Hardcover. Rockland ME, Farnsworth Art Museum, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 91 pages. Beautiful full-color illustrations throughout - several historical photographs of Nureyev. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 195 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Blue pictorial dust jacket. Light shelfwear to covers, else like new.Traces the life of the Navajo artist, including his experiences as a code talker for the Marines in World War II, and looks at his paintings and watercolors.
Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, Zephyr Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 127 pages. Illustrated with nearly 100 color plates of various carousel animals, as well as other color and black/white photographs. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, dust jacket shows some rubbing and slight curling at the edges. Shows horses and menagerie animals carved out of wood for American and European carousels, traces the history of carousel rides, and looks at some prominent manufacturers.
Hardcover. Southport, CT, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. A companion book to Mathews' definitive biography of Cassett. 357 pages, Comprehesive retrospective of the American artist Mary Cassatt, which includes a scholarly introduction, a wealth of texts and letters by Cassatt as well as by her contemporaries (including Zola, Degas, Pissarro), a chronology and genealogy, detailed bibliography, hundreds of archival photos, and 118 color plates of her paintings. Still in shrinkwrap.
Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 235 pages, 251 illustrations with 56 plates in full color. Includes selected bibliography. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Merrell Publishers, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 224 pages, 200+ color illustrations. The first of a three-part series that explores the creativity and productivity of Native American artists. This volume "focuses on the work of nearly ninety of the most exciting and innovative artists of the region, working in a variety of media, from clay to glass, from fiber to jewelry, and from metal to wood, as well as mixed media." (flap).
Softcover. Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 96 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Very light edge wear; else a very clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 96 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Very light edge wear; else a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 208 pages, 46 four-color plates, and 100+ b&w reproductions. The first fully illlustrated major study of the artist, considered one of the greatest painters of the American scene. Burchfield (1893-1967) 'painted 'the haunting lights and shadows of small-town America. He evolved 'quite alone anmd independently' in Ohio and New York, painting nostalgic fantasies, dreary small-town life; fanciful & poetic landscapes. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Norman OK, University of Oklahoma Press , 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages. b&w and color illustrations. Pictorial dust jacket. Decorative endpapers. Minor edge wear. A very nice. clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 88 pages, includes 40 color plates, (32 full page), as well as 19 b&w illustrations. Introductory biographical essay by author. Clean and well bound in blue cloth, very good condition. Dust jacket shows a little bit of wear around edges.
Hardcover. New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 88 pages, includes 40 color plates, (32 full page), as well as 19 b&w illustrations. Introductory biographical essay by author. Clean and well bound in blue cloth, very good condition. Dust jacket shows a little bit of wear around edges.
Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st Edition, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 155 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in orange cloth, gilt title on spine, all excellent. Dust jacket unclipped, has small puncture near spine on front cover (patched from inside a with tape, see image), otherwise very good. Binding tight. Spine straight. In beautiful condition. Hassrick's illuminating discussion of Russell's work, based on much new research, is set against the backgrond of the artist's experiences in the West.
Softcover. New York, Rizzoli, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 305 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear and sun-fade to spine. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Clean, tight copy. Briefly traces the career of this contemporary American architect and shows examples of his houses, apartment buildings, libraries, museums, schools, hotels, churches, and conference centers.
Hardcover. New York, Museum of Contemporary Art, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 119 pages, mostly illustrated in color. Essays by Paul Schimmel and Lisa Phillips. Illustrated boards, no dust jacket issued.
Hardcover. Boston, New York Graphic Society , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 162 pages. Green cloth cover with gilt lettering to cover and spine, illustrated dust jacket, 90 tritone and 78 duotone illustrations, companion copy to "Charles Sheeler: Paintings and Drawings." Light wear to dust jacket; otherwise a tight, clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 272 pages. 189 illustrations, including 98 plates in full color. Light brown cloth. Clean, bright copy. As good as new. Peale painted thousands of canvases and that provided a superb record of colonial and federal society. In mid-life Peale turned to the study of nature and assembled a museum in Philadelphia that was, at its time, the most important institution of its kind in the country.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, The American Philosophical Society, 1st, 1939-47, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Two hardcover volumes. 293+468 pages. B&w illustrations throughout both volumes. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Dust jackets in protective mylar cover, some pieces missing from spine and some dark age stains on vol. 2. Both copies excellent shape, volume 1 looks almost new, while volume 2 has aged gracefully. A very nice, tight and clean set.
Hardcover. New York, Abrams, Revised Ed., 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 296 pages, illustrated throughout with 80 plates in full color and numerous illustrations in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. The author, Frederic G. Renner, was a good friend of the artist, and devoted nearly 35 years to collecting and studying Russelliana.
Hardcover. Atlanta, GA, University of Georgia Press, 1st, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Written by fresco painter Jean Charlot on the subject of 3 particular murals he painted during his year as artist-in-residence at the University of Georgia. 222 pages, illustrated with 178 (mostly black/white, few color) plates. Introduction by Lamar Dodd and photography by Eugene Payor. Cloth bound book is in good condition, some light stains on the cover, a few pages stick. Dust jacket shows slight edge wear.
Softcover. New Haven, NJ, Yale University Art Gallery, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 213 pages, numerous b&w illustrations. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Light wear to edges and spine, else a nice, clean copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Chicago Historical Society, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. History of the art of glass and ceramics in Chicago. Focuses on both small-scale, decorative works and larger, architectural pieces. Illustrated with 221 photographs (mostly black/white, few color). Dust jacket in very good condition, shows slight rubbing on the back, but cloth bound book in near fine condition with virtually no flaws.
Hardcover. San Francisco , Pomegrante Artbooks, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, XV pages + 36 plates in full color. Light blue cloth, blue pictorial dust jacket. Light edgewear to jacket, else like new