Chuck Close: Drawings 1974-1986
New York: The Pace Gallery, 1987. 1st. Original Wraps. Pace Wildenstein announcement od the June-July 1987 Chuck Close exhibition. Prsitine in its folded pictorial card wrappers. More
New York: The Pace Gallery, 1987. 1st. Original Wraps. Pace Wildenstein announcement od the June-July 1987 Chuck Close exhibition. Prsitine in its folded pictorial card wrappers. More
Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1991. Boards. A pristine copy of the catalogue based on the March-May 1991 exhibition at Stuttgart's Kunsthalle Basel. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine pictorial dustjacket. Sherman's incomparable self-portraits thruout. More
Newark, NJ: The City Plan Commission, 1913. Decorative Boards. The uncommon 1913 1st edition of this report of Newark's City Plan Commission, with several detailed fold-out maps and 35 additional illustrations throughout. Solid and VG+ in its 1/4 cloth over marbled boards, with small former owner name and bookplate at..... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996. Cloth. The 1996 1st American editions --in 3 volumes-- of the "classic and contemporary recipes of the world-renowned master chef Yves Thuries". Each volume translated from its original French by Rhona Poritzky Lauvand and each in crisp, very sharp condition. Tight and Near Fine..... More
New York: Marlborough Gallery, 1984. Pictorial wrappers. The catalogue based on the October-November 1984 exhibition at New York's Marlborough Gallery. Solid and VG+ in its stapled wrappers, with light spotting along the fore and top-edges. Quarto, superb black-and-white and color reproductions throughout. More
Stuttgart: Edition Patricia Schwarz/Galerie Kubinski, 1987. 1st. Original Wraps. The catalogue based on the 1987 exhibition at Galerie Kubinski in Stuttgart. Clean and Near Fine in its white wrappers. Blindstamp of New York's Hirschl & Adler Gallery at the front free endpaper. More
Purchase, NY: Neuberger Museum of Art (Purchase College), 2007. 1st. Original Wraps. An immaculate copy of this catalogue of the June-September 2007 exhibition at the Neuberger Museum. Bright and Fine in its stiff, pictorial wrappers. Quarto, 88 pgs. More
The Cleveland Crane & Engineering Co., 1950. Hardcover. Lavish 1950 catalogue showcasing the latest offerings by the Cleveland Tramrail, a division of the Cleveland Crane & Engineering Co. Crisp, artfully formatted black-and-white photos of various stages of industrial transportation and engineering. Folio, plastic spiral-binding, brown leatherette covers which show light..... More
East Sussex, England: The Naval & Military Press Ltd. Decorative Cloth. 1st thus, "A reproduction of The Cloathing Book with 94 coloured British military costume prints". An immaculate, Fine copy in its laminated pictorial boards. Quarto, 94 well-reproduced, vivid color plates on the rectos. More
Cambridge University Press, 1907. Hardcover. The 1907 edition published by Cambridge, "now printed for the first time from a ms. in the library of St. John's College with an introduction and notes by G.C. Moore Smith, Litt.D." Bookplate and withdrawn stamp of Princeton University Library at the front free endpaper..... More
Overland Park, Kansas: Intertec Publishing, 2000. Original Wraps. The November 2000 1st printing of the Second edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Thick quarto, 591 pgs. More
New York: Mr. J. Webster Cochran, 1866. Original wraps. Scarce 1866 catalogue featuring Mr. J. Webster Cochran's patented breech-loading fire arms. Presentable and VG in its stapled, light-gray wrappers, with mild foxing and creasing to the panels, amd very light dog-earring along the rear tips. One of the signatures still..... More
Providence, R.I. Cocker Spaniel Club of Rhode Island. 1st. Original Wraps. 18 separate specialized dog show catalogues produced by the Cocker Spaniel Club of Rhode Island and ranging from 1945 thru 1960. All of the shows were sponsored by the American Kennel Club and all cover highly-professional, sanctioned events. Each..... More
Minneapolis: Bart & Kay King. Original Wraps. A wonderful crop of "The Cocker Spaniel Visitor", a monthly trade magazine devoted to news by and for the breeders of Cocker Spaniels. 17 issues all told, ranging from 1941 thru 1945. All issues solid and clean in their charming pictorial wrappers. Light..... More
Budapest: 53rd Int. Art Exhib., Venice/Mucsarnok Non-profit, 2009. Original Wraps. First Edition. A bright, Near Fine copy in its original wrappers. The 2009 catalogue of the installation, curated by Andras Renyi, which appeared at the 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice. Octavo, also includes the pictorial wraparound band. More
New York: George H. Doran Company. Cloth. The 1st American edition (c. 1915) of this fascinating collection of documents relating to the outbreak of World War I. Solid and VG in its tan cloth, with light staining to the front panel and one small dent at the rear panel's lower-edge..... More
New York: Chelsea Publishging Company, 1973. Cloth. A handsome example of the "corrected" 1973 reprint --complete in 4 volumes-- "of a work published originally in 4 volumes in Cambridge, England in 1904, 1908, 1909 and 1912, respectively". Each volume is clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its wine-red cloth..... More
Perthshire, Scotland: The Clunie Press, 1987. 1st. Cloth. The 1987 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (with very small former owner stamps at the front free endpaper) in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 344 pgs. More
Perthshire, Scotland: Clunie Press, 1978. 1st. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1978 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (with very small former owner stamp at the front free endpaper) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with light rubbing at the flap-folds. Thick octavo, 484 pgs. Edited by Donald Meltzer..... More
London: The Ricardi Press Books (Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society Ltd.), 1919. Cloth. Handsome 1919 Ricardi Press edition, limited to 1,000 copies. VG in its buckram-backed light-blue boards. Light offsetting at the endsheets, former owner inscription to the front free endaper, armorial bookplate to the following recto..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1920. 1st. Original Cloth. 1920 study of poison gas and its effects on the soldiers. An IMMACULATE copy-- AND in the original light-brown dustjacket. Bright and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, 165 pgs. 41 vivid color plates illustrating the effects of..... More
Routledge & Kegan Paul/Princeton University Press, 1976. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1976 1st Princeton edition, Vol. 10 in Bollingen's formidable "The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge". Tight and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 303 pgs. More
Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1902. Cloth. The Collected Writings, Vol. I, 1902. The 1st American edition, translated by the members of the American Ceramics Society. Researches into clays and kaolins and the fabrication of tile and porcelain products. Vg in its green cloth, with light abrading along the..... More
San Francisco: Determined Productions Inc, 1969. Paperback. Wonderful --and uncommon-- Beatrix Potter coloring book, published originally in 1961 and here re-issued in 1969. Elephant folio, almost 20" tall. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial boards. Vivid black-and-white illustrations thruout, with Beatrix Potter captions, waiting to be colored-in. More
New York: (A Callaway Book) Simon and Schuster, 1990. Original Wraps. The 1990 1st thus, "an adaptation of a coloring book published in 1961 and designed by Andy Warhol, entitled 'The Wonderful World of Fleming-Joffe'". This 1990 stapled folio is clean and bright and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers..... More