Hardcover. NY, The Grolier Club, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, cream colored boards with a red cloth spine, 195 pages. Limited to 500 copies. This excellent catalogue includes introductory essays by Martino Marazzi, Francesco Durante, and Robert Viscusi. It contains a bibliography of over 800 primary and secondary Italian-language works printed in America. Signed & inscribed by James Periconi to the previous owner on title page. Light fade to boards at top edge, Clean copy.
Hardcover. Hong Kong, Chinese University Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 598 pages, errata slip laid in. Spine slightly cocked, light shelfwear.
Hardcover. Oak Knoll Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 559 pages. First comprehensive bio-bibliography of one of the most loved children's book authors and illustrators in America and around the world. Not only does this book describe Tudor's sixty-year career, but also readers will enjoy the poignant stories about Tudor written by her two daughters, Bethany and Efner, and her editors, Patricia Gauch and Dorothy Haas. The daughter of naval architect, W. Starling Burgess, and portrait painter, Rosamond Tudor, Tasha Tudor, as a child, was greatly influenced by her father's engineering background and her mother's artistic life. She became particularly fascinated by life in the 1830's, which inspires her art, writing, and her own life. From 1938 onward, Tudor's children's books captivated a wide audience. Her fans are still intrigued by her magical stories and her romantic illustration of New England's countryside, drawn from her own experiences of family life. Her work is published in more than 90 books, which have been reprinted and republished many times. Through her eighties, Tudor remained active in publishing, meeting her fans, and autographing her books. In loving tribute, this work is illustrated with many drawings by Tudor's daughter, Bethany, as well as rare early photos of Tudor as a young woman, by Nell Dorr, and 16 pages of color photos of Tudor's book covers. The bibliography includes every known book illustrated and/or written by Tudor, including those published in the first half of 1998.
Hardcover. New Castle DE, Oak Knoll Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust wrapper. The Hares have collected and researched Tudor's works for over 15 years, and have worked closely with her two daughters, who granted them access to surviving publisher files and records at the Library of Congress. This work catalogs all of Tudor's work as well as those of her talented daughters and her husband. 559 pages includes index, bibliography, B&W and color plates.
Hardcover. Winchester UK, St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 142 pages. Mary Elliott (then Mary Belson) began writing for children in 1809, at a time when increasing literacy and wealth and more progressive understanding of the reading needs of children were creating a growing demand for more and more books for young people. Beginning with two books in verse - one a lively tale about town and country mice, the other, an anthology including many of her own poems - she went on to produce a stream of books on a variety of subjects. Her stories, some eventful and exciting, were mostly about real children learning to tackle the everyday circumstances and difficulties which they encountered in the world around them. These books were made all the more attractive by her publisher, William Darton, who provided them with entertaining illustrations, many of them interesting today for their depiction of contemporary scenes and fashions. Mary Elliott's books soon spread across the Atlantic, and American publishers reissued many of them, sometimes adapting the text to local circumstances. Although her books are now forgotten, they cannot be disregarded by researchers into the history of childhood and of children's literature. This bibliography contains about 470 entries. Clean.
Hardcover. Athens GA, University of Georgia Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 145 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Two large hardcover volumes in bright dust jackets. 940 total pages. John Constable, one of the most beloved of British painters, is renowned for his poetic approach to nature and his extraordinary use of broken color. In this beautiful two-volume set, the dean of Constable scholars, Graham Reynolds, discusses all the paintings and drawings the artist produced between 1790 and 1816, both before and after his breakthrough into the original style that is the basis of his fame. Together with Reynolds`s award-winning The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable (1984), the books are a catalogue raisonne, of this artist`s monumental oeuvre.The two volumes, one of text and one of plates, describe and reproduce 1370 paintings and drawings in chronological order. They begin with Constable`s juvenilia and tentative experiments before he went to London in 1799 to become a professional artist. Next are some lesser-known works-elegant figure studies of girls, Constable`s first portraits, and his Lake District watercolors. Finally are the works after 1808-Dedham Vale: morning, Flatford Mill from a Lock on the Stour, A Summerland, The Stour Valley and Dedham Village, and the recently rediscovered The Wheatfield-works that made Constable a major force in British landscape painting. The volumes also include Constable`s numerous sketches of his homeland around East Bergholt and Dedham from this period, drawings on which he based his later masterpieces. An appendix records and reproduces, as addenda to The Later Paintings and Drawings, 94 works produced between 1817 and 1836 that have come to light since those books were published. Small 1/2" closed tear to front corner of dust jacket, otherwise a clean, crisp set. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Hardcover. NY, Hudson Hills Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 304 pages. 243 color and 181 duo-tone illustrations. Extensive bibliography included at the back. Showcases these works by American artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1991). "Provides a definitive study of the artist's work as a printmaker. It includes a catalogue raisonne of all his graphic work from 1943 through 1984, covering nearly 350 prints in virtually every medium: engraving, lithography, silkscreen, etching, aquatint, mezzotint, monotype, collage, and others. Each work is documented and reproduced, more than 200 of them in full color." Clean copy.
Hardcover. MI, Clarke Historical Library, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages. Hardcover with orange fabric covers. Clean, tight copy with minor rubbign to edges. Black and white pictures throughout.
Softcover. Worcester MA, American Antiquarian Society, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Exhibition catalog. 141 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Tan stiff wrappers. Covers and spine slightly sunned, small stain to for-edge, dog-ears to upper page-corners. A nice, tight copy.
Softcover. Hanover NH, Dartmouth College, First Thus, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 149 pages. Softcover published to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the graduation from Dartmouth College of Theodor Seuss Geisel. Grey cloth covers with silver titles to cover. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. Oak Knoll Press, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 216 pages, no dj issued. Will H. Bradley (1868-1962) is widely regarded as one of the masters of book, magazine, and graphic design during the Art Nouveau period. This extensive work also contains a biography of Bradley, a bibliography, and author, title, and publisher indices.
Softcover. New York, Harry N Abrams, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages. Cover has minor wear to edges. Inside is bright and clean. Many color plates throughout. A nice copy. This book celebrates the art as well as the poetry of the great English poet William Blake. The Huntington Library has the most extensive collection of Blake's artwork in the world.
Hardcover. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 185 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth. No dust jacket as issued. Previous owner's signature on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Portsmouth, NH, Peter E. Randall Publisher, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 93 pages, with illustrations. Spotless and tight copy, with dust jacket. "A Collection with Comments" A bibliography based on the collection of Joyce Hanrahan for over 30 years, and additions she has seen. Listings include points for first editions, and price ranges. Sections on ephemera, periodicals, visuals and posters.
Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y Crowell , 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, red cloth covers in a lightly worn dust jacket, 466 pages. Profusely illustrated with b&w plates, 24 pages of color plates. Selected from the Rare Book Collections of the Library of Congress and Introduced by Virginia Haviland & Margaret N. Coughlan. Clean copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.