Chita: A Memory of Last Island
New York: harper, 1889. 8vo, terra cotta pictorial cloth, N.Y.: Harper, 1889. First Edition. A bright copy, with a neat old ownership signature, and very slight wear at the extremes of the spine. More
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The Drawings of Paul Klee.
New York: Valentin, 1945. 72 loose plates, printed in black & white. 4to, folding portfolio of navy cloth with gray title labels on cover and spine (cloth is worn at extremities but still sound and contents fine). Includes a laid-in 20 page booklet in pale blue wrappers. New York: Curt Valentin, 1945. Second printing. Fine in very good case. Limited edition - one of 650 copies. More
Karl Blossfeldt, 1865-1932
Cologne: Taschen, 1999. All of Blossfeldt's stunning black-and-white photographs from his three books plus 30 additional plates. 359 pages, folio, green printed boards, d.w.; minor wear along bottom edge of dust wrapper. Koln: Taschen, (1999). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Contains the complete texts and plates from Blossfedlt's Art Forms in Nature; Magic Garden of Nature; and Magic in Nature; plus 30 generally unknown plates. Text in English, French, and German. More
Wine, Women and Song. Medieval Latin Students Songs Now First Translated into English Verse.
Portland: Mosher, 1918. Square 8vo, blue boards, paper spine label, sunned d.w. Portland: Thomas Mosher, 1918. Limited Edition. A fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. One of 500 copies printed on handmade paper. More
The Antigone of Sophocles
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Translated by John Jay Chapman. Decorations by Frank Chouteau Brown. ( 6), 70, (1) pages. Parchment-backed marbled boards, a bit shelfworn and scuffed but quite sound, spine darkened. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1930). Overall a very good(+) copy, internally fine. Number 445 of 500 copies. More
John Marin. A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonne.
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970. 2 volumes. There are 3000 entries of which nearly 2000 are illustrated. 209 plates, bibliography, exhibitions, index. small 4to, d.w., cloth slipcase. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970. Fine. A monumental work. More
Pindar's Odes of Victory.; The Olympian and Pythian Odes and the Nemean and Isthmian Odes
Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head, 1928. 2 volumes. The Olympian and Pythian Odes and the Nemean and Isthmian Odes. with introductions and translation into English verse by C.J. Billson. Wood engravings throughout by John Farleigh. 297 + 193 pages with untrimmed edges. Tall thick 4to, original orange printed boards with black cloth spine (slightly rubbed at extremities) and paper laberls (chipped); bookplate and small previous owner's name on fly-leaves, internally fine. Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press/Blackwell, 1928-1930. Near fine. Limited Edition, number 169..... More
Modern Love and Other Poems.
Portland: Mosher, 1989. 12mo, stiff printed wrappers. Portland: T.B. Mosher, 1898. Very good (+). First edition thus, one of 925 copies on Van Gelder paper. Small owners name and bookplate. More
Exotics and Retrospectives
Boston: Little Brown, 1898. 8vo, pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt; uncut. Boston: Little Brown, 1898. First Edition. Spine lightly browned; light stain on bottom edge of front cover, byut a very good copy of an uncommon book. More
Under a Glass Bell
New York: Gemor, 1944. Copper engravings by Ian Hugo. 83pp. Short slim, 8vo, pictorial boards; lightly worn at corners. (New York: Gemor Press, 1944). Limited First edition. One of 300 copies. More
Edouard Vuillard
New Haven: Yale, 2003. Includes 463 color illustrations and 95 black and white illustrations. Very thick tall 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Published in conjunction with an exhibition that ran January 19 through April 20, 2003 at the National Gallery of Art then traveled to three other locations for additional dates. Organized by Guy Cogeval with Kimberly Jones, Laurence des Cars and MaryAnne Stevens. Contributions by Dario Gamboni, Elizabeth Easton..... More
The Muro-Ji: an Eighth Century Japanese Temple, its Art and History.
Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 1954. Beautifully illustrated with 56 large photogravure plates by Dogon. Slim 4to, natural cloth, chipped d.w. Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan- Sha, (1954). A near fine copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Katsura: Tradition and Creation in Japanese Architecture.
New Haven: Yale Univesity Press, 1960. Introductory essay by Walter Gropius. More than 180 well-printed illustrations, including numerous photos by Yasuhiro Ishimoto. 11 pages of text. Square 4to, blue cloth, edgeworn dust wrapper. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1960. First English Edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Japanese Prints & Drawings from the Vever Collection.
London: Sotheby's, 1976. 3 Volumes. Replete with 974 plates & text illustrations (some in colour, some folding). Folios, brown cloth, d.w. cloth, top edges gilt, slipcase. (London): Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1976. First Edition. Limited. Fine. Includes a bibliography and index. One of 2,000 numbered copies. More
Egon Schiele als Zeichner
Viena: osterreichischen Staatsdruckerei, 1947. Illustrated with 24 plates, 16 color. Plates are laid loose, as issued, in printed green paper portfolio. 13 page pamphlet with text in German laid in. Tall slim 4to, original green printed paper folder, minor wear to edges. Wien: osterreichischen Staatsdruckerei, (no date, circa 1947). A near fine copy of this uncommon publication. More
The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner. 2 volumes
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977. 2 volumes - Text and Plates. 318 pages of text describing 556 plates, some in color. Thick 4tos, gilt-lettered blue cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 1977. First edition. Fine copies in very good(+) dust wrappers. Prize-winning catalogue raisonne of Turner's paintings containing detailed history and provenance of each work, and extensive bibliography. More
The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler. 2 volumes.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980. 2 volumes - Text and Plates. 248 pages of text describing 438 paintings. Extensively illustrated, mostly in b/w. Short thick 4tos, gilt-lettered brown cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 1980. First American edition. Fine copies in a very good(+) dust wrappers. More
The Separate Plates of William Blake: A Catalogue
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983. 9 color plates, 114 black-and-white illustrations. xxviii + 302 pages, 4to, cloth, d.w.; covers very slightly bowed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1983). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Pisan Cantos.
Norfolk: New Directions, 1948. Thin 8vo, black cloth. Norfolk: New Directions, (1948). First Edition. End-papers & upper corners of the text browned; light stains on covers; one corner bumped, but a decent copy of an important book, with an advance copy slip. More
The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme.
New York: Norton, 2013. 24 panel folding panorama of the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Oblong 8vo, pictorial boards housed in pictorial board slipcase, included is the 18 page pamphlet with an essay by Adam Hochschild and annotation by Sacco New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (2013). First edition. A near fine copy. More
Spoon River Anthology.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942. With an introduction for this edition by the author and illustrations by Boardman Robinson. Full page plates. 353 pages. Tall 8vo, beige cloth, (spine darkened, leather spine label rubbed). New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942. A very good(+) copy, lacking the slipcase. One of 1500 numbered copies, signed by both author and illustrator, and printed at the Spiral Press. More