrappers, lightly edgeworn. (London: Precision, 1985). First Edition. Ownership signature on endpaper, still a very good(+) copy. An Arts Council Exhibition. More
New York: Abrams, 1986. 244 illustrations, including 150 in color. 240 pages. Small oblong 4to, pale gray cloth, d.w. (spine lettering slightly faded) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, in association with New York: Abrams, (1986). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Abrams, 2003. More than 300 vivid color photographs. 312pp. Square 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. New York: Abrams, (2003). Second printing. A fine copy of this unusual instructional book. More
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