Used, Rare & Out-of-Print Art Books

1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Theatrical Number, "Not in the Cast", art by James Montgomery Flagg. 8 1/2 X 11", 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.

Hardcover. Greenwich CT, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a pictorial dust jacket with light edgewear. Housed in a cardboard slipcase. Approx. 210 pages. 96 color plates. Tipped-in color frontispiece. Clean copy.

Softcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 120 pages. A quarterly anthology of literary comics. Contributors include Tim Hensley, Ray Fenwick, Paul Hornschemeier, Sophie Crumb, Jim Woodring, Kurt Wolfgang, others.

Hardcover. London , Royal Academy of Arts , 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 272 pages, without dust jacket. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) was one of the 20th century's leading exponents of collage and assemblage. A connoisseur of an astonishing array of subjects, Cornell's captivation with bygone imagery encompassed astronomical charts and geographical maps, Italian and Spanish Old Master paintings, historical ballet, early film, literature, poetry and ornithology. Most iconic among his works are his box constructions-microcosmic curiosity cabinets-filled with once-precious fragments that he collected in thrift shops in his native New York. Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust is a landmark publication examining this remarkable work. It brings together some of Cornell's most compelling assemblages and box constructions (including Medici slot machines, soap-bubble sets and animal habitats). The contributors raise questions about Cornell's artistic processes while drawing parallels with historical modes of inquiry such as connoisseurship, exploration and classification.

Profile of girl in green gown, art by Neysa McMein. 12 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.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 118 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Erotic illustrations from the pulps with a chart in the back identifying the artists. Mild musty smell, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 90 pages. A collection of Kovarsky's better New Yorker cartoons, with an additional 40 new cartoons. In a bright dust jacket that's been price-clipped. Clean.

Softcover. Canada, The History Press, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 143 pages, softcover. Extensive b&w illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Lumberjack on log, art by Stevan Dohanos. 10.5 x 13.5", 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.

Softcover. NY, Harper & Row/Icon Editions, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 176 pages. Series of essays with b&w photographs throughout. CONTENTS: Artpolitics; The Size of Non-Size; What is Content?--Photography as Culture; Filmgoing -Videogoing; The Decline and Fall of Pop; The Idea of a Twenty-First Century Museum; Utopia; Post-Modern Form. Front cover in black and white with black, white, and red lettering. In very good condition, some rubbing to both covers but clean pages and tight binding.

Softcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, approx. 64 pages. Color illustrated wrappers, stapled. B&w cartoons by Dunn illustrating a collection of some of the world's worst jokes - the 'knock-knocks'. Nice condition, paper has tanned and is brittle. Whitman #801.

Softcover. New York, New-York Historical Society, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 172 pages, illustrated in b&w and color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Nearly sixty-five years ago the New-York Historical Society acquired its first landscape painting by Jasper F. Cropsey. Since then additional works by the distinguished Hudson River school painter have supplemented the Society's holdings. Published on the occasion of a special exhibition.

Summer tourists passing locals, art by John Falter. 10.5 x 13.5", 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.

Hardcover. Lee Publishers Group, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 285 pages. Preface by Jean Mailey; Introduction by Zhang Ding. Designs in blue and white, fine bright tight copy, unmarked, very good slightly edge-rubbed dj. Collected from the remote areas of China's southwestern provinces, each decorative pattern is rich in beauty and meaning. This royalty-free volume will be an invaluable resource for artists, designers, craftspeople, and any lover of traditional Chinese folk art. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, William Heinemann, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated, a series of tipped-in color plates. Blue cloth covers w/ gilt lettering. Light edge wear to covers, spine darkened. Light yellowing to end papers. Else a clean, tight copy. A humorous tribute to the Rossetti family and their circle, including Wilde, Ruskin, Millais, Ford Madox Brown, Swinburne, et al. Twenty two color plates mounted on art paper with amusing descriptive tissue guards.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2007, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 244 pages illustrated in color. Scholarly essays accompany this monograph on the Japanese-American artist. In publisher's shrinkwrap. Published to coincide with a series of major exhibitions extending beyond 2007, Ascending Chaos is the first major retrospective of Japanese-American artist Masami Teraoka's prolific and acclaimed work thus far. In Teraoka's paintings which have evolved from his wry mimicry of Japanese woodblock prints to much larger and complex canvasses reminiscent of Bosch and Brueghel the political and the personal collide in a riot of sexually frank tableaux. Populated by geishas and goddesses, priests, and politicians, and prominent contemporary figures, these paintings are the spectacular next phase of a wildly inventive career. With essays by renowned art critics who discuss how Teraoka's work inventively marries east and west, sex and religion, Ascending Chaos is a critical overview of this cultural trickster.

Portrait of four businessmen, two-color art by F.R, Gruger. 10.5 x 13.5", very good. Mailing 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.

Softcover. NY, Princeton Architectural Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 262 pages. The designers at San Francisco-based design firm Cahan & Associates, in their hunger for fresh ideas, find inspiration in the most unexpected places, such as an oddly sculptural piece of discarded metal in the alley near their office, or a conversation with an elaborately tattooed bicycle messenger. From these eclectic ingredients the office serves up in-your-face graphics that are exceptional for their visceral impact yet still convey the strategic thinking behind each piece. The firm's working methods, involving extensive exploration, collaborations, and play, are documented in this monograph through interviews with founder Bill Cahan, clients, and vendors; writings by colleagues; photo essays; proposals to clients that were accepted and rejected; and finished pieces, providing a portrait of a firm for whom process is just as important as product. Clean copy. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Softcover. Berkeley CA, The Print Mint, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 8.25 x 10.75", 52 pages, including semi-glossy color cardstock covers, and b/w interior. An anthology comic. Cover art by Robert Crumb. Frosty the Snowman and His Friends, script and art by Robert Crumb; Frosty and friends plot to throw bombs disguised as snowballs at the "Rockerfella" mansion. Fun City In Ba'Dan, script by William Burroughs, art by S. Clay Wilson. As the Mind Reels, script and art by Art Spiegelman; a surreal soap opera. Dollboy, script and art by Bill Griffith; A ventriloquist's dummy is kidnapped. Stalin bio by Spain Rodriguez. The Adventures of Don Carlos Balmori, script and art by Kim Deitch; the story of a Mexican hoaxer. Saddle-stapled wraps.

Hardcover. San Francisco CA, California Academy of Sciences, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 96 pages, an exhibition catalog with 43 color plates. Essays by Donald Hagerty, Dan Dixon, Ansel Adams, others. INSCRIBED BY DAN DIXON (the artist's son) on front fly leaf. Embossed white cloth covers in a matching slipcase. 8 page exhibition brochure listing 118 works is laid in.

Man in pirate costume running, art by John Sheridan. 9 x 12", very good. Mailing 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.

Softcover. NY, Vintage Books, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 101 pages. Interview with American artist, David Salle by Peter Schjeldahl. 65 pages of text (interview) as well as color and black & white plates by Salle. In very good condition. Cover is a black & white photograph of David Salle.

Softcover. Los Angeles, CA, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Inc., 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 118 pages. Softcover. Very clean, LIKE NEW in publishers shrinkwrap. Estranged for more than 50 years, Brooklyn-born identical twin brothers-the celebrated artists Joel-Peter Witkin and Jerome Witkin-are brought together for the first time in this publication recreating an exhibition at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles. Each of the artists' works from the critically acclaimed exhibition is fully illustrated in this volume, which also includes an audio CD of the historic first interview of the brothers together, as well as a selection of the initial reviews and interviews published through the mid-point of the exhibition's extended run.

Hardcover. NY, Posters Auctions International, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 592 posters illustrated in color. Catalog for Nov. 13, 2005, Sale No. XLI. No dj issued.

Softcover. Kansas City, Hallmark, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, spiral bound, a week-by-week calendar with each spread illustrated with a two-color cartoon by the Berenstains. Art reprinted from 16 years of their cartoon series which ran in McCalls Magazine. Light wear, clean.

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacker with a closed tear. 297 pages, color plates. Robert Rauschenberg is a work of collaborative oral biography that tells the story of one of the twentieth century's great artists through a series of interviews with key figures in his life-family, friends, former lovers, professional associates, studio assistants, and collaborators. The oral historian Sara Sinclair artfully puts the narrators' reminiscences in conversation, with a focus on the relationship between Rauschenberg's intense social life and his art. The book opens with a prologue by Rauschenberg's sister and then shifts to New York City's 1950s and '60s art scene, populated by the luminaries of abstract expressionism. It follows Rauschenberg's eventual move to Florida's Captiva Island and his trips across the globe, illuminating his inner life and its effect on his and others' art.

Softcover. NY, Frank Tousey, 1st, 1906, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Stapled wraps in color, worn, chipping, short tears to margins of cover but not affecting image. Cover art is bright. Owner's name written in ink above masthead. 30 pages, cheap pulp paper. Offered for cover art.

Hardcover. Boston, Bulfinch, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 144 pages. Celebrates the artistry and graphic design that transformed Joseph Pulitzer's New York World at the turn of the twentieth century, presenting a wide array of cartoons, caricatures, typography, photography, drawings, maps, and other artwork from a variety of legendary illustrators.

Softcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, unpaginated, A collection of b&w cartoons by Lou Myers. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Paris, Hachette, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 48 pages illustrated in color. FRENCH LANGUAGE, graphic novel. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill Company, 1st, 1909, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with green cloth covers and gilt lettering. Color illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy throughout. Heavy stock pages, gutter cracked in several places. Glue repair abrasion on first chapter. Cover boards clean with minimal wear.

Hardcover. NY, Assouline, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages. Internationally renowned artist Bernar Venet continues to challenge himself with a wholly original, fresh collection of furniture. Although designed to satisfy a non-artistic, purely domestic need, furniture fits naturally into the range of Venet's creative activities. Using a blow-torch to cut thick sheets of laminated, crude steel, he sets up a contrast between solidity and fragility, emphasizing rawness and indestructibility. Venet's furniture reflects the artistic vision he has developed throughout his ceuvre. He emphasizes functional simplicity and a plainness underpinned by notions of utilitarianism.

Softcover. Cincinnati OH, Contemporary Art Center, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 102 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Very light edge wear, else a clean, tight copy. Publication documenting renowned post-modern architect Michael Graves and the summer pavilion for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Written by architecture historian and critic Jayne Merkel, the book begins with a history of other outdoor music structures and the decision to build on the river site. Merkel discusses Graves' development as a leader of the post-modern movement and draws upon his sources in ancient amphitheaters, as well as his other structures in Portland, Louisville, and San Juan Capistrano. The book also includes an in-depth interview with Graves and a chapter on the "state of the art" acoustics and the collaboration between architect Graves and artist Ted Schmidt which resulted in the unique cut-out sculptures adorning the roof line of Riverbend.

Hardcover. NY, Golden Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, A book of essays and cartoons given out by Volkswagen dealers to their customers. Contributions by artists and writers such as Charles Addams, Harry Golden, William Steig, Jean Shepherd, Virgil Partch, George Price, Roger Price, Charles Saxon and others. Photos of a number of the contributors. Clean copy.

Softcover. New York, Quill William Morrow, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 109 pages. Softcover with light wear to paper wrappers. Illustration in black and white by Callahan. Tight copy.

Softcover. NY, Collins Design, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 528 pages. 500 Essential Graphic Novels is an all-in-one guide to this exciting form of visual literature.Including more than 350 authors and 400 artists, this lush volume contains an essential mix of some of the finest visually-stunning stories of our time. From politically-charged non-fiction sagas to imaginative fantasy tales, this ultimate guide has something to satisfy everyone's taste. The first of its kind, this book focuses on each graphic novel separately, honing in on art technique, style and prose, plus an age rating system so parents will know what is suitable for their children. Chapters are divided by genre, complete with individual plot synopses and star-scaled reviews for each book, providing the reader with a concise and balanced understanding of today's best graphic novels.

Softcover. Northampton, Mass., Smith College Museum of Art, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 170 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Light edge wear, rubbing to wrappers. Else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Design, 1st, 2023, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 223 pages illustrated in color. From longtime fashion director, consultant, media personality, and author, Hal Rubenstein, comes a lush, full color, illustrated guide to the most influential fashion on television from the 1950s to today, revealing the surprising ways our favorite shows have significantly reflected and often shaped the way we dress. From Mary Tyler Moore's capri pants on The Dick van Dyke Show and Emma Peel's dominatrix jumpsuit on The Avengers to Olivia Pope's trademark white trench on Scandal and Don Drapers' grey sharkskin suits on Mad Men Dressing the Part is a rich history of popular American fashion and culture in the modern age. In this gorgeous compendium, the longtime fashion director and expert identifies the most stylish television shows of the past 70 years, highlighting the ways they have affected and often inspired ordinary Americans' wardrobes. Combining his decades of fashion expertise and insider knowledge with lush photographs, archival sketches, fascinating interviews with over two dozen of television's best costume designers, commentary from showrunners and co-stars, and little-known backstories, Rubenstein reveals with insight and wit how television has shaped everyday fashion, guiding and often elevating how we dress. Clean copy.

Softcover. Canada, Vancover Art Gallery, 1st, 1984, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 82 pages. Softcover with dust jacket. Light musty odor. Clean, tight copy otherwise. Black and white and color pictures throughout.

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 200 pages, lavishly illustrated with examples of Sendak's work, illustrated endpapers. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering. The bestselling author of the wildly imaginative "Wicked Years" presents a magical visual tribute to the art of the legendary Maurice Sendak. SIGNED BY MAGUIRE on title page.

Softcover. Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 148 pages, b&w illustrations throughout, 31 full-color plates. Previous price sticker on rear cover. Very light edge wear to wrappers. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st US, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 588 pages, several color plates. Before Picasso became Picasso-the iconic artist now celebrated as one of France's leading figures-he was constantly surveilled by the French police. Amid political tensions in the spring of 1901, he was flagged as an anarchist by the security services-the first of many entries in an extensive case file. Though he soon emerged as the leader of the cubist avant-garde, and became increasingly wealthy as his reputation grew worldwide, Picasso's art was largely excluded from public collections in France for the next four decades. The genius who conceived Guernica in 1937 as a visceral statement against fascism was even denied French citizenship three years later, on the eve of the Nazi occupation. In a country where the police and the conservative Academie des Beaux-Arts represented two major pillars of the establishment at the time, Picasso faced a triple stigma-as a foreigner, a political radical, and an avant-garde artist. Picasso the Foreigner approaches the artist's career and art from an entirely new angle, making extensive use of fascinating and long-overlooked archival sources. In this groundbreaking narrative, Picasso emerges as an artist ahead of his time not only aesthetically but politically, one who ignored national modes in favor of contemporary cosmopolitan forms. Remainder dot to top edge, otherwise a bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with black and white illustrations by Heath Robinson.

Softcover. Kitchen Sink Press, 5th pr, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 182 pages. In the 1943 run of Al Capp's Li'l Abner, Madame Lazonga taught Daisy Mae how to woo, and Abner came perilously close to the fate he dreaded most. Sir Cecil Cesspool - 'he's deep, he has a certain air about him' - visited the colonies, and brought a monster with him. And Patricia Hallroom, the girl with the hottest lips in the world, made Sadie Hawkins Day even more dangerous than usual. Includes an introduction by Don Thompson and an article that places Capp's strip in historical context.

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of Calfornis, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 127 b&w and color illustrations. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Light marking on bottom edge. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 271 pages. Journey into the mind and creative process of one of the most celebrated anime directors working today with The Man Who Leapt Through Film: The Art of Mamoru Hosoda. Written by renowned animation critic and historian Charles Solomon (The Art of WolfWalkers) and featuring exclusive interviews alongside hundreds of never-before-seen sketches, storyboards, background paintings, character designs, and concept art, this is the ultimate companion piece to Hosoda's work. Writer/director/animator Mamoru Hosoda's work includes Belle (2021), the Academy Award-nominated Mirai (2018); The Boy and the Beast (2015); Wolf Children (2012); Summer Wars (2009); and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006). He is the cofounder of Studio Chizu, one of Japan's premier animation studios. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. New York, Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 140 pages. Softcover with paper wrappers. Lightly faded on spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front inside wrapper.

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 191 pages, illustrated with dozens of rare aeronautical posters in color. Includes foreword by Herb Kelleher, Epilogue, and Index.

Hardcover. NY, Maurizio Martino, 3rd pr, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 359 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. German text. Red covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. A very clean, tight copy. A reprint of the 1955 edition published by Galerie St.Etienne, New York.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 345 pages. This volume includes a pig with an ominous resemblance to Nikita Khrushchev and a scruffy goat who looks exactly like Fidel Castro. Both assure Okefenokeeans that a one-party system is the way to go; all will be well economically, they explain, because "the shortage will be divided amongst the peasants." Other storylines spotlight Kelly's remarkable cast: Pogo Possum, Albert Alligator, Howland Owl, "Churchy" LaFemme, Beauregard Bugleboy, Porky Pine, Miz Ma'm'selle Hepzibah, Deacon Mushrat, and so many others. All 104 Sunday strips from those two years are included, with supplementary features (including comprehensive annotations and index) by comics historians R.C. Harvey, Maggie Thompson, and Mark Evanier. Clean copy.