Introduction; Chronology; Catalog with 27 b&w plates, "Notes on the pictures by Mr. Burchfield." This was MoMA exhibition 5b sharing 5 with 5a,"46 Painters and Sculptors underr 35 Years of Age." Limited to 1000 copies. Clean but not bright; title page is loose; front wrapper is partially separated, still attached by the bottom staple. View More...
56 pages. Exhibition catalogue of works of 26 contemporary Japanese calligraphers. Entries include identification of the ideographs, the literal meaning and acrediting the text. Often includes the calligrapher's comments. Photo portraits of the calligraphers. View More...
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. View More...
342 pages; numerous color and b&w illustrations. A small amout of highlighting mostly of illustration captions. Otherwise clean and tight. View More...
112 pages. Some slight water staining to cover and lower edges. Exhibition included paintings, pastels, lithographs, drawings, and posters. View More...
106 lots, including several by William Trost Richards. Lots have bids noted, we presume winning bids. Front panel of wrappers is stained; clean within throughout; tight binding. View More...
208 pages. Survey of historical and contemporary photography in the five Nordic countries. Water stain to the extreme bottom margins of the pages, not affecting text or photographs. Spine sunned. View More...
320 pages; numerous illustrations, color and b&w. Organized by country of origin. Damping of the top outside corner, which causes rippling, not discoloration, of many pages, not interfering with text or illustrations. View More...
265 pages. An important critical work examining Kafka's thinking and writing. "Writing is Prayer." Clean throughout; tight binding. Head of the spine is pulled and frayed. View More...
366 pages. Memoir post-World War I. First person narratives of luncheons, cocktails, time spent with every notable writer, painter, journalist who lived in or passed through Paris and other parts of France. Clean throughout; head and tail of spine lightly worn; front top corner worn. Front hinge neatly repaired; bindng tight. For the love of Paris.. View More...
52pages. MMA Bulletin Winter 1979/80 as the Met renewed its initiative in building its collection of twentieth-century decorative arts; well illustrated in color and in b&w. Clean, center leaf is loose. View More...
55 pages. Exhibit of Frances Benjamin Johnston's photographs of Hampton Institute, one of the earliest traditionally Black colleges. The complete album of Johnston's pictures were exhibited at the International Exposition of 1900 in Paris. Covers darkened; corner bumped. View More...
1 signature missing (10 pages). French text. 60 full page b/w; 8 color plates. A photographic documentation of historical sites and landscape that figured in Christ's life. Map labeled with districts, cities and villages named as they were 2000 years ago and with modern names. Interesting views of Palestine and Israel of the 1950s. The dustjacket's plastic covering is delaminating (not shown in image). View More...
376 pages; 208 illustrations. A classic, the author assumes "absolute ignorance on the part of the reader", so explains everything, from plates to restoration and mildew. The many illustrations are oftrn accompanied by notes of the artist, such as "I use zinc rarely; copper usually". The boards are worn, especially the spine, worn and faded. The front hinge is cracked at the endpapers, the cords and mull bind the book. Text and paltes are clean, unmarked and whole. The back endpapers have extensive penciled notes. View More...
29 pages text followed by 50 full-page reproductions, all b&w. Written when Matisse was about 60 and says McBride, "who is still in the full vigor of production ...." McBride's text is engaging as he enjoyed some familiarity with the artist. Clean within and throughout, no tears or folds; tight binding. The boards are soiled. View More...