20TH CENTURY
Louise Bourgeois
Barcelona: Fundacio Antoni Tapies, 1991. Essays by Lucy Lippard, Robert Storr, Rosalind Kraus, Thomas McEvilley and others. 247pp., over 100 fine plates, several in color, and over 30 illustrations in the text. Oblong 4to, stiff glossy decorative black wrappers. Barcelona:Fundacio Antoni Tapies, 1991. Text in French and Spanish. First Edition. Fine. Presentation by the artist signed with initials on the title page. More
Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm Lowry
New York: St. Martin's, 1995. Illustrated sparsely in black and white. xx, 672 pages. Thick 8vo, black boards, d.w. (lightly rubbed, some edgewear particularly at spine). New York: St. Martin's Press, (1995). First American Edition. Review copy slip inserted. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Russian Art of the Avant-Garde: Theory and Criticism, 1902-1934
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1988. Illustrated in black and white. xl, 371 pages. Wide 8vo, printed pictorial wrappers (lightly toned). New York: Thames & Hudson, (1988). Page edges a bit dust soiled -- internally clean and tight. Very good. More
Clash of Titans: World War II at Sea
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Some black & white photographic illustrations, maps. 381 pages. 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, pictorial d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1995). First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Princess Grace
New York: Stein and Day, 1984. With 32 pages of black & white photographic illustrations. xiii, 342 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed yellow boards with gilt lettering, pictorial d.w. (sunned at the spine, slightly edgeworn). New York: Stein and Day, (1984). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Richard Burton: A Life
Boston: Little Brown, 1988. Illustrated with color and b/w photos. 533 pages. Thick 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Boston: Little Brown, (1988). First U.S. edition. A very good copy in a good wrapper--edgeworn with several tears and chips. More
Brando; Songs My Mother Taught Me.
New York: Random House, 1994. Illustrated with b/w photos throughout. 468 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards., d.w. New York: Random House, (1994). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine wrapper. More
Edward Steichen: Lives in Photography
New York: Norton, 2007. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 335 pages. Large 4to, black cloth, d.w. (sunned). New York: Norton, (2007). Corners bumped, otherwise near fine in very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Vienna 1900: Art, Life & Culture
New York: Vendome, 2006. Abundantly illustrated in color and black and white. 400 pages. Tall 8vo, red boards with silver gilt design, d.w. (some minor bending at top edge). New York: Vendome Press, 92006). A fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. More
The Secret Paris of the 30's.
New York: Pantheon, 1976. Translated from the French by Richard Miller. Black and white frontispiece and numerous fine black and white photo illustrations throughout. Short thin 4to, black cloth, lightly worn d.w. New York: Pantheon, (1976). First American edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper, with a lengthy inscription from Brassai on the title page in French, dated October 2, 1976. More
The Secret Paris of the 30's.
New York: Pantheon, 1976. Translated from the French by Richard Miller. Black and white frontispiece and numerous fine black and white photo illustrations throughout. Short thin 4to, black cloth, d.w. (a touch worn at head). New York: Pantheon, (1976). First American edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Manet to Matisse; The Hillman Family Collection
New York: Alex Hillman Family Foundation, 1994. Many color plates. Small folio, red cloth. New York: Alex Hillman Family Foundation, (1994). Fine. More
Les Dessins Magiques de Victor Brauner
Paris: Editions Denoel, 1965. With b/w drawings throughout. 101 pages. 4to, pink cloth, d.w. (Paris: Editions Denoel, 1965). A near fine copy, slight chip to fore-edge of page 11; in a very good(+) dust wrapper, light sunning and edgewear. More
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. Color and black & white photographic illustrations. 319 pages. 8vo, two-toned black and white boards, pictorial d.w. (price-clipped). New York: Simon & Schuster, (1999). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Setting Municipal Priorities, 1983
New York: New York University Press, 1982. 252 pages. 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. New York: New York University Press, 1982. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
51 Documents: Zionist Collaboration With the Nazis
Fort Lee: Barricade Books, 2002. xii, 342 pages. 8vo, red boards with black lettering, d.w. Fort Lee: Barricade Books, (2002). Roughly 100 pages heavily inked in margins, not obstructing text. A very good(-) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Free Rein (La Cle des champs)
Nebraska: University Press, 1995. xii, 291 pages. Tall 8vo, grey cloth with gold spine lettering. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1995). Date stamped at front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean and tight. A near fine copy lacking a dust wrapper. Translated by Michel Parmentier and Jaqueline d'Amboise. From the French Modernist Library Series. Series editors: Mary Ann Caws, Richard Howard, and Patricia Terry. More
Donati: March Twenty-Eighth to April Sixteenth, Nineteen Forty Nine.
New York: Durand-Ruel, 1949. Illustrated with 13 black & white plates. 80 pages, 32mo, maroon cloth (lightly rubbed). New York: Durand-Ruel Galleries, (1949). First Edition. A very good(+) copy of this uncommon exhibition catalogue Limited edition of 2000 un-numbered copies. More
Early Recordings
New York: Aperture, 2007. With an essay by Mark Alice Durant. Many illustrations in color & in black & white. Slim folio, white boards with numerous circular die-cut holes. (New York): Aperture, (2007). First Edition. A fine copy, without dust wrapper as issued. Signed by Breuer in pencil along edge of title page. More
New Verse Written in 1921
Oxford: Clarendon, 1925. 88 pages (all page edges gilt), slim 12mo, unique binding by Bayntun of polished blue calf with inset red morocco label and elaborate gilt stamping, inner gilt dentelles, mottled endpapers (covers very slightly bowed). A near fine copy. Poems from 1921 and a few earlier pieces. More
Briesen: L'Offrande Musicale
Geneva: Musee de L'Athenee, 1981. Text in French. Frontis portrait, illustrated in b/w. 109 pages. Slim, square 4to, white wrappers, plain translucent d.w. Geneva: Musee de L'Athenee, (1981). A near fine copy with gallery ink stamp on half-title page; in a near fine dust wrapper, with minor spotting to rear cover. More
Bali in Pictures
Meiji: East-West at Toppan Press, 1949. Black & white photographic illustrations. Unpaginated. Small square 4to, patterned cloth with a red title label at the front cover (protected with a mylar wrapper). Meiji, Japan: East-West at Toppan Press, 1949. Bristol's signature and gift inscription at the title page. Cloth toned and dust-soiled, pages lightly toned. A very good(+) copy. More
The American West: The Modern Vision.
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1984. Foreword by Charles C. Eldredge. Packed with 100 color, and 297 black and white plates. 350pp. Ssquare 4to, blue cloth, d.w. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1984. First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Surveys the work of 131 artists, lavishly illustrated. More