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 Mythic Image
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1974. Packed with over 420 illustrations in both b/w and color. 552 pages. Thick 4to, red cloth, d.w. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1974). A very good(-) copy with light foxing to pages and outer margins; in a very good(-) dust wrapper, lightly edgeworn with some foxing to verso. From the Bollingen Series C. 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
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
Ueber de Symbolik im "Panis Angelorum"
Berlin: Otto von Holten, 1908. Beautifully designed by Melchior Lechter in Art Nouveau style and printed sparingly in red/blue with double-spread decorative title, other small devices, initials and linear borders throughout. [20] pages. Large slim 8vo, original tan boards printed in blue & gold (some minor toning to edges & small bump at head but internally fine and clean). Berlin: Otto von Holten, 1908. Limited first edition - number 69 of 300 copies on Indischem Papier. Near fine. Stylized inscription..... More
Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees
New York: Tudor, 1960. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs. 128 pages. 4to, pale green cloth, somewhat faded at edges, tattered dust wrapper. New York: Tudor, (1960). About very good copy, clean but for previous owner's bvookplate, in a poor dust wrapper. Here is an essential source book for folklorists, for artists and designers in all fields, for botanical and gardening specialists, and for all those who would be familiar with the hidden language of flowers, plants and trees..... 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
The Book of Codes: Understanding the World of Hidden Messages; An Illustrated Guide to Signs, Symbols, Ciphers, and Secret Languages
California: University Press, 2009. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 279 pages. Square 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (2009). Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Book of Codes: Understanding the World of Hidden Messages; An Illustrated Guide to Signs, Symbols, Ciphers, and Secret Languages
California: University Press, 2009. Illustrated in color and in black & white. 279 pages. Square 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press/Weldon Owen, (2009). First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. 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
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
Pandora's Box: The Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol.
New York: Pantheon, 1962. 68 illustrations. xiv + 185 pages, 4to, black and rust cloth, dust wrapper; minor edgewear to dust wrapper. New York: Pantheon Books, (1962). Second edition, revised. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Bollingen Series LII. 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
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
Myths And Symbols In Indian Art And Civilization
Washington: Pantheon, 1953. Illustrated in black and white. 8vo, black and green cloth with pictorial gilt stamping, d.w. (edgetorn & taped). Washington, D.C.: Pantheon, (1953). Cloth spine sunned. Very good in a good dust wrapper. Bollingen Series VI. More
Myths And Symbols In Indian Art And Civilization
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1972. 70 black-and-white illustrations. xiii + 248 pages, 8vo, green cloth. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1972). A near fine copy lacking dust wrapper. Bollingen Series VI. More
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