The early years of Native American art history.
Seattle, London & Vancouver: Univ. of Wash. & U.B.C. Press, [1992]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 244, [1]; very fine in the jacket. A few illus. in text. More
Seattle, London & Vancouver: Univ. of Wash. & U.B.C. Press, [1992]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 244, [1]; very fine in the jacket. A few illus. in text. More
Città di Castello: Casa Editrice S. Lapi, 1915. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 571; slightly later half vellum and pastepaper covered boards, the spine lettered by hand in brown ink; covers very slightly bowed, light foxing to endpapers and textblock edges, and gutter reinforced at p. 1, not affecting text;..... More
Cambridge: MIT Press, [1981]. First American edition, 2 volumes, oblong 4to, pp. 233 & 230pp., extensively illustrated throughout in both black & white and color, fine copy in original gray buckram, publisher's slipcase. More
Hanoi: Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient, 1944. 12mo, pp. vi, 241; 3 folding maps and plans; original tan wrappers (soiled) printed in red and black; shelf wear, small loss to spine foot; lacking title page and last few leaves, photographic leaves, and one folding plan have been excised. Art in Vietnam, with special..... More
Venezia (Venice): [1930]. 12mo, pp. 24; text in Italian, printed paper wrappers; light toning to edges of paper, else fine. The Venice International Art Exhibition is one of the most prestigious art events in the world. This catalog is a list of the goldsmith exhibition of 1930, with items described..... More
[N. p.]: The Holland Press, [1969]. Reprint edition (first published 1880-1884), thick 8vo, 3 vols. in 1; pp. xii, 449, [1]; pp. . [6], 412; pp. [4], 115; frontispiece portrait of Bernard Quaritch, dec. initials and illustrations throughout text; a fine, fresh copy in dust jacket. Remains a standard work..... More
[Ann Arbor]: Roger Jackson, 1995. Edition limited to 26 copies of which this is copy "Q," signed by the artist, 8vo, 9 individual unbound sheets on goldenrod cardstock printed in red; laid into a handcrafted envelope made in Nepal from the bark of the Daphne cannabina tree; erotic charcoal illustrations..... More
London: John Murray, 1858. First edition, 8vo, 2 vols., pp. xii, [2], 415; xii, [2], 437, [2] ads; color lithograph frontispieces, vignette title-pp., and 10 lithograph plates (9 colored), plus numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; slight dampstain to upper cover of vol. I, else a fine, bright set in..... More
London: Crosby Press, 1976. 4to, pp. 32, [79]; presenting 42 Baluchi rugs in full color, with front matter on the Baluchi themselves. Fine in original cloth with dust jacket. More
Boston: Cornhill Publishing Company, n.d. 8vo, pp. 460; 49 half-tone illustrations and numerous text illustrations; near fine in original maroon cloth stamped in gilt, t.e.g., dust jacket with chips at the edges. Covers bronzes, lacquer, fashions, pottery, porcelain, color prints with chapters on Hokusai and Hiroshige, and much more. More
Lambeth: printed by Wm. Blake, 1793: [i.e. Paris: Trianon Press, 1976.]. Edition limited to 538 copies, this one of 480 bound in quarter morocco; 4to, pp. [18]; 5 hand-stenciled collotype illustrations; commentary and bibliographical history by Geoffrey Keynes; fine copy in publisher's slipcase. More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., [1931]. First edition, 4to, pp. xxiv, 349; frontispiece, numerous black & white and colored plates; occasional pencil notations, lightly toned at edges, else very good in original brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine. An alphabetical catalogue of all known prints by C...... More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1989. Edition ltd. to 2125 copies, this 1/125 bound in quarter black Niger; large 8vo, pp. 215, [3]; photograph portrait frontis & 57 plates; very fine. Designed and produced by W. Thomas Taylor; plates produced at The Press of A. Colish. The definitive correspondence of arguably..... More
[Oxford]: Oxford University Press, [c1993]. 4to, pp. [10], 406; illustrated endpapers, nearly 400 b&w illustrations throughout text, and 28 plates in full color; fine in like dust jacket. Companion volume to The Oxford History of the Classical World. More
New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, [1975]. First edition in English, large square 4to, pp. 269, [1]; extensively illustrated throughout including mounted color plates; fine copy in a fine, priceclipped dust jacket. More
Paris: Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, 1963. First edition, large 8vo, pp. [4], xi, [1], 468, [1], 4 folding maps and plans plus 100 pages showing nearly 300 illustrations; fine, uncut and unopened copy in original gray printed wrappers. Issued as no. LIV in the Publications de l'Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient. More
London: Cassell & Company, 1891. 2 volumes, large 4to, pp. [2], xxvii, [1], 404; xv, [1], [405]-838; plain engraved frontispieces, 16 plates; recent black cloth, gilt-lettered spines, edges uncut; very good and sound. More
London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1830. 8vo, pp. xviii, [2], 98, [2] ads; vignette title (repeated as a tail-piece), some spotting and foxing, but a good copy in orig. printed paper-covered boards, neatly rebacked. Epitaphs are included under eight sections: infancy, youth, manhood, age, general, speedy death, sudden death, and..... More
[Coburg]: Winkler-verlag, [1947]. Large 8vo, pp. 142. [2]; 9 plates in text and 5 loose in back as issued; printed paper covered boards; boards a little toned, two of the loose leaves dogeared, one with a few shallow closed tears at an edge, text clean, very good. More
Alexandria, VA: Jeff W. Boucher, [1989]. First edition, 4to, pp. 152; plain and color photographic illustrations, decorative endpapers; original cloth in pictorial dust jacket; jacket spine head chipped, else about fine. Ownership signature of Shirley G. Boucher on title page. More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1865. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 55, [1]; 4 lithographic plates; self wrappers, stitched, as issued; fine. "An investigation into the validity of supposedly eighteenth century photographs found at Soho, Birmingham, with interesting technical details of various reproduction methods. Five different editions and variants of the pamphlet..... More
Washington, D.C. Wildlife Management Institute, 1949. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 140; frontispiece; illus. throughout; jacket, nicked at extremities and slightly soiled, 3 inch tear up from bottom along fore-edge; else very good or better. More
Bloomington: Indiana University Art Museum, [1966]. Tall 8vo, pp. [14]; folding plate printed in red and black with Chinese characters; text pinted in blue and black; fine copy in original green-gray pictorial wrappers; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. Designed by George Sadek. The folding plate contains the discourse..... More
Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, [1996]. 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 709; xxiii, 722; maps (1 in color); a fine set in pictorial wrappers. More
[Milano]: Skira, [1999]. First edition, slim 4to, pp. 80; black & white and color text illustrations throughout; original black pictorial wrappers, French flaps; fine. More