Bernard Reder.
New York: Whitney Museum, 1961. 97 black and white plates. 120 pages, slim 4to, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped. New York: Whitney Museum of Art, 1961. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper.
BRONZE
Bernard Reder.
New York: Whitney Museum, 1961. 97 black and white plates. 120pp, slim 4to, yellow cloth (spine faded). New York: Whitney Museum of Art, 1961. Very good (+). With a bold inscription by the artist.
Brundage Collection: The Fascinations of Asian Arts
Osaka: Yomiuri Shinbun, 1970. In English and Japanese. Illustrated mostly with black and white photographs with some color. 148 pages, 8vo, pictorial wrappers (some discoloration on back panel). A very good(+) copy. A scarce catalog.
Die Bronzeturen des Bonanus von Pisa und des Barisanus von Trani.
Berlin: Deutscher Verein fur Kunstwissenschaft, 1953. 74p. of text + 170 photograhic illustrations. Thin 4to, brown cloth. Berlin: Deutscher Verein fur Kunstwissenschaft, 1953. Very good (+). Die Fruhmittelalterlichen Bronzeturen, Band IV. Ownership label of art historian Meyer Schapiro.
Bronzes of the American West.
New York: Abrams, 1973. Introduction by Harold McCracken. 431pp., 511 illustrations, including 48 color plates (large library stamp from the publisher on the title page). Oblong 4to, full blue leather. New York: Abrams, (1973). Near Fine. One of only 262 copies signed by the author. Lacking the accompanying bronze sculpture.
Bronzes of the American West.
New York: Abrams, 1973. Introduction by Harold McCracken. 431pp., 511 illustrations, including 48 color plates. Oblong 4to, green cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Abrams, (1973). Fine. Inscribed by the author on the half-title.
Bronzes of the American West.
New York: Abrams, 1973. Introduction by Harold McCracken. 511 illustrations, including 48 plates in full color. 431 pages. Oblong 4to, green cloth, d.w. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1971). Paperclip impression on one page, else a very good (+) copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper.
Datierbare Bronzen aus Luristan und Kirmanshah
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1969. 8 plates and black & white text illustrations. 202 pages (age browned), 4to, grey cloth. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1969. First Edition. Scarce. Very good (+). Untersuchungen zur Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archaologie 5.
The Florence Baptistry Doors.
New York: Viking, 1980. Frontispiece and over 300 photos by David Finn, some in color. 328pp., thick 4to, cloth, d.w. New York: Studio/Viking, (1980). A fine copy in a very good dust jacket.
Joan Miro: The Last Bronze Sculptures, 1981-1983
Santa Fe: Gerald Peters Gallery, 2006. Color and b/w plates. Thin 4to, pictorial wrs. Santa Fe: Gerald Peters Gallery, 2006. Fine Exhibition catalogue.
Chinese Museum - Shaanxi Provincial Museum.; Chinese Museum Series, No. 1
Beijing: Art Publishing House, 1990. Well-illustrated with 204 objects (bronzes, pottery figurines, stone carvings, gold & silverwork), much in color. 232 pages with text entirely in Chinese. Small folio, gold patterned silk cloth; silk cloth box with paper label; the box is a bit dusty and discolored along backstrip but the book is fine. Beijing: Art Publishing House & Kodansha, 1990. First edition, second printing? Very scarce.
Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonne of the Bronzes
Torch Press, 2002. Illustrated in color and sepia tone. 288 pages, 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper. Torch Press, 2002. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
Medallion of Christian Bäumler
1930. Circular bronze medallion in high relief. Medallion measures 5" in diameter. This fine bronze medallion features a left-facing bust portrait of Christian Bäumler (1836-1933), a German cardiologist based in Frankfurt. Bäumler is depicted at the age of 70. Engraved text on the back reads "Viro Doctissimo Alumno suo atque sodali Artis Medicinae Investigatori Filio Frankoniae Illustrissimo Doctoris Nomine ante LXX Annos Appellato Piis Votis Congratulatur." Karl Dautert was an established German sculptor of portraits and medallions whose work was.....
Medallion of Eduard Dietrich
1930. Circular bronze medallion in high relief. Medallion measures 9 cm in diameter. This fine bronze medallion features a left-facing bust portrait of Eduard Dietrich, a German doctor, at the age of 70. Engraved text on the back reads "Dem Verdienstvollen Förderer der Bäderwissenschaft die Vlneoogische Gesellschaft in Berlin 10.Okt.1930." Karl Dautert was an established German sculptor of portraits and medallions whose work was often copied for stamps and other ephemera.
Chinese Bronzes.
New York: Rizzoli, 1980. 152 plates in color and black and white. 252 pages. Large 4to, cloth, d.w., boxed. New York: Rizzoli, 1980. First American Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
Inlaid Bronze and Related Material from Pre-Tang China
London: Foxglove House, 1991. Exhibition from 11 June - 5 July, 1991. Numerous fine color plates. Tall 4to, pale green cloth with gold pattern on cover, d.w. London: Foxglove House, 1991. First Edition. Fine.
Stable Fixtures
New York: Fiske, 1924. 113pp., folio, cloth backed pictorial wrappers. New York: J.W. Fiske Iron Works, 1924. Illustrated catalogue of iron, brass and bronze stable fixtures, with price list inserted. Fine copy.
The Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from the People's Republic of China
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. 386 pages. 4to, gilt-lettered blue cloth with pictorial cover, dust wrapper. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1980). A near-fine copy.
The Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from the People's Republic of China.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w. 386 pages., 4to, gilt-lettered blue cloth, d.w. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1980). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.
Art Bronzes.
West Chester: Schiffer, 1988. 1100 illustrations, 200 in color. 493pp., 4to, blue cloth, d.w. West Chester: Schiffer, 1988. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.
The French Bronze 1500 to 1800.
New York: Knoedler, 1968. Extensively illustrated. 4to printed wrappers. New York: M. Knoedler & Co., 1968. A very good(+) copy.
Works of Art: Furniture - Fabrics - Rugs - Bronzes - Sculptures and Chinese Porcelains.; Collection of the Estate of the Late Judge Elbert H. Gary.
New York: American Art Assoc, 1928. Many illustrations in black & white, several folding with some tipped in and in color, several with lettered tissue guards. Folio, brown boards, vellum spine (darkened and rubbed), internally fine. (New York): American Art Association, 1928. Scarce. Very good (+). Limited Edition. Number 446 of 500 copies.
Catalogue of Chinese Art Objects including Porcelains, Potteries, Jades, Bronzes, and Cloisonne Enamels collected by Edward R. Bacon
New York: Privately Printed, 1919. Illustrated in color and photogtravure. 315 pages, thick 4to, original drab brown wrappers with gilt-lettered spine (very minor wear at ends and small stains at upper corners of some pages, well outside of printed area, otherwise a very near fine copy). Limited edition -- number 148 of an unspecified printing. New York: Privately printed for Virginia Bacon, 1919. A near fine copy of this rather scarce memorial catalogue depicting 617 items in the collection.
Bronzes, Other Metalwork and Sculpture in the Irwin Untermyer Collection.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1962. Illustrated with 202 full-page photographic plates. lxv, 64pp of text. Thick 4to, two-toned cloth with red spine label.. New York: Metropolitan Museum, (1962). A very good(+) copy Volume V of the Irwin Untermyer Collection. The collection consists primarily of bronzes from Italy, Germany, France and the Netherlands, from the 13th to the 18th centuries.
L'Art Chinois
Paris: Nouvel Office D'Edition, 1966. Text by Lubor Hajek. Photography by Werner Forman. 20 color plates, 192 in black and white. 85pp. of text. 4to, decorative cloth, d.w.; minor edgewear and chipping to head of spine. Paris: Nouvel Office D'Edition, (1966).