Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Humanities' Mirror: Reading at the Newberry, 1887-1987

By: Achilles, Rolf (Compiled and Edited by)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Chicago, The Newberry Library : 1987

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 005162

ISBN: no

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

124 pages; many full-page color illustrations of rare books. Marking the centennial of the library with an exhibit and this publication which traces the history, mission and users of the library. Clean throughout; an excellent read.
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Celebrating the American Earth - A Tribute to Ansel Adams

By: Adams, Ansel ; Robert Turnage; John Szarkowski (Preface)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., The Wilderness Society

Seller ID: 005097

ISBN: no

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

not paginated but about 30 pages and nearly as many photographs, a few full-page. Clean throughout. binding tight; corner of the back cover bent.
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Modern + Contemporary Art: Rarities of the Avant-Garde, including the libraries of Mario Diacono and Michael Ilk

By: Anonymous

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Boston, ars libri ltd.

Seller ID: 005071

ISBN: no

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

115 pages; 422 catalogued items. Catalogue 123
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The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts (The New Version)

By: Arnheim, Rudolf

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press : 1988

Seller ID: 005307

ISBN-13: 9780520062429

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

239 pages; more than 150 b&w illustrations. Bibliography; Index. "What determines the overall organization of visual form in works of painting, sculpture, and architecture?" The book, helpful to the viewer as well as the artist. Clean throughout; tight binding.
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Chic Thrills, a Fashion Reader

By: Ash, Juliet and Elizabeth Wilson (Edited by)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: London, Pandora : 1992

Seller ID: 005057

ISBN-13: 9780044408246

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Good.

250 pages; b&w illustrations. A serious consideration of the social and cultural importance of fashion and fashion's leaders. Front cover creased ; clean throughout; binding stable.
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Renwick Craft Invitational 2011. History in the Making

By: Bell, Nicholas R.; Ulysses Grant Dietz; Andrew Wagner; Elizabeth Broun (Foreword)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum w/ Scala Publishers Ltd. : 2011

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 005174

ISBN-13: 9781857597035

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Fine

104 pages; numerous color images. Craft or art? This is craft because the artisans' imagination needed their practiced hands to execute these uniquely beautiful objects. The Renwick, always top-drawer. Clean and bright throughout.
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Rayyane Tabet / Alien Propertyt

By: Benzel, Kim; Rayyane Tabet; Clare Davies

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art : 2019

Seller ID: 005303

ISBN: no

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Fine

48 pages; well illustrated. The Met Art Bulletin, Fall 2019. The story of the archaeological site Tell Halaf beginning in the Sixth Millennium B.C. through to early Twentieth Century when the excavations involved Rayyane Tabet great grandfather of contemporary artist Rayyane Tabet an author of the Bulletin. Clean and bright throughout.
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Ancient Greek Literature and Society. Second Edition, Revised.

By: Beye, Charles Rowan

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Ithaca, Cornell University Press : 1987

Seller ID: 005198

ISBN-13: 9780801494444

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

332 pages. Clean throughout; tight binding.
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Historic & Artistic Bookbindings from the Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana

By: Breslaur, B.H.; J. Toulet (Introduction)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Brussels, Bibliotheca Wittockiana : 1986

Seller ID: 005062

ISBN: no

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

167 pages; 75 books illustrated full-page with full catalogue entry opposite. Clean throughout; tight binding. Covers faded a bit.
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A Gift of Sound: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instrumants

By: Brown, Sally B.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art : 2018

Seller ID: 005332

ISBN: no

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Fine

48 pages; abundant illustrations, including color. The Summer, 2018 Met Bulletin.
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55 Livres et Manuscrits du XVe au XXe Siècle - Catalogue de Livres

By: Camille Sourget

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Paris, Camille Sourget

Seller ID: 005167

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

c. 2006. With Liste des Prix. Merlin to Mao Zedong. Clean and bright throughout; tight binding. Mostly French text; some English added.
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George Washngton: A National Treasure

By: Christman, C.S. and Ellen G. Miles; Marc Pachter (Foreword); Richard Brookhiser (Inroduction)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C. / Seattle, National Portrait Gallery / U. of Washington Press : 2002

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 005283

ISBN-13: 9780295982373

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

103 pages; numerous color illustrations of Washington, his portraits, his contemporaries, the various owners of the Landsdowne portrait and others. This book was motivated by the celebrated purchase of the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait which was given as a gift to Marquis of Landsdowne, a British aristocrat. The portrait ever since known as the Landsdowne portrait. Informative history of Washington and Washington's portrait. Previous owner's name, otherwise in fine condition: clean throughout, tight binding.
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A Bar in Brooklyn: Novellas & Stories, 1970-1978

By: Codrescu, Andrei

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press : 1999

Seller ID: 005137

ISBN-13: 9781574230970

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Fine

237 pages. He's got a way with words. Literature. Clean througout; tight binding.
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The Islamic Perspective: An Aspect of British Architecture and Design in the 19th Century

By: Darby, Michael

Price: $25.00

Publisher: World of Islam Festival Trust : 1983

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 005039

ISBN-13: 9780905035314

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

146 pages; 117 illustrations with catalogue entries; Biographies. Islamic design and British enthusiasts who viewed the design as a link to more imaginative architecture. An exhibition at the Leighton House Gallery, London. Clean throughout; tight binding.
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Revolution in Print, The Press in France 1775-1800

By: Darnton, Robert and Daniel Roche (Editors)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press : 1989

Seller ID: 005115

ISBN-13: 9780520064317

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

351 pages; color and b&w illustrations. In collaboration with the New York Public Library this was an exhibition to mark the bicentennial of the French Revolution and the beginning of the French free press in 1789. Robert Darnton , Princeton University and Daniel Roche, University of Paris. Clean and with tight binding.
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Chateaux De France: Régions Centre et Sud

By: de Ganay, Ernest

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Editions «Tel » : 1950

Seller ID: 005243

ISBN: no

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Good

40 pages text followed by 96 chateaux photographs and a map locating each. Damp stain to the bottom edge and corner of the French-fold jacket. The damping does not affect the text or plates. Clean, unmarked within; binding tight. French text.
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Gateways to Art; Understanding the Visual Arts - Second Edition

By: Dewitte, Debra J.; Ralph M Larmann; M. Kathryn Shields

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Thames & Hudson : 2015

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 005294

ISBN-13: 9780500981573

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Fine

720 pages; 1706 illustrations, including1478 color. The appreciation of the arts textbook, including a broad range of eras and forms. Clean throughout; tight binding. Includes the 48-page Gateways to Art Journal.
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A History of the Rise and Progress of The Arts of Design in the United States (3 volumes)

By: Dunlap, William; James Thomas Flexner (Introduction); Rita Weiss (Edited by)

Price: $17.00

Publisher: New York, Dover Publications : 1969

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 005301

ISBN-13: 9780486216959

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

Vol.I 435 pages; Vol. II, Part One 1- 275 pages; Vol. II, Part Two 275 - 513 pages. 394 b&w illustrations. Three volumes, all clean throughout except for previous owner' s rubber stamp on each front endpaper.
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Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)

By: Evans, Helen C. (Edited by)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art : 2004

Edition: First Edition Paperback

Seller ID: 005209

ISBN-13: 9781588391148

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Fine

658 pages; numerous color illustrations. A huge catalogue of faith art, Christian for a couple centries, then Islamic and Christain as the medieval period begins to grow toward the Renaissance. Icons, sculpture, liturgical implements, paintings, illumination, and more. Clean throughout; tight binding.
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Ancient Egyptian Art in the Brooklyn Museum

By: Fazzini, Richard A.; Robert S. Bianchi; James F. Romano; Donald B. Spanel

Price: $20.00

Publisher: The Brooklyn Museum : 1989

Seller ID: 005309

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Fine

xv pages followed by 100 mostly color plates of objects in the collection. Introductory essay by Mr. Fazzini on the history of gifts and acquiitions that came to the collection. Previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Otherwise, clean throughout; tight binding
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Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)