A Handbook on Chinese Art Symbols.
Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1958. Illustrated in color & in black & white. 67 pages. 8vo, spiral bound stiff wrappers, wrappers lightly soiled, otherwise very good. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1972. More
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A Handbook on Chinese Art Symbols.
Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1958. Illustrated in color & in black & white. 67 pages. Slim 8vo, gray boards with red-stamped cover. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1972. A fine copy. More
The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo
New York: Pantheon, 1950. Illustrated with black and white sketches and drawings. 134 pages. 8vo, gray boards and black spine, protected with mylar. New York: Pantheon, (1950.) A fine copy. This volume is 23rd in a series of books sponsored by and published for Bollingen Foundation. More
The Five Happinesses: Symbolism in Chinese Popular Art
New York: Weatherhill, 1973. Translated, annotated, and illustrated by Elaine Spaulding Atwood. Foreword by Arthur W. Hummel. 152 pages, small 4to, decorative red cloth, dust wrapper (dust wrapper rubbed and with some soiling to back panel). New York: Weatherhill, (1973). First English edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Secret Symbolism in Occult Art.
New York: Harmony, 1987. More than 200 illustrations, many in color. 160 pages, 4to, cloth, d.w.; minor edgewear, dent to upper front edge. New York: Harmony Books, (1987). First American edition. Internally fine, a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Fundamental Symbols: The Universal Language of Sacred Science
Cambridge: Quinta Essentia, 1995. 325 pages. 8vo, green cloth. d.w. (Cambridge): Quinta Essentia, (1995). Very good(+) copy with light underlining and a minor bump near foot; wrapper has a touch of creasing near lower corner of front panel, otherwise fine. More
Anthology of Pattern.
New York: Helblun, 1949. 181pp., many black & white and spot color illustrations. 4to, two-toned cloth (spine slightly darkened, else fine), slipcase. New York: William Helburn, 1949. Limited Edition. Very good (+). An un-numbered copy from an edition of 750. More
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1898. 19 volumes, title-pages with decorative red borders. 8vo. Publisher's deluxe binding, gold-decorated full blue crushed morocco, ornately gilt spines and covers, full finely tooled burgundy leather inside all covers, top edge gilt, deckled fore - and bottom edges. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company 1898-1918. Near Fine. Autograph Edition limited to 150 copies. Volume 1 signed by Maeterlinck on blank leaf. Previous owners bookplates, More
Psychology of the House
London: Thames & Hudson, 1977. With 111 illustrations in black and white. 144 pages slim small 4to. London: Thames & Hudson, 1977. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. With the ownership signature of Mildred Schmertz, editor in chief the the Architectural Review. More
At the Center of the World: Polar Symbolism Discovered in Celtic, Norse, and Other Ritualized Landscapes
London: Thames & Hudson, 1994. 184 pages. Thin 8vo, blue boards. d.w. (London): Thames & Hudson, (1994). Book s very good(+) with slight toning to pages and minor bump in bottom corner. Wrapper is very good(+) with a touch of creasing to edges and light scuffing. More
Symbolism in Ancient Chinese Art
New York: Hacker Art Books, 1986. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 263 pages, tall 8vo, pictorial gray cloth. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1986. Near fine. More
Uncle Sam's Dream of Conquest and Carnage; Caused by Reading the Jingo Newspapers
New York: Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1895. Double page offset color lithograph. Image measures 13 3/4" x 19 3/4" Satirical print showing Uncle Sam sleeping in an arm chair with various newspapers at his feet. Surrounding him are various scenes and a persuasive map representing jingo-ism, or hawkish foreign policy. These dream-like scenes include captions such as "Annexing all outlying countries" and "Sweeping his enemies from the seas". The print is in very condition. Minor wear along centerfold. Founded in 1871..... More
Musical Instruments and Their Symbolism in Western Art
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979. Illustrated. Small 4to, pictorial wrappers. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, (1979). Fine. Presentation copy to art historian Meyer Schapiro- "40 years ago you....gave excellent advice to a recent and destitute immigrant from Vienna which enabled him to establish a little niche in America. All this has not been forgotten..." More
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