Used, Rare & Out-of-Print Art Books - pg. 97 including Celestial Horses & Long Sleeve Dancers: The David W. Dewey Collection of Ancient Chinese Tomb Sculptureby: Jacobsen, Robert

Hardcover. Chicago, Art Media Resources, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 305 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light edgewear to cover boards, otherwise clean bright copy. Color pictures throughout. 12x12x1 dimensions. Numbering over 250 works spanning nearly 1500 years, the Dewey collection of ancient Chinese tomb sculpture is exceptional for its breadth and outstanding quality. Representing nearly all figural types, stylistic traditions and themes, it provides a comprehensive visual record with fascinating insights into the customs and fashions, inventions and superstitions of ancient China's ruling elite during the golden age of the Great Silk Road.

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 199 pages illustrated in color. Sphinxes, hydras, chimeras, dragons, unicorns, griffins, sirens, and centaurs--fantastic animals can be found in works from Greek vases to paintings by Bosch, Goya, and Picasso, from folk art to comic strips, advertising, and Hollywood movies. Here Be Dragons is a lavishly illustrated compendium of the marvelous menagerie of imaginary animals that humans have conjured up over the ages. Ariane and Christian Delacampagne take us on a visually and intellectually riveting journey through five thousand years of art, examining the symbolic meanings of such creatures and what they say about the unconscious life of the human mind. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Berlin, self-published, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 177 pages illustrated in color. Introduction by Toni Stooss, former Director of Museum Der Moderne, Salzburg. GERMAN TEXT. INSCRIBED BY ARTIST on the title page. Hasenauer was awarded a recognition prize of the ART AWARD of Strabag in 2006 and in 2008 he was the recipient of the Georg Eisler award for painting. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Prestel, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 345 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Discover how the designers of women's sporting attire navigated the worlds of fashion, function, and propriety, from the beginning of the 19th century to 1960. This book offers a stunning visual record of the evolution of women's sporting attire over nearly two centuries. With selections from Keds, Pendleton, and Spalding and garments by Coco Chanel, Claire McCardell, and Jean Patou, among many others, it features familiar names in fashion, as well as significant rediscoveries. At the intersection of the history of fashion and feminism, Sporting Fashion highlights the extraordinary impact of new technologies and evolving social mores on women's clothing for sport. It explores how the basic forms of women's sportswear we know today--from swimsuits to sneakers--were developed during a time when women were achieving more freedom. Full color illustrations of sport and leisure ensembles are included, along with magazine spreads and archival images. This very heavy book will require extra postage if shipped overseas.

Softcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 2nd pr., 2026, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 264 pages in color. Basil Wolverton is one of the greatest, most idiosyncratic talents in comic book history. Though he is best known for his humorous grotesqueries in MAD magazine, it is his science-fiction character Spacehawk that Wolverton fans have most often demanded be collected. The wait is over: Spacehawk features every story from Spacehawk's intergalactic debut in 1940 to his final, Nazi-crushing adventure in 1942. Spacehawk is the closest thing to a colorfully-costumed, conventional action hero Wolverton ever created, yet the strip is infused with Wolverton's quintessential weirdness: controlled, organic artwork of strangely repulsive aliens and monsters and bizarre planets, and stories of gruesome retribution that bring to mind Wolverton's peer, Fletcher Hanks. Spacehawk had no secret identity, no fixed base of operations beyond his spaceship, and no sidekicks or love interests. He had but one mission in life: to protect the innocent throughout the Solar System, and to punish the guilty. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Mad Cave, 1st, 2026, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 286 pages in b&w. From the very depths of the ocean floor to self-imposed exile in outer space... From the post-apocalyptic world of New York City in the far-flung future to enslavement in an intergalactic space circus... Science fiction's most enduring icon, Flash Gordon, is back to continue his never-ending battle against intergalactic evil! 'The Lost Continent' reprints all of Dan Barry's daily strips from October 26, 1953 to July 9, 1956, restored from the original tearsheets, and includes a feature on Flash Gordon written by newspaper comic strip expert, Rick Norwood. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Vanguard, 2nd pr., 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 208 pages. The first comprehensive biography of Hal Foster (1892-1982). Brian Kane examines the 70-year career of one of the greatest illustrators of the 20th century. Included are more than 100 photographs of Foster, his family and friends, as well as a 16-page color section.

Hardcover. NY, Mnuchin Gallery, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards, 68 pages. With texts by Flavin Judd, Jim Jacobs, and Peder Bonnier. Includes a checklist and chronology. Illustrated in color and b&w. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Mnuchin Gallery , 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 65 pages, fully Illustrated fabric bound catalogue designed by McCall Associates, New York and authored by art historian, professor and scholar Clayton Press. "Mnuchin Gallery is proud to present Joan Mitchell--Christine Ay Tjoe: an exhibition which sparks a dialogue between, Joan Mitchell and Christine Ay Tjoe, two trailblazers of 20th and 21st century abstraction... These two distinct artists use alternative means to address the same question: "What does it mean to make an abstract painting?" Mitchell and Ay Tjoe both engage with the canvas using a bevy of brushstrokes that vary in degrees of strength and depth. Through this process, they yield deeply introspective paintings that simultaneously allude to the real world with playful titles and harmonic color palettes. The paintings presented in Joan Mitchell-Christine Ay Tjoe underscore how these artists draw from their environments and cultures, as they ultimately seek to transcend generational boundaries and prescribed definitions of Eastern and Western artistic traditions." Clean copy in shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. Lebanon NJ, Vanguard, 2nd Pr., 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 192 pages, illustrated in b&w and color. In his 60-year career, Carmine Infantino practised nearly every job in the field of comics, for a "Who's Who" list of publishers. But Infantino will always be remembered as the personification of DC Comics' Silver Age. Infantino helped to resurrect a dying comics industry in 1956 as the artist who launched the Silver Age with his co-creation, the Flash, and remains the best remembered Flash artist of all-time. Infantino proved one of the all-time, great sci-fi artists with his elegant, cityscaped Adam Strange. The only sci-fi comic to rival the sales of Adam Strange was Star Wars, to which Infantino also contributed. In 1964, Infantino became indispensable to the Batman legacy. He, with editor Julius Schwartz, saved the Caped Crusader's comics from impending cancellation with the "New Look Batman." Infantino also redesigned the Batmobile and with Schwartz, created Batgirl. This is Infantino's own history of comics with co-author J. David Spurlock, through Infantino's experiences, from the industry's primordial, Golden Age, through his artistic achievements, corporate years at DC Comics, and post-corporate years including his animation work, teaching, return as a top artist to DC, and Batman newspaper strip. Foreword by Joe Kubert. Afterword by Jim Steranko. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Mariner Books, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 253 pages, b&w illustrations. From a longtime New Yorker staff cartoonist, an evocative family memoir, a love letter to New York City, and a delightful exploration of the origins of creativity--richly interleaved with the author's witty, beloved cartoons. David Sipress, a dreamer and obsessive drawer living with his Upper West Side family in the age of JFK and Sputnik, goes hazy when it comes to the ceaselessly imparted lessons-on-life from his meticulous father and the angsty expectations of his migraine-prone mother. With wry and brilliantly observed prose, Sipress paints his hapless place in the family, from the time he is tricked by his unreliable older sister into rocketing his pet turtle out his twelfth-floor bedroom window to the moment he walks away from a Harvard PhD program in Russian history to begin his life as a professional cartoonist. Sipress's cartoons appear in the story with spot-on precision, inducing delightful Aha! moments in answer to the perennial question aimed at cartoonists: Where do you get your ideas?

Hardcover. NY, Birch Lane Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 414 pages, b&w illustrations. A biography of controversial designer Calvin Klein draws on interviews with friends, business associates, and lovers to trace his dramatic rise to fame in the fashion world and his self-indulgent personal life.

Softcover. Seattle, Cune Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 240 pages, b&w cartoons throughout. Ali Farzat is the dean of Arab political cartoonists. His caricatures do not spare wealth, influence, or power. They give hope to the disenfranchised, the poor, and the hungry. Farzat is an authentic Arab voice who nevertheless does not hesitate to buck the tide of majority opinion. (He has consistently disparaged Saddam Hussein, for example, and lauds the US for adopting his position that Saddam must go.) Farzat's work is a ringing cry for justice that cuts across all cultures. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Taschen, 1st, 2026, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, large format in pictorial boards, 392 pages in color. In 1928 commercial artist Hal Foster took a job to turn Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel Tarzan of the Apes into a 60-installment black and white newspaper comic. Initially, no American papers wanted it, so it premiered in England, to great acclaim. When U.S. papers picked it up and wanted more, Foster wasn't interested. It was only in 1931, with the Great Depression threatening his family with starvation, that he consented to take it on as a full color, full page Sunday comic, still calling the low-paid job "a bit of pottage." That bit of pottage fed him for the next seven years, as Tarzan became the first adventure comic, and one of the most beloved Sunday strips in America. From 1931 to 1937, 292 full-page Tarzan Sunday comics followed. Foster's ape man defined Tarzan and adventure comics for decades to come. This volume reprints every comic from the original newspapers, in a colorful XXL format. Clean copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing.

Hardcover. NY, Vertigo, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy boards, housed in a pictorial cardboard slipcase. 612 pages illustrated in color. The Sandman, written by New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman, was the most acclaimed comic book title of the 1990s. A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, The Sandman is also widely considered one of the most original and artistically ambitious series of the modern age. By the time it concluded in 1996, it had made significant contributions to the artistic maturity of comic books and become a pop culture phenomenon in its own right. Now, DC Comics is proud to present this comics classic in an all-new Absolute Edition format. The first of four beautifully designed slipcased volumes, The Absolute Sandman Vol. 1 collects issues #1-20 of The Sandman and features completely new coloring, approved by the author on the first 18 issues, as well as a host of never-before-seen extra material including the complete original Sandman proposal, a gallery of character designs from Gaiman and the artists who originated the look of the Sandman, and the original script for the World Fantasy Award-winning THE SANDMAN #19, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," together with reproductions of the issue's original pencils by Charles Vess. Also included are a new introduction by DC President and Publisher Paul Levitz and an afterword by Gaiman. Clean, bright copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing.

Hardcover. NY, Vertigo, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy boards, housed in a pictorial cardboard slipcase. 616 pages illustrated in color. the second volume of the comics classic THE SANDMAN in Absolute format! The second of four beautifully designed slipcased volumes, THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 2 collects issues 21-39 of THE SANDMAN and features remastered coloring on all 19 issues as well as brand-new inks on THE SANDMAN #34 by the issue's original penciler, Colleen Doran, and a host of bonus material, including two never-before-reprinted stories by Gaiman (one prose and one illustrated), a complete reproduction of the never-before-reprinted one-shot THE SANDMAN: A GALLERY OF DREAMS, and the complete script and pencils by Gaiman and Kelley Jones for Chapter Two of "Season of Mists" from THE SANDMAN #23. Clean, bright copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing. 

Hardcover. Holdrege NE, privately printed, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth stamped in black and gilt, 92 pages. 11 1/4" x 8 1/2". Errata slip loosely laid in. A survey of this Italian-American modernist painter's etchings of highly realistic and romanticized still lifes, landscapes, and portraits. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Universe/Rizzoli, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, unpaginated. Renowned New Yorker cover illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempe illustrates the quirky charm of France's capital and it's residents with his signature style and humor. His drawings are famed for their striking use of pen and ink, their inimitable style, and most of all for their satire and tragic-comic vision. The 128 drawings in this charming portfolio are sweet and sentimental. Clean copy.

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, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 224 pages. This book provides a personal look at the three generations of American Indian women who made (and are still making) traditional pottery. Color illustrations throughout. Primarily a women's art, American Indian pottery reflects a heritage of powerful social, religious, and aesthetic values. Even now, modern American Indian women use the clay, paint, and fire of pottery making to express themselves, creating designs that range from dutifully traditional to strikingly original. This book--written in conjunction with one of the most important exhibitions of American Indian pottery ever mounted--provides an in-depth look at a unique North American art form. Clean copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Santa Fe, NM, Clear Light Publishers, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 139 pages illustrated in throughout with 96 color photographs; portrays the lives and works of eighteen ceramic artists including Maria Martinez, Grace Medicine Flower, Popovi Da, Nampeyo, Russell Sanchez, Nathan and Nancy Youngblood and many more. Clean copy.

Hardcover. West Chester PA, Schiffer Publishing, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 199 pages. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST/POTTER MARGARET TAFOYA on the title page. Foreword by Rick Dillingham. Illustrated throughout with black & white and color photography. Bibliography. Index. This beautiful book presented in large format tells the story of Margaret Tafoya and her contributions to Tewa Pueblo pottery. The book explores her life, pottery making techniques, the Tafoya family and descendants, and the history of the Pueblo people. clean copy.

Softcover. UK, Dulwich Picture Gallery, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 256 pages. Mostly b&w, some color. Features essays and illustrations of Constable's drawings. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine , 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket, 110 pages. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title page. Here is a full representation of Pleissner at his very best, covering his early years in Brooklyn, the superb work he did for the War Department during World War II, his splendid landscapes, and his sporting art. Written by Peter Bergh, with an introduction by Thomas S. Buechner. Light fading to dj along spine. Small chip to dust jacket. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Harry N Abrams, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, large format, 64 pages. A catalog for an exhibition at The Corcoran Gallery of Art showcasing works that blend mundane, found materials with sophisticated graphic design. The collection highlights, with text by Dore Ashton, how Chermayeff repurposed, for example, office scraps, envelopes, and paper, creating complex, often whimsical, portraiture. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Hyperion, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 112 pages. There's English, of course, and Hebrew, and let's not forget Yiddish and Ladino. But the language Jews have mastered is saying one thing and meaning another. And after a while, everyone understands the real meaning of the "lie." Esther Cohen has been listening all her life. She's written down what she's heard, and the result is this small book with a big punch: the first ever list of these subtle (sort of), sly (very), and hilarious Jewish "lies." New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast is a master interpreter of lies herself--bringing this particular set to life in her inimitably quirky style. Don't Mind Me is a unique compilation of all-too-familiar phrases guaranteed to make you smile. Clean copy.

Softcover. 1st, Dover Publications, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, Vol. 2 ONLY of a 2 volume set. Plates 209-485 offering graphic depictions of industrial scenes and tradesmen of the past. Like new condition. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing. 

Hardcover. Montgomery AL, Elliot & Clark Publishing, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 164 pages, b&w cartoons throughout. Chronicles the nation's highs and lows in an extensive collection of cartoons that span the entire history of American political cartooning. The authors note that not all cartoonists have worn white hats many have perpetuated demeaning ethnic stereotypes, slandered honest politicians, and oversimplified complex issues. Nonetheless, most cartoonists pride themselves on attacking honestly, if ruthlessly. This collection humorously recounts some direct hits, recalling the discomfort of the cartoon's targets and the delight of their readers. Spine label otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 196 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Andy Goldsworthy is one of the leading British sculptors working with nature in the landscape. He has made remarkable sculptures from natural materials around the world, and enjoys an international reputation. This beautifully produced, highly praised and readable book combines superlative illustrations with specially commissioned essays by leading writers familiar with the artist and his work.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred van der Marck, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 176 pages. Profusely illustrated with full color reproductions (including one fold-out) of pin-up art and paintings by Alberto Vargas. Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut. Clean, tight copy.

Softcover. Montreal, Galerie Amrad African Arts, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover exhibition catalog, 64 pages, 183 b&w photo illustrations, 2 maps, 148 objects catalogued, bibliography. Parallel texts in English and French. Clean copy.

Softcover. Santa Fe NM, School of American Research Press, 1st pbk, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 241 pages. UW. Scholar and ceramic artist Dillingham offers a comprehensive cultural and technical history of pottery making at the New Mexico pueblos of Acoma and Laguna, lavishly illustrated (color and b&w photos), and supplemented with appendixes listing potters, detailing signs of commercial origin, and cataloging pottery housed in the Indian Arts Research Center at the School of American Research. Commentary extends to the contemporary market and challenges facing today's potters. Clean copy.

Softcover. Gainesville FL, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 175 pages, about 40 b&w and color plates. Showcases pieces from the collection of Jeffrey E. Horvitz. With opening remarks by Linda Wolk-Simon. The annotated and illustrated catalogue presents 38 specific drawings. Includes extensive bibliography. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 281 pages. This annotated and illustrated catalogue presents 90 specific pieces. "I felt that it would be of unusual value to scholars and to the public generally if we could see Raphael in relation to the artists working in his circle in Rome. Therefore, nearly half of the works described in this volume are by Raphael; the others are by Giulio Romano, Giovanni Francesco Penni, Perino del Vaga, Polidoro da Caravaggio, and Baldassare Peruzzi." Color and b&w plates. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 144 pages. In a series of breathtaking canvases, painted principally in the Catskill Mountains, Cole portrayed vast spaces, awesome horizons, and vibrant color. Earl A. Powell III, director of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, traces Cole's development and explores the Romantic theories that guided his thinking and informed his vision. Superb color reproductions bring Cole's paintings to life, revealing the America that once was. 111 illustrations, 67 in full color, 91/2 x 11". Mild sunning to dust jacket spine. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated with b/w and color images throughout. 119 pages. Oblong format. The Scrovegno Chapel is reknown for a fresco cycle by Giotto, completed around 1305 and an important masterpiece of Western art. In 2021, the chapel was declared part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 14th-century fresco cycles composed of 8 historical buildings in Padua city centre.The Scrovegni Chapel contains the most important frescoes that marked the beginning of a revolution in mural painting and influenced fresco technique, style, and content for a whole century. Short inscription on front fly leaf, dj with minor wear, clean copy.

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 farbeyond 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.

Hardcover. NY, Routledge, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 246 pages, color and b&w illustrations. Unlike many books on painting that usually talk about art or painters, James Elkins' compelling and original work focuses on alchemy, for like the alchemist, the painter seeks to transform and be transformed by the medium. James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art history. Alchemy provides a magical language to explore what it is a painter really does in her or his studio - the smells, the mess, the struggle to control the uncontrollable, the special knowledge only painters hold of how colours will mix, and how they will look. Clean copy.

Softcover. UK, British Broadcasting Corporation / Penguin Books, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 166 pages, profusely illustrated in b&w. Based on the 1972 BBC series and comprised of 7 essays, 3 of which are entirely pictorial, Ways of Seeing is a seminal work which examines how we view art. Mild soil to front cover, clean internally.

Softcover. Beirut, Plan Bey, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 24 pages. Color plates. Limited to 300 copies. Lebanese artist, critic and poet Samir Sayegh is a pioneer of modernism in the Arab world. Often uniting ornamentation with calligraphic script, he has developed a distinctive practice. This catalog is printed in offset in three Pantone colors on special Fabriano Ingres laid finished drawing paper with Japanese hand binding. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 2nd Ed., 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, spine stamped with gilt lettering, 325 pages. Ex-lib copy with light stamping, residue to endpapers, lettering on spine. Interior clean. Offers a detailed examination of printing types across Europe from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The author delves into the history, evolution, and use of various fonts, exploring the rise and fall of different styles and the influence of prominent printers and type foundries. The book highlights the shift in printing dominance from France to the Netherlands, emphasizing the remarkable contributions of Christophe Plantin and the Elzevir family. The narrative examines the interplay between typographic innovation and the broader cultural and religious landscape, showing how printing techniques reflected evolving aesthetic sensibilities, scholarly trends, and the political climate of the era. The book also explores the economic and social aspects of the printing industry, including the role of censorship, labor conditions, and the evolving relationship between printers, publishers, and patrons.

Softcover. Augsburg GR, Gesellschaft fur Gegenwartskunst, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, red stapled wrappers with black art and lettering, 44 pages, exhibition catalog with color and b&w plates. Text by Stefan Schrammel and Heinrich Heil in GERMAN.

Hardcover. Charleston SC, Carolina Art Association, 3rd pr., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with tanning. 40 watercolor drawings of early Charleston and the surrounding country, including plantations and parish churches, by Charles Fraser. The drawings are reproduced by offset in full color from Fraser's personal Sketchbook covering the period 1796-1806, started when he was only 14 years old. Charles Fraser (1782 -1860), was an American artist best known for his miniatures of prominent American figures. In the Charleston of his day, Fraser was as well known for his orations, literary pursuits, cultural authority and civic engagement as he was for his art, and, towards the end of his life, was lauded as the city's most beloved artist. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Columbus OH, Peter Bedrick, 1st US, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 48 pages, glossy pictorial boards. Gorgeous, full-color panoramas of ancient landmarks are magnified with inset illustrations revealing fascinating details. A thumbnail history of the English theater, from its ancient and medieval predecessors to its suppression by the Puritans. Using the familiar one-topic-per-spread format, this tracks theater's checkered history as it slowly developed from a religious teaching tool to secular entertainment. Morley mixes fictional and historical characters to portray a player's often hand-to-mouth life. She focuses on Shakespeare's period in particular, describing the structure of a typical theater company, the major London stages of the time, what it was like to put on and to attend a play (specifically A Midsummer Night's Dream, though other plays and playwrights get mentions), and the Globe's phoenix-like career. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, ibooks, 1st US, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 56 pages. The story of a private detective seeking revenge for the death of his assassinated ex-girlfriend. A stunning thriller, enhanced by a wonderfully detailed drawing style, with characters in the form of the animals that best reflect the nuances of their personalities. Rendered in a film noir style, the stories are set in late 1950s United States. The strip attempts to reflect a dirty, realist outlook and a dark cinematic style through fairly clean, realistic lines. Detailed watercolor drawings, including real-life places and cities, also contribute to the realistic feel of the series, despite the fact that characters are animals. Dog-ear crease to rear corner of cover, clean copy.

Softcover. NY, ibooks, 1st US, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 190 pages. The Bloody Streets of Paris is a classic detective story set against the Nazi occupation of Paris. Newly discharged from a WWII prisoner of war camp, Nestor Burma finds himself unraveling a convoluted mystery surrounding the death of an associate. Tardi's black and white illustrations brilliantly evoke the gritty urban atmosphere of forties' Paris. Small dog-ear crease to corner of rear cover, Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Reinhold, 1st US, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 104 pages, many b&w illustrations and diagrams. A handbook of scenic design written by the designer of the LAMDA Theatre, opened in London in 1963 . Part one, illustrated with 60 designs including four in color, includes a survey of five centuries of scenic art, and a history of worldwide theater practice. Part two includes line drawings and diagrams in an explanation of planning, building, painting, and setting up stage scenery: with advice on open stage and arena productions, and the use of new materials. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Monacelli Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 224 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. The first book to examine how her career as a model and fashion photographer illuminates her life story and connects to international fashion history from the late 1920s until the early 1950s.

Hardcover. London, Sphere, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 191 pages. With over 70 original illustrations, printmaker Angela Harding invites you to look at how the light changes the world around us, and how that changes us in its turn. Color illustrations throughout. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. You can't depend on anything in Persia being what it seems!" warns Uncle Scrooge. But when he, Donald, and the nephews are approached by a wayward archaeologist bearing fragile clay tablets that point the way to Ali Baba's lost cave, the hunt is on for the most fabulous treasure of the ancient world! Carl Barks delivers another wildly imaginative collection of outrageous adventures, laugh-out-loud comedy, and all-around comic book brilliance. Each page is meticulously restored and newly colored, with insightful story notes by an international panel of Barks experts.