Used, Rare & Out-of-Print Art Books - pg. 68 including The Concise British Flora in Colourby: W. Keble Martin

Hardcover. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1st US, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 231 pages, richly illustrated, primarily in color. This book is filled with gorgeous color illustrations. 1486 species illustrated, nomenclature edited by Douglas Kent. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Last Gasp, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 288 pages. Illustrated with photographs and back and white illustrations. Introduction by Drew Friedman. Fantastic reference work on the history and back story of the creation of R. Crumb's legendary humor comics anthology.

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli International, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth stamped in white. 192 pages, illustrated throughout in color. This Brant Foundation exhibition partially restages three of the artist's critical early shows, including an exhibition of the artist's paintings and drawings of heads at Robert Miller Gallery; his most important canvases from Gagosian Gallery's 1982 show in Los Angeles; and Basquiat's solo show at Fun Gallery in the East Village. Buchhart also considers in-depth the artist's so-called stretcher bar paintings, in which the normally hidden wooden supports for stretched canvases are exposed, works that have yet to be explored at length by scholars.

Hardcover. NY, Abbeville Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, in a bright unclipped dust jacket. A one-of-a-kind collection of movie posters spanning fifty years, from silent films to Cinemascope For four decades film historian Ira M. Resnick has been amassing a superb collection of 2,000 vintage movie posters and 1,500 stills, which has never before been published. Starstruck: Vintage Movie Posters from Classic Hollywood features the best of Resnick's collection, with vivid reproductions of 250 posters and forty stills from the golden age of Hollywood, 1912 to 1962.In a moving introduction, Resnick relates how his love of vintage movie art translated into a career as a collector and the founder of the Motion Picture Arts Gallery, the first gallery devoted exclusively to the art of the movies. Resnick's firsthand account offers entertaining anecdotes about how he managed to acquire such stellar film artwork, as well as historical information about the stars and films shown on the pieces he collected. Guiding the reader through the best posters and stills of his collection, Resnick provides a tour of cinematic history, starting in the silent film era and continuing up to Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). By showcasing several posters for each performer--such as Lillian Gish, the Marx Brothers, Marilyn Monroe, John Barrymore, and Audrey Hepburn--Resnick offers a unique method of charting the evolution of each movie star's career. Still like new in publisher's shrinkwrap. NOTE: Due to size and weight DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. London, The Cresset Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear. 297 pages + 26 b&w plates. English language edition. Translated from the German and with an introduction by Innes and and Gustav Herdan. Contains very clever and funny remarks on Hogarth's engravings by an 18th century German professor of physics. Small owner's stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Portland House, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated with 100 full-page color plates, each with multiple patterns; additional black & white figures. Originally published in 1867 by S. & T. Gilbert of London. Folio.

Hardcover. London, Duckworth, reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Heath Robinson's humorous take on the game of golf is as fresh as when it first appeared in 1923, and is accompanied by Bernard Darwin's critical assessment. b&w cartoons throughout by Robinson. Short inscription on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth stamped in red. A bright clean copy of this annual collection. B&w cartoons by various artists from the top magazines of the day. Still funny. Lacks dust jacket.

Softcover. London, Academy Editions, 1st pbk, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 130 pages, 8 color plates, 114 b&w illustrations. Quentin Bell justifies his study of Victorian painters and graphic artists not as a revivalist, but as an historian who feels the need to "exhibit the evidence" of a period not adequately covered by others. The chapters are: the age of fragmentation; the Teutonic influence; hard-edged Pre-Raphaelism; Academy notes; low art; from Rossetti to Art Nouveau; the New English Art Club; Sickett & the post-impressionists. Bookplate on inside front cover, small stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Chicago, Playboy Press, 1997, Book: Very Good, Single issue. Soft cover. Very Good. Minor wear. Centerfold intact. Binding tight, pages clean. 188 pages. Full of beautiful women, as always. Kelly Marie Monaco, Joey Heatherton, Vincent Bugliosi, Howard Stern, etc. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects.

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket, 111 pages. Wonderful b&w illustrations by Ronald Searle. The first collaboration between these Atkinson and Searle, a look at the 'new poor' in the London of the 1950's. Taking Henry Mayhew's 19th century work 'London Labour and London Poor' as their guide, the writer and artist take a perceptive, compassionate and subtly humorous, look at how the burden of poverty has shifted into some surprising quarters - including a look at a literary exile, an aging actress, enclyopedia salesman, ice cream seller and more. Shelfworn copy, but sound with a light ownership stamp to front fly leaf.

Softcover. Katonah NY, The Katonah Gallery, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages, staplebound quarto paperback, exhibition catalog. Color cover, b&w illustrations throughout.

Softcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2018, Softcover, 128 pages. Includes essays by Ai Weiwei, Cheryl Haines, Jasmine Heiss, and David Spalding. Renowned artist Ai Weiwei engaged nearly 900,000 visitors in a conversation about human rights with his art installation @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. In one participatory piece, Yours Truly, visitors sent 92,829 postcards to prisoners of conscience around the world. This book delves into those postcards' lasting impact. Five former prisoners and their loved ones reflect on the experience of receiving hundreds of postcards while imprisoned. Essays and a statement by Ai Weiwei contextualize this extraordinary project. And photographs taken during the exhibition show visitors and the messages they wrote. The book also includes four pre-addressed, tear-out postcards, inviting readers-whether art lovers or activists-to send hope to individuals still imprisoned for defending human rights. Clean copy.

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Red card cover, with pages and covers in pristine condition. Like new, in shrinkwrap. Rosenberg's essays cover art's relationship with the media, pop art, art as thinking; Pollock's methods; Josph Cornell's boxes; Russian constructivism; big paintings; the artist's hand; action painting, Dada etc etc. First published in 1969.

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover with pages and covers in pristine condition. Like new, in shrinkwrap. Rosenberg's essays on modern art.

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover with pages and covers in pristine condition. Like new, in shrinkwrap. Rosenberg's critial essays on the theatre. Originally published in 1970. CONTENTS: The stages: geography of action; A psychological case; From play acting to self; Criticism-action; Actor in history; Guilt to the vanishing point; Missing persons. Clean copy.

Softcover. Ann Arbor, MI, Published for U. New Hampshire by University Microfilms International, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 255 pages. Biographical history of Paul Rosenfeld, his artistic, musical, and literary criticisms and his contemporaries. Slight bumping to corners, otherwise a tight and clean copy.

Hardcover. Norman OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 8th pr., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 220 pages with black & white illustrations. A thorough study of the art of the Indian silversmiths of the Southwest. Includes the history of the craft as well as names and localities of pioneer artisans. Bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Benjamin Blom, reprint, 1971, Hardcover, oversize folio, brick red boards with gilt lettering and black etchings on the front. 1971 reissue of the commemorative edition published in Antwerp, 1642, by Meursius, with descriptive text by Casperius Gervatius and engravings, after design Of Peter Paul Rubens, by Theodor van Thulden. Clean, bright copy, no dust jacket. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Boulder CO, Westview Press, 2nd pr., 1999, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 264 pages, color and b&w illustrations. This introduction to the life and works of one of the giants of Western painting also surveys the golden age of Venetian painting from Bellini to Veronese and its place in the history of Western art. Sometimes referred to as the founder of modern painting Titian's legacy and influence was immense and continuing?: Italian Baroque painting, El Greco, Rubens, Rembrandt and Dutch painting, French 18th century painting, Velazquez, and Picasso. There are 119 black and white illustrations integrated with the text and 8 plates in full color, a selected bibliography and index. Clean copy.

Softcover. Santa Fe NM, School of American Research Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 118 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Light sunning to front wrapper. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Zaltbommel NL, European Library, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine and front board, no dustwrapper. Old Photograph inlaid into front cover. Introduction followed by 108 old photographs (one to a page) with short caption notes. Bookplate on inside front cover, small name stamp on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. Boston, The Peabody Museum / Little Brown and Company, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 279 pages. 168 full-page black-and-white illustrations and 16 color plates. Light sun-fade to dust jacket spine and flaps, as well as minor chipping along edges and wear along spine. Otherwise, clean, tight copy. This handsome book is the first full study of American marine painting ever published. In it are drawn together representative works by more than sixty painters from Colonial times to the present, including such diverse figures as John Smibert, John Quidor, John Marin, Albert Bierstadt, Geroge Bellows, Thomas Chambers, and Andrew Wyeth. Mr. Wilmerding discusses the development of these artists' concern with marine subjects, the influences (both native and European) on their styles and approaches, and the meaning of their achievement for American art in general.

Softcover. Tokyo, Kasuga Boeki KK, 13th pr., 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 128 pages. A collection of b&w cartoons by Hume. Tanned pages are unmarked with b/w illustrations and jokes that didn't age well. More than a bit racist and chauvinistic. But very popular with the GIs of the period. One page torn, tape repaired.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket In this book, 380 pages, illustrated in color. The award-winning historian Regina Lee Blaszczyk traces the relationship of color and commerce, from haute couture to automobile showrooms to interior design, describing the often unrecognized role of the color profession in consumer culture. Blaszczyk examines the evolution of the color progression from 1850 to 1970, telling the stories of innovators who managed the color cornucopia that modern artificial dyes and pigments made possible. These color stylists, color forecasters, and color engineers helped corporations understand the art of illusion and the psychology of color. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, The Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 154 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The works and writings of the Futurist artists in their most creative period, 1910-1916. 141 Illustrations (22 in color). Tanning to wraps, light edgewear. Mild foxing to top edge text block. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 20 June-3 September 2012]/edited by Joseph J Rishel; with essays by Stephanie D'Allessandro.[et al.] A trio of masterpieces by Gauguin, Cezanne, and Matisse are joined by works by other major artists in this exploration of the enduring vitality of the theme of Arcadia. Paul Gauguin's Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897-98), Paul Cezanne's The Large Bathers (1906), and Henri Matisse's Bathers by a River (1909-10, 1913, and 1916-17). Other masterpieces by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Nicolas Poussin, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes establish the high value given to Arcadia in the history of French painting. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 128 pages. Brian Nissen's talented art work make this lovely book not only a collection of erotica, but also very humorous. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking / Madison Press Books, 2nd pr., 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Oversized hardcover with dust jacket, second (1986) printing, 168 pages. Selection of over 90 of Robert Bateman's wildlife paintings, reproduced in full color, together with his commentaries as a naturalist, plus an introduction based on extensive travels and interviews with the artist. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Softcover. Fabrica, Deicide Press, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery '' not least in the Western genre, where the invention of the ''Spaghetti Western'' gave abrasive new life to a dying form of cinematic narrative. ULTRA WILD WEST collects more than 80 film poster designs by a wide range of acclaimed Italian artists, in full-color, full-page reproductions showcasing some of the world''s most innovative and eye-blasting graphic artwork, enhanced by rare production photographs which bring the book''s total images to over 100. Clean, like new.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 290 pages, color and b&w illustrations. Kiki was once the symbol of bohemian Paris. But if she is remembered today, it is only for posing for several now-celebrated male artists, including Amedeo Modigliani and Alexander Calder, and especially photographer Man Ray. Why has Man Ray's legacy endured while Kiki has become a footnote? Kiki and Man Ray met in 1921 during a chance encounter at a cafe. What followed was an explosive decade-long connection, both professional and romantic, during which the couple grew and experimented as artists, competed for fame, and created many of the shocking images that cemented Man Rays reputation as one of the great artists of the modern era. Remainder dot to top edge, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear, 419 pages. Saint-Gaudens was one of the major artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; his outstanding craftsmanship remains a tremendous influence on American sculpture to this day. Fifty-five b/w illustrations throughout.

Hardcover. Dupuis, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards, 56 pages illustrated in color by Hermann. French text. A graphic novel about the conflict in Sarajevo. Clean copy.

Softcover. Pittsburgh PA, Carnegie Institute, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, unpaginated, but around 220 pages with 125 plates. Clean copy.

Hardcover. UK, ACC Editions, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial bpards. Felicity Green brought a new, original voice and look to the fashion pages of the '60s' Daily Mirror. For the first time in newspaper history she created fashion pages designed to appeal to both sexes as the circulation soared to more than 5 million copies a day. Great pictures, great photographers, top designers, top models - Felicity made these Swinging '60s fashion stories FUN! bringing the glamor and style of glossy magazines to the Mirror. These award-winning pages broke the fashion mould and captured the stellar time when London fashion conquered the world. Under Felicity Green's by-line comes stories of the stars of the '60s - they're all talking in this original book: Mary Quant, Barbara Hulanicki, Vidal Sassoon, Twiggy, Terry O'Neill, and a sparkling foreword by Barbara Hulanicki, of Biba fame, tells the story of a fashion collaboration/friendship whose gingham dress made fashion history. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel is an icon of fashion, and can lay claim to having invented the look of the 20th century. At the height of the Belle Epoque, she stripped women of their corsets and feathers, bobbed their hair, put them in bathing suits and sent them out to get tanned in the sun. She introduced the little black dress; trousers for women; costume jewelry; the exquisitely comfortable suit that became her trademark. Early in the Roaring Twenties, Chanel made the first ever couture perfume - No. 5 - presenting it in the famous little square-cut flagon that, inspired by Picasso and Cubism, became the arch symbol of the Art Deco style. No. 5 remains the most popular scent ever created. This volume, published to accompany a landmark exhibition in Paris, traces the birth and evolution of Chanel's timeless style. Specially commissioned photographs by Julien T. Hamon showcase the clothing, while essays by fashion historians illuminate a period, an event or a theme. Rare archival documents, including portraits of Gabrielle Chanel herself, round out the book. Remainder line on bottom edge otherwise clean copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. London, Omnibus Press, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 176 pages. While many books, films and documentaries claim to have captured the phenomenon that was Swinging London, just one magazine was present in the capital during the 1960s to illustrate this extraordinary moment as it unraveled. London Life emerged in October 1965 and, over the next fifteen months, would document the capital's action at its absolute zenith. With imagery from the likes of David Bailey, Duffy and Terence Donovan, designs from Peter Blake, David Hockney, Gerald Scarfe and fledgling artist Ian Dury plus words and opinions from those riding high on the city`s cutting-edge, London Life remains the coolest document from the capital's most exciting period. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. Boston, G. K. Hall & Co., reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 413 pages. This incomparable collection of essays, manifestos, and illustrations was prepared by Robert Motherwell with the collaboration of some of the major Dada figures: Marcel Duchamp, Jean Arp, and Max Ernst among others. Here in their own words and art, the principals of the movement create a composite picture of Dada - its convictions, antics, and spirit. First published in 1951, this treasure trove remains, as Jack Flam states in his foreword to the second edition, "the most comprehensive and important anthology of Dada writings in any language, and a fascinating and very readable book." It contains every major text on the Dada movement, including retrospective studies, personal memoirs, and prime examples. The illustrations range from photos of participants, in characteristic Dadaist attitudes, to facsimiles of their productions. Embossed name stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Softcover. Cambridge, MIT Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, exhibition catalogue featuring the famed architect's travel sketches along with photographs of the buildings he encountered and essays on their influence on his work. 11'' x 8.5''. In original dark orange pictorial wrappers. Illustrated throughout in black and white, some color, 136 pages. Spine sun faded.

Softcover. NY, Sotheby's, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover illustrated with color & b/w photos. Sale 5793 1,062 lots. Painting and Screens (55), Prints (223), Netsuke (89), Ojime (11), Inro (143), Sword Fittings (171), Swords (44), Armour (8). Also Ivory, Ceramics, Enamels, Metalwork, Furniture. Includes an important group of prints by Utagawa Hiroshige from The One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. Clean copy.

Softcover. Hong Kong, Bonhams, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 328 pages illustrated in color. Auction catalogue for Bonhams Hong Kong 29 May 2023 sale - Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Sale 28274, Lots 801 - 997. Text in English/Chinese. Printed in Hong Kong. Clean copy.

Softcover. Hong Kong, Bonhams, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 111 pages illustrated in color. Auction catalogue for Bonhams Hong Kong 29 May 2023 Sale 28699, Lots 101 - 183. Text in English/Chinese. Printed in Hong Kong. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 154 pages. Illustrated with color plates on book jacket art by Minor. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, SelfMadeHero, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 128 pages. In the mid-1970s, Klimowski's fearlessly original artwork caught the eye of leading Polish theatre and film companies, for whom he designed some of the period's most influential and iconic posters. The London-born artist, who moved to Poland at a time when many East Europeans dreamed of going West, went on to create posters for works by filmmakers and playwrights from Scorsese to Altman, Beckett to Brecht. Drawing on folk art, Polish Surrealism and the work of his mentor at the Warsaw Academy, Henryk Tomaszewski, Klimowski uses techniques including photomontage and linocut to create posters that are filled with metaphor, drama and originality. The Klimowski Poster Book compiles the best of his Polish work, while also tracing his career after his return to London, where he remains Emeritus Professor of Illustration at the Royal College of Art. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, The Morgan Library & Museum, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 294 pages. Clean, bright copy. A sumptuous collection of master drawings from the Renaissance to the current era, all reproduced in color.

Softcover. NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 306 pages, b&w and color illustrations throughout, b&w frontispiece. Light edge wear, rubbing to wrappers. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Rodale Press, 1st thus, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, publisher's original cream and red pattern paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the black cloth spine. 36 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. A small (although not really a miniature) book containing an essay by James which was originally published in the Century Magazine in 1890. Illustrated with a portrait of Honore Daumier and 15 his caricatures. Mild foxing to endpapers otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Paris, Editions Denoel , 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 120 pages. B&w cartoons by Sempe. French text.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn and repaired dust jacket. A collection of 200 Price cartoons, mostly from The New Yorker. 96 pages. Clean copy.