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 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
The Body of Christ: In the Art of Europe and New Spain 1150-1800
New York: Prestel, 1997. Illustrated in b/w and color throughout. 175 pages. 4to, red cloth, d.w. New York: Prestel, (1997). A fine copy in a very good(+) wrapper, lightly scuffed. More
The Golden Wand of Medicine: A History of the Caduceus Symbol in Medicine
New York: Greenwood, 1992. Foreword by Robert P. Hudson. Illustrated. xii + 181 pages, 8vo, red cloth. New York: Greenwood Press, (1992). A near fine copy. More
The Golden Wand of Medicine: A History of the Caduceus Symbol in Medicine
New York: Greenwood, 1992. Lightly illustrated in b/w. 181 pages. Slim 8vo, red cloth. New York: Greenwood Press, (1992). First edition. A very good(-) copy--foxing to outer edges, minor paper loss to front pastedown. 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 very light neat underlining (with a ruler) and a minor bump near foot; wrapper near 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
Heloisa Novaes
Paris: Hazan, 2000. With color images throughout. 119 pages in French text. Small, square 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers, d.w. Paris: Hazan, (2000). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, slightly scratched on cover. More
Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees
New York: Tudor, 1960. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs. 128 pages. 4to, green cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Tudor, (1960). A very good(-) copy, i, some foxing on page edges; internally clean but remainders of tape marks on front and back boards, back free end paper rubbed, library stamp on title page, in a very good dust wrapper, price clipped. Here is an essential source book for folklorists, for artists and designers in all fields, for botanical and..... More
Dictionary of Symbols
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1991. Black and white illustrations of the symbols discussed. 596 pages. 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, (1991). A very good ex-library copy with stamps removed from page edges and endpapers, some foxing, tape mark on boards, in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Each entry includes the signs history, its meanings and the systems in which it is used, along with cross references to other signs with the same meanings and structurally similar signs with..... 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
The Rod and Serpent of Asklepios: Symbol of Medicine
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1967. Illustrated. ix + 260 pages, 8vo, cloth; half-title and title pages lightly spotted, remains of library pocket removed from inside rear cover, small bit of damage to lower spine from removed label. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1967. Internally near fine, a very good(-) usable copy. Garrison-Morton 6610.5. More
Leben und Tod (Life and Death)
Gottingen: Steidl, 2020. Illustrated with color photos throughout. Oblong 8vo, pictorial wrappers, purple slipcase. Unpaginated. (Gottingen): Steidl, (2020). A very good copy--one dent to front cover and first several pages; in a scuffed slipcase. More
Signs and Symbols: African Images in African-American Quilts
New York: Museum of American Folk Art, 1993. Illustrated in color throughout. 134 pages. Slim 4to, red cloth, d.w. New York: Museum of American Folk Art, (1993). A very good(-) copy with light fading to lower cloth edges, 2 inch dampstain on rear cloth; in a good wrapper--largely intact but sunned spine, tear at foot of rear cover, handwriting impression visible across rear cover. More
The Religious Symbolism of Michelangelo: The Sistine Ceiling
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 193 b/w images at rear. 237 pages of text. 4to, blue boards, d.w. (lightly edgeworn and spine faded).Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2000). 3 black marker lines on top page edges, else a near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Scarce. 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
Allegory and the Migration of Symbols
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1987. Illustrated with 251 b/w images. 223 pages. Small 4to, pictorial wrappers. A near fine copy with very light handwriting in margins (small pencil ticks). More
Hex Signs: Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Symbols and Their Meaning
New York: Museum of American Folk Art, 1989. Profusely illustrated in b/w and color throughout. 72 pages. Slim 4to, burgundy cloth, d.w. New York: Museum of American Folk Art, (1989). First edition. A very good copy--light spotting to cloth--in a very good wrapper, minor scuffing and edge wear. More
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