Art

Hardcover. New York, National Academy of Design, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 246 pages. 62 B&w illustrations and 77 plates in full color. Black leatherette. silver lettering to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Like new.

Hardcover. UK, PS Artbooks, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, tight copy. American Comics Group. June/July 1950 - January 1951 Issues 11-15. Foreword by Paul Di Filippo.

Softcover. The Anschutz Collection, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wraps, 176 pages. An impressive collection of American West art by 128 different artists, with full color reproductions of a painting by each followed by a short biographical sketch of each. Small ink price in corner of front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. GR, Hirmer/Mdm Salzburg Museum der Moderne, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 240 pages, color illustrations. Text in English and German. This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibitions 'Alex Katz. New York/Maine'. Clean, bright copy with minor bump to edges, corner.

Hardcover. New York, State University of New York, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 96 pages, illustrated throughout. Dust jacket edge wear and fade, minor rub, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.Here at long last is the study of the life and paintings of Ralph Earl, the colorful eighteenth-century American artist whose pictures hang in the great galleries but about whom relatively little has appeared in print. A pioneer landscapist in a day when portraiture was the vogue, a Tory in Revolutionary New England, he nevertheless captured the stance and spirit of the new nation in the first decades after the Revolution. He portrayed the merchants and civic leaders of the time, often with their families, in their homes, orchards, business establishments--and the result is a record of post-Revolutionary American dress, design, and decoration as well as face and figure. Professor Goodrich has tracked down and assembled forty-one of Earl's paintings for this book, providing the first opportunity of viewing the artist's work as a body. The pictures range from a youthful re-creation of the Battle of Concord, through portraits done in England (whence he fled during the Revolution and which enabled him to absorb the techniques of the great eighteenth-century English portraitists), to his invaluable paintings of General von Steuben, Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, and other figures in the young United States.

Hardcover. UK, self-published, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. "A careful study of an ancient craft, peculiar to the County of Cornwall, that of carving Family Portraits in Slate." Foreword by Dorothy Dudley. 184 pages, many b&w illustrations. Clean.

Hardcover. US, IDW Publishing, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 328 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Skippy debuted as a daily newspaper strip in 1925, and as a Sunday the following year, soon becoming a sensation, published in 28 countries and 14 languages. Crosby continued writing and drawing the feature until 1945. "Percy Crosby caught lightning in a bottle and learned how to draw with it," wrote Jules Feiffer in a 1978 appreciation. Milton Caniff marveled, "Boy, there's nothing faster than watching Skippy run the way Crosby drew him." Crosby was heralded as "the greatest apostle of motion in the field of art" by Edward Alden Jewell, art critic of the New York Times. His artwork has hung in the Louvre in Paris, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, and the Tate Gallery in London, among other venues, but it's his work as a cartoonist, as the creator of Skippy--the philosopher man-child--for which he's best known. Volume 1 includes every Skippy daily strip from the beginning--June 22, 1925 through the end of 1927--as well as the start of an extensive, ongoing biography of Percy Crosby by Jared Gardner, complemented by many photographs and rare artwork from the collection of the cartoonist's daughter, Joan Crosby Tibbetts.

Softcover. NY, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled wraps. 39 pages, 15 b&w, 25 color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1996 exhibition. With a preface by Stuart P. Feld and a 7-page illustrated introduction by Gregory Hedberg. The 30 catalogue entries are annotated. Artists include Henry Inman, James McNeil Whistler, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, John Wellington, et al. Also includes Andy Warhol's portrait of John Lennon and Nelson Shanks portrait of Princess Diana.

Hardcover. Middletown, Wesleyan University Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 340 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs, 2 fold-outs in rear. Dust jacket spine faded, light wear to corners, edges. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 9" X 12", 600 pages. Color reprints throughout. The first edition deluxe Krazy Kat hardcover (it's Volume 3, but the second to be published) collects the second batch of five Krazy & Ignatz soft cover books Fantagraphics have published, comprehensively compiling the years 1935 through 1944 under hard covers. It's not a slipcase; it's a single hardcover book. The covers to the original five soft cover books are NOT included, but literally everything else is. No dj issued

Softcover. New York, Queens Museum, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 152 pages. Softcover. Very clean, like new in publishers shrink-wrap. This volume brings expert opinion and first-hand testimony to bear upon the events surrounding the creation and destruction of Andy Warhol's Thirteen Most Wanted Men at the 1964 New York World's Fair. The complex constellation of art, politics and gay life surrounding Warhol's mural and its painting-over comes alive in 13 interviews-with historian Hilary Ballon, critic Douglas Crimp, poet Diane di Prima, 1964 World's Fair head of television Albert Fisher, poet John Giorno, art historian Anthony Grudin, civil rights historian Felicia Kornbluh, former Warhol assistant and poet Gerard Malanga, filmmaker Jonas Mekas, art historian Richard Meyer, former Warhol assistant and photographer Billy Name, Rockefeller biographer Richard Norton Smith and architect and critic Mark Wigley. The interviews are introduced by the show's co-curator Larissa Harris, and accompanied by reproductions of all of the Thirteen Most Wanted Men; photographs of Warhol and the Fair by Factory regulars and photojournalists; and rarely seen archival documents from Warhol's Time Capsules.

Hardcover. Canton Street Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 136 pages in color. From the pages of Air Fighters Comics and Airboy Comics comes The Complete Golden Age Airboy & Valkyrie HC. Inspired by Milton Caniff s Terry & the Pirates, Airboy and Valkyrie had a love/hate relationship that brought tension and drama to their stories. The Fred Kida stories collected in this volume inspired comic greats such as Alex Toth. For the first time, their complete adventures are digitally restored and reprinted in one volume. Collects Air Fighters Comics V1 #12, V2 #2, V2 #7, Airboy Comics V2 #12, V3 #6, 12, V4 #10, V9 #2. Introduction by Timothy Truman. Clean, like new.

Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 112 pages. 64 b&w illustrations and 8 plates in full color. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Pictorial dust jacket with some wear and small tears to spine,light sun-fading to front cover, still overall a very nice, clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 306 pages. Green cloth hardcover with gilt illustration of lighthouse on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. In a lightly worn dust jacket. Green endpapers and color frontispiece. Edited by Milton S. Fox, book design by Nai Y. Chang. Numerous b/w and color plates (246 reproductions of Hopper's work, 88 in full color).

Hardcover. US, Gestalten, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 256 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Girl's Best Friends features work by outstanding jewelry designers including Ted Noten, Saskia Diez, byAMT, and Kelsey Quan; fashion labels such as Commune de Paris 1871; artists such as the duo Confettisystem; and a range of innovative designers from other disciplines. The most comprehensive showcase of the innovative jewelry being created today.

Hardcover. Levine Querido, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 224 pages. Color illustrations throughout. From the creator of The Arrival, a collection of essays illuminating his thoughts and advice for writers and artists, young and old. Shaun Tan is one of the world's most highly acclaimed narrative artists. His stories and images are loved by countless young and not-so-young readers around the world. Drawing upon 25 years as a picture book and comics creator, painter, and film-maker, Creature explores the central obsession of this visionary artist, from casual doodles to studied oil-paintings. Beyond sketches for acclaimed works such as The Arrival, The Lost Thing, and Tales From Outer Suburbia, this volume collects together for the first time unseen and stand-alone illustrations, each resonant with unwritten tales of their own. Detailed commentary by the artist offers an entertaining insight into the endless allure of imaginary, non-human beings and what they might tell us about our so-called "normal" human selves. Artists, writers, students, dreamers, and anyone interested in the deeper undercurrents of creativity, myth, and visual metaphor will find inspiration in these pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Posters Please, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, auction catalogue with beautiful pictures of posters in color. An exceptional copy in the original title-blocked cloth.

Hardcover. Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 157 pages. Color illustrated dust jacket, 9 color plates, numerous b&w illustrations. Book still sealed in original plastic, never opened; in excellent condition.

Softcover. Washington DC/NY, National Gallery of Art/Abrams, 1st, 1986, Softcover, large exhibition catalog, white wraps, 367 pages. Profusely illustrated with color and bw plates. A coherent group of major paintings representing that period when Matisse gave up his primary artistic residence in Paris to watch him settle in Nice. First as a temporary visitor and then as a permanent citizen, we watch him respond to the Mediterranean and the constancy of its light. Bookplate on inside fron cover, otherwise a clean, bright copy. Heavy volume. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Softcover. Baltimore MD, International Exhibitions Foundation, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Black illustrated wraps. 95 pages. Numerous b&w plates. Accompanying a loan exhibition from the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, this catalogue includes an introduction by E. Maurice Bloch, prints by such artists as Albers, Altoon, Asawa, Celmins, Cremean, Diebenkorn, Frasconi, Townley and many more, as well as a bibliography. Clean copy.

Hardcover. San Diego, Idea & Design Works/IDW, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 352 pages, color and b&w illustrations. Pat Ryan goes on trial for his life, Terry Lee needs all his resourcefulness to escape the twin menaces of Klang the Warlord and the master schemer, Hunter Yurk, while for the first and only time, Burma and the Dragon Lady share an adventure. IDW Publishing proudly presents The Library of American Comics reprinting of the greatest adventure strip of all time, Terry and the Pirates. This volume features more than 725 comic strips, including full-color Sundays that highlight the breathtaking work of Milton Caniff, The Rembrandt of the Comics. The second in a six-volume series edited by Dean Mullaney.

Hardcover. Boston , MFA Publications, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 223 pages, Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. 145 illustrations. Both a historical overview and an up-to-the-minute spectacular, "Fashion Show" explores the ever-fascinating world of Paris couture-the history of the Paris fashion industry from its beginnings through the mid-twentieth century.

Softcover. Hermes Press, reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 192 pages. Long out of print, The Adventurous Decade is now available again, covering the background and art of such strips as Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Tarzan, Scorchy Smith, Dick Tracy, Terry and the Pirates, Prince Valiant, The Phantom, Brick Bradford, The Spirit, and Don Winslow together with many seldom-discussed strips such as Bronc Peeler, Tex Throne, Roy Powers, Dan Dunn and Tailspin Tommy. While the text of the book, based on interviews with such comic strip luminaries as Noel Sickles, Milton Caniff, Roy Crane, Alfred Andriola, Dick Moore, Mel Graff, Leslie Turner and other improtant strip artists, remains unchanged (why change a classic?), the book has been totally redesigned in a 9 inch by 12 inch landscape format to showcase the fabulous artwork from these strips. The reprint is printed on deluxe heavy paper stock with all new illustrations, many taken from rarely seen original artwork.

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 96 pages, oblong format. This chapel in Italy's great city of art is home to a marvelous cycle of frescoes, composed by three 15th-century masters: Masaccio, Masolino, and Filippino Lippi. Under the supervision of Masaccio, they moved far beyond Giotto in creating figures more human, in spaces more realistic than ever, providing inspiration for succeeding artists like Leonardo and Michelangelo. More than 32 color plates. Short inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Softcover. Manchester VT, Southern Vermont Arts Center, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 66 pages, 14 color and b&w illustrations. A collection of paintings by Italian-American artist Luigi Lucioni (1900-1988). One of his most-known pieces, 'Farewell to the Birches,' appears on the cover. With essays by Stuart P. Embury and Robert L. McGrath. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Clarkson Potter, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Definitive study of the pioneer American illustrator. 39 color, 165 black & white illustrations. 248 pages. Faint fade to edge, spine of orange dust jacket,

Softcover. Chadds Forf PA, Brandywine River Museum , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 136 pages. Exhibition catalogue for a show that ran in spring 1998. Book has two essays in addition to the artwork: Howard Pyle: A Life in Illustration, and How and Why We Collected, both by Howard Broka. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w.

Softcover. London, Pimlico , reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 570 pages. The life of the painter and designer Duncan Grant spanned great changes in society and art from Edwardian Britain to the 1970s from Alma-Tadema to Gilbert and George. This authoritative biography combines an engrossing narrative with an invaluable assessment of Grant's individual achievement and his place within Bloomsbury and in the wider development of British art.

Hardcover. NY, Posters Please, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 168 pages, Catalogue for auction held Sunday, May 4, 2003 featuring American silent films, French travel posters, International posters, books and periodicals. Clean, very good.

Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 146 pages. A collection of Mauldin's political cartoons from the late 50s and early 1960s. Dust jacket with light wear, price-clipped.

Hardcover. Hatje Cantz, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 160 pages. Known for his cool, clean, comics-inspired pictorial language, Julian Opie has been one of the leading figures in contemporary British art since the early 1980s. Equally at home in museum settings--like Tate Modern, the ICA Boston and MCA Chicago, where he has mounted recent one-person exhibitions and projects--and in collaboration with mainstream rock bands like Blur and U2, his work crosses media and genres with quiet, computer-assisted abandon. In the early days, Opie transgressed the boundaries between painting and sculpture by applying paint to the everyday articles he used in his steel objects. More recently he has experimented with digital technologies in the applied arts. Now, he is probably best-known for his hypnotically low-tech moving images generated by LCD and LED technologies. This volume assembles a representative collection of portraits, half-length figures and new works that draw from the motifs of baroque portraiture.

Hardcover. NY, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, unpaginated, illustrated in color. Introduction by John Yau. Clean, bright copy of this exhibition catalog.

Softcover. Archie Comics, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 96 pages illustrated in color by Bob Montana. Clean, very good. This volume moves Archie into perhaps the era that Archie is most associated with, especially by early baby-boomers; the era when Rock-n-Roll first made its influence known on Archie and the gang...the era of sock hops, malt shops and cruising. This trade paperback highlights the entire Archie gang in a collection of hilarious and nostalgic stories, brimming with 1950's allure.

Softcover. Seattle, Bay Press, 1st US, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A clean, unmarked softcover book with a tight binding. 87 pages. 7"w x 8 1/4"h. Photographer Sophie Calle follows strangers on the street and photographs them. Translated by Dany Barash and Danny Hatfield. B&w illustrations. Light fading on cover at spine edge otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Kopenhagen, Forlaget Nytteboger, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, paper covered boards with red pattern, in a matching cardboard slipcase. Features 100 drawings of couples in various embraces by Hansen, 3 in color. Limited text in Norwegian/Swedish. No dust jacket. Spine lightly nicked, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. NY, Hyperion, 2nd Ed., 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 288 pages. Canemaker's second volume on Disney animation (his first was Before the Animation Begins, pub. 11/15/96) covers new territory. Focusing on the birth and progression of the storyboard method, the noted animator/historian explores both the history and the personalities of the Disney storyboard department. He takes readers from the early Disney days (when Walt created the storyboard to add depth and substance to the animated shorts the early studio produced) to today (when ever-changing teams of story specialists gather material and prepare sequence drawings before artists flesh out those Disney masterpieces). Along the way, Canemaker reveals the human effort required to bring an animated film to life and throws in juicy tidbits garnered from his interviews with animation pioneers. Lavish illustrations accompany the text. Recommended for larger public libraries and essential for collections in film and animation history.

Softcover. Montclair, NJ, Montclair Art Museum, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 111 pages 49 b&w plates and 4 color plates, along with a catalog of works from the exhibit at the Montclair Art Museum from October 24 - November 28, 1971. Includes a biographical introduction. Overall, a good clean copy, pages unmarked.

Hardcover. New York, Glitterati, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 352 page. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. A unique linsight into life in Brazil's infamous favelas. A honest portrayal of the 'other side' of Brazil's society.Portrays a world that came to prominence with the hit film City of God. Combining thought-provoking text and hard-hitting, stunning photography, Inside the Favelas provides a compelling commentary on the life in Brazil's shanty townsIncludes a foreword by The Honorable Sergio Cabral Filho, Govenor of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2010-11-09, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 224 pages, profuse color and b&w illustrations and plates. The essays in John La Farge's Second Paradise explore the artist's reemergence as a plain air landscape painter, his use of the sketchbook, and his late decorative work, which was reinvigorated by the experience of light and color he discovered in the South Seas. Further discussions examine the prevailing notions of tropical paradise perpetuated since Captain Cook's "discovery" of Polynesia in the late 18th century, and offer the first extended comparison of the careers and art of La Farge and Paul Gauguin, who arrived in Tahiti only days after La Farge left in 1891. Featuring many previously unpublished works, this beautiful book is a major contribution to the study of La Farge's life and art. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap.

Softcover. NY, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, oblong format, 336 pages. 425 illustrations, 227 in color and 198 in duotone. Catalog of art exhibition put on by MOMA and the Tate Gallery. Clean, bright copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Softcover. New York, Abbeville, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 154 pages, color illustrations throughout. Very light wear to corners. Else a very clean, tight copy. Mary Cassatt's paintings and prints have long been treasured as some of the finest examples of Impressionist art. A rebel by the Victorian standards of her time, Mary Cassatt moved from the art schools of staid Philadelphia to the boulevards of Paris, where the young Impressionist movement was flourishing. Degas, her friend and mentor, encouraged her involvement in the new art movement.Cassatt's luminous, observant, and innovative works-chiefly interiors with women and children-helped define Impressionism and have been compared to Raphael's paintings for their beauty and dignity. Frank Getlein, noted art critic and historian, has selected 72 of Cassatt's finest works, each reproduced here in full color. His accompanying text relates the intimate details of her life to her paintings while clearly defining her relation to fellow artists and her place in modern art.

Hardcover. London & New York , The Studio Publications, 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black, 127 pages + ads, illustrated throughout in b&w. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. Light rubbing, fraying to edges, binding slightly shaken. Internally very good.

Softcover. London, Knockabout Comics, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 624 pages. Illustrated wraps. Color and b&w art by Shelton. The definitive collection of the classic underground comic strip.

Hardcover. NY, Bloomsbury USA, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Readers can't get enough of Roz Chast. Together, these cartoons, which originally appeared in The New Yorker, Scientific American, Redbook, and other publications, constitute a spot-on record of our increasingly absurd existence. The book is a powerful reminder of how lucky we are to have Roz Chast among us to tackle some of the toughest themes of the times with uproarious humor: genetically altered mice, birthday parties from hell, and comfort drinks in the age of insecurity.

Softcover. NY, Reporter Publications, Inc., 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine. Articles on Elvis with drawings by Felix Topolski, Sugar Ray Robinson, Maria Callas, touring cars, building your own golf course, writing by W. Eugene Smith, James Beard, and others. And men's fashion, of course. Red spine faded. Clean.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color photographs throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Softcover. UK, SQP, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover with paper wrappers. Color illustrations throughout. Clean, tight copy.

Softcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 144 pages. Explores the various uses of images with and without text in the work of over thirty artists from around the world. B&w illustrations.

Hardcover. US, Print, 2nd, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color and Black and white pictures throughout. Powerhouse Factories takes you beyond album covers to teach you all about the art that drives today's biggest shows and festivals. Show Posters offers a visual timeline of the big players in the music industry, from The Black Keys and Passion Pit to Phantogram and Real Estate, as well as the posters that launched their shows--and the designers' careers. Show Posters features step-by-step instructions to guide you through screen printing, hand lettering, and yes, even Xeroxing your way to recreating iconic, kickass posters. The high-energy rock-and-roll artists of Powerhouse Factories will coach you on how to hook up with bands, managers, and promoters, and create an original, limited poster for one of their shows.

Softcover. New York, NY, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1st, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 79 pages. Exhibition catalog. Black-and-white and color illustrations. Some shelf-wear on rear cover. Light sun-fade to spine. A little soiling to bottom edge. Otherwise, clean, tight copy.