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e-List #4 - Art and Art History
February 25, 2009

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	1. ACKERMAN, Phyllis. Tapestry. The Mirror of Civilization. New York: Oxford University Press, 1933. First edition. Lrg. 8vo., cloth, 451pp., illustrated. Bookplate, offsetting to e/papers o/w fine in d/w with tape at top of spine and top right corner.  $45.00
	2. ALLEN, Grace Barton. Water Color Painting. A Book of Elementary Instruction for Beginners And Amateurs. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1898. Sm.8vo., orig. white cloth dec. in green and silver, 250pp. With two colour plates. Rubber stamp on e/paper, cloth soiled but certainly a very good copy.  $125.00
	3. American Artists Group - Monograph Series. New York: American Artists Group, v.d. All are 12mo., cloth-backed pictorial boards, unpaginated but usually approximately 60-66pp, illustrated. We offer: 3A. Monograph #1 (c. 1945). John Sloan. Bookplate o/w near fine.  $35.00 3B. "   #2 (c. 1945). Rockwell Kent. Bookplate o/w near fine.  $45.00 3C. "   #3 (c. 1945). Thomas H. Benton. Bookplate o/w fine.  $35.00 3D. "   #4 (c. 1945). Max Weber. Bookplate o/w fine. $35.00 3E. "   #7 (c. 1945). Eugene Spiecher. Bookplate, spine label has been taped o/w        fine. $30.00 3F. "   #9 (c. 1945). Alexander Brook. Bookplate o/w fine.  $35.00 3G. " #10 (c. 1945). Gladys Rockmore Davis. Bookplate o/w fine.  $35.00 3H. " #11 (c. 1945). Yasuo Kuniyoshi. Bookplate o/w fine. $35.00 3J. " #12 (c. 1945). Bernard Karfiol. Bookplate o/w fine. $30.00 3K. " #13 (c. 1945). Charles Burchfield. Bookplate o/w fine. $35.00 3L. " #15 (c. 1945). William Zorach. Bookplate o/w fine. $35.00 3M. " #16 (c. 1946). Doris Lee. Bookplate o/w fine. $35.00 3N. " #17 (c. 1946). Leon Kroll. Bookplate o/w fine. $35.00 3P. " #18 (c. 1946). Arnold Blanch. Bookplate o/w fine. $35.00 3Q. " #19 (c. 1946). Raphael Soyer. Bookplate o/w fine.  $35.00 3R. " #20 (c. 1946). Frederic Taubes. Bookplate o/w fine. $35.00
	4. BARR, Alfred H. Jr. (editor). Vincent van Gogh. With an introduction and notes selected from the letters of the artist, edited by... New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1936). Third edition. 4to., cloth, 193pp., illustrated. Newspaper clipping of van Gogh painting affixed to rear free e/paper with offsetting o/w fine in d/w.  $45.00
	5. BURCKHARDT, Jacob. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. Authorized Translation from the Fifteenth Edition by S. G. C. Middlemore. With Two Hundred and Thirty-Five Illustrations. (New York): Albert & Charles Boni, (1935). First thus. 8vo., cloth, 527pp., profusely illustrated. Bookplate o/w fine.  $45.00
	6. BULLIET, C.J. The Significant Moderns And Their Pictures. New York: Covici Friede, (1936). First edition. Tall 8vo.,  cloth, 199, 274 illustrations. Some clippings tipped in, bookplate o/w fine in a nice d/w. $65.00
	7. CASSOU, Jean. Paintings and Drawings of Matisse with a Critical Survey by... Paris/New York: Braun & Cie, Tudor Publ. Co., 1939. First edition. 4to., cloth, unpaginated w/ colour plates. Fine in d/w.  $65.00
	8. COULTON, G.G. Art And The Reformation. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1953. First edition. Tall thick 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xxii, 622pp. With illustrations. Bookplate o/w fine in d/w.    $125.00
	9. (DODGE, Pickering). Sculpture: And The Plastic Art. Boston: Published by John P. Jewett, 1850. First edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, x, 353pp. A fine copy.   $125.00
	10. EASTLAKE, Charles. Handbook of Painting. The Italian Schools. Based on the Handbook of Kugler. Originally edited by...Fourth edition, Revised and Edited by Lady Eastlake. London: John Murray, 1884. In two volumes. 8vo., orig. cloth, 288; (289)-648pp. With illustrations. About fine.   $125.00
	11. (Exhibition Catalogue). 1913 Armory Show 50th Anniversary Exhibition 1963. New York: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute/Henry Street Settlement, 1963. First edition. 4to., cloth, 212pp., illustrated in b/w and with colour plates. Bookplate o/w fine in d/w.   $50.00
	12. (Exhibition Catalogue). Four Centuries of Miniature Painting. From the Collections of The A. Jay Fink Foundation... December 13, 1958 - January 25, 1959. (Baltimore): Baltimore Museum of Art, (c. 1958). 4to., cloth, 69pp., illustrated. Bookplate o/w fine.   $30.00
	13. (Exhibition Catalogue). Italian Masters Lent by the Royal Italian Government. January to March, 1940. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (c. 1940). 4to., colour pict. cloth, 64pp., illustrated. Bookplate o/w fine. Invitation to attend the opening of this exhibition laid in.   $50.00
	14. FORD, Alice. Pictorial Folk Art. New England to California. New York: Studio Publications, 1949. 4to., cloth, 172pp., illustrated. Fine in d/w.    $35.00
	15. (GIACOMETTI, Alberto). Alberto Giacometti with an Introduction by Peter Selz and an Autobiographical Statement by the Artist. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (c. 1965). 4to., two tone cloth, 119pp., illustrated in colour and b/w. Bookplate o/w fine in d/w.    $60.00
	16. GOODRICH, Lloyd. John Sloan. New York: Macmillan Co., 1952. First edition. 4to., cloth, 80pp., illustrated. Bookplate o/w fine in d/w.     $45.00
	17. GROENEWEGEN-FRANKFORT, H.A. Arrest and Movement An Essay on Space and Time in the representational Art of the Ancient Near East. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1951). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, 222pp., With illustrations. Bookplate o/w fine in d/w.     $85.00
	18. GUERARD, Albert. Art for Art's Sake. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1936. First edition. 8vo., cloth, 349pp. Bookplate o/w fine in d/w with tape to top of spine and along right side of front cover.   $65.00
	19. HAFTMANN, Werner, Alfred Hentzen, William S. Lieberman. German Art of the Twentieth Century. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1957). Sm. sq. 4to., cloth, 240pp., illustrated in b/w and with colour plates. Bookplate o/w fine in d/w.     $75.00
	20. HOLBORN, Ian B. Stoughton. An Introduction to the Architectures of European Religions. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1909. First edition. Square 8vo., orig. medium blue buckram with gilt decoration, xvi, (264)pp. With illustrations. Name on title and pastedown o/w a fine copy.     $125.00
	21. HOPE, Henry R. Georges Braque. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (c. 1949). 4to., stiff pict. wrappers, 170pp., illustrated in b/w and with colour plates. Bookplate o/w fine.     $35.00
	22. JERROLD, Blanchard. The Life of George Cruikshank In Two Epochs. With Numerous Illustrations. London: Chatto And Windus, 1882. In two volumes. First edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth with gilt decoration on upper cover and spine, xvi, 284; viii, 280pp. Inner front hinges cracked, touch of wear to the spine tips but in fact a near fine copy.      $400.00
	23. KLINGENDER, F. D. Goya. In the Democratic Tradition. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1948. Tall 8vo., cloth, 235pp., illustrated. Bookplate o/w fine in taped at spine ends d/w.     $50.00
	24. LEE, Sherman E. Chinese Landscape Painting. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, (c. 1954). 4to., cloth, 169pp., illustrated. Bookplate, o/w fine in d/w.     $60.00
	25. LINTON, Ralph and Paul S. Wingert. Arts of the South Seas. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (c. 1946). First edition. 4to., pict. wrappers, 199pp., illustrated. Bookplate, o/w fine.     $50.00
	26. MACK, Gerstle. Toulouse-Lautrec. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Second printing. Lrg 8vo., cloth, 370pp., xxiv, illustrated. Bookplate, offsetting to e/papers o/w fine in d/w.      $40.00
	27. MILLER, Dorothy C. (editor). Fourteen Americans... with statements by the artists and others. (New York): Museum of Modern Art, (c. 1946). Sm. 4to., stiff pict. wrappers, 80pp., illustrated. Aronson, Culwell, Gorky, Hare, MacIver, Motherwell, Noguchi, Pereira, Pickens, Price, Roszak, Sharrer, Steinberg, and Tobey.      $40.00
	28. MORTIMER, Raymond. Duncan Grant. (Harmondsworth): Penguin Books, (1948).First edition. "The Penguin Modern Painters." Oblong 8vo., flexible card covers, (16)pp.text, 32plates b/w and colour. Crease in upper cover o/w a nice copy in the d/w which is chipped and worn but still very good. Scarce in d/w.      $50.00
	29. MOUNT, Charles Merrill. John Singer Sargent. A Biography by... London: Cresset Press, 1957. First edition. 8vo., cloth, 372pp., illustrated. Bookplate o/w fine in a d/w with slight edge wear.      $45.00
	30. PALEOLOGUE, M. L'Art Chinois Par... Paris: Maison Quantin, (1887). 8vo., orig. grey cloth decorated in black, 320pp. With illustrations. Perimeter of pages browned, some rubbing to the spine ends o/w near fine.      $75.00
	31. RITCHIE, Andrew Carnduff. Sculpture of the Twentieth Century. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1952). First edition. 4to., cloth, 238pp., illustrated. Bookplate o/w fine in d/w.      $45.00
	32. SAARINEN, Aline B. The Proud Possessors. The lives, times and tastes of some adventurous American art collectors. New York: Random House, (1958). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, 433pp., illustrated. Bookplate o/w fine in d/w.      $50.00
	33. SALA, George Augustus. William Hogarth: Painter, Engraver, and Philosopher. Essays On The Man, the Work, and the Time. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1866. First edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth decorated in black, (iv), 318, (2)pp.ads. Bookplates, inner hinges starting o/w a near fine copy.      $150.00
	34. SOBY, James Thrall. Modigliani Paintings Drawings Sculpture. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (c. 1951). 4to., stiff wrappers, 56pp., illustrated in b/w and with colour plates. Bookplate o/w fine.      $45.00
	35. SOBY, James Thrall. Salvador Dali Paintings Drawings Prints. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (c. 1941). 4to., paperboards, 87pp., illustrated in b/w and with colour plates. Bookplate, a couple of clippings have been affixed to the first page (small) and copyright page (large) o/w fine in jacket with light edge wear.      $65.00
	36. STREETER, A. Botticelli. London: George Bell & Sons, 1905. Revised edition. "Great Masters In Painting & Sculpture." 8vo., orig. green cloth dec. in gilt, 167pp. With illustrations. Name on half-title page o/w fine.   $25.00
	37. SWEENEY, James Johnson. Marc Chagall. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (c. 1946). 4to., pict. cloth, 102pp., illustrated in b/w with colour plates. Bookplate, slight offsetting to endpapers o/w fine in d/w.      $50.00
	38. TANNENBAUM, Libby. James Ensor. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (c. 1951). Sm 4to., wrappers, 128pp., illustrated in b/w and with colour plates. Bookplate o/w fine.      $45.00
	39. VALAZQUEZ CHAVEZ, Agustin. Contemporary Mexican Artists. New York: Covici Friede, (1937). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, (xvi), (17)-304pp. With illustrations in black and white. Bookplate o/w fine in d/w with tape repairs to the ends of the d/w but still very good.      $200.00
	40. Verve An Artistic and Literary Quarterly .....December 1937. (Volume 1, No.1). Paris: 1937. First edition of the first issue of Verve. Folio, orig. pictorial wrappers, Four original lithographs: L'Eau by Leger, L'Air by Miro, le Feu by Rattner & la Terre by Bores. Bookplate o/w a fine copy in the original pictorial box which is about fine. Includes text by Gide, Bataille, Garcia Lorca, Malraux and others.       $1,500.00
	Please note that we have several additional issues of Verve available. Contact us if you are looking for a specific issue.
	41. Verve Revue Artistique Et Litteraire Directeur: Teriade. Vol. IV, No. 13. Paris: Editions De La Verve, (1945). Folio, orig. stiff boards, (62)pp. With two colour pochoirs by Matisse, two lithographic portraits by Matisse and several other plates. Bookplate, small chip out of the foot of the spine o/w a near fine copy in the stiff green and white paper d/w with designs by Matisse. .       $2,500.00
	Please note that we have several additional issues of Verve available. Contact us if you are looking for a specific issue.
	42. VOYCE, Arthur. The Moscow Kremlin. Its History, Architecture, and Art Treasures. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1954. First edition. 4to., cloth, 140pp., illustrated. Bookplate o/w fine.     $85.00

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