January SALE! All books $100 and under are 30% off for the month of January in the folloowing subjects:
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This sale excludes artists' books, private press, and items sold on consignment.
London: Phaidon, (1999). Paperback. 4to. White paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Interior is clean and bright and filled with illustrations. Black and white illustrated dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. 160 pages. ART/020818. Near Fine / Near Fine. More
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1950. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. 8vo. In gray cloth covered boards with red and black title print to spine and front cover. In tan paper DJ. Interior clean and bright. 255pp. POL/011007. Very Good in Very Good dj. More
Stroud, Glos. Catalpa Press, 1985. Paperback. Fine in white paper wrappers with brown title to spine and illustration to both covers. Pristine. Includes numerous full page illustrations - some printed in black and others in brown. 69 pages. BOB/093010. Fine. More
London: The British Library, 2003. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with illustrations throughout. Blue dust jacket with yellow title to front and spine panels. Index, 514 pages. Books on books. BOB/011212. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. More
[Austin, Humanities Research Center, 1966]. Hardcover. First edition. One of 1000 copies. A chronological list of all manuscripts, letters, and books by the Brownings in the University of Texas's Browning collection. Bound in white cloth in cream pictorial dust jacket. Near fine in chipped dust jacket. 120 pages. Near Fine / Very Good Minus. More
Philadelphia: The Art Alliance Press, 1984. Hardcover. "A study of the soically conscious grass roots wall art that originated in the late 1960s and spread through the country and abroad during the following decade" (jacket). Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. In black illustrated dust jacket with red title to spine and front panels. Minor sunning to spine of jacket and light wear to edges. Slight cock to spine. Filled with photographic illustrations, mostly in black and white with some in color. Size: Quarto. 516 pages. ART/121218. Very Good / Very Good. More
Washington, D.C. Gibson Brothers, 1907. Paperback. SCARCE. Very good in stapled off-white paper wraps with black title to front panel. Small open tear to front wrap near spine. 96 pages. Books on Books. BOB411231. Very Good. More
Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1987. Hardcover. American Poetry Contemporary Bibliography Series, No. 2. First Edition. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. 125 pages. Illustrated. BOB/111616. Fine. More
Chicago: Jacques Baruch Gallery, 1988. Paperback. SCARCE. Exhibition catalog. White side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Black and white illustrations throughout. 44 pages. ART/052711. Near Fine in Wraps. More
Baltimore: Scapegoat Publishing, 2005. Paperback. "American Gothic provides an overview of at least 15 years of Carlos Batts's artistic career covering all manners of photographic and mixed-media manipulations" (back cover). Includes CD featuring Mastadon, Swarm of the Lotus, Pig Destroyer, Pg. 99, Dog Fashion Disco, Radiation 4, Daybreak, Buzzoven, and Agoraphobic Nosebleed. Some tracks are unavailable elsewhere. Bound in black paper wrappers with pink title to spine and front cover. Clean and bright. Housed in a black cloth slipcase with pink title to front panel. Unpaginated. ART/071017. Fine. More
New York: Macmillan (for the Whitney Museun), 1953. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth covered boards with white title to spine. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. Purple dust jacket with red title to front and spine panels. Jacket has minor chipping to edges. Art. ART1/10110. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. More
Chicago: The Carton Club, 1938. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. SCARCE. 8vo. 1 of 250 copies. Red cloth covered boards with small gilt title to spine. Slight wear to spine ends and corners. Minor fading to spine and one small spot of discoloration to front board. Embossed design to front board. Inscribed by previous owner. Clean, tight interior. Includes illustrations. Minor browning as a result of the illustrations. 29 pp. BOB/030705. Very Good. More
London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1888. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed: "To Linda Falconer from the Author." Wyke Bayliss (1835-1906) was a British painter and author who was affiliated with the Pre-Raphaelites and friendds with such figures as Millais, Leighton, and Burne-Jones. Bound in dark red cloth with title and author in gilt to spine. Discolorations and bumping to boards. Light water stains to first few pages and some creases and light marks to last few pages. Several b&w illustrations. Very good minus condition. 207 pages. ART/032313. Very Good -. More
Montreal, Canada: Therien Freres Limitee, 1940. Paperback. Very good in wraps. Wraps slighty soiled with yellowed spine. Half title pages is un-opened. Wonderful full-page illustrations throughout. 217 pages. Books on Books (wraps). BOB/4213. Very Good. More
Edinburgh: Peter Bell, 1993. Paperback. Fifth Impression. Spiral bound quarto with green thick stock wrappers. Near mint condition. Clean and bright interior. 193 pages. Books on Books. BOB/5143. Fine. More
Kansas City: 1940. Paperback. Very good in cream wraps. Spine slightly faded, slight edgewear (mostly creasing of edge, not tearing). With many art reproductions on glossy stock. Interior clean. Art Criticism and Collection. PER/2193. Very Good. More
Kansas City: 1941. Paperback. Very good plus in cream wraps with edgewear (creasing). Spine slightly faded. Interior very clean with art reproductions on glossy stock. Art Criticism and Collection. PER/2193. Very Good +. More
Kansas City: 1941. Paperback. Very good plus in cream wraps with edgewear (creasing). Spine slightly faded. Interior very clean with art reproductions on glossy stock. Art Criticism and Collection. PER/2193. Very Good +. More
Eujoa Artes Graficas. Hardcover. Nf/Nf Dj/tall 8vo./many illustrations Art. ART212191. Near Fine. More
London: The Phaidon Press, 1953. Hardcover. Very good+ in very good dust jacket. Dj spine is yellowed and has some water spots. Front is still bright. Minor chipping to spine ends. Interior is clean and bright with 400 illustrations; 17 full color high-quality tipped-in plates. index, 488 pages, the last half of which are illustration plates. Art. ART/6252. Very Good+ in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
Buffalo: State University of New York, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Very good in blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor bumping to edges. Library of congress surplus stamp to front free endpaper. Else is clean and bright. Author's signature to title page. Off-white dust jacket with red title to front panel and brown title to spine. Light rubbing, edgewear and slight fading to dust jacket. 395 pages. Books on Books. BOB609051. Very Good+ / Very Good. More
Buffalo, NY: State University of New York, 1983. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 1 of 1000 copies. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Top right corner of front board is bumped. Head of spine is bumped. Pristine interior with tight binding. Includes several illustrations. Light yellow dj with maroon title to spine and front panels. Very minor wear to edges of dj. 395 pp. BOB/033105. Very Good+ in Near Fine dj. More
New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc and Aurora Art Publishers, 1986. Hardcover. Near fine in blue cloth boards with silver title to spine and front cover. Clean, bright interior with reproductions of 277 paintings. Rippling to bottom edges of last few pages, else fine. In red illustrated jacket with white title to spine and front panels. 336 pages. A large, heavy book that may require extra shipping. ART/122016. Near Fine / Fine. More
New York: Burt Franklin, 1968. Hardcover. Second edition, revised. Thin octavo. Bound in mustard yellow cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean and bright with black and white photographic illustrations (12 plates). 81 pages. BOB/011320. Very Good. More
Fratelli Fabbri - Albert Skira, 1968. Hardcover. Folio. In ITALIAN. Includes original photographs of the renovation of San Marco laid in. This book comes from the library of Laurance Roberts, noteable Asian art scholar. Illustrated boards with black spine panel and gold title to spine. Clean, tight interior filled with illustrations. Many of the illustrations are in full color and several fold out. 72 pages. Byzantine. ART/062106. Fine. More