The Sense of Sight
Pantheon, January 1986. Trade Paperback. More
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Tortilla Flat
Penguin, June 1997. Trade Paperback. When Danny returns to Tortilla Flat in Monterey, California, after the First World War he moves into a small house left to him by his grandfather. One by one, various ne'er-do-wells are drawn to Danny's house - lured in part by the appeal of a...... More
Elements of Drawing
Dover, December 1971. Trade Paperback. Can drawing -- sound, honest representation of the world as the eye sees it, not tricks with the pencil or a few effects -- be learned from a book? One of the most gifted draftsmen, who is also one of the greatest art critics and..... More
The most of John Held, Jr
Stephen Greene Press, January 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. {9 & 1/4' x 12 & 1/4'} Without jacket. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine and black stamped illustration centered on front panel. Olympic blue end papers with previous owner's name inked upper right corner of ffep. Signed & inscribed..... More
Hollywood Color Portraits (Quill)
William Morrow & Company, Inc., December 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. {9' x 11 & 1/2'} In jacket with mild curling to top textblock edge. Black paper covered boards with gold lettering upon spine. One-half inch closed tear / puncture of paper along side spine on far left edge of front..... More
Clarence John Laughin : An Aperture Monograph
Aperture, 1973. Oversize Softcover. Quarto. {9' x 10 & 1/2'} Soiling & stains to front and rear cover. One-inch closed tear along front fold at base of spine. [132 pages]. More
Cezanne, the Steins and Their Circle
Thames & Hudson, January 1987. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo in clean, bright jacket. Flap not clipped. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine and on front panel border in gold line. Black end papers front and back. First/first. [64 pages]. More
Remaining in Light: Ant Meditations on a Painting by Edward Hopper (Suny Series, the Margins of Literature)
State University of New York Press, August 1993. Paper Back. This is the first sustained, critical examination of the work of Edward Hopper, a major twentieth-century American painter. It is a sequence of meditations on his painting A Woman in the Sun. Each meditation, informed by Derrida's conception of the..... More
American Landscapes: Photographs from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, September 1981. Paper Back. Slight toning to cover; overall, a very nice copy. More
Henry Moore: Monumental Vision
TASCHEN, June 2005. Oversize Softcover. Beautiful softcover with French folds. More
Photography and Language
NFS Press, January 1976. Oversize Softcover. Covers very lightly toned and shelfworn. More
The World of Diaghilev
Harmony Books, January 1979. Reprint. Paper Back. {6 & 1/2 x 9 & 1/4} Revised edition. Cover design Judith Allan. [144 pages]. More
The History of Bones: A Memoir
Random House, August 2021. Hardcover. The quintessential depiction of 1980s New York and the downtown scene from the artist, actor, musician, and composer John Lurie "A picaresque roller coaster of a story, with staggering amounts of sex and drugs and the perpetual quest to retain some kind of artistic integrity."--The..... More
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John Szarkowski: Photographs
Bulfinch Press, February 2005. First Edition. Oversized Clothbound. - Accompanying the photographs will be excerpts from a life-time's correspondence giving a glimpse of Szarkowski's perspective on life and photography. Curator Sandra Phillips contributes an introductory essay. - The exhibition will open at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in..... More
Matisse Picasso
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 2002. Oversized Hardcover. Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso have long been seen as the twin giants of modern art, as polar opposites but also as complementary figures. Between them they are the originators of many of the most significant innovations of 20th-century..... More
Performance: Richard Avedon
Abrams, October 2008. Oversized Hardcover. We all perform. It's what we do for each other all the time, deliberately or unintentionally. It's a way of telling about ourselves in the hope of being recognized as what we'd like to be. --Richard Avedon, 1974 The preeminent stars and artists of the..... More
Botanica Magnifica: Portraits of the World's Most Extraordinary Flowers and Plants
Abbeville Press, September 2009. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Botanica Magnifica features 250 stunning photographs representing--in the words of an ARTnews critic--rare or exotic plants and flowers "in large scale and exquisite detail, emerging from the shadows in a manner evocative of Old Master paintings." The original edition of Botanica Magnifica..... More
Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals
Indiana Historical Society, August 1995. Paper Back. Oblong octavo. {11 & 1/2' x 8 & 3/4'}. French folds. [93 pages]. More
Mary Cassatt, Oils and Pastels
National Gallery of Art / Watson-Guptill Publications, 1976. First Thus. Paper Back. This volume - illustrated with thirty-two full color plates and published in cooperation with the National Gallery of Art - displays the power and mastery of an artist who is only now beginning to receive the full recognition..... More
Edouard Vuillard, 1868-1940
Art Gallery of Ontario, January 1971. Paper Back. {6 & 3/4 x 9 & 3/4'} Small quarto. Paperback with dust stains/darkening of margins. Some curl to cover fore-edges. Damp stained. [238 pages]. More
The most of John Held, Jr
Stephen Greene Press, January 1972. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards, mildly worn w/ sun-fading present; pages free of markings; An excellent copy, w/o jacket. More
Still Memories
Random House UK, February 2000. First Edition. Cloth. Still Memories is an intimate look at the family of actor John Mills, his wife, Mary Hayley Bell and his three children, Juliet, Hayley and Jonathan. It is also a testament to his prodigious talent as a photographic artist. "From the Trade..... More
Foyer Pleasure: The Golden Age of Cinema Lobby Card
Delilah Communications / Putnam Publishing, 1983. First Thus. Paper Back. Oblong octavo.{11 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/2'}. Mild edgewear to cardstock cover. Rubber stamped 'P' top textblock edge spine side. [159 pages]. More
The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History
Warner Books, August 1989. Oversized Hardcover. Bookplate. Minor shelfwear to book. Jacket has a closed tear near bottom of spine. Wrapped for future protection. More
Dictionary of 20th-Century Design (Da Capo Press)
Da Capo Press, March 1994. Oversize Softcover. Fully illustrated with 200 black-and-white photos--and completely international in scope--the Dictionary of 20th-Century Design is an essential tool for design students and teachers, designers, collectors, architects, graphic artists, and anyone with a love for the aesthetic products of our own century. Fully illustrated..... More
