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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: McCall's November 1924 The Scandinavian-American Girlby: Neysa McMein (Illust.)

ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: McCall's November 1924 The Scandinavian-American Girl
by: Neysa McMein (Illust.)

1924, Book: Very Good, Color portrait of Doris Manz as the Scandinavian-American Girl by Neysa McMein. 10 X 13", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 382788

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Larry Salk: The Evolution of American Fashion Art: 1945-1965by: Sharf, Frederic A.

Larry Salk: The Evolution of American Fashion Art: 1945-1965
by: Sharf, Frederic A.

Softcover. Newbury, MA, Newburyport Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 62 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Color illustrations throughout.

Record # 353539

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Art Treasures of the Banco Di Napoli: Catalogue of the Collectionby: Molajoli, Bruno and Nicola Spinosa

Art Treasures of the Banco Di Napoli: Catalogue of the Collection
by: Molajoli, Bruno and Nicola Spinosa

Hardcover. Naples, Banco Di Napoli, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 542 pages, Illustrated in color and b&w. Clean and tight copy.

Record # 403587

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1950s Fashion Printby: Marnie Fogg

1950s Fashion Print
by: Marnie Fogg

Hardcover. London, Batsford, 2nd Ed., 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. 192 pages in color. An essential sourcebook of prints from a key fashion decade. The 1950s was the decade when an analytical approach to design, with a lightness and freshness, combined with whimsical imagery and idiosyncratic subject matter. Showcasing hundreds of print designs, this book celebrates the heyday of postwar fashion design. Clean copy.

Record # 382813

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Photographies Hongroises: Des Romantismes Aux Avant-Gardesby: Marchessau, Daniel

Photographies Hongroises: Des Romantismes Aux Avant-Gardes
by: Marchessau, Daniel

Softcover. Paris, Musee de la Vie Romantique, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 143 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Black and white photographs throughout. French text.

Record # 353572

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Cartoonist Profiles - No. 54, June 1982by: Hurd (Ed.), Jud

Cartoonist Profiles - No. 54, June 1982
by: Hurd (Ed.), Jud

Softcover. Fairfield CT, Cartoonist Profiles, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 82 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. Quarterly magazine for cartoon fans, articles, interviews and biographies on cartoonists and their work. Articles on Bill Mauldin and Pat Oliphant, Dick Wingert, Zim autobiography, animator Nancy Beiman, editorial cartoonist Daniel Fitzpatrick, others.

Record # 403872

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: Saturday Evening Post - December 11 1843 -  Loggerby: Fred Ludekens (Illust.)

ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: Saturday Evening Post - December 11 1843 - Logger
by: Fred Ludekens (Illust.)

1943, Book: Very Good, Cover art of lumberjack on log straining on pole. Painting by Fred Ludekens. 10 X 13", small label. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 382842

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Walt Disney's Nine Old Men: Masters of Animationby: Hahn, Don and Charles Solomon

Walt Disney's Nine Old Men: Masters of Animation
by: Hahn, Don and Charles Solomon

Hardcover. San Francisco, Walt Disney Family Museum, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 160 pages, illustrated in color and b&w throughout. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 353605

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Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States 1920-1970by: Cancel, Luis R.

Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States 1920-1970
by: Cancel, Luis R.

Hardcover. New York, Abrams/Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 343 pages, illustrated throughout in color with brief biographies of artists. Very good, unmarked, in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 404951

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John Sloan: A Painter's Lifeby: Brooks, Van Wyck

John Sloan: A Painter's Life
by: Brooks, Van Wyck

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in very good condition. Dust jacket with chipping to top of spine, still very good. 246 pp., 26 b&w illustrations. Biography written by close friend of the artist. Name on inside front cover otherwise clean.

Record # 382879

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Braque: The Complete Graphicsby: Vallier, Dora

Braque: The Complete Graphics
by: Vallier, Dora

Hardcover. New York/London, Alpine Fine Arts, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 318 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Some edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Internally very good. Catalogue raisonne. Translated by Robert Bononno and Pamela Barr.

Record # 354107

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Carl Milles: An Interpretation of His Workby: Rogers, Meyric R.

Carl Milles: An Interpretation of His Work
by: Rogers, Meyric R.

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press , 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 76 pages of text plus 162 pages of b&w plates featuring work by this Swedish sculptor. Rust colored cloth with gilt type on spine. Light fraying to bottom of spine otherwise very good.

Record # 405464

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: Good Housekeeping December 1925 - Baby angelby: Jessie Wilcox Smith (Illist.)

ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: Good Housekeeping December 1925 - Baby angel
by: Jessie Wilcox Smith (Illist.)

1925, Color art of baby angel in church window by Jessie Wilcox Smith. 8 1/4 X 11 1/2". PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 382901

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Comic Art in America: A Social History of the Funnies, the Political Cartoons, Magazine Humor, Sporting Cartoons and Animated Cartoons; With an Introduction by Rube Goldbergby:

Comic Art in America: A Social History of the Funnies, the Political Cartoons, Magazine Humor, Sporting Cartoons and Animated Cartoons; With an Introduction by Rube Goldberg
by:

Hardcover. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with an unclipped dust jacket that has minor edgewear. 287 pages with nearly 400 illustrations in b&w, introduction by Rube Goldberg. One of the best overall surveys of American caricature and cartoons, covering the period from the 1890s to the 1950s.

Record # 356550

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National Lampoon Presents French Comics (The Kind Men Like)by: Kaminsky (Ed.), Peter

National Lampoon Presents French Comics (The Kind Men Like)
by: Kaminsky (Ed.), Peter

Softcover. New York , National Lampoon, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, magazine format. Unpaginated, illustrated in color and b&w by various artists. Because of raunchy material, this comic publication had limited distribution, hard to find.

Record # 406741

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker October 20 1975 - 20 Steinberg portraitsby: Saul Steinberg (Illust.)

ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker October 20 1975 - 20 Steinberg portraits
by: Saul Steinberg (Illust.)

1975, Book: Very Good, Color illustration of twenty iconic prototypes by Saul Steinberg. 8 1/4 X 11 1/2", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 382926

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Mad Bathroom Companion: The Mother Load, Theby: Usual Gang Of Idiots

Mad Bathroom Companion: The Mother Load, The
by: Usual Gang Of Idiots

Hardcover. NY, Metro Books, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, unpaginated but approx. 400 pages. Originally published in 3 separate volumes. In a bright dust jacket with light edgewear.

Record # 357599

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Etching in America (With Lists of American Etchers and Notable Collections of Prints)by: Hitchcock, J.R.W.

Etching in America (With Lists of American Etchers and Notable Collections of Prints)
by: Hitchcock, J.R.W.

Hardcover. New York , White Stokes & Allen, 1st, 1886, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 96 pages, 12mo. Decorative pale green cloth stamped with gilt and maroon design, top edge gilt, floral end papers. Original etching frontispiece by R. Swain Gifford (The First Plate Etched in The New York Etching Club). Includes lists of American Etchers and Notable Collections of Prints.

Record # 410606

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: Collier's May 18 1901 - Industrial Numberby: Edward Penfield (Illust.)

ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: Collier's May 18 1901 - Industrial Number
by: Edward Penfield (Illust.)

1901, Book: Very Good, Two-color art by Edward Penfield of men building skyscraper in city. 10 X 14", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 382942

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Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady by: Cady Harrison; Denis Kitchen and Violet Kitchen

Madness in Crowds: The Teeming Mind of Harrison Cady
by: Cady Harrison; Denis Kitchen and Violet Kitchen

Hardcover. NY, Beehive Press, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Large. oversize hardcover. 176 pages illustrated in color and b&w, with a sticker and postcard laid in. The first-ever comprehensive examination of this great artist, while collecting an amazing array of 300 generally scarce images. Harrison Cady (1877-1970) was one of the definitive magazine illustrators and cartoon artists of the first half of the 20th century. He created countless overflowing worlds of anthropomorphic lives: the Peter Rabbit Sunday page, the Happy Chaps for the magazine St. Nicholas, and illustrations that brought to life dozens of the Thornton Burgess books.

Record # 358359

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Magician's Wife, Theby: Charyn, Jerome and Francois Boucq

Magician's Wife, The
by: Charyn, Jerome and Francois Boucq

Softcover. New York , Catalan Communications, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 88 pages illustrated in color by Boucq.

Record # 410854

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What I Sawby: Yoakum, Joseph Elmer/ Mark Pascale, Esther Adler, others

What I Saw
by: Yoakum, Joseph Elmer/ Mark Pascale, Esther Adler, others

Art Intitute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 251 pages illustrated in color. The extraordinary life of a captivating American artist, beautifully illustrated with his dreamlike drawings Much of Joseph Elmer Yoakum's story comes from the artist himself--and is almost too fantastic to believe. At a young age, Yoakum (1891-1972) traveled the globe with numerous circuses; he later served in a segregated noncombat regiment during World War I before settling in Chicago. There, inspired by a dream, he began his artistic career at age seventy-one, producing some two thousand drawings over a decade. How did Yoakum gain representation in major museum collections in Chicago and New York? What fueled his process, which he described as a "spiritual unfoldment"? This volume delves into the friendships Yoakum forged with the Chicago Imagists that secured his place in art history, explores the religious outlook that may have helped him cope with a racially fractured city, and examines his complicated relationship to African American and Native American identities. With hundreds of beautiful color reproductions of his dreamlike drawings, it offers the most comprehensive study of the artist's work, illuminating his vivid and imaginative creativity and giving definition and dimension to his remarkable biography. Clean copy. NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 382961

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Jessie Wilcox Smithby: Schnessel, S. Michael

Jessie Wilcox Smith
by: Schnessel, S. Michael

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Crowell, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 224 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935), was one of the most prominent female illustrators in the United States during the Golden Age of American illustration. She illustrated stories and articles for clients such as Century, Collier's Weekly, Leslie's Weekly, Harper's, McClure's, Scribners, and the Ladies' Home Journal. Four appendices give detailed listings of the appearance of Smith's illustrations in books, magazine covers, posters, etc. Bibliography. Notes. Index. With a lightly worn dust jacket that's been price-clipped. Previous owner's inscription on front fly lead, otherwise clean.

Record # 359300

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Aragones 3-Dby: Aragones, Sergio

Aragones 3-D
by: Aragones, Sergio

Softcover. Los Angeles, The 3-D Zone, 1st, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Rare comic book, stapled softcover. Comics are drawings only, with no text. 3-D glasses are still attached to inside, as issued. Book has slight shelf wear on spine side. 64 pages. Mild waviness to pages.

Record # 411120

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker November 27 1971 - Crowded singles barby: Charles Saxon (Illust.)

ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker November 27 1971 - Crowded singles bar
by: Charles Saxon (Illust.)

1971, Color art by Charles Saxon. 8 1/2 X 11 1/2", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 382987

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Show and Tell: Exploring the Fine Art of Children's Book Illustrationby: Evans, Dilys

Show and Tell: Exploring the Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration
by: Evans, Dilys

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 144 pages, color illustrations by Betsy Lewin, Brian Collier, Brian Selzneck, David Wiesner, Paul D. Zelinsky, Hilary Knight, David Shannon, others.

Record # 360676

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Mandrake the Magician 1936-38 - Dragon Lady Classic Adventure Strips No. 11by: Falk, Lee

Mandrake the Magician 1936-38 - Dragon Lady Classic Adventure Strips No. 11
by: Falk, Lee

Softcover. Toronto , Dragon Lady Press, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated wrappers with staple binding. 67 pages of b&w Mandrake newspaper strips from 1936-38. The Lost World and Princess Narda. Clean, very good.

Record # 411174

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The Pogo Papers by: Walt Kelly

The Pogo Papers
by: Walt Kelly

NY, Simon and Schuster, 2nd pr., 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 192 pages. The fourth collection of Kelly's topical cartoons, b&w comic strip art throughout. Nice

Record # 383193

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Will Barnet: A Sketchbook, 1932-1934by: Barnet/ Robert C. Morgan (Intro.), Will

Will Barnet: A Sketchbook, 1932-1934
by: Barnet/ Robert C. Morgan (Intro.), Will

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 90 pages, 37 plates. Internationally acclaimed artist Will Barnet reveals never-before-seen early drawings that profoundly influenced the direction of his career. These intimate drawings portraying Central Park during the Great Depression have never been exhibited or published-until now. The drawings have been stored in Will Barnet's studio for decades, always serving as a reference and source of inspiration for later projects (like the etchings included here) but never coming to light as an independent body of work.

Record # 360836

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Canalettoby: Links, J.G.

Canaletto
by: Links, J.G.

Hardcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell/ Phaidon, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 239 pages, large format. Profusely illustrated in color, b&w. Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), known as Canaletto, is one of the most popular of all old master painters. His views of Venice and London are much celebrated and admired. The author traces Canaletto's career from his beginnings as a scene-painter with his father to the work of his later years.

Record # 19860

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Twisted Tales of Bruce Jones, The: No. 4by: Jones, Bruce

Twisted Tales of Bruce Jones, The: No. 4
by: Jones, Bruce

Softcover. Guerneyville CA, Eclipse Comics, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Jones. Part 4 of 4. ADULT CONTENT. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 411199

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Victory!: Propaganda Cartoons from World War II by: Husband, Tony

Victory!: Propaganda Cartoons from World War II
by: Husband, Tony

Softcover. London, Sirius, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 192 pages. Award-winning cartoonist Tony Husband tells the story of World War II through a selection of the era's finest political cartoons. Satire is one of the key weapons of war. Forget 'sticks and stones', each country uses cartoons to hit the enemy where it really hurts and to maintain morale on the home front. Each country brought their own unique style and this collection features work from Britain, the USA, Germany, Russia and Japan and features the work of some of World War II's greatest cartoonists including Bill Mauldin, Fougasse, Emett, David Low and Graham Laidler. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383301

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Perfume: Joy, Scandal, Sin - A Cultural History of Fragrance from 1750 to the Presentby: Stamelman, Richard

Perfume: Joy, Scandal, Sin - A Cultural History of Fragrance from 1750 to the Present
by: Stamelman, Richard

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 384 pages, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This thought-provoking volume transports readers to France of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, beginning with Napoleon's love of perfume and the erotic importance he attached to it, through the lore and symbolism fragrance enjoyed in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Europe. By the early twentieth century, perfume's place as one of France's most important luxury industries was recognized and celebrated, and timeless fragrances--such as Chanel No. 5, Shalimar, Arpeges, and Joy--were launched. The distinctive bottles for these new essences and the art movements that inspired their design are detailed throughout the book, as are paintings, poetry, and literature that reveal the power of perfume and its ability to recall the past and evoke sensuality. According to nineteenth-century perfumer Eugene Rimmel, "the history of perfume is, in some manner, the history of civilization." Through fascinating text accompanied by gorgeous imagery, including packaging, labels, and advertisements, Perfume: Joy, Scandal, Sin explores perfume's impact on history, culture, society, art, and attitudes.

Record # 360900

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Paolo Uccello ITALIAN TEXT, INSCRIBEDby: Parronchi, Alessandro

Paolo Uccello ITALIAN TEXT, INSCRIBED
by: Parronchi, Alessandro

Hardcover. Italy, Massimiliano Boni, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 128 pages, plus plates. ITALIAN TEXT. INSCRIBED. Color frontispiece, B/w illustrations/plates throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has some age wear. Covers good, bound in blue fabric. Foxing on edges and endpapers, but pages clean. In very good condition.

Record # 30989

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Vietnam Journal No. 10: The Plain of Reedsby: Lomax, Don

Vietnam Journal No. 10: The Plain of Reeds
by: Lomax, Don

Softcover. Bethel CT, Apple Comics, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled comic book with color wraps, 28 pages illustrated in b&w by Lomax. Creator Don Lomax, a Vietnam War veteran, has entrenched his Vietnam Journal as one of the most realistic graphic representations of the Vietnam War. Recommended by The Military Book Club. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 411223

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Wash Work, Brush and Perspective Drawingby: ICS Staff

Wash Work, Brush and Perspective Drawing
by: ICS Staff

Hardcover. Scranton PA, International Textbook Company, reprint, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, thin black textured cloth covers with embossed titles, gilt lettering on spine, marbled endpapers, 104 pages. With drawings, illustrations, a few in color, diagrams, a few as foldouts, questions and exorcises, and index. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383440

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The Chicago Architectural Club: Prelude to the Modernby: Wilbert Hasbrouck

The Chicago Architectural Club: Prelude to the Modern
by: Wilbert Hasbrouck

Hardcover. NY, The Monacelli Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 640 pages, pofusely illustrated. In the late nineteenth century, Chicago -- the birthplace of modern architecture in the United States -- was a magnet for aspiring architects. The city was forced to rebuild after the destruction wrought by the Great Fire of 1871 and also to expand to accommodate a surge in the population. The seemingly endless demand for taller and more sophisticated buildings offered young draftsmen an unprecedented opportunity to influence the design of the American skyscraper. The Chicago Architecture Club: Prelude to the Modern documents the history of these draftsmen, the organization they founded, and its role in shaping architectural education and modern architectural practice.

Record # 361143

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Durer - The Artist and His Drawingsby: White, Christopher

Durer - The Artist and His Drawings
by: White, Christopher

Hardcover. NY, Watson Guptill, 1st US, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 161 illustrations (8 color plates), 232 pages. Dust jacket with front flap creases otherwise very good.

Record # 62779

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ORIG VINTAGE 1917 SOAP ADby: Smith, Jessie Wilcox

ORIG VINTAGE 1917 SOAP AD
by: Smith, Jessie Wilcox

Cincinnati OH, Proctor and Gamble, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, B&w art by Jessie Wilcox Smith of sister washing little brother's face. Woman's World, May 1917. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 413079

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Art on Nantucket: The History of Painting on Nantucket Island by: diCurcio, Robert A.

Art on Nantucket: The History of Painting on Nantucket Island
by: diCurcio, Robert A.

Hardcover. Nantucket MA, Nantucket Historical Association, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with color pastedown on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. 269 pages illustrated with color and b&w plates. Number 1242 of 2000 copies. Introduction by Stuart P. Feld. Printed dedication to Walter Beinecke. No dust jacket, a clean, bright copy.

Record # 383736

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Rubens: A Porraitby: Oppenheimer, Paul

Rubens: A Porrait
by: Oppenheimer, Paul

Hardcover. NY, Cooper Square Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 432 pages. The most popular painter of his day, yet an artist whose reputation has fluctuated among art scholars and critics of the succeeding centuries, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) is chiefly remembered today for his large canvases of sensual gardens, religious scenes, and voluptuous "Rubenesque" women. In Oppenheimer's account of his life, Rubens emerges not only as a talented painter but also as an intellectual with a unique conception of beauty that proved very influential and ahead of his time. Oppenheimer explores Rubens' ideas as he tells the story of his life, which included years as a diplomat, and illuminates his response to the humanism of the Renaissance in which he lived.

Record # 361245

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Book of Beggars, Aby: Adams, W.Dacres

Book of Beggars, A
by: Adams, W.Dacres

Hardcover. NY/London, Lippincott/Heineman, 1st , n.d. (1912), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 16 tipped-in color plates with black & white drawings of dogs opposite. Minor soil to cardboard covers.

Record # 67094

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ORIG VINTAGE 1937 COBBS CREEK WHISKEY AD: Orchestra Leaderby: N/A

ORIG VINTAGE 1937 COBBS CREEK WHISKEY AD: Orchestra Leader
by: N/A

Philadelphia PA, Continental Distilling Corp., 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Art "Keyed to concert pitch", photographic color art of conductor and orchestra. 10"X 13", Esquire Magazine, July 1937, very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 413100

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Torsoby: Bendis, Brian Michael; Andreyko, Marc

Torso
by: Bendis, Brian Michael; Andreyko, Marc

Hardcover. NY, Icon/Marvel, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. A graphic novel of of Eliot Ness's hunt for America's first serial killer-Cleveland's 1935 torso killer. B&w art by Bendis followed by pages of news clipping with photos of the actual crime scene and investigators at work. Clean copy.

Record # 383986

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Peel: The Art Of The Stickerby: Combs, Dave and Holly

Peel: The Art Of The Sticker
by: Combs, Dave and Holly

Hardcover. NY, Mark Batty, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 160 pages. The volume offers a significant selection from the run of Peel Magazine, which exposes the key influence in the recognition of urban stickers, in particular in the USA.A good overview of artists, thematic selections, are peppered with fair interviews, and other elements of urban culture such as decorated or tuned-up toys, or several forms of street art without losing much track of stickers as such.

Record # 361401

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Painter's Methods & Materialsby: Laurie, Prof A.P.

Painter's Methods & Materials
by: Laurie, Prof A.P.

Hardcover. London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, Reprint, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 250 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Tope edge dyed. Original bookstore's price stamp on front flyleaf. Green cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages unmarked. Spine straight. "The handling of pigments in oil, tempera, watercolor & in mural painting, the preparation of grounds & canvas, & the prevention of discoloration, together with the theories of light & color applied to the making of pictures, all described in a practical & non-technical manner."

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ORIG VINTAGE 1944 CHESTERFIELD CIGARETTES ADby: N/A

ORIG VINTAGE 1944 CHESTERFIELD CIGARETTES AD
by: N/A

New York, Liggett & Myers, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 413117

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER:  New Yorker June 17 1967  - summer scene with birds, rainbow and flowers by: Andre Francois (Illust.)

ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker June 17 1967 - summer scene with birds, rainbow and flowers
by: Andre Francois (Illust.)

1967, Book: Very Good, Color art of summer tableau by Francois, 8 3/4 X 12", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384056

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Fly Now!: The Poster Collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museumby: Joanne Gernstein London

Fly Now!: The Poster Collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
by: Joanne Gernstein London

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 192 pages. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum draws more visitors than any other museum in the world--90,000 a day in the summertime--and the exhibit of air travel posters featured in this unique companion volume combines arresting, colorful art, rare archival material, and a unique approach to aeronautical history. The posters--most of them never before published--feature barnstormers, gliders, and flying boats, the earliest passenger flights, the first luxury-liners, mail carriers, jets, and much more. Spanning a century and a half, they combine the popular art and the commerce of their eras, with both explored in the entertaining, informative text by a longstanding National Air and Space Museum curator. From 19th-century circus impresarios offering rides in gaudy hot-air balloons to the sleek 21st-century airliners, the posters provide a fascinating illustrated history of flight as it evolved from an exotic realm inhabited only by visionaries and daredevils into our modern world of speedy jets and frequent flyers--no longer extraordinary, perhaps, but still echoing with the exhilarating thrill and glamorous excitement captured here.

Record # 361524

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From A High Place - A Life Of Arshile Gorkyby: Spender, Matthew

From A High Place - A Life Of Arshile Gorky
by: Spender, Matthew

hardcover. NY, Knopf , 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 448 pages. Black & white photos and illustrations. Like new. Purely out of artistic ambition, Armenian-American abstract painter Gorky (1895-1948; born in Turkey as Vostanig Adoian) fabricated a new identity, complete with an Ivy League education and personal histories with master artists, on arriving in the United States. Spender (Within Tuscany), who is married to Gorky's oldst daughter, unhesitatingly exposes the painter's many "tall tales." He also assesses Gorky's difficulty in arriving at his own aesthetic until late in life in terms of both the artist's ties to the artistic patriarchs of the previous generation, the Surrealists (including Breton, Duchamp and Brancusi) and his complex status as a forerunner who eventually became alienated from the New York Abstract Expressionists (particularly de Kooning and Rothko). Spender derives much information from anecdotal sources, including an interview with de Kooning, and assumes a chatty tone in dealing with other artists. But he becomes increasingly less sympathetic to Gorky, whose last years are presented from the perspectives of Spender's wife and her mother. Nonetheless, painting constantly despite failing health, family problems and critical indifference, Gorky's frustrations are heartbreaking. Equally compelling is the window opened on New York's art scene when it was still a small clique. Gorky was so in love with the "artist" archetype that he not only lied about himself but also plagiarized anecdotes, artistic statements, love letters and possibly even his own suicide note. Spender preserves the personal dimensions of his subject while demonstrating that the painter should have adopted a youthful declaration. "I shall be a great artist or if not a great crook"as his motto. 90 b&w illustrations.

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