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FINE ARTS
1. ADDISON, Julia de Wolf. The Art of the Dresden
Gallery.
Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1907. 8vo., orig. green cloth with
elaborate gilt crest on upper board, t.e.g., 455pp. Bookplate, inner
hinges cracked, some pages uncut, o/w an about fine copy.
$75 Now $37.50
2. ALLEN, Grace Barton. Water Color Painting. A Book of
Elementary Instruction for Beginners And Amateurs. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1898. Small 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 Now $62.50
3. ALLONGÉ, Auguste. Charcoal Drawing. Translated by
S.D.W. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, (1876). 8vo., orig. green
cloth, 47pp. Name in ink on front e/paper, some light rubbing to spine
ends, o/w near fine.
$150 Now $75
4. ANON. The Dome: a Quarterly containing Examples of All
the Arts. London: Published at the Unicorn Press, 1897. Square 8vo,. orig.
printed paper boards, 104, (16)pp. ads. With illustrations. Boards
worn at the spine ends and corners o/w very good.
$75 Now $37.50
5. ANON. Musée de Versailles ou Tableaux de l’Histoire de
France avec un texte explicatif … Paris: Furne et Cie, 1856. 4to., cont. half calf, raised bands,
114pp. With illustrations. Dampstain running through first twenty
pages, progressively less obvious but affecting some plates, corners a
touch worn, small chip out of head of spine, o/w a better than very
good copy.
$300 Now $150
6. ANON. Painting. Its Rise and Progress from the
Earliest Ages to the Present Time … compiled from the best
authorities. Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1846. First edition. 8vo., orig.
brown cloth, 428pp. Bookplate, pencil scribbles on rear e/papers,
front free e/paper wanting, some chipping to head and foot of spine
o/w a sound copy.
$75 Now $37.50
7. ANON. Pictures and Painters. (bound with): ANON.
Popular Superstitions. London: William Tegg and Co., nd. Two volumes bound as one, as
issued. 8vo., orig. flexible green cloth, 128; 128pp. Some foxing
throughout, upper cover reattached with archival tape, a few nicks to
spine which is faded to tan, an adequate copy.
$100 Now $50
8. BALDRY, A. Lys. Modern Mural Decoration. London: George Newnes, 1902. First edition. Small 4to., orig. blue
cloth with gilt decoration on the upper cover and the spine, A.E.G.,
(xvi), 186pp. Profusely illustrated. A near fine copy.
$300 Now $150
9. BARKER, Christopher. Portraits of Poets; ed by
Sebastian Barker. London: The Folio Society, 1986. First edition. 4to., black cloth
with photographic vignette on upper board, (127)pp. With
illustrations. Sticky corners at p. 12 affecting the portrait at p.
(13), rear e/paper wanting, mark from removed bookplate inside front
cover, o/w a very good copy in a very good slipcase.
$75 Now $37.50
10. BAZIN, Germain. aleijadinho et la sculpture baroque au
brésil. (Paris): les éditions du temps, (1963). 4to., rebound in full vellum,
(328)pp. Vellum lightly soiled, boards slightly bowed o/w about fine.
$200 Now $100
11. BEZZI, Giovanni Aubrey. The life of Giovanni Angelico
da Fiesole, Translated from the Italian of Vasari. With notes and
illustrations. NP: Printed for the Arundel Society, 1850. Small 4to., orig.
cloth-backed printed boards, 32pp., 21 plates bound in at rear.
Bookplate, upper board worn, small ink spot at foot, o/w a sound copy
with all plates present.
$150 Now $75
12. BLACKBURN, Henry. Randolph Caldecott: A Personal
Memoir Of His Early Career. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886. First
edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth with pictorial decoration in
black, bevelled edges, A.E.G., xvi, 216pp. Profusely illustrated. A
fine, bright copy.
$300 Now $150
13. BLAKE, William. Songs of Innocence & of Experience
1794. (New York: The Falcon Press, 1947). Albion Facsimiles, Number One.
Small 8vo., stiff paper covers, no pagination. With an introduction
followed by a black & white facsimile. Bookplate, lacking the front
free e/paper o/w a nice copy in a near fine d/w.
$50 Now $25
14. BOSSERT, Helmuth. An Encyclopaedia of Colour
Decoration From the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century.
With Explanatory Text by... London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1928. First English edition.
(copyright, Berlin, 1928). 4to., cloth, 35pp. text, 120 plates in
colour. Spine a bit faded, a couple of marks on the rear board, but
certainly a better than very good copy.
$300 Now $150
15. BRADLEY, J.W., and T.G. Goodwin. A Manual of
Illumination on Paper and Vellum … carefully revised and enlarged,
with practical notes, and entirely new illustrations on wood, by J.J.
Laing. (bound with): LAING, J.J. A Companion to Manual of
Illustration. Containing Borders, Capitals, Texts, and Detail
Finishings, &c. London: Winsor & Newton, nd. Two volumes bound as one, as issued.
8vo., orig. rust cloth, 100; 6pp. of text with 28 plates, 54pp. ads.
With illustrations. Inner hinges cracked, some wear and soiling to
boards, spine chipped at head and foot, o/w a sound copy.
$125 Now $62.50
16. BRAY, Mrs. Life of Thomas Stothard, R.A. With Personal
Reminiscences by... London: John Murray, 1851. First edition. Small 4to., full cont.
calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine labels, gilt
border on covers, inner dentelles gilt, T.E.G., by Root & Son, xxiv,
246, (2)pp. ads. With illustrations from Stothard's works. Spine
slightly darkened, some minor rubbing o/w a near fine copy.
$300 Now $150
17. BURTY, Philippe. Chefs-D'Oeuvre of the Industrial
Arts. Pottery and Porcelain, Glass, Enamel, Metal, Goldsmith's Work,
Jewelry, and Tapestry. Edited by W. Chaffers. New York: Appleton, 1869. First U.S. edition. Tall 8vo., orig.
light green cloth, 391pp. With 52 plates and illustrations throughout.
Extremities slightly worn o/w near fine.
$200 Now $100
18. BURTY, Philippe. Chefs d’Œuvre of the Industrial Arts.
Pottery, Porcelain, Glass, Enamel, Metal, Goldsmith’s Work, Jewellery,
and Tapestry. Edited by W. Chaffers. London and New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, (1869). Thick
8vo., orig. rust cloth, 391, 16pp. ads. With illustrations. Bookplate,
some signatures sprung, o/w very good.
$165 Now $82.50
19. CALLEN, Anthea. Women Artists of the Arts and Crafts
Movement 1870-1914. New York: Pantheon Books, (1979). First US edition. 4to., black
cloth, 232pp. With illustrations. Fine in price-clipped d/w with
faintly faded spine.
$150 Now $75
20. CARTWRIGHT, Julia. Jean Francois Millet His Life and
Letters.
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1902. Second edition. Tall 8vo.,
full contemporary tan calf, raised bands, gilt dec. in compartments,
leather spine label, inner dentelles gilt, A.E.G., (viii), 396pp. With
nine photogravures. A fine copy.
$225 Now $112.50
21. CELLINI, Benvenuto. Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini, A
Florentine Artist... Containing a Variety of Information Respecting
the Arts and the History of the Sixteenth Century With The Notes and
Observations of C.G. Carpani. Translated by Thomas Roscoe.
New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1845. Two volumes bound in one. 8vo.,
cont. half calf, marble boards, raised bands, xvi, 254; x, 256pp.
Discreet name on title, bookplate o/w near fine.
$200 Now $100
22. CHAFFERS, William. Collector's Handbook of Marks and
Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain. Los Angeles and Toronto: Borden Publishing Company, 1947. Cloth,
367pp. Near fine in a d/w with some wear to the spine ends.
$35 Now $17.50
23. CLEMENT, Clara Erskine. A Handbook of Christian
Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art. Edited by
Katherine E. Conway. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. Fifth
edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth gilt, T.E.G., 349pp. With
illustrations. Ink inscription on titlepage, bookplate, o/w about
fine.
$65 Now $32.50
24. CLEMENT, Clara Erskine. A Handbook of Legendary and
Mythological Art.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1891. "Twenty third edition." Tall 8vo.,
cont. half calf, marble boards, gilt decoration, leather spine labels,
xii, 575pp. With illustrations. Spine a bit faded o/w an attractive
copy.
$250 Now $125
25. CLEMENT, Clara Erskine. An Outline of History of
Sculpture for Beginners and Students With Complete Indexes and
Numerous Illustrations. New York: White, Stokes & Allen, 1885. First edition. Tall 8vo.,
orig. blue cloth dec. in gilt, x, 302pp. With illustrations. Lacking
the front free e/paper, spine ends chipped, a good copy.
$65 Now $32.50
26. CLEMENT, Clara Erskine. Painters, Sculptors,
Architects, Engravers and Their Works. A Handbook.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890. "Eleventh edition." Tall 8vo.,
cont. half calf, marble boards, gilt decoration, leather spine labels,
xlii, 681pp. With numerous illustrations. Spine a bit faded o/w an
attractive copy.
$250 Now $125
27. 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 Now $62.50
28. (COXE, William). Sketches of the Lives of Corregio and
Parmegiano. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green,
1823. First edition. 8vo., full cont. calf, raised bands, gilt, x,
276, (10)pp. ads. Stamp on fore-edge, bookplate removed from e/paper,
some rubbing, a very good copy.
$175 Now $87.50
29. CUST, Robert H. Hobart. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini.
London: The Navarre Society Limited, 1935. In two volumes. 8vo.,
orig. blue cloth, xxv, 390; xx, 533pp. Some slight foxing, marks from
bookplate removal o/w fine.
$100 Now $50
30. DOITEAU, V., and E. Leroy. La Folie de Van Gogh. Paris: Collection “Sous le signe de Saturne”, Editions “Æsculape”,
1928. 1 of 1500 copies. Small 4to., rebound in cont. brown morocco
spine, marble boards, raised bands, T.E.G., 137pp. with the original
wrappers bound in. Illustrated. Bookplate o/w fine.
$250 Now $125
31. (Furniture) The English Chair. Its History and
Evolution. London: M. Harris & Sons, 1937. First edition. 8vo., boards with
cloth spine, 181pp. With illustrations. Fine.
$50 Now $25
32. The Five Arts. Volume One, Number Two, May, 1930. Hanover, NH: np, 1930 (printed by the Rumford Press, Concord, NH).
8vo., orig. cream and blue patterned paper boards, 81, 12pp. ads.
Spine worn and discoloured, corners bumped o/w an about fine copy.
$45 Now $22.50
33. GALLATIN, Albert Eugene. Art and the Great War. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1919. 4to., orig. cloth-backed
boards, 228pp. With 102 plates in total. Some pages uncut, a few
signatures loose, page opposite p. 221 is detached, text block
separated from spine at rear, o/w very good.
$250 Now $125
34. GILBEY, Sir Walter and E.D. Cumming. George Morland
His Life and Works. London: Adam and Charles Black..., 1907. First edition. Small
4to., orig. blue/grey cloth with elaborate pictorial decoration,
(290), (2)pp.ads. With illustrations in colour. Inner rear hinge
cracked, some slight marks on rear cover but still near fine.
$165 Now $82.50
35. GOODRICH, Lloyd. Max Weber. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949. “Published for the Whitney
Museum of American Art”. Slim 4to., green cloth, (59)pp. With
illustrations. Bookplate o/w fine in near fine d/w.
$50 Now $25
36. HALL, H. Byng. The Adventures of a Bric-A-Brac
Hunter. London: Tinsley Bros., 1868. First edition. 8vo., orig. purple
cloth, 212pp. Spine and perimeter of covers faded to tan o/w near
fine.
$125 Now $62.50
37. HAMERTON, Philip Gilbert. The Life of J.M.W. Turner.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879. First U.S. edition. 8vo., orig.
rust cloth, 404, (4)pp.ads. Inner hinges cracked, lower corners of
both boards marked, o/w a very good copy.
$65 Now $32.50
38. HANCOCK, E. Campbell. The Amateur Pottery & Glass
Painter, With Directions for Gilding, Chasing, Burnishing, Bronzing
and Groundlaying. With an Appendix... New York: Marsching and Co., nd. (188-?) Fourth edition. Tall
8vo., orig. green cloth with gilt decoration on the upper board, xvi,
213, (3)pp. ads. With a chromolithograph frontispiece, and
illustrations in black and white. Rubber stamp, some wear to the spine
ends and corners o/w very good.
$100 Now $50
39. HAYDEN, Arthur. Chats On Old Silver. Edited and
revised by Cecil G.E. Blunt. London: Ernest Benn, (1952). Reprint. Cloth, 306pp. With
illustrations. Fine in a near fine d/w.
$50 Now $25
40. HAYDON, B.R., and William Hazlitt. Painting, and the
Fine Arts: Being the Articles Under Those Heads Contributed to the
Seventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1838. 8vo., orig. brown cloth,
227pp. Cheap paper browned, hinges cracked inside and outside (front
inner hinge reinforced with archival tape), spine chipped with
incomplete contemporary repair, a good copy only.
$125 Now $62.50
41. HIATT, Charles. Picture Posters A Short History of
the Illustrated Placard, With Many Reproductions of the Most Artistic
Examples in all Countries.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1896. Second edition. Tall 8vo., orig.
pale green cloth with decoration (darker green stripes), (368)pp. With
illustrations. Name, cloth somewhat soiled, but still a very good
copy.
$175 Now $87.50
42. HOLBEIN, Hans. The Dance of Death. With an
Introduction and Notes by... London: Phaidon Press, (1947). Small 8vo. cloth, 127pp. With
illustrations. Name o/w fine in a near fine d/w.
$50 Now $25
43. HOLME, Charles (editor). The Royal Academy From
Reynolds to Millais. London: Offices of The Studio, 1904. 4to., cont. half leather,
cloth, raised bands, no pagination. With numerous plates. Bookplate,
short split in the upper hinge but certainly a better than very good
copy.
$200 Now $100
44. HOLME, Charles (editor). Art of the British Empire
Overseas. London: The Studio, 1917. First edition. 4to. cont. red half
leather, cloth, raised bands, T.E.G., viii, 144pp. With 115 plates, 8
of which are in colour. Some wear to corners and spine extremities, a
dampstain to the rear board but this is certainly a very good copy.
This work gives a brief history with examples of ‘Landscape Art' in
the British colonies of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and
Canada. The section dealing with Canada (p. 3-34) provides a history of
Canadian art written by Eric Brown, and gives examples in 23 plates of
the work of several artists, including Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson,
C.W. Jeffreys, Arthur Lismer, and Tom Thomson.
$185 Now $92.50
45. HOWARTH, Thomas. Charles Rennie MacKintosh and the
Modern Movement. (London): Routledge and Kegan Paul, (1952). First edition. 4to.,
cloth, xxviii, (2), (1)-329pp. Followed by 96 plates in black and
white. Some minor rubbing to spine ends o/w a near fine copy in the
d/w which has pieces out of the front and rear panels but is still
very good. "Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), architect,
designer and watercolourist, is perhaps, the most significant, and
certainly the most enigmatic of the personalities contributing to the
rise of modern architecture. A native of Glasgow, he became the leader
of a small but intensely vigorous group of local designers whose
unorthodox craftwork and furniture aroused a storm of controversy in
the 1890's. At the turn of the century he emerged as a figure of
international importance..." The author traces the development of
Mackintosh's style from experimental drawings, to his mature
architectural work and water-colours.
$300 Now $150
46. HUNT, W.M. W.M. Hunt’s Talks about Art. With a letter
from J.E. Millais. London: Macmillan and Co., 1878. Second edition. 8vo., orig. brown
cloth, 124, 4pp. ads. Very good.
$65 Now $32.50
47. HUTTON, Lawrence. Portraits in Plaster. From the
collection of Lawrence Hutton. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. Small 4to., orig. green cloth
gilt, 271pp. With illustrations. Spine faded to tan, o/w a better than
very good copy.
$75 Now $37.50
48. JACQUEMART, Albert. History of the Ceramic Art. A
Descriptive and Philosophical Study of the Pottery of All Ages and All
Nations....Translated by Mrs. Bury Palliser. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877. Second
edition. Small 4to., orig. brown cloth with a gilt decoration on the
upper board, 627pp. With illustrations. Inner hinges cracked, wear and
chipping to the spine ends, a better than good but not very good copy.
$200 Now $100
49. 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 Now $200
50. JOHN, Augustus. Chiaroscuro Fragments of
Autobiography. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, (1952). 8vo., blue cloth, 285pp.
First US edition. Bookplate o/w fine in a near fine d/w.
$75 Now $37.50
51. KARSH, Yousuf. Karsh: American Legends.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992. First edition. Large 4to.,
blue cloth, (157)pp. With portraits in colour and black and white.
Fine in near fine d/w.
$50 Now $25
52. (LAVER, James) XIXth Century French Posters. With an
introduction by ... and a Preface by Henry Davray. London: Nicholson & Watson, in association with Ernest Brown and
Phillips Ltd., 1944. 8vo., orig. grey cloth, 18pp. with 21 plates.
Cheap wartime binding o/w fine.
$40 Now $20
53. LE SAGE, Alain René. Der hinkende Teufel. Mit 130
Steinzeichnungen von Bernard Lorenz. Berlin – Grunewald: Verlagsanstalt Hermann Klemm A.G., 1920. No.
119 of 175 copies signed by the illustrator. 4to., cont. half calf,
marbled boards, raised bands, 229pp. With illustrations. Bookplate,
some slight wear to upper hinge o/w near fine.
$350 Now $175
54. LONG, Samuel P. Art: Its Laws, and the Reasons for
Them, Collected, Considered and Arranged for General and Educational
Purposes. Boston: Lee and Shepard; New York: Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham,
1871. First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth, 248pp. with plates. Wear
to spine ends, cloth somewhat rubbed o/w very good.
$125 Now $62.50
55. LOZOYA, Marqués de. Muebles de Estilo Español desde el
gótico hasta el siglo XIX con el mueble popular. Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.A., 1962. 4to., cont. half
vellum, marbled boards, (453), 2pp. ads. Profusely illustrated. Upper
board slightly soiled o/w near fine.
$150 Now $75
56. LÜBKE, Wilhelm. Outlines of the History of Art.
Edited, Minutely Revised and Largely Rewritten by Russell Sturgis. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1911. In two volumes. Thick 4to.,
orig. red cloth, elaborate gilt spine decoration, T.E.G., x, 626;
557pp. Bookplate o/w fine.
$125 Now $62.50
57. MACFALL, Haldane. Whistler: Butterfly, Wasp, Wit,
Master of the Arts, Enigma. Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1905 (Spirit of the Age series, no. 1).
Tall 8vo., orig. wallet-edge wrappers featuring Whistler butterfly on
front wrapper, black and white frontis, 71, 4pp. ads. Dampstaining at
all plates (not obscuring images), some foxing, wrappers worn and torn
at extremities, small stain on upper wrapper o/w a good copy.
$45 Now $22.50
58. MACKLIN, Herbert. Monumental Brasses. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1892. Third edition. 8vo., orig. green
cloth, 147pp. With illustrations. A very good copy.
$125 Now $62.50
59. MARGOLIN, Victor. American Poster Renaissance. (Secaucus): Castle Books, (1975). First edition. 4to., cloth,
224pp. Profusely illustrated, some in colour. Fine in d/w.
$85 Now $42.50
60. McALLISTER, Isabel. Alfred Gilbert. London: A. & C. Black, 1929. 4to., orig. greyish tan cloth
decorated in dark brown and orange, xii, 236pp. With Forty Plates in
Photogravure. Ownership inscription, spine slightly discoloured with a
touch of rubbing, lower corner bumped but still a very nice copy.
$200 Now $100
61. MOLLOY, Fitzgerald. Sir Joshua and His Circle. London: Hutchinson, 1906. In two volumes. First edition. Tall
8vo., cont. medium green half morocco, marble boards, raised bands,
single gilt decoration in compartments, T.E.G., by Mudie, (xiv), 326,
(xii), 639pp. With illustrations. Bookplate on first blank and on
verso of frontispiece of volume two; spines a bit faded o/w a very
nice set.
$325 Now $162.50
62. MONTAGU, Irving. Wanderings Of A War Artist. London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1889. First edition. Tall thick 8vo.,
orig. green cloth with a pictorial decoration in brown and gilt,
(xvi), 367pp. With illustrations. Inner front hinge cracked, some
rubbing to the foot of the spine but o/w a near fine copy.
$200 Now $100
63. MOORE, T. Sturge. Correggio. London: Duckworth & Co., 1906. First edition. Cloth, bookplates,
otherwise near fine.
$75 Now $37.50
64. NEWHALL, Nancy. The Photographs of Edward Weston.
(New York): The Museum of Modern Art, (1946). Small square 4to., orig.
black wrappers, 36pp. (10 pp. of text in double columns with the
remaining pages illustrations). Bookplate, a touch of rubbing to the
spine ends but still a near fine copy.
$75 Now $37.50
65. O’NEIL, Henry. Lectures on Painting Delivered at the
Royal Academy. With additional notes and appendix. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co., 1866. First edition. 8vo., orig.
contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, 140pp. Some light wear to
extremities otherwise a better than very good copy.
$100 Now $50
66. PAINE, Thomas Bigelow. Th. Nast His Period and His
Pictures. A facsimile of the 1904 edition. Princeton: The Pyne Press, nd. Tall thick 8vo., orig. orange
cloth, xxi, 583, xx. Profusely illustrated. Fine in price-clipped d/w,
which has some horizontal lines on the upper panel (a production
flaw).
$65 Now $32.50
67. PENNELL, Elizabeth Robins. The Life and Letters of
Joseph Pennell. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1929. In two volumes. Tall
8vo., tan cloth, xvi, 349; viii, 368pp. With illustrations. Some
slight fading to upper boards o/w about fine.
$85 Now $42.50
68. (PICASSO). (Ralph Ginzberg, editor). Avant Garde #8-
Picasso's Erotic Gravures. Avant Garde Magazine, 1969. Square 4to., orig. wrappers printed in
green and black, (60)pp. Reproductions of a series of erotic gravures.
Printed in green, purple, sepia, on backgrounds of different colors.
Bit of wear to the spine o/w a very nice copy.
$50 Now $25
69. POYNTER, Edward J. Ten Lectures On Art. London: Chapman and Hall, 1880. Second edition. 8vo., full
contemporary red calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather label,
(school prize binding), xii, 283pp. Some rubbing to the spine ends o/w
a near fine copy.
$250 Now $125
70. PUGIN, A. Welby. Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century
Ornaments. In Four Parts I. Gold and Silver Ornament Designs II. Iron
and Brass Work Designs III. Gothic Furniture IV. Details for Ancient
Timber Roots. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1904. 4to., orig. blue cloth, no text—
titlepage, list of plates, 4 section frontispieces in colour and 101
plates. Ex-library with a pocket at the rear, a discreet stamp on the
title, faint mark at the foot of the spine, titlepage browned, a few
plates have some foxing in the upper margin, a better than very good
copy.
$185 Now $92.50
71. RAWLINSON, W.G. and A.J. Finberg. The Water-Colours of
J.M.W. Turner. Text by... Foreword by Sir Charles Holroyd. London: Office of "The Studio," 1919. 4to., orig. green cloth,
paper panel on the upper cover, 42pp. followed by 30 plates in colour.
Some rubbing o/w very good.
$125 Now $62.50
72. REINACH, S. Apollo An Illustrated Manual of the
History of Art Throughout the Ages. From the French of Florence
Simmonds. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. New edition, revised by
the author. 8vo., orig. green cloth, xvi, (351)pp. Profusely
illustrated. Bookplate o/w fine.
$85 Now $42.50
73. ROBERTSON, W. Graham. Life Was Worth Living the
reminiscences of... With A Foreword by Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, nd. (1931). Tall 8vo.,
orig. rust cloth, printed paper spine label, (344)pp. With
illustrations. Spine faded with a split at the front gutter and wear
to the ends, a good copy.
$35 Now $17.50
74. ROGER-MARX, Claude. La Gravure Francaise Au XIXe
Siecle. Paris: Editions Hyperion, (1939). First edition. 4to., orig. tan
morocco spine, marble boards, blindstamped lettering on the spine, 60pp. of text followed by 64 black and white plates. Near fine.
$250 Now $125
75. ROSE, Enid. First Studies In Dramatic Art. London: W.B. Clive, University Tutorial Press, 1926. First
edition. 8vo., orig. grey-blue pictorial cloth, xvi, 291, (4)pp. ads.
With illustrations. About fine.
$85 Now $42.50
76. ROUSSEL, Diana Edwards. The Castleford Pottery
1790-1821. (Wakefield, West Yorkshire): Wakefield Historical Publications,
1982. With a signed presentation inscription from the author dated
1984. Small 4to., blue cloth, 78pp. with 84 photographic plates (both
colour and black and white), bibliography and index. Name in ink on
front e/paper, o/w fine in a near fine d/w.
$200 Now $100
77. ROWBOTHAM, Thomas. The Art of Sketching from Nature.
With twenty-seven illustrations designed by Thomas L. Rowbotham and
engraved on wood by Dalziel. London: Winsor and Newton, 1855. 8vo., orig. wrappers, 8pp. ads,
56, 32pp. ads. Some dampstaining to wrappers, illustration at p. 39
coloured in by owner, o/w very good.
$165 Now $82.50
78. ROWLANDS, Walter. Among the Great Masters of
Painting. Scenes in the Lives of Famous Painters. Thirty-two
reproductions of Famous Paintings with Text by... Boston: Dana Estes & Company, (1901). 8vo., cont. three-quarter
blue morocco, marble boards, raised bands, T.E.G., 274pp. With
illustrations. Spine slightly faded o/w a fine copy.
$250 Now $125
79. 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 Now $75
80. SANDELL, Joseph. Memoranda of Art and Artists,
Anecdotal and Biographical. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., and Field & Tuer, 1871. First
edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth gilt, 203pp. Inner hinges cracked,
some bubbling inside boards, some wear on hinges, ink signature on
front e/paper o/w a very good copy.
$150 Now $75
81. SEELEY, E.L. Stories of the Italian Artists from
Vasari. Arranged and Translated by E.L. Seeley. (London): Chatto and Windus, 1906. Tall thick 8vo., orig. cream
cloth gilt, T.E.G., xii, 325, 4pp. ads. Illustrated in colour and
black and white. Bookplate o/w fine in dust wrapper which has some
tears and tape repairs but is still very good.
$100 Now $50
82. SPARROW, W. Shaw. The Gospels In Art. The Life of
Christ by Great Painters... Toronto: Copp Clark, nd. (193-?). 4to., orig. cloth, 283, (4)pp.
With illustrations. Very good.
$100 Now $50
83. SPIERS, R. Phene. Architectural Drawing. London: Cassell & Company, 1892. "Third Thousand." Small 4to.,
orig. brown cloth, 68, (6)pp.ads.With 25 plates in colour. Bookplate,
some minor wear to spine ends o/w a very nice copy.
$450 Now $225
84. SPOONER, Shearjashub. A Biographical and Critical
Dictionary of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, from
Ancient to Modern times; with the Monograms, Ciphers, and Marks Used
by Distinguished Artists to Certify Their Works. New York: George P. Putnam & Co., 1853. With 24 plates. Thick
4to., cont. black half leather, marble boards, 1131, 2pp. double
columns. Binding rubbed, upper hinge tender, a very good copy.
$400 Now $200
85. STOREY, G.A. Sketches from Memory. With 93
illustrations by the author. London: Chatto & Windus, 1899. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth with
pictorial vignette, 401, 32pp. ads dated ‘Sept 1898.’ Upper right
corner cut from half-title, a couple of ink scribbles, cloth somewhat
soiled o/w an about near fine copy.
$85 Now $42.50
86. TIETZE-CONRAT, E. Dwarfs and Jesters in Art. London: Phaidon Press, (1957). First edition. Small 4to., cloth,
111pp. With illustrations. Name, slight musty smell o/w a fine copy in
d/w with a large piece out of the top of the front panel affecting the
title, spine ends chipped but still very good.
$125 Now $62.50
87. THOMSEN, Thomas. Albert Eckhout Ein Niederlandischer
Maler Und Sein Gonner Moritz Der Brasilianer. Kopenhagen: Levin Og Munksgaard..., 1938. 4to., orig. wrappers,
184pp. Illustrated. Near fine.
$300 Now $150
88. VON BODE, Wilhelm. Die Junst Der Fruhrenaissance in
Italien. Berlin: Im Propylaen, 1923. Small 4to., cont. leather spine,
cloth, 624pp. Profusely illustrated. Spine extremities rubbed, very
good.
$150 Now $75
89. WEALE, W.H. James. Hans Memlinc; a Notice of His Life
and Works. (London): Printed for the Arundel Society, 1865. Slim 4to., orig.
brown wrappers, 21pp. Bookplate, some chipping to spine, scotch tape
repair, o/w a very good copy.
$65 Now $32.50
90. (WHITE, Joseph William Gleeson). Letters to Living
Artists. London: Elkin Mathews, 1891. First edition. 8vo., orig. green
cloth, 168, 7pp. ads. Boards worn and rubbed, spine bumped at head and
foot, o/w very good.
$100 Now $50
91. WORNUM, Ralph Nicholson. Descriptive and Historical
Catalogue of the Pictures at the National Gallery: with Biographical
Notices of the Deceased Painters. British School. London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1873.
Twenty-sixth edition. 8vo., disbound, 199pp. Cheap paper browned,
spine fragmentary, some foxing to titlepage and first few pages, o/w a
sound copy.
$50 Now $25
92. WORNUM, Ralph Nicholson. Descriptive and Historical
Catalogue of the Pictures at the National Gallery: with Biographical
Notices of the Painters. Foreign Schools. London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1872.
Sixty-second edition. 8vo., disbound, 344pp. Cheap paper browned,
spine fragmentary, some foxing to titlepage, o/w a sound copy.
$65 Now $32.50
93. WORNUM, Ralph N. Hans Holbein and the Meier Madonna.
(London: Printed for the Arundel Society), 1871. Slim 4to., orig.
brown wrappers, 38pp. Illustrated with two black-and-white plates.
Bookplate, spine fragmentary, scotch tape repairs, o/w a good copy.
$65 Now $32.50
94. WORNUM, Ralph Nicholson. A Sketch of the History of
Painting, Ancient and Modern, Showing its Gradual and Various
Development from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. London: John Murray, 1859. “The epochs of painting characterized”
series. A new edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo., orig. rust cloth,
578pp. Front free e/paper wanting, name in ink on titlepage, o/w
better than very good.
$285 Now $142.50
95. WULFF, Oskar. Altchristliche und byzantinische Kunst.
II. Die byzantinische Kunst. Berlin-Neubabelsberg: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenaion
M.B.H., (1914) (Handbuch der Kunstwissenschaft). 4to., orig. blue
decorated cloth, 629; (3)pp. With illustrations. One of two volumes
(first volume wanting), a better than very good copy of a volume with
a striking cover.
$100 Now $50
96. YOXALL, James. More About Collecting. Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, nd. (192-?) 8vo., orig. grey pictorial
cloth, 339pp. With illustrations. Cloth rubbed along spine and at
edges, a very good copy.
$65 Now $32.50
PERFORMING ARTS
97. ALDOLPHUS, John. Memoirs of John Bannister, Comedian.
London: Richard Bentley, nd. (184-?) Two volumes in one, as issued.
Tall 8vo., later red half morocco, marble boards, raised bands, gilt
compartments, T.E.G., (xii),(400); 368pp. With an engraved
frontispiece in each volume. Outer front hinge cracked and tender,
binding rubbed, very good.
$350 Now $175
98. BETTS, Ernest. The Film Business A History of
British Cinema 1896-1972. New York: Pitman, (1973). First U.S. edition. Cloth, 349pp. With
illustrations. Fine in a near fine d/w.
$65 Now $32.50
99. BOEHM, Theobald. The Flute and Flute Playing. In
Acoustical, Technical, and Artistic Aspects. Trans. by Dayton C.
Miller. Cleveland: Dayton C. Miller, 1922. Second English edition. Tall
8vo., orig. blue cloth, 189pp. With illustrations. Fine.
$65 Now $32.50
100. BRITTEN, Benjamin. Peter Grimes An Opera in three Acts
and a Prologue derived from the poem of George Crabbe. Words by
Montagu Slater. Music by Benjamin Britten. Vocal score by Erwin Stein.
London: Boosey & Hawkes, (1945). With the rubberstamp of the
‘Canadian Broadcasting Corporation' on the title and upper wrapper.
4to., orig. cloth backed pictorial wrappers, 380pp. About fine.
$150 Now $75
101. (COCHRANE, Charles B--editor). Review of Revues &
Other Matters Edited by CB (pseud).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. First edition. 8vo., cloth backed boards,
printed label on the upper board, 94, (24)pp. calendar with pictorial
headpieces by Edward Bawden. A fine copy in the d/w which is chipped
with tears.
$85 Now $42.50
102. (CORNWALL, Barry). The Life of Edmund Kean. In One
Volume.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835. First U.S. edition. 8vo., orig.
cloth with a printed paper spine label, (3), xiv-xxxvi, (1), 28-329,
(1)p. Name on title, some damp to e/paper and preliminary ads,
sporadic foxing, wear to the top of the spine but in fact a very good
copy, nicer than it sounds.
$150 Now $75
103. CRAIG, Edward Gordon. De L'Art Du Theatre. Traduction
Francaise par Genevieve Seligmann-Lui.
Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise, (1916). First French
edition. Tall square 8vo., orig. wrappers, (282)pp. Some scattered
foxing, chipping to the head and foot of the spine, very good.
$150 Now $75
104. DE FROUX, Mme de. Theatre de Jeunes Demoiselles, ou
Recreations des Soirees d’Hiver … Londres: G. and W.B. Whittaker; Dulau et Co.; Bossange et Masson;
et Mme de Froux, 1820. 8vo., orig. full cont. calf, leather spine
label, vii, 328pp. Hinges badly cracked, front inner hinge reinforced
with archival tape, section missing from rear e/paper, a good copy
only.
$150 Now $75
105. DUNCAN, Ronald. The Rape of Lucretia. Opera In Two
Acts. Libretto... by Ronald Duncan Music by Benjamin Britten. London: Boosey and Hawkes, (1946). First edition. Wrappers. Name
on titlepage o/w near fine.
$150 Now $75
106. DUNN, Sinclair (Arranger). The Auld Scotch Sangs and
Auld Scotch Sangs and Ballads. Arranged and Harmonized by... Glasgow: Morison Brothers, 1895. 4to., orig. green dec. cloth,
128pp. Inner hinges cracked, wear to the spine ends, a very good copy.
$125 Now $62.50
107. EBERT, Roger. A Kiss is Still a Kiss. Kansas City: Andrews, McMeel & Parker, (1984). First edition.
Cloth, 256pp. Fine in an about fine, price-clipped d/w.
$50 Now $25
108. GARDNER, Emelyn Elizabeth and Geraldine Jencks
Chickering. Ballads and Songs of Southern Michigan. Collected and
Edited by... Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1939. First edition. With
the bookplate of folklorist Edith Fowke. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth,
501pp. Spine faded o/w a nice copy.
$85 Now $42.50
109. HARDING, Rosamond. The Piano-Forte Its History Traced
To The Great Exhibition of 1851. (Woking, Surrey): Gresham Books, (1978). Second edition. Tall
8vo., cloth, (450)pp. With illustrations and diagrams. Near fine in a
d/w with some wear to the spine ends and some light scuffing.
$175 Now $87.50
110. HENSEL, Sebastian. The Mendelssohn Family (1729-1847)
From Letters and Journals by....With Eight Portraits From Drawings by
Wilhelm Hensel. Translated by Carl Klingemann...With a Notice by
George Grove. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. In two volumes. Second Revised
edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth stamped in gilt, (xviii), 340;
(vi),359, 8pp. ads. There is a 3 1/2" scratch on the upper cover of
volume two, some very light rubbing o/w a nice attractive set.
$250 Now $125
111. HOFSESS, John. Inner Views. Ten Canadian
Film-Makers. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, (1975). First edition. Cloth, 171pp.
Head of the spine bumped o/w a nice copy in a very good d/w.
$75 Now $37.50
112. KOHLER, Carl. A History of Costume. Edited and
Augmented by Emma Von Sichart. Translated by Alexander Dallas. London: George G. Harrap, (1928). With the bookplate of Canadian
artist and illustrator, Rex Woods. Tall 8vo., cloth, (464)pp. With
illustrations. Inner rear hinge cracked, spine ends worn o/w very
good.
$50 Now $25
113. LEHAR, Franz. La Veuve Joyeuse. Opérette en 3 actes
d’après Meilhac. Livret de MM. Victor Léon et Leo Stein. Adaptation
française de MM. Gaston de Caillavet et Robert de Flers … Paris: Max Eschig, 1909. 4to., cont. leather spine, red cloth,
raised bands, 149pp. with the original front wrapper bound in. Inner
hinges cracked o/w a near fine volume of sheet music.
$200 Now $100
114. LIDGEY, Charles A. Wagner.
London: J.M. Dent, 1899. 8vo., orig. wine cloth with small pictorial
gilt decoration, (268)pp. With illustrations. Bookplate, clipping
tipped in at rear, o/w near fine.
$65 Now $32.50
115. MAGARSHACK, David. Stanislavsky. A Life.
London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1950. First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, 414pp.
Bookplate o/w a near fine copy in d/w with a few tape repairs but
still very good.
$85 Now $42.50
116. MAGRIEL, Paul (editor). Isadora Duncan. New York: Henry Holt, (1947). First edition. Small square 4to.,
cloth, 85pp. With illustrations. Name o/w a near fine copy in the very
good pictorial d/w.
$85 Now $42.50
117. (OPERA). Cincinnati Opera Festival, in the Great Music
Hall, February 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1882. NP (Cincinnati): no publisher but with ‘Compliments of John
Shillito & Co.' printed on the upper wrapper, 1882. Small 8vo., orig.
printed wrappers, 110, (2)pp. ads. Wrappers rubbed with wear to the
spine ends and corners o/w very good.
$185 Now $92.50
118. REEVES, John and Gene Lees. Jazz Lives Photographs by
John Reeves... (Toronto): Stewart House, (1992). 4to. cloth, 216pp. Profusely
illustrated with photographs by Reeves. Fine in an about fine d/w.
$125 Now $62.50
119. SCHUBERT, Franz. Songs with Piano Accompaniment …
New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1923. 4to., rebound in half vellum,
marbled boards, 307pp. Some light soiling to vellum, a few tiny chips
out of boards at lower edge, o/w a pretty copy of a popular songbook.
$125 Now $62.50
120. SHOVER, Edna Mann. Art In Costume Design. Practical
Suggestions for Those Interested in Art, Sewing, History and
Literature. Springfield: Milton Bradley Company, (1920). First edition.
Small 4to., orig. brown cloth with a small pictorial paper panel on the
upper board, 150pp. With illustrations. Cream lettering flaked o/w a
very good copy.
$200 Now $100
121. SMITH, Justin H. The Troubadours At Home Their Lives
and Personalities, Their Songs and Their World. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. In two volumes. First edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, (xxxii), 493; (vi), 496pp. Illustrated.
Some light rubbing o/w a very nice set.
$150 Now $75
122. SMITH, Sol. Theatrical Management in the West and
South For Thirty Years. Interspersed with Anecdotical Sketches:
Autobiographically Given By ...
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig.
cloth, 276, (4)pp.ads double columns. With illustrations. Bookplate,
spine and perimeter of boards faded to tan, some chipping to the spine
ends, a very good copy.
$250 Now $125
123. SUBIRA, Jose. Historia De La Musica. Por... Barcelona: Salvat Editores, (1951). In two volumes. Segunda
Edicion revisada, ampliaday puesta al dia. Small 4to., publisher's
leather spine, cloth, gilt decoration on the spines, xvi, 665; (xii),
806pp. Illustrated. Inner hinges cracked, covers slightly warped but
still a very good copy.
$350 Now $175
124. WEBER, C.M. De. Oeuvres Completes Pour Piano Par... Leipzig & Berlin: C.F. Peters, nd. (1875). 4to., orig. rust cloth,
A.E.G., 272pp. Inscription, o/w very good.
$150 Now $75
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