Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated glazed boards with red cloth spine. 160 pages illustrated with b&w cartoons by the Berenstains that poke fun at the male in the relationship. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrated boards with a maroon cloth spine. 92 pages illustrated in b&w by the Berenstains. Cover with light edgewear, rubbing, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Lacks dust jacket.
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. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards with a red cloth spine. 140 pages illustrated with b&w cartoons by the Berenstains. Minor wear to covers otherwise clean, very good. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 128 pages illustrated in b&w by the Berenstains. Decorated boards with orange cloth spine. Missing dust jacket.
Softcover. New York, Dell, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Mass market paperback, Dell #5868, unpaginated. B&w cartoon drawings throughout by the Berenstains. Clean.
Softcover. New York, Dell, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Mass market paperback, Dell #2254, 128 pages. B&w cartoon drawings throughout by the Berenstains. Clean.
Hardcover. New York, McCall Publishing, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed boards illustrated in color. Unpaginated, b&w cartoon illustrations by the Berenstains. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Hanover House, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, unpaginated, b&w cartoons by Chon Day. The first collection of Brother Sebastian cartoons which ran in Look Magazine. Dust jacket with light edge wear, price clipped. Clean.
Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 95 pages, b&w cartoons by Chon Day. The second collection of Brother Sebastian cartoons which ran in Look Magazine. Dust jacket with light edge wear, price clipped. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 95 pages, b&w cartoons by Chon Day. The third collection of Brother Sebastian cartoons which ran in Look Magazine. Dust jacket with light edge wear, price clipped. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Bell Publishing, 1st, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrated boards, unpaginated (96 pages), b&w cartoons throughout by Bob Dunn. Rear board with light chipping, otherwise clean.
Softcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, an early collection of Feiffer's cartoons from The Village Voice, Playboy and other publications. Unpaginated. Light wear, clean.
Softcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, an early collection of Feiffer's cartoons about marriage. Unpaginated. Light wear, clean.
Softcover. New York, Random House, 3rd pr., 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, an early collection of Feiffer's cartoons from The Village Voice. Unpaginated. Light wear, clean.
Hardcover. New York, Dutton, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages. The second collection of Hazel cartoons by Ted Key from The Saturday Evening Post. Dust jacket with light edgewear, clean.
Hardcover. New York, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, unpaginated (about 94 pages), b&w cartoons by Hoff from The New Yorker and Look Magazine. Dust jacket with rubbing, edge wear. Clean.
Softcover. New York, Workman Publishing, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, unpaginated, A collection of b&w cartoons that previously appeared in various publications. Clean copy.
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. 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. New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards, unpaginated. A collection of original Partch cartoons all about hunting, fishing, golf and other sports. Introduction by Gurney Williams, cartoon editor at Collier's. Clean copy, light wear, mild fading to edges of cover.
Hardcover. New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards, unpaginated. A collection of original Partch cartoons all about life in the military -during the time of the Korean War. Clean copy, light wear to extremities, corners.
Hardcover. New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated orange boards, unpaginated. A collection of Partch cartoons previously published in Colliers and Look. Clean copy, light wear to extremities, color fade to spine, edges.
Hardcover. New York, Bloomsbury USA, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light wear to jacket, else like new. Tight, clean copy. Award-winning illustrator and graphic designer Nigel Holmes depicts the things we do every day like you've never seen them before. From how to hang a picture to how to tie a knot in a cherry stem with your tongue, form how to pour a beer to how to change a diaper, from how to keep a low-cut dress in place to how to French inhale, Nigel Holmes's striking diagrams will entertain and educate.
Hardcover. London, M Q Publications, 1st, 2006, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Like new. An exclusive collection of drawings that reveal the tender side of R. Crumb. Evocative haunting images of people and places such as Aline, his daughter Sophie, scenes from the village and region he lives in the South of France, Jesse Crumb, his first wife Dana and their son Jesse and of course the Blues musicians he treasures from his 78rpm record collection. Unpaginated, but about 120 pages.
San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 246 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Beautiful copy in a dust jacket, Like new. "Mucking up the pages of the New Yorker , the New York Times , Rolling Stone , Forbes , the Atlantic Monthly , Blab , and more, Gary Baseman has populated the finest publications with his inimitable brand of illustration. Now Dumb Luck , presents the first complete collection of his work, spanning more than ten years. According to Baseman himself, his art inhabits "that muddy spot where the line between genius and stupidity has been smudged beyond recognition."
Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 246 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Beautiful copy in a dust jacket, Like new. "Mucking up the pages of the New Yorker , the New York Times , Rolling Stone , Forbes , the Atlantic Monthly , Blab , and more, Gary Baseman has populated the finest publications with his inimitable brand of illustration. Now Dumb Luck , presents the first complete collection of his work, spanning more than ten years. According to Baseman himself, his art inhabits "that muddy spot where the line between genius and stupidity has been smudged beyond recognition."
Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, unknown, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 224 pages. Beautiful copy. Like new, in shrinkwrap. Postmodern Ceramics surveys the achievements of over 130 masters of contemporary ceramics from more than twenty-five countries, analyzing their varied approaches by presenting the work in twelve themes.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st US, June 12, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 458 pages, b&w illustrations. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial dust jacket. Lovely copy. Like new.
Softcover. New York, American Federation of Arts, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 199 pages, b&w illustrations. Introduction by Victor Carlson; catalogue entries by Carol Hynning Smith. Light edge wear, small tear on spine, else a very clean, tight copy.
Softcover. New York, American Federation of Arts, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 199 pages, b&w illustrations. Introduction by Victor Carlson; catalogue entries by Carol Hynning Smith. Light edge wear, small tear on spine, else a very clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Minneapolis MN, Walker Art Center, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Textured paper covers. A very clean, tight copy.
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.
Softcover. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 113 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Light smudging to back wrapper; else a very clean, tight copy. This splendid publication, a compact guide to rug dating and identification, examines patterns, styles, and weaving materials of Navajo rugs. In order to produce this heavily illustrated volume, the author, a noted authority in the field, examined thousands of rugs in public collections and researched the catalogues turn-of-the century traders used for their rug customers
Softcover. Washington DC, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 237 pages, b&w illustrations, color plates. A very clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Fort Worth, TX, Northland Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 129 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Light rubbing to spine, else a very clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Muncie, Ind., Ball State University, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 72 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Light rubbing to wrappers, small tear to rear cover, else a very clean, tight copy.
Softcover. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 192 pages, b&w and color photographs. Light edge wear to wrappers. Small sticker on rear cover, else a clean, tight copy. This book celebrates the first 20 years of Saint Laurent"s fashion house. The essays engage with: fashion & the psychology of art; Saint Laurent"s artist"s statement; a collage of inspiration; Paloma Picasso-Lomez"s, Marellla Agnelli"s and Catherine Deneuve"s eulogies; Duane Michals"s photo essay and an overview of his achievements to 1982.
Softcover. Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 159 pages, with 72 illustrations, 52 in color. Light edge wear to wrappers, else a very clean, tight copy. These monotypes are presented by Cecily Langdale in this book which was published in 1984. It contains a brief Biography of the artist that describes his influences, travels and contacts, and a general discussion about Monotypes which summarises their chronology, style and technique. These two essays are illustrated by 28 b/w figures. The monotypes are then presented, in colour, with commentaries on each by Langdale that integrate factual information and artistic significance. Addenda include a further 3 monotypes by the artist and there is a Bibliography of relevant publications. Prendergast executed his last monotypes in 1901-02, probably because of his increased interest on the complexities of oil painting techniques that he continued to explore for the remainder of his life. For anyone unfamiliar with monotypes, the information provided by Langdale is extremely useful to enable a full appreciation of the works presented in this book. The artist used oil paint in the preparation of his monotypes and may have used a spoon to transfer the images onto the Japanese tissue support.
Softcover. NY, Jordan Volpe Gallery, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 89 pages, b&w and color photographs. Very light edge wear, rubbing to wrappers, else a very clean, tight copy.The catalogue of an exhibition at the Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York, April 15 - June 30, 1980. Illustrated with 18 color plates and 11 figures in the text.
Softcover. New York, Abbeville, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Illustrated end papers. A very clean, tight copy.
Softcover. NY, Rizzoli, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 87 pages, b&w and color photographs. Price sticker on rear wrapper. Top left corner slightly bumped. Else a clean, tight copy. "This photographic journal records the collaboration of Robert Motherwell and his studio assistants in the creation of the artist's monumental painting Reconciliation Elegy, a commission for the East Building, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C."
Hardcover. New York, Robert Miller Gallery, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 92 pages, still in plastic shrink wrap. Color and b&w illustrations throughout. Beautiful copy.
Softcover. Montgomery, Ala., Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 69 pages, color and b&w illustrations. Light edge wear to wrappers. Small mark on rear cover, else a very clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Flagstaff, AZ, Northland Press, 3rd pr, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 131 pages, b&w photographs. Light creases to front wrapper. Else a very clean, tight copy. An architect for the Santa Fe Railway and the Fred Harvey Company, Colter laid the groundwork for female architects who followed. Seven of her remarkable structures are preserved in Grand Canyon's historic district. This is her story.
Softcover. Springfield, Mass., Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 72 pages, b&w illustrations, 8 color plates. Edge wear, small tears to wrappers and spine. Else a clean, tight copy. Of the three great nineteenth-century American trompe l'oeil artists--William Michael Harnett (1848-1892), John Frederick Peto (1854-1907), and John Haberle (1856-1933)--the least well known is Haberle. Haberle approached painting with an informed and sophisticated connoisseurship. A highly original artist, he often alluded to complicated, ingenious, and entertaining aspects of contemporary society. The rarity of his work only adds to its allure.
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.
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 "Lover Boy: The Last Word in Animal Husbandry by: Berenstain, Stanley and Janice")
 "Berenstains' Baby Book by: Berenstain, Stanley and Janice")
 "It's All in the Family 1972 Engagement Calendar by: Berenstain, Stanley and Janice")
 "Baby Makes Four by: Berenstain, Stanley and Janice")
 "And Beat Him When he Sneezes: a Guide to: Happy Pregnancy Delightful Infancy Hilarious Child Development by: Berenstain, Stanley and Janice")
 "Mr. Dirty vs Mrs. Clean by: Berenstain, Stan and Jan")
 "Education Impossible by: Berenstain, Stan and Jan")
 "How to teach your children about God: Without actually scaring them out of their wits by: Berenstain, Stan and Jan")
 "Brother Sabastian by: Day, Chon")
 "Brother Sabastian Carries On by: Day, Chon")
 "Brother Sabastian At Large by: Day, Chon")
 "Hospital Happy by: Dunn, Bob")
 "Hold Me! by: Feiffer, Jules")
 "Feiffer's Marriage Manual by: Feiffer, Jules")
 "Sick Sick Sick by: Feiffer, Jules")
 "Here's Hazel! by: Key, Ted")
 "Better Hoff, The by: Hoff, Syd")
 "Absent & Accounted For: The cartoons of Lou Myers by: Myers, Lou")
 "Group Therapy by: Myers, Lou")
 "What's Got Your Back Up? by: Mauldin, Bill")
 "The Dead Game Sportsmen by: Partch (VIP), Virgil Franklin")
 "Here We Go Again by: Partch (VIP), Virgil Franklin")
 "Hanging Way Over by: Partch (VIP), Virgil Franklin")
 "Wordless Diagrams by: Holmes, Nigel")
 "Sweeter Side of R. Crumb, The by: Crumb, R")
 "Dumb Luck: The Art of Gary Baseman by: Baseman, Gary")
 "Dumb Luck: The Art of Gary Baseman by: Baseman, Gary")
 "Postmodern Ceramics by: Vecchio, Mark Del")
 "Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick by: Uglow, Jenny")
 "William Sidney Mount: Works in the collection of the Museums at Stony Brook by: Cassedy, David")
 "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by: Art, Baltimore Museum of")
 "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by: Art, Baltimore Museum of")
 "Images and impressions: Painters who print : Walker Art Center, 23 September to 25 November 1984 by: No Author")
 "Michael Graves & Riverbend Music Center: A Summer Pavillion for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra by: Merkel, Jayne")
 "Old Navajo Rugs: Their Development from 1900 to 1940 by: Rodee, Marian E.")
 "THOMAS MORAN AND THE SURVEYING OF THE AMERICAN WEST by: Kinsey, Joni Louise")
 "Bill Gollings: The Man and His Art by: James T. Forrest")
 "Childe Hassam in Indiana by: Joyaux, Alain G. (Contributor)")
 "Many Worlds of Arshile Gorky, The by: Mooradian, Karlen")
 "Yves Saint Laurent by: Laurent, Yves Saint")
 "Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast in the Terra Museum of American Art by: Langdale, Cecily")
 "Ode to nature: Flowers and landscapes of the Rookwood Pottery, 1880-1940, April 15-June 30, 1980 by: Trapp, Kenneth R")
 "Jackson, Pollock by: Frank, Elizabeth")
 "Reconciliation Elegy by: Motherwell, Robert")
 "A. Neel: Paintings from the Thirties by: Koestenbaum, Wayne (Editor)")
 "Walter Gaudnek Retrospective: January 9 through February 26, 1978 by: Gaudnek, Walter")
 "Patrick Henry Bruce: American Modernist by: Rose, Barbara")
 "Mary Colter - Builder upon the Red Earth by: Grattan, Virginia L.")
 "John Haberle: Master of Illusion by: Sill, Gertrude Grace")
 "Edwin Romanzo Elmer, 1850-1923 by: Betsy, Jones B.")